CrcleSqreSanchz posted:

Miku, when you understand art, you can talk about art. Until then, shut your translucent-lit loving flesh face and pretend your life isn't a failure being broadcast to less people than an indie pop concert on a Thursday night.

CrcleSqreSanchz posted:

I am watching a livestream of grandma and the kids playing a game at the kitchen table while grandpa stands off camera and says aloud what everyone is doing while asking questions about what they are doing.

And while all this is happening, a future serial killer watches with dead eyes and a "y'all accent".

Happy Sisyphus posted:

sorry its the cherryblossoms im booked up for a few weeks

Eonwe posted:

if I win a ship could I sell it

Sunswipe posted:

I want to send a link to Tim Berners-Lee and a note that just says "Look at what you've done."

Daztek posted:

clifford is at 37k lol

stinch posted:

MeLKoR posted:

Can't wait for the 10 year "where are they now" reunion.

Samizdata posted:

Yeah, that dork Samizdata is STILL shitposting lame jokes...

Atreiden posted:

I'm clearly not a gamer, because spending that much on one game is insane. I don't think I have spent anywhere near that on games in the last 25 years combined

G0RF posted:

I agree.

It sounds like he did update / revise / expand the ruleset.

I feel a bit bad for Ladyman, too. So far as I can tell, the incorporation of Sandi/Chris/Garriott rip-off art was a gambit to pull extra Citizen dollars. (IP theft is wrong so no excuses there-- shame on Archer for that.) I imagine Ladyman would've been just as happy to launch the updated game without any tie-ins if he could fund it.

CIG has been pushing this thing heavily-- heavily-- and it's been conspicuous from day one. I suspect this is 'good guy' Chris trying to do right by an old fellow who has done a hefty amount of work for him over the decades. I assume this might be a sign of further wind-downs going on in Austin, ones that impact a remaining member of the "Good Old Days" club that used to include many more guys like Wingman, etc.

The irony is-- Ladyman has a finished game. People can play it together and apparently have fun. It has an economy, rule-set, it's been play tested and people can actually hope to play it if it gets funded to the comparatively modest sum of $50k.

In the grand scheme, this IP ripoff is a cock-up -- it was stupid to do and inexcusable. But take those elements away, there's still a Space Game. But compared to CIG's misdeeds, and Star Citizen's shortcomings, this is a pretty trivial affair. I'd rather Ladyman succeed than Chris at this point for sure.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Also, if anyone is wondering why I haven't been keeping up with the thread it's because I've spent the last three weekends volunteering for FIRST robotics in the Chesapeake District. If you haven't had a chance to check that program out you really should, it's a world-wide program for STEM outreach that's both exciting to watch and a lot of fun to be involved in.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Those loving own and everybody should see them.

runsamok posted:

No, gifts are account-bound. You could, however, melt the ship for credit, use new money to buy a ship (this being an ungifted ship, is now tradeable) & use the credit to buy a CCU to upgrade the cheap ship you bought. The CCU would be account-bound as it was bought with credit, but the upgraded ship would retain the tradeable status & therefore grey-marketable.

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Atreiden posted:

I'm clearly not a gamer, because spending that much on one game is insane. I don't think I have spent anywhere near that on games in the last 25 years combined

CrcleSqreSanchz posted:

I am watching a livestream of grandma and the kids playing a game at the kitchen table while grandpa stands off camera and says aloud what everyone is doing while asking questions about what they are doing.

And while all this is happening, a future serial killer watches with dead eyes and a "y'all accent".

LowellDND posted:

Oh, neat Would a GP100 be better than two SLI Titans? Ballpark on the price? (Ive seen a few things suggesting 800-1000)

Tippis posted:

Grandma and grandpa are the real promotors/streamers in all of this.