Skytt gets my vote then, his KDR is awesome as a dropship gunner.

No offense Black Jackel, but I would not want you representing this game community, especially exlusively. I have no idea who you are from forums or in-game, and turning a serious issue into a sob story for entitlement is offensive to me, as the situation is all too close to home. I know a lot of players from many corporations that I would pick first (some would probably be surprised since I respect the people I challenge more than I let on). I even know some other players in Southern Legion I would trust. But not you, and nominating yourself is suspect.

In full sincerity, I do not think the community is diverse, numerous, and mature enough to elect representation yet. I would rather set up a talk-with-devs open feedback discussion weekly, with voice if possible

I thought in most elections someone else nominates you. Not you nominating yourself.

Congratulations on finding an outlet for your feelings. That is part of your personal accountability and you should have a pat on the back for figuring out what many others were not able to. And I understand where you are coming from on that, I really do (PTSD).

But why would you take something that you are currently talking to CCP about and blast it away here? Do you really think talking like this here would help your chances?

I'm sorry but I would not like a leader to be someone who airs ongoing conversations or disputes before any judgements have been made. Save Face it means a lot.

No offense, but most of us dont know you. Want to earn our trust? Kill US a million times, revive US a few times... Support the Team, Squad, Blue dots (With mic)... Win the games or die trying. Stand by your teammates even if you dont like them... We are Mercs. We dont need anyone representing US, for now. We should not worry about anyone listening to US. Let the Gun do the talking...

If it comes down to Voting and electing someone, We would rather choose someone who has been fighting long enough and earned the respect. We have been fighting side by side or against eachother for quite sometime now. Yes its you ( STB, Havok Core, PRO, KEQ, RND, PHI and so on...) And also Dust/Eve corps we came across (Thank you for the GG, learned alot). I have noticed one common trait, i hope i am right about this: We will not be someone's B**** neither will we answer anyone for our actions...

I've played on the Aussie servers, because of the time of day that I play it can be more populated...
that being said, my normal servers are the americas.
didn't see you at all 1 month ago when i was very active...(took a month break)


before you ask. to play on the other servers you would designate the squad leader as someone connected through the server you want to play on, you want to play on the aussie asian servers then you make the aussie the lead, american make the american your lead

FPS players have a hard time with politics, not bacause they dont understand it. They could care less. I hope that day never comes where we would need anyone, specially you (No offense) to represent us or be our voice. We respect each other and we like to settle things on the field. Win/Loss doesnt really matter as long as its fun and fair. If im not mistaken, if and when they activate "Friendly Fire" some election rules would change :) We have a hard time listening to our Clan/Corp leaders as it is. You think you can get all these FPS players to agree with you and follow you and support you? I doubt so, they'll end up team killing you in game if you annoy them long enough or just for the fun of it. The idea of having a fair, decent and trouble free elections in a FPS, amuses me. Its like saying COD, MAG, BF players and clans being together lol

Each player, Clan/Corp will go against each other or may be even EVE players/ ships if possible, if anyone manages to **** them off to a certain point... We do not like controls, rules and regulations. One of the major reasons why we play FPS and If you really do want to run for election n all You have a lot to deal with my friend.

If you havent noticed, We are a community, check the FB page, forums and so on... Do we really care about What other game forums, players from other games think of us? I dont think so. This is Dust... So let it be... Kind of getting annoyed by people crying over every single thing in this game, Tanks/DS/Missile/AR/AV... Now politics!

If i wanted to play a non-shooter game i'd probably play EVE, WOW and so on... Dust is a good game and has the potential to become the best FPS in the future. But the focus should be "FPS"

I understand what you are saying bro... If you really want this to matter then let us create a Dust Council where every corp will have a representative. every group will have a say no matter what there playing styles are or policies are. not just one small group of people saying they are the "Leaders" and we are the followers. We would have our own meetings, discuss our own matters where every corp will be treated with respect. If EVE players want to be a part of that then they can elect someone or a group of people to sit in that council. Not the other way around... This is Dust, if they want to be a part of this then they should come to US, similarly we should have a voice in there side, as you have mentioned earlier. Just cause most of us dont play EVE doesnt mean that we do not understand it or have the capabilities of understanding it. We just prefer shooting someone in the face and enjoying that moment. You think FPS doesnt have politics, issues? You wouldnt think that way if you were a part of any major FPS clans or played games like MAG, SOCOM and so on. (I Know this isnt MAG, but this is the best thing after MAG was released)

You are not the only one with concerns and visions for this game. All of us wouldnt put this much of effort and spend so much of our time and money on this if we didnt see the potential. Most of us dont prefer mindless shooters like COD where you can reach prestige level and wait for the next game to pop up. I know i am a MAG fan and its still alive after all these years. How? Dedicated players!

