EVE Online boasts a wide variety of players, many of whom happily go their own way in the vastness of New Eden with nary a thought as to the power struggles, machinations, and celebrated conflicts that garner headlines for CCP's space-based MMORPG on a regular basis. So when hardcore EVE players debate the pros and cons of the newly elected Council of Stellar Management (CSM), newer or more casual denizens of EVE could be forgiven if they were to say, in effect, the pros and cons of whom?
A new letter from the CSM aims to demystify its purpose (and the limits of its power). CCP Diagoras recently posted the letter on the official EVE website, and the piece shares the collective opinion of all nine council members on everything from time dilation and lag issues to developer communication and two "ugly truths" about the council.
First up is the fact that "CCP is under no obligation to interact with the CSM outside of the strict confines of the CCP/CSM summits." Also noteworthy is the council's take on its power relative to actual game implementations. "There is no explicit power behind any player-initiated legislation approved by the CSM." Why assemble the group at all, then? Read the rest of the dev blog to find out.
Reader Comments (3)
Posted: Apr 11th 2011 6:11PM Tweakalvos said
CCP Marketing tool. So they can keep subscribers.........
Posted: Apr 11th 2011 6:36PM Graill440 said
Its like a parole hearing everytime they bring this up. When the folks that were violated by CCP keep the memories fresh of what happened and why the CSM was created in the first place.
Posted: Apr 12th 2011 1:52PM kgptzac said
time dilation seems to be an interesting concept, good to see ccp is thinking outside of the box







