Beet Wagon posted:

Probably more like CIG called them up and said "Hey you guys already sell overpriced garbage to morons, right? Wanna double down and make some real money?"

A Neurotic Jew posted:

https://twitter.com/DreadMorgan/status/692054390828617729
https://twitter.com/DreadMorgan/status/692056173042860032
https://twitter.com/DreadMorgan/status/692058284975624192

lmao

fuctifino posted:

That twitter meltdown is amazing.

So if I read it right, this guy is a community manager? Is he actually employed, or white-knighting for free?

FrankieGoes posted:

That is precisely what happened except you forgot to mention the part where CIG gets probably 40% for promoting it and giving madcatz access to their mailing-list-o-retards.

A Neurotic Jew posted:

https://twitter.com/DreadMorgan/status/692054390828617729
https://twitter.com/DreadMorgan/status/692056173042860032
https://twitter.com/DreadMorgan/status/692058284975624192

lmao

G0RF posted:

Alright gents, this is a bloody long Effort Post that remains, despite considerable time spent, incomplete. But I figured it would be worth putting some of the key Star Marine dates into a single hyperlinked timeline. Forgive me in advance for minor errors. I know most of this isn't news to the Regulars here; my hope is to enlighten the casual visitors, particularly those who are skeptical of our skepticism. I may be overestimating the power of deductive reasoning here.

If so, drat you hopelessly irrational nerds!

Okay, here we go!

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This is the end of my incomplete timeline. Sorry for the wall of words. I hope to redeem myself with this video I've been working on forever. Two weeks.

GORF out!

fuctifino posted:

This looks to be the guy. He appears to be just a regular user https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/profile/12858/real_lethality

e: I can't post on the forums, but I can apparently leave comments on people's profiles. hhhmmmm

Kilmers Elbow posted:

Some of the animals were disturbed when they heard that they already owned Squadron 42.

Boxer passed it off as usual with `Chris is always right!', but Clover, who thought she remembered a de finite promise went to the end of the barn and tried to puzzle out some previous statements from the Chairman.

Finding herself unable to understand little more than waving hands, she fetched Muriel.

`Muriel,' she said, `Did Chris not say "Where Star Marine differs from Arena Commander is that we’re not launching it in its most basic game. Instead, we’re trying for something more. It includes animation fidelity and attention to detail that you wouldn’t normally expect in an “alpha” gameplay module. There’s even an entire sci-fi sports game with zero-G movement fully simulated and animated in there!"?

Muriel spelt it out. `It says, "So, with the Alpha 2.0 onwards, you have basically what we were planning to do with Star Citizen from the very very very beginning.".

Clover tried but could not reconcile the two statements.

'Clover' Muriel said, 'They ARE making good progress, but it's only really visible to those of us who are willing to forget their words from before and focus on their current words.'

fuctifino posted:

http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/sandigardiner

Sandi has a new thing listed on her resume site called 'Lagos 2035'. There is nothing on IMDB, and hardly any mention of it on google. The most detailed description I got was from the site of one of the other actors: http://www.dinawilson.com/


Wasn't that the time when Sandi 'I never take a day off' Gardiner was sporting that fake tattoo on her neck? Wasn't November a busy time for CIG? Weren't there months worth of CS tickets to respond to, and JPG ships to market?

Dusty Lens posted:

fuctifino posted:

This looks to be the guy. He appears to be just a regular user https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/profile/12858/real_lethality

e: I can't post on the forums, but I can apparently leave comments on people's profiles. hhhmmmm

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Lethality_High Admiral -2 points an hour ago

I felt compelled to write an open reply here.

The concerns stated are from the point of view of a relatively new backer and from someone without a lot of insight into game development. And that’s not his fault, most people don’t. But it’s very important to consider what’s in (and what’s missing from) that post due to this.

First, it’s important to understand that Star Citizen is only just now passing the 3-year mark for development. This is where other triple-A games from a traditional publisher would possibly begin to just be announced to the public. And none of them come out of the gate with a public Alpha with the scale and scope of what CIG has released so far with Alpha 2.1. Given that, CIG is further ahead of the curve than a triple-A development project - and they’re developing two triple-A games during the same time period.

During these 3+ years of triple-A design and development of other games - which is done behind closed doors - many things happen. Designs are built. Designs are thrown away. Employees leave. New designs are implemented. Employees are hired. Schedules change as timelines are affected. The entire time, the developers are working to find the basis of the game - but it has to be an iterative process. That’s why they don’t talk about it or show anything publicly until years into development. With Star Citizen, we got to see all of that out in the wide-open.

Getting back to Star Marine, it’s clearly been one of the things that has been shifted around on the roadmap. It hasn’t been cancelled, and anyone putting those words into CIG’s mouth is being disingenuous - you’re basically calling them liars.

The Star Marine game mode is clearly less critical to the overall project now than it once was. Originally, the plan for Star Marine was to have an FPS test bed for mechanics and balance, similar to Arena Commander. As a side effect of, players could have some fun, claw their way up the leader boards and bide some time until more proper Star Citizen systems were available.

All the while, development of those more proper Star Citizen systems was continuing. Not only was core technology being developed, like the Large World maps tech, but other gameplay features such as missions, grouping, landing, social spaces and more were being prepped for release with ArcCorp and — much to everyone’s surprise — delivery of the Baby PU late last year. Going back to Chris’ original announcement presentation at GDC 2012, that is precisely when he predicted an Alpha of the Star Citizen PU would be available.

Since core development had continued in the primary development stream, FPS made it’s debut in the Baby PU instead of Star Marine. There was no reason to hold it up when CIG could integrate it and get the data they were originally going to get from Star Marine. In the end, why would any backer at all prefer to see resources diverted to Star Marine when the Persistent Universe is the place those mechanics will ultimately serve?

CIG is still working on Star Marine and still intends to release it at the right time when it’s ready - for them, and for players. Again, anything else you read is false.

I’ve already gone on longer than planned, so I just want to close with this.

We’re all intelligent people. We all know there are risks with crowdfunded projects. Heck there are risks with publisher-funded triple-A projects too! See Blizzard’s cancelled MMO for one example. So we’re smart enough to know what we’re getting into before we plunk down that money. And once we do, we are agreeing to shoulder the risk. We don’t need some self-aggrandizing megalomanic or anyone else to tell us.

This is new ground… we’ve never been here before. Ask questions. Pay attention. Be skeptical even. But don’t be a jackass. They are making a game that has never been made before, and we’re seeing it happen like we never have before either. As for me, I am backing a vision, and putting faith in leadership to build a team and studio to bring that vision to life. I am not merely buying a video game ahead of release.

quote:

We’re all intelligent people. We all know there are risks with crowdfunded projects. Heck there are risks with publisher-funded triple-A projects too! See Blizzard’s cancelled MMO for one example. So we’re smart enough to know what we’re getting into before we plunk down that money. And once we do, we are agreeing to shoulder the risk. We don’t need some self-aggrandizing megalomanic or anyone else to tell us.

Unfunny Poster posted:

1500.



HO!

spacetoaster posted:

Somebody should do this gif with a star marine helmet, or something.

G0RF posted:

I had assumed the tattoos were for her part in 'The Eighth House' but who knows.

Kakarot posted:

Glory to the Stimpire!!

padijun posted:

Lmao the pvp slider is such a great idea, is it a feature they've said they'd add?

"I want to fight other players, but only when it's completely optimal for me"

trucutru posted:

It's a slider. It's more like "I want to fight a few players, not too many tho, 17.67% on the slider should be ok.".

G0RF posted:

SquirrelGrip posted:

satanball is in fuckers