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The Something Awful Forums > Archives > Comedy Goldmine > The Goodmine > Star Citizen: Big MoMA's House

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Justin Tyme: Feb 22, 2011

I have BEEN to the SA forum. THERE IS NO SUCH THING as "FYAD"!!!!!

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:27

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 22:59

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

peter gabriel posted:

I don't think you understand, Derek performed a search on that forum and nothing came up for 'Star Citizen' therefore the forum named 'The Chaos Engine' is plainly not the 'The Chaos Engine' that other guy meant.

No. Two people mentioned "chaos engine" forum. One of them has NO clue wtf it is; because if you look at his postings, no way in hell that rear end-clown would ever be let into such a forum. So THAT guy I attributed to him just thinking "chaos engine" refers to THIS forum where, yes, devs and others hang on.

The dev/media forum that the MMORPG poster (JohnP0100) is talking about, has absolutely nothing to do with that rear end-clown (see above) thinking about WHAT it is.

I don't know how else to explain this. I'm out.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:28

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

What I am learning about myself here is I am not a very loyal customer

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:29

Happy Sisyphus: Nov 13, 2013; You take the blue paarp - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red paarp - you stay in pre-alpha, and I show you how deep the sperg wallet goes.

Pratt2112 posted:

I'm already feeling the pressure. I got up to get something to eat, and could feel the world racing on without me.

Worst moment of the last 5 minutes of my life.

I might never sleep again.

my advice
dont let fear of missing out on the star citizen thread control your

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:29

texasmed: May 27, 2004

Eonwe posted:

I'm not going to lie if Lord British started a kickstarter for UO 2 tomorrow I'd pledge, knowing what I know about kickstarters even

Are you purposefully ignoring https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/ or did you not know it existed? It's not UO 2 but at least spiritually similar to the original, and you are allowed to throw tons of money at Lord British if you want to

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:29

Facebook Aunt: Oct 4, 2008; wiggle wiggle

peter gabriel posted:

What I am learning about myself here is I am not a very loyal customer

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:30

Dusty Lens: Jul 1, 2015; All Glory unto the Stimpire. Give up your arms and legs and embrace the beautiful agony of electricity that doubles in pain every second.

Eonwe posted:

I'm not going to lie if Lord British started a kickstarter for UO 2 tomorrow I'd pledge, knowing what I know about kickstarters even

Isn't that what shroud of the avatar was supposed to be? Maybe? I saw something about outhouses. Also something about hilarious clusterfuck waffling into oblivion as they try to remake a game that currently exists and continues to exist.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:30

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

D_Smart posted:

No. Two people mentioned "chaos engine" forum. One of them has NO clue wtf it is; because if you look at his postings, no way in hell that rear end-clown would ever be let into such a forum. So THAT guy I attributed to him just thinking "chaos engine" refers to THIS forum where, yes, devs and others hang on.

The dev/media forum that the MMORPG poster (JohnP0100) is talking about, has absolutely nothing to do with that rear end-clown (see above) thinking about WHAT it is.

I don't know how else to explain this. I'm out.

Ah right I see what you mean now, yeah you are probably right

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:30

A Neurotic Jew: Feb 17, 2012; by exmarx

Eonwe posted:

I'm not going to lie if Lord British started a kickstarter for UO 2 tomorrow I'd pledge, knowing what I know about kickstarters even

agreed friend. UO owned.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:30

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

Angela Christine posted:

Maybe I am a loyal customer when the product is bad enough

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:31

Pratt2112: Mar 25, 2016; Indeeeeeeeeeed...

peter gabriel posted:

All I know is one night I was shooting aliens and the next night 'Server Not Available'

I only found out the story years later, I think at the time I just moved on

Sounds about right lol.

They shut that down quick.

But that's NCSoft for ya. They're really good at shutting things down, it seems.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:32

Happy Sisyphus: Nov 13, 2013; You take the blue paarp - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red paarp - you stay in pre-alpha, and I show you how deep the sperg wallet goes.

do you think star citizen backers will still be able to sit in their chariots in the hangar after the game goes bust?

or can CIG also not match illfonic in this respect?

