EVE Online's 3rd CSM election results are in
by James Egan 
May 29th 2009 at 11:30AM
Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, Game mechanics, MMO industry, News items, Politics
The Council of Stellar Management (CSM) in EVE Online is a body of players elected by the game's subscribers to represent their interests before CCP Games. We've seen no small amount of debate on the CSM in the comments here at Massively, which is actually indicative of the lengthy and contentious discussions on the CSM that take place on the official forums and unofficial forums alike, as well as on player blogs.
We'd already mentioned that the 3rd Council of Stellar Management elections were under way but now those election results are in. Two council members from the 2nd CSM were-elected -- Vuk Lau and Omber Zombie. Dierdra Vaal, who sat on the first CSM, has been elected as well. In fact Vaal garnered the most votes in this election (2967) and is thus the new Chairman of the Council of Stellar Management. 9.7% of EVE Online's playerbase voted in the 3rd Council of Stellar Management election.
A new dev blog from CCP Xhagen, Meet the Delegates of the Third CSM, breaks down the election results by real name, character name, country, and votes received, and provides the same information for the candidates who will serve as alternate Council members. The 3rd CSM will have their first meeting this Saturday, May 30th, and the meeting minutes will be made available shortly thereafter. For more on the 3rd CSM election results, be sure to check out CCP Xhagen's dev blog, which also breaks down the voter demographics in this election.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Myria said on 12:29PM 5-29-2009
Really the only interesting thing about the whole thing is that you can readily extrapolate the current paid account (not subscriber) base from the numbers given.
Unless their churn is in the 29K/mo range, which seems unlikely, it's a tad less then was last reported.
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Brian! said on 1:50PM 5-29-2009
@Myria I was thinking the same thing. That would show that less than 10% of their claimed subscribers are actually active players in the community.
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Catan said on 6:55PM 5-29-2009
Well that's assuming "active" necessitates government participation.
I'd suggest it's a stretch to assume CSM participation is comprehensive in representing the "active community" of EVE, as folks are often too narrow in their scope to care about the global sway of decision making while remaining active members of their sphere of influence. (Like their favorite solar system, or region, in game)
Heck, just look at voter participation in real life, how much more removed are folks in a virtual setting.
Benicio said on 6:42PM 5-29-2009
"The average age of accounts voting is 2 years, meaning that most votes were cast by veteran players"
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