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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:She's right. CIG is unique because of the phenomena associated with it. I certainly haven't paid as much attention about Elite or Moon Intern or any of the other projects I've backed. I'm not sure how convinced I am that all of it is Sandi's machinations, but there's clearly a level of interest and engagement that's different from most programs. I think it's the ships, and how CIG pushed them as dreams and not just assets. You weren't buying a Cutlass, you were buying a ship you could use to be a pirate. You weren't buying a Hornet, you were buying an elite space superiority fighter that would let you rule the skies. Combined with the absolutely perfect commercials (especially the Aurora one) it gave you a taste of the dream and made you want more.
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Lol as crazy as they are, sometimes I check this thread and see posts like these and wonder if we're the crazy ones. Searching through video archives to see how yellow a person's teeth have become is a little strange.
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SerCypher posted:Lol as crazy as they are, sometimes I check this thread and see posts like these and wonder if we're the crazy ones. 
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I'm honestly shocked that someone hasn't posted a picture of the Roberts Estate yet.
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That does sound cool, not going to happen though, but an idea like this is better than "uugh running is unrealistic everyone should walk."
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The scary part about this is that, when dealing with a normal game and fan base it's just a fun thought... but with Star Citizens it's literally something they are forcing into how they think the game will actually operate. They truly believe that everything they imagine is going into the game and it's going to be almost heart breaking when they begin to commit Sudoku in the of Christ Roberts.
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Dec 24, 2015 05:30
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We need a colour chart to compare the shades of CIGs staffs hair, teeth and sphincters
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This is like what goons go through when a girl is being nice and says hi to them and they somehow delude themselves into thinking that means the girl is in love with them and their brains proceed to invent an entire fantasy world where they imagine all the things they would do with their new waifu. Except in this case the girl is a con artist and actively wants them to think that. So they send her more money. grimcreaper posted:it's going to be almost heart breaking when they begin to commit Sudoku in the of Christ Roberts. Sudoku has destroyed many more nerd lives than CR could ever hope to. 
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grimcreaper posted:The scary part about this is that, when dealing with a normal game and fan base it's just a fun thought... but with Star Citizens it's literally something they are forcing into how they think the game will actually operate. They truly believe that everything they imagine is going into the game and it's going to be almost heart breaking when they begin to commit Sudoku in the of Christ Roberts. Well didn't you hear? CIG got over a million dollars so that means they have no choice but to make the most special snowflake game ever all for me and my special delicate snowflake imagination, that's just science man. But yeah I totally know what you mean, it's cool to imagine what your own perfect game could be, but we know things don't work like that....ever......
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And yeah it is weird looking through footage just to slag some guys teeth off, seriously.
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fuzzknot posted:. . . Bwahahahaha. This is a Lesnick quote, yes? More or less, yes 
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SerCypher posted:Lol as crazy as they are, sometimes I check this thread and see posts like these and wonder if we're the crazy ones. Honestly, going to youtube and typing in "bug smashers episode one" to see if what you guys were talking about was true isn't really "searching through video archives". Nah who am I kidding. This is me hacking the CIG database to find the secret data. 
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So a  combo of Wipeout and [Generic Cabinet Racer]? I like it.CrazyLoon posted:By this point CIG moderator activity (and what it must feel like) is probably synonymous to this. Glory to Christ Roberts! Nah. That's a game about getting away with subversive activity while only just following the technical rules. Hell, even the Arstotszkan government is more lenient than CIG seems to be, so following regulation would still not be an accurate representation.
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I'm still catching up to the thread butMeLKoR posted:
gryphon0468 are you loving serious lmao notacult
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spacetoaster posted:Honestly, going to youtube and typing in "bug smashers episode one" to see if what you guys were talking about was true isn't really "searching through video archives". Hey babe you checking out my toenails again?
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SerCypher posted:Lol as crazy as they are, sometimes I check this thread and see posts like these and wonder if we're the crazy ones. So sorry I forgot to say hi earlier, Mark's SA account. You should really expand your posting. Here so long and not even a token probation. tsk tsk
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spacetoaster posted:So sorry I forgot to say hi earlier, Mark's SA account. You should really expand your posting. Here so long and not even a token probation. tsk tsk YOU FOUND ME OUT. I was a sleeper agent.
