Star Citizen: Death of a Space Thread?

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Tijuana Bibliophile: Dec 30, 2008; Scratchmo

JugbandDude posted:

I was going for Taka due to the sheer smugness and self-righteousness in that post. But then again, Mr. Mothman is about the same, I truly can't tell one from the other.

So I guess I fail at obsessively hating the bad video game. At the same time, I succeed in narrowing down the list of suspects, so the FYAD guys can take me to internet jail now.

Mothman is more passive aggressive, Tarka is more combative (and slightly more stupid).

They're much the same I guess, but you wouldn't see Tarka open with a grammar complaint

# ? Mar 3, 2017 08:47

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# ? May 15, 2024 06:57

Tijuana Bibliophile: Dec 30, 2008; Scratchmo

# ? Mar 3, 2017 08:49

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

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

Seriously though I've got a whole heap of unused humble bundle codes that I should probably give away

There is a thread for that.

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3513572

# ? Mar 3, 2017 09:04

AP: Jul 12, 2004; One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them; Grimey Drawer

Lumberyard GDC 2017

# ? Mar 3, 2017 09:22

AP: Jul 12, 2004; One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them; Grimey Drawer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssj_Qd4hGB4

:gary:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/125631497?t=2h16m27s

AP fucked around with this message at 09:52 on Mar 3, 2017

# ? Mar 3, 2017 09:31

Bofast: Feb 21, 2011; Grimey Drawer

aleksendr posted:

Love the thousand hours in elite while saying its a bad game. FFS i dont even have that many free hours to play in a year. Paid shill detected.

I've "only" managed about 700 hours of Rocket League since it came out and that was with my being unemployed for 6 months or so shortly after its release. Would have been way less otherwise.
1100 hours in Elite and then not recommending it is just :rolleyes:

# ? Mar 3, 2017 09:39

AP: Jul 12, 2004; One Ring to fool them all
One Ring to find them
One Ring to milk them all
and pockets fully line them; Grimey Drawer

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/125631497?t=2h27m45s

# ? Mar 3, 2017 09:48

MeLKoR: Dec 23, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

AP posted:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/125631497?t=2h27m45s

All it's missing is a coke, fresh off the bottle.

e: holy poo poo, it is a genuine Doobie's. I can't believe I recognized this at a glance, what have I done with my life! :smith:

MeLKoR fucked around with this message at 09:57 on Mar 3, 2017

# ? Mar 3, 2017 09:55

Baxta: Feb 18, 2004; Needs More Pirate

AP posted:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/125631497?t=2h27m45s

The raw onion is really triggering me. Mods?

# ? Mar 3, 2017 10:06

Samizdata: May 14, 2007

Virtual Captain posted:

Eternator injection confirmed for 3.0. Praise the Stimperor

Welp, underwear options clinches a no sale for me. I don't want ANYTHING Roberts near my junk. No way, no how.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 10:37

Tijuana Bibliophile: Dec 30, 2008; Scratchmo

Baxta posted:

The raw onion is really triggering me. Mods?

Raw onion is good though, the lack of visible dog is what triggers me

# ? Mar 3, 2017 10:42

Tijuana Bibliophile: Dec 30, 2008; Scratchmo

Wait. There's really no dog in those buns, is there? That's just a huge heap of ketchup and onions on bread?

# ? Mar 3, 2017 10:46

biglads: Feb 21, 2007; I could've gone to Blatherwycke

There are no fries, "piled high" or otherwise.

A shameful doob

# ? Mar 3, 2017 11:08

grimcreaper: Jan 7, 2012

aleksendr posted:

Time to re-download and pach that up then. Looks like another subject wont survive his interrogation tonight.

Good. Let none survive.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 11:31

MeLKoR: Dec 23, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

Wait. There's really no dog in those buns, is there? That's just a huge heap of ketchup and onions on bread?

There was a blocker but it should be coming out of the new refactored pipeline any minute now.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 11:44

it dont matter: Aug 29, 2008

biglads posted:

There are no fries, "piled high" or otherwise.

A shameful doob

The fries just plum give out

# ? Mar 3, 2017 12:22

TrustmeImLegit: Jan 14, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

I literally don't even understand the premise or purpose behind 'archiving for future reference' a guy's tweets.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 13:39

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

TrustmeImLegit posted:

I literally don't even understand the premise or purpose behind 'archiving for future reference' a guy's tweets.

Maybe he'll want to purge them from the internets, kinda like the manual for Battlecruiser Millenium Gold is off-limits on replacementdocs.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 13:48

Daztek: Jun 2, 2006

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/5x7jm4/after_this_atv_none_of_you_get_to_say_cig_shows/deg988w/

# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:00

Michaellaneous: Oct 30, 2013

Is Eric Smarf the new flavor of the month for Derek Smart?

# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:25

Enchanted Hat: Aug 18, 2013; Defeated in Diplomacy under suspicious circumstances

Daztek posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/5x7jm4/after_this_atv_none_of_you_get_to_say_cig_shows/deg988w/

So after Arena Commander and the PU, they've run out of things, and have to start listing out subcomponents of the PU.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:28

orcane: Jun 13, 2012; Fun Shoe

These people have serious brain damage :psyduck:

# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:28

Dementropy: Aug 23, 2010

Daztek posted:

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/5x7jm4/after_this_atv_none_of_you_get_to_say_cig_shows/deg988w/

https://www.reddit.com/r/DerekSmart/comments/5vfci8/derek_smart_on_something_awful_how_dumb_are_these/de3r4b9/

# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:29

Slow_Moe: Feb 18, 2013

Michaellaneous posted:

Is Eric Smarf the new flavor of the month for Derek Smart?

Yes. Because you see, of you use Derek Smarts true name then you will summon him. And they are afraid of that.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:31

MeLKoR: Dec 23, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

aleksendr posted:

Remastered does not use the original, homeworld 1 physics based projectile system. Its RNG chance to hit and damage so it does not play exactly the same and more like your usual RTS.

You can Skip Moo1. It was very good for its time, but now tamagochi from the dollar store have more processing power that the PC it was designed for.

Moo2 is a classic that aged quite nicely. Like Alpha Centauri it need to be played by any 4X lover.

Moo3 is a special case. Some people like it, some people cant stand it. One of the complaint about Moo2 was that you had to micromanage nearly everything, one planet or fleet at a time, so past a certain point (say, 20+ systems) the game turned into a chore, making large map game boring past the first half.

They adressed this in Moo3, but went overboard, allowing you to automate nearly everything and making the scale so large that you need to use the automated system to get anywhere. You dont go to a shipyard and say "produce this ship model this turn", you instead go to your system governor, set priority to ship production via rules and look as all the shipyards in the sector begin spewing dozens of fighters that instantly set ahead to the rally point you designed. Some people want that in a 4X, other people complained the game could "play itself" once you put in a few basic rules and did not like it.

I did not have the time to play Moo4 yet.

It's a pity no one knows Stars!. It's the spiritual successor to VGA Planets and the graphics are rudimentary but I SWEAR TO GOD it's the best 4X game ever. I played that poo poo an unhealthy number of hours. You can fully customize your race to take wildly different approaches and gameplay styles, use mass drivers to send EVE sized asteroids to your enemy's planets, lay minefields, and a number of crazy poo poo you can't do in any other game. Since you can automate pretty much everything so if you go for a huge galaxy the whole thing devolves into an insane scale slaughter with dozens of battle fronts and a war economy that resembles WH40K. While you strip mine everything and send resources to foundry planets near the front your inner core becomes a factory of cannon fodder to fight in the massive invasions against whatever hosed up races inhabit the targets at the moment.

It's been over a decade since I last played it but if you get over the graphics there is genuine 4X gold in there.

e: I loving loved minefields, usually picked "extra mines" as a perk. planet killer sized asteroids are a valid strategy that is much harder to fight against but it's incredibly expensive to essentially make an asteroid out of rare metals.

e2: to clarify, the AI is perfectly serviceable to play solo, I doubt there is anyone in the world still playing this the BBS style multiplayer way

MeLKoR fucked around with this message at 14:42 on Mar 3, 2017

# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:33

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

Or maybe spending $2,500 on DLC for a game that isn't even out yet is objectively loving stupid.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:41

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Baxta posted:

The raw onion is really triggering me. Mods?

I could probate you for a bit if that would help.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:42

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

I'm glad the Doobie saga is still alive in our hearts

# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:49

MeLKoR: Dec 23, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

poo poo, I hadn't thought about that game in ages. I really advise anyone that seriously likes 4X games to give it a try. It seems daunting at first but play a couple of rounds in a tiny galaxy against a single other race and you should get the hang of it. I remember the tutorials were enough to get the basics of the game and - most important of all - how to automate tasks. If you then want to explore the glorious depths of gameplay it allows for you would do well to read something online about race customization and different play styles just to get an idea of what can be done. You really can have entirely different game play experiences, and if you enjoy having a gigantic galaxy to conquer as well as depth then this is the game.

e: Warning if you go for the biggest galaxies late in the game a single turn can take a couple of hours even with all the automation simply due to the scale of the universe. You'll end up coordinating dozens of invasions, space battles, mine clearing, mine laying, adapting your ship production to fight the different enemies on different fronts, etc... I loved it but it can get really insane. I strongly advise people try tiny galaxies at first.

e2: it's not Dwarf Fortress levels of autism but it does takes a pinch of the 'tism to properly appreciate it.

