CSM Campaigns

When you say that protocols do not allow for CSM members to "truly hold each other accountable" what do you mean? An internal reporting system or something similar? What would you publicly say the CSM should do to be more open under your ideal settings?

How would you suggest the voting public be enabled to hold a CSM accountable? A formalized body that runs as a check & balance of the CSM? A more structured process outside of voting a year after a CSM has more or less been deadweight? The only real example I can cite recently of the public holding a CSM member accountable for their actions was when Major J Silva got outed for account sharing, which saw him ejected from the CSM.

All excellent questions. For starters, were you aware that CSM members are heavily discouraged (functionally banned) from saying anything negative about another CSM member in public regardless of truth value?

As for the rest, I will likely treat it elsewhere at length. This isn't to be dismissive, instead there's a great deal about the CSM that I have yet to say and as yet haven't, and most of it ties back into these admittedly difficult problems.

Dear Sion Kumitomo,

could you please post your 45 page summary of dynamics in 0.0 and how things interact ?

Because CSM X might have an opportunity to influence CCPgames new Sov mechanics and currently you are the most qualified csm 9 member that understands nullsec. By posting it we could have a better and open discussion that helps along the process.

Regards, a Freelancer

Oh, and does Ali Aras shop at Talbots?

Sion, I have a question about something you touched on in your latest Cap Stable interview, regarding the reality of the CSM versus what you imagined initially, before being elected to the CSM.

It also has to do with Agile with Scrum, and I'm basically wondering how much of an impact the shorter development cycle has on the effectiveness of the CSM. My naive impression is the shorter development cycles reduce the lead time available to you.

EVE's new release cycles are two weeks longer than the development cycles prescribed in Agile with Scrum. Is some of that additional time used to incorporate the CSM into parts of Scrum?

Also, does the CSM participate in Scrum meetings (perhaps via conference calls), such as Backlog Refinement Meetings, Sprint Planning Meetings, or Daily Scrum Meetings?

What provisions have CCP and the CSM implemented to integrate the CSM into the development process since adopting Agile with Scrum?

The Cap Stable interview of CCP Falcon / CCP Leeloo (released today) included discussion of CSM 9 in the development process. CCP Leeloo's description of CSM access to the develpment road map sounds one-way, and delayed by a week between updates. Is there anything you'd like to add?

For example, on which side of the Scrum Master does the CSM reside?

Thank you for the clarification. Stakeholder status was another unclear term in my mind, and I wondered how it related to ownership in the sense of Scrum.

Player stories are one thing I thought the CSM would be perfect for. I don't mean to say devs are at fault for not being subject matter experts. In your Cap Stable interview, you addressed the matter of in-depth knowledge, and mentioned that individual players outside of the CSM are likely to have the most experience in specific areas of the game. Still, wouldn't the CSM be ideal for providing player stories, for being bound to an NDA while very close to individual players?

In your latest blog post on TMC, you closed on the topic of CSM integration into the development process. Access to the road map is great, but wouldn't it be better to have access to backlog items and player stories? Player stories strike me as a mutually compatible piece of data between the CSM and Scrum.

Going forward into CSM X, this topic of CSM integration (which you mention consistently) strikes me as very important to the function of the CSM, and communication between players and CCP. Being an invested player, my hopefulness and faith in EVE depends on this communication process.

I suppose this isn't much of a question, and I mostly just want to say you are addressing the CSM on a level that is reassuring and I enjoy hearing about. Questioning the process of the CSM with a mind for reform.

Stakeholder status is unclear in my mind too. It isn't a stakeholdership in the Scrum sense.

Access to player stories and being able to provide feedback there is a good idea, but nothing like that currently exists.

I concur, communication between players and CCP is of paramount importance. Still a lot of work to be done there.



When I have time, which is rarer than I would like.

Dear Sion,

Since you currently are on the CSM and have expressed thoughts about legislating the process and the rules by which we play a sandbox game, I want to forward this idea.

Now that must likely the CSM white paper is being rewritten, would it not be a good idea to put in some (abridged) right of Interpellation

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpellation_%28politics%29

For example, when a dev or team does not want to communicate with the CSM, the CSM can invoke this right at the Senior Producer level and then he or she either veto's it or not, and then the dev or team has to respond to questions from CSM.

Regards, a Freelancer

What are your thoughts on the current state of:

Capital class warfare - good place or in need of some work? What are the areas that you think could use some work?

Anchored Interdiction bubble spam - What are your thoughts on this? Working as intended? Or cowardly abuse of game mechanic? Would you suggest changes to this either in the form of anchor distance restrictions, material input adjustments or something entirely different?

Sov resources - do you see a need for changes in the distribution of resources in sov null? If so, what changes might you suggest?

Local channel as Intel - problem or non-issue? What are your thoughts on intel gathering currently in sov null and do you think it's in need of a change? If so, what change(s) might you suggest?

Thanks for your time and good luck.

The following is an excerpt of my endorsements for CSMX:


The rest of the article/list is found here. Best of luck, Sion!