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In any rational world, including Eve, all CFC candidates would be disqualified as the goons organized a campaign to suppress the vote by plastering that link all over high sec...

I like Aleks.

I'd rather two Aleks on the council, than two Hans. One is just a hardworker, whereas the other adds sycophant to his resume in heaps.

You can see Hans is a sycophant simply by reading any number of his forum posts. He's probably a hard worker. But he's also a suck-up, and more interested in keeping his new pals happy than supporting good gameplay.

I'd rather have two Aleks, someone who isn't intent on apologizing for everything CCP does, than someone who works hard while mindlessly defending CCP's every misstep.

It's really easy, actually - you just haven't been paying attention every other time this has been discussed. No matter how much everyone enjoys sensationalizing the story for political purposes (CSM "activism" sells really well!), the fact remains that the CSM was told, in no uncertain terms, that POS improvements were going to happen in the summer expansion. We'd been in talks with them about the importance of POS improvements since the beginning of our term, and we'd already told them that NOT working on POS's in the summer was unacceptable no matter how you slice it. CCP admitted in the summit that while they weren't going to be doing the full modular POS system, the abysmal current state of POS's had been made clear to them and that they would be addressing it directly. Two step had his constituency to consider, and felt he was doing his responsibility to push the issue regardless of the fact that we'd already obtained the commitment from CCP that we sought.

But did the threadnought change a goddamn thing other than tie up CCP's staff for a couple days trying to calm everyone down out of panic mode? Nope, the outcome was the same. But because it felt good, and was the closest thing to the Jita-shooting spirit we'd seen in CSM6's term, it's going to continue to be put on a pedestal and worshiped as a hero story by those that believe in the "activist" model irregardless of whether it was actually the reason POS improvements made it into Odyssey.

If you think the CSM's job is to counter CCP at every step of the way, you're crazy. If Two step had wanted to go "against the wishes of CCP" he would have had to ask them NOT to work on POS's at all. There are times when CCP acquiesces and gives the CSM what its asking for, and in my opinion these are the least appropriate times to try to strongarm them further. I'd personally much rather reward CCP's cooperation than punish it. Two step meant well, and has been a tireless advocate for the players, and this doesnt reflect poorly on him in the long run.

We simply disagreed at the time on how to best handle the situation, and since than the facts of the story have continued to be heavily politicized by various groups who like to use the threadnought story to make a point.

You've got Hans confused with Trebor. Hans is just non-confrontational to the extreme, which makes him a pretty poor lobbyist type (but ironically probably makes him a really nice guy outside of all of that). Trebor's the one who would sell anything and anyone out to remain in CCP's good graces.

The minute the CSM fails to be of use to CCP is the minute it ceases to exist.

See, your failing is that you rule out that a CSM can be both valuable to CCP AND to the players at the same time.

In fact, it's worth remembering that CCP, the CSM and the players all have the same high level goal: to make EVE a better game.

CCP Affinity – Content Designer

During 2012 I worked on Factional Warfare and the constant feedback and interaction we had with CSM7 helped make that feature what it is today. CSM7 have been a stellar CSM; they are determined, passionate yet very levelheaded. During FW development, they remained very involved in the ongoing work, gave good, clear and constructive feedback where necessary and, best of all, created and moderated a communication channel putting the designers involved in direct contact with the players most affected by our changes. CSM7 have been amazing both in making the voices of the player heard and interacting with CCP in a professional and meaningful way and I can’t wait to meet the new CSM 8.