DUST Search - Announcement:DUST 514 War Council

Kevall Longstride wrote:

Pokey Dravon wrote:

Sounds very interesting and very promising, its a feature I know many of the players have been pushing for for some time now.

My only word of advice is to try to avoid having all of your candidates be from major organizations, or just people who post a lot on the forums. There are a lot of players out there from some of the massive corps that like to showboat around on the forums, playing themselves off as a fantastic community members when really they're just trying to draw up community support with a silver tongue and little work behind their words to back it up.

There are plenty of people I've seen around that quietly work to support this game by doing hard and good work that is sometimes left unnoticed by the masses, but is nevertheless invaluable to the community in the long run. It would be a shame for CCP to also let this work go unnoticed, because it really is important and will allow this game to survive and thrive. Because of that, the people working on this stuff really should be the ones on the council because they're more interested in the quality of the game and not just their own personal or corporate interests.

+1 for this. This isn't about the epeen.


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Pokey Dravon OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 639	Posted - 2013.03.18 18:05:00 - [1] - Quote Sounds very interesting and very promising, its a feature I know many of the players have been pushing for for some time now. My only word of advice is to try to avoid having all of your candidates be from major organizations, or just people who post a lot on the forums. There are a lot of players out there from some of the massive corps that like to showboat around on the forums, playing themselves off as a fantastic community members when really they're just trying to draw up community support with a silver tongue and little work behind their words to back it up. There are plenty of people I've seen around that quietly work to support this game by doing hard and good work that is sometimes left unnoticed by the masses, but is nevertheless invaluable to the community in the long run. It would be a shame for CCP to also let this work go unnoticed, because it really is important and will allow this game to survive and thrive. Because of that, the people working on this stuff really should be the ones on the council because they're more interested in the quality of the game and not just their own personal or corporate interests.
Pokey Dravon OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 641	Posted - 2013.03.18 18:24:00 - [2] - Quote Kevall Longstride wrote: Pokey Dravon wrote: Sounds very interesting and very promising, its a feature I know many of the players have been pushing for for some time now. My only word of advice is to try to avoid having all of your candidates be from major organizations, or just people who post a lot on the forums. There are a lot of players out there from some of the massive corps that like to showboat around on the forums, playing themselves off as a fantastic community members when really they're just trying to draw up community support with a silver tongue and little work behind their words to back it up. There are plenty of people I've seen around that quietly work to support this game by doing hard and good work that is sometimes left unnoticed by the masses, but is nevertheless invaluable to the community in the long run. It would be a shame for CCP to also let this work go unnoticed, because it really is important and will allow this game to survive and thrive. Because of that, the people working on this stuff really should be the ones on the council because they're more interested in the quality of the game and not just their own personal or corporate interests. +1 for this. This isn't about the epeen. Unfortunately many of the people who would probably get picked by the community really have no right to be representing the players of this game. I mean we have people who have already been running active campaigns to be elected for something like this, instead of actually spending time working on material and helping players learn and enjoy the game better. Humility speaks volumes, and its a lesson a vast number of players in this game should learn.
Pokey Dravon OSG Planetary Operations Covert Intervention 641	Posted - 2013.03.18 18:38:00 - [3] - Quote Brush Master wrote: I believe they have already looked at players for this council and are doing interviews. They already have the data they need, you should be chosen by your merits, not your ability to woo the crowd. +1 We can only hope. This sort of thing is going to pave the direction for Player/CCP interaction and if it's not done right, it's going to put Dust in a bad direction, and it would break my heart to see that happen. The game has so much potential, but it's also volatile right now because of its infancy, we need to be cautious.