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

Don't feel bad. Rub one out.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:08

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# ? May 31, 2024 00:11

NoNotTheMindProbe: Aug 9, 2010; pony porn was here

You could have bought 100 games off steam for that.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:09

TheAgent: Feb 16, 2002; The call is coming from inside Dr. House; Grimey Drawer

games are for losers

now watch this anime

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:09

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

Fangrim posted:

My bad.

Wasn't $2,200 - was $2,800 *sigh*

All in all, it amounted to �2,200 which is about $2,800.

�1,500 for the pledge "Be a Jameson", the rest in supporting a novel and a crapton of merchandise.

I did get hundreds of hours of good times out of it though, so money's not completely wasted.

I wanted to support the game of my dreams, but it deviated too far from what I imagined, and ended up feeling too empty, grindy and shallow for my tastes.

keep going, I'm almost there

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:10

TheAgent: Feb 16, 2002; The call is coming from inside Dr. House; Grimey Drawer

$2800 is my gaming budget for two loving years

maybe even longer, including hardware

gotdang

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:10

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

Fangrim posted:

My bad.

Wasn't $2,200 - was $2,800 *sigh*

All in all, it amounted to �2,200 which is about $2,800.

�1,500 for the pledge "Be a Jameson", the rest in supporting a novel and a crapton of merchandise.

I did get hundreds of hours of good times out of it though, so money's not completely wasted.

I wanted to support the game of my dreams, but it deviated too far from what I imagined, and ended up feeling too empty, grindy and shallow for my tastes.

What did (do?) you want in the game? Do you think Frontier will add it in 2.4 or the updates afterwards?

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:11

Polish Avenger: Feb 13, 2007; has an invalid opinion.

By Star Citizen standards hes gotten away with highway robbery. He pledged way too much money on a game with realistic scope, that came out basically on time (?) and is a pretty good example of the genre while not perfect.

Shitizens should ask him for stock tips.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:12

NoNotTheMindProbe: Aug 9, 2010; pony porn was here

I got 874 hours in Warthunder over the years and that game cost $0.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:12

Michaellaneous: Oct 30, 2013

Fangrim posted:

My bad.

Wasn't $2,200 - was $2,800 *sigh*

All in all, it amounted to £2,200 which is about $2,800.

£1,500 for the pledge "Be a Jameson", the rest in supporting a novel and a crapton of merchandise.

I did get hundreds of hours of good times out of it though, so money's not completely wasted.

I wanted to support the game of my dreams, but it deviated too far from what I imagined, and ended up feeling too empty, grindy and shallow for my tastes.

God I am so aroused.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:13

Chalks: Sep 30, 2009

What the hell do people expect to happen when they give a stupid amount of money to a video game?

"I liked a game once that cost �20 - so if I paid �2000 for it it would have been 100x better!!"

I mean seriously do you offer to pay 100x the price at restaurants and are sad when it was just a nice meal?

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:15

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

TheAgent posted:

imagine having to explain that poo poo on a date lol

He's going to have to explain that tattoo by the end of the day. Probably already is regretting it.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:15

thatguy: Feb 5, 2003

Percelus posted:

aren't they a little embarrassed the supposed game they are streaming has literally nothing to do in it except show off the bugs

There weren't even a lot of bugs today to be honest.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:16

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

Fangrim posted:

My bad.

Wasn't $2,200 - was $2,800 *sigh*

All in all, it amounted to �2,200 which is about $2,800.

�1,500 for the pledge "Be a Jameson", the rest in supporting a novel and a crapton of merchandise.

I did get hundreds of hours of good times out of it though, so money's not completely wasted.

I wanted to support the game of my dreams, but it deviated too far from what I imagined, and ended up feeling too empty, grindy and shallow for my tastes.

