MeLKoR posted:

Does anyone have the screenshot of that gh0u1 "The level of disrespect that I receive from you and a select few of the goons is easily grounds for catching a beating" PM? I should have kept a copy and now I can't remember who it was addressed to.

Mr.PayDay posted:

DogonCrook posted:

I was just about to post that. Can anybody explain what the hell is going on? Does this mean they stole code or an image?

alf_pogs posted:

can someone give me the final verdict slash bottom line on this engine debacle? it doesnt seem to change anything, at least in "2.6" or whatever the current build is. have they just stuck the engine name on the product?

Wallhax posted:

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iron buns posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUzQAYyG7qQ

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/5ll3ka/where_can_we_report_cheaters/

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/citizens/Zarnum

BrandonS101 posted:

I have been locked out of my account as of January 3rd with very little to no information as to why my account has been locked. They sent me an email saying.

"Hello,
Suspicious activity has been detected on your account. Your account has been closed pursuant to Section XX of the Terms of Service in order to protect the Services and other users.
If you believe this to be in error and are prepared to discuss your account history with our Customer Support division, please reply to this message or email support@cloudimperiumgames.com. Player Relations Team Roberts Space Industries"

Lack of Gravitas posted:

I wonder if getting banned will block a refund later on. Also if that's the case, how long before it goes "request refund > banned for no reason > refund rejected"

RSI Terms of Service posted:

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In addition, RSI reserves the right to terminate any Account for its reasonable business interests and in such case RSI will issue a refund.

ManofManyAliases posted:

Backers are not getting early "alpha" test access to SQ42.

IqfishLP posted:

I'd prefer not replying here anymore so that this would not get used out of context like my earlier statements, but for the sake of integrity im gonna answer.

My arguments largely aim towards the PU, simply because we have no idea about SQ42 at all. I always thought of the singeplayer campaign as less important. I would have played it, but I am a lot more interested in a good multiplayer experience.

When I backed in January 2013, I had the dates in mind CIG presented back then. You know, the ones that proved to be absolutely impossible. I realized, as many people did too, that Star Citizen would take a LOT more time and effort and I was fine with it. I thought let them have their time, do things right and create something with the longevity of EVE online that people play for ten years.

For the longest time I was completely fine with the way things were going. CIG was growing nicely from something people would use their garage for to a fully fleged 350+ employee-company. The technology coming out of their hired talent amazed me, especially since I have close ties with CryTek and their employees personally. Thinks like the local physics grid, the procedural technology they are working on or the sheer amount of detail they put into the few assets we have seen so far are fantastic and I stand by that still.

Now to the ugly. On the last big presentations CIG screwed up. They announced SQ42 so many times and cancelled the presentation last minute, without telling anyone. And contrary to their video, I just can not believe that they realized it two days before the presentation. And if they did, that is proof of a horrible management. I have always said that they should take as long time as they need, but as a company funded in its entirety by backers, it is their drat obligation to tell us what is going on. And I don't care if there is a storyline that they don't want to spoil, we have to have access to information to how far things are along. If people don't want to be spoiled, they can choose to look away. The general style of the last two presentations were unbelievably unprofessional. I remember getting so hyped about CitizenCon that I stocked up beer and snacks and submitted a day off so I could stay up to like 5am (Living in Europe). A company with that much money, with people dedicated to working on stuff like that and a seperate pool of funding just for PR, just can not fail so hard at presentations again and again. They also did the atrocious UEE Warbonds video back then, right after telling anyone that every single post leading up to the event was basically false.

To sum this section up: I think CIGs focus is wrong. They got enough money. They are funded. They should focus on the actual gameplay and less on adding more and more fluff. Also rethink your PR. Act like the company you are, funded by the people. All your bills are paid by us, treat us with respect.

