Star Citizen: Death of a Space Thread?

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XK: Jul 9, 2001; Star Citizen is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it's fidelity when you look out your window or when you watch youtube

Beet Wagon posted:

As the sole remaining mod here, our official stance is that pineapple on pizza is good, actually

No, sorry. I love pineapple, but it doesn't work on pizza. Clashes with the tomato.

Also, pineapple on pizza is a US cybersecurity intelligence operations demonstration:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-cybersecurity-agency-uses-pineapple-pizza-demonstrate-vulnerability-foreign-n1035296

Scruffpuff posted:

I have it on good authority that bleu cheese goes on tacos.

You speak only truth.

XK fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Jul 30, 2019

# ? Jul 30, 2019 19:42

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# ? May 18, 2024 13:41

BumbleOne: Jul 1, 2018; by Fluffdaddy

Sandweed posted:

The worlds leaders consistently ignoring climate change, leading our civilization maybe even the human race on the path to total extinction.

i know already that i will regret this. but:

this planet is hosed up beyond believe anyway. sadly i'm not joking. the human race will destroy this planet, there is no way out. because there are 1.000.000 ways to destroy it but only 1 way to save it.

i thought that often occured to me is:
humans are smart on an individual basis.
but super stupid as a collective.

ok, enough off-topic...how about that game...shtar schitizen?

edit: pinapple goes with everything indeed. never tried fried chicken with legos but that sounds trippy also

BumbleOne fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Jul 30, 2019

# ? Jul 30, 2019 19:48

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

Hav posted:

Ex-Theranos CEO, Stanford dropout Elizabeth Holmes’ trial delayed until August 2020

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/07/29/ex-theranos-ceo-stanford-dropout-elizabeth-holmes-trial-delayed-until-august-2020/

-It's a scam!
-Your honor, by calling our scam a scam he may have changed the agencies perception of our company
-You have a point there

# ? Jul 30, 2019 19:53

Dementropy: Aug 23, 2010

https://twitter.com/_johncrewe/status/1156249140822773760

# ? Jul 30, 2019 19:55

SPERMCUBE.ORG: Nov 3, 2011; Space commies are th' biggest threat t' red-blooded American Freedom we got in th' future. So me and my boys got to talking over a few hot dogs the other day and this is what we came up with...

Bumble He posted:

i know already that i will regret this. but:

this planet is hosed up beyond believe anyway. sadly i'm not joking. the human race will destroy this planet, there is no way out. because there are 1.000.000 ways to destroy it but only 1 way to save it.

Do not fret. When Chris Roberts' work is done we will all upload our minds to Star Citizen and exist in perfect bliss.

# ? Jul 30, 2019 20:53

Hav: Dec 11, 2009; Fun Shoe

SPERMCUBE.ORG posted:

Do not fret. When Chris Roberts' work is done we will all upload our minds to Star Citizen and exist in perfect bliss.

We definitely won't need eyes where we're going.

# ? Jul 30, 2019 20:54

The Rabbi T. White: Jul 17, 2008

Star Citizen sucks.
My baby girl Willow does not, however:

# ? Jul 30, 2019 21:17

Nyast: Nov 14, 2017; BLAZING AT THE
SPEED OF LIGHT

Bumble He posted:

i know already that i will regret this. but:

this planet is hosed up beyond believe anyway. sadly i'm not joking. the human race will destroy this planet, there is no way out. because there are 1.000.000 ways to destroy it but only 1 way to save it.

i thought that often occured to me is:
humans are smart on an individual basis.
but super stupid as a collective.

ok, enough off-topic...how about that game...shtar schitizen?

edit: pinapple goes with everything indeed. never tried fried chicken with legos but that sounds trippy also

You can't save the planet, but you can save Chris Roberts's pockets by buying an Idris.

# ? Jul 30, 2019 21:24

Zazz Razzamatazz: Apr 19, 2016; by sebmojo

Dementropy posted:

https://twitter.com/_johncrewe/status/1156249140822773760

Wow, look at that giant ship model...

I wonder how many millions they've blown on ship models and fancy doors and desk rivets?

