Jita Park Speakers Corner

With the final ballot for the CSM8 election announced the votOmat is about to close its data collection. We are waiting for a few candidates to complete their questionnaires and will publish the results on the 4th of April.

For those who are curious which questions we have asked, here is the full list for the CSM8 campaign:

1. Area of Space : The most important area of space in New Eden to me is ...
2. Gameplay : The type of gameplay that I most strongly identify with is ...
3. CCP performance : CCP has improved Eve Online over the past 12 months?
4. CSM7 : CSM7 did a good job?
5. Solo vs Social : New features in EVE should favor group activities and social game play over solo activities?
6. Highsec security : Highsec needs to be safer?
7. Non-consensual PvP : In highsec, non-consensual PvP combat should be ...
8. Wardecs : War declaration game mechanics are currently ...
9. Role of Corps : In the EVE sandbox the tutoring and retention of new players is foremost a responsibility of player owned corporations?
10. New Player Zone : The introduction of some form of 'new player zone' would be beneficial to EVE as a whole?
11. Subscriptions : For the long-term health of the game, a focus on raising the number of EVE Online subscriptions is ...
12. PvE content : CCP needs to add more PvE content to EVE, even if this means other features would be delayed?
13. Industry : The industry game mechanics should be overhauled. CCP should put significant resources on this, even at cost to other features of the game?
14. Industry Priorities : Which of the following should CCP prioritise first when attempting to fix industry issues?
15. Mining : Mining game mechanics should require more ...
16. POSes : You feel let down by CCP over how they have dealt with the POS revamp in the past 6 months?
17. POS capabilities : Industry wise, anything that can be done at an NPC station, a POS should be able to do better?
18. Income : It should be possible for a player to make all money he needs in the vicinity of his home system, even if that would mean a re-balancing of WH, nullsec, lowsec and highsec incomes?
19. Lowsec : In terms of gameplay, lowsec is currently working as it should?
20. Faction Warfare : Faction Warfare is primarily a PvP combat activity?
21. FW income : Income in Faction Warfare is currently well balanced?
22. Intel : Local chat should be replaced as a source of intelligence in nullsec?
23. Blobbing : The current 'blue donut' situation in null sec is caused by broken game mechanics?
24. Jump Drives : Jump drive ranges are currently too high?
25. Self Destruction : When a player tries to self destruct inside a POS force field, while the POS is under attack ...
26. Dreadnaughts : Dreadnoughts should be balanced by ...
27. Communications : The most important direction of communication between players and CCP is ...
28. Stakeholder : The concept of CSM as a CCP-stakeholder is important to me?
29. Chairman : The fact that the CSM Chairman (and the other offices) will be elected by the CSM members will strengthen his position among the council?
30. CSM abilities : What is the most important ability for the CSM as a group?
31. STV : The new voting system is an improvement on the old system?
32. CCP strategy : CCP's new development strategy to build themed expansions that affect many pieces of EVE at once will allow better integration of player feedback?
33. Development Prio : Reiteration of unbalanced or semi-finished game mechanics has to be prioritised, even if that means development of new game elements will be delayed?
34. ESports : How much resources should CCP spend on promoting and improving ESport events like the Alliance Tournament?
35. Live Events : CSM members should be directly involved in planning Live Events?
36. Dust514 impact : Dust514 is a net-positive for the entire New Eden universe?
37. Dust514 integration : The integration between the Dust and the EVE economies should be ...
38. CREST : I expect the new EVE API 'CREST' to be important to me as a player in the future?

If you want to know how the candidates answered to these and what reasons they give for their answers stay tuned for the imminent publication of the votOmat results.