May I suggest that you try Star Citizen? For 2500 bux, it comes with dreams and a dragon dildo :shrug:

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:17

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

Polish Avenger posted:

By Star Citizen standards hes gotten away with highway robbery. He pledged way too much money on a game with realistic scope, that came out basically on time (?) and is a pretty good example of the genre while not perfect.

Shitizens should ask him for stock tips.

Elite Dangerous released 9 months late - it was originally estimated at March 2014 in the Kickstarter. Horizons is also taking much longer than players guessed (thought roughly a year). The expansions (spacelegs, ship boarding, station interiors) and gameplay additions/improvements are arriving at a really slow pace than many would like.

Frontier should open 4 new studios internationally, hire 300 new devs, and follow the genius example set by Crobberts, to get the game fidelified.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:19

Decrepus: May 21, 2008; In the end, his dominion did not touch a single poster.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:21

bandaid.friend: Apr 25, 2017; My first car was a stick

TheAgent posted:

$2800 is my gaming budget for two loving years

maybe even longer, including hardware

gotdang

Astonishingly, it's also Smart's avatar budget

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:21

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

Saladin Rising posted:

Also quoting this because it's hilarious.

For everything dumb that Chris Roberts has done with Star Citizen, picking CryEngine irreparably hosed the game from the word go.

I don't believe this. CR could not have even done any better with a custom engine.

Blaming everything on CryEngine is giving CR an unfair way out. A talented developer with good programmers could have done something. Might not be Star Citizen, but it would be closer.

CR can't even get a single ground level to work in CryEngine.

Don't even fork blame from CR to CryEngine anymore. This is his complete failure, and it does not matter which engine he used. It would have been equally ruined.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:23

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

bandaid.friend posted:

Astonishingly, it's also Smart's avatar budget

ok, this probably made most of us chuckle.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:23

Fangrim: Aug 23, 2017; Every day I hate the world just a tiny bit more...

Quavers posted:

What did (do?) you want in the game? Do you think Frontier will add it in 2.4 or the updates afterwards?

What I want(ed)? I don't really know... It's odd.

It's easier for me to explain when I realized I didn't want to play E:D anymore. It was when I realized that nothing I did in the game had any impact on anything whatsoever. It became a grind for money and rank (exploration/trading/combat).

The "storylines" in the game moved on, whether I participated or not. Engineers was an ok idea, but was just more grind, same goes for factions.

Looking back, I got caught up in the buzz - like so many SC backers today. In a lot ways I understand them, but IMHO sunk cost fallacy will never make SC playable.

I don't regret spending the money, but I wouldn't do it again. It was an awesome journey, and I don't think the game is a bad game - it's just not for me.

Yeah it's a lot of money, but to me it's all about prioritizing. I'm by no means a rich guy, I have a crappy middle income job, but I simply prioritize. Some people spend $2800 to buy a car, some people buy a horse, some spend it on tickle porn and coke, some spend it on avatars on a crappy comedy forum - I spent it on E:D.

Fangrim fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Aug 24, 2017

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:24

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

Fangrim posted:

What I want(ed)? I don't really know... It's odd.

It's easier for me to explain when I realized I didn't want to play E:D anymore. It was when I realized that nothing I did in the game had any impact on anything whatsoever. It became a grind for money and rank (exploration/trading/combat).

The "storylines" in the game moved on, whether I participated or not. Engineers was an ok idea, but was just more grind, same goes for factions.

Looking back, I got caught up in the buzz - like so many SC backers today. In a lot ways I understand them, but IMHO sunk cost fallacy will never make SC playable.

I don't regret spending the money, but I wouldn't do it again. It was an awesome journey, and I don't think the game is a bad game - it's just not for me.

Yeah it's a lot of money, but to me it's all about prioritizing. I'm by no means a rich guy, I have a crappy middle income job, but I simply prioritize. Some people spend $2800 to buy a car, some people buy a horse, some spend it on tickle porn and coke, some spend it of avatars on a crappy comedy forum - I spent it on E:D.

Fair enough, but that's what all Elite games have been like. :shrug:

Why did you think nearly 3 grand would make it different?

