CSM seeking feedback about EVE.

[Avalloc]

Hello Taggarts,

I'm Avalloc a previous member of the Council of Stellar Management. I'm not sure if you know about the CSM but we are a group of individuals tasked with bringing the desires of the players of EVE Online directly to CCP. We're elected by the very players we represent. I'm contacting you looking for feedback on areas of EVE that need improvement. Or anything else your Alliance (and members) wish tell CCP. See, the CSM serves a vital role in the fact we have a direct line to the Developers. This thread is a great place to leave these comments.

Why am I asking? I'm running for CSM5 and want to see what I can do to represent what your Alliance wants. I pride myself on my ability to listen to the community and bring up issues with CCP that truly matter to the players, their customers. You can read more about my campaign at http://www.avalloc.net and I'd appreciate your vote on May 5th when election begins. I have previously served as a full voting member of CSM3 and made over 20 proposals to better the game. So I've shown I can get results.

Please contact me if you have any questions. I also have a public channel setup at: Avalloc4CSM.

-Avalloc

My web site at http://www.avalloc.net has a wealth of information about my campaign and ideas. You can also find my campaign thread on the EVEO forumat http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.as ... ID=1301766.

I'm also running a promotion via my web site where players can win Plex(s) for asking CSM candidates questions.

[Kushan]

i will vote for anyone that promises to remove lag

can you do this?

[Kushan]

So I guess this is now our unofficial CSM thread, so here's a poast that summarized some things I liked. It's by Seleene, former dev responsible for some cool supercap changes.

Glass half full vs. half empty.

That's an important thing to clarify, as there are a lot of folks who think they can just "post it on the forums" and it will get the same exposure as if CSM brings an issue up on their agenda. Soooo not the case.

[half-full]You can post away on the forums, but I guaren-fucking-tee you that the chances of "some dev" (specifically one in game design) reading it is pretty low (except for Greyscale, who is as big a forum whore as me). Even if a dev reads it, the chances of that dev becoming motivated to DO something about it RIGHT NOW is practically considering he / she probably already has something else on their plate. And even if that dev IS motivated to do something about it, the chances of him getting approval to get it done in any reasonable time span from his bosses is sometimes laughable.

Oh, and even when that dev manages to get something done, the chances of some other dev coming along and hijacking things to the point of nonsense is still fairly probable.[/half-full]

That being said, yes, they DO read the forums, it's just rare that an idea from there is able to rise up and become reality.

This is where the CSM can, and has been, invaluable in elevating certain issues to a point where they cannot be ignored. Some may think that these people are just in it for the 'free trip to Iceland', but when they actually get there and see how seriously CCP takes them, it does kick things to another level. For example, it took THREE YEARS of constant lobbying to get the AoE DD removed from the game, and I can honestly stand here and say that if it hadn't been for the CSM's high level of bitching about it as well, we might STILL be dealing with paper tiger supercaps and fuck knows what else.

The CSM, believe it or not, cuts through a LOT of the bullshit at CCP, primarily because upper management wants to believe they are getting a return on their financial and PR investment. I was there when I watched the initial concept be proposed and saw how the CSM delegates affected the game first hand. There simply is nothing like devs being FORCED to sit in a room and see a big Serb fellow like Vuk Lau literally pounding on the table about sov warfare (was funny as hell), or Diedra Val from EVE Uni giving a passionate argument about new player incentives, or John Zastrow from Goons wailing like a girl about fueling towers, etc...

I've got a lot of confidence that CCP wants this to work, but as Virt has wall-of-texted elsewhere, it's largely up to the CSM themselves to make the most of the oppertunity given to them. These people can make a difference so, as others have said, it's pretty important who does and does not get a seat on the internet spaceship council.

[Avalloc]

i will vote for anyone that promises to remove lag

can you do this?

You already voted for mazz, remember?

Only thing I can guarantee as CSM is to listen to community and take my position seriously. CCP will do what CCP wants in the end.

[Benjamin Brieg]

I wasn't going to vote but I think I'll vote against you out of spite now.

[Avail Truth]

I like it when Kush spanks me.