Jethro_E7 posted:

https://www.reddit.com/user/Accelerwraith was banned from /r/starcitizen_trades not /r/starcitizen. Permabans from there are usually permanent and bans do not carry over to /r/starcitizen.
The context of that post was that people were utterly outraged that someone would buy a limited ship like the jav and then sell it for profit. The sheer outrage and fury that you would deny a true believer a ship was seen as scalping and so attracted the rage and ire of the loyalists.
The outrage of that particular citizen was such that he wished death on the one that did it.

Reference : https://www.reddit.com/r/Starcitizen_trades/comments/2np2d4/blackmarket_javelin_destroyer_with_lifetime/

The OP later posted this:

[–]Gamediscount -38 points 11 months ago
Okay, I posted this over there but I'll post it here too because a lot of people are mad at me for doing what I did.
I understand a lot of people are angry about this, but consider that what I am doing is not that much different than many traders here. I don't see myself as having inflated the price all that much-people on here sell the Idris-M for 4x-5x more than its original price, or aurora packages for 3x-5x their original price. I'm only selling it for just a little over double its original price. I do not think I am being particularly unethical with regards to my pricing here.
No one complains when people sell their Idris, 890 Jump, or Phoenix for double or more, but I get singled out as evil for doing the same with my Javelin? I get that some of you are mad because you could not get one, but there are still 199 left for you to get at CIG's price.

Dark Off posted:

yeah sadly it is, but that doesnt stop me from making GBS threads up the smartest room.
Even if you need to some work to find it.

Some free hints to get the search started.

1) wafflz tag
2) what you cant see if your not regged.
3)whats the thing that unites citizens.

edit: if you want more hints buy me a avatar or plat upgrade

wyoak posted:

I dunno poo poo about how the company runs day to day but the fact that people are still throwing money at them with no product means marketing is doing something well. if you work for CIG then I'll take your word that the head of marketing and PR isn't doing any marketing or PR but I dunno why people are so eager to throw her under the bus despite selling being the only thing that this company can demonstrably do well

it's like they're waiting for this to crash, blame it on sandi, then CR will come back with another pipe dream and people will throw money at him again because the witch is dead and she was what was really holding it all back

BastionPete posted:

Money problems leading to the project shutting down
There is no evidence of this at all. Star Citizen raised $4.2m last month.

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There is no evidence of this at all: Star Citizen raised $4.2m last month.

JakeP posted:

The marketing is all word of mouth among a community of spergs and their friends. There aren't new people getting involved in this. Its the same goofy morons buying new jpegs every time they come out. Sandi isn't doing anything to motivate these sales, she just happens to hold the title of the person who is usually responsible for marketing.

Kakarot posted:

What on Earth is this guy on about?

Wafflz posted:

It confused me at first but then You need Platinum, Archives and an Avatar to view this message. Now it makes sense.

JakeP posted:

The marketing is all word of mouth among a community of spergs and their friends. There aren't new people getting involved in this. Its the same goofy morons buying new jpegs every time they come out. Sandi isn't doing anything to motivate these sales, she just happens to hold the title of the person who is usually responsible for marketing.

Wafflz posted:

It confused me at first but then You need Platinum, Archives and an Avatar to view this message. Now it makes sense.

wyoak posted:

Most companies have to pay for their street team, they got people to pay them to do it, seems like a marketing win to me
like if a product was actually coming out this would be a marketing masterclass, they've already got a massive base of loyal customers and a good amount of name recognition

BastionPete posted:

On crazy obsessive/harassing WhiteKnight StarCitizens
Well, you have a community of 700K where the occasional individual is in for $20k. Yes they are dicks and I don't condone any of their actions. However, they do not reflect the wider starcitizen community. Personally I think they are insane for spending that much money on a videogame. Whatever, they are a few bad apples. I feel sorry for Derek that he has to put up with their harassment.

