Joseph Ridgeson
WarRavens
League of Infamy
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Posted - 2014.03.08 18:42:00 -
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It is an odd question because we, as the community, don't really get to see the CPM's input.
For all we know, the CSM/CPM could entirely be a marketing thing for CCP to say to the community/journalists "we care about our community and player base extensively. We even have a player elected committee to give input on the game from the eyes of a player rather than a developer and to act as more natural liaisons between CCP and the players than an employee would be." Yes, that sounds freaking amazing but we can't look into the gears of CCP and see where the CPM/CSM's influence has spread for the betterment of the players. I am not saying that it is true, only that it is hard to see the influence of out elected committees. CPM can say "we had a lot of influence in X" but for all anyone knows they have never been able to push CCP in a way for the betterment of the players, which is the exact reason behind there being an elected body.
And I know it would be impossible to really show "here is what the CPM pushed through because the community wanted it" rather than "here is what CCP did for their own reasons." It is a no-win scenario.
For me, I am less interested in someone who is "good at the game" and more so someone who understands the game and plays it. I would want someone who isn't a jerk and conducts themselves like a human being. Some of the CSM's in EVE have been the biggest butt goblins to every type on a keyboard and loomed over the community in a "do YOU have a seat on the council? You don't know what you are talking about." That cannot be allowed to happen in DUST.
What I want is someone that isn't a jerk, is well reasoned in their beliefs, is willing to change their opinion given evidence, will not resist something that they see as a 'good thing for the game' because it won't be good for their play style, plays the game actively, and is willing to inform the community as much as they can without breaking NDA. I wouldn't want someone who would break the NDA on the CPM because it could push CCP away from having a CPM and does damage. I am sure any CPM member has heard things that would set the forums afire that are now never happening.
Imagine if someone leaked an idea that was in it's early thought phase; in CCP's case, probably written on a cocktail napkin and not really given too much thought on just yet. "We were thinking about removing AV and Vehicles from the game." If that got released before it was anything other than a drunken thought rather than an actual plan, players would get upset probably over nothing.
Perhaps a CPM member could answer this: how many things have you heard suggested for the game that almost immediately got thrown on the fire of bad ideas? How many of those ideas would get players angry/happy when they were announced/discarded? |