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TheAgent: Feb 16, 2002; The call is coming from inside Dr. House; Grimey Drawer

guys guys hey

cig isn't at e3 because it's just way too expensive

instead they are hosting citizencon in a super expensive, LA landmark that I'm sure they can just squat in and costs like 0 dollars

meanwhile on a twitch stream with more viewers:

https://www.twitch.tv/warlegend

he keeps getting killed by the loving airlock lol

TheAgent fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Jun 15, 2016

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:32

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# ? Jun 2, 2024 20:26

Samizdata: May 14, 2007

AP posted:

https://www.twitch.tv/twerk17

Bored Gamer is saying Saitek and AMD are going to send him loads of poo poo to play with, Peter you ought to get onto this free bandwagon considering your popularity on youtube.

I mean, seriously, stop mocking him How is he supposed to HOTAS with no thumbs, huh? Insensitive SmartGoon...

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:35

his nibs: Feb 27, 2016; Welcome to the
Dream Factory; Grimey Drawer

https://www.twitch.tv/papadolvak

3 viewers

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:37

Colostomy Bag: Jan 11, 2016; C-Bangin' it

TheAgent posted:

guys guys hey

cig isn't at e3 because it's just way too expensive

instead they are hosting citizencon in a super expensive, LA landmark that I'm sure they can just squat in and costs like 0 dollars

Looking forward to the yearly Reddit post reminding attendees to shower, brush their teeth and wear clean clothes to Citizencon.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:38

SelenicMartian: Sep 14, 2013; Sometimes it's not the bomb that's retarded.

his nibs posted:

https://www.twitch.tv/papadolvak

3 viewers

Star Citizen 2.4: Pestilence is in.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:38

POOL IS CLOSED: Jul 14, 2011; I'm just exploding with mackerel. This is the aji wo kutta of my discontent.; Pillbug

Propagandist posted:

I'd wager they didn't want to actually dream. They wanted to pay thousands of dollars of their ~expendable income~ to have amazing ships that set them apart status and performance wise than others. You can only pay to win so hard these days in other games, getting currency relatively faster or removing lockout timers or buying cosmetic poo poo. This was the way to really cash in.

And of course they thought it'd be pay to win, despite what Crobblerobblerobble said in the kickstarter. Why the gently caress else would they sell a spaceship for hundreds of dollars that you could supposedly buy in game?

All they got now is dreams, man. No pay to win space sim; just infinitely refactored dreams.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:41

Fat Shat Sings: Jan 24, 2016

Propagandist posted:

I'd wager they didn't want to actually dream. They wanted to pay thousands of dollars of their ~expendable income~ to have amazing ships that set them apart status and performance wise than others. You can only pay to win so hard these days in other games, getting currency relatively faster or removing lockout timers or buying cosmetic poo poo. This was the way to really cash in.

And of course they thought it'd be pay to win, despite what Crobblerobblerobble said in the kickstarter. Why the gently caress else would they sell a spaceship for hundreds of dollars that you could supposedly buy in game?

I dunno, some of the mobile phone games are getting pretty ridiculous.

One of the 3d combat ones, you can grind for like a week to get one red inventory item (of which you can equip like ten) or you just pay money for a chance at them. Then you can upgrade them with a chance to fail, so that anything above +20 has less than a 1% chance of succeeding and costs 2+ days worth of in game currency to even attempt, per item. Or you can pay $40 to have it succeed every time.

The rarest pets either take weeks of in game currency / time to grind for, or you can pay $100-$150 for one. Then to upgrade it past +16 you need an exact duplicate of the pet. And since there are 10 kinds you have a 10% chance, every few weeks, of even getting the pet you have to give it a +1, or you can pay $150 again.

So of course there are people with all items at +30 and +25 pets being smug in the chats about how awesome they are when their characters cost about $4000 and are completely worthless outside of a mobile RPG that will be forgotten in a year.

I tried another one that was a space RTS mobile phone game. You could grind for different levels of jewels to level up your captains. I spent a couple months playing it for free and had like a level 2 ultra rare captain and a few level 3 rare captains but doing multiplayer I'd have to go up against people with level 10-20 rare captains that cost probably $500-750 each and each fleet can have up to 9 captains. Of course these people would just sit in chat and tell everyone to learn how to play being incredibly smug the entire time.

The whales just got ahead of themselves this time and went all in on the expectation of being able to be smug pieces of poo poo that pay for validation before the game even existed.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:42

Lladre: Jun 28, 2011; Soiled Meat

TheAgent posted:

instead they are hosting citizencon in a super expensive, LA landmark that I'm sure they can just squat in and costs like 0 dollars

For us people who don't know anything about LA, where are they hosting it?

