Star Citizen: Death of a Space Thread?

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Abuminable: Mar 30, 2017; Now, aside from the Abuminable, business goes on as usual.

D1E posted:

Hey all, just popping by to check on things. Has Derek brought down CIG yet?

We're still in the anticipation-building part of the story. Summer action flick storyline seems to be building for a summer climax. The fans will be blowing full tilt in the Rhineland, so it will be a picturesque time for some poo poo to start sailing.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2017 17:55

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 13:02

Abuminable: Mar 30, 2017; Now, aside from the Abuminable, business goes on as usual.

Drunk Theory posted:

Holy poo poo! Two sandworms!!

Dudududu-double sandWOORRMS!

# ¿ Mar 30, 2017 21:22

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DarkRefreshment posted:

Sound like any US Presidents you know?

Yep. Pretty much all of them.

# ¿ Mar 30, 2017 21:53

Abuminable: Mar 30, 2017; Now, aside from the Abuminable, business goes on as usual.

AP posted:

WTFOSAURUS playing Star Citizen

WTFOSAURUS Clip: How is that even a thing?

WTFOSAURUS Clip: Star Citizen is kinda dead right now

WTFOSAURUS Clip: You're not missing a loving, goddamn thing

# ¿ Apr 20, 2017 10:28

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Colostomy Bag posted:

Place you bets on how late AtV will be today.

I'm an optimist and will say 30 minutes.

Don't place any bets. Derek can throw a monkey wrench at any time, which could have a material effect on AtV content. See: Last Week's AtV

# ¿ Apr 20, 2017 19:34

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Sarsapariller posted:

Can we all pause for a minute to reflect on how weird the Hello Kitty thing is?

It has to be the brainchild of Sandi, the master marketeer. They could have made any number of cartoon characters that somehow made sense in the 'verse - even a character that was a mere wink at a sci-fi staple. Instead they designed a lawsuit-bait space cat.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2017 07:50

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MedicineHut posted:

Take your time. In the mean time, I am having some of these

"Wish you were here!"

You in Portugal?

# ¿ Apr 26, 2017 20:44

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IncredibleIgloo posted:

It saddens me to have any of our astronauts, or their missions, compared to Star Citizen. The crew of the Challenger gave their lives in pursuit of bettering our world and expanding our knowledge.

I fully agree. NASA jokes are quite offensive.

# ¿ Apr 30, 2017 11:22

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AP posted:

https://twitter.com/ChambersArt/status/858952559402332160

Takes quite the man to pull off a sweater like that...

... too bad Salty does not.

# ¿ May 1, 2017 11:00

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his nibs posted:

"But Brian, why do you insist on wearing your sunglasses?"

"Dammit woman, just take the picture..my fans think I'm a cool German dude, and cool dudes always wear shades right?"

"Sure Brian, sure..."

<click>

"Brian, I hate to insist, but you must shampoo your hair today. The oils are ruining our pillowcases!"

# ¿ May 1, 2017 11:26

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Xaerael posted:

PSA to all thread readers.

Don't crack a rib.

It loving hurts.

End of PSA.

I splurged and cracked two ribs. This was 10 years ago. Even though it's fully healed and back to normal, the area still feels strange where the fractures occurred.

# ¿ May 2, 2017 17:29

Abuminable: Mar 30, 2017; Now, aside from the Abuminable, business goes on as usual.

TrustmeImLegit posted:

random spectrum chat message. Where they usually hide things. This is to focus resources on the 'new player experience'

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/68oqez/cig_are_looking_for_feedback_on_the_new_player/

It was also mentioned at the end of the most recent Citizen of the Stars.

# ¿ May 2, 2017 18:43

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ripptide posted:

Remember when people believed things CIG promised?......r/starcitizen_refunds remembers.

Remember when SQ42 was going to be shipped in ~~2014~~ ~~2015~~ ~~2016~~ ~~2017~~ ????...

If it had shipped, they wouldn't use inane Mark Hamill dialogue clips to taunt the idiots still backing this farce.

# ¿ May 5, 2017 03:16

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nawledgelambo posted:

Sandi: "Get that off the table."

