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orcinus posted:It's just ASCII hex. The first part is a set of prime and semiprime numbers. I have no idea what they mean. (Well, 1 isn't a prime number but it might be a placeholder or a space maybe?) Strangler 42 fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Apr 7, 2016 |
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Wait, so are people that are having their refunds denied flipping their ships on the grey market for below market price and then having their banks chargeback the original amount? That seems like a fraudster's dream if Visa really is fast-tracking chargebacks and CIG has no way to prove ships have changed hands. How are they allowing the grey market to still operate?
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Apr 15, 2016 23:35
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Solvency posted:Could someone explain this to me, how do the dates of the tweets implicate INN as being paid? What am I not getting? The time stamp means he's talking about a business meeting with CIG. Wolf works for a marketing firm or something? https://twitter.com/jakedimare/status/687042774395260929
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May 5, 2016 19:00
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peter gabriel posted:hi toast He can't be toast. Toast is a true believer and gets paid in spaceship JPEGS and probably would have become severely disillusioned if he had to read your post everyday. MoMA posts with the resolve of someone whose opinion is already bought and paid for. So how's the weather at Agency Oasis, MoMA?
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May 6, 2016 17:52
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So was it ever confirmed that Dolvak was behind the ddos attacks that brought down some of the thread images? Because if it was then there is a direct line from Dolvak to INN to Agency Oasis to CIG. Which means that CIG was/is paying flunkies to ddos the forums. Good way to spend backer money!
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May 6, 2016 21:11
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orcinus posted:If they have a QA department, why do they need the Avocados? Because the avocados work for free. Actually, they're paying for the right to be bug testers. This is the best scam ever!
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May 17, 2016 23:18
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SirPhoebos posted:I hope it's 1, although 2 and 3 are actually the least pathetic. Because trolls will be trolls and idiots will be idiots. If its 1, then it means CIG is actively engaged in spreading mis-information about consumer rights and what the state of the project is under the guise of being an outside party. Not only does this strengthen the argument that actual fraud is occurring, but it confirms that CIG knows how dire things are, but can't do anything but insist that everything is fine and the Emperor is fully clothed even while everyone talks about his genital warts. What CIG said was that they were only going to use backer funds to build the game. What CIG did was spend backer money on weapons of misinformation to use against their own client base. It's devious, really. I hope the FTC guts CIG so that people can FOIA some information on which accounts on which forums were under the control of Crobberts and company.
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May 23, 2016 21:36
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A Neurotic Jew posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/4kvi7r/has_star_citizen_gotten_better_with_24/d3i88e9 Well, he's not wrong. It is a movement. Just not the kind he's expecting. Talkin' about bowel movements
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May 25, 2016 07:43
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reverend crabhands posted:This picture makes me feel angry, I do not know why. Is it because their ugly mugs will live on in a board game long after Star Citizen has imploded into a heap of unsalvageable poo poo?
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May 26, 2016 19:33
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Dante80 posted:Speaking of Stars...didn't Croberts want to keep the identities of the actors in Sq42 secret or sth (so as to have big reveals etc)? Wow, Randall Graves has come a long way since his RST video days
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May 27, 2016 02:14
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EdEddnEddy posted:https://twitter.com/SandiGardiner/status/736238869268553729 I wonder if this will be the picture they use for the eventual "Where Did The Money Go?" news article.
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May 27, 2016 18:17
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Paramemetic posted:For Ray Roocroft, the day he had to try to deflect a thousand refund requests was the worst day of his life, but for Derek Smart? It was TOSday. Should I get a refund? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLSnGe06kAI
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Jun 1, 2016 17:06
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KiddieGrinder posted:They better book him two seats, cause if they kicked that Kevin Smith guy off a plane for being too fat, Biggy Lessneck Developer of Shitstains won't stand a chance. I wonder if the plane from Operation: Dumbo Drop is available
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Jun 3, 2016 19:55
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:She's not 36. I've been attacked by enough women in their 40's to know she's mid to upper More like "Pushing52"
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Jun 10, 2016 06:01
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Lime Tonics posted:They basically just admitted that their gamescon appearance is a hang out session. No game to be shown, just come hang out. I really hope it's five days straight of backers running up to them shouting "Where's the loving game Ben?" and then slapping their drinks off the table.
