EVE Online's 3rd CSM election polls close tomorrow
by James Egan 
May 25th 2009 at 3:00PM
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, Game mechanics, MMO industry, Politics
If you've been following Massively's EVE Online coverage over the past few months, you'll no doubt have noticed we've written about the game's Council of Stellar Management (CSM). The CSM is a body of players elected by their fellow players, who represent the interests of the game's subscribers and work with CCP Games to ensure that development and balancing are driving the game forward in ways the gamers like. Opinion remains divided on the CSM, of course, but we think it's an interesting concept; developers letting the players have a say in a game's development pipeline is something that's very rare in the MMO industry.
We'd just like to post a reminder to our readers that the 3rd CSM election polls close tomorrow, May 26th. If you've been considering voting, check out what the candidates have to say about themselves and about EVE in the Jita Park Speakers Corner, a section of the EVE Online forums where each candidate explains their respective election platforms. There's still time left, so be sure to make your vote count.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Myria said on 5:45PM 5-25-2009
Other then that seeing "Vote for me" cans is getting old, I don't really care about the whole CSM thing one way or the other. But I must say, that Biomassed rant is one of the funnies things I've read all week. "Dey done baaaad things! I ain't gonna say what, that ain't my job. I'm an internet tough guy and my job is to cry rivers of tears because those mean 'ol carebears are beating up my precious 0.0 and if I say "pathetic bears" enough their feelings will be hurt and I win! Because I'm an internet tough guy, and you're...Umm... A PATHETIC BEAR!"
If nothing else, Eve is a premier example of how an entrenched an ossified core player base can be the only thing standing between an MMO and true success.
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Brian said on 7:40PM 5-25-2009
It is also pathetic that certain candidates are paying people to vote for them such as 10mil isk per vote. CCP should disqualify them for doing such things.
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