SPERMCUBE.ORG posted:

This snake followed me around on my birthday. He is my friend. I have observed his certainly aggressive behavior and I choose to reinterpret it so that it makes me happy.

Sunswipe posted:

I want Star Citizen to fail. I want Chris Roberts reduced to giving wavy handjobs for pennies. I want Sandi to find her only career option is back in softcore tickle porn. I want Alexis to divorce Ben, get half his Wing Commander collection and burn it in front of him. I want Hobo Lando's beard to catch fire. I'm a man of simple and vindictive tastes.

tuo posted:

Imagine havin so many fans that they cost you 200 dollars a month in electricity bills

ManofManyAliases posted:

I know I've been silent on this for a while now and that I'm not the MoMA of old, but here is where I have to comment:

Chris is not actively defrauding backers or enticing others to be complicit in a scam for purposes of padding one's pocket. You are all (mostly) intelligent folk and to think that a game dev from days-past has come to the light once again in final attempt to create the game he has envisioned would so publicly try to pull a 'fast-one' in front of 2 million+ individuals would not only be brazen, but downright idiotic in today's political and legal climate. Government agencies are out for blood, especially in this hosed-up administration because missteps can so easily lead to lack of funding. The judiciary face the same scrutiny and I would imagine that many would err on the side of caution and conservation instead of being so fast-and-loose with decisions.

OK - all of that said (and why I still need to make this disclaimer after all this time is beyond me, but I'm not affiliated with CIG in any other way than an overzealous backer): I see Chris and team in a similar light to Lucas and the production of SW Episodes 1 - 3. Lucas came back to "finish" his masterpiece because he said the technology final caught up to his vision, and I compare that to Roberts thinking that he can finally substantiate his vision into something tangible. There's no other explanation for his attitude, passion and antics except that he must really believe that his vision can be accomplished with current tech and resources, so much so that he turned the dial to 11 with over 400+ employees under his employ.

No disrespect Don, but you're no one to think you can hold his neck under your boot. I don't know if you're a backer or not, but whether you have skin-in-the-game is moot: Chris and team will continue to chug forward collectively. 60+ Open positions, half of which are art or back-office related, are not a good indicator of collective business success. And to over a counterpoint: neither is the current state of the game. No - my personal feeling is that the current code base, current iteration that is backer-facing and current attitude is one that is 2 steps behind what CIG is privately working. They have contracted resources assisting with the netcode and are likely working on a scalability model for AWS, none of which fall under the umbrella of "open development" because it could be proprietary and simply not ready for public consumption. Not everything CIG does needs to be broadcast, especially if it's not ready (which I know is par for the course in some aspects).

In any event, the "fleecing of backers" so claimed by many of you is not on CIG. There's not force - there's no gun-to-the-head - for someone to back the game. Anyone could just as easily sit-out and watch, but if someone wanted to partake in play it's been well established since the kickstarter that money spent is on development. Promises made at this time to deliver a certain type of gameplay that got enveloped in scope-creep probably should have been re-evaluated and/or conceded. But after the first moves into the direction of an expansion of scope, I think it became clear to many (certainly not all) where the vision was heading.

Jobbo_Fett posted:

Its goontifas, and if this isn't a serious thread than why do you take the potential criticism for a bullshit video so... seriously?

ManofManyAliases posted:

I know I've been silent on this for a while now and that I'm not the MoMA of old, but here is where I have to comment:

Chris is not actively defrauding backers or enticing others to be complicit in a scam for purposes of padding one's pocket. You are all (mostly) intelligent folk and to think that a game dev from days-past has come to the light once again in final attempt to create the game he has envisioned would so publicly try to pull a 'fast-one' in front of 2 million+ individuals would not only be brazen, but downright idiotic in today's political and legal climate. Government agencies are out for blood, especially in this hosed-up administration because missteps can so easily lead to lack of funding. The judiciary face the same scrutiny and I would imagine that many would err on the side of caution and conservation instead of being so fast-and-loose with decisions.

OK - all of that said (and why I still need to make this disclaimer after all this time is beyond me, but I'm not affiliated with CIG in any other way than an overzealous backer): I see Chris and team in a similar light to Lucas and the production of SW Episodes 1 - 3. Lucas came back to "finish" his masterpiece because he said the technology final caught up to his vision, and I compare that to Roberts thinking that he can finally substantiate his vision into something tangible. There's no other explanation for his attitude, passion and antics except that he must really believe that his vision can be accomplished with current tech and resources, so much so that he turned the dial to 11 with over 400+ employees under his employ.

No disrespect Don, but you're no one to think you can hold his neck under your boot. I don't know if you're a backer or not, but whether you have skin-in-the-game is moot: Chris and team will continue to chug forward collectively. 60+ Open positions, half of which are art or back-office related, are not a good indicator of collective business success. And to over a counterpoint: neither is the current state of the game. No - my personal feeling is that the current code base, current iteration that is backer-facing and current attitude is one that is 2 steps behind what CIG is privately working. They have contracted resources assisting with the netcode and are likely working on a scalability model for AWS, none of which fall under the umbrella of "open development" because it could be proprietary and simply not ready for public consumption. Not everything CIG does needs to be broadcast, especially if it's not ready (which I know is par for the course in some aspects).