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Jun 10, 2016 19:58
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ManofManyAliases posted:Ok so to put it bluntly: they are a business Businesses produce finished goods for profit. What CIG is doing is taking preorders for add-ons for a game yet to be completed. Should the CEO be drawing a salary from a company that has yet to produce anything significant? Shouldn't preorder money be used to fund the game before going into his pocket? Because there is a very real probability that this project tanks before completion.
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Jun 10, 2016 20:37
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peter gabriel posted:Fuckin Well at least you'll be off probation before the game comes out.
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Jun 10, 2016 21:47
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Daztek posted:I'm glad you asked So not only are they tricking people into being QA testers and not paying them, now they are getting people to be their ship designers as well? And 35 bucks? Really? At this point they're just grabbing the backers by the ankles and shaking them until all the loose change drops out of their pockets.
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Jun 10, 2016 21:52
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AP posted:Meanwhile at CIG. Here Lie Star Citizens. They Never Scored.
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Jun 11, 2016 00:13
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I love reading people defending this mess. It's like they got served a five thousand dollar poo poo sandwich and hearing them complement the subtle textures and the nutty-ness and the bits of corn sprinkled throughout. They're taking big wet bites and patting their tummies and smiling through poo poo-spackled teeth while dreaming of what Chef Crobberts will be cooking up for the next game show or con.
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Jun 12, 2016 21:07
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thatguy posted:Whoever stole their ship just now, God Bless. That was the best thing to happen in the last half hour
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Jun 13, 2016 23:52
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Whoops, I was booted from the server. Whoops, my guns disappeared. Whoops, the ship randomly exploded. Whoops, somebody stole our ship. Whoops, I'm being shot at by invisible players! Salty Asshats, indeed.
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Jun 14, 2016 00:31
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Hey guys rmember earlier today when we were watching five guys dicking aroung in the stairwell of a starfarer before they all started getting booted from the server and then their ship exploded and then they got a new ship and someone named XXXGRANDMA stole their new ship and everyone quit out of frustration? That was good times... So how about that Infinite Warfare trailer? Pretty cool if you ask me.
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Jun 14, 2016 08:04
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ManofManyAliases posted:Spawned an Andromeda Were you a part of this instance? https://www.twitch.tv/wtfosaurus/v/72239369 Because it looked like they were having a blast!!! Skip to 4:38:19!
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Jun 14, 2016 18:30
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Morris posted:
Well it is just a series of bad decisions, one after another, snowballing into the mess we see before us today. It's like when you see a high speed car chase on the news. That person in the car didn't really imagine their day going like that but one bad decision leads to another leads to another and suddenly you find yourself on the highway, in a bloody shirt, in a stolen car with thirty squad cars and a helicopter on your tail. It's too late to go back and fix things so the only direction you can go is forward and hope it all might work itself out somehow. But the needle on the gas gauge is nearing E, the highway is running out and we are almost at the point where Chris Robberts jumps out of the car and makes a break for freedom on foot. And we're the peanut gallery watching at home, hoping the cops sic the dogs on him. 
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Jun 14, 2016 20:23
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ManofManyAliases posted:If they're able to deliver SQ42 (or at least some first iteration of it) by Q1 or Q2 of next year, I expect much of those mechanics and assets can be used to complete the PU. Despite Derek's accusations of a skeleton team working on PU, my belief is that with 300 people, they have enough people working on PU to continue it's advancement while SQ42 work is ongoing. That said, I think the majority of the PU focus is on infrastructure right now. So, while engineering lays a basework for PU currently, and as assets and more persistence mechanics are added, the finality of PU won't likely be recognized (read: proven to be ready for an advanced alpha or beta) by the end of next year. Let's pretend for a second that your expectations are reasonable (lol). Where is the money going to be coming from to keep this ship of fools afloat? Ship sales are stagnating, the overhead for 4 studios in 3 countries is absurd and the burn rate is only going to grow worse.
