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Can we get a list of all the people who've been fired or quit in the last 6 months?
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Oct 26, 2015 17:27
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Executive Producer Eric Peterson Executive Producer Alex Mayberry Associate Producer Travis Day Concierge Customer support Chelsea Day Community Manager James Pugh Associate Marketing Producer Alyssa Delhotal Production Coordinator Lisa Ohanian DevOps Engineer Jeffrey Parker Lead Character Artist David Jennison Senior Gameplay Programmer Tom Davis Senior 3D Artist Paul Forgy Lead Technical Designer Dan Tracy *The entire F42 character design team*
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Oct 26, 2015 17:40
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 Reality has a well-known anti star citizen bias.
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Oct 26, 2015 18:19
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D_Smart posted:Meanwhile over on the /r/StarCitizen echo chamber on Reddit Seriously the number of downvotes for that initial post is just silly. What about it is factually inaccurate? People keep saying that other companies have similar turnover- I'd really like to see them point out a few. The only one I can think of in the last year with departures in the realm of CIG was Sony Online Entertainment, right before they got sold to the Russian mob.
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Oct 26, 2015 20:56
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D_Smart posted:Last we checked, 147 people had come and gone. Right now, aside from Dan leaving, I am sitting on 7 high profile names which I can't make public until they do (e.g. LinkedIn). Most have already found work already and just waiting out the holiday season. Wow. Well, good on you for letting them announce it first. In the context of a big development company, how normal is this? I mean I work in a development office with about 30 full time people and we see maybe two turn over in a year, but I imagine it would increase at a greater than linear rate as the office got bigger.
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Oct 26, 2015 21:13
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Grinning Goblin posted:So...the big takeaway from these threads is that I should buy the biggest star citizen ship bundles as soon as I can because I will otherwise regret it later, right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLANLzerfa0
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Oct 26, 2015 21:25
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Grand Prize Winner posted:Is there a quick 'what the gently caress is going on' primer somewhere? Because seriously what the gently caress is going on? I don't think I've ever summarized before so here goes: A month or two ago Derek Smart showed up with a bunch of allegations about mismanagement and poo poo going down at the highest levels of CIG. The project was already on shaky ground around here due to missing every single projected date and essentially running in continual fund raising mode for 3 years, picking up 90 million with nothing to show for it. Over the course of the next month, basically everything that DS alleged that could be proven, was proven, mostly relating to firings and internal behavior. CIG's responses grew increasingly weird and erratic. They went from ignoring him to banning/refunding him to summarily firing "Traitors" to threatening a journalist who covered some of this with legal action. Not making this up. His campaign did get them to begrudgingly open up the refund gates though, and everyone in this thread who still had any money in the game promptly got it out. This all culminated in a ludicrous "Citizen Con" event where they basically got up on stage and revealed that they had gently caress-all to show for the last year's worth of development- then Chris Roberts spit on a cake, cut it up and served it to people while the attendees sang happy birthday. Still not making this up. Along the way there have been several sideshows involving people posting recipes, an insane bitcoin-rich pedophile who keeps buying accounts and avatars to "Troll" with, another spacerich guy who likes to send ship packages and pictures of his penis to women, the increasingly reality-detached star citizen subreddit, and DS himself taking all comers in a no holds barred twitter slap fight. Oh also a numbers account tweeted a link to Derek Smart that lead him to discover a number of highly-placed people at Foundry 42 were formerly part of the Gizmondo catastrophe and may or may not be involved with the Swedish mafia. Still not making it up.
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Oct 26, 2015 21:59
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Wow, this thread went to a dark place. Let's bring it back: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3qiny8/what_happened_to_this_mod_udolvak/ Dolvak posted:Hey you can go relay this to SA for me. Here is the thing. I have decided the mature thing to do is to move on from drama and not give it the time of day. I flat out don't care anymore. I don't be following it and I won't be contributing. I'm done, out of the game. The fact you noticed me deleting my comment history shows I made the right choice. You already know my full name and that is creepy in itself but whatever I embrace it. Do what you will but leave me out of it. Some will most likely attempt to provoke me into getting back into the brawl and I am not going to respond. This is it out of me. No more focusing on stupid drama, I am going to keep working with my head held high to interact with my favorite community on the internet.
