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Theotus: Nov 8, 2014

Skellybones posted:

Derek drives like he posts: Fast, angry, and when he sees red he just gets faster and angrier

Truth! Mad Max, bringing the heat.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:32

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# ? May 16, 2024 03:53

hakimashou: Jul 15, 2002; Upset Trowel

D_Smart posted:

https://twitter.com/dsmart/status/720421290746769408

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:32

SurfaceDetail: Feb 17, 2016; by Cowcaster

I tried finding dirt on myself and I found my 3 traffic tickets and my post history within a minute or so. Internet is crazy poo poo

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:33

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

D_Smart posted:

Because he never gave me a reason to before today.

https://twitter.com/real_lethality/status/719973037861388288

I always regarded him as an annoyance. That's why he is blocked.

But now I'm going to have his Twitter account yanked; then I'm going to post his RL identity in my feed and on mmorpg where he frequently posts with that other clown, Erilion.

Listen, none of these fuckers are exempt. I don't mind the poo poo-posting, trolling etc. That's why I ignore those rear end-clowns on /r/DerekSmart/. But sometimes, they get so carried away that they forget where that line - which they shouldn't cross - happens to be.

I think he's been saying poo poo like that for months, tbh. Could be wrong though, whenever I see his poo poo I usually just laugh and move on or at most take 10 seconds to tweet to him that he's a oval office.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:34

ideate: Aug 20, 2002

FrankieGoes posted:

The worst part isn't even that he did it, it's that he felt the need to bring it up and it was a loving traffic ticket..

hahahah and it's derek loving smart

ooh I'll mention his traffic ticket, THEN he'll look crazy

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:35

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

D_Smart posted:

https://twitter.com/dsmart/status/720421290746769408

I'd resigned myself to being dragged to the bottom with my jpegs chained around my neck forever, but may actually do this.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:35

MeLKoR: Dec 23, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

G0RF posted:

Guys, my new serious Effort Post is going to take me longer than I thought. Here is one slightly less so-- or Part 1 of it, anyway.

-----------------

TO: Chris Roberts
FROM: Something Awful
SUBJECT: Not that you needed anything else to worry about but OH CRAP WHAT IS THAT?!

G0RF MVP

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:36

Scruffpuff: Dec 23, 2015; Fidelity. Wait, was I'm working on again?

Sperglord posted:

Yeah, it is BS that Roberts can raise so much without oversight.

I think the financials are a distraction, what the backers truly deserve is an independent audit of the game code. We know nothing about the quality of work done. CIG says its brilliant, but we have no outside proof. This, more than financials, is the problem. CIG tells us the game is going well and raises money off that. We cannot check CIG's word.

I think the fact that they added another layer, an invite-only, closed layer at that, to their public test code, is evidence that things are going great with their code. After that announcement, I take CIG at their word 100%. Anyone who posts anything even slightly negative will have to show me irrefutable proof that has been replicated by independent labs.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:36

TTerrible: Jul 15, 2005

FrankieGoes posted:

I'd resigned myself to being dragged to the bottom with my jpegs chained around my neck forever, but may actually do this.

Oh god please. Post the reply you get.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:37

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

Ragequit posted:

Also as someone who knows very little about the game apart from the ineptitude of the big trio (Chris/Sandi/Ben/maybe Disco whatever his real name is), can someone explain in a sentence or two what the stimpire is, because I see it occasionally referenced. Is it game lore or some side thing from the movie?

I'm sure someone will quote it soon, but it's basically super lovely torture porn written by a barely literate maniac.

Imagine if a thirteen year old who jacks it to weird poo poo saw my Workshop of Horrors and then wrote a vaguely space-themed story about it :roflolmao:

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:37

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

Skellybones posted:

Derek drives like he posts: Fast, angry, and when he sees red he just gets faster and angrier

Actually no, I am a very careful driver. In fact, the last time I got any sort of traffic infraction before now, was back in 2001 I believe.