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:32

Facebook Aunt: Oct 4, 2008; wiggle wiggle

texasmed posted:

Are you purposefully ignoring https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/ or did you not know it existed? It's not UO 2 but at least spiritually similar to the original, and you are allowed to throw tons of money at Lord British if you want to

The goon backers seem pretty disappointed in the way it has gone the last few months. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3582612

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:32

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

Pratt2112 posted:

Sounds about right lol.

They shut that down quick.

But that's NCSoft for ya. They're really good at shutting things down, it seems.

NC Soft would have shitcanned Star Citizen after about a month of the kickstarter finishing

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:32

Pratt2112: Mar 25, 2016; Indeeeeeeeeeed...

A Neurotic Jew posted:

agreed friend. UO owned.

Check out Shroud of The Avatar. It's a spiritual successor to UO, with him at the lead.

Edit: nvm, someone else already mentioned it.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:33

Happy Sisyphus: Nov 13, 2013; You take the blue paarp - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red paarp - you stay in pre-alpha, and I show you how deep the sperg wallet goes.

the backer sits alone in his chariot, knowing the persistence will never come
the dreams are still only dreams but the pain
it is very real

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:33

Goobs: Jan 30, 2016; Doxcat is watching you PU.

Eonwe posted:

I'm saying tree of Savior next week

Which is kind of sort of ragnarok online 2

I'll be playing this too but never played RO online or any korean grindfest game so I wonder how long I will last. Bought the 10 dollar package for shits and giggles..if nothing else the OST is amaze.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:34

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

Happy Sisyphus posted:

do you think star citizen backers will still be able to sit in their chariots in the hangar after the game goes bust?

or can CIG also not match illfonic in this respect?

There will absolutely be petitions to 'release the code' to a hardcore team of fans who will finish the game

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:34

Pratt2112: Mar 25, 2016; Indeeeeeeeeeed...

peter gabriel posted:

NC Soft would have shitcanned Star Citizen after about a month of the kickstarter finishing

I'm still bitter over how they messed up Lineage 2. I used to love that game, warts and all, back before it went F2P and they tried to make it a more standard themepark type deal. The clan wars and player politics in that game was awesome. Ah well.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:35

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

Happy Sisyphus posted:

the backer sits alone in his chariot, knowing the persistence will never come
the dreams are still only dreams but the pain
it is very real

How did you get the 2.4 patch notes?????????

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:35

Pratt2112: Mar 25, 2016; Indeeeeeeeeeed...

Happy Sisyphus posted:

the backer sits alone in his chariot, knowing the persistence will never come
the dreams are still only dreams but the pain
it is very real

Very poetic.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:36

beep_boop: Feb 2, 2016

texasmed posted:

Are you purposefully ignoring https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/ or did you not know it existed? It's not UO 2 but at least spiritually similar to the original, and you are allowed to throw tons of money at Lord British if you want to

Holy poo poo, I loved UO. I had no idea they were doing this.

After looking at it closer, I can see why I never heard of it.

beep_boop fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Mar 25, 2016

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:37

Happy Sisyphus: Nov 13, 2013; You take the blue paarp - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red paarp - you stay in pre-alpha, and I show you how deep the sperg wallet goes.

peter gabriel posted:

How did you get the 2.4 patch notes?????????

it is a leak from a private forum citizen

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:38

Goobs: Jan 30, 2016; Doxcat is watching you PU.

beep_boop posted:

Holy poo poo, I loved UO. I had no idea they were doing this.

its really bad. i wouldnt. i backed and regret it to no end.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:40

Dusty Lens: Jul 1, 2015; All Glory unto the Stimpire. Give up your arms and legs and embrace the beautiful agony of electricity that doubles in pain every second.

Pratt2112 posted:

Check out Shroud of The Avatar. It's a spiritual successor to UO, with him at the lead.

Edit: nvm, someone else already mentioned it.

Is that an actual game that is fun or is it a morass of bad.

e;

Goobs posted:

its really bad. i wouldnt. i backed and regret it to no end.

Nevermind.