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:27

Fangrim: Aug 23, 2017; Every day I hate the world just a tiny bit more...

Quavers posted:

Fair enough, but that's what all Elite games have been like. Why did you think nearly 3 grand would make it different?

Touch�!

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:29

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

While

has been quiet, Youtube hasn't...

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:31

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

bandaid.friend posted:

Astonishingly, it's also Smart's avatar budget

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:34

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

Fangrim posted:

What I want(ed)? I don't really know... It's odd.

It's easier for me to explain when I realized I didn't want to play E:D anymore. It was when I realized that nothing I did in the game had any impact on anything whatsoever. It became a grind for money and rank (exploration/trading/combat).

The "storylines" in the game moved on, whether I participated or not. Engineers was an ok idea, but was just more grind, same goes for factions.

Looking back, I got caught up in the buzz - like so many SC backers today. In a lot ways I understand them, but IMHO sunk cost fallacy will never make SC playable.

I don't regret spending the money, but I wouldn't do it again. It was an awesome journey, and I don't think the game is a bad game - it's just not for me.

Yeah it's a lot of money, but to me it's all about prioritizing. I'm by no means a rich guy, I have a crappy middle income job, but I simply prioritize. Some people spend $2800 to buy a car, some people buy a horse, some spend it on tickle porn and coke, some spend it on avatars on a crappy comedy forum - I spent it on E:D.

I read all that. And I have two words for you:

dragon

dildo

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:35

big nipples big life: May 12, 2014

lol @ the citzen defense force trying to salvage those youtube comments

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:36

Kromlech: Jun 28, 2017; by FactsAreUseless

Happy to see star citizen is developing at a healthy pace as usual. Gamescom was a huge success for CIG and i predict great things.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:37

Polish Avenger: Feb 13, 2007; has an invalid opinion.

The Titanic posted:

I don't believe this. CR could not have even done any better with a custom engine.

Blaming everything on CryEngine is giving CR an unfair way out. A talented developer with good programmers could have done something. Might not be Star Citizen, but it would be closer.

CR can't even get a single ground level to work in CryEngine.

Don't even fork blame from CR to CryEngine anymore. This is his complete failure, and it does not matter which engine he used. It would have been equally ruined.

An even more sinister view is Cryengine is responsible for any success he's had to this point. It may not get the space game made, but it might have been why it got funded. Imagine how it would have been different if they couldn't make good looking, high quality assets from the drop. Cryengine certainly makes a good looking trailer or static bullshot. Could they have done that in the beginning while building their own engine? Could they have lasted long enough for the engine to be far enough along to produce a few concepts? Honestly, based on what I know of the backers now, he probably could have funded this thing on pencil drawings. Still an interesting question.

That's not to say they would have made with a custom engine, no. Not with Chris at the helm.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:37

thatguy: Feb 5, 2003

Fangrim posted:

What I want(ed)? I don't really know... It's odd.

It's easier for me to explain when I realized I didn't want to play E:D anymore. It was when I realized that nothing I did in the game had any impact on anything whatsoever. It became a grind for money and rank (exploration/trading/combat).

The "storylines" in the game moved on, whether I participated or not. Engineers was an ok idea, but was just more grind, same goes for factions.

Looking back, I got caught up in the buzz - like so many SC backers today. In a lot ways I understand them, but IMHO sunk cost fallacy will never make SC playable.

I don't regret spending the money, but I wouldn't do it again. It was an awesome journey, and I don't think the game is a bad game - it's just not for me.

Yeah it's a lot of money, but to me it's all about prioritizing. I'm by no means a rich guy, I have a crappy middle income job, but I simply prioritize. Some people spend $2800 to buy a car, some people buy a horse, some spend it on tickle porn and coke, some spend it on avatars on a crappy comedy forum - I spent it on E:D.