The issue is that I have two fast cars (Tesla Model S P85+, Aston Martin DB9) and due to the acceleration the cameras - both instances - snapped me as I was crossing on Amber, but it was meant for the clown behind me. In fact, when I logged into the citation site to look at the before/after footage, it was clear what happened. That's why I didn't pay the ticket, even though there would be no points. Plus, $75 is still cheaper than almost $300; and I don't have to step foot in court.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:37

Mirificus: Oct 29, 2004; Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/4eexce/the_issue_council_needs_some_love/d200p9n

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:39

orcinus: Feb 25, 2016; Fun Shoe

ManofManyAliases posted:

Yet - the first party (let's call them the end user) agrees by having the game installed, partaking in the forums and/or playing the game. In fact, merely having an account might be interpreted as enough participating to allow agreement to the terms. CiG, of course, will agree to their own terms.

Nope. Dead wrong.
It requires positive action from the end user.

Why do you think companies like Apple shove a licence agreement, TOS or a contract in your face every time it changes?
Why do you think ebay, facebook and many others email you the whole thing every time it changes?

Just using the service is not enough to accept the agreement.
The agreement needs to be presented to the user *before* they use the service, *every time* it changes.

_{PS: And, no, the fact the updated TOS is somewhere online does not cut it. It needs to be delivered to the user, or the user must make an explicit action that accepts the changes (i.e. clickwrap).}

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:39

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

SurfaceDetail posted:

I tried finding dirt on myself and I found my 3 traffic tickets and my post history within a minute or so. Internet is crazy poo poo

Yeah I try and go through every couple of months and make sure I haven't posted anything that could link me to my real name anywhere. Even so I'm sure someone experienced could find me in a matter of minutes :tinfoil:

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:40

Palisader: Mar 14, 2012; DESPAIR MORTALS, FOR I WISH TO PLAY PATTY-CAKE

ideate posted:

hahahah and it's derek loving smart

ooh I'll mention his traffic ticket, THEN he'll look crazy

At least Karl tried to allude to cases that sounded interesting. I mean, fake, but interesting.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:41

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

Palisader posted:

I really do hope that MoMA is a shill, because the alternative is that some sad nerd spent time combing through public records in Florida on the off chance that he could find something on Derek Smart that he could then drop into the thread once Derek said something that upset him. And that makes me sad.

He didn't. He gleaned it off Reddit where someone posted the same line last month. I did ask my researcher to dig that one up and see if there's any correlation in word patterns between the two. Because if there is, well, I've just uncovered his Reddit account as well.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:41

Variable 5: Apr 17, 2007; We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy.; Grimey Drawer

Beet Wagon posted:

Yeah I try and go through every couple of months and make sure I haven't posted anything that could link me to my real name anywhere. Even so I'm sure someone experienced could find me in a matter of minutes

I tried. Apparently Parptona doesn't have a public records website :saddowns:

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:42

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

I'm not going to screen cap it because I'm lazy as gently caress, and maybe it's already been mentioned before, but Lethality tweetered that his (or someone's, I guess) tortious interference lawsuit against Derek is "in the works."

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:42

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

D_Smart posted:

He didn't. He gleaned it off Reddit where someone posted the same line last month. I did ask my researcher to dig that one up and see if there's any correlation in word patterns between the two. Because if there is, well, I've just uncovered his Reddit account as well.

That still means some sad nerd did it, it just means it may have not been MoMA.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:43

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

Sperglord posted:

The response from CIG sleeper agents here show that something Derek said was poorly received in headquarters. If I had to suspect, the FCA would be the most dangerous revelation.

