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eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

AP posted:



Somebody posting in the Austin job losses thread actually has an excellent idea on how to improve reddit.

i wish there was a way to disable reddit altogether

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AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer
So I wonder if Tony Zurovec is leaving or if he's going to be based out of LA now.

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Chomp8645 posted:

This thread is the only thing keeping Something Awful financially solvent.

reddit is paying to keep this dead website alive

god bless you noble redditor

Maldoror
Oct 5, 2003

by R. Guyovich
Nap Ghost

D_Smart posted:


The TX office was supposed to be completely shutdown according to my sources. Instead, in a move designed to "prove Derek Smart wrong" (seriously), they leased out a much smaller place and will have less than a handful of people there.

lol looks like u got owned :mmmhmm:

AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer

Is Sandi in London shopping?

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!
Can mods change their avatars for free?

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Paladinus posted:

Can mods change their avatars for free?

mods can do so, but rarely do

Kilmers Elbow
Jun 15, 2012

One-Million

Kimsemus
Dec 4, 2013

by Reene
Toilet Rascal

Unfunny Poster posted:

I'd like to address you and your kind real quick. Don't worry, I'll make it brief:

Why? Why bother with all of the hours spent putting people down and trying to "burn all teh jpegs"? You could spend your time going outside, having fun playing games, or visiting your family. Instead, you choose to go out of your way to intentionally try and hurt people and their visions. Why?

If Star Citizen was going to fail (which it's not), why don't you just leave us "White Knights" (A community of One-Million people, I might add), alone and let us see for ourselves? Why do you care?

By the way, the man you undoubtedly worship doxxes teenagers in wheelchairs and children. Just fyi.

Dr. Smart hasn't doxxed anyone. All the information he's gathered has been publicly posted by the people in question. Also does being a in a wheelchair grant you special powers of immunity to criticism when you behave like poo poo?

I'll let him answer the rest of your post though, but I always enjoy reading the strawman logic of "why don't you go outside instead of being inside making fun of us!"

Mekchu
Apr 10, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Paladinus posted:

Can mods change their avatars for free?

I think so. I remember Goonrathi Goons getting Cowcasters avatar changed and someone mentioning in the SC thread at the time it was idiotic because she could just get it changed for free.

Kimsemus posted:

Dr. Smart hasn't doxxed anyone. All the information he's gathered has been publicly posted by the people in question. Also does being a in a wheelchair grant you special powers or immunity in your politically correct world?

I'll let him answer the rest of your post though, but I always enjoy reading the strawman logic of "why don't you go outside instead of being inside making fun of us!"

You should have kept reading before responding.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3748466&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=131#post452120272

DoctorStrangelove
Jun 7, 2012

IT WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT MEIN FUHRER!

D_Smart posted:

To the wanker who keeps paying to change my avatar, I can do this all day. Let's go! Your turn.

In case you don't realize this Derek, it costs him :10bux: to change your avatar but only costs you :5bux: to change it back.

G0RF
Mar 19, 2015

Some galactic defender you are, Space Cadet.

AP posted:

Is Sandi in London shopping?
She is at the new location. They just finished the buildout.

[Edit: Spacedoor added

G0RF fucked around with this message at 09:54 on Jul 20, 2016

Enchanted Hat
Aug 18, 2013

Defeated in Diplomacy under suspicious circumstances

DoctorStrangelove posted:

In case you don't realize this Derek, it costs him :10bux: to change your avatar but only costs you :5bux: to change it back.

And if you buy 25 avatars, lowtax sends you a gold :gary:

Octopode
Sep 2, 2009

No. I work here. I manage operations for this and integration for this, while making sure that their stuff keeps working in here.

AP posted:

So I wonder if Tony Zurovec is leaving or if he's going to be based out of LA now.

They covered all this a few weeks ago.

D_Smart
May 11, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
College Slice

tooterfish posted:

This is what I don't get, it's just so blatantly one sided that other people must've noticed by now. The rest of reddit can't be as bad as that shithole, so why isn't someone stepping in and saying "you're running this place like Pinochet ran loving Chile. Knock it off".

Or is every subreddit its own little kingdom? I don't really know how it works over there.

Because it's their loving echo chamber and I for one prefer that they stay there. At least we know where they are - at all times.

Hey Reddit! Archive this!!

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Io_
Oct 15, 2012

woo woo

Pillbug

DoctorStrangelove posted:

In case you don't realize this Derek, it costs him :10bux: to change your avatar but only costs you :5bux: to change it back.

It's like making money! :gary:

D_Smart
May 11, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
College Slice

Reason posted:

Now they say thats your alt account or something. They really are paranoid because I know I posted that, not you. But if you're hiring trolls d_smart, I'm a stay at home dad and I can troll all day.

LOL!! Yeah, I saw that. Apparently I'm the alt account of every Goon that shows up there. They're just as paranoid as they are crazy. And it's apparently contagious.

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

DoctorStrangelove posted:

In case you don't realize this Derek, it costs him :10bux: to change your avatar but only costs you :5bux: to change it back.

yep, thats the funny thing

some dumbshit redditor who is already poor from buying spaceship jpegs is getting in a pissing match with someone who has a lot more disposable income than the average person and the redditor is paying double what dsmart has to pay

:lol:

Kimsemus
Dec 4, 2013

by Reene
Toilet Rascal

Unfunny Poster posted:

I think so. I remember Goonrathi Goons getting Cowcasters avatar changed and someone mentioning in the SC thread at the time it was idiotic because she could just get it changed for free.


You should have kept reading before responding.

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3748466&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=131#post452120272

Sorry, I appended the phrasing. This thread moves too loving fast.

AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer

Octopode posted:

They covered all this a few weeks ago.

ah thanks, I don't read all their spin anymore and missed that.

quote:

To increase creative and game direction synergy Tony Zurovec will be spending significant time in LA (but still be based in Austin) in order for me and him to work closer together in getting the Persistent Universe in the hands of players.

Plankalkuel
Mar 29, 2008

Enchanted Hat posted:

And if you buy 25 avatars, lowtax sends you a gold :gary:

Only when you get 25 people to pay for an avatar. Get those ref codes out!

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

D_Smart posted:

LOL!! Yeah, I saw that. Apparently I'm the alt account of every Goon that shows up there. They're just as paranoid as they are crazy. And it's apparently contagious.

honestly though, if you want to ever pay someone to post on the internet I am your man

i will happily shill for whatever, whenever, wherever and i will make everyone certain I am you

Mekchu
Apr 10, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Kimsemus posted:

Sorry, I appended the phrasing. This thread moves too loving fast.

It was two posts below the original quote you used though...

D_Smart
May 11, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
College Slice

LMAO!! :bravo:

Sarsapariller
Aug 14, 2015

Occasional vampire queen

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3qvano/lots_of_work_on_20_theyre_content_complete_just/

A Person posted:

Lots of work on 2.0, they're content complete, just bug fixing and polishing now.

I feel like I've heard this before...

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

have you ever tried to polish a turd? Its the hardest part of the whole process tbh

Plankalkuel
Mar 29, 2008

D_Smart posted:

LOL!! Yeah, I saw that. Apparently I'm the alt account of every Goon that shows up there. They're just as paranoid as they are crazy. And it's apparently contagious.

Remember, You need Platinum Status to read this text!, so they are not entirely wrong ;)

Nickiepoo
Jun 24, 2013

tooterfish posted:

This is what I don't get, it's just so blatantly one sided that other people must've noticed by now. The rest of reddit can't be as bad as that shithole, so why isn't someone stepping in and saying "you're running this place like Pinochet ran loving Chile. Knock it off".

Or is every subreddit its own little kingdom? I don't really know how it works over there.

It is, and reddit values 'free speech' which is why they hosted pedo poo poo for so long. Dissenting opinions though? No, those get downvoted into invisibility.

Just remember that reddit is the place where borderline child porn = fine, but not liking SC = bad.

AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer

To be fair Star Citizen possibly is content complete.

D_Smart
May 11, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
College Slice

Unfunny Poster posted:

I'd like to address you and your kind real quick. Don't worry, I'll make it brief:

Why? Why bother with all of the hours spent putting people down and trying to "burn all teh jpegs"? You could spend your time going outside, having fun playing games, or visiting your family. Instead, you choose to go out of your way to intentionally try and hurt people and their visions. Why?

If Star Citizen was going to fail (which it's not), why don't you just leave us "White Knights" (A community of One-Million people, I might add), alone and let us see for ourselves? Why do you care?

By the way, the man you undoubtedly worship doxxes teenagers in wheelchairs and children. Just fyi.

Don't kid yourself. The Star Citizen community is not "one million people". It's about 700K backers (we're not even sure they're all people), with a few retarded rear end-clowns in the mix.

ps: I didn't dox any "teenager in a wheelchair" or "children", moron. So go back to your Reddit echo chamber. As a token of your visit here, hope you like your new forum avatar.

KakerMix
Apr 8, 2004

8.2 M.P.G.
:byetankie:

Nickiepoo posted:

It is, and reddit values 'free speech' which is why they hosted pedo poo poo for so long. Dissenting opinions though? No, those get downvoted into invisibility.