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Oct 28, 2015 13:39
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Fish Fry Andy posted:The number of people in that thread who just can't believe that Derek Smart would do something as hosed up as doxxing someone who religiously posts on their hate sub dedicated to poo poo talking and stalking him loving owns. tooterfish posted:Seriously, stop cyberbullying the guys who try to cyberbully you Derek, you big loving meanie. It's not funny to defend this even ironically.
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Oct 28, 2015 14:40
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gently caress's sake guys. It is not okay to post a child's actual personal information online to incite bullying. No, it does not matter if they started it. No, it does not matter if the dumb little bastard made it easily available. Whether or not they are crippled is irrelevant. They are a child. Are you a child?
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Oct 28, 2015 14:54
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Skoll posted:Um.. He's a legal adult actually. Try again. xanif posted:He's not a child. Since when is 19 a child? Oh I thought from the photo in the newspaper article that he was like 14. Disregard my posts I am an idiot
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Oct 28, 2015 14:59
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doctor iono posted:so the layoffs went through? https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3quxzw/restructuring_layoffs_taking_place_today_in/cwijrlx One of you posted:Executive Producer Eric Peterson leaves - Just didn't want to change locations! Simple as that.
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Oct 30, 2015 17:14
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INN posted:While the stream is on, we will be liveblogging it. Once the stream is done, we will update the page to include a full text summary of the liveblog. They can't even be assed to show up to their livestream.
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Oct 30, 2015 17:42
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drkeiscool posted:Wait, the SC livestream ran Bob Ross reruns? They are literally doing it right now: http://www.twitch.tv/cigcommunity Edit: Aw they stopped. How appropriate that the video of a man endlessly painting pictures is replaced by a splash screen that just says "SOON." Sarsapariller fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Oct 30, 2015 |
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Oct 30, 2015 17:55
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https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3qvano/lots_of_work_on_20_theyre_content_complete_just/A Person posted:Lots of work on 2.0, they're content complete, just bug fixing and polishing now. I feel like I've heard this before...
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Oct 30, 2015 19:01
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Eonwe posted:i guess i dont really get what is good about giving an aggregated group of people power to control what comments people see Well I think it's nice if you want to see the most interesting contributions and filter out the shitposting. But it is subject to pretty extreme manipulation. It's good for casual browsing but terrible for actually watching a conversation take place.
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Oct 30, 2015 19:13
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Nickiepoo posted:So I guess it's only good for the most cookie cutter bullshit that literally everyone will agree on because otherwise whichever side has more people browsing will just suppress the other point of view. It's a good news aggregator for small communities but once you get over a couple thousand subscribers to a subreddit, yeah, it goes to poo poo pretty quickly.
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Oct 30, 2015 19:23
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HexDog posted:Apparently 2.0 is "content complete" and will be released shortly. We are gonna feel real stupid when it's fun and super cool and reddit was right all along. So content complete that they haven't been able to produce the "Media Version" of that singleplayer tutorial video they promised weeks ago. So content complete that we haven't seen anything about it except for some screenshots that basically were just stills from the video demo. So content complete that their two-live-shows-a-week continue to show photoshopped concept art and lighting passes instead of the game. Two weeks. Two more weeks. Just... just two weeks.
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Oct 30, 2015 19:25
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A Neurotic Jew posted:like when I try to find out about alpha 2.0 on the CIG website I get a lot of aspie technical information about precision thrusters or something, and a 20 minute video of monotone pasty people talking about who knows. Alpha 2.0 should be the thing they keep showing the videos about- the ones where a bunch of people jump in a ship and fly around to do missions. But I'm willing to bet nothing like that will be coming to the PTU any time this year. Here, this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_zTVVG-WF4
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Nov 2, 2015 05:39
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2.0 isn't going to have anything because it's never coming out
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Nov 2, 2015 14:41
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https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3r6xkx/20_release_to_ptu_probably_this_week/ Even the redditors don't believe it.