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ManofManyAliases posted:What do you mean come from? 115 million raised from crowdfunding. Likely a similar (ok - let's say even half that) amount of private investment; any number of grants for small businesses (hence some of the smaller entities still in existence) and tax incentives in different states and countries. Do you think the money coming in is spent immediately? Ok - there are four studios and the bulk of the employees are located in Europe. Even guessing (LOL no access to financials!) that the monthly burn rate is approx 3 mil/mo and speculating that this was the case for the past 18 months ( I say 18 because the ramp up to 300 employees occurred during this time), that's $54 million. Given my other variables, they then should have (or utilized) up to $150mil more. I'm confident that they're doing fine for the time being. Other things to consider that you probably ignored: -Initial start up costs to get this circus on its feet -Sandi and Crobberts' six figure incomes -The dump truck of money it took to get Gary "loving" Oldman to wear a spandex onesie while taking direction from a certified hack -The pile of money that was wasted outsourcing Space Marine to Illfonic -The refunds and chargebacks continually pouring in -Irresponsible spending on coffee machines -Paying for reputation management services to send shills into online forums -Bandwidth costs for continuous 30 gb "patches" -Hush money paid to leavers to keep quiet about the state of the game -Cancelled endorsement deals from AMD and other companies distancing themselves from this tire fire -The fact that they changed the TOS to avoid having to share any financials, like ever. Like if you looked at CIG's books your face would melt like you opened the Ark of the Covenant.
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ManofManyAliases posted:I'm just going to refrain from posting every time a "CIG Scandal" is posted. Have fun with that. I've got a meeting to attend soon anyway. Bye! Tell Sandi we're calling her Pushing52 now! Take care!
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Jun 14, 2016 23:47
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Mr Fronts posted:
There is no more engineering "debt" because the new TOS is essentially declaring bankruptcy! All the debt is wiped away because they're under no obligation to deliver anything! Except that this bankruptcy declaration is about as valid as when Michael Scott declared bankruptcy on the Office. They're just shouting it into the void and hoping it holds up in court.
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Jun 15, 2016 17:06
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Propagandist posted:A coup? Who would want to take over this pile of dogshit? Derek Smart presents: Smart Citizen!
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Jun 15, 2016 17:17
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ManofManyAliases posted:When Derek was about to "doxx" me, I provided him with my Reddit account SCPilotMan. I never use it. There are no posts on it. I simply have one to have an account with some age on it. Reddit is complete trash. So do you like keep a time sheet that you log your shitposts and shilling activites over the web that you hand in to CIG at the end of the week or is there like a Flintstones like punch clock that you clock in and out of each day?
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TheAgent posted:man I really need to stay outta this, I'm way outta my depth Why do you think Sandi was at E3? She's coming for you! Watch out if you see her striding toward you with a box filled with roses!
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TheAgent posted:well she's been the very best terminator since she was a little girl, so I'm actually shaking right now, thanks for triggering me 
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AP posted:https://www.twitch.tv/twerk17 wtfosaurus: ...when Starcitizen starts working... other 2 hosts: *Snort* Edit: Now they're talking about SAndi at e3 Strangler 42 fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Jun 15, 2016 |
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Jun 15, 2016 21:21
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Lazrin posted:in the words of your leader, thats not how that works So the potato incident, the dissapearing artwork, INN appearing on around the verse, the editing of the donut video, the tracking of Major Tom, and everything else weren't direct responses?
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Jun 16, 2016 18:27
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CrazyLoon posted:We got a live one again! *OMNOMNOMNOMNOM* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOfMKv5fxgQ
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SelenicMartian posted:Used to be Shithouse. Why does this look like a PS2 game?
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https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/4oe5z7/piss_off_rstarcitizen_in_one_sentence/ Scene: A room full of citizens reading the thread aloud 1st line: Uproarious laughter 2nd line: Hearty laughs 3rd line: Laughs, but with some side-eyed glances . . . 10th line: Nervous chuckles . . . . . Last line: Dead silence. Followed by quiet pitiful sobbing emanating from the back of the room.
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ManofManyAliases posted:nice meltdowns Please tell us the story of how this game might actually come out and be good again? Please?
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I really love the plane analogy. The Wright brothers had the time, the tech and the talent to pull off what nobody had ever done and are rightfully held up as pioneers. What CIG is doing is akin to trying to get to the moon in the 1800's. Yes it is ambitious but we're still decades off from what Crobberts is promising to achieve. You say stuffing TNT under a trash can to break Earth's gravity makes Lord Robberts a visionary. I say it makes him an idiot. We just have to give him a match, take a few steps back, and see who's right.
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