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:42

h3isenbug: Jun 5, 2016; Right Meow!

T.G. Xarbala posted:

Hey check out the thread title

[Edit: Changed image URL to https instead of http]

h3isenbug fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Jun 15, 2016

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:46

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

Fat Shat Sings posted:

I dunno, some of the mobile phone games are getting pretty ridiculous.

One of the 3d combat ones, you can grind for like a week to get one red inventory item (of which you can equip like ten) or you just pay money for a chance at them. Then you can upgrade them with a chance to fail, so that anything above +20 has less than a 1% chance of succeeding and costs 2+ days worth of in game currency to even attempt, per item. Or you can pay $40 to have it succeed every time.

The rarest pets either take weeks of in game currency / time to grind for, or you can pay $100-$150 for one. Then to upgrade it past +16 you need an exact duplicate of the pet. And since there are 10 kinds you have a 10% chance, every few weeks, of even getting the pet you have to give it a +1, or you can pay $150 again.

So of course there are people with all items at +30 and +25 pets being smug in the chats about how awesome they are when their characters cost about $4000 and are completely worthless outside of a mobile RPG that will be forgotten in a year.

I tried another one that was a space RTS mobile phone game. You could grind for different levels of jewels to level up your captains. I spent a couple months playing it for free and had like a level 2 ultra rare captain and a few level 3 rare captains but doing multiplayer I'd have to go up against people with level 10-20 rare captains that cost probably $500-750 each and each fleet can have up to 9 captains. Of course these people would just sit in chat and tell everyone to learn how to play being incredibly smug the entire time.

The whales just got ahead of themselves this time and went all in on the expectation of being able to be smug pieces of poo poo that pay for validation before the game even existed.

Star Citizen: Macrotransaction Pioneers

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:48

TheAgent: Feb 16, 2002; The call is coming from inside Dr. House; Grimey Drawer

Lladre posted:

For us people who don't know anything about LA, where are they hosting it?

http://avalonhollywood.com/

I've been there a few times for some hollywood mixer type things (and a sweet 16 party of all loving things)

they custom set up all the lighting, video, sound, all that poo poo

it's not cheap

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:52

Beexoffel: Oct 4, 2015; Herald of the Stimpire

Colostomy Bag posted:

Thanks for the memories. 68K assembler was such a pleasure.

IIRC, ARM assembly is alike to it. So maybe you can put your old skills to use on modern mobile stuff and Raspberry Pis?

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:53

Justin Tyme: Feb 22, 2011

So has anyone figured out why the SC TOS is the same as Eternal Crusade's?

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:54

MarcusSA: Sep 23, 2007

Justin Tyme posted:

So has anyone figured out why the SC TOS is the same as Eternal Crusade's?

Yeah I feel like this hasn't gotten as much play as it should be getting. I mean come on...

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:55

TheAgent: Feb 16, 2002; The call is coming from inside Dr. House; Grimey Drawer

MarcusSA posted:

Yeah I feel like this hasn't gotten as much play as it should be getting. I mean come on...

its all being run from the same turbulent crowdfunding platform

http://www.turbulent.ca/our-portfolio/308-warhammer-40-000-eternal-crusade

thought that was general knowledge

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:57

SerCypher: May 10, 2006; Gay baby jail...? What the hell?

I really don't like the sound of that...; Fun Shoe

MarcusSA posted:

Yeah I feel like this hasn't gotten as much play as it should be getting. I mean come on...

Well, probably because it's not a real game that will ever come out as advertised either.

Are there any games that share that TOS that aren't incompetent shitfests.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 21:59

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

This stream is goddamn awful.

A Gooncast with three idiots reading shitposts out loud would get more views than this.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:00

Lladre: Jun 28, 2011; Soiled Meat

TheAgent posted:

http://avalonhollywood.com/

I've been there a few times for some hollywood mixer type things (and a sweet 16 party of all loving things)

they custom set up all the lighting, video, sound, all that poo poo

it's not cheap

Thanks.

So it's really not a CONvention at all, just a show, a song and dance if you will.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:01

Furia: Jul 26, 2015; Grimey Drawer

MarcusSA posted:

Yeah I feel like this hasn't gotten as much play as it should be getting. I mean come on...

Apparently it's also similar to seven other game's TOS. I would wager that it's just a basic template TOS that you use for your scummy game company

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:01

MarcusSA: Sep 23, 2007

Furia posted:

Apparently it's also similar to seven other game's TOS. I would wager that it's just a basic template TOS that you use for your scummy game company

I must have missed that part. Carry on then!