Yeah, it's been a major source of contention in the US and in the UK. In fact, I got a call around 6:15AM today from the UK. Person forgot the time difference

Word is everyone is asking questions about the stuff in the E.L.E section of blog related to the stuff I said those following the money should be looking for.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:45

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

Variable 5 posted:

I tried. Apparently Parptona doesn't have a public records website

Yeah the infrastructure here is pretty poo poo

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:45

grimcreaper: Jan 7, 2012

Beet Wagon posted:

Yeah I try and go through every couple of months and make sure I haven't posted anything that could link me to my real name anywhere. Even so I'm sure someone experienced could find me in a matter of minutes

I am untraceable. Bring it SAdorknerds.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:46

Samizdata: May 14, 2007

G0RF posted:

Guys, my new serious Effort Post is going to take me longer than I thought. Here is one slightly less so-- or Part 1 of it, anyway.

-----------------

TO: Chris Roberts
FROM: Something Awful
SUBJECT: Not that you needed anything else to worry about but OH CRAP WHAT IS THAT?!

I know, despite outward appearances, these are the times that try men�s souls at Cloud Imperium Games.

The enemies gather, seen and unseen� each seeking in some way to thwart the Great Work underway, each seeking to derail the longstanding plans to build The Best Furnished Space Sim Headquarters Ever. (Oh and there�s that space game you�re working on, too.)

Snooping auditors, disloyal employees, space cat trolls, frenemy competitors, and of course, the Old School Internet Warlord himself. He�s always making new mischief when he should be trying to get the drat cyan out of his puny little space game! (Bloody Floridians, right? So tacky�)

Yet� even as these enemies gather� Goon Scouts have just returned from the front lines of Battlefield PewPew with horrifying intelligence reports� of a threat looming just beyond the horizon-line. It lumbers slowly towards us all, obscured in a cloud of shadows, yet if the rumors we�ve heard are true, it poses a grave threat to all who promise to deliver immersive, agency-rich Space Game experiences, even those without tasteful, rustic furnishings that really do add an touch of old world class to space-ship themed lobbies with wrap-around murals.

In fact, the threat is so gobsmackingly giant that even the Gaming Press picked up on it. They, too, see grave possibilities ahead for Star Citizen...

Troubling thoughts indeed, and it would be tempting, too tempting Sir, to assume Bethesda is simply seeking to ride on the coattails of the Gaming Studio that is without a doubt the Industry Leader in justifying lavish expenditures for its headquarter offices AND princely sums for pre-ordered DLC content while also working to develop a Space Game sometimes.

But yet again, Goon Scouts have uncovered surprising details about the true history of this potentially industry-shaking development, for it has been decades in the making. It would appear that some competitors apparently subscribe to a radically different game development philosophy, one in which games are quietly created in secret in less extravagantly furnished offices...

BETHESDA: Laugh at his functional drone-worker furniture if you want, the threat he represents is real.

Though their offices are reportedly sorely lacking in the artisanal decorative touches that separate the Best Furnished Game Developers from the Rest, Bethesda should not be underestimated... In contrast to your much remarked upon "let's make this up as we go along and tell everybody about it in the process" game design philosophy, Bethesda's legendary secrecy may actually represent a genuine competitive threat.

Given their trademark sophistication, and in consideration of intel uncovered by Goon Spies, it is clear that "Starfield" was a project already in development by the time of their March 2013 filing. We advise you to ignore any claims that their consecration of the Starfield project was reactive to Star Citizen's well-publicized kickoff 6 months prior� they are false. Remember, too, that this is a studio that rebooted a moribund IP in a largely forgotten genre to great success only 4 years prior to that registration-- and reaped enormous critical praise and fantastic commercial success. As with Rockstar's surprising pivot to the all-but-dead Western genre, our spies report that Bethesda was planning a space game long ahead of the rebirth of the genre.

First, we direct your attention to these provocative recent comments by Todd Howard.

Our sources tell us that Starfield is one of these projects. Yet WHAT IS "STARFIELD"? Though few in the industry have a clue, Goontelligence reports indicate that Starfield is, in fact, going to be Bethesda's 3rd attempt at a Space RPG-- and that this time, unlike their little-known prior attempts, they are unlikely to fail.

The following Usenet post marked FOR YOUR EYES ONLY was made by Todd Howard not long after Daggerfall(!) came out, only a couple of years into his tenure at Bethesda Games. There are a couple of interesting things to note here.

