Because people who play in high sec and who aren't alts of any other group aren't as passionate about the game.
And being passionate about the game is needed to become a CSM representative.. it's additional stress and work besides playing this game, which even after you did it to the best of your knowledge and ability in 90% of the cases earns you mockery and verbal abuse. For people who are just playing casually this is not feasible.
So the only ones, who rally for CSM and take the downsides are those who get something out of it for their group.

It's funny though.. a very large group, composed of casual players has no voice because of the nature of it's members.

Because people who play in high sec and who aren't alts of any other group aren't as passionate about the game.
And being passionate about the game is needed to become a CSM representative.. it's additional stress and work besides playing this game, which even after you did it to the best of your knowledge and ability in 90% of the cases earns you mockery and verbal abuse. For people who are just playing casually this is not feasible.
So the only ones, who rally for CSM and take the downsides are those who get something out of it for their group.

It's funny though.. a very large group, composed of casual players has no voice because of the nature of it's members.

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I won't go so far as to say that's the dumbest thing I've ever read on these forums, but it is the dumbest thing I've read today.

Why would casual high sec players need a CSM representative anyways?

Because people who play in high sec and who aren't alts of any other group aren't as passionate about the game.
And being passionate about the game is needed to become a CSM representative.. it's additional stress and work besides playing this game, which even after you did it to the best of your knowledge and ability in 90% of the cases earns you mockery and verbal abuse. For people who are just playing casually this is not feasible.
So the only ones, who rally for CSM and take the downsides are those who get something out of it for their group.

It's funny though.. a very large group, composed of casual players has no voice because of the nature of it's members.

There's been highsec delegates, not impossible that there will be new ones. But that wont happen as long as people don't care to vote.

The CSM has turned its collective gaze on the isk faucet that is the Incursions.

You haven't read a post by Met Worst or Lyrashae today then, have you?

There it is, that's all true.

It's not a problem about a shortage of suitable delegates, it's a problem of the apathy of most Highsec dwellers who simply remain ignorant about the entire CSM process. Or, knowing about the process, are simply are not bothered to vote as an odd, self-defeating form of "protest" on their part. This makes them think that in this way, they are then allowed to spew crap at a later date when they see things happening which they do not agree with. Then they blame the CSM for all their sorrows and woes, and "who voted for you anyway?" and "Highsec does not have a chance" and so on.

The candidates are there.

Vote - and have at least some modicum of inner peace knowing that when you have a gripe about something going-on in or with this game, you can at least voice your concern from a position of having being a participant.

Don't Vote - and have at least a modicum of decency to stop complaining like an unpaid hooker, knowing that you could not give a crap about ensuring that someone who was at least somewhat representing some of your interests and concerns, was not in the CSM - because of your little "non-contribution".

My only question for our future highsec candidates is which one of you is the best spoon thrower?

A load of drivel. It's not all apathy, it's not a lack of understanding, it's frustration at a ****** system.

People can't be bothered because it DOES NOT represent them properly. The sandbox in Eve ensures neccessity for large 0.0 alliance blocs (they HAVE to be big to survive). Highsec does NOT have the need to "survive" and it negates the neccessity for highsec to form up.

The CSM system fails at the fundamental level because it does NOT address that single intrinsic imbalance.

If you are so damned right that the status quo is fine and "works" then YOU have nothing to worry about anyway do you?

I'm not worried. What gives you the idea I'm worried?

And Met, while you throw generalizations around; deliberately misrepresent events and have your posts carefully dissected and disproved by people like Rubyporto I'll keep on thinking of you as a dummy. A whiny dummy.

Why do you worry what some random person on the internet thinks about you anyway? You have a CSM to take down. After all, with no CSM. No wait. You wanted 7-9 mini CSMs. No wait. It was geographical regions. No wait ...

Speaking of dissect posts. In context everything you're being a "whiny baby" about is valid reasoning. In context.

I'm putting forward alternatives, not trying, as you are, to defend the indefensible by trying to shoot the messenger.

C A M P !

My only question for our future highsec candidates is which one of you is the best spoon thrower?

I absolutley love the fact that hiseccers cannot point to a single existance of corruption within the CSM, and cannot admit, even to themselves, that the only reason that they are complaining is because CSM Mittens and CSM Darius like to enjoy a little suicide ganking and griefing (both not only allowed by CCP, but actually encouraged)

If you want a hisec rep, vote for the head of EVE-Uni, simple as that.

I bet none of you whiny pricks even bothered to take your cheetoh stained fingers and clicked the vote button at the last election.

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