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Beexoffel posted:Interview with a Frontier developer of the Elite:Dangerous game engine: Pfffft.
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trucutru posted:The great wheel of Shitsara, according to the backers. Hey! I made the refund segment!
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Beexoffel posted:Interview with a Frontier developer of the Elite:Dangerous game engine: SC has done strange things to me, because it being a space game I was surprised at the lack of misogyny in that thread.
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SoftNum posted:SC has done strange things to me, because it being a space game I was surprised at the lack of misogyny in that thread. Like the one good thing SC has done is to be a honeypot for toxic space gamers. Keeps them out of elite  (except when they cave because they want a real game)
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SoftNum posted:SC has done strange things to me, because it being a space game I was surprised at the lack of misogyny in that thread. 
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trucutru posted:The great wheel of Shitsara, according to the backers.
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Beexoffel posted:Interview with a Frontier developer of the Elite:Dangerous game engine: How many space ships can I buy with real money? None? Ok not a real game.
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Bootcha posted:Where is my mind?  Post this to /r/StarCitizen
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ive been very occasionally following this thing for years and at this point im convinced its a money laundering operation involving freemasons and the banco ambrosia
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Earwicker posted:ive been very occasionally following this thing for years and at this point im convinced its a money laundering operation Agreed. And the entire crowdfunding model is the perfect smokescreen to hide it in. Gamer nerds are some of the easiest marks to ever walk the face of this planet and provide a renewable financial resource every time that loving idiot gets on stage and waves his stuttering rear end hands.
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Earwicker posted:ive been very occasionally following this thing for years and at this point im convinced its a money laundering operation involving freemasons and the banco ambrosia Swedish mafia, actually
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MarcusSA posted:How many space ships can I buy with real money? None? Well, essentially all of them, for the price of the game. Then you still have to play to unlock them. After all this is a game, not a model viewer.
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Pull quote from that old article:The Article posted:<we've already established at this point that Gizmondo was a scam run by mobsters and crooked executives, founded by a used car salesman- sound familiar?> TLDR: Chris Roberts' brother, lead story director, lead story developer, and the head of the motion capture studio he used to work with were all directly involved at an executive level in one of the most corrupt video game companies ever formed. They almost certainly embezzled money from it.
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Beexoffel posted:Well, essentially all of them, for the price of the game. Then you still have to play to unlock them. After all this is a game, not a model viewer. I’ll have none of that thank you very much.
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Sarsapariller posted:Pull quote from that old article: As much as we love to poo poo on CR and CIG here, i doubt Erin really knew what was going on.
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Agony Aunt posted:As much as we love to poo poo on CR and CIG here, i doubt Erin really knew what was going on. You say that and yet here he is working on another shifty project....
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Zaphod42 posted:Like the one good thing SC has done is to be a honeypot for toxic space gamers. Keeps them out of elite Actually, this is one of the reasons i'm really hoping SC becomes a good game. Griefers and gankers get annoyed with ED because their targets can always "hide" in PG or solo. SC doesn't have those, and the PvP slider is long forgotten. SC is the perfect feeding ground for such players, and if it does release, some of the most toxic elements of the ED community will migrate there. Some already have.
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Agony Aunt posted:As much as we love to poo poo on CR and CIG here, i doubt Erin really knew what was going on. Come on. Really? You think that human wart actually believes he earned all that loving cash and to be handed the keys to his own studio that they have been shoveling at him? Because he made Lego games at one time? If so I got this ship package you might be interested in...
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MarcusSA posted:You say that and yet here he is working on another shifty project.... Yes, but when your own brother offers you megabucks per year to run a studio its hard to refuse right?
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DapperDon posted:Come on. Really? You think that human wart actually believes he earned all that loving cash and to be handed the keys to his own studio that they have been shoveling at him? Because he made Lego games at one time? No, but family loyalty is a thing, and besides, it still doesn't mean that he knew what was going on. I could be wrong of course.
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Hey, if Chris rang me and offered me millions to fleece German auditors I wouldn't say no. And he's not even my brother.
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Agony Aunt posted:No, but family loyalty is a thing, and besides, it still doesn't mean that he knew what was going on. I could be wrong of course. Let's try this as a thought exercise. Brother is known to have very shady business dealings and catastrophic failures in the videa game businesses. Brother is also known to have extremely shady business partners. Best salary ever for his position in the industry = x. Brother comes and offers him x 10 that amount PLUS to do the very same job. Knows game development does not work the way that Brother demands it. Keeps smiling anyway. Goes in front of the entire world on video with same bullshit talking point non-answers as his brother knowing drat well better. Keeps smiling. KEEPS SMILING. damned right he is in on the score.
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DapperDon posted:Let's try this as a thought exercise. Too complicated. Let me help A) Guy makes a living releasing lego games B) Same guy is now in charge of the most ambitious game ever damned right he is in on the score.
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trucutru posted:The great wheel of Shitsara, according to the backers. They really put a triskelion in the center. Lovely.
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Agony Aunt posted:No, but family loyalty is a thing, and besides, it still doesn't mean that he knew what was going on. I could be wrong of course. With CIG, if you have to choose between stupidity and malicious intent, always assume both.
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Is it just me or did the dev's really tap into some kind of gambling addiction/skinner box cognitive loop hole with this games development? Like, the real lesson here seems to be that never giving people what they want (and what you've promised them) but instead, continuously feeding them an endless stream of breadcrumbs to said want, is an extremely viable business model.
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trucutru posted:Too complicated. Let me help Thanks for correcting me. I hate to admit it, but I really don't understand video game development at all.
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That's how gacha games work so yeah
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SoftNum posted:SC has done strange things to me, because it being a space game I was surprised at the lack of misogyny in that thread. Dr Kay Ross was Dr Anthony Ross, right? Help me out here, I'm trying to imagine the Star Citizen community's reaction if Jane Crewe or Mary Sue Abent turned up on Inside Star Citizen, and I'm failing. Maybe they'd be welcoming and non-judgemental?
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Jonny Shiloh posted:Dr Kay Ross was Dr Anthony Ross, right? Help me out here, I'm trying to imagine the Star Citizen community's reaction if Jane Crewe or Mary Sue Abent turned up on Inside Star Citizen, and I'm failing. Interestingly enough I've seen both far left and far right in the CIGverse. Somehow they have reached a homeostasis and don't annihilate each other in a wall of text.
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That development is so open that SQ42 got delayed by 3 years, despite being almost complete, while the backers were thinking it was a few months away from release. That development is so open that nobody knows the state of SSOCS.
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-Blackadder- posted:Is it just me or did the dev's really tap into some kind of gambling addiction/skinner box cognitive loop hole with this games development? Things that aren't sustainable keep going until they stop. I don't think it's a long term business model (long term being relative, I guess 10 years is a long time for a new game company to be around) but it is successful right now. I suspect the project will have a very rapid wind-down, probably after SQ43 is released (I'm 50/50 on if it ever will).
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Star Citizen: Best Caves in Space Ever!
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quote:Gizmondo stuff All I can say is, within the context of the usual suspects, even I am unsure as to who was responsible for what, who was innocent, and who was in on the score.
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Snarf is OK, I just think he's misguided (and possibly heavily invested) and has taken on the role of fidei defensor over on the Frontier forums because there are very few other people over there willing to stand up for the game. Admittedly there are a few souls who will kvetch about the piss taking and wonder why E:D gets cut slack when SC is getting eviscerated, but I think that's more out of orneriness and contrarianism than it is out of deep held convictions about the worth of Crobbler's magnificent octopus.
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