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fuctifino posted:
Who the hell are his 2 recommendations? Plot twist : Derek Smart is one of them.
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fuctifino posted:
A while I think, Chris Roberts' Star Traders shill post mentioned him and Ladyman doing contract work for CIG now
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 23:56 |
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GabrielMobius posted:Rare seriouspost because I like shitposting in this thread far too much: We have no line of sight into this matter-- only gossip, and the gossip is contrary. What we do have-- imperfect as it is-- is a possible means of gauging revenue via their Stretch Goals tracker. And we've watched that pretty closely for a long time-- trying to make guesses about any emerging trends, wondering when we might see capitulation, curious about whether splitting their IP into two sellable assets would be accretive or destructive. We've also made guesses, Beer most specifically I think, about monthly overhead costs for the entire operation(s). It's hard to believe it's less than $100k a day (~$3M a month). Recent sales have been lackluster to alarming. Demand refuses to be sustained over the durations of past glory sales. Even without elective spending on $15,000 coffee machines, upgraded international airfare, and new MoCap shoots (already rumored to be running at 12x their original budget) -- CIG may be entering a time of relative famine. This is why the question of "How much cash do they have?" is especially interesting. Because if they're running on empty, then a bankruptcy or distressed sale is potentially right around the corner. If they're fat with some unknown investor cash, then some shortfall months don't really matter. We are seeing more and more circumstantial evidence that CIG is blocking the exits and widening the doors. Refunds are denied as a matter of policy when once they were accommodated quickly. The change -- which had no official explanation beyond "sorry no more refunds read your ToS" -- suggests some degree of concern about husbanding cash. Now-- we also know that, as of the beginning of the year, CIG had NO ROADMAP at all for PTU development. None. They admitted as much on AtV-- happily, in fact. As if that was entirely commonplace as opposed to a warning sign. It IS commonplace at CIG but atypical elsewhere. Then we heard rumors (from Derek and EightAce) that they'd devised their new development priorities after a big confab with senior management. And the order of the day? Making in game asset sales a reality ASAP. Yet back ended by what? Earnable credits? Or actual credit cards (as with their web based means of selling). Now-- looking at the "unmelt" token policy in particular, it too is very telling. CIG claimed that, for technical reasons, they had to greatly limit the supply and not allow them to be accrued over time. What this really means is quite obvious-- if they granted backers easy means to melt/unmelt they would be potentially damaging the sale of new ships to those same backers. They are giving more and more signs that they need to restrict their users and plan to continue doing so. What makes matters worse for the backers is that, over the last half of last year, they effectively poisoned the gray market as an outside means of true liquidity. Formerly exclusive ships might've commanded a high price on the traders market- but CIG reintroduced many and thus flooded supply and destroyed demand. Similar gambits took place with LTI. What is very telling in all of this is that it is so bloody ad hoc. They are making things up as they go-- everywhere-- and this tells us probably that all their thinking is tactical (if that). It's in response to changing conditions on the ground. If capitulation is really here, and cash is really low, then we are going to see more and more obvious signs of it from a panicked CIG. And if the gambits they devise over panicked meetings don't work, then we will start seeing telltale signs of cash panics. Major cost cutting / office shut downs / layoffs. All that said-- we still do not know what their cash situation is. To hear Chris and Erin talk, they haven't a care in the world's they e got time to spare. There is not sword ranging over their heads. Sorry this was rambly but I'm in a hurry and on a phone. This is just meant to help you understand why these little signs-- like stores EVERYWHERE in game as the latest reveal-- might be telling us something. "Alpha UEC" is telling us something (because it will not be permanent). It seems like they're telling us -- and backers -- quite a bit. And it's good news for people that like bad news.
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Scruffpuff posted:I would have said 53%. That thing is loving racist. Might as well have said "but all you guys look alike anyway"
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 23:58 |
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Yes finally the recognition I so richly deserve
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# ? Mar 31, 2016 23:58 |
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:01 |
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drat Dirty Ape posted:I would love to see Chris's reaction when he sees this. That was Braben's response to CIG getting a visit from the coffee machine man.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:02 |
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I think the thread may be caught in a white hole
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:02 |
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Mirificus posted:Derek Smart looks more like a celebrity to CaptionBot than Sandi Gardiner.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:02 |
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I'm still shocked that Derek Smart destroyed a vending machine with his bare hands, IMO
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:04 |
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Colostomy Bag posted:Somewhat of an interesting development within the cesspool of the forums. And like the other said, eliminates the 10% Yes/90% No graphs. The old system was based on silencing negativity through humiliation which only works if you are dealing with small numbers of people. Doesn't work anymore because you can just be negative in the main forums and there are a dozen posts most of them agreeing with you before the mods can react. You can't humiliate a group like you can an individual. All that negativity has to be spooking the wales, each of which has their own special snowflake dream of CR vision to get butthurt about. So expect the mods to crack down and start hearding all the pissed off users into the concern forum out of the way. This is one of the few areas cig manages to show any form of competence.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:04 |
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ZenMaster posted:Ryan!!! RYAN!!! You got the cover of Jump this month!!!! Make sure you do an extra good job, ok? At this point I don't think it's hyperbole to say that everything this man ever did is totally or in part copied from somewhere else. How could this man have worked in the industry for so long if this is the kind of work he consistently delivers?
