MeLKoR posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DerekSmart/comments/47hnmt/dereks_minimes_are_out_in_force_today/







You know, this guy might be on to something... Maybe we shouldn't use the same name on both sites as it perhaps helps them spot who we are. I can't believe I hadn't thought about this before.

Lime Tonics posted:

As lead developer I don't know *why* things are happening.

Seems about right ben, you've lost all credibility.

edit:

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/319870/the-xian-scout-will-perhaps-be-a-two-seater-reply-from-ben/p3

Thread blew up.

Eonwe posted:

lol

A Neurotic Jew posted:

a new segment on AtV where Ben Lesnick goes searching for the missing videogame ship seat, except its just him looking under chairs and in filing cabinets and shrugging his shoulders while film noir jazz plays in the background.

Toops posted:

I love this idea. What should I change the radar signatures to? Birds? Wheelchairs? I'm a programmer guys, I lack comedy, and I need your help.

moonraker posted:

I think the point is being missed . For me Lesnick is the physical manifestation of the soul of this project . Shrouded in Gluttony and lies and a patronising condescending attitude towards the very people who made the whole project happen. Like a school teacher giving a lecture to some naughty boys , as he reaches in there pocket and steals there dinner money . This is a man who has 0 skill are experience in design and engineering and cryengine . And yet he abused his position in order to gain favour with his masters and on around the Verse proceeds to tell every one that he is selling a ship " a personal project of his" he said. Its the science ship and with all add-ons costs about a $1000 its huge its NEVER been done before, hell even a whole division of biowhere could just manage the Normandy and that was ground breaking

And here he is Ben a x school teacher and dungeon crawler telling you he has designed a world first over the course of 4 days in his office lmao , A Hugh science ship that's going to work in a MMO and you will be able to interact with it all and your for just under $1000. He and the designers must have know it was bullshit but he sold it like it was the gospel truth and told you why you needed it. Best of all almost no one in the community stopped to ask some very important question like "is this even possible ?" they lapped that poo poo up

Bens and CIG behaviour has been criminal for a while now they have been selling things that are never going to get built are sold its like selling a time share investments for dream holiday homes . And when all the paying customers turn up to there dream homes for a holiday and see a building site and a shanty town.Then the penny will drop and they will realise they have been scammed . If I was ben I would part company and distance himself for the sake of his health and his wife .Because like it are not he has been the mouth piece of CIG there is still time for him but I am sure he will lie to the bitter end are until some deranged fan comes looking for answers to there broken dreams he is CR number 1 minion and deserves all he gets .Goons are doing the gaming community a service by shedding light on the biggest crowd funding scam in history

Darkpriest667 posted:

Wait, they know it's me on both sites? gently caress! How will I ever retain my anonymity?

Darkpriest667 posted:

Ben has NEVER been a school teacher. He WORKED for a school district at a low technician job. He wasn't even a technology coordinator just an hourly employee. I can assure you Ben would never pass the requirements to become a school teacher. First off you have to walk around about 6 hours a day. Today was a SLOW day (I did testing most of the day) and according to my fitbit I walked 3.7 miles. On a busy day I walk 8. Ben would loving die as a school teacher.

A Neurotic Jew posted:

G0RF posted:

This was before.

The French Army! posted:

How old is Lesnick anyhow? Just trying to get a feel for how long it will be before his loved ones buy one hilariously oversized coffin after the inevitable heart attack. Poor guy, I feel bad watching him just struggle to move in all these videos. Get some loving help man.

Variable 5 posted:

Too late to change it back now, duh.

Edit: Sorry guys, I’m tired of this. It’s not fun for anyone but your group and it’s tedious for anyone else posting to the forums. The level of toxicity the users posting to this thread adds to the forums is not acceptable.
I am absolutely bored with the insane levels of smug pretense happening here. It’s not fooling anyone (other than regular users already keyed up about ‘Goons’ playing the same game as they are, and you sure showed them! Take that, pubbies!) and it’s just so uninteresting. “We’re just standing up for the little guy! Help we’re being oppressed! Etc.!” I have some good news for you: you’re a regular forum user and you don’t need to stand up for anybody. You don’t run the place. That’s the moderation staff’s job, and if they suck at it then I will fire them.

They don’t suck at it right now, though. Your constant baiting isn’t changing my mind about that, it’s making me feel sorry for the group of people I put in the position of having to deal with you. It’s really, really obvious what’s happening, and no number of lengthy PMs about your views on how moderation is supposed to work are going to change that. The level of disrespect here is outrageous; absolutely no one believes you’re really here with obnoxious rule-skating signatures and stupid parody account avatars because you’re incredibly concerned with how a particular forum’s moderation works.

But if that is a genuine worry: if Toast bans someone for being a Goon instead of for being an rear end in a top hat, let me know (via PM, not endless toxic thread) and I will fire Toast. Until that happens, this is just tiresome and makes the forums look bad to everyone. (And this is just a gut feeling, but maybe the moderator bias that you all claim to be so worried about above anything else in the universe would be more obvious to me if absolutely anyone other than the people posting to this thread were contacting me about it?)

I will say that this is in no way a condemnation of all “Goons.” In following the Star Citizen threads at SA, it’s clear there are lots of Something Awful users who are interested in/excited about Star Citizen. You aren’t being haunted by some EVE reputation that you pretend to know nothing about… you’re giving the group a bad name right here (literally, in the name of your thread.) But of course you know that. SA is full of entirely reasonable people (myself included) who do all kinds of interesting things. Endless forum “shitposting” and trying to get moderators/staff fired isn’t one of those interesting things.

Thread closed.

Bootcha posted:

No, this is cooperative decision, not just hers.

Variable 5 posted:

What's worse: piss-poor documentation or no documentation at all?

runsamok posted:

Ultra Violet does not enjoy that mental image. Nor curry, but she loves cheesecake & yoghurt!

Lime Tonics posted:

As lead developer I don't know *why* things are happening.

Seems about right ben, you've lost all credibility.

edit:

https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/319870/the-xian-scout-will-perhaps-be-a-two-seater-reply-from-ben/p3

Thread blew up.

MeLKoR posted:

I feel bad for his pallbearers.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Every time Ben gets frustrated, he talked about how "bored" he is with something. As if we're supposed to give a poo poo that his attention span has failed him. It's his standard line whenever he's directly confronted with something.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Every time Ben gets frustrated, he talked about how "bored" he is with something. As if we're supposed to give a poo poo that his attention span has failed him. It's his standard line whenever he's directly confronted with something.

Bootcha posted:

do your goon de yadda derek.

EightAce posted:

Mr Lesnick is most definitely feeling the wrath of Khan .... ouch

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Ben is the Director of Starships.

The Director of Starships does not know why a starship, of which he is the Director, is missing a seat.

People are thanking him for saying this.

ShredsYouSay posted: