Star Citizen: Death of a Space Thread?

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Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

I requested a refund.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 03:59

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 10:07

Tippis: Mar 21, 2008; It's yet another day in the wasteland.

SelenicMartian posted:

What's the parking sensor for, then?

X-Wings didn't have those. Some fool mounted quad lasers and dual proton torpedo tubes instead. Makes parking harder, but blowing up Death Stars easier.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:01

Exinos: Mar 1, 2009; OSHA approved squiq

SelenicMartian posted:

What's the parking sensor for, then?

I'm pretty sure my dreams have confirmed it's for ramming other ships. It sure would be dumb if these giant things were actually just parking sensors.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:05

Exinos: Mar 1, 2009; OSHA approved squiq

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

I requested a refund.

Wonder if Sandi does it directly just so she can have the pleasure of killing your account. Can't let some wage slave banish the grand heretic.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:06

POOL IS CLOSED: Jul 14, 2011; I'm just exploding with mackerel. This is the aji wo kutta of my discontent.; Pillbug

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

That sounds amazing, but it also sounds impossible to get.

I was super shocked to find it at a local ramen restaurant and stocked at a local liquor store, so maybe it's only just now hitting some regional distributors. :iiam:

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:08

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Exinos posted:

Wonder if Sandi does it directly just so she can have the pleasure of killing your account. Can't let some wage slave banish the grand heretic.

I suspect she will never e-mail me again.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:16

Tokyo Sexwale: Jul 30, 2003

hopefully CIG has plans in place to institute driver's license and then you'll have to do things like space hill parking and space parallel parking

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:17

SelenicMartian: Sep 14, 2013; Sometimes it's not the bomb that's retarded.

Jason Sextro posted:

hopefully CIG has plans in place to institute driver's license and then you'll have to do things like space hill parking and space parallel parking

Think of the disabled space parking spaces.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:25

Exinos: Mar 1, 2009; OSHA approved squiq

SelenicMartian posted:

Think of the disabled space parking spaces.

The SC Golden Ticket is actually the little sign those backers can hang from their space rear view mirrors.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:32

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

Palisader posted:

That flight deck dance crew looks really, really bad. I'm genuinely flabbergasted that this was supposedly mocapped? It looks terrible. And you know, part of it is that none of these models have any weight to them, they kind of just float around.

I've seen better looking animations in 10 year-old student videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiARsQSlzDc

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:40

HycoCam: Jul 14, 2016; You should have backed Transverse!

Tippis posted:

So wait, is/was Er_Dova one of the public nutcases, or more of an insulated reddit one?

Personally, I read all Er_Dova posts with Sandi's voice. Er_Dova may only post on Reddit, but public nutcase for sure.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:46

Scruffpuff: Dec 23, 2015; Fidelity. Wait, was I'm working on again?

DogonCrook posted:

Imagine how much work has to be done to get it to the point Chris says "gently caress it we are going to version 2 this later". That $100,000 industry average isn't something they could possibly keep to. I think you could safely double that cost estimate.

I mean we joke but I never gave much weight to the fraud accusation. But seriously where the gently caress is the money coming from? The traffic this project generates just doesn't add up to 130 million or whatever, and I also don't see any way they could keep their cost under 130 million. I also don't know how anyone with concrete information could say "I reasonably could not see the disaster coming".

Unless there is a secret war chest from private investors there is no way that this project isn't fraud at this point. It just doesn't add up. But even if that's true they have substantially misrepresented the project to backers.

Bolded for emphasis - whether or not the project falls under the technical definition of a "scam", what you said about misrepresentation hits the nail directly on the head. This project was, first and foremost, about what Chris Roberts wanted - and he wanted to make a movie/game in the vein of the very worst of what the CD-ROM 90's first generation had to offer. poo poo-tastic games that were littered with FMV cutscenes because the industry had no idea where it was going, and figured they're try to emulate movies. The industry matured and found a way for games to separate themselves from film, so both storytelling mediums have their own approach and their own art.

Chris does not give one flying gently caress. In his mind, one last FMV cutscene hellscape is his manifest destiny, and all that money he's taking is owed to him. That's why, despite taking money for a space game, one of the very first things he did, before even getting a functional engine, was blow it on big-name actors (and his participation-tropy-wife), enless motion-capture sessions, and one of the worst "scripts" ever to come to print. If the tree that became the paper that Chris printed his script on lived its earlier times crushing the chest of a hundred dying orphans alone in the forest, it was still doing less harm then than it is now as the carrier of his mental flotsam.

