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Sillybones: Aug 10, 2013; go away,
spooky skeleton,
go away

these threads move to fast and make me weird post. and triple ppost

# ? Jan 28, 2017 07:33

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# ? May 14, 2024 20:18

Chunjee: Oct 27, 2004

The Titanic posted:

The programmers are hosed.

There's no way to build the dream game because their talent pool is devastated and the fuzzy, incomprehensible and inadequate designs that fail to work together just don't. It's a broken concept with no thought outside of "oh I have this idea!" from the CEO.

The ONLY people they have left who can produce content is artists.

Now imagine you have to show fake progress, and pretend to be making headway, 5 years into a hopeless project. Now also imagine you are addicted to drugs and money and care nothing about the actual game or your workers. You just want to feel like Scarface 24/7.

You try leaning on your programmers but they can't help you. Programming is actually hard.

So you have your art department. They can whip up poo poo fast, they can build a new model or a new movie to showcase "features" still in "production". They can make art that feigns progress.

Now imagine you are the artists. The whole work load of the company is on your shoulders. There's no game to show, there's no fun gameplay to make things better. There's art. Your art. And the boss is making demands 24/7. From "build me a loving sandworm for my video!" to "we need a loving space motorcycle!" to "I want a Jupiter mining base!" and "concept ships! Concept ships!"

You're going to get burned the gently caress out. I imagine it started off good, where they made stuff and cared. They may have GISd stuff, but they'd put effort into masking it, and it'd never be something from the first 20 results of "moon base" or "nebula".

The art backbone of CIG is showing cracks. Once that's gone, CIG will have literally nothing to fall back on. Every rushed, anger-inspired art piece is one more straw closer to the whole mess coming down. The artists are getting frustrated and I bet they are hugely overwhelmed and overworked, and frankly probably just a little bit upset with how they are treated.

So yeah, gonna use pick #4 in the GIS search for "nebula". Is it ripped off from another game? Don't care, that's what the crop tool is for.

Keep on doing what you're doing, CIG! Continue to be gamings biggest embarrassment for the next couple decades!

Chris shot himself in the foot by adding Star Marine. You can bet your jpegs all the programmers will be spending most of 2017 bandaid fixing there instead of working on the headaches of the rest of the game.

MeLKoR posted:

That commando is getting savaged by his own ship. Very stimperial. o4

This is a magic post; anytime I think about I start to chuckle.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 07:33

Dementropy: Aug 23, 2010

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/5qkn6m/star_citizen_used_eve_online_nebula/dd06w6p/

# ? Jan 28, 2017 07:34

Tokamak: Dec 22, 2004

Foo Diddley posted:

I'm sure it's just perfectly normal turnover. Most game companies go through employees quicker than the local McDonalds, right?

If the average person stays on for three years, and there are three hundred people, you'd expect two people leaving every week. Obviously I'm making some assumptions here, but it's safe to say that there will people regularly leaving any big company. With the amount of junior talent working at the studio, it probably isn't far off from a McDonalds.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 07:36

Chunjee: Oct 27, 2004

ManofManyAliases posted:

I know I said it a number of times: I really expect at least a mission or two out of SQ42 this year as a teaser, with release of SQ42 next year (summer maybe)? And I'm thinking we'll enter beta by the end of next year with full release in 2018. That said, my 'oh-poo poo' moment will likely be observation of progress by end of Q2 next year: if procedural tech, netcode and and other gameplay mechanics aren't more refined at that point, it's probably too far past a salvage point. Then again, I fully expect the grey-market to still be a viable alternative to offload most of my assets, even by Summer of next year.

MoMA can you name your most crucial 'must be working in 2017' feature? I'm pretty astonished a space game can get this far with no demonstratable mining or trade. But tell us what you think is most important. It's very easy to argue over if the netcode has improved or not so please choose something concrete.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 07:43

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

ManofManyAliases posted:

No - absolutely not. Just more FUD to get the thread moving a bit.

Prove it.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 08:18

Fargin Icehole: Feb 19, 2011; Pet me.

Sillybones posted:

these threads move to fast and make me weird post. and triple ppost

That's fine. nobody reads what the gently caress i post anyway, and everyone here loves to suck each other's dick (and/or hoo-hah, I don't discriminate) on this stupid megathread. cat post

# ? Jan 28, 2017 08:29

lazorexplosion: Mar 19, 2016

Raskolnikov posted:

answer the call

I have no idea what's happening here but it is good

# ? Jan 28, 2017 08:30

Foo Diddley: Oct 29, 2011; cat

ManofManyAliases posted:

No - absolutely not. Just more FUD to get the thread moving a bit.

FUD: Facts U Dislike

# ? Jan 28, 2017 08:34

ddiddles: Oct 21, 2008; Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic and so am I

Dementropy posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/5qkn6m/star_citizen_used_eve_online_nebula/dd06w6p/

Imagine being such a beta that the only thing you can think to spend your "disposable" 22k on is fake spaceships.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 08:46

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

ManofManyAliases posted:

No - absolutely not. Just more FUD to get the thread moving a bit.

I have it on good sources that they did happen.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 08:55

Zzr: Oct 6, 2016

ddiddles posted:

Imagine being such a beta that the only thing you can think to spend your "disposable" 22k on is fake spaceships.