Unfortunately, it gets worse. Far worse...

If you are not already sitting down, Chris, we advise you to find your way to the nearest Aviator Chair and gently nestle yourself into it's vintage, leather bomber jacket-like cushions. Allow the aerodynamic curves of the aluminum accented chair to embrace you. Find your strength and flyboy swagger, Chris. We fear you are going to need every last ounce by the time you finish reading this report.

First and foremost, Todd Howard, who now has enough money to sumptuously decorate every single Bethesda Studio office should he choose to, was actually thinking about Space RPGs as far back as two decades ago-- as were many at Bethesda.

In fact, at the time of young Howard's post, Bethesda had been partnering with Centropolis to develop an ambitious (at the time) space game called "The 10th Planet".

Here is the trailer for that abandoned game.

If you are unable to watch this clip right now, gaze for a troubled moment, as we did, at the familiar touchstones...

Chillingly familiar, is it not? As one Goon remarked in sober horror, "I felt like I was watching a Squadron 42 trailer from 1996. Only with better animated reptiles."

----

Indeed, The 10th Planet -- with Draconian alien adversaries, Star Marine corridors, reptilian mother ships, spaceship pew-pew, gratuitous explosions, star maps and more -- seems to have been the Squadron 42 of its time.

As relayed by our agent, "My god, Bethesda even had moon-breaking technology planned as far back as 1996, too!"

Here is how that game trailer is described on Vimeo by an artist involved in its creation:

You certainly must be wondering by this point, as we were, what happened to The 10th Planet? What happened to Bethesda's first planned entry into the Space Game genre? We direct your attention to a quote from yet another former Bethesda developer:

Knowing you as we do, the words above surely read like those of an absolute madman. The project was shelved because Bethesda's XnGine wasn't able to deliver upon the expectations created by the trailer-- and Bethesda lamented the time and money wasted on a cinematic trailer the game could never live up to!

Sheer insanity. Yet Bethesda reportedly took another shot at "The 10th Planet" a couple of years later. It also failed, and apparently for similarly lunatic reasons. They couldn't deliver on the promise of their trailers.

It is difficult-- indeed, drat near impossible -- to imagine what kind of freakish, twisted logic might bring a gaming company to actually kill a project in development simply because they didn't feel the game could live up to a trailer. It seems almost the polar opposite of your own strategy which has brought with it such resplendent appointments. Yet they have succeeded in spite of this strange failure of will� in fact, they are now reaping fantastic fortunes as a result of this highly counter-intuitive strategy and in spite of their fondness for furnishing better suited for peasants.

At the risk of discomfiting you, however, we fear we must draw attention to the stark contrast. Not the stark contrast on display when comparing the exalted $1045 Flatiron Desks of Cloud Imperium with the lowly $100 function-ware of Bethesda's offices-- for here, you will triumph every time...

Instead, we must draw attention to the contrast between your Game Development process-- for here, too, the contrast couldn't be clearer, and yet here, we fear you may be on the losing side in the scales of the market.

Star Citizen-- as it exists today-- remains an unstable tech demo still in a pre-Alpha state 4 years into development. Yet the game that is playable today or will be playable next year is not the game you have been selling since 2012, often with the aid of highly aspirational commercials. Cloud Imperium has achieved its unprecedented financial success by selling "THE GAME THAT WILL ONE DAY BE", and they have done that primarily through 'in engine' trailers for a game that doesn't exist and that you are unlikely to be able to deliver, even with another $100M and 4 more years.

Bethesda, by contrast, generated $750 million dollars in one day with their latest release. And though Todd Howard has high regard for your past work, particularly your interface design on Times of Lore, and though he considers Origin his favorite classic-era development studio-- we fear we must press the urgency of this matter.

