The last pledge from CCP that I will communicate for them is this: There will be a public statement by the end of the week, where CCP will update the community on the state of the CPM as well discuss how we will be proceeding moving forward.

Did I miss that statement or is "by the end of the week" the new SoonGäó?

Just some wrangling over language at this stage that was delayed by important people being in EVE Vegas over the weekend. Apologies for that. Expect something tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

Just some wrangling over language at this stage that was delayed by important people being in EVE Vegas over the weekend. Apologies for that. Expect something tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

When was that, again?

An update on this statement:

They posted what they wanted to say in the Internal forums. (The ones you guys can't see)

There's a chance it might be getting released today or tomorrow, but I hope to god not. The draft they showed us was utterly offensive (at least to me) and said none of the things we flat out told them we expected to see. It was generic and wishy-washy.

I (and I believe Hans) urged them not to post it without tweaking it, because it was an utter steaming pile. So... we'll see what comes of it.

An update on this statement:

They posted what they wanted to say in the Internal forums. (The ones you guys can't see)

There's a chance it might be getting released today or tomorrow, but I hope to god not. The draft they showed us was utterly offensive (at least to me) and said none of the things we flat out told them we expected to see. It was generic and wishy-washy.

I (and I believe Hans) urged them not to post it without tweaking it, because it was an utter steaming pile. So... we'll see what comes of it.

Thanks for giving it to us straight. Much appreciated.

Sad to say this, but i'm beginning to feel like you CPM peeps are babysitting CCP. i lols 'til i cries.

Seriously? How? I just... words... escape me... How much time does CCP need to get basic simple stuff like this right? Even remotely right? Just right enough not to have to be told that it's not good enough even by the people they picked to be player representatives? I can't understand any of this. That makes me sad.

An update on this statement:

They posted what they wanted to say in the Internal forums. (The ones you guys can't see)

There's a chance it might be getting released today or tomorrow, but I hope to god not. The draft they showed us was utterly offensive (at least to me) and said none of the things we flat out told them we expected to see. It was generic and wishy-washy.

I (and I believe Hans) urged them not to post it without tweaking it, because it was an utter steaming pile. So... we'll see what comes of it.

Just some wrangling over language at this stage that was delayed by important people being in EVE Vegas over the weekend. Apologies for that. Expect something tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

no news

...is good news?

Its been the opposite - we went from a slow drip, to drinking from a firehose. I'll try to get a brief rundown of all the meetings we've had up shortly, even if they're devoid of all the commentary I embellished previous reports with. (otherwise it would be insane length, one I dont have time for.)

Stuff not going on is most certainly not the problem though. We're at almost a meeting a week (instead of one every couple of months) and half of the content of them has had to do with future planning, which makes them difficult to report on at this time. This isn't even including all the 1 vs 1 Skype calls I've had recently on top of the group meetings. Even some of the stuff that the CPM is encouraging CCP to think about isn't as easy as the stuff I've previously had no problem writing about, because its tied to plans that aren't finalized enough for anyone (us or CCP) to comment on yet.

I'm just overwhelmed atm, if you want to put this in simplest of terms. I hit a wall where I was sick of not having anything to talk about, now I have too much to talk about, and half of that I can't, and sorting it all out is a colossal migraine-inducing mess. It's a stressful (mostly in a good way) time for us right now, CCP Rouge is in Shanghai now and beginning to do his work.

That's what I've not been saying anything or promising new blogs, because I don't know how or when I'll be able to give you what I've given you before in terms of insight. I'll try to focus on getting just the bare bones sorted out and posted at least, so you can see we're not doing nothing at all, if nothing else.

Communication from CCP about the future will also likely disappointing for a while until much of this is sorted out, I won't sugarcoat that either. For CCP Rouge to successfully lead Dust in the right direction, a lot of major stuff will need to change (this shouldn't surprise anyone, we've been saying that for years). But CCP has also had a problem in the past of talking about future plans without doing due diligence about how long that will take, and the lack of realistic pespective has frustrated many in the community. The good news is that CCP Rouge gets that, and will likely not share his plans for Dust's future until they are solid and deliverable - the bad news is that its not going to happen as quickly as everyone is thirsty for.