Someone should really track down the people that ensured that all of the celebrity personalities at Origin could pay themselves hand over fist before retiring into failed kickstarters actually had games to print their names on.

Dusty Lens fucked around with this message at 04:43 on Mar 25, 2016

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:40

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

Happy Sisyphus posted:

it is a leak from a private forum citizen

chaos

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:40

eonwe: Aug 11, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

texasmed posted:

Are you purposefully ignoring https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/ or did you not know it existed? It's not UO 2 but at least spiritually similar to the original, and you are allowed to throw tons of money at Lord British if you want to

Totes not uo2

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:41

Fargin Icehole: Feb 19, 2011; Pet me.

So, I see those posts on Elite Dangerous, and I wonder why i'm in this thread watching a giant black and blue sci-fi painted blimp fireballing slowly, slowly into the ocean.

Like, I actually want to pick up and play E:D when engineers comes out, because I do not have the patience to master the basics of flying right now. And i'm here, watching this project that received way more money than it should have going nowhere.

I'd be loving down for a Will shatner voiced AI, this is great, why are backers oogling over a "physicalized EVA"? What the gently caress is a physicalized EVA?

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:41

Ravane: Oct 23, 2010; by LadyAmbien

Haskell9 posted:

You should use your industry clout to get your nephew Ricky a job at Cloud Imperium. I hear that studio is going places.

But... I know nothing about game development!

:negative:

:negative:

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:42

eonwe: Aug 11, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

Goobs posted:

I'll be playing this too but never played RO online or any korean grindfest game so I wonder how long I will last. Bought the 10 dollar package for shits and giggles..if nothing else the OST is amaze.

Look forward to playing with you

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:42

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

A Neurotic Jew posted:

I'm the r/dereksmart lurker who now has to decide between making fun of Derek for getting this wrong or acknowledging that a forum full of insiders making fun of CIG constantly is real.

Recently, I made a post in my Facebook feed about how everyone that knows anyone connected to this poo poo-show, pretty much knows everyone else connected to it. I also mentioned that most aren't talking openly for fear of reprisals and such, but if you're part of the closed group and forum where industry people congregate, you already know everything and don't need to stick your neck out.

It's late here now. But tomorrow I will dig up the thread and link it. However, I think it was a public post, so feel free to search my feed if you find it before I do. It's in one of my Star Citizen topics.

I know what I'm talking about.

And I can neither confirm, nor deny, that I am a Freemason. But it's kinda like that.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:42

Pratt2112: Mar 25, 2016; Indeeeeeeeeeed...

Dusty Lens posted:

Is that an actual game that is fun or is it a morass of bad.

I can't say personally. Haven't played it. It looks neat, the concept is cool, but I've seen some mixed reactions to it.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:44

Decrepus: May 21, 2008; In the end, his dominion did not touch a single poster.

Yawn. Ok.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:44

Facebook Aunt: Oct 4, 2008; wiggle wiggle

Dusty Lens posted:

Is that an actual game that is fun or is it a morass of bad.

Here's a good post that explains getting a house in SotA.

Thursday Next posted:

While this is a true fact, it's also pretty disingenuous to leave it there.

In order to place a house, and, like, walk inside it and decorate it and enjoy it, you need two items: a lot deed, and a house deed for that type of lot. The houses are relatively cheap, and it's possible to make enough gold to buy a house deed in a week or so of play time. You can't, however, get a lot deed so easily. And you have to match the house type to the lot type - if you want to place a different house at some point, you'll need to buy a second lot deed. Lots come in many flavors (row, village, town, city, keep, castle, water?, etc). Basements are a separate deed.

To be able to use a house is very expensive. And that makes sense: after all, they charge $275 for the lowest-tier of these lot deeds with any hope of placing it.

It's also necessary to keep in mind how housing placement works. Every town has a limited number of house spaces. Good placement spots - spots in high-traffic areas, so that other players will use your vendors - are extremely limited. Right now, there's recurring taxes on every property. If you place your house-and-vendor in a good spot, you'll make money towards those taxes. If you don't manage to snag one of these rare spots, your little cottage is going to be in a hidden town on the tip of a peninsula somewhere that will be a bitch to get to, even for yourself. Nobody will ever buy from your vendor. Yet the taxes on these houses are the same.

