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aleksendr
May 14, 2014

Romes128 posted:

It's a scheme to get people to spend money. Spend 10k to get this! Spend this much to unlock the privilege of buying this ship! Etc.

Yes, and the best things about such scheme is that the are a double prong attack. Prong 1 is targeted at the whales "Oh yes, i want something exclusive ! take my money !" but the much more insidious prong 2 is targeted at the reasonable (well, relatively, this is SC after all) spender who will rationalize his own purchase by thinking "Yea, maybe i spent a little too much on jpegs, but its not like I'm in the Million dollar club, right ?".

Its like those 199,99$ items in fremium games, they don't really exist to be sold, their main function is to make the 49,99$ items look reasonably priced.

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Mekchu
Apr 10, 2012

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

SelenicMartian
Sep 14, 2013

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

my girlfriend is Legos
Apr 24, 2013

Brazilianpeanutwar posted:

If only losing your ship meant you had to pay to get it back..with interest :D
Could you imagine the rsi tears? :allears:

Yes. They would be tears of joy

EDIT: :pgabz:

my girlfriend is Legos fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Jan 9, 2016

a whole buncha crows
May 8, 2003

WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO HATE, WE HATE OURSELVES.-SA USER NATION (AKA ME!)

aleksendr posted:

Yes, and the best things about such scheme is that the are a double prong attack. Prong 1 is targeted at the whales "Oh yes, i want something exclusive ! take my money !" but the much more insidious prong 2 is targeted at the reasonable (well, relatively, this is SC after all) spender who will rationalize his own purchase by thinking "Yea, maybe i spent a little too much on jpegs, but its not like I'm in the Million dollar club, right ?".

Its like those 199,99$ items in fremium games, they don't really exist to be sold, their main function is to make the 49,99$ items look reasonably priced.

such a brilliant scheme...this could only be the work of

DUN DUN DUNNNNN

The best sales skeleton in the world

Bootcha
Nov 13, 2012

Truly, the pinnacle of goaltending
Grimey Drawer
Derek...

Daztek
Jun 2, 2006



Bootcha posted:

I was jelly of pgabz.

Jobbo_Fett
Mar 7, 2014

Slava Ukrayini

Clapping Larry

Not pictured: The plumber leaving in the background after installing the new office bidet.

Digital Prophet
Apr 16, 2006

"..and then came the black crow, herald of doom, who foretold the coming of death."


Half-life writer retires

Derek Smart just ruined my morning by posting this to facebook.

DEREK SMART RUINS EVERYTHING.

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

Gawain The Blind posted:

The more of this thread I read the less likely I think that the game will ever actually release, but the more I want it to release because the more RAGE VS GOONS sentiment is building and if we've learned anything from Eve it's that everyone hating goons is the best environment to play in. I can't even imagine what flying my Jpeg around would be like if everyone legit hated us from years before the game even released.

Not just hated us, but engaged in rhetoric specifically designed to combat things we post on an internet comedy forum.

I'm sad dreaming about what could have been. :(

This is from nearly three years ago.

Hobold
Jan 10, 2012


I love my Cutlass
I love big stompy mechs
I love my HOTAS
I love to salvage wrecks
I love Star Citizen, and all it's craziness
GOONDEYADA, GOONDEYADA, GOONDEYADA
College Slice

:bravo:
:vince:
:perfect:

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3ysstd/why_does_nobody_here_think_that_the_fact_cig/cygbykd


https://np.reddit.com/r/AntisemiteCitizen/comments/405uv6/star_citizen_backer_and_redditor_umacharial420_is/

D_Smart
May 11, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
College Slice

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

INN never contacted me. :(

Shocking. Positively shocking.

D_Smart
May 11, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
College Slice
The rant was saved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znR3JvQJPMc&t=3h1m44s

D_Smart fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Jan 9, 2016

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
seraph is trying so very hard bless his little heart

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard



https://www.reddit.com/r/DerekSmart/comments/4005fv/so_this_one_angry_gamer_blog_somewhat_derek/cyrmf8b

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znR3JvQJPMc&t=10904s

Zsinjeh
Jun 11, 2007

:shoboobs:

AP posted:

This is from nearly three years ago.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qjy7tAe1V0 it's everywhere

Daztek
Jun 2, 2006



Bootcha posted:

Derek...


Jobbo_Fett
Mar 7, 2014

Slava Ukrayini

Clapping Larry
Halfhand needs to stop stealing my bit where I create random subreddits that I can lord over other normal redditors

:colbert:

Berious
Nov 13, 2005

aleksendr posted:

I used to click most RSI link to enjoy a little bit of brown sea exploration but that was before the 4th Stimpire incident. Now I'm a little wary to click since i value my retinas and sanity.

