Brazilianpeanutwar posted:

Oh Derek just stop, you're making baby jesus cry.

SniperWoreConverse posted:

is this their real €2,500,000 coffee machine? What is it actually called I want to look @ it

Daztek posted:

I'll save you, thread

Sunswipe posted:

Can anyone remind me what the motivation is for goons to destroy Star Citizen? I haven't been here long, so I think I missed the meeting where we all agreed to bring down this 100 million dollar company by laughing at it.

Sunswipe posted:

Can anyone remind me what the motivation is for goons to destroy Star Citizen? I haven't been here long, so I think I missed the meeting where we all agreed to bring down this 100 million dollar company by laughing at it.

A Neurotic Jew posted:

praying for a new studio tour soon.

Sunswipe posted:

Can anyone remind me what the motivation is for goons to destroy Star Citizen? I haven't been here long, so I think I missed the meeting where we all agreed to bring down this 100 million dollar company by laughing at it.

Daztek posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/49k2d7/star_citizen_alpha_where_visual_superiority_in/

Breetai posted:

Imagine being of the adolescent mindset that anyone who doesn't like what you like is wrongbad, and having such a poor social radar as to not be able to determine that people's motivations may extend beyond the nebulous and childlike explanation of being a 'hater', and you're well on your way to enlightenment.

trucutru posted:

You haven't been here long enough to start getting your payment checks. Please lurk more.

Nicholas posted:

The thing that gets me about shitizens is how objectly wrong they are. Better graphics then any game out there? More content in the alpha than nearly every "triple AAA" game released? Unprecedented fidelity and realism? Most open development process ever?

How can anyone who has played a single videogame in the last 10 years really believe this?

runsamok posted:

I have always thought that "AAA" is like "lady" or "gentleman". It's a compliment if someone else refers to you as such, but calling yourself one has the opposite effect. They're titles, not generic adjectives to be slapped on willy-nilly.

A Neurotic Jew posted:

praying for a new studio tour soon.

LuiCypher posted:

Something's... burning? I think it smells vaguely like money. Now I hear some water rushing and it's really smoky in here. Did they try to solve the problem of burning money by flushing it down the toilet?

I mean, they don't need to live stereotypical developer lifestyles living off of ramen and oatmeal, but at the same time all of this custom artwork and 'cool toys' that contribute absolutely nothing to the final product and then posting it on Facebook is like a big ol' "gently caress you for giving us money, now we're going to fritter it away on the dumbest, most pointless poo poo imaginable".

Nicholas posted:

The thing that gets me about shitizens is how objectly wrong they are. Better graphics then any game out there? More content in the alpha than nearly every "triple AAA" game released? Unprecedented fidelity and realism? Most open development process ever?

How can anyone who has played a single videogame in the last 10 years really believe this?

Sunswipe posted:

What I don't understand is what they think we'd get out of a deliberate campaign to bring down CIG that would possibly be worth the effort. As someone pointed out earlier, people not invested in Star Citizen are in a no lose situation: if the game fails we all get a good laugh, if it succeeds we all get to buy a good game. Someone else made the comparison to the console wars, which kinda works except there's no reason you have to pick one game and stick with it regardless of how good it ends up being.

runsamok posted:

I have always thought that "AAA" is like "lady" or "gentleman". It's a compliment if someone else refers to you as such, but calling yourself one has the opposite effect. They're titles, not generic adjectives to be slapped on willy-nilly.

Sunswipe posted:

Can anyone remind me what the motivation is for goons to destroy Star Citizen? I haven't been here long, so I think I missed the meeting where we all agreed to bring down this 100 million dollar company by laughing at it.

peter gabriel posted:

peter gabriel posted:

Dusty Lens posted:

Do you have a link? Someone should tell him about the 14 day refund.

D_Smart posted:

This is not a joke.

Star Citizen may support Vulcan

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/50941/star-citizen-support-vulkan/index.html

quote:

'You never know whether we will do DirectX 12 or Vulkan first,' says Cloud Imperium Chairman

LuiCypher posted:

Something's... burning? I think it smells vaguely like money. Now I hear some water rushing and it's really smoky in here. Did they try to solve the problem of burning money by flushing it down the toilet?

I mean, they don't need to live stereotypical developer lifestyles living off of ramen and oatmeal, but at the same time all of this custom artwork and 'cool toys' that contribute absolutely nothing to the final product and then posting it on Facebook is like a big ol' "gently caress you for giving us money, now we're going to fritter it away on the dumbest, most pointless poo poo imaginable".

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Originally that was the pitch. Ships would be highly customizable depending on their core design. For example the Anvil Hornet would be a tough, rugged, but focused ship while the Drake Cutlass would be somewhat cheaper in terms of construction but would make up for that with dramatic levels of flexibility. Instead it all ended up being bullshit with unique hulled variants that locked the player into certain playing styles and design decisions that were arbitrary and idiotic (like the Cutlass Red, a space ambulance, not having missile racks or the ability to even mount them because ambulances didn't need them). This resulted in just a little bit of backlash so as a result CIG has a new modularity system where core components (like the center of the Vanguard) can be swapped out for other systems. It's a pretty decent way of doing things since modules are far easier to make and some ships (like the Retaliator) can have two of them.

Unfortunately this also means that CIG has roughly four different "styles" of modularity that they need to reconcile in addition to everything else they've messed around with. If the company was competently run they would have focused on core development of a simple demonstration, locked down the feature set and mechanics, and then used those rules to expand to other ships. So for example have the Hornet and Constellation as locked down demonstrations of how single and multi-crew would work, finalized all of the internal systems, and then use those rules to expand to other craft.

But gently caress it I know nothing about game development.

LowellDND posted:

SniperWoreConverse posted:

man this is just disappointing as gently caress. It'd be cool to have an actually fidelitous (within reason) game.

Both completely unsurprised and kinda disgusted they have a space ambulance. How could that ever be fun or interesting? How can you make money as a space paramedic outside of a large fightmans org that might actually need one? Why would you have that when you could just put a medbay in a bigger ship that's less likely to blow up and ferry guys to that? They don't even have loving wounds or damage states other than [Hitpoints] and [ALIVE | DEAD]! I would be stunned to believe having yellow legs has any effect on gameplay. Would having this granular damage even be fun?? What could be fun about having my legs shot off and having so sit here HOTAS jerking off while my bro carts my rear end to medbay?

Didn't crobs say some type of poo poo like there's slaver/abduction/bountyhunter pods, and if you get caught in them he's not going to make you sit in it staring at the wall until they turn you in. Why would basically the same gimmick exist in a different form? Are they expecting me to get my balls blasted and I shoot my sidearm while somebody firman carries me running away? No way could they pull that off.