As per the subject line the War Council is a complete parlor trick - a simple misdirection.

Besides the completely appropriate question to CCP of, "Don't you have anything else better to do?" this sudden beta within a beta is to me a thinly veiled attempt to silence, or distract those with influence or following in the community.

The beta has been drifting, and many questions were being asked. What better way to get people onside than to give them a chance to involved with something a little bit special. Them announce that candidates will be "vetted". What does than mean? Is CCP going to get their views on gay marriage?

No. You keep it vague. Then candidates - the influential names, start to pull thier heads in a little. Their forum posts aren't as cutting, their forum replies a bit more forgiving, their blog posts a little more positive or the podcasts a bit more supportive.

Everyone wants to do more than just play the game - they want to be a part of it. Is this what will happen?

All this would neatly kibosh a fair degree of the community griping and bad press for CCP. People will self censor or trample of those that criticise in some perverse online play out of Kaisu. It's perfect for CCP really, and that's not taking into account how CCP make representative groups nigh on useless.

So the question is (and the thread is for) will candidates state their position on any self censorship, or commit to continuing to make critisms of CCP if and when they see it?

and chances are the candidates aren't even allowed to respond to your thread

And that would simply prove my hypothesis then.

A suppose a bias like yours would need a pretty low standard of evidence to fuel it.

As per the subject line the War Council is a complete parlor trick - a simple misdirection.

Besides the completely appropriate question to CCP of, "Don't you have anything else better to do?" this sudden beta within a beta is to me a thinly veiled attempt to silence, or distract those with influence or following in the community.

The beta has been drifting, and many questions were being asked. What better way to get people onside than to give them a chance to involved with something a little bit special. Them announce that candidates will be "vetted". What does than mean? Is CCP going to get their views on gay marriage?

No. You keep it vague. Then candidates - the influential names, start to pull thier heads in a little. Their forum posts aren't as cutting, their forum replies a bit more forgiving, their blog posts a little more positive or the podcasts a bit more supportive.

Everyone wants to do more than just play the game - they want to be a part of it. Is this what will happen?

All this would neatly kibosh a fair degree of the community griping and bad press for CCP. People will self censor or trample of those that criticise in some perverse online play out of Kaisu. It's perfect for CCP really, and that's not taking into account how CCP make representative groups nigh on useless.

So the question is (and the thread is for) will candidates state their position on any self censorship, or commit to continuing to make critisms of CCP if and when they see it?