In any event, the "fleecing of backers" so claimed by many of you is not on CIG. There's not force - there's no gun-to-the-head - for someone to back the game. Anyone could just as easily sit-out and watch, but if someone wanted to partake in play it's been well established since the kickstarter that money spent is on development. Promises made at this time to deliver a certain type of gameplay that got enveloped in scope-creep probably should have been re-evaluated and/or conceded. But after the first moves into the direction of an expansion of scope, I think it became clear to many (certainly not all) where the vision was heading.

ManofManyAliases posted:

I know I've been silent on this for a while now and that I'm not the MoMA of old, but here is where I have to comment:

Chris is not actively defrauding backers or enticing others to be complicit in a scam for purposes of padding one's pocket. You are all (mostly) intelligent folk and to think that a game dev from days-past has come to the light once again in final attempt to create the game he has envisioned would so publicly try to pull a 'fast-one' in front of 2 million+ individuals would not only be brazen, but downright idiotic in today's political and legal climate. Government agencies are out for blood, especially in this hosed-up administration because missteps can so easily lead to lack of funding. The judiciary face the same scrutiny and I would imagine that many would err on the side of caution and conservation instead of being so fast-and-loose with decisions.

Mirificus posted:

https://twitter.com/CliffordakaMiku/status/985955241932787712

Sunswipe posted:

You can each have a territory. Or as you've got experience, maybe you could go into management? Work on the advertising side of things? "Chris Roberts Wavy Handjobs! Guaranteed Unlike Any Other!"

big nipples big life posted:

This guy is the worst corporate whore, they are supposed to pay YOU, dumbass!

quote:

Another manifestation of the missing-the-point phenomenon, Shaw said, is college students' habit of purchasing posters that advertise products. "Companies normally pay to have their wares touted," Shaw said. "But an incredibly high number of college undergraduates are willing to plunk down $15 for a poster of the Taco Bell chihuahua or Budweiser lizards, enabling companies to generate revenue from something that is supposed to be an expense."

big nipples big life posted:

This guy is the worst corporate whore, they are supposed to pay YOU, dumbass!

Nyast posted:

Unfortunately I do not think so.

Jobbo_Fett posted:

Its goontifas, and if this isn't a serious thread than why do you take the potential criticism for a bullshit video so... seriously?

Scruffpuff posted:

I remember when that site was satirical.

big nipples big life posted:

This guy is the worst corporate whore, they are supposed to pay YOU, dumbass!

ManofManyAliases posted:

So you can post "Gotcha bitch!?" I can - but I'd much rather just play instead of worrying about editing a video for consumption by a disdainful thread.

Hav posted:

They might do. I don't think Twitter requires disclosure.

ManofManyAliases posted:

Because Lowtax needs to keep forums running and with Derek gone, I'm a your sole source of entertainment on this thread.

big nipples big life posted:

nah, not with 16k followers and he streams on mixer which no one watches.

G0RF posted:

big nipples big life posted:

nah, not with 16k followers and he streams on mixer which no one watches.

Agony Aunt posted:

I like the cut of your jib! I may have an opening for you!

ewe2 posted:

"You know, during the course of every week, we turn our comedy flamethrower onto a vast range of subjects. But every now and again, the razor sharp edge of our wit results in a piece of comedy that rises above the normally excellent standard of topicality and satire and becomes truly Champagne comedy!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh3xkFLaxDU&t=44s

ManofManyAliases posted:

Because Lowtax needs to keep forums running and with Derek gone, I'm your sole source of entertainment on this thread.

SPERMCUBE.ORG posted:

Derek is never truly gone so long as you have FUD in your heart.

Mirificus posted:

Dark Off posted:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/252477788?t=01h13m32s They are now making cyclone permanently available in the pledge store.

I now think instead of phantom crash we are actually seeing funding efforts to pay off crytek.
last weekend had free fly. then new concept sale and now moon buggy is made permanently available.
That all occurred same week as PO order judgement. I think they definitely want to avoid discovery at all costs. And i think the sum is fairly high.

Hav posted:

I like the fundraising angle, myself, but here's the thing; Skadden has not mentioned a number. They won't mention a number until they have discovery, then they'll entertain the offer at the Settlement conference in January 2019, assuming the schedule hasn't slipped due to CiGs inability to get poo poo together. It's not in Skadden's interest to mention a number until they have everything they looked for in discovery and know how boned CiG really are.

CiG can fundraise and make an offer of settlement, but(t), and this is entirely pulled from my rear end, you have to look at the fact that Skadden are involved, they're ticking all the boxes for a Jury trial (which means that they're not really relying on deep technicalities) and might actually have some leverage in terms of poaching both IP and staff. It feels like a really messy knife-fight of a divorce to me. I feel like Crytek took poo poo very personally. Very, very personally.

Weirdly, I still see absolutely no defence from CiG - They should have cock-slapped them back with definitive proof if they had it, but all they've done is complain about discovery.

Daztek posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0tTfSkhNZQ&t=179s

look at how immersive mining will be

G0RF posted:

YOUTUBE: Around the Verse — A Show of Character

Mining, one of the most vital non-combat space sim play mechanics, once promised for 3.0, then 3.1 and now the central distinguishing addition of 3.2, is discussed and demonstrated here.

EDIT: “DAZ!!!!”