Chris: "I will 'get that off the table.' You can go back to reading your paper if you want.." [Paper is shown being held up with Chris' face on it; full page advertisement for Charter Spectrum]

Sandi: [laughs sarcastically] "No, no. I'm good."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y78PPfs1NXc&t=91s

This is the most passive aggressive display of contempt for eachother I have ever seen, lmao

Sandi clearly dislikes the gift. After that exchange, they make a clumsy mid-sentence edit to a single of Chris talking about the magazine article. Obviously, something was cut out.

# ¿ May 5, 2017 03:39

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nawledgelambo posted:

I don't think it was so much the gift as it was the wrapper she was pointing at

Watch her expressions when he's opening it and reading the card. Frowning in disapproval instead of smiling.

# ¿ May 5, 2017 03:45

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Jobbo_Fett posted:

I'm the VP of marketing with a plunging neckline that almost reaches her belly button. gently caress sake's woman, no one cares about your a cups.

Fuzzy Modem seemed fond of her... maybe that's why. :heysexy:

# ¿ May 5, 2017 04:22

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AlbieQuirky posted:

They look like Alain Mikli, so $400-$500 just for the frames if so.

Oh, so, not too expensive... Roughly the price of a Hull E. :10bux:

Abuminable fucked around with this message at 05:53 on May 5, 2017

# ¿ May 5, 2017 05:51

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Fatkraken posted:

Is that like a Wall-E?

If only it were... it would be yet another case of IP infringement.

# ¿ May 5, 2017 06:46

Abuminable: Mar 30, 2017; Now, aside from the Abuminable, business goes on as usual.

AP posted:

https://twitter.com/Olafbodde/status/860518978841653249

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYyGW9ePnNk&t=2100s

Brian Chambers:

quote:

I, truly, when I come to work every day, I see the backers as our publisher. that's how I, personally myself, that's how I view it. So, when I'm sharing material, it is me sharing, updating, "hey publisher, look, this is what we've done so far."

Is he implying that other people at CIG don't see the backers as the publisher? Inconceivable!

Abuminable fucked around with this message at 17:14 on May 5, 2017

# ¿ May 5, 2017 17:07

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Sarsapariller posted:

Waste your own and my time (every time I need to explain what the alpha we're playing is and what you bought)

Yes, I agree, reading that was a waste of my time.

# ¿ May 6, 2017 08:35

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Sarsapariller posted:

I've heard enough cry baby feedback from you guys.

I'm sure you can find the door, then.

# ¿ May 6, 2017 09:17

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Various Meat Products posted:

Hey goons, let's do some math:

$45,000 / $60 per game = 750

750 games / 52 weeks in a year = 14.4

You could buy a brand new triple-A video game once per week, every week, for the next fourteen years, and still spend less on video games than that dude has spent on Star Citizen.

But yeah this is totally a good investment, guys.

Alternatively (since you're a meatatarian), you could have genuine Kobe ribeye steak once a week for about 6 years.

# ¿ May 6, 2017 11:49

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Variable 5 posted:

Hey now, I didn't insult his intelligence... I am convinced he has the mental acumen to navigate the room and leave since he finds the attitudes so distasteful.

# ¿ May 6, 2017 15:49

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Variable 5 posted:

source your quotes

I buy my quotes in bulk. Cheaper that way.

# ¿ May 6, 2017 16:26

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Sarsapariller posted:

In not-trolling-the-new-people news,

Reported. Reason: Trolling people who have only refunded once. :roflolmao:

# ¿ May 7, 2017 04:03

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milk milk lemonade posted:

OldSchoolCmdr more like DrDerekSmart

Impossible.

# ¿ May 7, 2017 04:56

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starkebn posted:

They use gish-gallop as tl;dr but it's not the same thing

if you write as much as OSC does in a post and it's not a massive DS takedown, then it's obviously gish-gallop [sic].

# ¿ May 7, 2017 06:47

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Lack of Gravitas posted:

Mix of West Indies + Great Britain + USA, if I remember correctly

This is incorrect. He's UK + USA + Māori.

# ¿ May 7, 2017 15:11

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MilesK posted:

Tane?

Probably. The lore seems to fit his persona and explains how he found a wife:

code:

Some legends say that Tane made the first man, named Tiki. More widely known is a
tradition that Tane was trying to find himself a wife, but at first he found only non-human
females and fathered insects, birds, and plants. One such was Rangahore, who gave birth
to a stone and was abandoned by Tane. Then he made a woman by moulding her from the
soil.