What is wrong with these people ? Even at my most sexually depraved teens self the worst i dreamed of was to have the whole girls volleyball team fall in love and lust after me...

While you read the 4th Stimpire it's worth remembering the word "carebear" is banned from the CIG forums.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

I just noticed in her resume that she's credited as "military pilot" in SQ42. Did we have this confirmed from somewhere else?

So, will she be our fellow student from the academy that we had some awkward crush on? Or is she the experienced pilot teaching us the ropes, through which our relationship develops into an awkward crush? Or is she our co-pilot, handling the ship while the plots forces us to the turrets or out in a hornet or whatever, slowly realizing our mutual awkward crush on each other?

So many possibilities my head is spinning

We had a picture of her in her mocap onesie carrying a helmet, so yeah.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015

Nation posted:

She will be your wingman/companion so even if by some miracle you can skip cutscenes you have to listen to sandi talk to you all the way through every level

And if you try and intentionally blow her up at the beginning of the first mission your game ends, and SC fills your hard drive with child porn and then alerts the FBI.

Jobbo_Fett
Mar 7, 2014

Slava Ukrayini

Clapping Larry

FrankieGoes posted:

And if you try and intentionally blow her up at the beginning of the first mission your game ends, and SC fills your hard drive with child porn and then alerts the FBI.

Not surprising, really, seeing as they are collecting it on their forums.

bird with big dick
Oct 21, 2015


What's more likely:

1. Beer is going to hand CIG a slam dunk libel lawsuit by fabricating emails.

2. Sandi is an incompetent dipshit that has hilarious melt downs via email.

Matilda has obviously chosen #1, which is why Matilda is a loving moron.

a whole buncha crows
May 8, 2003

WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO HATE, WE HATE OURSELVES.-SA USER NATION (AKA ME!)

goddamn!

2DCAT
Jun 25, 2015

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Gravy Boat 2k

G0RF posted:

Harder than you think!



:ohdear: I didn't know that the event horizon was a playable ship.

BENGHAZI 2
Oct 13, 2007

by Cyrano4747

What rant is this now

Daztek
Jun 2, 2006



Literally The Worst posted:

What rant is this now

Derek Smart vs the 'Verse

2DCAT
Jun 25, 2015

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Gravy Boat 2k

:vince:

pftc
Oct 1, 2015

Well. Time for another question to Sandi.

Why do you like that pink shirt so much, Sandi?

You wore it on two different days.
https://archive.is/Fb1tw
https://archive.is/A1nqK

It's either that, or you make it seem like you're working multiple days, by taking photos of a bunch of things around the office on one day, and then spreading those photos out over the course of a week or so.

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Jobbo_Fett
Mar 7, 2014

Slava Ukrayini

Clapping Larry
Sandi is like Lisa Simpson

Know-it-all since she was a little girl and never changes her outfit.

Lowtax
Nov 16, 1999

by Skyl3lazer

pftc posted:

Well. Time for another question to Sandi.

Why do you like that pink shirt so much, Sandi?
Once again, can we stick to making fun of the game and its community, instead of petty and borderline weird stuff like going through her photos and asking why she wore the same shirt twice?

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

Jobbo_Fett posted:

Sandi is like Lisa Simpson

Know-it-all since she was a little girl and never changes her outfit.
But Lisa is generally competent in her endeavors.

Saint Isaias Boner
Jan 17, 2007

hi how are you

pftc posted:

Well. Time for another question to Sandi.

Why do you like that pink shirt so much, Sandi?

You wore it on two different days.
https://archive.is/Fb1tw
https://archive.is/A1nqK

It's either that, or you make it seem like you're working multiple days, by taking photos of a bunch of things around the office on one day, and then spreading those photos out over the course of a week or so.



i dunno man this is weird

like sometimes i don't throw my clothes away after i wear them.

G0RF
Mar 19, 2015

Some galactic defender you are, Space Cadet.
Methinks the Fräulein doth protest too much.

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Washing a shirt after only 3 days is huge waste of water

Jobbo_Fett
Mar 7, 2014

Slava Ukrayini

Clapping Larry

Mirificus posted:

But Lisa is generally competent in her endeavors.

"is like" not "is"

Though, I'm sure there are enough citizens on the RSI forums that would prefer she was that young again.

Amarcarts
Feb 21, 2007

This looks a lot like suffering.

Moogle posted:

Dance gabz, dance!

:pgabz: :pgabz: :pgabz:

My jpegs bring all the nerds to the verse,
And they're like:
Dave Braben's is worse.
drat right
Dave Braben's is worse,
That'll teach him
To put gameplay first.

:pgabz: :pgabz: :pgabz:

lol

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Bait and Swatch
Sep 5, 2012

Join me, Comrades
In the Star Citizen D&D thread


One of us! One of us!

Seriously gryph, come back to us buddy.

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