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Dear Derek, Whats it like living with full fledged autism? Second question, whats it like having an encyclopedia dramatica entry? I'm kinda jealous and need to know how this feels. Edit: Eonwe - I love you, missed you, when are you coming over again?
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Infinitum posted:Darren, what are your plans RE:Star Marine source code leak? When should we expect your Not-Star Citizen release on Steam? I have not seen anything related to such a source code leak, and can't comment on it. And I'm not sure what "plans" I could possibly have, when a) it's not my game b) we already have a fully working first module in my games, including the upcoming Line Of Defense. As to Alganon, well, it is what it is. I took over and funded that game since 2010, and it's coming in leaps and bounds. It's one of those things whereby, for me, as long as it continues to pay for itself, why take it offline? There are people still playing MUDS from over 20+ years ago, and they're still going strong. Just the other day, a bunch of us were discussing just how it is that Ultima Online, is still running.
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Jul 12, 2015 19:50
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Dear Derek. I was just a kid when I heard about Battlecruiser 3000 AD. All the awesome features and possibilities. It caught my imagination and was supposed to be everything I wanted from a game. I could hardly wait to buy and try and play it. I have been waiting for years for the opportunity to say this. gently caress you. Edit: And gently caress your pride over the money you have. Part of that is in fact money I could have used for food but you cheated me out of it. You loving hack SirTagz fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Jul 12, 2015 |
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Jul 12, 2015 19:52
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but derek i thought you were out
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Jul 12, 2015 19:53
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RattiRatto posted:Hello Derek, thanks for staying with us today in this thread. I have a pretty large following, and they are responsible for me being around this long. If we assume that 900K people - to date - who have pledged to Star Citizen make up the entire fan base, then yeah, I think it's safe to say that my install base is much larger. I have money to fund my projects, so they aren't likely to end up in crowd-funding. I think the closest I will ever get to that, is Early Access (I have two titles on Steam Early Access) because it has more accountability for both sides of the equation.
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D_Smart posted:I have not seen anything related to such a source code leak, and can't comment on it. And I'm not sure what "plans" I could possibly have, when a) it's not my game b) we already have a fully working first module in my games, including the upcoming Line Of Defense. You mean this Line of Defense? The early access MMO with zero players, and somehow NEGATIVE players reported on Steamspy?  Oh, and the 111 players at peak was due to a store glitch that made the game F2P for a few hours, but nobody could log on.
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Jul 12, 2015 19:54
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neonbregna posted:Derek, That list is beautiful.
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Jul 12, 2015 19:55
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Dead Like Rev posted:Edit: Eonwe - I love you, missed you, when are you coming over again? we talkin about jabber or mumble?
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Jul 12, 2015 19:57
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neonbregna posted:Derek, pretend i posted the throwup gif here
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Jul 12, 2015 19:57
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Eonwe posted:we talkin about jabber or mumble? You promised me dinner sir. DINNER AND A MOVIE.
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Jul 12, 2015 19:58
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SirTagz posted:Dear Derek. I wonder if in 15 years you'll be posting this to Chris Roberts on a forum thread somewhere about the next big space game.
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Jul 12, 2015 19:59
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Thanks, Derek Smart. I hope that a few years from now I can warmly recall the time that Derek Smart brought down Chris Roberts' ponzi game.
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Jul 12, 2015 20:00
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D_Smart posted:I have a pretty large following, and they are responsible for me being around this long. If we assume that 900K people - to date - who have pledged to Star Citizen make up the entire fan base, then yeah, I think it's safe to say that my install base is much larger. Hey Derek, what's your favorite anime?
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Jul 12, 2015 20:00
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DoctorStrangelove posted:Hey Derek, what's your favorite anime? I bet its something with tentacle rape or school girls.... Or Gundams.
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Jul 12, 2015 20:02
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Derek Smart is better and more qualified to judge what is happening to this game than any of you faggots
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Jul 12, 2015 20:02
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Infinitum posted:Darren, what are your plans RE:Star Marine source code leak? When should we expect your Not-Star Citizen release on Steam? You suck at posting.