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Oh my god I think that's literally his only post in r/fantasyfootball he really was just trawling reddit for mentions of beer
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Who is karl.peter gabriel posted:We need a colour chart to compare the shades of CIGs staffs hair, teeth and sphincters Well we already know they keep detailed dossiers on every employee's pubes.
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peter gabriel posted:We need a colour chart to compare the shades of CIGs staffs hair, teeth and sphincters I'll make the wiki
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Oh, I got the Animal Farm reference; I was terrified that Lesnick really did say something like that. . . . He probably has, at some point. 
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Christmas letter from the Chairman https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/15138-Letter-From-The-Chairman Too many  for me. Didn't read.
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Anyone have any idea how long it takes to get a support request through these days? Requested a refund ten days ago, and nothing more than the "it may take a while to get back to you" semi-automated response. I've written to them a second time, requesting an update, but no luck. How is it possible that customer support wait times are so long for a game that doesn't exist? Any keywords I should put in my support request to grab their attention?
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Mandibular Fiasco posted:Any keywords I should put in my support request to grab their attention? "chargeback"
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Ahahahaha hooolllyyy poo poo:quote:With big numbers comes big attention. Some people look at the number and say “Why should they have all that money?” Well it’s because you want to build a big, bold game that doesn’t compromise! This is the secret. The additional money that comes in doesn’t go towards dividends for shareholders or making analysts happy with our profitability. It gets invested into making Star Citizen the best it can be. Hiring the best talent possible and allowing them to reach for the stars. Your contributions are going towards making the game better for you and all your friends. How could that possibly be a bad thing? quote:But Star Citizen isn’t really about the money, that’s just what’s allowing us to build a game of the ambition and fidelity that people thought wouldn’t be possible. Yes it is cause you said it isn't dipshit. This thing reads almost like an embedded confession. Avalanche fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Dec 24, 2015 |
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Piece from the Farticle : A huge milestone towards achieving this goal was the release of Star Citizen Alpha 2.0 earlier this month, with the ability to play in a huge area (the biggest yet in gaming thanks to 64 bit floating point positional coordinates) and offering up all of these exciting options in that world: walking around a space station on foot or boarding a space ship by yourself or with friends… walk around that ship and/or have your friends man various stations while you are flying… fly thousands or even hundreds of thousands of kilometers, engage in ship to ship combat against AI or other players, exit your ship to EVA and explore space stations… engage in FPS combat (on foot or in EVA), rescue stranded players, perform various missions. All of this happens seamlessly without loading screens at a fidelity and scale that has not been seen before in any game. Can someone confirm how much of this is true? And how much is carefully worded bs? Brazilianpeanutwar fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Dec 24, 2015 |
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lol. Crobber tries to be like Braben (and fails)quote:Finally, I would like to add a sincere thanks and well wishes to the other development teams around the world that share in our passion for space sims. I often see arguments online about which game to play; Star Citizen or Elite, Elite or No Man’s Sky and so on. The truth is that there’s no right answer: the space gaming renaissance is nothing but good news for gamers everywhere. Just as Wing Commander and X-Wing improved one another through competition, so too has Star Citizen been improved by other space games in development. The fantastic teams behind Elite: Dangerous, No Man’s Sky, EVERSPACE, Infinity: Battlescape and others inspire us daily. I wish you and anyone else expanding the frontiers of space and PC gaming all the best for 2016 and beyond! e: bolded the part where he mentions Elite twice in a row, but it isn't about Elite, or Braben's recent statement on SC or anything. fuctifino fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Dec 24, 2015 |
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fuctifino posted:Christmas letter from the Chairman quote:
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:Piece from the Farticle : lol largest play area in gaming what a load of horse poo poo lol at those "exciting" options too
