People who are already doing the job more or less and already contributing to the benefit of the community.

How much input did the CPM0 have in the white paper?

a lot.

What I want more than anything for CPM1 is someone who can persuade CCP to open the development process more, and let us know earlier and in more detail what changes are coming and let the community dissect changes before they're committed to being released.

Someone who plays the game.

A lot of these "contributing entities" DON'T PLAY they just theorycraft.

I see a lot of current CPMs that have fewer than 1 mil lifetime warpoints and under 2.0 KDRs, then wonder how they could have any grasp of what needs changing in DUST when they clearly spend 90% of their free time trolling the forums and 10% in game.

I'll vote for someone who is most likely to break the NDA and give us that peak under the hood we all need but that CCP doesn't want to give out.

That and someone who isn't afraid to tell CCP to stop being muppets and learn to iterate.

I'll vote for someone who is most likely to break the NDA and give us that peak under the hood we all need but that CCP doesn't want to give out.

That and someone who isn't afraid to tell CCP to stop being muppets and learn to iterate.

Whatever you think of CPM0, I think they already made efforts to do that. A CPM candidate telling us they'll "convince CCP" of anything is probably a non-starter qualification-wise.

I'll vote for someone who is most likely to break the NDA and give us that peak under the hood we all need but that CCP doesn't want to give out.

That and someone who isn't afraid to tell CCP to stop being muppets and learn to iterate.

Well Im sure there will be some that say that they are willing to break the NDA. Although once CCP's lawyers get in touch they will back down because NDA's are binding contracts and caan lead to very expensive lawsuits. But if someone is that brave then we will see what we see.

I doubt they serve any real purpose. If the SP refund does not go through it will confirm that for me. Representing us has to be a hard job because everyone cries about everything. The changes CCP makes seem rooted in some far off ideal that we just don't see in-game. I do not feel represented beyond what I do myself on the forums and with support tickets.

I would be looking for a representative that has some transparency. Not that they can show us the results of their efforts. They could however show us the means they are using to represent us and participate more in the community. If this is a sham at least we could see the wasted effort and that would earn my respect.

you know nothing Jon Snow.

you know nothing Jon Snow.

Frankly being a CPM/CSM eats up your game time a lot, as it is usually like taking a half time job in addition to your current job (and sometimes it's a full time job even). That, and the fact that appearing in any game with your main toon usually ends up with everyone shooting at the CPM.
Also KDR is a crap metric in team based games (I, for one, had the most fun playing in squads with my repair tools on constantly ;)
Oh, and if their time was set up the other way around, mainly 90% in game, 10% in the forums, all would whine, that the CPM isn't on the forums - you can't please anyone.

Primary Requirements:

*Doesn't put his/her ideas higher over the communities.

*Respectful to the community for the most part. - The only time I want them being an ******* or a smart ass is when they were provoked first. After that, fair game. Too many idiots on these forums anyway.

*Communicates with the player base - Doesn't even have to be about CPM things just be active.

*Actually play the game - I know that CPM doesn't require much out of playing the game but this ties more into the previous point.

*Be familiar with the game - ties into the last two post.

*Have EVE/lore knowledge

*Have common sense - A need for any figure.

*Know what an FPS players want while knowing when to stay away from generic fps simplification.

Did I mention one should play the game?

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Secondary Requirements:

*Be Gallente - What better race to have in such a high influential position than a True Gallentean?

*Have a sense of Humor. - Some of these people are like the digital manifestation of Hank Hill on these forums.


P.S. A CPM should also know how to format a post. This is an example of how not to make a post.

People who are already doing the job more or less and already contributing to the benefit of the community.