Seleene
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Posted - 2013.04.17 20:33:00 -
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While the skeptics and naysayers will deny it, the community has been extraordinarily lucky with the composition and actions of recent CSMGÇÖs. Each of the last three CSMs were the right CSM for the time, with the right people on them to keep pushing things forward. CSM 5 showed that even a partially unified CSM could make enough waves to rock the boat; CSM 6 proved the CSM was a force for positive change and could not be ignored; CSM 7 hammered CCP to ~deliver~ on the true potential of the CSM project by demanding and getting unprecedented access. Whoever ends up on CSM 8 will be in an excellent position to keep things moving forward.
As a CSM candidate, if you think youGÇÖre running for CSM so you can go to Iceland and be a Junior Game Designer, thatGÇÖs not the case. You are not going to sell your T3 Modular Titan, Capital Mining Ship or T2 production replacement idea to Soundwave or Greyscale no matter how drunk they are. Well, probably not. What you CAN do is take those ideas and, along with your fellow CSMs, present them in a context that drives the larger conversation forward; because thatGÇÖs really what being on the CSM is all about GÇô you are part of a very large, daily and important conversation with the makers of the game. They are people just like you, with many of the same in game frustrations as yourself. Talk to them as you would a corp director about what is pissing you off about some game mechanic and, more often than not, youGÇÖll find common agreement. Where you donGÇÖt, itGÇÖs an opportunity for intelligent and articulate debate. Should you be elected, expect to work WITH your fellow CSM members more than against. Yes, there are and will be disagreements but time has proven that when you get a bunch of spaceship nerds into one room, be it as a CSM summit or Fanfest, youGÇÖre probably going to agree on 95% of everything that is right or wrong about the game.
As a voter, realize there is no such thing as a GÇÿperfect politicianGÇÖ, but you should strive to elect people that are capable of seeing all sides of an argument while still being able to stand up for their / your views.
Thank you to CCP for posting this dev blog and I hope all of this helps people understand a little more about the CSM and what all the fuss is about. 
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