The CSM Runaway Train

It seems that lately the noisy forum celebrities are courting the forums even more so than usual.

We're even getting to the point where candidates are making TV appearances!

I include myself in the list of the guilty but IMHO have retained enough common sense to practice at least some restraint I think...

Frighteningly, agendas are being masked as "discussion", opinions and chest beating are reaching almost epic proportions and it seems that the forum readers are lapping it up with promises of votes being made for whoever screams the loudest and offering the closest "solution" to whatever someone wants.

I've personally noted cliques forming where some candidates are favouring long standing friends as candidates too. This is to be expected but saddens me a little.

The politics trail is all about offering promises but as an eventual CSM member, there is actually very little that member will be able to personally follow through on.

I only thank the foresight that CCP have displayed where a candidate can only ever be a CSM member twice.

Give it a year and I think we may be seeing a different style of campaign and annoyingly, perhaps many who have had their terms arguing for another term.

It is still my opinion that the CSM is for the entire playerbase and not just the loudest. If you share that opinion, vote for me.