Chris pulled nothing more than a simple bait-and-switch: promise Second Life in space, deliver complete poo poo - poo poo he gets to define top to bottom based on what he wants - an ever-shifting mind-dump from a narcissistic manchild who feels 100% entitled to this cash, and feels no obligation whatsoever to deliver anything other than what he himself wants to deliver. So assuming anything at all is released by this sham of a company, you can rest assured it will be only the pieces Chris himself wants released. Once he has his backers' cash, as far as he's concerned, they can go gently caress themselves.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:52

thatguy: Feb 5, 2003

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

I requested a refund.

That was dumb of you.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:52

thatguy: Feb 5, 2003

thatguy posted:

That was dumb of you.

Wait, I meant smart.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:53

HycoCam: Jul 14, 2016; You should have backed Transverse!

Acquilae posted:

they seriously believe mo-capping an aircraft carrier launch procedure is some kind of ground-breaking achievement.

Then present it in the most boring way possible.

This thread really is getting pathetic... I'm starting to side with the backers. This launch sequence is something that would be frigin' amazing in the final game. And here you guys are going to make fun it over the weekend, Chris is going to find out--go all wavy hands--and poof, just like that this launch sequence will be out and we'll get some lame, totally practical elevator to space. So go on--feel good about yourselves. Make fun of CIG for the next few days. Now Star Citizen is going to take even longer to release as this work gets taken out and the elevator launch or whatever created. But remember back to the this weekend when Star Citizen goes gold. Instead of getting some lame as gently caress launch sequence in a the final game so we could laugh at it for decades--we'll only have this weekend. I sure hope Chris isn't showing us everything. Because if all the really, really stupid stuff gets removed from the game--people might not remember Star Citizen in 2030.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 04:56

radd: Jun 16, 2001; Super Spacefortress

Jason Sextro posted:

CR will probably have SQ42 engineered so that trying to avoid his cutscenes will brick your computer

I remember when the citizens were calling for StarCitizen.exe to monitor all other processes running on the same computer and block any alternate VoIP capability to ensure only in game communications were used to preserve the immersion (can't have players talking from different star systems via teamspeak).

Looks like they'll get their wish!

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:02

I.N.R.I: May 26, 2011

Personally if I was going to hate something online for 8 years it would be something like the technology industry's reliance on child slave labour for coltan farming in the DRC or the many and storied transgressions of any one of countless Jewish political and financial institutions instead of a computer game. Anyway, I'd like to use this post to remind everyone to call or visit their parents where possible. maintaining strong family bonds is something that we can use to reaffirm our perspectives regarding what's really important to us all in our short lives

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:04

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

thatguy posted:

Wait, I meant smart.

I'm getting mixed messages.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:05

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

A Neurotic Corncob posted:

more sick as hell SQ42 footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8wTqdDXplc&t=942s

For some reason I fast-forward watched this. I'm glad motion capture animation is still the most important component. Because climbing into your ship at different speeds is far more immersive. And sitting on a seat 9 ways is critical.

I don't think I saw any of that silly gameplay stuff though. That's always the last thing a really awesome and well thought out game figures out.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:06

thatguy: Feb 5, 2003

I.N.R.I posted:

Personally if I was going to hate something online for 8 years it would be something like the technology industry's reliance on child slave labour for coltan farming in the DRC or the many and storied transgressions of any one of countless Jewish political and financial institutions instead of a computer game. Anyway, I'd like to use this post to remind everyone to call or visit their parents where possible. maintaining strong family bonds is something that we can use to reaffirm our perspectives regarding what's really important to us all in our short lives

I'm not reading all this.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:20

thatguy: Feb 5, 2003

thatguy posted:

I'm not reading all this.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:20

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

SelenicMartian posted:

Photoshop masters, there's a horse-driven cart somewhere missing its two straw-hat bumpkins.

Is it a mandate that everyone on stream has to have one large cup of coffee from their 20k coffee machine ?

I guess this falls in line with the eating on camera and throwing minorities at the screen

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:27

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

TheAgent posted:

yeah I'd figure the whole computer systems of the year 3,000 could prob handle a simple checklist of "start your poo poo up to fly"

in fact I'm pretty sure in 1,000 years all combat will be completely loving automated and space combat will be 100,000s of missiles and nukes and lasers n poo poo all fired by computer, flying in a billion directions hoping to hit whatever since space is loving huge

but I got to remember this isn't a space sim shooting for realism, this is just a fun arcade shooter

I love to speculate on this stuff because I'm a huge science fiction nerd who will never live to see any of it... but I think ship "wars" will be fought by missiles that might just create a debris field in front of another ship's flight trajectory. At the speeds they would need to go, they wouldn't be able to turn enough to avoid the debris, and just get shredded to bits.

