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G0RF
Mar 19, 2015

Some galactic defender you are, Space Cadet.

MeLKoR posted:

lol does grandpa have a cochlear implant?
All I see is fidelity, man.

That picture really does crack me up. It's like somebody at CIG decided "let's have at least one guy who looks just like the old farts of our fanbase."

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BIG HEADLINE
Jun 13, 2006

"Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"

TheHoosier posted:

the gently caress is a stimpire

Sounds like a ripoff of the Harkonnen 'heart plugs' from the movie. At most, it's some Aspie's sci-fi fantasy, fundamentally no different than ChrisChan's "CWCville."

Codependent Poster
Oct 20, 2003

Jason Sextro posted:

Who wants to tell stories on the official forums about the Stumpire, an empire of people with amputated limbs

We should write about the Renpire, which is smaller but crazier than the larger, dumber Stimpire.

aleksendr
May 14, 2014

I loved the thread better when we where obsessing over 32 vs 64 bit precision or Sandi hatred of pubes instead of Stimpire torture porn.

Tippis
Mar 21, 2008

It's yet another day in the wasteland.

aleksendr posted:

I loved the thread better when we where obsessing over 32 vs 64 bit precision or Sandi hatred of pubes instead of Stimpire torture porn.

I loved the thread better when it didn't forget its CSS ever other second.

Tijuana Bibliophile
Dec 30, 2008

Scratchmo

Tippis posted:

I loved the thread better when it didn't forget its CSS ever other second.

I'm guessing lowtax blew through his comcast quota after a couple SC patches' worth of downloads

Tijuana Bibliophile
Dec 30, 2008

Scratchmo
lowtax this layout is insufficient ~fidelity~ is this what i donated for????

Agrajag
Jan 21, 2006

gat dang thats hot

its a loving game... a really bad non-existent one at that, get some loving perspective skeletor.

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://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6244893/#Comment_6244893



Don't know who the new guy is but they shouldn't let him loose on the forums.



You click on the forums it registers as two hits. He joined in April 2015. He's very green or has a bad temper.

Tijuana Bibliophile
Dec 30, 2008

Scratchmo

AP posted:

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6244893/#Comment_6244893



Don't know who the new guy is but they shouldn't let him loose on the forums.



You click on the forums it registers as two hits. He joined in April 2015. He's very green or has a bad temper.

apparently he won the "next great starship" or whatever

e: also what's with the "or"

redwalrus
Jul 27, 2013

:stoke:

Incombibulator posted:

You clearly do not understand game development. :colbert:

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

AP posted:

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6244893/#Comment_6244893



Don't know who the new guy is but they shouldn't let him loose on the forums.



You click on the forums it registers as two hits. He joined in April 2015. He's very green or has a bad temper.
"nothing of value to add" - seems accurate

Nicole seems to be one of the better mods. Other mods like WhiteMagic would just have closed the thread.

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6240137/#Comment_6240137

Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

Saint Drogo posted:

The fat guy in the latest ATV is Chris Roberts' brother right? he could not look less happy to be forced bantering with Sandi. and was she always this poo poo or did she just stop trying?

Yeah, that's Erin. I had a chance to meet him in person with Eric Peterson and they are both really nice guys. He also is his brother's polar opposite and loathes the spotlight. That he's there and not telling them to gently caress off so he can work says volumes to me about how much of a priority marketing really is.

lollontee
Nov 4, 2014
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
I hope we get to see centurion power armour .png's next.

A Neurotic Jew
Feb 17, 2012

by exmarx

this, is loving beautiful.

peter gabriel
Nov 8, 2011

Hello Commandos

Jason Sextro posted:

Are people who live in the Stimpire called Stimperials then, I've got to know

Stimpletons

The Meat Dimension
Mar 29, 2010

Gravy Boat 2k

G0RF posted:

"I promise it was working for me two minutes ago!"

:lol::lol::lol: I might need some help tracking this one down.

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard
A Grand Admiral is wondering what's going on with Star Marine

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/313340/give-us-weekly-updates-of-star-marine-progress-like-cig-promised

A Neurotic Jew
Feb 17, 2012

by exmarx

The Meat Dimension posted:

:lol::lol::lol: I might need some help tracking this one down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXJZbPI5nKE

somewhere in here. Whole thing is definitely worth a watch in terms of quotes.

Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

The thing is that this is exactly how they should be doing it. The Vindicator Sabre seemingly went from concept to hangar in the span of three months. The Vanguard went from concept to flyable in nine. That's a good thing, because they have a shitload of assets to make.

Damn Dirty Ape
Jan 23, 2015

I love you Dr. Zaius




The Stimpsons

CHICKEN SHOES
Oct 4, 2002
Slippery Tilde




someone post lesnicks thing about star marine followed up by roberts thing about how nothing is true unless he said it

edit: gently caress it, i'll do it

CHICKEN SHOES fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Jan 16, 2016

redwalrus
Jul 27, 2013

:stoke:

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

The thing is that this is exactly how they should be doing it. The Vindicator Sabre seemingly went from concept to hangar in the span of three months. The Vanguard went from concept to flyable in nine. That's a good thing, because they have a shitload of assets to make.

While I'll agree that it is a smart way to create assets, I have to disagree that its in any way ok to sell people one thing, and then literally copy paste some bullshit together and ask hundreds of dollars for it lol.

