Blog Banter 28: The Clock is ticking...

This Blog Banter Freebooted brings us a topic related to the ongoing CCP vs CSM battle.

Blog Banter 28: The Future of EVE Online, CCP and the CSM
In recent months, the relationship between CCP and it's customers has been the subject of some controversy. The player-elected Council of Stellar Management has played a key role in these events, but not for the first time they are finding CCP difficult to deal with. What effect will CCP's recent strategies have on the future of EVE Online and it's player-base? What part can and should the CSM play in shaping that future? How best can EVE Online's continued health and growth be assured?

Star Wars: The Old Republic - Expected release date: 2011
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online - Expected release date: 2012

These two Sci-Fi MMO titles alone threaten to destroy the 8 years worth of community which is EVE. EVE might have several years worth of development time over these other titles, but let's be serious, the last few expansions from CCP don't really count.

CCP is, again, turning the CSM into a joke. I hope the CSM's recent strategy of going public to provoke CCP into providing what the players want works. EVE players are generally smarter than your average gamer, and if the players want CCP to do something, it is well within our power to make it happen. The players can quite easily "blob" CCP - we have more power than CCP because we pay their wages. The recent "monocle-gate" episode proved this point, along with the Jita protests.

Example: Goonswarm's political propaganda power could be utilized in the real world via the internet aimed directly at the gaming industry. And I hope this is what Mittens has in mind - at least CCP will take notice then.

On a side note; the Mittani is doing a great job with the CSM. I didn't vote for him, but I wish I had. I will definitely vote for him next time. Thankyou Mittani.

As for EVE's health, the community is keeping it alive now, despite it's seriously unhealthy state. CCP are stupidly allowing DUST 514 and World of Darkness to leech the life out of EVE, and I would hate to see this great community of ours dissolve as other MMO's are released. Abandon the community, and you kill EVE. Want to save EVE? Cancel World of Darkness first, and even DUST if you have to. We just want to fly spaceships.

All eyes are on CCP for their "Winter" expansion. Both Star Wars and Warhammer 40k have epic universes full of lore and have a much richer history than New Eden, plus they have been around for many more years. CCP has their work cut out for them over the next 12 months, can they handle it?

The clock is ticking... tick.. tick.. tick...