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Jul 12, 2015 20:02
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Derek Smart who would win in a fight? Joseph Joestar or The Punisher?
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Jul 12, 2015 20:03
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AP posted:I wonder if in 15 years you'll be posting this to Chris Roberts on a forum thread somewhere about the next big space game. No, I learned my lesson with Derek here already. But I bet someone will and we can only hope the 'gently caress you' will be also just a feeble shout at the forums - considering I was only out some 40$ but these people are burning their life savings and breaking up families.
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CharlestonJew posted:Derek Smart who would win in a fight? Joseph Joestar or The Punisher? jojo always wins
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Hi Derek 1) I was just wondering, do you have any information on some of the reasons why employees were let go? I understood that the Supervisory Art Director Lance Powell and Jenny Varner from the Community Team got recently fired. I also wondered why Martin Galway was gone so quickly as Audio Director. 2) Also, if Chris Roberts would offer you an executive role on his team, would you take it and help in getting this production back on track? If yes, what would be your first action in that role? 3) Last Question, when looking at the Ship Status List, what do you personally think how long it would take to implement all these ships? 4) Also do you have any further information on the relationship between CIG and Crytek? 5) Last Question is "Smart" your real last name or is this a stage name?  Cheers & thanks for popping in and spreading some facts. sorla78 fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Jul 12, 2015 |
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Jul 12, 2015 20:06
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Dear Derek, I was actually completely serious about asking for a job.
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Jul 12, 2015 20:06
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CharlestonJew posted:Derek Smart who would win in a fight? Joseph Joestar or The Punisher? Is this Battle Tendency or Stardust Crusaders Joseph? Is The Punisher thoroughly prepared or caught unaware?
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sorla78 posted:Based on your background and expertise and taking into account the outsider perspective, what do you think where the technical challenges reside that CIG might encounter and has to overcome? Hi, as I mentioned in my Interstellar Citizens article, the technical challenges loom large, but they are not insurmountable. The biggest problem is going to be execution and time. Just because you can do something in one month, doesn't mean it's going to work when it's done. And you could find yourself iterating for months on end. Then by the time it's done, there's no hw to run it. Implementing 64-Bit precision into the CryEngine was, imo, not necessary if all they were looking for was to build a large scene. I have built massive game worlds (please go check Universal Combat CE on Steam - it's free) without that level of precision. The thing is that, while it's nice to have, they could have still built the PU without it, by connecting all the systems via jump gates. And each of those systems, linked by jump gates (which is what I did here with my galaxy), would have been scaled to fit within the CryEngine3 max scene limits. My guess is that they chose to do it this way because they wanted to have everything, and everyone, within the same space. Which is very - very - bad. By splitting it up, you have more control over clients, updates etc. I did the same thing with Line Of Defense in splitting up the game world. Even though we could have fit all the world within one big scene, I opted not to do that. Instead, I split it up into 13 (4 space, 4 planets, 4 stations, 1 carrier) sections, all connected by jump anomalies. This allows us to do super fast updates whereby people in Heatwave, don't need to know anything about people in Frostbite. Win. But this is the choice they made, and my guess is that it's not going to work out as expected.
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Infinitum posted:Is this Battle Tendency or Stardust Crusaders Joseph? Is The Punisher thoroughly prepared or caught unaware? battle tendency and lets say they both have had time to prepare
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Jul 12, 2015 20:08
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Still awaiting on the cease and desist on this thread
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Jul 12, 2015 20:08
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So this thread is now a Derek Smart AMA thread? I want to know about SC crashing and burning or Chris Roberts owning all y'all with the best game ever! Disclosure not a backer just enjoying the drama. Keep posting updates about what you find Derek.
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Jul 12, 2015 20:10
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Derek Smart seems to be the indie dev version of the Gary Busey character in 'Point Break'Angelo Pappas, Derek Smart's Alter Ego posted:Listen you snot-nose little poo poo, I was takin' shrapnel in Khe Sanh when you were crappin' in your hands and rubbin' it on your face. (this is a good thing)
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Jul 12, 2015 20:12
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OhDearGodNo posted:Not to be funny. No. It won't work. Besides, unless you've been following their dev notes, you should know by now that they've ripped out swathes of stuff in the past, stuff they were confident would work. I have NO confidence that the PU will become a reality, or that RSI will still be around to see that happen. Yes - you may bookmark this response.
