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So, that April Fool's joke from CIG about space food delivery... someone beat them to it by a week with a game actually named Space Food Truck. Which has procedural generation. And good reviews from not-crazy people. And exists. And is $20 (AKA 1/15th of a Starfarer). Unrelated, but did anyone ever notice what starcitizen.com points to? Edit catte! 
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Tippis posted:To be fair, when I finally understood how to trigger the planet sounds in E:D, exploration took on a new aspect — that offered a pretty neat way of doing the whole “pick the planet to scan” gameplay without cluttering up the game with new mechanics and interfaces. Sometimes you just want the whole system to your name. But yes good point, the sound minigame in the map was amazing. To correct myself, I normally fell asleep during those OCD times when I wanted full systems to my name. Normally I would be looking for WW's and ELW's. Those times where you THOUGHT YOU HEARD CHIRPING, and Elite gives you the finger with a nice HMC.
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Apr 4, 2016 02:52
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Trapezium Dave posted:I'm curious as I only played the X-Wing series back then, but what did the Wing Commander series do wrong mechanically at the time? Were they just clunkier or were there more fundamental issues? Basically. And, let's be honest here, the ship designs in WC1 and WC2 are incredibly ugly. The core Wing Commander mission mechanic is that you fly between 1-4 nav points and destroy whatever you find there. Basically every mission is like this, although there is the occasional escort mission. WC3 and 4 may have complications mid-mission that change things up on the fly but this is quite rare. There was a Freespace mod for Wing Commander (Wing Commander Saga) that did their best to recreate literally every aspect of this gameplay - even downgrading elements of Freespace and staples of that engine to make it more similar to Wing Commander. All it did was make it apparent how badly WC's missions had aged.
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Apr 4, 2016 02:53
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RuckusRouser posted:I actually forgot about that dumb WC cross. Keep in mind he wore it to his wedding: it seems like not so long ago he could get off the couch in a non embarrassing manner someone post that gif again i need to laugh/cry
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Apr 4, 2016 02:53
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Milky Moor posted:Any good soldier - which Alpha One is - will have some degree of positive effect on the war. But, ultimately, what's the result of passing that infuriating Bearbaiting mission? The Colossus just gets destroyed a few days later by another juggernaut and very little changes as a result. I think it was Battuta who did a great write up on FS2 as a story of apocalyptic hubris in the face of a hostile universe, which isn't nearly the heroic 'World War 2 In Space' feeling you get from Wing Commander. I like to keep up this conversation because it's either this, or Ben Lesnick's absolutely sad devotion to a bad game and bad movie. The thing is, the player and in the game, you are under the impression that the Sathanas is as valuable and unique as the Colossus, the same way that there was only one Lucifer in the first game. The Lucifer caused so much destruction that the Colossus was made to combat such a threat if it ever would come back. You take down the Sathanas, the Shivans scatter, and we think it's such a great victory, we go right back into the nebula and start exploring and gas-mining, even with losing so many ships just to contain the threat. Finding out later that there are well over 40 Sathanas class Super destroyers in completely uncharted space is pretty much the confirmation that everything was for nothing. Freespace 2 was and is still loving awesome, and space games have a unique group of fans that like to keep it going, and the same can be said for poo poo like Wing Commander and Freelancer.
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Apr 4, 2016 02:53
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no_recall posted:Sometimes you just want the whole system to your name. But yes good point, the sound minigame in the map was amazing. To correct myself, I normally fell asleep during those OCD times when I wanted full systems to my name. Normally I would be looking for WW's and ELW's. David Braben — giving you space-fingers in new and exciting ways you had never thought possible. …the slogan might need some work…
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Apr 4, 2016 02:54
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Alexis is a really nice person. All of her interactions with me were really professional, she was very polite when I met her in person, and I get the feeling like her job basically revolves around fixing all of everyone else's gently caress ups.
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Apr 4, 2016 02:54
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Tippis posted:Ah yes. The bonus objectives. All that bullshit and then finally you'd get the Tie Defender, and you'd become the avatar of loving death laying waste to everything in your path
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Apr 4, 2016 02:55
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Is this cat face compatible with ElliotR's HD cat body and milking mod? e: wrong thread
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Apr 4, 2016 02:56
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Thoatse posted:'Besides that, Mrs Lincoln, how'd you like the play? When the only big rear end screen alternative was an actual theater back in the days when Reagan reigned you took what you could get, and no theater would let you hook up your Genesis because they were all run by leftist communists and dope peddlers.
