In this bi-weekly column, Ross "White Tree" McDermott of the Council of Stellar Management takes us inside EVE Online to talk about, pontificate on, and ruminate about all things EVE. In this week's column, Ross gives players a peek inside the CSM and talks about the recent "Monoclegate". Check out One Jump Home: While Rancer Burns and then let us know what you think!

But the CSM represents a unique element that cannot exist in the real world. This is because the CSM is effectively lobbying the creator of the universe itself to alter the very nature of reality. Well - the nature of reality within EVE Online anyway. Most people don't quite understand what it is that the CSM do, or what their power is. This leads to people eventually defining it for themselves, or using half-informed definitions when developing a perception of the CSM. Put very simply, the CSM operates as a group which lobbys for changes to the game ideally based upon the collective desires of the community.

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