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spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Did anyone save the youtube of Sandi singing the Nazi anthem instead of the German national anthem? They erased it pretty quick once they realized what she did.

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AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer

spacetoaster posted:

Did anyone save the youtube of Sandi singing the Nazi anthem instead of the German national anthem? They erased it pretty quick once they realized what she did.

No, never seen a copy, one of the first German's to watch it tipped them off and they pulled it immediately for an edit.

AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer
CREATING THE WORLD’S TOP STAR CITIZEN SHILL SITE

quote:

In case you missed it last week the man behind the shill, a nerdy, 40-something year old dinosaur of the digital & interactive business was revealed. I’m sure everyone will have a difficult time understanding why I game, and sometimes blog about gaming, under an alternative identity once they’ve discovered my true identity, and all pictures of me hanging out with my cat.

That said, to anyone who feels deceived by the news that I’m not actually named after the captain of the seal hunting schooner in Jack London’s ‘Sea Wolf’, I’m genuinely sorry. I’ve been gaming under various alts since my Mom first bought me Intellivision for Christmas back in the early 1980’s. (Burgertime for the win!)

In other news, more importantly, INN was also named THE NUMBER 1 STAR CITIZEN SHILL SITE in the world. After thinking about that for a few days, I have two things to say:

As far as being number 1 is concerned, hell yeah!
Hat’s off the the incredible team at INN and all our fans for making this happen.
Although we recognize there are individuals who have the opinion that CIG is not diligently building the best video game ever imagined, we just happen to disagree that all our readers, and the legions of Star Citizen fans behind them, are the world’s largest collection of suckers being deceived by a sweeping, hundred million dollar conspiracy to pretend to build a video game starring Mark Hamill, Gary Oldman, Lian Cunningham, Gillian Anderson, and Andy Serkis.

SHILLING AIN’T EASY

While I’d love to take credit for all the hard work it takes to receive the high honor of being the number one fan site, the truth is INN always has been, and always will be, a labor of love produced by the contributions of over a dozen incredibly hard working volunteers who still do it for nothing more than the love of the game. I can understand why the community around far lesser games find this difficult to believe, but we started this for the love of the game and we keep doing it because of this same passion.

But more than the team, we have you, the members of the INN community to thank for our meager success. Without your engagement, encouragement, and thousands of views daily, we are nothing. Every person on this team has a full time career, and a family, and other hobbies…But the community is what drives us all to stay connected and keep creating content about the game we all love.

INN’S FUTURE

All this said, something has changed in 2016 which challenges our perception of ourselves as merely a fan site and we welcome your feedback on the subject. As you may have noticed we’ve added content about games other than Star Citizen in the last few months. At the beginning of 2016 a few of us, quite surprised by the success we’re experiencing covering Star Citizen, decided to experiment with branching out. As we make this transition from Star Citizen fan site, to legitimate coverage of other games and the industry as a whole, I am wondering what we need to watch out for, as far as ethics are concerned. To the best of my knowledge nobody on the INN team has a background in journalism (hell, I can barely string together a coherent sentence) but we do want to do the right thing and that’s going to take the help of you, our readers, whenever we are crossing the line.

As always, INN is a highly participatory, community driven entity. If you have any questions, concerns, or suspicions about our motives, please feel free to contact us. If I can’t answer your question I know there’s a whole team of people around me who can.

In the meantime, INN, like Star Citizen, is still funded by the individual contributions of fans who are gracious enough to donate five or ten bucks a month through our Patreon page and a very small pool of advertisers, which does not include CIG or any of their subsidiaries. We’re barely making enough to cover the cost for our servers now, so if you like our content, and you’d like us to keep making it, please consider supporting us!

-Jake a.k.a “Wolf Larsen”, a.k.a. “Al Swearengen”, a.k.a “Animal Mother” DiMare

Nice of him to admit he's shilling.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

AP posted:

No, never seen a copy, one of the first German's to watch it tipped them off and they pulled it immediately for an edit.

I saw it live and that was it.

Raskolnikov
Nov 25, 2003

spacetoaster posted:

Did anyone save the youtube of Sandi singing the Nazi anthem instead of the German national anthem? They erased it pretty quick once they realized what she did.

We should archive with more diligence.

G0RF
Mar 19, 2015

Some galactic defender you are, Space Cadet.