A doctor interested in SC ? Probably a pediatrician.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 08:55

skaboomizzy: Nov 12, 2003; There is nothing I want to be. There is nothing I want to do.
I don't even have an image of what I want to be. I have nothing. All that exists is zero.

$22K would be better spent by me playing drunken poker at the dog track with free drinks

because at least I'd get drunk and have fun

# ? Jan 28, 2017 09:15

Daztek: Jun 2, 2006

You know something bad is happening when Toast starts posting a lot here

# ? Jan 28, 2017 09:19

Tijuana Bibliophile: Dec 30, 2008; Scratchmo

ManofManyAliases posted:

No - absolutely not. Just more FUD to get the thread moving a bit.

Hello lethality

# ? Jan 28, 2017 09:39

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

Foo Diddley posted:

FUD: Facts U Dislike

Funny Uncle Derek

# ? Jan 28, 2017 09:49

ewe2: Jul 1, 2009

ManofManyAliases posted:

Ok - an alpha version of a game-to-be. Whatever man.

Give us an alternative fact. We know you're full of them.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 10:41

it dont matter: Aug 29, 2008

ManofManyAliases posted:

a company making a revolutionary game?

Wow that sounds great when do you think they'll start working on that??

# ? Jan 28, 2017 10:48

CrazyLoon: Aug 10, 2015; "..."

Oh come on! A whole day of me awaiting what the 'big news' will be and instead we get some coy: "BTW more people left tee hee, can't say which?" Spill the goddamn beans, already, or don't do the hype train. After more than a year of going through this cocktease with the Warlord it does get kinda old.

MilesK posted:

Tho I at least appreciate some good ole Archering to fill the void.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 10:53

Wise Learned Man: Apr 22, 2008; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS; Lipstick Apathy

ManofManyAliases posted:

Lol no. My degrees mean I never need to work in sales. Thanks though.

Are you calling me a wageslave plebscrub?

# ? Jan 28, 2017 11:09

MedicineHut: Feb 25, 2016

ManofManyAliases posted:

Other than that, no investigations, no calls to cease business, no .... well, nothing at all!

Gotta hand you that one Toast. Not even a game.

e. darn need to read thread faster.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 11:17

Raskolnikov: Nov 25, 2003

ManofManyAliases posted:

Ok - an alpha version of a game-to-be. Whatever man.

Only registered members can see post attachments!

# ? Jan 28, 2017 11:41

intardnation: Feb 18, 2016; I'm going to space!

ewe2 posted:

Give us an alternative fact. We know you're full of them.

he has degrees.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 12:08

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

Never forget :911:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6UpYsOwlGY

# ? Jan 28, 2017 12:16

TrustmeImLegit: Jan 14, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

Theres a couple people in the Eve reddit thread saying SC can use it as its fair use for concepts.

Not if you are using it as marketing material dipshits.

edit: Christ now they're saying newsletters etc are just "inside looks at dev, not marketing"

TrustmeImLegit fucked around with this message at 12:44 on Jan 28, 2017

# ? Jan 28, 2017 12:35

nawledgelambo: Nov 8, 2016; Immersion chariot

ManofManyAliases posted:

Decent salary managing a multi-million dollar marketing campaign for a company making a revolutionary game? Sounds good. Sign me up.

Yea, it's called nepotism.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 12:37

Chalks: Sep 30, 2009

ManofManyAliases posted:

Decent salary managing a multi-million dollar marketing campaign for a company making a revolutionary game? Sounds good. Sign me up.

Urrr, I think you mean startup?

# ? Jan 28, 2017 12:43

MedicineHut: Feb 25, 2016

intardnation posted:

he has degrees.

Toast you mean? Nah, just a paralegal.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 12:46

Tokamak: Dec 22, 2004

I just noticed the thread Arf made in QCS.
lol

# ? Jan 28, 2017 12:56

Tijuana Bibliophile: Dec 30, 2008; Scratchmo

TrustmeImLegit posted:

Theres a couple people in the Eve reddit thread saying SC can use it as its fair use for concepts.

Not if you are using it as marketing material dipshits.

edit: Christ now they're saying newsletters etc are just "inside looks at dev, not marketing"

Reach a verdict, then interpret the law to justify it. That's how it works right?

# ? Jan 28, 2017 13:05

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

ARF ARF HE'S OUR MAN

IF HE KEEPS POSTING

HE'LL GET A BAN!

# ? Jan 28, 2017 13:06

Tijuana Bibliophile: Dec 30, 2008; Scratchmo

Tokamak posted:

I just noticed the thread Arf made in QCS.
lol

We better get some doxxing done before the next qcs thread shuts us down

# ? Jan 28, 2017 13:07

MedicineHut: Feb 25, 2016

Le funny game company

# ? Jan 28, 2017 13:19

ripptide: Jul 28, 2016

Kosumo posted:

IMHO that is far from them Archering it.

You guys are reaching on that.

The Other bit thought (nebula) is 100% ripped off.

Agreed. The overall CIG style is definitely "inspired" by the original, and the backdrop was absolutely archered, but the station looks too different. But then again, they've "borrowed" from several images to make a composite before.

# ? Jan 28, 2017 13:20