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Nov 2, 2015 14:43
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Octopode posted:So, are you saying that if it is possible, in the game, to engage in a shootout with other players/AI, that somehow doesn't count as FPS game play because it's not in its own game mode with rules, scorekeeping, and the like; or are you saying that it will not be possible to engage in shooting things from first person whatsoever in the initial 2.0 release? Your sticking point over the specifics of the wording "FPS game play" makes your claim a bit confusing. So, are you saying that if it is possible to move and shoot a gun, nothing else, you will declare the FPS feature-complete as promised and on time?
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Nov 2, 2015 22:21
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I don't expect 2.0 to come out at all, rumblings from CIG to the contrary. There's no way they are getting it into a playable state before Christmas.
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Nov 2, 2015 22:29
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People saying it's going to come out soon- what are you basing that on? Seems like all they've done is show some more demo vids, but I mean... they showed demo vids of a fully working FPS game last year, so we know that's not a real indication of anything. All I've seen other than that is that "Ten days" CS ticket (which is an odd loving way to leak the information).
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Nov 2, 2015 23:14
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AP posted:Star Citizen is preparing for some big changes Okay yeah that's actually pretty funny. "ATTENTION PRESS: Big changes coming, soon. What are they? Well... ships will fly somewhat differently. No screenshots, no dates. Many developers died to bring you this information, please respect it."
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Nov 3, 2015 16:53
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See, all of you thinking Derek had run off with our spaceship donations- he's easily more reliable than Croberts. Just sit back and enjoy the ride, the grey market will never know what hit it.
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Nov 4, 2015 14:39
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Seriously this thread has broken my irony detector. I legitimately cannot tell anymore if seriousposts are serious or if they are goons holding pretend-stupid positions for the sake of getting a rise out of people.
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Nov 4, 2015 19:09
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BastionPete posted:UK, why? Hello, person reading the thread closely enough to have an opinion on image bombing but who doesn't know who Karl is after the last couple of days. Friendly advice- if you were in fact gullible enough to actually buy an account and platinum upgrade on the basis of the fake spoiler-tag joke, you might want to consider whether or not your critical thinking ability and bullshit filter are really up to the task of posting in this thread.
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Nov 5, 2015 00:02
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peter gabriel posted:World of Warcrap Star poo pooizen
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Nov 5, 2015 15:35
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Chris: I'll answer the question. You want answers? Lieutenant Derek: I think I'm entitled to them. Chris: You want answers?! Lieutenant Derek: I want the truth! Chris: You can't handle the truth! Son, we live in a world that has games, and those games have to be developed by men with vision. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Derek? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Star Citizen, and you curse the white knights. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know -- that Star Citizen's death, while tragic, probably made money; and my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, makes money. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that game-- you need me on that game. We use words like "honor," "pledge," "loyalty." We use these words as the backbone of a life spent paying for something. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very fandom that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather that you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a keyboard and stand the post. Either way, I don't give a drat what you think you're entitled to!
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Nov 6, 2015 02:54
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They latch on to stupid loving phrases like "Content Complete" and then use them to justify all expressions of faith from then on without ever taking the time to parse out what was actually meant. I mean the very fact that they are building a new office should indicate to people that CIG is nowhere near a release of this game. Why would you jump to a new office if you were less than a year away from finishing your product? Also, I don't get all the people trying to justify it by saying "Oh they have too many people for the old office." Has anyone seen any indication that they have been hiring? The only news in the last three months has been one firing after another! None of it makes any sense, none of it stands up to the slightest scrutiny.