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Dear Derek, Whats the best Gundam? Unicorn, 0083, The Original Gundam, or Gundam X?
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Jul 12, 2015 20:12
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Derek, Is there any part of the Star Citizen concept that as a gamer you would genuinely be intrigued to play / want CIG to deliver? ** Just asking for a friend. o7 ** other than a refund 
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Jul 12, 2015 20:12
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Whittle posted:** other than a refund He hasn't asked for a refund from what he's said.
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Jul 12, 2015 20:17
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A nerdy question probably not worth answering, but do you still play video games a lot and what are your all-time favorites?
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Derek, if cases get heard, and better yet have any chance of success they need to be based on fact.quote:- the project slipped it's original Nov 2014 ship date as promised in the Oct 2012 Kickstarter pledge So what - how does this become an FTC/Legal matter? It could be argued that as due to the success in the project they have been working to build a stable base game that would facilitate the stretch goals and and making it better than intended? Of course the development time will extend, but even kickstarter backers will end up with a better game. quote:- almost four (1 year prior to KS, 2 years pledged timeline, 8 months delayed) years, they have not delivered a game; of any scope as originally pitched in 2012 First year you quote was spent on the tech demo. It's not dev time. Again, missing a release date is not a legal issue. quote:- key people (we have a running list) have been leaving, some for patently dubious reasons / - some ex personnel have already taken to places like glassdoor to voice concerns It was said Wingman wouldn't move to Chris's location where he needed his leads. Another left to look after a sick family member. Glass Door reviews are not glowing, but hardly shocking. For a company of CIG's size it's just natural attrition. People leave due to job satisfaction reasons all the time without it leading to the company becoming involved in FTC. Do you have any evidence to the contrary? quote:- key modules are either completely broken (Arena Commander), or put on indefinite hold (Star Marine fps module) Something can be said to be broken when they are released as crap and then told it is "working as intended" with no progress. CIG can argue they have worked very hard to keep us informed and more open than any developer ever. Drop the "indefinite hold" rubbish as it is just a third hand clickbait title. You need to do better. quote:- technological hurdles, and the limitations of the CryEngine3 they chose, have only now started coming to light as recently as June's dev update An argument could be made that focus was initially on the 64bit engine conversion until the netcode issue was more clearly understood so that it could be solved more efficiently. People coming off the conversion are now working on netcode. quote:- chris had already stated that the game needed $20 million, on the minimum side, to be made. We're $85m in. No game / - they continued to increase the scope of the project, not only as a way to continue raising money through stretch goals, but also thereby putting the project at risk of never being completed as originally visioned; as doing so, makes it a very expensive proposition The game of the initial scope. No one disagrees that the game increased in scope - but did so with backer enthusiasm and approval based on funding levels achieved. quote:- they continue to crowd-fund and raise money... Kind of like Elite Dangerous right? quote:selling virtual items for a game that doesn't exist yet? Shroud of the Avatar did the same thing selling virtual block of land before the game is out? quote:...and based on a TOS that all but guarantees that people who pledge, will have no recourse to get their money back, unless they sued and got the TOS tossed (as we suspect that it will, if the FTC doesn't get there first) by a judge Kickstarter agrees people don't get money back and need to evaluate risk. They do say "The creator is solely responsible for fulfilling the promises made in their project. If they’re unable to satisfy the terms of this agreement, they may be subject to legal action by backers." So the TOS appears in line with established law. Note this however : quote:A creator in this position has only remedied the situation [If a creator is unable to complete their project and fulfill rewards - not this is not about delays] and met their obligations to backers if: It can be argued that they have done 1, 2, 3 (unless you have evidence it is in fact being spent on drugs) and they don't need to do 5 unless the project is aborted. Does failed communication to backers constitute a "material misrepresentation" however? Perhaps what you need is the deleted pages from the RSI site which are pulled when "they are no longer accurate". quote:- investigations in the past weeks, and discussions with various people, have led to some very alarming, and disturbing things that, I'm not even going to bother making public - yet. Most importantly, did you put those on facebook too?