It sounds like you're depressed. I'm not saying that as some sort of sick burn either. Stay strong and call your parents and tell them you love them.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:38

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

D_Smart posted:

https://twitter.com/dsmart/status/900427910363979776

Ok the dragon dildos made me lol. His mad wiggling hands can give them new life!

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:39

Drunk Theory: Aug 20, 2016; Oven Wrangler

Well, on a plus side of today's presentation, I am personally looking forward to Space Gwent.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:40

The Titanic: Sep 15, 2016; Unsinkable

Foo Diddley posted:

It was worth it, though; I've provided invaluable feedback

I hope they take this to heart and improve accordingly! :lol:

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:41

Fangrim: Aug 23, 2017; Every day I hate the world just a tiny bit more...

D_Smart posted:

I read all that. And I have two words for you:

dragon

dildo

I'll buy the starter package it if you post a pic of you at the RSI booth.

I'll buy the 600i if you post a selfie of you and Jared smiling at the camera.

Edit: catte tax - alpha pic of Derek and Jared's selfie.

Fangrim fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Aug 24, 2017

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:42

Hobold: Jan 10, 2012; I love my Cutlass
I love big stompy mechs
I love my HOTAS
I love to salvage wrecks
I love Star Citizen, and all it's craziness
GOONDEYADA, GOONDEYADA, GOONDEYADA; College Slice

Today has been entertaining. Thanks to everyone that caught those bits of the live streams. Its even worse than I expected it to be.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:44

Harold Stassen: Jan 24, 2016

We're t-posing through the looking glass, people.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:45

Fangrim: Aug 23, 2017; Every day I hate the world just a tiny bit more...

thatguy posted:

It sounds like you're depressed. I'm not saying that as some sort of sick burn either. Stay strong and call your parents and tell them you love them.

Hahaaa nah, fortunately I'm able to see the LOLs in what I did.

It's sad yeah, but gently caress it - I've spent more money on crappier stuff in my lifetime. 30 smokes a day anyone?

Fangrim fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Aug 24, 2017

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:46

Taintrunner: Apr 10, 2017; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

They're still cranking out ship sale commercials. Christ, they went all out on the Inception THWOOOMMMM for this one, didn't they

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

Also WTFOSAURUS is "hosting" rockzillah playing ARK: Survival Evolved.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:46

A Neurotic Corncob: Nov 12, 2016; A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

Quavers posted:

While has been quiet, Youtube hasn't...

This is some good poo poo.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:48

ManofManyAliases: Mar 21, 2016; ToastOfManySmarts

Can't post for 3 hours!

D_Smart posted:

https://twitter.com/dsmart/status/900470509435056133

Apparently something to do with the fact that the build he is supposed to be showing on Fri, is the SAME build they are streaming now, and that Lando saying stuff was disabled implies that there is another build with enabled things - which is false, since that build doesn't actually run reliably enough. They still haven't finished the branch. Apparently they have TWO branches of the same 3.0, and they spent quite a bit of time on this specific build branch for GC2017, hoping to get a better build for Chris's presentation.

Calm down, big boy. There is only one build. That build is locked to daymar only on a private server. If they had people playing around and quantum jumping all over the place in the full, unlocked build, no one would see each other in the play-throughs.

You know all about completing something but locking the features, right? :smuggo:

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:49

ManofManyAliases: Mar 21, 2016; ToastOfManySmarts

Can't post for 3 hours!

AP posted:

Is it sinking in yet? Just how badly you've been deceived.

Derek is rolling out the dragon dildos references, that's how close we are to the end.

I'm waiting for him to post his plane ticket to germany. If he's in germany right now and can prove it, I'll use one of those dragon dildos right now.

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:53

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# ? May 31, 2024 00:11

Harold Stassen: Jan 24, 2016

ManofManyAliases posted:

You know all about completing something but locking the features, right?

Just tell us one thing: dragon dildos. Are they in or out?

E: drat, beaten

# ? Aug 24, 2017 00:53

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