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On Sandi
This is the biggest joke of the lot. There is a lot of 'evidence' thrown about on topics that really don't matter. Who gives a gently caress if she is married to CR, or is a jerk, or doesn't have a marketing degree. She oversaw a marketing strategy that has raised $94m which is all that matters. That was her job. If she hadn't done that then we would be right to start the criticisms, but that's clearly not the the case. Cries of nepotism are stupid. She wasn't appointed when the company was a multimillion dollar project, she was appointed at inception. If the director of marketing was just a random person (with a marketing degree) who raised $93m, and then they were fired and replaced with Sandi, then shout nepotism all you like. He using company property and time for personal projects is an unknown for me. They don't seem too credible and seem to be clutching at straws.

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SC subreddit imgur posts getting bombed
The idea that this was a 'friendly fire' incident doesn't really hold any water IMO. The fact that every image without exception got taken down, leads me to believe that it was a deliberate attack. There were plenty of really obscure images taken down that were posted years ago that weren't originally posted in this thread. I say originally because after the news broke, some then started posting more links here to images to try and get them taken down by proxy. I could be wrong on this one, but I really don't think so.

Sedisp posted:

I frikkin LOLED really hard that you would bother to pretend you had an old account.

wyoak posted:

Most companies have to pay for their street team, they got people to pay them to do it, seems like a marketing win to me.
If a product was actually coming out this would be a marketing masterclass, they've already got a massive base of loyal customers and a good amount of name recognition before anything actually is released.

Letting CR write that rant was a PR disaster but hey even multi-billion dollar startups make tonedeaf moves like that

Vax posted:

Yeah after that it makes total sense. The personal explanation from Lowtax he gave was even better. Check it out You need Platinum, Archives and an Avatar to view this message

wyoak posted:

Most companies have to pay for their street team, they got people to pay them to do it, seems like a marketing win to me.
If a product was actually coming out this would be a marketing masterclass, they've already got a massive base of loyal customers and a good amount of name recognition before anything actually is released.

Letting CR write that rant was a PR disaster but hey even multi-billion dollar startups make tonedeaf moves like that

Libluini posted:

Man that's harsh. So you think a Redditor attacked subreddit imgur posts out of pure malice, instead of just stupidity? You're too cynical for me.

JakeP posted:

Im not saying they don't have a great word of mouth thing going for them, just that it has nothing to do with anything Sandi did. My only point is she isn't qualified for her job, and any success of the company isn't because of her marketing strategies.

BastionPete posted:

Well, I lost access to my old account from 2007, so I thought I'd make myself a brand spanking new one to contribute to this discussion. I even bought premium so I could be privy to all the SuperSecret^TM stuff going on.

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On Sandi
This is the biggest joke of the lot. There is a lot of 'evidence' thrown about on topics that really don't matter. Who gives a gently caress if she is married to CR, or is a jerk, or doesn't have a marketing degree. She oversaw a marketing strategy that has raised $94m which is all that matters. That was her job. If she hadn't done that then we would be right to start the criticisms, but that's clearly not the the case. Cries of nepotism are stupid. She wasn't appointed when the company was a multimillion dollar project, she was appointed at inception. If the director of marketing was just a random person (with a marketing degree) who raised $93m, and then they were fired and replaced with Sandi, then shout nepotism all you like. He using company property and time for personal projects is an unknown for me. They don't seem too credible and seem to be clutching at straws.

wyoak posted:

and my point is that unless you're involved with the day to day operations at CIG how the hell do you know

like maybe an exec with more degrees and less vaginas would've generated 200 million by now?

mormonpartyboat posted:

what even is a star citizen

jaffyjaffy posted:

As tempting as it is to try for a refund and embrace the , I feel as if I need to keep my $60 into this not-game so I can learn once and for all not to waste my money on bad games.
Preordering Brink wasn't enough.

Vax posted:

Yeah after that it makes total sense. The personal explanation from Lowtax he gave was even better. Check it out You need Platinum, Archives and an Avatar to view this message

theultimo posted:

mormonpartyboat posted:

what even is a star citizen

revmoo posted:

Good lord nobody loving cares. Go away. This is a comedy forum and you are posting precisely 0 comedy.