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DarkRefreshment: May 5, 2015; Nothing is funnier than a dog in a formal outfit. Look it up on the internets.

Guys I think CIG may have found a better way than nested GOTO statements... :vince:

# ? Jun 2, 2017 22:00

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 20:27

Hav: Dec 11, 2009; Fun Shoe

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

maybe ?

I was thinking more complimentary than comparing someone to Fishmech. Tenement Funster maybe.

edit: just joking.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 22:03

Tijuana Bibliophile: Dec 30, 2008; Scratchmo

Hav posted:

Splitting poo poo down into manageable pieces is not something that you do in year five, however.

I think it's okay as long as you give it a codename and version number

# ? Jun 2, 2017 22:04

kw0134: Apr 19, 2003; I buy feet pics🍆

Only in SC land can the equivalent of "we're building a car, and this year discovered you can weld metal together instead of banging on panels with rocks until they fuse" will get a standing ovation.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 22:20

DarkRefreshment: May 5, 2015; Nothing is funnier than a dog in a formal outfit. Look it up on the internets.

Naw that's crazy talk. Like telling Ben he doesn't have to have a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts as a side every meal.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 22:29

big nipples big life: May 12, 2014

Hav posted:

I was thinking more complimentary than comparing someone to Fishmech. Tenement Funster maybe.

edit: just joking.

He has a heroic rapsheet at least.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 22:37

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

MilesK posted:

Why� why did the UEE kill my family?

I grew up in a poor mining village on Lago in Nexus. I can barely remember my childhood� the love of family, a warm bed, stories my Mother told me of heroes fighting monsters. Little did I know that I would become the monster.

In 2933 my life abruptly changed. I was only a child then. One day I was salvaging parts off of a wreckage� and it began. The UEE unleashed a brutal assault on my village. I could see the smoke rising in the distance. I ran home only to find my family had been murdered and my village destroyed. A pirate found me searching through the rubble and offered to let me board his ship. We escaped and hid in Cathcart before the UEE could find us.

I lost everything that day.

I had nowhere to go. He took me under his wing as his own child. He taught me how to survive� how to fight. Most importantly, he taught me the old ways� the Lemegeton� how to hack consciousness with ritual� with blood. I fell in love with him� but I never revealed it to him� or anyone.

We operated in very nefarious parts of the galaxy� sometimes profitable, but always dangerous. One day, while doing a drug trade, we were caught in a UEE sting operation. We were tried and sent to prison.

I never saw him again.

In prison, I was treated like a piece of meat. Every night the guards took turns having their way with me. I�d close my eyes and pray� I prayed to the spirits for vengeance. One night, the guard that came into my cell was drunk, he could barely stand. I knew this was my opportunity. As he began to violate me, I shanked him in the eye. After quickly grabbing his weapon and key codes, I released as many of my cellmates as I could. We overtook the complacent guards and made our escape sustaining only minor injuries.

I�ve been on the run ever since.

I reunited with my old comrades and began preparing� preparing for my fight against the system. With hate in my heart, I began to assemble a fleet� waiting for the day my love would be released from prison and together we�d unleash our vengeance. This was the birth of the Anarchy Crime Network� and the day I became 4narchistX.

Join the fight.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 22:42

bbchops: Jul 26, 2001; Ho ho ho! I'll have the same again!; Nap Ghost

Ah, code reuse, the software panacea!

Space ships, space stations, they're basically the same, right?

# ? Jun 2, 2017 22:46

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

DarkRefreshment posted:

Standard prison rape fantasy in SC fan fic. Nothing new here

I can't tell the difference between fan fiction and the official lore.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 22:47

aleksendr: May 14, 2014

Scruffpuff posted:

Roberts' Law: Any game (real or theoretical) that does not have Chris Roberts at the helm is always closer to completion than one that does.
Corollary: Any game (real or theoretical) that does not have Chris Roberts at the helm is always higher quality than one that does.

Roberts Scale Scale to measure the ammount of deviation between a crowdsourcing project initial pitch and final delivered product. 1 being objectively exactly what was pitched and 10 being Star Citizen.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 22:52

Berious: Nov 13, 2005

The Titanic posted:

why do shitzens always write the worst kind of fanfic

# ? Jun 2, 2017 23:13

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

# ? Jun 2, 2017 23:19

Sunswipe: Feb 5, 2016; by Fluffdaddy

quote:

In prison, I was treated like a piece of meat. Every night the guards took turns having their way with me

That... that is not how I treat meat. I hope this person isn't a butcher.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 23:23

Nuclearmonkee: Jun 10, 2009

What is it about star citizen that attracts crazy fuckers with rape fetishes and fantasies.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 23:24

thatguy: Feb 5, 2003

Sunswipe posted:

That... that is not how I treat meat. I hope this person isn't a butcher.