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Nov 6, 2015 03:17
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Sappo569 posted:Someone else mentioned the old benchmark software, and it's pretty apt for this video as well Not even that amount of time. Shot-by-shot: 0:15- engines on retaliator are in "Landed" position. This isn't even the flight model, just the hangar model stuck in space. 0:20- the "Emergency" textures on the floor constantly disappear and reappear 0:25- the escape pod clearly clips through the hull of the ship in multiple locations. Explosion is the generic FPS grenade effect. 0:49- Planet is clearly the textured circle from the Broken moon map, does not even appear spherical. Terrain is a bunch of random noise garbage. 1:13- Avenger appears to have been cut out of another shot and superimposed over planet- there's a weird thick black outline around the ship as it flies. Every single aspect of the video is slipshod and poorly constructed hack work.
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Nov 6, 2015 05:17
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jaegerx posted:Karl come back to us. Explain the mocap studio. You're better than the confirmed kiddy diddler seraph84. My favorite part of this dumpster fire is the white knights who show up to defend the game for a week or two, only to be consistently and completely undermined by CIG's own actions. We don't even have to do anything- just sit around and watch them post increasingly desperate justifications for increasingly ludicrous waste, followed by defeated silence as they realize it was never us they were arguing against- it was themselves.
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Nov 6, 2015 05:23
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neonbregna posted:Who are twin bros? 
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Nov 6, 2015 17:51
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https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/3rsqze/is_that_sandi_starring_in_a_new_web_series_i/Dolvak posted:Not related to starcitizen. Removed. Well he's right, that it isn't in any way related to Star Citizen.
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Nov 6, 2015 19:30
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Pierson posted:
Okay so I haven't been paying attention to this GG stuff aside from occasionally cruising by the slap-fight on /r/KIA but I kind of assumed the Vox Day stuff was the usual exaggerated bashing of a person who disagrees about video games. I decided to read some of these for myself rather than just take your word for it- wow. Those are his actual opinions. Derek you probably should not go on his show.
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Nov 7, 2015 07:04
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Vox Day is a literal neo-fascist
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Nov 7, 2015 07:19
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Raskolnikov posted:Status update: Status update: working hard on the poop. Poop any day now. 100% red-alert all hands on deck full department crunch time defcon 0 poop development begins now.
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Nov 7, 2015 07:50
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Ponzi and Pyramid Schemes posted:In both Ponzi schemes and pyramid schemes, existing investors are compensated by the contributions of new investors. Ponzi scheme participants believe they are earning returns from their investment, while pyramid scheme participants are aware that they are earning money by recruiting new participants. Multi-Level Marketing posted:a marketing strategy in which the sales force is compensated not only for sales they generate, but also for the sales of the other salespeople that they recruit. This recruited sales force is referred to as the participant's "downline", and can provide multiple levels of compensation. TLDR: CIG is much closer to Cutco than they are to Bernie Madoff.
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Loiosh posted:For Star Citizen, Croberts knew they needed to fix this, so they brought on a dev who they thought could do something similar to the Dunia engine for them, basically do a rewrite of the animation, IK and pre-IK engine, and movement code. Unfortunately that team (IllFonic) was entirely not up to the task (I'm guessing something like Batman: Arkham Knight by Iron Galaxy bad). If you saw those early presentations when they were first showing off the FPS stuff it was really jittery, lots of horrible animation interruptions and stuttering. It kinda looked like... well let's not go there. IT was bad. Bad enough that Chris, who is a huge fan of FPS games, pulled it away from them and scrapped their work to redo it in house. That's kinda when I took a step back and got concerned about the direction of the game. At the time I did not realize how bad the work coming from IllFonic was. I've seen a number of early releases (you should see what Frostbite looked like during its first two years), and recognize jank being part of it, but SC's combat was -bad-. First of all- thank you for the interesting perspective on all of this. I really do appreciate reading analysis by someone who knows what they're talking about development wise. Some questions/follow-ups: I was under the impression that most of the rework for the skeletal system was being done because of the weird requirement that first and third-person use the same animations, as opposed to interrupts/jitter? And it doesn't seem like they've done a good job of eliminating jitter, by recent videos. If anything they've made it worse, as you can see in the first minute here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ccKp1n13jQ Edit: Ignore the second part, you addressed this in a follow-up post. Sarsapariller fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Nov 9, 2015 |
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