My second big concern is the community. If you look through my post history, you see that I submitted a few pretty critical comments and posts to the /r/starcitizen sub that were either downvoted to hell or upvoted to the top or even gilded. I pointed out 5 months ago, that all the design documents are incredibly dated and havent been talked about in detail since. Why does noone seem to care about how the actual game will play? Who cares for the 10th fighter or 5th mining ship if there won't be something interesting to do with it? How does Star Citizen want to keep players from leaving with interesting gameplay that can fill their incredibly large world? The last few months it has become worse. It feels like everyone reasonable that you could discuss with left the sub after the presentations and only the crazy people are left. People that celebrate the 159th "fan made trailer" cut together from footage of 2014. People that will defend CIG on every action, no matter how lovely or unprofessional their actions are. To be clear here, I think of CIGs devs as talented and inspiring, but there is something wrong in their PR/management department. I will not engage in personal witch hunts like Derek does, He and I both got no idea of what is going on behind their doors and anything he puts out is either speculation or made up.

I realize that I could go on for pages here. I have spent so much time around the projects, read so much stuff and wrote probably even more. It is such a huge project, that I cannot even discuss everything that is good or bad about the game. And the problem is that I fear CIG forgets how huge their project is. How huge the game they aim for is. There is a reason it has never been tried. Comparably small projects like GTA V eat up sums 5-6 times of CIGs budget. I really hate to say this, but the Star Citizen we will get in a few years is not the game they told us about.

And to make it clear once again: This post, my decision or anything in this process has anything to do with Derek Smart or his ramblings. In my eyes he is a troubled man that who tries anything to make him feel superior. He has jumped the bandwagon of people talking about Star Citizens problems and now thinks of himself as some form of messiahs. I 100% stand by anything I wrote on /r/dereksmart . Like others point out, life is not black or white. I couldn't be further from apologizing or even following Derek.

peter gabriel posted:

I do always like that the 'Yeah but can you do this in elite?' frothings are one by one being answered by 'yes you can now'
Multi crew, planetary landings and soon walking around, we've been here many times and every single time Elite has put the features in. Eventually we'll be at the stage of 'yeah but does elite have Powered By Amazon on it? no, it does not' as we shrug and float in space in VR

Ol Cactus Dick posted:

Just post a new thread there for every one of the trump tweets

his nibs posted:

"ChristianPost.com is the nation's most comprehensive Christian news website and was launched in March 2004, incorporated with the vision of delivering up-to-date news, information, and commentaries relevant to Christians across denominational lines."

I wonder if they realise how many of the Ten Commandments Crobbers has already broken?

http://www.christianpost.com/news/star-citizen-2-6-1-ptu-patch-notes-news-mega-map-now-in-effect-174586/

intardnation posted:

He did a crowd funding game (board) with another person from CIG where every art asset was stolen from somewhere else. Archer and Ladybird (or something) cant
remember the last guys name. It was some space trading game - cant remember the name either.

Clifford the anime pillow guy donated a crop ton of $$ to it.

The last few hours live stream where one goon was calling to try and get a response was kinda funny though.

1500 posted:

CIG is making the game.

RSI (Robert Space Industries ) Is mostly a reference to an "in-game" ship making company.

Sabreseven posted:

Needs glowsticks and a strobey effect overlaid onto the gif.

xXAdmiralBekHarXx posted:

The Lore team has been busy.

Dante80 posted:

fuctifino posted:

I made a thing

A Neurotic Corncob posted:

Codezombie posted:

The novel "Exaultant" is great for this, its premise is that ships have FTL, and they obey General Relativity, that is, ships in FTL travel backwards in time.

At one point the protagonist is watching damaged ships, that have not yet been built, limp back to base from a battle that has yet to occur. War fought with the availability of FTL drives is... weird.


Edit: I've actually have been idly working on a mechanic that would simulate true relativistic FTL in a 4X style game, but it would be very weird, a lot of book keeping and require some very creative use of AI. Other weirdness would be at some point there would be events like getting an older damaged clone of an existing ship, which means that the original must then be guaranteed to survive its next battle!

Experimental Skin posted:

Ortwin losing a past case...

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/german-appeals-court-upholds-das-boot-suit-increases-compensation-cameraman-1070117

Mirificus posted:

https://twitter.com/iq_derek/status/982612858373656576
https://twitter.com/iq_derek/status/982703543667843072

Mirificus posted:

maxe posted:

MedicineHut posted:

I think this utter failure of a subreddit notice didnt get enough love.

Virtual Captain posted:

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kilus aof posted:

There is the enter credit card information system on the website.

Hav posted:

A mere rear end delving spelunker compared.