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Apr 4, 2016 02:58
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Bolow posted:All that bullshit and then finally you'd get the Tie Defender, and you'd become the avatar of loving death laying waste to everything in your path …and then, every game after that when the topic of the Defender or the Missile boat comes up, the devs go “yerite, keep dreaming.” At least until the X-Wing miniatures come out and OMFGDEFENDER, except that they've balanced it so that now it's just a very agile and ridiculously expensive jouster. 
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Apr 4, 2016 03:00
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RuckusRouser posted:Everyone who never played Wing Commander and wonders "what was the reason for the hype?" should know the following: That's sad.  Fargin Icehole posted:I like to keep up this conversation because it's either this, or Ben Lesnick's absolutely sad devotion to a bad game and bad movie. Have I ever mentioned how much I love the GTVA's hubris at finding what is obviously Shivan-controlled territory and just going 'Well, this is ours now' and, after having at least one pilot go 'SHUT THE PORTAL DOWN AND GO HOME THERE'S CRAZY poo poo OUT HERE' they just kind of shrug and keep going back to it? It's some breaking open the gates of Heaven poo poo.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:00
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Tippis posted:…and then, every game after that when the topic of the Defender or the Missile boat comes up, the devs go “yerite, keep dreaming.” They're soon to release a buff to the TIE Defender that most people are calling OP bullshit lol.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:04
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gapCK5_rMuY Say, it's only a jpeg ship flying over a brown sea But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me
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Apr 4, 2016 03:05
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I posted the Ben pic of him getting out of the sofa. It took me ages to find it in my post history. Jared masked Ben's shame for the return trip  Looped:   And I might as well post an old pic of Sandi 
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Apr 4, 2016 03:06
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Toops posted:He uses a radix sort with his brain. That was pretty cool and the sound reminded me of this skyrim mod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqn4qAdjNGc
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Apr 4, 2016 03:07
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:Alexis is a really nice person. All of her interactions with me were really professional, she was very polite when I met her in person, and I get the feeling like her job basically revolves around fixing all of everyone else's gently caress ups. While I trust your judgment on this statement I am going to show you a really cool magic trick. FuzzyModem posted:Sandi is a really nice person. All of her interactions with me were really professional, she was very polite when I met her in person, and I get the feeling like her job basically revolves around fixing all of everyone else's gently caress ups.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:08
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Bolow posted:All that bullshit and then finally you'd get the Tie Defender, and you'd become the avatar of loving death laying waste to everything in your path Equip tractor beam. Turn off tractor beam. Enjoy free magical power.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:09
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I think I really need to play through Freespace/Tie Fighter again.RuckusRouser posted:While I trust your judgment on this statement I am going to show you a really cool magic trick. What sorcery is this?!
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Apr 4, 2016 03:09
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kingcom posted:They're soon to release a buff to the TIE Defender that most people are calling OP bullshit lol. What are they adding/changing? I use them on the tabletop simply for nostalgia purposes
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Apr 4, 2016 03:11
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RuckusRouser posted:While I trust your judgment on this statement I am going to show you a really cool magic trick. i feel really bad for fuzzy now, ever since i found out his wife left him a few years ago no wonder he's so keen on the verse and sandi Mr SoupTeeth posted:I think I really need to play through Freespace/Tie Fighter again. i think they're both on steam, too!
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Apr 4, 2016 03:11
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Milky Moor posted:That's sad. Yeah, I like how it was one dude that you and a four wings tried looking for on the first nebula mission, and you've been transfered to like six different squads by the time he's found again. What Mass Effect tried to pull off, was already done pretty well in Freespace. Bolow posted:All that bullshit and then finally you'd get the Tie Defender, and you'd become the avatar of loving death laying waste to everything in your path Hell, it was good enough finally getting access to the Tie Advanced. It's one of my favorites because it's basically "Okay, motherfuckers, now we're on equal footing with X-Wings" Mr SoupTeeth posted:I think I really need to play through Freespace/Tie Fighter again. If you're wanting both of them, I recommend Good Old Games instead of steam. Tie Fighter version has the best version, the middle one, the Collectors edition with the dynamic MIDI soundtrack that lets you use mouse n' keyboard. Freespace 2 on steam I think has problems. Fargin Icehole fucked around with this message at 03:17 on Apr 4, 2016 |
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Apr 4, 2016 03:11
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Regarde Aduck posted:I have brain damage and will never ever break this code and just thinking about it makes me feel dizzy. Whatever this is about are we all going to find out soon? I'll tell you in White Base. But only because I like your avatar. You gots lock, Commando.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:11
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RuckusRouser posted:While I trust your judgment on this statement I am going to show you a really cool magic trick. So does this mean Beer is secretly in love with Alexis?