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Octopode posted:Mr. Smart: The FTC is fairly transparent in that it intervenes when there is compelling evidence that actual violations of law are at stake. With that in mind, what aspects of CIG's crowdfunding campaign or behavior do you believe have actually caused concern that an actual law is being broken, and what law is that? With specifics, please. CIG is not, legally, a public company and crowdfunding backers are not public investors in that company, under the definition of the law. Because of that, CIG does not have a legal duty to act in the best interests of crowdfunding backers, so complaints such as frivolous spending of the money on private jets and the like aren't actually criminally valid so long as CIG can show progress continues to be made towards delivering the promised product (which they have a solid history of doing, legally). I have never accused them of anything illegal, or any wrong-doing, other than having failed to deliver as promised. And contrary to the Internet lawyering, yes, if investigators find out that he's spending backer money on things that he shouldn't, they have a right to question it. Let me ask you this, if it is true that he's flying around on private jets, with backer money, don't you find that questionable? Quoted from my upcoming article quote:This all came to a head when, after doing extensive research and investigation, my conclusion was derived from these events listed below. And this is just a short (the entire list, which I will make public soon, is currently 29 entries long, to date! UPDATE: the list is now 33 entries long) list of important key points: quote:The Commission files a complaint when it has “reason to believe” that the law has been or is being violated and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. Stipulated orders have the force of law when approved and signed by the District Court judge. There are numerous articles already written about the crowd-funding fiasco; here is a quote from this one: quote:What can we learn from all of this activity? The Federal Trade Commission and the states are paying close attention to crowdfunding, and to the promises that entrepreneur are making to their backers when raising money in such campaigns. And although crowdfunding may seem like an easy way to raise money to make your fabulous new idea a reality, regulators will not shy away from applying the tried-and-true FTC Act and its state law equivalents to police any bad behavior; not only that there may be some new laws to contend with as well. And here is another one, which I will also quote from: quote:The Federal Trade Commission makes and enforces rules to protect consumers from unfair or deceptive business practices, and its consumer protection principles apply to crowdfunding sites in the same way they apply to things like catalogs, direct mail and TV commercials, according to Helen Wong, an attorney with the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. Sellers can’t make deceptive representations, and they have to fulfill promises they’ve made to consumers, for starters.
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Yo Derek, I'm just wondering if you own the game? If so what are your views on it as it stands - drama aside, do you enjoy what is there?
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Jul 12, 2015 20:22
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Skoll posted:Dear Derek, 3000th Reich AD sounds pretty exciting.
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Darkpriest667 posted:@ Derek Smart, 1) Sadly, as you know, I cannot cite sources. But think about this: how far is $3m from $2.7m? Especially considering that they have been ramping up with various activities, including SQ42 shoots and all that 2) I did not take it to the FTC. People who once felt that they had no recourse before, did that once I showed them how. As I mentioned in the previous answer, I gave bullet points why I chose to have the spotlight shine on this now, before it's too late. My next article, due out tomorrow (depending on legal clearance), sheds more light on this 3) I do not know, as I do not have access to the FTC numbers. What I do know from the attorney who had works closely on FTC cases, is that they have a criteria for picking out cases. And since this one has so much exposure, going by the amount of money involved, and the growing online dissent, they have no choice but to investigate. As I said in the podcast, they may not even find anything wrong. I don't care about that. What I care about is that they get the game done sooner, rather than later. ps: If you liked those older games, you should see about getting the free version of Universal Combat CE on Steam
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I don't know about you but if I had $85 million in no strings attached money the first thing I would to would be open seven or eight separate offices with several hundred employees in some of the most expensive real estate regions in the world, it's just efficient business. 
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Hey guys I like space and toilets. Should I buy this game?
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I didn't think this thread could get shittier.
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