Star Citizen: Death of a Space Thread?

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alf_pogs: Feb 15, 2012

Star Citizen: I see no red light on this project

# ? Feb 27, 2017 01:24

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

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MeLKoR: Dec 23, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

# ? Feb 27, 2017 01:24

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

Can't wait for Suqrond 42

# ? Feb 27, 2017 01:29

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

Star Citizen: How work the gaming industry?

# ? Feb 27, 2017 01:33

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

Red Bull Games: The staggering size of Star Citizen, visualised

Rich Wordsworth and Jon Partridge on 23 February 2017 posted:

The world is full of all sorts of people. Some are captivated by fine art; others find solace in music. Some rep Pac, while others back Biggie. Some people believe pineapple constitutes an acceptable pizza topping. Some � and by some, we mean many, many, many � have backed Star Citizen, Chris Roberts� ambitious space exploration game.

Correspondingly, the universe must have room for even more people. Most of those people, by chance, like whizzing about in spaceships, swapping space whats-its and blowing each other up. But bobbing about in the vast void of the infinite, there are also people who like numbers.

�How big?� They cry, in wonder, as a new planet blinks into view. �How far?� They clamour, plotting course for an uncharted system. �How heavy?� They demand, as the gargantuan hulk of a space-freighter drifts silently past in the black. Which is a weird thing to ask about something in a weightless vacuum � but darn it, these people will have their answers!

It is in honour of these great quantifiers, these brave pioneers, that we present Red Bull�s very own Star Citizen infographic, summarising Cloud Imperium Games� epic journey so far, upending not merely a video game genre, but an entire industry business model in the process.

For in a hostile universe alive with pirates, duplicitous human pilots and giant sand worms, are these placid few, boldly going out with their galactic tape measures and weighing scales, not the true heirs of Kirk, Picard, Janeway and the guy from Deep Space Nine?

Peaceful charters of the stars: We salute you.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 01:47

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

I think it would be easier to visualize as how far away you could see a 140m stack of Benjamins burn.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 01:56

Thoatse: Feb 29, 2016; Lol said the scorpion, lmao

1,750,211 players have backed the game so far!

(anyone have a copy of Ortwin's response from StreetRoller's case handy?)

In other news, it was Star Citizen, right?
https://twitter.com/hotnews____/status/835993636194103298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
:ohdear:

# ? Feb 27, 2017 01:57

Thoatse: Feb 29, 2016; Lol said the scorpion, lmao

nvmd they said game

# ? Feb 27, 2017 01:58

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

# ? Feb 27, 2017 01:59

Roflan: Nov 25, 2007

Boasting about size will always confuse me most. Especially when it compares disfavorably to the examples they use. I also note that doesn't compare the size of the world to ED or even EVE. Because 100 systems is pathetic for a space game, especially these days. Saying it'd take 2 days to visit all the systems doesn't compare well to the 190,258 years it'd take to visit the 100 billion systems in ED or the equivalent time it'd take to find something fun to do in EVE.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 02:14

Kosumo: Apr 9, 2016

Star Citizen: Squandered $42,000,000 ... and counting

# ? Feb 27, 2017 02:18

Thoatse: Feb 29, 2016; Lol said the scorpion, lmao

Kosumo posted:

Star Citizen: Squandered $42,000,000 ... and counting

Where'd the other 100mil go?

# ? Feb 27, 2017 02:21

Pelican Dunderhead: Jun 16, 2010; Ah! Hello Ershin!; Pillbug

Raskolnikov posted:

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better than anything produced by cig

more pups

# ? Feb 27, 2017 02:28

Exinos: Mar 1, 2009; OSHA approved squiq

Thoatse posted:

Where'd the other 100mil go?

On vacation.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 02:28

Woolwich Bagnet: Apr 27, 2003

Did anyone post this yet because I just laughed for like 5 minutes

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:03

alf_pogs: Feb 15, 2012

Minnesota Mixup posted:

in the meantime we will have to console ourselves with new Zelda, Mass Effect and Red Dead Redemption

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:06

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

Minnesota Mixup posted:

Did anyone post this yet because I just laughed for like 5 minutes

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:13

Sandweed: Sep 7, 2006; All your friends are me.

cool new Polack jokes posted:

What's the best Earth-based flight simulator game?

There is only one ansver friendo

ACE COMBAT

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:17

Goobs: Jan 30, 2016; Doxcat is watching you PU.

alf_pogs posted:

in the meantime we will have to console ourselves with new Zelda, Mass Effect and Red Dead Redemption

Went all out for BoTW..got the master edition and all the amiibos for it. Rip wallet.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:18

Goobs: Jan 30, 2016; Doxcat is watching you PU.