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Apr 4, 2016 03:11
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RuckusRouser posted:While I trust your judgment on this statement I am going to show you a really cool magic trick. LOL at Sandi being professional, being nice to people, or being responsible for fixing messes instead of making them.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:12
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Milky Moor posted:i think they're both on steam, too! Hot drat that's excellent! Sure I've bought all those games before and I have no idea who the money even goes to any more, but I'm buying the hell out of them all on principle. Fargin Icehole posted:If you're wanting both of them, I recommend Good Old Games instead of steam. Tie Fighter version has the best version, the middle one, the Collectors edition with the dynamic MIDI soundtrack that lets you use mouse n' keyboard. Freespace 2 on steam I think has problems. Thanks for the heads up. Mr SoupTeeth fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Apr 4, 2016 |
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Apr 4, 2016 03:14
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RuckusRouser posted:I actually forgot about that dumb WC cross. Keep in mind he wore it to his wedding: Keep in mind though that it was wing commander that actually helped Ben somewhat become unblind. In a sense I understand his devotion to the game. The idea that it helped him overcome something as bad as being almost 100 percent blind is kind of a miracle in and of itself.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:14
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If nothing happens tomorrow can we ban Derek because all of his dick waving?
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Apr 4, 2016 03:15
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Gapey Joe Stalin posted:I'll tell you in White Base. But only because I like your avatar. You gots lock, Commando. i like your av. my butthole is super loose.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:16
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:LOL at Sandi being professional, being nice to people, or being responsible for fixing messes instead of making them. Is this one of the code sentences.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:18
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Milky Moor posted:I think they're both on steam, too! They are on gog.com. Get them there DRM free.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:19
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Now at some point along the lines it CAN NO LONGER be CIG's fault for not meeting their goals  
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Apr 4, 2016 03:21
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Beer4TheBeerGod posted:LOL at Sandi being professional, being nice to people, or being responsible for fixing messes instead of making them. As I said, I trust your read on her, I'm just being a dick. However, at this point in the CIG-clown-train I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out Alexis is a harpy off camera.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:21
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Admiral Bosch's chilling monologues from FreeSpace 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8SETZjtXXg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EZEhAKN4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUa7n1vkwOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8sy1BPErro
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Apr 4, 2016 03:21
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Jonny Nox posted:They are on gog.com. Get them there DRM free.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:22
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Even if the code thing is a troll, it sure does feel like SC died in this thread.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:24
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Justin Tyme posted:Even if the code thing is a troll, it sure does feel like SC died in this thread. No-one is really talking about SC any more since nothing is happening with the
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Apr 4, 2016 03:28
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Turd Burglar posted:Has Derek's secret message been made public yet It turned out to be steganography. Here's the image encoded in the string: 
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Apr 4, 2016 03:28
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RuckusRouser posted:As I said, I trust your read on her, I'm just being a dick. However, at this point in the CIG-clown-train I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out Alexis is a harpy off camera. It would be a surprise to me given what I've heard from numerous sources. By all accounts Alexis is a really nice person. Quiet, but nice. Anyway I just figured I would say something nice about someone for once. Plus if it really is her job to read this thread (and frankly that seems like the kind of thing Sandi would make her do) she should read something good every now and then.
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Apr 4, 2016 03:29
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I spent about $250 on Star Citizen Back in mid 2013 (Extravagant, I know) Through SC I discovered r/dereksmart. Additional losses incurred. Through r/ds, I discovered the existence of a Derek Smart. Yields large dividends, continually. Through Derek Smart I discovered SA forum. Have to read ~1000 pages and skim more. Moderate net gains. Pay $10 to remain in SA discussion. Small loss. Discover that Scott Manley posts here. Unexpected windfall. Start following SA forum mere weeks before all this paaarp goes down, presumably for real. Auspicious timing, poised for major gains. TOTAL: Money well spent.
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