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:05 |
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Any news about the pissed off actor? I thought what was supposed to be a thing. If CIG had pushed out the Idris at CITCON I might not have gone through with my refund, instead Sandi cried and Chris spit on a cake. I don't like Anime because they start out good but then they get all convoluted half way through and have unsatisfying endings. Last thing I saw was Fate.Zero and Unlimited Blade Works. RescueFreak fucked around with this message at 00:11 on Apr 1, 2016 |
# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:06 |
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That helps clear up a couple of things and provide some fleshing out on ideas I already had rattling around in my head. I do understand what the signs mean in a vague sense: for example, I know that the idea of introducing these stores and using it as an excuse to discontinue unmelt tokens is effectively a tactical decision meant to close off access to existing credit and to force the influx of new cash into the game if/when they bring new sales up. I was more asking for a breakdown of the revelations you noticed in ATV regarding their money issues, specifically which little signs you saw and what they might mean. But as you are still on a phone I will wait patiently for your more full breakdown!
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:07 |
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FrankieGoes posted:That thing is loving racist. Might as well have said "but all you guys look alike anyway" Never mind racist, look at the complete lack of tie recognition. We have a few years left before the AIs take over everything.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:07 |
Lol steam just told me they made a Ghost in the Shell area shooter game. When? Why? To what end?
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:07 |
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I cant see CIG being well off economically if they've been saying for months that they need to find more ways to "relieve the pressure" from their whales, failing miserably and then double down on whales because they have nothing left. Constant sales, constant free weekends first with just with a few ships now including everything in them, people login into their hangars with ships they dont own so they can see them, introducing shopping places in the pre-alpha. All of this screams that they are desperate for money. Now they could still have a ton of money left, but someone must have crunched the numbers and realized if they dont get more they'll run out before they can finish the game because of how slow they've been progressing.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:07 |
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Ag Bengip posted:I'm still shocked that Derek Smart destroyed a vending machine with his bare hands, IMO Worse than that, he brags about it. Very unprofessional, imo.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:10 |
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D_Smart posted:
Hey Derek, investigate this: It's Ryan Archer cat.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:12 |
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ManofManyAliases posted:Hey Derek, investigate this: Wind your belt in.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:14 |
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So I missed this feature about the Gizmondo in March's edition of Drive magazine. Real class acts were running it: quote:One exceptionally warm September Sunday in Santa Monica Bay, Carl Freer and Stefan Eriksson were leaning against the back rail of the Brigatta. Freer was dressed head-to-toe in Hermés, from his linen shirt down to his $150 leather flip-flops. The sun shined bright overhead, reflecting off the most consistent accessory in the Eriksson wardrobe: a thick gold chain and machine gun pendant that hung heavily around his bull neck. The two glanced back at the Los Angeles coastline pulling out of view as the yacht’s twin-diesel engines sped them towards Catalina Island and the isolation of the open waters. On the boat with them were Peter Uf and “the Mikes” — two associates helping Freer launch Xero Mobile. Looking like they just stepped out of a men’s hair-dye ad, Mike X dressed with all the subtlety of the title character in Mask, while Mike Y was dubbed “NASCAR” for his penchant of perennially wearing the auto racing league’s garish gear.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:16 |
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A Neurotic Jew posted:So this is likely your final chance to take a guess on Q2 Leavers. I will buy an immersive SC related avatar to whoever can predict the most right. Minus one point for every guess you make that doesn't pan out. will wait until next Friday for all information to come in before declaring a winner. No leavers, they are just threatening to get more money as cig are desperate enough they are paying it.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:16 |
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spacetoaster posted:Is it just me or has the crew at CIG become younger? Like, the older folks who have enough experience to recognize what is going on and vacated leaving the younger people who don't have the ability (or wisdom) to jump ship? There was a post a while back linking to a CIG post offering jobs to people still in college.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:18 |
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blueberrysmith posted:
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:18 |
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exciting day itt
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ManofManyAliases posted:Hey Derek, investigate this:
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:19 |
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ZenMaster posted:Ryan!!! RYAN!!! You got the cover of Jump this month!!!! Make sure you do an extra good job, ok? I just noticed this ship has four rotating sections.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:19 |
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No matter what happens here, Derek Smart's inability to take a joke is the funniest thing in this thread.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:20 |
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Beet Wagon posted:Lol steam just told me they made a Ghost in the Shell area shooter game. because someone saw one episode of it once and said "wow, those talky bits were boring but those parts when they were shooting, those were rad"
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:20 |
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i didnt know sandi was on that atv, amazing.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:22 |
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Beet Wagon posted:Lol steam just told me they made a Ghost in the Shell area shooter game. Android cleavage sells really well on Steam.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:23 |
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D1E posted:Android cleavage sells really well on Steam. the heart wants what the heart wants
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:25 |
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G0RF posted:(great post) Ice age heat wave can't complain.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:26 |
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grimcreaper posted:Whats Mr. Smart gonna do, threaten to sue Lowtax? No, he'll pick up his ball and leave. Maybe I'm wrong but that would escalate fast.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:26 |
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:27 |
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Hahahah. Twenty seconds of handpicked pre-recorded footage to show of their AI collision detection, and their footage immediately starts with a guy running into a pillar, a guy running into a railing, another guy running into a pillar and then not long after a guy getting stuck on nothing, spazzing a little and then turning around. They could record as much footage as they needed and pick the best, and this what they went with
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:27 |
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MeLKoR posted:No, he'll pick up his ball and leave. Maybe I'm wrong but that would escalate fast. Lowtax and Derek are buds now. Also, Dr. Smart.
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# ? Apr 1, 2016 00:28 |
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Beet Wagon posted:Lol steam just told me they made a Ghost in the Shell area shooter game. Made by the people who did Neotokyo afaik and uses the COD/Quake engine pretty inoffensive imo, Neotokyo was pretty fun.
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MeLKoR posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkwIzILcoxM&t=3773s just to let you know that part of video is before the ground breaking collision detection still they somehow managed to gently caress up generic npc collision avoidance later on in that video.
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