CHICKEN SHOES
Oct 4, 2002
Slippery Tilde
poo poo they locked that thread fast

A Neurotic Jew
Feb 17, 2012

by exmarx

redwalrus posted:

While I'll agree that it is a smart way to create assets, I have to disagree that its in any way ok to sell people one thing, and then literally copy paste some bullshit together and ask hundreds of dollars for it lol.

Like many things Star Citizen, it would make sense if it was happening 2 years ago.

Ravane
Oct 23, 2010

by LadyAmbien

MeLKoR posted:

lol does grandpa have a cochlear implant?

Lmao, you'd expect genetic engineering and nanotechnology to at least be capable of treating deafness in the year 3000

Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

redwalrus posted:

While I'll agree that it is a smart way to create assets, I have to disagree that its in any way ok to sell people one thing, and then literally copy paste some bullshit together and ask hundreds of dollars for it lol.

Oh no the marketing is hosed, and people are dumb enough to pay for it.

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard
Squadron 42, First or second half of 2016?


https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6234762/#Comment_6234762


https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6235515/#Comment_6235515

surc
Aug 17, 2004

TheHoosier posted:

like for real the etymology of the word 'stimpire' makes no sense.

It's a portmanteau of "Star Empire", I think made by european people for whom english is not a first language, I think for some other game. And yes I know it should still be stempire, I didn't make the dang word.



Also, paging that poster with the velma avatar that comes up every time portmanteau is mentioned in this thread.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Can you imagine if Chris had just created an updated Freelancer game with an established engine for space games? He'd be riding a tidal wave of cash and everyone would be happy with what he did.

Eric Peterson, and his friends, got the boot and they've already got a playable space game that's fun.

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard
Sometimes I have trouble discerning which posts are real

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/313058/my-first-proper-post-to-just-say-thank-you

Tokyo Sexwale
Jul 30, 2003

surc posted:

It's a portmanteau of "Star Empire", I think made by european people for whom english is not a first language, I think for some other game. And yes I know it should still be stempire, I didn't make the dang word.



Also, paging that poster with the velma avatar that comes up every time portmanteau is mentioned in this thread.

See I honestly thought it had something to do with stimming, but I actually hadn't thought too hard about it.

BeefThief
Aug 8, 2007

Someone ask Croberts if the stimpires will be playable factions in the game

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

Truga posted:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paradoxgirl/paradox-girl-issues-1-and-2

There was a banner for this on the bottom of the last page for me.

Someone sure knows where the suckers are at :v:

PDF? Seriously? That shoots the project down, even IF I decided it wasn't too lame to back.

(Not saying it isn't, but there's no reason, if you are going DRM free, NOT to put in CBR/CBZ. Better quality AND a lot better selection of readers...)

Samizdata fucked around with this message at 03:50 on Jan 16, 2016

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard
Star Citizen: I will feel am feeling grief

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6247132/#Comment_6247132

BIG HEADLINE
Jun 13, 2006

"Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"

*looks at compelling evidence, blinks as Reddit Industries Cognitive Dissonance Drive engages*

"So? They're both Aegis ships. Of course they'd have some parts commonality! Here, look at an extensive compendium of RL examples of military hardware sharing the same designs and parts. You obviously just don't understand complex development cycles like ~Space Jesus~ and I do."

BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Jan 16, 2016

RearmingStrafbomber
Jan 29, 2009

1-1-2029, tonight the stars are shining bright


Many pages ago and in 1994, Dirt Merchant Games took a shot at a future where there is only war.



Life for the common worker in the Confederacy of Worlds, under Emperor Rupert IX, is hellish. Disco and professional wrestling abound. Imperius Rūp and Morty the Lord High Enquisitor know of those who do not partake in all beef patties with special sauce and cheese on two communion wafers at the Church & Munch, and will have them sentenced to HŌL: the Human Occupied Landfill.

Still better than life clipping through the floor of the Chrisverse.

D_Smart
May 11, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
College Slice
BREAKING NEWS LIVE FROM PAGE 1305

We were still pinned down behind enemy lines. There has been lots of friendly fire to contend with, though none of the usual suspects (I saw Octopod briefly few pages back, but he barely uttered a word) have been seen.

Then out of nowhere, a bunch of assholes decided to throw every loving meme they could think of, over the header. As the JPEGs rained down, we barely made it under cover as someone quickly grab my arm and pulled me straight into p1306 because some clowns keep throwing 40K related grenades every now and again.

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

Beet Wagon posted:

We should start some kind of thing protesting the lovely quality of both their black holes and fish.

People Actually As Angry As Alligators About Ridiculous Particulars

e: :gary:

:golfclap:

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D_Smart
May 11, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
College Slice

EminusSleepus posted:

WTF?

Fleet count is missing or hidden now, maybe because it contradicts to their claim that they have over 1 million backers? lol marketing bullshit



G0RF posted:

Sandi said -- I think it was on Batgirl's show -- that they're going to stop publishing their backer / revenue info soon. I was rather surprised since the recent numbers would suggest a continued healthy demand for ships in spite of delays, bad PR, and catastrophically embarrassing live.streams...

It's an odd decision particularly given all the free press they've enjoyed for each new million raised. But I'm sure there's a good reason.

The only reason to remove the fleet count is because of the discrepancy. So of course they'd rather remove it, than explain it. Because liars.

And they will probably remove everything soon because they know that it's going to start slowing down and it's just bad PR all the way up to their collapse (if they survive 2016, SQ42 notwithstanding, it will be a loving miracle).

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