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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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzsVI2GMQGg

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The Rabbi T. White
Jul 17, 2008






I still can't get over the decision to have the HUD bounce up and down when moving instead of the map. How is that possibly FIDELITY??!?!?!?!

his nibs
Feb 27, 2016

:kayak:Welcome to the:kayak:
Dream Factory
:kayak:
Grimey Drawer

Tippis posted:

That's why you're the overlord, and not the vizier — he's the guy who actually does all the evil stuff and then blames it on you in a bid to usurp your power

You just got yerself a job partner :clint:

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

Mr Fronts posted:

Whoa, you speak French!

I was really hoping someone would make this reference :v:

Tippis
Mar 21, 2008

It's yet another day in the wasteland.

The Rabbi T. White posted:

I still can't get over the decision to have the HUD bounce up and down when moving instead of the map. How is that possibly FIDELITY??!?!?!?!

Well, you see, it's fidelitous that the head moves up and down when you run, but it is also fidelitous that the brain edits out that movements so you don't see it, but obviously something is bobbing and that has to be shown and the helmet model is tied to the character model so you get that movement for free, which is fidelitous, so they show that because it makes all the sense in the world that if your head moves but your vision does not, then the helmet that projects the HUD moves up and down in your field of vision and furthermore




e: Honestly, I fear this insane rambling is a very accurate description of why it is like that…

Mu77ley
Oct 14, 2016

peter gabriel posted:

I feel bad for that guy watching his sick rig slowly going out of date as Chris fucks around refactoring pipelines

He could get a nice few years of playing Elite: Dangerous out of it though while he waits. ;)

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014


Turbulent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39R9YLACjJY

MilesK
Nov 5, 2015

Thoatse posted:

Third simultaneous CM, this is at least their fourth for the job though. What's funny is even reddit has no idea what exactly a Star Citizen community manager does though.

James Pugh was the only relatable human being they've ever had as a front facing employee in all honesty, lovely for him he got fired but it's hard not to laugh every time cig smugly shoots another hole in their own foot.

This is at least the 5th Community Manager. Currently it's Ben, Jared, Tyler, and Tyler.

alf_pogs
Feb 15, 2012



no room is safe from the turbulent power

Colostomy Bag
Jan 11, 2016

:lesnick: C-Bangin' it :lesnick:

MilesK posted:

This is at least the 5th Community Manager. Currently it's Ben, Jared, Tyler, and Tyler.

Sounds like a bad NBC sitcom. This thread provides the laugh track.

Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

Obviously they can't be losing backers and interest if they're hiring a third community manager.

MilesK
Nov 5, 2015

Colostomy Bag posted:

Sounds like a bad NBC sitcom. This thread provides the laugh track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN6UAzYY8qg&t=5s

AlbieQuirky
Oct 9, 2012

Just me and my 🌊dragon🐉 hanging out

MilesK posted:

This is at least the 5th Community Manager. Currently it's Ben, Jared, Tyler, and Tyler.

I was all "Isn't Tyler already a Community Manager?" and "Wasn't he quite a bit fatter?" but only now do I realize it's a different Tyler.

aleksendr
May 14, 2014

Hav posted:

WTF is NEET?

Not (in) Education, Employment (or) Training

Usualy meaning an adult not doing anything worthwhile with his life.

alf_pogs
Feb 15, 2012


aleksendr posted:

Not (in) Education, Employment (or) Training

Usualy meaning an adult not doing anything worthwhile with his life.

sounds neat tho

doingitwrong
Jul 27, 2013
They may be light touch but you can hardly argue that CIG is bad at community management. At this point the game is basically defined by its rabid community and their willingness to spend money, defend every aspect of the game and development cycle, spend money, dream big, rationalize each setback and delay, spend money.

An ethical community manager would be like.

"cool it guys, we have plenty of money"

"maybe spend some time with your loved ones instead of buying more ships"

no_recall
Aug 17, 2015

Lipstick Apathy

doingitwrong posted:

They may be light touch but you can hardly argue that CIG is bad at community management. At this point the game is basically defined by its rabid community and their willingness to spend money, defend every aspect of the game and development cycle, spend money, dream big, rationalize each setback and delay, spend money.

An ethical community manager would be like.

