Did you even read what I wrote right above your post?
Mr Epeen 
I say we nuke the whole thing from orbit. Itās the only way to be sure.
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Finally, someone puts forward a practical option with a good chance of success!
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Is this a fact?
I still think this makes you perfect for the job.
Maybe why I voted Trump the 1st time.
The Hunt for Red October (9/9) Movie CLIP - A Little Revolution (1990) HD - YouTube
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BTW, they totally changed in the movie the reason why the Russian Captain was doing it from the reason in the book, which IMO, totally lessens the impact of the story. 
The CSM isnāt perfect. Of course not, itās not run by the Princess, how could it be? Iām not saying any Eve related body outside the purview of Princess Aiko is obviously bogus and overrun by carebears, bots and parasites determined to ruin the gsme. Iām just saying itās wise to assume they are until proven otherwise. Hail Aiko!
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Forget the āfree tripsā ārepresentativeā attempt and replace it with a ādirect democracyā āreferendumā one account one vote and a ticketing/voting system for features.
I have a thread about ticketing systems here Public facing Issue tracking database
Wrong,
You donāt ever truly meet anyone, as you walk around with a mirror in front.
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Am I to take from this that you are of the āthe CSM doesnāt agree with me personally, so it is ineffectiveā bent?
Let me set out my thinking here.
- You claim the CSM has a narrow focus - based on what metric? What viewpoints do you consider not being represented? In terms of recent responses to CCPs actions, what specifically do you feel should have been done differently from a representative body like the CSM?
My guess on this is that this is a response to the retriever pack issue, and if you disagree with the CSMās position on this you will find you are a minority on those expressing an opinion on the subject. Which, fair enough, but you canāt claim the CSM doesnāt accurately represent the player base as a whole if your view is in the minority. Which by any objective measure it is.
- You claim there is an abnormal amount of āand hominem and vitriolā in the CSM. Grammatical issues aside, again Iād argue that any objective assessment of the CSMās interactions publicly - through the forums or the CSM Discord - shows that the amount of vitriol (not to mention personal attacks etc) being directed towards CSM members far outweighs anything coming internally from CSM members, if thereās anything notable to be found at all.
My guess on this is that you have some personal grudge against a CSM member - more than likely Brisc, as that is who people tend to go after for whatever reason - and have dressed this statement up as part of this grudge. I may well be wrong here, so please feel free to correct me if I am!
- You claim that per-account rather than per-player voting leads to vote-buying or other distortions. While this is correct, thereās some argument that the player with 15 accounts should in fact have a greater say in their representation due to their increased contribution. A sticky argument though, and not one I fully support
Where the difficulty lies is in ensuring the separation of players and accounts. How can you determine a player versus an account - particularly in the case of players running dedicated spy accounts through VPNs, separate emails, unliked bank accounts etc? To effectively police this would require either forcing players to link all accounts (and thus giving a route to destroy spying in the game), or banning multiple accounts entirely. Neither of these solutions is acceptable
Happy to hear further suggestions on this however.
- You claim the CSM is ānot helping make the game betterā. Iād argue that you are incorrect on the basis of CSM successfully arguing for a rollback and/or pause on compression last year, resulting in a much better solution than the one proposed by CCP as simply the first example that springs to mind. But I also feel you are misunderstanding what the CSM - as a player representative negotiating body - actually does.
CSM acts very much like a Trade Union Side (as things shake down in the UK) in terms of its scope and activities. They do not instigate change, but instead liaise with management (CCP) and respond to proposed changes - ideally in advance of their publication to the wider playerbase, but this only at the whim of CCP - based on their understanding and consultation with the players they represent.
In this way, the CSM cannot be held responsible for game changes that CCP direct are to be implemented - all they can do is attempt to moderate the more egregious shortcomings through negotiation, advocate for positive change that CCP is under no obligation to listen to, and generally keep the players as informed as they can (while under NDA) of whatās going on.
If you expect any player representative body to have meaningful impact on game design, company motivations etc then you are wildly optimistic. CCP is a business, and it is driven by the needs of the business, not the desires of the CSM - however much me or you may believe that listening to players or their representatives will help, if CCP disagree they donāt have to do anything.
If you are genuinely keen to improve the representation of players like you on a player representative body, as others have suggested you should seriously consider standing for the next term. Iād be happy to help out with some advice from my past employments in these sorts of bodies.
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How about no?
The CSM are not the issue. The people in control of Eve are the issue. CCP quit listening to the CSM for most of the last 2-3 years. So it would not matter what group was there because CCP didnāt or does not want to listen.
The next 6 months of Eve will determine the future of EVE Online. Either company will start listening to the players or they will lose this game. Either the game gets fun and rewarding again or a lot of people in Iceland will be looking for new jobs.
I can not wait to see how fanfest goes with how CCP has been treating the players.
Itās very important to remember that thereās people beyond the current CSM who are under NDA and used to provide confidential feedback on ideas. Past CSM members remain under NDA for several years, and thereās also expert players (who may have never run for CSM) from under-represented areas like wormholes who are under NDA and actively used for feedback on them. The base of people (like the CSM) who can provide feedback under NDA isnāt really the issue.
The real issue is that that CCP isnāt choosing to give insight into areas that need feedback or act on it properly.
No thanks. After the ad hominem, polemics, and passive aggressive nature of your post, I do not think any positive interaction is possible with you, and you did not intend there to be.
How will ignoring player feedback for the next six months be so important? CCP has been ignoring the playerbase for YEARS.
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See i think the issue is that you think that the CSM should be more than just a sounding board, now while they will ask their opinions that doesnāt mean they will listen where they believe something should happen so even if the CSM was 100% against the idea that wouldnāt stop CCP from doing it
Youāre expecting the system to be more than it actually is
Sorry you feel that way friendo. Not sure I understand where there was an ad hominem argument in my post, though I will grant you I was a little snarky! In fact I pointed out specifically the elements I disagreed with in your post, why I thought you might be coming to those conclusions, and invited further response to correct or clarify.
While Iāll admit to having no shortage of experience with ārobust debateā and āfull and Frank exchanges of ideasā - and this coming across in my writing here - if you cannot motivate yourself to respond substantively to my points, itās probably a good thing that you do not seem to be interested in taking on a negotiating or representative role.
If any of the current CSM refused to engage after so light a tickling, rhetorically, they would all have been sat doing nothing since before the election results came in.
However, the cynic in me tends to think that your refusal to reply stems more from not having the substance to back up your positions, rather than any offence or umbridge actually being taken to my points
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years ago i was a member of the SOE community group. much like the CSM we met regularly viia skype to discuss aspects of the various SOE games. I was invited to join the group by SOE community manager based on my activity on the forums and some vetting with players in game. No populartiy contest voting process. the group members represented not only different SOE games we also represented diffrent playstyles. once a year we gathered live at the convention. in general SOE listened to what we had to say and rarely implemented new content without discussion. I feel like that system was working. maybe something for CCP to look at
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Well, go back, rewrite it, to just be your points on the ones I specifically wrote, and Iāll happily reply to that.
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Nope, not gonna happen.
Like I said, if your sensibilities are so delicate as to require a re-drafted forum message before replying in good faith, I suggest you check out the kind of guff that gets thrown at the CSM on the daily.
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