Star Citizen: Death of a Space Thread?

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Berious: Nov 13, 2005

chochmah posted:

Roberts is being modest this year:

fart shitzen is a legit esport. only the top 1% of players can open a door on the first try

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# ? May 31, 2024 08:53

Beet Wagon: Oct 19, 2015

chochmah posted:

Roberts is being modest this year:

Wait, is ROBERT SPACE taking up room in the "esports" section? Cause if so loving :laffo:

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:20

Tsar Mikey: Nov 30, 2005; When will then be now?

Someone post that picture of the cake that has Croberts face on it and it says "Robert need more gold." That wasn't just a fever dream was it?

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:21

Plural Abysss: Feb 25, 2016

D_Smart posted:

"I am done playing Star Citizen until 3.0"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPiwj2NVd2U&t=1046s

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:24

Slow_Moe: Feb 18, 2013

Star Citizen is everything to everyone, that includes esports :colbert:

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:24

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

Hot sataball action.

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:28

Eldragon: Feb 22, 2003

Mirificus posted:

The citizens keep whining about our failed mass refund plan, but really the guys we got on the inside are far more successful at sabotaging CIG. :shrug:

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:28

Tippis: Mar 21, 2008; It's yet another day in the wasteland.

Colostomy Bag posted:

Hot sataball action.

Kicking them hard drives into the net. Off-foul!

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:31

BeigeJacket: Jul 21, 2005

Whats going on with this gamescom 3.0 version? Clips?

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:34

Taintrunner: Apr 10, 2017; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

BeigeJacket posted:

Whats going on with this gamescom 3.0 version? Clips?

It's the full game, Chris Roberts has revolutionized videogames yet again, truly a hero of our times

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:39

doingitwrong: Jul 27, 2013

It's not that 3.0 isn't ready, it's that we're not ready for 3.0

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:41

BeigeJacket: Jul 21, 2005

Taintrunner posted:

It's the full game, Chris Roberts has revolutionized videogames yet again, truly a hero of our times

Refreshing turn of events!

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:42

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

They called their booth Robert Space Industries again? I thought that was just a typo the first time around lol

I guess that makes it company #15 under their belt

And being right beside the hottest FPS game will only make them look even more janky, I imagine people just pointing and laughing while having actual fun at the PUBG booth

Also if that isn't proof WTFO is on the CIG payroll, he quit streaming their game in a huff and now suddenly is back in like nothing happened, almost as if he got reminded the contract he signed had very specific terms

# ? Aug 21, 2017 21:54

AbstractNapper: Jun 5, 2011; I can help

Clearly we are no longer at 2.6.3 territory.

It's now pre-patch 3.0
(and has been for weeks!)

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:02

Dementropy: Aug 23, 2010

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:13

Variable 5: Apr 17, 2007; We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy.; Grimey Drawer

They're really committed to the "legal archive" story, aren't they?

Nobody better tell them what a subpoena is.

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:15

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

Dementropy posted:

*removed* :negative:

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:15

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

Variable 5 posted:

They're really committed to the "legal archive" story, aren't they?

Nobody better tell them what a subpoena is.

I think we'd need to explain what "discovery" is first.

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:16

Rad Russian: Aug 15, 2007; Soviet Power Supreme!

Sappo569 posted:

They called their booth Robert Space Industries again? I thought that was just a typo the first time around lol

It's some ingenious cover for future lawsuits by Ortwin. "Oh no, sir, our company RobertS Space Industries has never appeared in Gamescom to present a non-existent game for mass pre-sales. It was a completely different entity unrelated to our LLC. It appears the court should look for a certain Christ Robert to answer these questions, as he is listed as the individual running that company as far as I know."

Rad Russian fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Aug 21, 2017

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:22

Blue On Blue: Nov 14, 2012

Rad Russian posted:

It's some ingenious cover for future lawsuits by Ortwin. "Oh no, sir, our company RobertS Space Industries has never appeared in Gamescom to present a non-existent game for pre-sales. It was a completely different entity unrelated to our LLC."

I mean having seen the 12 other companies they're running, it wouldn't at all surprise me

It just makes it seem like a cheap chinese sweat shop booth trying to sell knock off jackets or something

COME TO NORF FACE FOR THE FINEST HIKING APPAREL!

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:27

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

Tijuana Bibliophile posted:

is this part of the new refund evasion script

I think one of the new ships they are going to sell is called the 600i. So I suspect this marketing gimmick involves tweeting out 600 ~~stupid~~ reasons to buy one.

If I could be bothered I'd make parody images involving the need for new office space doors.

Also while on the subject, if I could be bothered I'd respond to reddit Citizens posting paragraphs about bollocks that doesn't exist with "are you roleplaying?"

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:27

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

https://twitter.com/dsmart/status/899743469056471040

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:31

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

It's bad form to be your own signal booster

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:44

IncredibleIgloo: Feb 17, 2011

D_Smart posted:

https://twitter.com/dsmart/status/899743469056471040

Are you telling me that 3.0 might not come out during Gamescon?

I seem to remember someone calling that. Perhaps it was MoMa. Maybe Beet.