"cool it guys, we have plenty of money"

"maybe spend some time with your loved ones instead of buying more ships"

Cult Management 101.

Beet Wagon
Oct 19, 2015






I'm the single frame cut in of Crobbers looking bewildered while trying to play his own game (that should have been put in this every twenty frames for maximum subliminal effect)

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

Goobs
Jan 30, 2016

Doxcat is watching you PU.

People get so mad over the dumbest poo poo.

starkebn
May 18, 2004

"Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

Goobs posted:

People get so mad over the dumbest poo poo.

any attack on the project they have poured money into is an attack on them

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

Exinos
Mar 1, 2009

OSHA approved squiq
Gremlich has a child's understanding of the world yet tries to speak as if he is an authority on any subject that comes up.


Also, some rear end in a top hat clearly got him a word of the day calendar and it's annoying trying to watch him shoehorn the newly learned big word into his idiot ramblings.

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard


Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



alf_pogs posted:

sounds neat tho

:captainpop::chanpop::awesomelon::boom::gary::dukedoge::discourse::pusheen::vince::yarg::holymoley::hellyeah::master::whatup::chord::parrot::thumbsup::trumppop::poolgirl::same:

alf_pogs
Feb 15, 2012



thankyou, thankyou

Dementropy
Aug 23, 2010




If no one has made it a concern at this point, why should it be an issue?

Yet he'll tell you the truth behind the smoke and mirrors the media is feeding people, according to his Twitter profile.

Chunjee
Oct 27, 2004



:gary:

Quavers
Feb 26, 2016

You clearly don't understand game development


:eyepop:

:yarg:

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQC9MdupzPo

Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

PBS is a nonprofit corporation. CIG is not.

Beet Wagon
Oct 19, 2015






:getin:

e:

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

PBS is a nonprofit corporation. CIG is not.

They certainly aren't.

Here's a glimpse into a far simpler time:

SelenicMartian
Sep 14, 2013

Sometimes it's not the bomb that's retarded.

They could definitely use some of that

Samizdata
May 14, 2007

MilesK posted:

This is at least the 5th Community Manager. Currently it's Ben, Jared, Tyler, and Tyler.

Takes a lot of manpower to keep those ignorant peasants down AND to avoid a backup in the steady flow to the Concerns Forum.

Wait, I thought Ben was a dev now?

Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

doingitwrong posted:

They may be light touch but you can hardly argue that CIG is bad at community management. At this point the game is basically defined by its rabid community and their willingness to spend money, defend every aspect of the game and development cycle, spend money, dream big, rationalize each setback and delay, spend money.

An ethical community manager would be like.

"cool it guys, we have plenty of money"

"maybe spend some time with your loved ones instead of buying more ships"

CIG is fantastic at community creation, but they're utter poo poo at community management. Managing a community is a lovely, thankless job that requires you to interact with obsessed fans who respond to even the slightest change with an almost religious fervor while you attempt to groom the community into something welcoming and devoid of toxicity. CIG, on the other hand, relentlessly exploits and treats their community like absolute poo poo. Their actions have directly lead to one of the most toxic and repugnant communities in the history of gaming, one so virulent and offensive that people actively avoid criticizing their beloved "game" so as to avoid being personally attacked.



That's not management, that's marketing.

Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

spacetoaster posted:

They certainly aren't.

Here's a glimpse into a far simpler time:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_xMZ8s9m4E&t=8s

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

Exinos posted:

Gremlich has a child's understanding of the world yet tries to speak as if he is an authority on any subject that comes up.


Also, some rear end in a top hat clearly got him a word of the day calendar and it's annoying trying to watch him shoehorn the newly learned big word into his idiot ramblings.

https://twitter.com/TheRealGremlich/status/833833608347529216

Kosumo
Apr 9, 2016

AbstractNapper posted:

What is Chris actually explaining in that gif where he waives his hands about? (the one recently linked)

He is explaining how his reputation has end up where it is now.

Kosumo fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Feb 21, 2017

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Kosumo
Apr 9, 2016

Sunswipe posted:

I really don't understand why these people wouldn't just be happy sitting in front of the old Windows starscape screensaver.

Chris version would suck though due to the unskippable cut scenes directed by him.

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