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Posted - 2015.07.16 00:12:00 -
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Viktor Hadah Jr wrote:Every time around this year i always get a sick feeling because there are always a large amount of people who slip into the CPM. They get in not because they are good at organization and communication or have any leadership quality. Not because they have any genuine quality that have been proven overtime in order to fill the responsibilities of the CPM. They get in because they are just competing with each other and trying to one up each other by saying nice words and trying to convince people that they are the right person for the CPM. They are the ones who are sweet talking the community in order to get in. They are the people who know how to wh*re themselves out in order to get the votes but they know nothing of expressing or understanding the people who vote them in.
You want the apolitical answer? If you're genuinely concerned about who might be elected CPM, then probably the least effective way to change the outcome is to sit around whinging about it on the forums. Talk to your friends, message your alliance mates, run if you think you're better qualified, or find someone who you think is and encourage them to run.
Your post seems to imply that people who got seats last year were "whoring themselves out to the community" on the forums, which is just asinine. Most of last year's successful candidates had voting blocs that hardly touch the forums if at all. It'll be the same this year. If you think that the blocs that voted them in aren't representative of the player base, then you should do your part to energize more of the people who you think are representative.
If you don't care enough about the game to engage with the politics of getting elected, then I honestly don't want you on the CPM. People who are experts but are unable to diplomatically convey their ideas will fare just as poorly in advocating the players' best interests to CCP as they will in an election.
You spoke to Judge getting elected last year. That was a farce and make no mistake. All the material that he released made it clear that he wasn't going to be a levelheaded CPM member. The only way to prevent people like that from taking seats is to encourage the players who are representative to get out the vote. It'll take a long term group effort to combat the apathy people have towards CPM elections. Meanwhile, yeah, implicitly it would be fantastic if there were a voting method that ran through the game client rather than through the web client. That feature still has its advocates, including me, but meanwhile we have to do the best with what we've got.
Constructive discussion I'm more amenable to discussing a bit more civilly. But you can cut out this thing where you dramatically hang your head and weep "Woe is me that everything is not perfectly how I would love it!" while doing little and nothing to fix the very problems you claim are your concern.
Have a pony
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