The student has become the master, and that master, like you, has set his eyes on the stars. Though he surely sits in an unremarkable chair mass-produced in a factory, one that does not feature intentional nicks, small scratches and other imperfections that add to the character and uniqueness of said chair, his competitive advantages are real. They are the secrecy fostered between employees who trust each other and their employer, a war chest that dwarfs even what remains of your own, and a 20 year desire to branch out into the Space Game genre. If they were creating the equivalent of Squadron 42 in 1996-- it horrifies us to imagine what they might be up to now.

Nevertheless, we have guesses. You will surely want to read them. We have familiarized you already with the competitive threats on the horizon. In our next installment of this report, we will appraise you in disquieting detail of the behemoth cloaked in shadows that soldiers towards you just beyond it. For the earth quakes beneath its feet, though you can not yet feel the tremors, and when it arrives, it threatens to steal glory, customers, and disposable income from millions.

In the interim, we would advise you to consider investing in one of Restoration Hardware's Grand Leather Beanbags ($1150), perhaps with the companion Exotic Faux Fur blankie ($309). Neither is particularly dignified, but the beanbag is generously sized and perfectly plumped with sink-in comfort and portable repose and the blankie re-creates the subtly variegated tones and tipped ends characteristic of natural pelts.

We believe after reading our disturbing follow-up report on Starfield, you will appreciate the cocooning comfort the combination will provide you. As always, you needn't concern yourself with any appearance of impropriety when expensing these indulgences to Cloud Imperium. As you said to Sandi not long ago when trying to convince her to spend $5000+ more on upgraded airfare like you choose to, "The fans will never know-- and you deserve to be comfortable."

You do, indeed.

Jesus, man, way to shut down any else's efforts, my friend. I think I will just go back to my one line shitposts now. Beast mode engaged, indeed.

:sigh:

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:48

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

FrankieGoes posted:

I'd resigned myself to being dragged to the bottom with my jpegs chained around my neck forever, but may actually do this.

Try it! If nothing else, for shits 'n giggles. In fact, in your refund request, just copy and paste the disclosure portion of my blog, and tell ask them - innocently - if that's how I still have ships.

To the CIG shills/staff following this:

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# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:50

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

D_Smart posted:

Now would be a good time for you all to send his Twitter account well wishes. It's going to get yanked.

These fuckers don't learn. How many accounts have I had yanked now? 7

ps: I know who he is. So that's going online within the next 24 hrs as well

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:51

Sickening: Jul 16, 2007; Black summer was the best summer.

D_Smart posted:

He didn't. He gleaned it off Reddit where someone posted the same line last month. I did ask my researcher to dig that one up and see if there's any correlation in word patterns between the two. Because if there is, well, I've just uncovered his Reddit account as well.

Holy poo poo, just when I thought this couldn't get any more sad.

CIG and Derek deserve each other. Its like the battle of who can be the most mentally unstable. This thread is an emotional roller coaster of which side can be more shameless.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:52

Toops: Nov 5, 2015; -find mood stabilizers
-also,

Ragequit posted:

Boy you guys, shut in semi-developers with a Twitter fetish are scary.

Yuck.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:52

Ragequit: Jun 1, 2006; Lipstick Apathy

Beet Wagon posted:

Yeah I try and go through every couple of months and make sure I haven't posted anything that could link me to my real name anywhere. Even so I'm sure someone experienced could find me in a matter of minutes

There is nothing tying me to a real name as well. I also don't use Twitter or Reddit, so that probably helps. Instead of Beet Wagon you should use more common words for usernames, like "Hello" and "the". This may require getting in on the ground floor for every single new service, so best of luck.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:52

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

D_Smart posted:

Because he never gave me a reason to before today.

https://twitter.com/real_lethality/status/719973037861388288

I always regarded him as an annoyance. That's why he is blocked.

But now I'm going to have his Twitter account yanked; then I'm going to post his RL identity in my feed and on mmorpg where he frequently posts with that other clown, Erilion.

