Jade Constantine
Gallente
Jericho Fraction
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2008.04.26 01:42:00 -
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 Originally by: Patch86
If I have to read one more CSM thread about "When I'm elected, I'll fix [this] bug, and implement [this] feature", I'll go nuts. CSMs will not be designing or fixing the game, period.
Well what you're actually seeing in most cases is CSM candidates (myself included) demonstrating our interests, our areas of competence and showing exactly how we intend to fulfill the CSM requirement to engage and interact with the Eve community. Remember that elected CSM reps have a pretty serious responsibility for deciding exactly which issues will be escalated for CCP council attention:
CSM reps can make their own decisions on personal judgement and raise items for debate, they can highlight existing threads/topics and mark for attention and ultimately a majority vote of the CSM will decide which general motions from the player base will get taken to Iceland for CCP council feedback. Even at that council meeting its going to come down to debating skill, persuasion, vision and good humour to make progress.
So its vital that the Eve electorate get appropriate insight into the mindset, thought processes, and general interests and debating style of the CSM candidates over the next three weeks if they are to make an informed voting decision and choose the right nine candidates to join the inaugural CSM.
When you're looking at my threads for example, you shouldn't be reading "this is going to happen if you elect Jade Constantine" but rather "this is the kind of game Jade Constantine's player is interested in and if you like this stuff too then come and have a debate and express your opinions." Judge me on how I handle feedback, judge me on the kind of ideas and vision I have for the game, judge me by my interests and awareness of critical issues and good development ideas. You're going to be trusting me to support motions you agree with if you elect me to CSM, you need to decide if I'm worthy of that trust by getting some insight in advance.
CSM role is all about enthusing and empowering eve player opinion and bringing good suggestions and critical items of interest to CCP's attention via the council mechanism. These threads let you assess candidate performance under scrutiny alongside the core interests close to the candidates heart.
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