by Enrique Caroli on Sep 29, 2008
Age requirement implemented at 21 years of age
If you play EVE Online you are probably familiar with the Council of Stellar Management - a player elected representative body, meant to interface with the game's creators and developers to help make EVE Online the best game that it can be.
Elections for the 6 month positions are taking place again, and there's a new small twist to the rules - to run you must be at least 21 years of age. Reportedly, last session's talks were hampered a bit by the presence of a 17 year old member.
According to a report on the CSM's progress, applications for candidacy opened on Friday last week, with a closing date set for 10th October. Voting will take place for two weeks between 7th and 21st November.
The results of the election will be announced and the new CSM will take office on 24th November.
The only major change in the process is the introduction of a minimum age for candidates: 21 years old. Presumably this is because the presenceof 17-year-old council member Charlie Eriksen of Denmark - a.k.a. LaVista Vista - put a damper on drinking sessions when the Council met in Iceland last June.
"The alternative view provided by the CSM did thus change how we think about a lot of things while convincing us that we were heading in the right direction in other areas," said the CCP spokesman, but he didn't go into further detail.
Sounds like this is a thing worth continuing.
For more information on the elections, please check here.