If you don't season your steaks without at least three loads then I feel bad for you. MoMA back me up on this.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 23:25

thatguy: Feb 5, 2003

Nuclearmonkee posted:

What is it about star citizen that attracts crazy fuckers with rape fetishes and fantasies.

You can do anything in the 'verse. ANYTHING.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 23:26

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://twitter.com/CliffordakaMiku/status/870750895851487232

# ? Jun 2, 2017 23:29

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.instagram.com/p/BU2DazrjD-A/

can wait

# ? Jun 2, 2017 23:34

Zzr: Oct 6, 2016

Colostomy Bag posted:

The inevitable consequence of being incarcerated

See ? No AIDS protection increase dramatically the occurrence of rape.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 23:36

Morningwoodpecker: Jan 17, 2016; I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO BE THIS STUPID

BUT HERE YOU ARE

Nuclearmonkee posted:

What is it about star citizen that attracts crazy fuckers with rape fetishes and fantasies.

Have a look at the incel thread in GBS and you will understand the mind of the citizen.

# ? Jun 2, 2017 23:58

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

CIG: this week we cover how we can store game text as 'text' in what's generally called 'strings' in computey language so we no longer have to do our legacy 'scan of chris' handwriting + lovely OCR software' setup

Citizen:

I'm starting to believe the CIG database is actually some guy with a notebook trying to keep up with everything by hand.

Eventually they will discover a relational database and CR will be all "I have developed a new way of data handling that will improve the world!" :downsbravo:

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:01

Ramadu: Aug 25, 2004; 2015 NFL MVP

AP posted:

actually, this 100% owns and is the coolest thing ive seen from star citizen yet

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:03

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

AP posted:

https://twitter.com/CliffordakaMiku/status/870750895851487232

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:13

Kellanved: Sep 7, 2009

Why... are these people reinventing the wheel? It's the most frustrating poo poo, I went through it once I started programming for a living then I realized that I should git gud and read some loving books so I don't waste my time.

In big projects like this, shouldn't there be some sort of coding standard (that also includes the basic poo poo), enforced by the coding SS? It might suck, but the project won't grind to a halt if Joe goes on vacation.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:14

Sarsapariller: Aug 14, 2015; Occasional vampire queen

Just got back from the student film project that I bought my way into with 100's of thousands of dollars worth of backer-funded film equipment #la #hollywood #film #actress #acting #hireme #ohgod #desperate #Imayneverbefamous #pleaseletmebefamous

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:15

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

I don't see people talking about this little piece of ATV that absolutely could be the most important aspect of item 2.0 and more importantly, the future of Star Citizen. Forgive my formatting, I'm on mobile...

Check out the video from 20:15 - 23:05. Here, we learn the development strategy CIG is using to rework the Item 2.0 system. This strategy is considered "Best Practice" in the industry, as large companies begin to lose control and maintainability in their systems. Large applications or businesses made up of many different large applications lose the ability to create new functionality and maintain the code they have if everytime they need a task done, they write new code to do it. This sounds like the method taken in the original item system that has been a nightmare to maintain and increased time on creating new mechanics.

Breaking code out into reusable components is the way of the future... this code is then never copy pasted into new code blocks, but rather is referenced by the code that needs it. What that means, is when you go to implement a functionality in 1 ship, it carries over the existing, WORKING, logic to handle that action. If a change is needed to that functionality as a whole, it's 1 code change in 1 place for potentially DOZENS of use cases across all ships, stations, buildings, etc.

What we see here is not just an optimization for the 3.0 release, but an investment in the games future and maintainability. These kinds of development strategies mean we can see new content created faster, and existing content balanced, with fewer bugs.

this is the good stuff

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:21

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

Berious posted:

why do shitzens always write the worst kind of fanfic

I'm curious to know why they enjoy the rape fantasy, or the hard criminal who becomes the military hero. That's generally not how those go. I'm not saying it can't, but I know a lot of military guys and people with secret clearances and none of them have done worse than a traffic ticket.

And the really high grade people who can't even talk about their jobs usually also come with incredible education backgrounds from good schools.