Listen, none of these fuckers are exempt. I don't mind the poo poo-posting, trolling etc. That's why I ignore those rear end-clowns on /r/DerekSmart/. But sometimes, they get so carried away that they forget where that line - which they shouldn't cross - happens to be.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:54

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

FrankieGoes posted:

I'm not going to screen cap it because I'm lazy as gently caress, and maybe it's already been mentioned before, but Lethality tweetered that his (or someone's, I guess) tortious interference lawsuit against Derek is "in the works."

https://twitter.com/real_lethality/status/719972970404425728

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:55

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

D_Smart posted:

The issue is that I have two fast cars (Tesla Model S P85+, Aston Martin DB9)

I've had the extreme privilege of driving both cars before, sadly not mine.

But all things being equal which is your favorite?

I would have to say the DB9 (2015 model)

The Tesla while fancy lookin' and fast as a scared racoon, just doesn't have that old fashioned driving feel (not to mention being almost completely silent)

Meanwhile the DB9 sounds like a fighter jet in 1st (and 2nd, 3rd, etc) even when being restrained with the accelerator , but drives like a go-cart

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:55

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

Sperglord posted:

Yeah, it is BS that Roberts can raise so much without oversight.

I think the financials are a distraction, what the backers truly deserve is an independent audit of the game code. We know nothing about the quality of work done. CIG says its brilliant, but we have no outside proof. This, more than financials, is the problem. CIG tells us the game is going well and raises money off that. We cannot check CIG's word.

They're both ELEs. It doesn't matter how good their code is if their burn rate is 3.5 million and they only have a month or two of funds in the kitty. And as you've said, it doesn't matter how much money they have if they're completely incapable of coding anything worth a poo poo.

Luckily I think it's not an either/or situation, their code is poo poo AND they're running low on funds.

And considering it takes 5mb to spawn a retaliator, the instancing system is completely non-existent, and their non-instancing system can only support 24 people (maybe), I think it's pretty safe to say their code, at least right now, is poo poo. Shitizens have been proclaiming for months that now that they've performed the 64 bit miracle of getting the engine where they need it, adding content is easy and will just take time. But by the Crobblers own admission, plus playing the PU, the engine is absolutely nowhere loving near where they need it.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:55

G0RF: Mar 19, 2015; Some galactic defender you are, Space Cadet.

Sperglord posted:

GORF - when do you expect Starfield to be revealed?

I think that Starfield could be the CIG killer, more so than Elite. Starfield sounds like a pure first person MMO, right along CIG's lines. When Starfield is released, CIG will have direct competition. CR will be trapped, let the PU look bad or double down on the awful SQ42...

No sooner than 2017, obviously.

I don't expect any one game to be the CIG killer, though-- I think they're already experiencing the death of 1000 cuts. Many of the deepest cuts will come from competitors and indeed already are.

Mass Effect Andromeda is going to destroy SQ42 in the single-player sci-fi Space Game market, despite the probable absence of much spaceship pew-pew. What it lacks in spaceship pewpew it will more than make up for in Player Agency, work building, game lore, FPS mechanics, and probably multiplayer side content too. (I know some people in thread crap on Bioware as CYOA games but there's a difference between a great one and a shite one and SQ42 is destined to redefine shite CYOA games.)

I've more to say about Starfield in part two but one thing I'll note now is the big publishers and studios -- particularly with space ip in production -- find the CIG funding model outrageous -- especially because it's obvious that Roberts can't deliver on it. Todd Howard already thinks $60 is too much for most games - unless they really deliver a wealth of content and replayability. Selling $1000 spaceship IOUs when you're a terribly managed studio holding your engine and PTU together with duct tape and blood sacrifices is outright cheating people. I'm not saying the industry is peopled with moral avatars or anything - it's not - but most of them want to put out titles worthy of the price consumers pay for them.

I'd not be surprised if some studios have been tracking Star Citizen pretty carefully and making reasonable adjustments to their own IP in development with an eye towards taking a bigger bite out of Roberts marketplace. Bioware is one of them, Bethesda may be another.

Sorry to write so much but got going...

