EVE General Discussion

I find that simply sending the CSM in question a monthly stipend results in the counting of my vote

This button, if it exists, is utterly meaningless anyway.

CCP wants more scapegoats for the general population to be mad at. +1 CCP.

Actually, they do. I disagree with this completely. The CSM have proven to be quite approachable if you act reasonably and respectfully. I emailed a few of them and received a prompt reply to my question. In general the Winter Expansion is chock full what amounts to 90% content fielded by past and present CSM proposals. Many of the fixes are lifted from forum feedback, passed on to CSM, brought up with CCP, and are now being made real. The CSM has been very clear about their agenda, how they represent players, and we are seeing the fruits of their labor. Any doubts I personally had about the CSM have been washed out through several months of watching the events unfold and speaking with many of the CSM members personally. I now have high respect for the role they play, and the job they've been doing.

Abrazzar is correct, the 25% mechanic outlined in Evelopedia regarding "forcing" issues onto the table with CCP, refers to 25% of the entire playerbase. So, its a rather unrealistic way of bringing up issues with the CSM to present to CCP. The 25% mechanic has apparently never been used, since anything that was that popular has made it to CCP talk level long before that anyways.

Thus, my search for a "support" button on proposals was unnecessary.

We can, however, continue to bring popular lists of items needing fixing to the CSM, obtain an advocate on the council, who can than bring these changes to the CCP meetings, with or without any minimum number of supporters. I encourage anyone else with specific fixes (as supposed to grandiose doctrines, essays, or manifestos) to contact their CSM representatives and continue to share their ideas on the forums.

Wlell if thats true, than they certainly are not beholden to the commands of the Mittani. I've received personal responses from multiple CSM on various questions the last few days/weeks.

I think their response depends on several factors, chiefly whether they CAN answer a question, whether or not its a serious request or a veiled trolling attempt, and whether its being handled respectfully.

But the CSM are most certainly listening to the players. There's just a ton of stuff on the books, so much of the stuff players want them to share they've already shared, and are waiting just like us on CCP to work through the jampacked development schedule. Upon asking them personally the CSM have been quite frank about sharing how the process works, and how they disseminate player feedback up to CCP.