# ¿ May 7, 2017 16:16

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trucutru posted:

I personally can't wait to be poisoned and then have to wait a few hours in line at the space emergencies room while the space doctor plays minigames. It is fidelitious as gently caress

# ¿ May 8, 2017 22:56

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MarcusSA posted:

I really hope the part about space hello kitty getting them a C&D is true. I want to to be true.

It would be quite gratifying to see the referral page updated without Sandi's space cat present.

# ¿ May 9, 2017 06:56

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AP posted:

All the other ships are concept art, the game he's playing is in his head and he can't even get the name of one of the two ships that actually exist in the "game" correct. It's all amazing to me.

With SC, most of the gameplay is in your head, so it's not too hard to get confused. Apart from streamers, I bet 98% of the backers haven't the existing missions more than once.

# ¿ May 10, 2017 09:38

Abuminable: Mar 30, 2017; Now, aside from the Abuminable, business goes on as usual.

AlmightyPants posted:

I live just outside NYC, I don't have a reddit account to contact OSC but I'd be happy to hop on the train and verify that he's not Derek. I don't know how to confirm that verification to the internet though. I'd assume the shitizens would need some extraordinary evidence to prove that OSC isn't Derek?

That would be a toughie. OSC has a security clearance, so you probably can't waltz into his place of work. If you take a photo with the guy, it could have been any rando you found in Starbucks. About the only thing I can think of is making a video recording of he and Derek on a Facetime call, having an extemporaneous conversation.

I think that's something many people would pay to see anyway.

# ¿ May 10, 2017 09:49

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Hav posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmv8quf_xM

Be afraid d00d.

edit: On a more serious note, hacking is a Federal offense, and you're too pretty for jail.

It's stunning that Microsoft has loaded powerful hacking tools on Windows. What an eye-opener.

# ¿ May 10, 2017 15:06

Abuminable: Mar 30, 2017; Now, aside from the Abuminable, business goes on as usual.

NYT: Video Game Raised $148 Million From Fans. Now It�s Raising Issues

# ¿ May 10, 2017 19:22

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Colostomy Bag posted:

What the hell happened to your shift key? Did you break it like the Coke machine?

capital letter shaming is common in the discord. the shame is working it's way into derek's everyday keyboarding.

the culture in the discord is roughly similar to this clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6CZ2J8gJtk

Abuminable fucked around with this message at 03:56 on May 11, 2017

# ¿ May 11, 2017 03:51

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AlmightyPants posted:

Hey, if someone can think of a way that I can meet OSC and verify that it's him in a manner that the shitizens would find acceptable I'd be down to do it. It's not like it's hard to meet someone in a Starbucks in NYC and I have the time, especially since the meltdowns would probably be very entertaining afterwards.

I think it would be pretty simple. If he would permit it, record him at SBUX and allow him to give a brief summary of the Star Citizen drama in a manner he thinks most germane. His grasp of the subject matter and ability to correlate actors, events, data, and attitudes should be sufficient proof that the guy in the video is OSC.

tl;dr make a video of him talking about SC. Case closed.

# ¿ May 11, 2017 09:19

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Drunk Theory posted:

Ahhh. I really wanted to believe Agent, why do you give then take away so fast.

(it's fun though, so proceed)

Agent could also spring the :10bux:

for the guy and he could do the posts himself. Imagine that.

# ¿ May 11, 2017 18:20

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AP posted:

https://www.jrfabrication.co.uk/project-gss

They have no shame.

# ¿ May 11, 2017 21:06

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 13:02

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Chin posted:

Ok so we all saw the guy picking up random objects and placing them around a confined area with a sink or something right? Then I realized. What's cooler than doing a Sims type decoration of a home? Getting a home and getting things yourself. Want a couch? You have to go to the store, have it either shipped to your ship, or to your home (more expensive) and especially for a couch, you'd need a hover dolly or whatever. It would feel soo cool to actually go buy a bunch of stuff and load it in my ship, and drive it home. Then I could unload and place things around as I see fit. Anyone have any other ideas that sparked from the ATV?

How about a Space IKEA so you can browse the showroom for furniture you like and then take it home as cargo in your Freelancer. Then, you can spend several hours using Items 2.0 to manipulate an Allen wrench to assemble your new bookshelf and entertainment center.

# ¿ May 12, 2017 23:25

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