So yeah. It's ok. Just occasionally you just got to wonder why they think the way they think. :confused:

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:30

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

AP posted:

https://twitter.com/CliffordakaMiku/status/870750895851487232

Lol he could have just said he really really loves his wife, but no... he said star citizen

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:31

nawledgelambo: Nov 8, 2016; Immersion chariot

AP posted:

https://twitter.com/CliffordakaMiku/status/870750895851487232

let's put aside the fact this guy has (probably more, at this point) than 50k into this. I honestly believe he could be a prime candidate for a case study and a thesis for a doctorates in a varying degree of mental illnesses; I mean, how loving sad is your life that your hobby is literally giving money to a gently caress up of a game company

Looking at poo poo like this is why CIG deserves to collapse

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:34

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

AP posted:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BU2DazrjD-A/

can wait

She probably needs a raise for how hard she works at CIG. Nights, weekends, never any time for herself or her true passion of professional acting.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:43

MinorInconvenience: Feb 24, 2017; Criminal lawyer or criminal, lawyer. Yeah. No difference.

nawledgelambo posted:

let's put aside the fact this guy has (probably more, at this point) than 50k into this. I honestly believe he could be a prime candidate for a case study and a thesis for a doctorates in a varying degree of mental illnesses; I mean, how loving sad is your life that your hobby is literally giving money to a gently caress up of a game company

Looking at poo poo like this is why CIG deserves to collapse

CIG deserves to collapse, but these idiot backers deserve about 3 seconds of sympathy and then hours and hours of ridicule. A fool and his money and all that. Jeez. What a great scam. Wish I'd thought of it.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:47

Hav: Dec 11, 2009; Fun Shoe

big nipples big life posted:

He has a heroic rapsheet at least.

Shitposting to aspire to.

Morningwoodpecker posted:

Have a look at the incel thread in GBS and you will understand the mind of the citizen.

Counterproposal: You cannot unsee those depths once exposed.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:47

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

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

CIG: this week we cover how we can store game text as 'text' in what's generally called 'strings' in computey language so we no longer have to do our legacy 'scan of chris' handwriting + lovely OCR software' setup

Citizen:

I'd upvote this, but I have run out of mouseClick(x,y) calls, and need to go order some more. What is the keyboard shortcut for inserting your credit card into the internet?

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:49

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

nawledgelambo posted:

let's put aside the fact this guy has (probably more, at this point) than 50k into this. I honestly believe he could be a prime candidate for a case study and a thesis for a doctorates in a varying degree of mental illnesses; I mean, how loving sad is your life that your hobby is literally giving money to a gently caress up of a game company

Looking at poo poo like this is why CIG deserves to collapse

What even is all that, the bags are obviously shirts or something

The boxes look like they're direct from China, but I can't even think of anything that CIG is shilling that he would want or need like 10 of

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:50

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

bbchops posted:

Ah, code reuse, the software panacea!

Space ships, space stations, they're basically the same, right?

Actually: yes.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:51

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

nawledgelambo posted:

let's put aside the fact this guy has (probably more, at this point) than 50k into this. I honestly believe he could be a prime candidate for a case study and a thesis for a doctorates in a varying degree of mental illnesses; I mean, how loving sad is your life that your hobby is literally giving money to a gently caress up of a game company

Looking at poo poo like this is why CIG deserves to collapse

Just to get cleared up on this: That guy is a video game journalist/writer and those boxes are donated by CIG so he can hand them out in some online raffles/competitions, right?

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:55

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

The best part of the collapse if going to be seeing lots of "I knew it was a risk, I got value for my money and that Serek Dmart wasn't right about anything"

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:57

radd: Jun 16, 2001; Super Spacefortress

Nuclearmonkee posted:

What is it about star citizen that attracts crazy fuckers with rape fetishes and fantasies.

It attracted a lot of people, but the crazy fuckers drove everyone else away so now they're all that's left.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:57

nawledgelambo: Nov 8, 2016; Immersion chariot

Sillybones posted:

Just to get cleared up on this: That guy is a video game journalist/writer and those boxes are donated by CIG so he can hand them out in some online raffles/competitions, right?

pretty sure he's just some weeb with a lucrative tech job

Sappo569 posted:

What even is all that, the bags are obviously shirts or something

The boxes look like they're direct from China, but I can't even think of anything that CIG is shilling that he would want or need like 10 of

If I remember right, those polaris t-shirts were just now starting to get into backers hands, so maybe that (who knows why anyone would want any amount of whatever is in those boxes)

# ? Jun 3, 2017 00:59

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 20:27

Amazing Zimmo: Jan 27, 2006; That's quite a load you got in them diapers

So it looks like CIG is going to miss E3 again this year.

http://mp037jm24.mapyourshow.com/7_0/alphalist.cfm?alpha=C

also no RSI.

# ? Jun 3, 2017 01:04

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