How does placement work then? How can I ensure I get a good locale?

Everything is gated by how much money you pledged and when. If you spend a lot of money, you get to go first at house placement. If you only pledge at the $275 level, good luck finding a reasonable spot. If you don't pledge at all, you'll have to wait until you make enough gold in game to buy both a house and a lot deed... and by that time, there may be no spots left at all. They've stated that they will ensure there are enough blank spaces for every pre-purchased deed, but that sort of leaves a lot of folks out in the cold, doesn't it? Your example - someone using in-game gold to buy a house and deed - may not be able to place.

And, yes, before you call me out on this - it's also possible to purchase "just" a lot deed in their add-on store for a mere $100 for the smallest lot. This affords you no access to the early-housing placement rush; you'll spend $100 and maybe find a spot on the aforementioned hidden island when the game opens for everyone. Maybe.

Again, I get where they're coming from. They've painted themselves into a corner by making housing so expensive; it got them a huge influx of sudden cash, but I'm willing to bet that that influx has all but dried up at this point. New players aren't going to buy in if they can't access the fun housing stuff, and the whales don't want to de-value their thousands of sunk dollars.

The game itself isn't fun enough or compelling enough to me to make up for this serious problem.

I wish them the best of luck, of course, but I don't see much hope.

Edit: Interestingly enough, I can't find the house placement FAQ anymore. But I did find a post on their forums that seems to cover it: https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/final-wipe-and-lot-selection.44430/

Yeah.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:44

Pratt2112: Mar 25, 2016; Indeeeeeeeeeed...

Goobs posted:

I'll be playing this too but never played RO online or any korean grindfest game so I wonder how long I will last. Bought the 10 dollar package for shits and giggles..if nothing else the OST is amaze.

I tried a bit of ToS, back during the earlier open tests, I think. All I remember is getting up to a boss that was basically a walking mass of hit points that refused to die. Then the game crashed.

Hadn't been back in since.

How's it doing now? I might hop in again.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:48

Dusty Lens: Jul 1, 2015; All Glory unto the Stimpire. Give up your arms and legs and embrace the beautiful agony of electricity that doubles in pain every second.

Angela Christine posted:

Yeah.

20 years to puzzle it out and they came up with a solution to the UO housing crisis that is somehow worse than an accidental ecumenopolis.

That's too bad. The only game I want more than Freelancer 2.0 is Ultima Online 2.0

Thank you for taking the time to track that down.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:48

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

Eonwe posted:

I've got an idea

for April Fools day this thread can be positive stuff about SC, and people who are negative about it get dogpiled

I'm on board, I think that's a great idea.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:49

Goobs: Jan 30, 2016; Doxcat is watching you PU.

Pratt2112 posted:

I tried a bit of ToS, back during the earlier open tests, I think. All I remember is getting up to a boss that was basically a walking mass of hit points that refused to die. Then the game crashed.

Hadn't been back in since.

How's it doing now? I might hop in again.

I've been hearing mixed things. The only negative things I've really encountered are the way they're handling the cash shop, not pay to win but 20 bucks for a new hairstyle, etc. Also in order to 1v1 trade someone you need to get a "token" which equates to a monthly subscription if you want to keep buying it and comes with small bonuses. Its their way of eliminating gold sellers, or attempting it anyway. I like the art style even though I'm not an anime guy and the soundtrack is amazing so there's that. Need something to keep me busy until Overwatch, Sea of Thieves, Total War:Warhammer, etc etc.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:50

EminusSleepus: Sep 28, 2015

Shroud of the Avatar is also a cash grab, buying castle for $2k lol

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 22:59

BrutalistMcDonalds: Oct 4, 2012; Lipstick Apathy

D_Smart posted:

And I can neither confirm, nor deny, that I am a Freemason. But it's kinda like that.

Daaamn. Can't outsmart the Smart.

... when it comes to the black arts.

# ? Mar 25, 2016 04:52

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