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Confessions of a Starship Politician: Begun, The Planning Wars Have...
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Confessions of a Starship Politician. Friday, January 18, 2013. Begun, The Planning Wars Have. CCP has now begun their planning process for the May expansion, and true to the promises made at the Summit by CCP Unifex, CCP Seagull and CCP Ripley, CSM has been given unprecedented access; for the first time, we are being consulted before any significant decisions have been made. On Wednesday, about the time the Minutes were published, CSM received copies of all the presentations as well as a video recording.
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Confessions of a Starship Politician: Voting is a Drag(fest), man...
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Confessions of a Starship Politician. Thursday, April 4, 2013. Voting is a Drag(fest), man. The polls are open in New Eden, and I hope you'll click this link and vote for me. When you do, you'll see something a bit unexpected - a little voting assistant script I have written. It helps address a big problem with the ballot. This is made worse by the fact that it's hard to find your candidates in the list; I have problems finding my own name! At least I don't have 10 accounts. Unfortunately, it appears tha...
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Confessions of a Starship Politician: April 2014
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Confessions of a Starship Politician. Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Now that the polls are open, here is a guide to voting easily and efficiently. Thanks to some hard work by CCP Dolan and the CCP Web Team, voting is much easier this year. Rumors that bribes of expensive alcohol were offered to them in return for this are, of course, completely and utterly true. In previous posts, I've explained why voting is important. How the voting system works. And which candidates I think should be on your ballot. If you ...
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Confessions of a Starship Politician: Who I Like
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Confessions of a Starship Politician. Monday, April 7, 2014. There are many great candidates for CSM 9, and with 14 possible slots on your ballot, there's a lot to think about. What I look for in a CSM candidate is knowledge about the game, a passion for its future, and perhaps most important, the stamina needed to endure the grind - because being on CSM is an exhausting experience. Ellen McManis was one of the big - and welcome - surprises of CSM 8. A relatively young podpilot, she impressed everyon...
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Confessions of a Starship Politician: 2013: A CSM Odyssey
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Confessions of a Starship Politician. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. 2013: A CSM Odyssey. CCP has just teased the contents of the next expansion, Odyssey. So finally CSM members can start discussing some of the details - but only some of them, since we can't discuss details that have not already been made public due to the NDA. So this first post on Odyssey will focus on how much of the CSM's agenda got reflected in the final result. If you've read my previous posts ( here. Finally, we identified 6 "core cruci...
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Confessions of a Starship Politician: How We Vote
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Confessions of a Starship Politician. Saturday, April 5, 2014. One of the interesting things about the CSM election is the use of the Single Transferrable Vote. System, which was introduced in the previous election cycle. As some of you may live in areas of the world where it isn't commonly used, here is a quick primer. Then attempts to make the best use of your vote to elect your preferred candidates in your order of preference. But what ever you do, Vote Early and Often. And How To Vote. Has voting ins...
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Confessions of a Starship Politician: Only you can prevent Hamster Fires
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Confessions of a Starship Politician. Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Only you can prevent Hamster Fires. In my previous post, I took a stab at explaining the mathematics of lag. Subsequently, I was. Encouraged by CSM Vice-Chair Ripard Teg to explain in more detail how the problem of lag might be addressed. As he put it, it "might require you doing more than one post in a month, but it'd be worth it.". As with the previous post, all the examples given below are very simplified for purposes of explanation...
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Confessions of a Starship Politician: The Politics of POSsibility
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Confessions of a Starship Politician. Tuesday, April 2, 2013. The Politics of POSsibility. Many pixels have died in vain in recent weeks as various pundits have pronounced with great positivity that CSM7 was pathetically pointless. But now that CCP Fozzie's devblog about the Improvements to POSes in Odyssey. Has been released, I'm able to provide a little insight on how it came about, and how CSM was able to work on the community's behalf. Next, in mid-January, the Winter Summit minutes were released, an...
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Confessions of a Starship Politician: TYVM
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Confessions of a Starship Politician. Monday, March 3, 2014. Thank You to everyone. Who has entrusted me with their votes over the years, and given me the opportunity to experience the most exclusive in-game profession in all of computer gaming. Thank You to my colleagues. On the past four CSMs, who have given me the opportunity to be part of the evolution of a unique and effective organization. Thank You to CCP. Thank You, one and all. Just call me Citizen Trebor. March 5, 2014 at 5:00 PM. Tell me you'r...
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Confessions of a Starship Politician: Lack of Quantity has a Quality all its own
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Confessions of a Starship Politician. Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Lack of Quantity has a Quality all its own. Oh frabjous day, Mittens has launched another salvo. In his attempt to depress non-bloc turnout in the CSM election (aka the "War Against Turnout"). This time he's taking the fact that there are only 35 candidates and trying to spin it into an alleged crisis of confidence in the community. Go read it and play "count the logical fallacy". Run this year and not last year? PS: I confidently predict t...