MeLKoR fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Mar 3, 2017

# ? Mar 3, 2017 14:50

spacetoaster: Feb 10, 2014

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

What was it?

Probably nothing important.

I just like to imagine the redditors reading this thread frantically trying to figure out what we're doing next (hint: Nothing, because we are just watching and laughing now).

# ? Mar 3, 2017 15:01

TrustmeImLegit: Jan 14, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

spacetoaster posted:

Probably nothing important.

I just like to imagine the redditors reading this thread frantically trying to figure out what we're doing next (hint: Nothing, because we are just watching and laughing now).

All the important operations info is in the platinum forum anyway.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 15:04

TrustmeImLegit: Jan 14, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

Also I don't understand their subreddit moderating.

DSmartisGOD posts really trolly stuff with impunity but my tepid posts I make once a week usually just fact correcting something are shadowbanned and never appear.

edit: Well I sorta get it now. It gives the citizens their 2 minutes hate while mine bring up uncomfortable realities. But still.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 15:05

big nipples big life: May 12, 2014

Sappo569 posted:

I'm glad the Doobie saga is still alive in our hearts

# ? Mar 3, 2017 15:12

Mystic Cave zOWNd: Dec 22, 2006; Trixie bravely turned her tail and fled

^{And there was much rejoicing.}

MeLKoR posted:

It's a pity no one knows Stars!. It's the spiritual successor to VGA Planets and the graphics are rudimentary but I SWEAR TO GOD it's the best 4X game ever.

Seconding that Stars! absolutely owns bones. I still find it horrendously difficult to be honest, but I also get a kick out of the game declaring me a loser and clawing a niche out. My favourite race type is super stealth, nothing like being completely invisible and warping through minefields without giving a gently caress.

As for multiplayer, you can set up a game on a network share and effectively play it in realtime as long as you trust everyone to only use their own saves, or set up permissions I guess. It can be awkward to set up, but a Google drive folder would probably work.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 15:21

Bofast: Feb 21, 2011; Grimey Drawer

MeLKoR posted:

It's a pity no one knows Stars!. It's the spiritual successor to VGA Planets and the graphics are rudimentary but I SWEAR TO GOD it's the best 4X game ever. I played that poo poo an unhealthy number of hours. You can fully customize your race to take wildly different approaches and gameplay styles, use mass drivers to send EVE sized asteroids to your enemy's planets, lay minefields, and a number of crazy poo poo you can't do in any other game. Since you can automate pretty much everything so if you go for a huge galaxy the whole thing devolves into an insane scale slaughter with dozens of battle fronts and a war economy that resembles WH40K. While you strip mine everything and send resources to foundry planets near the front your inner core becomes a factory of cannon fodder to fight in the massive invasions against whatever hosed up races inhabit the targets at the moment.

It's been over a decade since I last played it but if you get over the graphics there is genuine 4X gold in there.

e: I loving loved minefields, usually picked "extra mines" as a perk. planet killer sized asteroids are a valid strategy that is much harder to fight against but it's incredibly expensive to essentially make an asteroid out of rare metals.

e2: to clarify, the AI is perfectly serviceable to play solo, I doubt there is anyone in the world still playing this the BBS style multiplayer way

If you haven't already played it, I would recommend trying Space Empires IV (the older versions are all 16-bit and don't run on 64-bit Windows, and SE V is very different). Minefields, satellites, baseships, blowing up planets/stars, building ringworlds etc. It has a couple of cool mods, too.

# ? Mar 3, 2017 15:21

it dont matter: Aug 29, 2008

Sappo569 posted:

I'm glad the Doobie saga is still alive in our hearts

Let the kids!!!..... have their space game!

# ? Mar 3, 2017 15:33

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

Ol Cactus Dick posted:

also raw onions are bad and I'm not afraid to say it :colbert:

# ? Mar 3, 2017 15:38

MeLKoR: Dec 23, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

Beet Wagon posted:

also raw onions are bad and I'm not afraid to say it

MODS?

# ? Mar 3, 2017 15:43

MeLKoR: Dec 23, 2004; by FactsAreUseless

Bofast posted:

If you haven't already played it, I would recommend trying Space Empires IV (the older versions are all 16-bit and don't run on 64-bit Windows, and SE V is very different). Minefields, satellites, baseships, blowing up planets/stars, building ringworlds etc. It has a couple of cool mods, too.

I'll definitely give it a go.

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Mr.Tophat: Apr 7, 2007; You clearly don't understand joke development

I didn't realise that some people eat raw onions who weren't lizardpeople australian politicians, what is wrong with you, put some heat on that junk

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