Just remember that reddit is the place where borderline child porn = fine, but not liking SC = bad.

This isn't very far from the brown sea rules as well tbh


D_Smart posted:

Don't kid yourself. The Star Citizen community is not "one million people". It's about 700K backers (we're not even sure they're all people), with a few retarded rear end-clowns in the mix.

ps: I didn't dox any "teenager in a wheelchair" or "children", moron. So go back to your Reddit echo chamber. As a token of your visit here, hope you like your new forum avatar.

lmao if you buy him a new avatar, just lmao

Enchanted Hat
Aug 18, 2013

Defeated in Diplomacy under suspicious circumstances

Eonwe posted:

honestly though, if you want to ever pay someone to post on the internet I am your man

i will happily shill for whatever, whenever, wherever and i will make everyone certain I am you

I'll give you $5 if you post all of Richard III, replacing Gloucester with Derek Smart and all the other Plantagenets and Yorkists with CIG people.

DarkRefreshment
May 5, 2015

Nothing is funnier than a dog in a formal outfit. Look it up on the internets.

D_Smart posted:

Nope, not true. We backed a game. Now they're selling JPEG ships for said game. Big difference.

Valid point.

They were offering physical items back then too. My main reasoning to CIG in my refund request was the lack of delivery of the physical goods in addition to the game The Rear Admiral, which I believe is an awesome way to say Grand Butt Pirate, was supposed to include:

- Spaceship shaped USB stick with the game and all digital elements
- CD of game soundtrack
- Fold-up glossy full color map of the game universe
- Set of 5 Ship blueprints
- 3-inch physical model of your in-game ship
- Hardcover copy of 'The Making of Star Citizen' including loads of behind the scenes images and info

Of course all i got was my "citizen card". To that refund request; I was told that the collectors boxes are in the process of being made and they will have it to me next year. And a direct quote: "They have been taking a little longer as there are thousands to make and it is a very complicated process." By little longer they mean a year after the estimated date. Don't tell me a factory in China couldn't knock out some collector's boxes in about a week. Obviously the delay in these are most of the art doesn't exist more or less a soundtrack.

DarkRefreshment fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Oct 30, 2015

Matlock Birthmark
Sep 24, 2005

I wanted this to happen!!
Soiled Meat

D_Smart posted:

ps: I didn't dox any "teenager in a wheelchair" or "children", moron. So go back to your Reddit echo chamber. As a token of your visit here, hope you like your new forum avatar.

Dman he did source his quote a bit later. The post was from reddit.

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Nickiepoo posted:

It is, and reddit values 'free speech' which is why they hosted pedo poo poo for so long. Dissenting opinions though? No, those get downvoted into invisibility.

Just remember that reddit is the place where borderline child porn = fine, but not liking SC = bad.

yeah redditors are honestly the biggest hypocrites ever about free speech

they are against anything submitted being deleted by anyone no matter what the content is, but if you dare go against the circlejerk they will downvote you so hard nobody will see your comment

effectively deleting it


thats why even if SA dies I'm not going to end up on reddit

im not going to post somewhere where my posts get ignored because some people on the internet downvoted it

i do a good enough job getting ignored on my own i don't need my posts be lowered and hidden because enough people downvoted it

Nickiepoo
Jun 24, 2013

D_Smart posted:

Don't kid yourself. The Star Citizen community is not "one million people". It's about 700K backers (we're not even sure they're all people), with a few retarded rear end-clowns in the mix.

ps: I didn't dox any "teenager in a wheelchair" or "children", moron. So go back to your Reddit echo chamber. As a token of your visit here, hope you like your new forum avatar.

Erm, Derek, he was quoting a Redditor.

EDIT: Oh my god he changed the avatar I'm literally pissing myself over here, hahahahdalshdsaklhdasl

SelenicMartian
Sep 14, 2013

Sometimes it's not the bomb that's retarded.

AP posted:

Is Sandi in London shopping?
Shopping for more minorities.

Pogue Ma Hoon
Oct 17, 2013

I like a nice pair of slacks.

Could you define what you mean by "ghost team" in your tweet? Like, a couple of customer service reps? A phone relay?

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
i guess i dont really get what is good about giving an aggregated group of people power to control what comments people see

isnt it just easy to have sequential comments with a number attached to them showing what people thought of the comment

that way you could still see if the hivemind hated it or not, but at least it would be there as part of the discussion

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Nickiepoo
Jun 24, 2013
Blue on blue, we've got a blue on blue! Everyone blame Reddit!

Unfunny Poster posted:

It was two posts below the original quote you used though...

Wear this with pride son, you've been touched by the smartman.

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