CSM was not a good idea in the first place, just CCP being lazy wanting to deal with a much smaller group of people.
You mention Goons, good example. Their corp/alliances are large enough to field CSMs so they’re able to get representation. Whereas a lot of players that aren’t in large corps/alliances will find it harder to get representation. Solo players and small corps will have to rely on what they want being the same as what the large organisations want as they will not be represented themselves.
A lot of us don’t even bother voting for the CSM because we don’t know who the candidates are other than what they tell us, we know we won’t have any real representation even if we did vote.
The CSM should really be disbanded as it isn’t a true representation of the player base.
Nope, CCP wanted to be able to talk to a group under NDA, so they could discuss development direction, without the stupid amounts of tinfoil that invariably come from certain sections of the community, and without being seen to commit to something which turns out not to be possible.
As for you not voting, of course the CSM doesn’t represent you. How could it? And how would you know who a candidate is? Would you have to know them personally? I assume you don’t vote in any of the elections in your country then.
Still means you have the large corps/alliances influencing the direction of the game in their favour.
There was a period I didn’t vote for nearly 30 years, not because of I didn’t know who they were but because you come to realise over time you can’t trust a politician, say one thing to get elected, they get elected and then do what they want. Started voting again with Brexit as it was an important decision, only tactical voted since not because I think the party is good, but just to help keep out a worse one.
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Sat in a pub with 3 other people a few weeks after the result of Brexit, 2 I didn’t really know although I had seen them about. Turned out that all of us hadn’t voted in elections for many years, yet we all thought Brexit was important enough to vote on and we all had voted to leave.
While I don’t doubt that they want their agenda, just like you want yours or I want mine. It doesn’t bother me that they are mostly Goon’s. Goon’s are the most organized group and know the game probably better than CCP. Your best chance of getting someone who can do “some” good for the game will probably be out of that knowledge pool.
We have our candidates, would you prefer it be a lottery at this point? I don’t.
And if you bother to read the forums a lot, I found a great deal of useful info from at least “some” CSM members as to how the CSM works, their frustration’s with CCP and more than a few good laughs at CCP’s expense when they can finally say publicly, we told you so. If you don’t bother to vote, don’t bother to whine…
You’re still entitled to have a say even if you don’t vote.
Once Brexit is finally complete including any if any trade deal. I’ll probably give up on tactical voting and go back to not voting. If they added a box on the ballot paper saying ‘none of the parties because they’re all crap’ then I’d happily vote for that.
I mean some people say a non-vote is a wasted vote, but I’d say a non-vote is a vote of no confidence in any of the candidates as that option is not listed on a ballot paper. A spoilt paper doesn’t count as that doesn’t really say anything other than you can’t fill a form out.
I think it would be dishonest for anyone to say that they didn’t favor one side or the other in politics. Not claiming that you agree 90% or even 40% but rather that one cannot be truly indifferent.
You can’t really favour one over the other if you think they’re all crap. Unless you have a specific reason like Brexit where you resort to tactical voting, not because you like the party you are voting for but think they’re the best bet to make it happen.
If you don’t think any of the candidates are likely to represent you, there is no reason to vote. Because the outcome of the voting still means you’re unlikely to be represented.
That’s the problem with the CSM, they don’t represent the player base they mainly represent large corps/alliances.
I mean I can’t but trust what you are saying but I still cannot comprehend it. Luckily Scarlet eluded to what I am suggesting though; the policies or specifically important issues.
I think it’s safe to say that the high percentage of politicians are total d-bags and I totally do not support “them”. I do however support issues and what I support tends to fall into the center, left or “green” realm of politics depending on the issues.
If I vote for somebody in the hopes they do what they will claim they will to do then great…if not then I’ve been misled again…but at least I put weight the side of the scale that is important to me. That action makes what I “want” mater that tiny bit more.
For example, the Green Party in Canada has been mostly useless up to now, not really having a real impact in the seats of power…BUT their impact on policy has been tremendous as it’s shifted even the more anti-environmental policies closer to a green/social stance and away from a purely business outlook.
Politics shouldn’t be seen as a win/lose dichotomy but rather a fine balancing of the scales…
To bring it back to CCP/EVE, I’m just happy CCP gives us a tiny voice in all this…when nothing is the alternative, something is always better.
…and I truly hope that in your lives you have somethings that you are willing to fight a little for even if that fight is just checking a box now and then.