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:03

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

~~** I cry everytime **~~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02xIa4MXKsU

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:04

Tank Boy Ken: Aug 24, 2012; J4G for life; Fallen Rib

GS: sample Terms of Service:
https://termsfeed.com/blog/sample-terms-and-conditions-template/

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:06

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

Tank Boy Ken posted:

GS: sample Terms of Service:
https://termsfeed.com/blog/sample-terms-and-conditions-template/

Where do I sign?

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:07

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

peter gabriel posted:

~~** I cry everytime **~~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02xIa4MXKsU

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:09

Colostomy Bag: Jan 11, 2016; C-Bangin' it

TheAgent posted:

http://avalonhollywood.com/

I've been there a few times for some hollywood mixer type things (and a sweet 16 party of all loving things)

they custom set up all the lighting, video, sound, all that poo poo

it's not cheap

CIG sold 600 tickets at $45 a pop for $27,000. In your WAG, did that make a dent at all?

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:09

Tank Boy Ken: Aug 24, 2012; J4G for life; Fallen Rib

peter gabriel posted:

Where do I sign?

I do get a bit annoyed when asked for sign. You know we never promisded a sign... on it's own. You see s and i, g and even n it's already in there. Right there in the ToS.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:11

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

AP posted:

https://www.twitch.tv/twerk17

Bored Gamer is saying Saitek and AMD are going to send him loads of poo poo to play with, Peter you ought to get onto this free bandwagon considering your popularity on youtube.

Now they're pouring over the Caterpillar images from the vault.

http://imgur.com/a/wgEPD

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:12

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

gently caress me this is unwatchable and painfully dull.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:14

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

Tank Boy Ken posted:

I do get a bit annoyed when asked for sign. You know we never promisded a sign... on it's own. You see s and i, g and even n it's already in there. Right there in the ToS.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:14

Colostomy Bag: Jan 11, 2016; C-Bangin' it

Beexoffel posted:

IIRC, ARM assembly is alike to it. So maybe you can put your old skills to use on modern mobile stuff and Raspberry Pis?

Yeah, I'll have to take another look. Instruction sets/architecture always have my interest. From MIPS and register windows to the Itanic (I actually wanted EPIC to succeed...I know grief) is all good stuff.

Craziest assembler I ever wrote was for a VAX 11/780. Slow as crap, but it was basically like writing BASIC.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:18

Lladre: Jun 28, 2011; Soiled Meat

Colostomy Bag posted:

CIG sold 600 tickets at $45 a pop for $27,000. In your WAG, did that make a dent at all?

I think that when a venue has vip table service starting at 800 minimum, then no. 27k is maybe the down payment.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:19

Tank Boy Ken: Aug 24, 2012; J4G for life; Fallen Rib

Derek is tweeting:
https://twitter.com/dsmart/status/743149948070408193

Bonus: Derek on AMD - CIG non-promo http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sopuk9

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:19

Tank Boy Ken: Aug 24, 2012; J4G for life; Fallen Rib

Just thought about our new forum members. I guess most of you are nerds. So chances are good that you do like :battletech:, if you do so, go here and ~~have fun~~ get rid of some free time: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3383329. This is a Let's play Battletech thread, which started in 2011.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:22

Colostomy Bag: Jan 11, 2016; C-Bangin' it

Lladre posted:

I think that when a venue has vip table service starting at 800 minimum, then no. 27k is maybe the down payment.

That's what I was thinking. Funny thing is they sold out in 9 minutes. They could have charged $100 a ticket without issue. Although at that point I would expect a taco bar at least.

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:23

Bmac32: Nov 25, 2012

Colostomy Bag posted:

Easier said than done. With a 9:1 NPC count handling security, a fleshed out bounty system combined with space court...space will be grief free.

There are two certain things in the 'verse, parps and grief.

(( also, someone shoot me for saying 'verse ))

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:23

RattiRatto: Jun 26, 2014; :I'd like to borrow $200M

:To make vidya game

peter gabriel posted:

~~** I cry everytime **~~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02xIa4MXKsU

we share the same dream commando 09

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:23

Raskolnikov: Nov 25, 2003

TheAgent posted:

http://avalonhollywood.com/

I've been there a few times for some hollywood mixer type things (and a sweet 16 party of all loving things)

they custom set up all the lighting, video, sound, all that poo poo

it's not cheap

This was the number one reason I went to Citcon2014. It was a nice venue. It turns out spacewhales can ruin anything.

Are tickets sold out again? I would love to go and laugh at Wulge again

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:24

ahmini: May 5, 2009

peter gabriel posted:

~~** I cry everytime **~~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02xIa4MXKsU

Alternatively, if you're penniless, you can enjoy what is basically an earlier version of the engine (still with some great netcode), updated by people by enthusiasts for ~18 years now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r9Y8rgp9N4

# ? Jun 15, 2016 22:24