Unfortunately though that doesn't make space combat very fun. But I don't think it really will be. It'll be tons of math by a computer and probably months/weeks/longer before you know if you "hit/killed" your target. :shrug:

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:28

Palisader: Mar 14, 2012; DESPAIR MORTALS, FOR I WISH TO PLAY PATTY-CAKE

trucutru posted:

I've seen better looking animations in 10 year-old student videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiARsQSlzDc

Not to admit too much, but once upon a time I reviewed a terrible cgi porn movie made by a husband and wife team over the course of a year or so, and I can honestly say that their animations impressed me more.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:30

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

Mirificus posted:

https://www.reddit.com/user/Er_Dova

You guys broke Er_Dova already? :allears:

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:39

Mirificus: Oct 29, 2004; Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

Mirificus posted:

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:40

I.N.R.I: May 26, 2011

thatguy posted:

I'm not reading all this.

You read all of it

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:46

POOL IS CLOSED: Jul 14, 2011; I'm just exploding with mackerel. This is the aji wo kutta of my discontent.; Pillbug

i read all of it

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:49

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Just as I thought; CIG disabled my main account so that it couldn't submit CS requests. Had to use an alt.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:55

Skellybones: May 31, 2011; Fun Shoe

thatguy posted:

I'm not reading all this.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:57

The Rabbi T. White: Jul 17, 2008

trucutru posted:

I've seen better looking animations in 10 year-old student videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiARsQSlzDc

This makes me miss the Tipping Forties podcast. :'(

# ? Dec 9, 2016 05:57

nawledgelambo: Nov 8, 2016; Immersion chariot

Er_Dova was space batman, not the hero the thread wanted, but the hero the thread needed.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 06:00

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

nawledgelambo posted:

Er_Dova was space batman, not the hero the thread wanted, but the hero the thread needed.

You should make a Er-Dova (Er__Dova is taken) and apologize to the mods for for being an insufferable rear end in a top hat.

# ? Dec 9, 2016 06:03

Mirificus: Oct 29, 2004; Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

nawledgelambo posted:

Er_Dova was space batman, not the hero the thread wanted, but the hero the thread needed.

Star Citizen's Dark Knight posted:

Hopefully this doesn't get me on probation, so, here goes:

Star Citizen has its fair share of White Knights, those who would stand up with CIG and protect it against all those who would seek to tear it down.
But recently those attacks have grown to be more vicious and aggressive than ever before, which presents us with a question:
Does Star Citizen need, therefore, a Dark Knight?

Does Star Citizen need, or deserve him?

# ? Dec 9, 2016 06:03

TheAgent: Feb 16, 2002; The call is coming from inside Dr. House; Grimey Drawer

hopefully in my time we can bring an end to video game attacks

namaste

# ? Dec 9, 2016 06:08

TheAgent: Feb 16, 2002; The call is coming from inside Dr. House; Grimey Drawer

the ptu is gonna be a shitshow lol

# ? Dec 9, 2016 06:11

Breetai: Nov 6, 2005; 🥄Mah spoon is too big!🍌

TheAgent posted:

the ptu is gonna be a shitshow lol

Any news on implementation of Star marine from your sources?

# ? Dec 9, 2016 06:15

Thoatse: Feb 29, 2016; Lol said the scorpion, lmao

1500 posted:

A Neurotic Corncob posted:
more sick as hell SQ42 footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8wTqdDXplc&t=942s

The big laughs start at 14:45, this has got to be one of the stupidest things put into a game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvCSUEbAmpQ

# ? Dec 9, 2016 06:17

Harold Stassen: Jan 24, 2016

I.N.R.I posted:

Personally if I was going to hate something online for 8 years it would be something like the technology industry's reliance on child slave labour for coltan farming in the DRC or the many and storied transgressions of any one of countless Jewish political and financial institutions instead of a computer game.

What about shark finning, don't you give a poo poo about anything

Also your anti semitism is showing :rolleyes:

# ? Dec 9, 2016 06:20

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 10:07

Harold Stassen: Jan 24, 2016

"Personally if I were going to hate something for 8 years... it'd be the Jews" :grin:

# ? Dec 9, 2016 06:21

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