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:48

XK: Jul 9, 2001; Star Citizen is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it's fidelity when you look out your window or when you watch youtube

Daaaamn.

Derek lied about being in MENSA.

This changes everything.

# ? Aug 21, 2017 22:54

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

MENSA more liek DENSA amright what's with that guys balls anyways

# ? Aug 21, 2017 23:00

Dementropy: Aug 23, 2010

# ? Aug 21, 2017 23:04

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

XK posted:

Daaaamn.

Derek lied about being in MENSA.

This changes everything.

Well that's new. I was a MENSA member for almost 20 years.

ps: LOL!! Oh look, another avatar. :grin:

# ? Aug 21, 2017 23:06

Maw: Feb 18, 2013; Mere minutes after discovering the new technology, it was used to send me a crude ASCII dong.

Variable 5 posted:

They're really committed to the "legal archive" story, aren't they?

Nobody better tell them what a subpoena is.

It's extra odd because Derek himself tweets links to everything he ever writes anyway and then posts links to those tweets so it's not like them archiving him is needed

# ? Aug 21, 2017 23:09

Crazypoops: Jul 17, 2017

D_Smart posted:

Well that's new. I was a MENSA member for almost 20 years.

ps: LOL!! Oh look, another avatar.

MENSA

MENS

MEN

ME...

NSA!

OH SHI* *Radio fuzz*

# ? Aug 21, 2017 23:19

Lladre: Jun 28, 2011; Soiled Meat

Is there any truth to the rumor that Derek is changing his own avatar back and forth in a ploy to garner sympathy from his smarties clan?

# ? Aug 21, 2017 23:20

XK: Jul 9, 2001; Star Citizen is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it's fidelity when you look out your window or when you watch youtube

D_Smart posted:

Well that's new. I was a MENSA member for almost 20 years.

ps: LOL!! Oh look, another avatar.

I'm glad you eventually figured out they're fake.

They're like when you get offered to be in one of those "Who's Who in the 'X'" listings for a small $150 fee, except a nominal test is involved.

Holy moly, their membership listing is dire:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mensans

# ? Aug 21, 2017 23:21

Tippis: Mar 21, 2008; It's yet another day in the wasteland.

Maw posted:

It's extra odd because Derek himself tweets links to everything he ever writes anyway and then posts links to those tweets so it's not like them archiving him is needed

No, but you see, they post to archives of those links so as to not give him any traffic and thus not give him the pleasure of having their attention.

# ? Aug 21, 2017 23:23

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

Dementropy posted:

He's a loving moron. Aside from the fact that he's holding someone else accountable for some other person's behavior.

As I just posted on my forum.

quote:

As to the divorce, that their personal business, and we shouldn't care. The only reason that I even mentioned it is because of the nepotism that I had investigated and uncovered back in 2015, and for which I got attacked, called a liar etc. Until Chris himself confirmed it in his massive diatribe. So if it's true (according to public records, they have been married and divorced to each other, twice), then that's one count of nepotism out of the way. Divorced or not, they will ALL be held accountable when this poo poo-show collapses.

The main issue here is that a group of family and friends - a total of 9 people - under Chris Roberts, have been Unjustly Enriched from $156M given to them by backers, and for which, after 6 years, they have yet to deliver the promised products. Even as they continue to use scam tactics and lies to continue raising funds for a game they know they can't build as pitched back in 2012.

And elsewhere earlier today, I said:

quote:

Precisely. There are many - many - businesses (mostly small businesses) which employ family members. The issue with CIG is that, using crowd-funded money, Croberts enriched his family and friends, most of whom are OVER PAID, in the furtherance of this scheme. There is a reason why �Unjust Enrichment� is a thing.

And aside from Erin, he did try to hide the fact that he was married to Sandi.

Of course, it wasn�t until I did my investigative blog that it came to light that all the people currently involved in the project, are the same same friends (excluding Ortwin) and family (excluding Sandi) who were involved in previous train-wrecks, namely that whole Gizmondo fiasco which I wrote about back in 20152.

Basically they are Roberts (all three), Elms (all three), Derek Senior, Tony Zurovek, Ortwin and others on the fringe like David Swofford (marketing), Eric Peterson (who bailed earlier on) who go all the way back to the early days with Croberts.

If you don�t think that�s shady enough, they even removed her �Meet Sandi Gardiner� entry from the website shortly after my expose. This is the last capture from March 2013. And this was around the time she was going on interviews and claiming to have two degrees in marketing, so she was totally qualified to be VP Of Marketing for the project. All of which have proven to be false.

I don�t see how anyone thinks that if they had gone to VC for money, how any of this would have passed due diligence.

# ? Aug 21, 2017 23:23

big nipples big life: May 12, 2014

# ? Aug 21, 2017 23:26

D_Smart: May 11, 2010; by FactsAreUseless; College Slice

XK posted:

I'm glad you eventually figured out they're fake.

They're like when you get offered to be in one of those "Who's Who in the 'X'" listings for a small $150 fee, except a nominal test is involved.

Holy moly, their membership listing is dire:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mensans

I wouldn't go so far as to call them fake though. Back in the day, it was a big deal to get in. Even if you managed to solve their puzzle entry requirements.

# ? Aug 21, 2017 23:26