Um, Malcanis, that was sort of the point. Everyone I knew voted AGAINST the guys we got, and goons pointed out that it DID NOT MATTER because their alliance and co voted that way, and that was 30k votes.

I've just come back from FanFest X. I had a really good time

Or, stomp up and down and flag posts to ISD like a GD pubbie.

While Chribba is a high seccer, I'm willing to be his numbers are dead on.

I can point to high sec population and concurrency numbers to support my theory that doing away with high sec, either nerfing it into the ground or flat out eliminating it, will harm EvE's viability as a source of profit for CCP.

No, but I can see attempting to talk to him at the moment is pointless. No matter what I'd say, and even if I had Fozzie or another dev come in and point out that I was right and La Nanu was wrong, he'd sit there and try to argue that it really meant the opposite.

Not really, the numbers show the average age of the voter increased from last time, meaning there were fewer noobs/alts voting. Combined with lower concurrency numbers, this suggests that there were simply fewer new accounts.

CCP did not release, this time, the number of votes placed compared to the number of eligible voters, suggesting that subs are, as Dinsdale suggests, down.

No, I don't take what CCP says as gospel truth until they at the very least provide some sort of detail. Preferably Patch Notes.

I'd put more stock into what benny writes if he bothered to read entire my entire posts instead of filling in the parts he wants to hear.

Example:

'We're seeing general negative indicators that suggest subscriptions are down, but at this time have no conclusive proof.'

becomes

'ZOMG EVE IS DYING!!!!1111oneone'

no it doesn't. and no it doesn't. christ.

Benny, I know your tiny brain struggles with subtle concepts like me stating 'I don't see this happening, but...' and then saying that if NPC stations are really going to be destructible,

Benny seemed deeply offended when I implied that CCP might deny changes that people would find objectionable until the release, thus avoiding a negative impact on it's half year earning statement.

Just not as good as CSM 8 :)

That kind of also goes back to my point on why maybe people are just not interested in the CSM, its the same people over and over again.

If the majority of the player base view the CSM as a waste of time and they are showing this by not voting, then having the same people each year either on or involved in the CSM is not going to help.

Mangala Solaris - CSM 8

Ali Aras - CSM 8

Mynnna - CSM 8

Progodlegend - CSM 8

Now go back and see how many of this years candidates have unsuccessfully run for CSM over the years and I bet a few of the names appear again and again.