# ? Jul 30, 2019 21:32

Beexoffel: Oct 4, 2015; Herald of the Stimpire

Sample_text posted:

-Squadron is released and it's a mediocre 7/10 FPS with space combat bits.
-Nobody cares since Cyberpunk 2077 will be released by then.
-The usual brady bunch of Jim Sterling, Angry Joe , etc all collectively go "That's it?"
-Nobody gives a poo poo about the PTU since by then NMS Online, Dual Universe and the next Elite update will be online and satisfy the range of gamer tastes, from grognard to mega-casual.
-"Want to try cool spaceship combat? Warframe is free"
-Roberts gets Molyneux'd out of the game industry.
-"You can't say it was all a scam since they did release the game"
-"I appreciate that they tried"
-"It's something, and it's better than nothing"
-At least one SC streamer will have an on-stream meltdown when playing Squadron 42. (My bet is on Baron) .
-Nobody will get investigated for fraud.
-CIG will slowly shutdown the company and end with "Thanks for participating in the dream"
-Bootcha either makes it big with SCG when people start autopsying the corpse , or moves on when everyone stops caring.
-"Crobear.jpg" will be the most memorable Star Citizen related thing to survive through the years, and will eventually end up as a twitch emote used as a shorthand for "would I lie to you?"

/my predictions.

EDIT: Also I'm pretty sure the goons here will have the wind taken out of their sails by not really having anyone to give the "I told you so". I mean who are you gonna poo poo talk?
-The people who go full Starloop (yeah I didn't forget that guy)?
-Vertex man? Toejam? Who'll just rant incoherently about whatever...
-The streamers and content creators? MAN those guys will pivot harder than anything as soon as they smell their audience will allow them to switch games. I'll bet people like Twerk and Saurus will openly invite goons in their stream and say "Hey man I really feel like an idiot. Wow I sure got suckered by Roberts. But [Dual Universe/Warframe/No man's Sky] is different maaaan . It's a complete game. Why don't you stay awhile and vent. Here's a gifted sub"
-Roberts himself? Lol

There's no "I told you so" to be had. The rest of the gaming world? "Hey man Star Citizen turned out to be a scam!!!" Lol. Most of the game industry is a scam nowadays bro. What cave have you been living in?

I do wonder if and how the Guinness Book of Records will amend their entry for 'most crowdfunded project'.
https://gamerant.com/star-citizen-world-record/

# ? Jul 30, 2019 21:58

Flared Basic Bitch: Feb 22, 2005; Invading your personal space since 1968.

Beet Wagon posted:

As the sole remaining mod here, our official stance is that pineapple on pizza is good, actually

Thread good again.

e: And also pineapple on pizza.

Flared Basic Bitch fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Jul 30, 2019

# ? Jul 30, 2019 23:05

Foo Diddley: Oct 29, 2011; cat

Actually you'll find that anchovies are the superior topping

# ? Jul 30, 2019 23:33

Beluga Snail: Jul 26, 2013

Bumble He posted:

this planet is hosed up beyond believe anyway. sadly i'm not joking. the human race will destroy this planet, there is no way out. because there are 1.000.000 ways to destroy it but only 1 way to save it.

Don't worry friend - the planet will be fine. We just won't be around to see whatever follows on after us the way the dinosaurs didn't get to experience the true bliss of seeing mankind strive for their greatest accomplishment, Star Citizen.

But really, this helps me sleep at night - planet has been through far, far worse than us and Carlin had it right when he said it'll shake us off like a bad case of fleas one day. I fully expect on that day Derek will publish a final blog post exclaiming that he called it.

# ? Jul 30, 2019 23:45

Dementropy: Aug 23, 2010

# ? Jul 31, 2019 00:08

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

# ? Jul 31, 2019 00:45

Experimental Skin: Apr 16, 2016

Bumble He posted:

i know already that i will regret this. but:

this planet is hosed up beyond believe anyway. sadly i'm not joking. the human race will destroy this planet, there is no way out. because there are 1.000.000 ways to destroy it but only 1 way to save it.

i thought that often occured to me is:
humans are smart on an individual basis.
but super stupid as a collective.

ok, enough off-topic...how about that game...shtar schitizen?

edit: pinapple goes with everything indeed. never tried fried chicken with legos but that sounds trippy also

The Earth will be fine. Humans will not. We are a minor evolutionary blip, and in the far far distant future, alien visitors of a pristine Earth with be confused by the odd carbon nano tube and diamond sculptures scattered about the planet, trying to figure out how they formed naturally.