AP posted:

No, never seen a copy, one of the first German's to watch it tipped them off and they pulled it immediately for an edit.
There was a discussion between Sandi and Ben and maybe James about it on Reverse the Verse-- I think episode 14.

big nipples big life
May 12, 2014


Hey guys, I fully believe the professional shill who has only visited the rsi site a handful of times is just doing a labor of love. Ok, off to buy some some spaceships.

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

cat

spacetoaster posted:

Did anyone save the youtube of Sandi singing the Nazi anthem instead of the German national anthem? They erased it pretty quick once they realized what she did.

Wait, what? This is a joke, right? Right?

AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer

G0RF posted:

There was a discussion between Sandi and Ben and maybe James about it on Reverse the Verse-- I think episode 14.

Yeah :lesnick: said if they'd really wanted to advance the cause of National Socialism, they'd have found another method. Which I can see as a light way to play off an honest mistake, a joke that would work well somewhere informal but for a professional game company, not so much. Good job nothing about them is professional.

No real surprise the CIG/Agency Oasis/INN connection is being played as a joke too, at least their response lets me stop saying "if" INN is a shill site. There's no doubt now, INN is proud to be the number 1 shill site for Star Citizen.

Raskolnikov
Nov 25, 2003

Foo Diddley posted:

Wait, what? This is a joke, right? Right?

Not at all. She sang it at Gamescom 2015 I think?

it dont matter
Aug 29, 2008

Foo Diddley posted:

Wait, what? This is a joke, right? Right?

This is the Star Citizen thread, of course it's not a joke.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Foo Diddley posted:

Wait, what? This is a joke, right? Right?

Nope. It was one of the first German cons they did. Sandi wanted to show off her barely capable German speaking skills.

So she apparently memorized what she thought was a patriotic German song. Turned out it was the Nazi anthem.

AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer

Foo Diddley posted:

Wait, what? This is a joke, right? Right?

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/159331/so-er-what-happened/p1

AP
Jul 12, 2004

One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them
Grimey Drawer

spacetoaster posted:

Nope. It was one of the first German cons they did. Sandi wanted to show off her barely capable German speaking skills.

So she apparently memorized what she thought was a patriotic German song. Turned out it was the Nazi anthem.

The time I'm talking about was on around the verse, though I'm not saying you're wrong and other Nazi stuff hasn't happened.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

AP posted:

The time I'm talking about was on around the verse, though I'm not saying you're wrong and other Nazi stuff hasn't happened.

You might be right. It was almost two years ago.

Fat Shat Sings
Jan 24, 2016
"Star Citizen - Which instance of Nazis are we talking about again?"

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless


https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/329150/to-the-guy-who-blew-my-parked-ship-up-for-no-reason

Hmm yes, the sped up animations. Is that the ones where yakety sax plays and the screen turns different colors?

Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

You can tell he's a professional because he actually responds to the problem, cutting it off right away and then moving the narrative to how INN is expanding scope. Ignoring the fact that CIG is apparently so hosed that even their primary mouthpiece has to find alternative content, it's amusing to read how someone who is actually competent at social media handles things.

Raskolnikov
Nov 25, 2003

That's some pretty artful ~rolling with the punches~ they've got going on.

orcinus
Feb 25, 2016

Fun Shoe

Samizdata posted:

It is sad indeed.

In response to the Shitizen tweeting how his kid will be able to play with him, I tweeted "Glad you got it out of alpha."

He favorited it, retweeted it, and now follows me.

:sigh:

There's a Cryengine joke somewhere in there.

peter gabriel
Nov 8, 2011

Hello Commandos
They are text book techniques any PR company would use tbh

Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

peter gabriel posted:

They are text book techniques any PR company would use tbh

Exactly. Now see what Sandi does.

orcinus
Feb 25, 2016

Fun Shoe

Lime Tonics posted:

Hmm yes, the sped up animations. Is that the ones where yakety sax plays and the screen turns different colors?

I'd like to see that.
e: not sure if i'd pay to see that

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

cat
Well poo poo.

Star Citizen - It's no joke, commando, it's some Nazi poo poo

e: Star Citizen - I did Nazi that comin'

Foo Diddley fucked around with this message at 23:56 on May 8, 2016

Lime Tonics
Nov 7, 2015

by FactsAreUseless
The gamespot comment section keeps delivering.