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fuctifino posted:Christmas letter from the Chairman 1) Buy war bonds. 2) Chris Roberts isn't sure if Elite Dangerous or Star Citizen is a better game to play. Elite Dangerous has the advantage of being a functional video game and Star Citizen has the advantage of being better than Elite Dangerous in every possible way very soon. Also lots of other games that will be released soon that will be dominating the market and cementing consumer expectation. This is a good thing. It's great news. Its just great. Lots of other companies are making space games and releasing them before SC comes out. THIS IS GREAT. GREAT. GREAT. GREAT. FANTASTIC. 3) CIG will be putting almost all of their effort into releasing S42. It will be the best thing ever. It might even be good enough to bring in enough money to save Star Citizen! Chris wont know as he'll, ideally, be making movies or something and will have long since left. 4) Out of a million citizens 80,000 have logged in to see what 2.0 is about. This is something they're excited about. 5) They're shifting away from feature based releases. This will enable them to better focus on not working on Star Citizen to instead try against all hope to get S42 done before the bank kicks down the door. 6) Chris is so excited for the release of Star Marine that he couldn't even type the words. It may seem like it wasn't mentioned. 7) The 100 million dollar man apparently didn't get a Scythe or anything. Oh well. 8) Chris continues to say that no one considers the PC a viable platform for some inane reason that I guess makes sense when you're confused about video games in general and last picked one up when Super Mario World was really rocking the scene down at the local Toys R Us.
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Oh did croberts finally get around to acknowledging that they hit 100 million? It was pretty telling to me when they passed that milestone and there was just radio silence from CIG. They knew it was coming for months, and prepared nothing.
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Mandibular Fiasco posted:Anyone have any idea how long it takes to get a support request through these days? Requested a refund ten days ago, and nothing more than the "it may take a while to get back to you" semi-automated response. I've written to them a second time, requesting an update, but no luck. How is it possible that customer support wait times are so long for a game that doesn't exist? Any keywords I should put in my support request to grab their attention? Mirificus posted:
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Ash1138 posted:Huh, I never really thought of the ships in that way. Maybe it's because I've played enough video games to know that when developers say that X is good for doing Y, they could be completely wrong. There's no way to know until X is in the game. The commercials were just fluff; actual games are never like that. I got a 300i because...that's what came with the $65 package. Just look at the package names; Scout, Bounty Hunter, Freelancer, Colonel, Pirate. With only a name and a picture CIG needed something else to sell. So they sold possibility and had you dreaming of what you would be doing before there even was a game. I am guilty of falling for it myself. I saw the Cutlass as the perfect Goonmobile. Fast, lots of guns, easily repaired, just fill the fucker with boarders and go play Grand Theft Starship. Hell it came with a tractor beam and boarding collar. It was my ship. Then they hosed it all up. It flew like poo poo. It was too fat. It wasn't a dogfighter. Then variants were basically different ways to outfit a van. The commercial did nothing to emphasize piracy and looked as lazy and rushed as the variants. Whatever the gently caress it was, it wasn't my ship. And in the aftermath of Cutlassgate and that massive thread Dusty ran all the other bullshit it became clear that reality was a joke. The Cutlass we have is not what they sold, and it's unlikely to ever be. The best part is the aftermath How did CIG ultimately respond to the complaints? By offering to sell a new ship.
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Mirificus posted:
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Gestalt Intellect posted:Who is karl. He's the little poo poo who cyberstalked Bootcha. I'll rip his teeth out through his throat if we ever meet.
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:It flew like poo poo. It was too fat. It wasn't a dogfighter. Then variants were basically different ways to outfit a van. The commercial did nothing to emphasize piracy and looked as lazy and rushed as the variants. Whatever the gently caress it was, it wasn't my ship. And in the aftermath of Cutlassgate and that massive thread Dusty ran all the other bullshit it became clear that reality was a joke. The Cutlass we have is not what they sold, and it's unlikely to ever be. Also by throwing Rob Irving under the bus for hyping the Cutlass and misrepresenting Ben's vision, according to Kraken. But I missed all of the drama once my refund was confirmed and I waded out of the brown sea. The Cutlass is Star Citizen.
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