You'd get votes if you choose DUST over EVE, or else you have no business representing DUST. If we have to choose someone to represent us, that person must be dedicated to DUST. Not have their legs in two boats. If you can do that, then i'd be the first one to vote for you.

Plymco Pilgrim is someone who has a LOT of respect from the MAG community, love him or hate him, we all respect him.
started a clan in mag that lasted almost the entire game and is respected still (like it or not)

is currently a Playstaion MVP, which means Sony uses him as a PR guy, contests, giveaways, and "hey lets all play on this day"
are handled by him on the starhawk forums.

Trouble with doing that is, it takes time to get that kind of respect. Fact is, there are still a lot of people who have never heard of you/ played with you/ against you.


EDIT: I get it you don't think that should be a deciding factor, but it is, sorry.

You guys need to get off your high horse. The fact of the matter is, The Black Jackal is only known to the membership of The Southern Legion and a very few other people. Tectonious, I never once changed my story. I quoted Jackal as saying that he wasn't active on the forums. I said this disqualified him. You said he reads but doesn't post. I said that still doesn't make him active, so it disqualifies him. As far as the current CSM, or a past one, they are known entities. Not someone that just up and out of the blue makes a post announcing their candidacy for a non-existent position. They are known because they, before being elected, were active members of the community. The Black Jackal does not fit that position.

After meeting Jackal and several other Southern Legion members today, I have to say, he's impressed me.

Keeping a polite and respectful attitude in the face of the negativity in this thread - including my own - has also impressed me.

Definitely someone I plan to keep an eye on, and if DUST players get a say in who becomes CSM, and he's in the running, I'm going to take his application seriously.

No promises who I'm voting for though.

You are out of your mind even wanting to do this crap jackal, although you've got the skills considering you got Aussie players who hated each other with a passion to unite for a tourney.

I'm impressed on the amount of activity this post has (whether positive or negative). The one thing for sure is that it raises awareness about the CSM and that interaction between the player base and developers is a must. I'm always surprised with the lack of this in other titles when say clan leaders and game developers have a similar goal in that we both want to attract and maintain a player base. More games would benefit from a CSM idea, but we are not worried about other titles here...Just this one (or two)




Keep it up

@ Vermaak: I'll post a thread in locker Room soon so not to take from Jackals thread.

With the number of "casuals" who don't really care, and don't talk, and don't mind having no voice here or in New Eden as a whole, I'd say it's unlikely that "the majority" of players actively want DUST to have a CSM position. I'd say the majority of players are apathetic at best.

But the majority of people who DO have a voice of our own want to see CSMs who come from DUST.

Black, your timing is off despite what are probably the best of intentions. You should spend your efforts pushing and organizing both your own organization, which isn't very representative of the Dust community as a whole at the moment. Furthermore, you should join the rest of the community in pushing for representation involving or akin to the CSM, rather than jumping the gun and assuming that CCP will just give that to us.

We need guys like you- the dedicated and the driven- to help make this push. It's possibly the most important thing we can do coming out of the beta and we're going to have to fight for it.

PC FPS players get into more cerebral FPS games like Battlefield and Call of Duty, while us dirty console peasants play games for morons who can't keep track of so many variables... like Battlefield and Call of Duty.

Also, the console MMO community is almost entirely limited to that one Final Fantasy game, Free Realms and DC Universe Online. So pretty much... DCUO and Final Fantasy.

It's not even in consideration until after NDA is lifted. And not truly likely until well after official launch. It's a bit early to get the propaganda machine rolling, but it's not too soon to start getting a larger forum presence so we know who the heck you are and what you bring to the table.

The point is I don't believe you even understand the problems of the people you want to represent and you want a trip out of Iceland so you can feel like a big boy.

You had to create an alt to run which means you are not proud of who you were in console FPS or alternately. You were just unknown and not active in those communities. If there is a csm rep for dust eventually, it sounds like there would be much better candidates with a longer resume of experience, qualifications. And console FPS cummunity interaction.

If you had been an active member if console FPS community, the. You would understand that our concerns are different from a pc FPS player for many reasons.

This is not what you want to hear but swearing to learn dust and be part if dust does not make you a serious contender for representation bc anyone who is playing the game has those qualifications. You simply just don't bring anything to the table exept for long winded posts and the ability to sign your forum posts (which makes you look strange)

I vote no for whoever this guy is.

Not to sound like a ****, but who are you again?

EDIT: also what's this talk about Iceland, alts and console fps communities? I don't think we're not he same page here.......

I know this isn't what you want to hear but you simply just don't bring anything to the table but stupid, irrelevant posts and the ability to make several hundred typos ( which makes you look strange)

Sorry if this post offends you but I really don't think you understand.