Darkwalker75 is holding the torch.

Darkwalker75 writes,

"Tell you what, since you seem to know so well what they should do and how why don't you go over there and show them, that way we can have the game tomorrow."

In which rikku45 writes, "Whats with people using this as a come back? Anyone can tell when something is a mess, anyone should be able to call out something like that."

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-citizen-clears-113-million-production-pace-to/1100-6439594/

Thus proving that star citizen cultists are the most annoying people in the world.

MeLKoR
Dec 23, 2004

by FactsAreUseless

AP posted:

CREATING THE WORLD’S TOP STAR CITIZEN SHILL SITE

quote:

At the beginning of 2016 a few of us, quite surprised by the success we’re experiencing covering Star Citizen, decided to experiment with branching out.

Those dozens of views were really encouraging.

runsamok
Jan 12, 2011

It's like taking a $500 car for a test drive. I don't need to be a loving trained mechanic to know it's not supposed to belch black smoke & shake like a Solid Gold dancer above 30 km/h, but I need to have a Comp Sci degree from MIT & 4 MMOs under my belt to comment on the terrible physics and bland art style.

MeLKoR
Dec 23, 2004

by FactsAreUseless

Foo Diddley posted:

Wait, what? This is a joke, right? Right?

She was pulling one of those "I'm one of the best polyglots in the world and have been since I was a small child" moments and decided to sing the german anthem, opening with the verses "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles". :laugh:

It wasn't the "nazi anthem" as much as the first stanza of the german anthem that was memory holed after WWII.

e: tl;dr she dumb

CrazyTolradi
Oct 2, 2011

It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

You don't need to be a firefighter to know when a building is engulfed in flames.

Thoatse
Feb 29, 2016

Lol said the scorpion, lmao
You obviously don't understand fire development.

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

turnways posted:

"Everything from the early tech demo was thrown out so it doesn't count"

vs

"TF2/SW:TOR/Elite were in development for literal eons"

They all, amazingly enough, were in development before electricity was. Not sure how that works, but, yeah, it's true. CIG says so.

CrazyTolradi
Oct 2, 2011

It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

Thoatse posted:

You obviously don't understand fire development.
"Holy poo poo, that place is on fire!" "That's just like, your opinion, man."

MedicineHut
Feb 25, 2016

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

You can tell he's a professional because he actually responds to the problem, cutting it off right away and then moving the narrative to how INN is expanding scope. Ignoring the fact that CIG is apparently so hosed that even their primary mouthpiece has to find alternative content, it's amusing to read how someone who is actually competent at social media handles things.

Wait (I m awkwardly browsing this from a phone), that article was not a goon fake?

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

orcinus posted:

There's a Cryengine joke somewhere in there.

Wait, I thought CryEngine WAS the joke.

:rimshot:

no_recall
Aug 17, 2015

Lipstick Apathy

CrazyTolradi posted:

"Holy poo poo, that place is on fire!" "That's just like, your opinion, man."

It's all in the graphics options.

Fidelity.

orcinus
Feb 25, 2016

Fun Shoe

CrazyTolradi posted:

"Holy poo poo, that place is on fire!" "That's just a vertical slice!"

PST
Jul 5, 2012

If only Milliband had eaten a vegan sausage roll instead of a bacon sandwich, we wouldn't be in this mess.
Ran into two SC backers on GSF mumble

"Elite Dangerous is terrible and not a game"

"I've gotten my $600 worth out already, i'm already up and in profit on the game"

"It's going to be the best game ever"


You can't actually argue with these people, you can't link them stuff or show them anything to counter their cult views.

CrazyLoon
Aug 10, 2015

"..."
Clearly you didn't link any :pgabz: videos. :colbert:

Foo Diddley
Oct 29, 2011

cat

PST posted:

You can't actually argue with these people, you can't link them stuff or show them anything to counter their cult views.

I don't know, chrisrobertstryingtoplayhisowngame.avi usually works pretty well

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CrazyTolradi
Oct 2, 2011

It feels so good to be so bad.....at posting.

MedicineHut posted:

Wait (I m awkwardly browsing this from a phone), that article was not a goon fake?
No that's legit. That's the magic of Star Citizen, you can no longer tell Satire from reality.

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