Sandweed posted:

There is only one ansver friendo

ACE COMBAT

Ah, the "miku" jet. Timeless.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:19

Das Butterbrot: Dec 2, 2005; Lecker.

cool new Polack jokes posted:

What's the best Earth-based flight simulator game?

try DCS world. the base game with the SU-25T (ground-attack and anti-SAM plane, with basic systems simulation) and aerobatics version of the P51 (full systems simulation) is free . if you like it, consider buying the Flaming Cliffs package (2 ground attack planes and 3 fighter planes + variants with basic systems simulation) and the A-10C (full on sperg simulation) as your first upgrades.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:24

Lime Tonics: Nov 7, 2015; by FactsAreUseless

Cat Knocks On Door at Machine Gun Rate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOj_Kpbg9xU

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:35

Kosumo: Apr 9, 2016

Lime Tonics posted:

Cat Knocks On Door at Machine Gun Rate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOj_Kpbg9xU

lol at the other two cattes just mouching off the efforts of the grey. Classy catte behavior.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:44

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

Yeah, 1.7 million players. But need to reduce lobby count to 2 to fire up a game.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:44

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

quote:

Some rep Pac, while others back Biggie.

Whomever typed this into a computer, especially about a spaceship video game, should be put down.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:52

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

Sandweed posted:

There is only one ansver friendo

ACE COMBAT

# ? Feb 27, 2017 03:58

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

It's kind of funny, the only time SC streamers ever have viewers is when they put in big flashing letters "#GIVEAWAY!" in the title

# ? Feb 27, 2017 04:03

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

!rafflle

# ? Feb 27, 2017 04:14

Midnight Voyager: Jul 2, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

http://kotaku.com/the-newly-discovered-trappist-1-star-system-was-hiding-1792747651

I seriously want some Citizen reactions on this, especially the ones who say how soooooo realistic Star Citizen was compared to ED.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 04:49

Raskolnikov: Nov 25, 2003

Midnight Voyager posted:

http://kotaku.com/the-newly-discovered-trappist-1-star-system-was-hiding-1792747651

I seriously want some Citizen reactions on this, especially the ones who say how soooooo realistic Star Citizen was compared to ED.

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# ? Feb 27, 2017 04:57

bird with big dick: Oct 21, 2015

e: cat:

bird with big dick fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Feb 27, 2017

# ? Feb 27, 2017 05:08

Woolwich Bagnet: Apr 27, 2003

Midnight Voyager posted:

http://kotaku.com/the-newly-discovered-trappist-1-star-system-was-hiding-1792747651

I seriously want some Citizen reactions on this, especially the ones who say how soooooo realistic Star Citizen was compared to ED.

Star citizen is the most realistic game ever made.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 05:08

Ghostlight: Sep 25, 2009; maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me

Hell is just a word. The reality is much worse.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 05:10

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

Nipplevent Horizon.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 05:27

Thoatse: Feb 29, 2016; Lol said the scorpion, lmao

Where we're going, we don't need thighs to ski.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 06:33

no_recall: Aug 17, 2015; Lipstick Apathy

Ghostlight posted:

Hell is just a word. The reality is much worse.

Star Citizen : The reality is much worse

# ? Feb 27, 2017 06:45

Quavers: Feb 26, 2016; You clearly don't understand game development

Gamespot: " Star Citizen Adds New Ship, As Funding Passes $144 Million - Say hello to the A4A Hurricane."

"You can buy the Hurricane right now for $160 and up as part of a 'limited concept sale.' What this means is that 'the ship design meets our specifications, but it is not yet ready to display in your Hangar, fight in Arena Commander, or fly in the Alpha.' "

"So basically you can't use it yet."

The comments section is a warzone

Quavers fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Feb 27, 2017

# ? Feb 27, 2017 06:49

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

# ? Feb 27, 2017 06:49

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Sabreseven: Feb 27, 2016

Quavers posted:

Gamespot: " Star Citizen Adds New Ship, As Funding Passes $144 Million - Say hello to the A4A Hurricane."

"You can buy the Hurricane right now for $160 and up as part of a 'limited concept sale.' What this means is that 'the ship design meets our specifications, but it is not yet ready to display in your Hangar, fight in Arena Commander, or fly in the Alpha.' "

"So basically you can't use it yet."

The comments section is a warzone

From the comments:

quote:

people seem to ignore this little detail, almost on purpose. It's easier them to make fun of the epic project.

I've put exactly $60 into this game months ago, and now I get to play out the progress...And play on "day 1", not a bad deal.

Amazing, this person paid full price for an AAA game and he gets the added benefit of playing it on 'day 1' of release.

Why are other companies not doing this?... Oh wait.

# ? Feb 27, 2017 07:00

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