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:57

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

D_Smart posted:

https://twitter.com/real_lethality/status/719972970404425728

Did you see the part where someone asked "So why don't you" and he said something like "It's in the works"???

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:57

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

Sappo569 posted:

I've had the extreme privilege of driving both cars before, sadly not mine.

But all things being equal which is your favorite?

I would have to say the DB9 (2015 model)

The Tesla while fancy lookin' and fast as a scared racoon, just doesn't have that old fashioned driving feel (not to mention being almost completely silent)

Meanwhile the DB9 sounds like a fighter jet in 1st (and 2nd, 3rd, etc) even when being restrained with the accelerator , but drives like a go-cart

Yes, the DB9 (it's a 2012) is definitely my favorite. I am going to be trading it in for a Vantage S (or McLaren 540C coupe) this Summer. When my wife is away on vacation.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:58

Renon Vesir: Apr 24, 2008

I guess it's too much to hope for that this Bethesda game would have the retro sci-fi look. I want a game that is Lost in Space with dumb box robots and flash gordon sound effects and blinking lights on consoles that don't do poo poo. Oh well. It will at least be a game that exists and I will probably play the hell out of it regardless.

Dogge photos incoming.

My shitbird husky thought my house was too tidy after I cleaned all day, so she picked one toy out of the beanbag chair I pile them in and threw it on the floor at my feet. Piggy is her favorite.

I had to stop what I was doing and play with her.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:58

Toops: Nov 5, 2015; -find mood stabilizers
-also,

D_Smart posted:

Because he never gave me a reason to before today.

https://twitter.com/real_lethality/status/719973037861388288

I always regarded him as an annoyance. That's why he is blocked.

But now I'm going to have his Twitter account yanked; then I'm going to post his RL identity in my feed and on mmorpg where he frequently posts with that other clown, Erilion.

Listen, none of these fuckers are exempt. I don't mind the poo poo-posting, trolling etc. That's why I ignore those rear end-clowns on /r/DerekSmart/. But sometimes, they get so carried away that they forget where that line - which they shouldn't cross - happens to be.

gently caress YEAH dude loving GET HIM.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 02:58

Variable 5: Apr 17, 2007; We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy.; Grimey Drawer

So Star Traders got a new artist:

quote:

I am delighted to announce that Megan Cheever has joined forces with us to help create the Personality and Cargo illustrations � without her help, we would be taking a lot longer to get everything done. Each of the twenty Personalities (ten female, ten male) will be based on one of the people who contributed to getting Star Traders done, with their permission, of course. We're getting photos and poses from everyone involved, and will be basing our illustrations on those. Richard Garriott (now as the Insider) is the first one finished; here is his image:

# ? Apr 14, 2016 03:00

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

Ragequit posted:

There is nothing tying me to a real name as well. I also don't use Twitter or Reddit, so that probably helps. Instead of Beet Wagon you should use more common words for usernames, like "Hello" and "the". This may require getting in on the ground floor for every single new service, so best of luck.

Yeah the only place Beet Wagon has ever been used is here and the reddit account of the same name that I use to troll shitizens (and it's what I call my car, but it's not like my license plate or anything). Some folks here know my other reddit account, but I'm 99% certain that's been scrubbed for any identifying data. The only thing I could think of would be if some image or another that I've posted up here either A) showed up in a GIS and was linked to somewhere else or B) contained a logo or piece of identifyiing material that I missed when I scrubbed them all out.

Honestly I'm probably alright, but it's still something I worry about occasionally.

# ? Apr 14, 2016 03:01

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# ? May 16, 2024 03:53

Samizdata: May 14, 2007

Beet Wagon posted:

ManOfMuchAutism it's cool dude, you're not even the worst poster we've had in here yet. You can still recover.

But seriously, post better. My collection of mangled CPR dummies has a better personality than you do right now.

Sorry, MoMA, but :master:

!!!

FATALITY!

# ? Apr 14, 2016 03:01

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