# ? Jul 31, 2019 00:45

monkeytek: Jun 8, 2010; It wasn't an ELE that wiped out the backer funds. It was Tristan Timothy Taylor.

Dementropy posted:

7 years of development and people are just complaining about dying for doing such crazy things like running lolololololol

They deserve to have their money taken.

# ? Jul 31, 2019 00:46

Sarsapariller: Aug 14, 2015; Occasional vampire queen

I thought the thread might like an update on the state of combat, and specifically the effectiveness of the new gimbal system.

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

Hoo boy look at that TTK. It's totally fine to have you do that 10-15 times to complete a single misson, and have you die in a couple of shots, right? Git gud.

# ? Jul 31, 2019 00:47

monkeytek: Jun 8, 2010; It wasn't an ELE that wiped out the backer funds. It was Tristan Timothy Taylor.

Mirificus posted:

Developer: Hello Chris we are really interested in your earth shattering tech. Can you give us a quick run down!

Chris: Yeah, Um. It allows up to 48 players on a server to play at up to mid-30 fps for the first hour or two after reboot, as time goes bye it does go down of course. Ramps and doors kill you along with any sort of aerobic activity! AI will fire in random directions and at times simply not spawn. Now elevators, let me talk about elevators...

Developer: <click>

Chris: Hello? Hello?

# ? Jul 31, 2019 00:51

Dogeh: Aug 30, 2017; ShitMeter: -------------|- 99%

Bumble He posted:

because there are 1.000.000 ways to destroy it but only 1 way to save it.

Thank you for using decimals for accuracy.

Also bacon and pineapple are good with p much everything.

# ? Jul 31, 2019 00:53

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

Mirificus fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Jul 31, 2019

# ? Jul 31, 2019 00:54

Dogeh: Aug 30, 2017; ShitMeter: -------------|- 99%

monkeytek posted:

Developer: Hello Chris we are really interested in your earth shattering tech. Can you give us a quick run down!

Chris: Yeah, Um. It allows up to 48 players on a server to play at up to mid-30 fps for the first hour or two after reboot, as time goes bye it does go down of course. Ramps and doors kill you along with any sort of aerobic activity! AI will fire in random directions and at times simply not spawn. Now elevators, let me talk about elevators...

Developer: <click>

Chris: Hello? Hello?

I'm calling fake news. The real Chris Roberts would have said a lot more umms, errrs, and emmms.

# ? Jul 31, 2019 00:54

Dogeh: Aug 30, 2017; ShitMeter: -------------|- 99%

Mirificus posted:

The engine they're developing, Mr That Kazan, is incredibly old and outdated.

# ? Jul 31, 2019 00:56

Dementropy: Aug 23, 2010

~ $3700 (USD)

Dementropy fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Jul 31, 2019

# ? Jul 31, 2019 01:46

Kosumo: Apr 9, 2016

Mirificus posted:

That whole thread is a lol gold mine .... Backers going in all directions in it.

One of the best is "ask not what CIG can do for you ask what you can do for CIG"*

Great stuff CIG backers, just what we needed.
:smuggo:

* I'm sure that guy was just taking the piss like alot of posters there are ... Turning tide maybe?

# ? Jul 31, 2019 01:48

Foo Diddley: Oct 29, 2011; cat

Mirificus posted:

Star Citizen: proving to be a more difficult solve than they thought

# ? Jul 31, 2019 02:18

Sanya Juutilainen: Jun 19, 2019; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Bumble He posted:

i know already that i will regret this. but:

this planet is hosed up beyond believe anyway. sadly i'm not joking. the human race will destroy this planet, there is no way out. because there are 1.000.000 ways to destroy it but only 1 way to save it.

i thought that often occured to me is:
humans are smart on an individual basis.
but super stupid as a collective.

ok, enough off-topic...how about that game...shtar schitizen?

edit: pinapple goes with everything indeed. never tried fried chicken with legos but that sounds trippy also

People will destroy people, that is all. The planet and nature will survive us, but people, that's another story...

# ? Jul 31, 2019 02:21