Scruffpuff posted:

So here's another thing that gets to me. They're hanging on Chris's word like it's worth something, right? "I'll wait to see what Chris says." OK fine, but here's the thing - frequently what he says contradicts something he said before. So which information from your messiah was good info - the first thing he said, or the latest? Why would you hang on the word of a guy you know, for a demonstrable fact, is full of poo poo? Someone who continually changes what he says? It's loving weird.

Mirificus posted:

Superior AI

Toops posted:

Guys, I'm literally giddy.

Like, I'm loving shaking.

Guys... It's starting.

Mirificus posted:

I wonder, what's the going rate for a customer database of the most collectively gullible people in the world.

G0RF posted:

Yes.

He's up to Episode 75, and thus has answered 750 questions, almost always affirming even outlandish or horribly complicated requests. Rare is the occasion he flatly answers no (maybe once every few episodes he might).

So there are at least 600 specific feature-related promises-- many of which are new or double down on commitments made in the original crowdfunding pitch and in stretch goals.

Which is what makes tonight's Star Marine answer quite interesting. Consider what was promised in Episode 59 of "Ten for the Chairman".

Scruffpuff posted:

Once the shotgun is working, this poo poo is ON.

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

someone post this on reddit. i want to see their mental gymnastics in full force

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

someone post this on reddit. i want to see their mental gymnastics in full force

Scruffpuff posted:

What do they call those groups that believe the world will end on a specific date, and the date comes, and nothing happens, and the leader changes his tune, and then they follow that, and that keeps happening, and they never wise up? What are those groups of people called?

It's on the tip of my tongue.

Google Butt posted:

gotta hand it to you chris, you really pulled a fast one on these dweebs and i respect that

quote:

Today we have 10 for the Chairman, where Chris covers a number of topics including a minor update to the current philosophy and status of Star Marine.

Scruffpuff posted:

Old philosophy and status: Star Marine is a thing, and we are working on it

New philosophy and status: There is no such thing as Star Marine, and it's also already done

quote:

If the owner of ship goes offline, what happens to crew?
A2: They'll think of something because it would be easily exploitable otherwise.

Scruffpuff posted:

Even better is that Chris just outplayed every end-of-world cult leader in recent memory. "Guys, I WAS RIGHT! The world DID end when I said! It's been ended this whole time! This is what I was saying the end of the world would look like in the very very beginning. Pretty much how it looks now."

Daztek posted:

*jedi mind trick*

OhDearGodNo posted:

3.5 years in and they don't even know the answer to this. Holy poo poo.

Illegal Move posted:

"People that pledged for Star Marine already have their FPS"

Boy, the news of this very modest and hushed launch sure spread fast.

Chin posted:

I liked the part where Chris said they'll be doing only 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and so on "through the year", and 3.0 might be the ability to fly between star systems.

So he's admitting what we already knew, that the cultists will be dinking around Port Olisar for a very long time.

Scruffpuff posted:

So here's another thing that gets to me. They're hanging on Chris's word like it's worth something, right? "I'll wait to see what Chris says." OK fine, but here's the thing - frequently what he says contradicts something he said before. So which information from your messiah was good info - the first thing he said, or the latest? Why would you hang on the word of a guy you know, for a demonstrable fact, is full of poo poo? Someone who continually changes what he says? It's loving weird.

Scruffpuff posted:

Agrajag posted:

I will never trust a person's expertise if he is incapable of performing the simple task of making sure his own loving game works during his own loving live demo. Also, showing complete lack of fucks on camera, sitting on his fat rear end mumbling to nobody in particular, while his employee frantically runs around trying to fix poo poo.

Daztek posted:

They haven't figured out how jump points are going to work yet, that's why it's taking so long

G0RF posted:

He actually rejects this suggestion as overcomplicated and suggests as simpler version will be implemented. You heard it hear first.

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:

um thats just part of the OPEN DEVELOPMENT. you wouldnt want it to look scripted / polished and fun, would you? checkmate you stupid goon.

Tippis posted:

Ehm. The thing that even fairly arcade:y flight sims had in 1995? Yeah. That seems too complicated for Chris.

It's also slightly worrying that displays aren't… well, generic displays; that they aren't just instances of a surface that can accept some 2D UI rendering, but rather have to be bespoke for whatever functions are hard-coded into that one display.