Heinrich Jagerblitzen
Autocannons Anonymous
Late Night Alliance
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Posted - 2012.07.19 16:34:00 -
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I just thought Zion and the rest of you would be happy to know that several of us on the current CSM do play Dust regularly, and are monitoring it's progress closely, especially with regards to the EVE integration. 
(I should clarify that I'm definitely interested in making sure Dust is a quality game on its own right, I know full well many of you won't / shouldn't have to play EVE to enjoy Dust 514.)
We're already under NDA for all of the Dust 514 project as well as EVE, (not the don't-talk-about-beta NDA, I'm talking about the NDA that lets us talk with the developers about their future plans, release dates, etc.) We recently concluded our 1st summit in Iceland, and there was an entire session at the summit dedicated to talking about Dust 514. Even the half of the CSM that doesn't travel to Iceland got to participate, via the new teleconferencing technology that we pushed CCP to set up for us. It was pretty cool to sit here in Seattle and simultaneously talk with the CSM members in Iceland and Brandon Laurino, in Shanghai.
The minutes from this summit have been finalized and are undergoing their last review before release, so you all will have a chance to see what we've been discussing with CCP. I'll be sure to drop a link once it's published.
All that to say, at least for the coming year until next March, Dust will be represented by the current CSM. The CSM's work with Dust is still just beginning, CCP Shanghai and CCP Iceland are very different organizations, and while we have extensive contact with the Iceland group we're still working on bringing more of the Shanghai team into our private forums and the daily Skype chats that we use to work on EVE. So in the mean time, the ability for the CSM to influence Dust 514's development is a little hampered by our limited communication, but we're making progress slowly but surely.
Zion, in your other thread on the same topic (tsk tsk!) you mentioned some form of live "Discussions" you were part of, that were covered by NDA? I've been playing the game and perusing the forums here and there, but I'm still feeling out the "dust community" whose identity is still clearly emerging. Is this like a podcast or radio thing? If there's a way to do some kind of Q&A in a secure, easy-to-access environment where all of you that aren't EVE players can ask questions about the CSM and how it all works, I'd be happy to set aside some time.
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