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Goosfraba
Feb 26, 2016


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sv8eWDEFsM

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Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard


Toops
Nov 5, 2015

-find mood stabilizers
-also,
Is this page seriously going to be 80% unreadable reddit poo poo?

Fuckin' free Tophat. He's been posting good as hell lately.

Tophat, you got a haiku for us or what?

nawledgelambo
Nov 8, 2016

Immersion chariot

Cheez posted:

People don't even pay attention to the meanings of names anymore. At least the ones that are naming their kids after unimpressive inanimate objects and random collections of syllables

you've inspired me to name my child

Snowboard

Ponzi
Feb 21, 2016


DEPORTED FROM FLAVOR TOWN

ICSA 67 LOSER
Fun Shoe

XK posted:

I kind of want to become a mushroom guy, but I don't know where to begin.

Get a pocket field guide to mushrooms appropriate to your area:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=is_s?k=pocket+field+guide+to+mushrooms

As TB said, once you done a little research, it's hard to accidentally eat something harmful.

While I was searching, I also found a book I think Chris Roberts would benefit from reading (going from the description anyway):

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1118...TbGL&ref=plSrch

Mr.Tophat
Apr 7, 2007

You clearly don't understand joke development :justpost:

Ignorance is strength

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

never not funny
crying about derek smart
echo of goonsong

Mr.Tophat
Apr 7, 2007

You clearly don't understand joke development :justpost:

Okay that's genuinely scary. I have no fear of clowns, but a clown in such a getup...

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

light cannot escape
black hole of fidelity
and star citizen

Dooguk
Oct 11, 2016

Pillbug
In the 'verse
untold dangers await
please mind the ramp

Mr.Tophat
Apr 7, 2007

You clearly don't understand joke development :justpost:

Toops posted:

Is this page seriously going to be 80% unreadable reddit poo poo?

Fuckin' free Tophat. He's been posting good as hell lately.

Tophat, you got a haiku for us or what?

Poetry eh? I'll muster what I can. Poetry is not my forte, but I shall endeavour.

Pledge to no avail,
Refund denial ascending,
No game or fun, FUD!

BeigeJacket
Jul 21, 2005

Goons don't realise
That true haikus should contain
Nature reference

Mr.Tophat
Apr 7, 2007

You clearly don't understand joke development :justpost:
See the 'verse explodin'
Cee I Gee, what farce we see,
Shitizens implorin'

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



It's more specifically a reference to the season in which the haiku is set.

On sale now, spaceships
Pumpkin spice limited skin
Not implemented

Mr.Tophat
Apr 7, 2007

You clearly don't understand joke development :justpost:
Blog written, never read
I call myself Derek, Warlord
Let me loving fin

Dark Off
Aug 14, 2015




BeigeJacket posted:

Goons don't realise
That true haikus should contain
Nature reference

In brown sea a idea rises
Derek Smart was right
It might be time for a refund

Dooguk
Oct 11, 2016

Pillbug
Oh to be in space
now that spring is here
swimming

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/logicalbio/status/909308294400950272

notoriousman
Nov 18, 2007

I'M AWARE I'M
AN IDIOT
A refund cascade,
flowing like the water at
the bottom of space.

Dark Off
Aug 14, 2015




Star citizen is dead and buried
its hard to follow
when nobody streams star citizen

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/175393990?t=02h30m29s

:gary:

Mr.Tophat
Apr 7, 2007

You clearly don't understand joke development :justpost:
Calling Smart Comments,
Says, 'Perfect in every way'
Formulaic, trite

his nibs
Feb 27, 2016

:kayak:Welcome to the:kayak:
Dream Factory
:kayak:
Grimey Drawer

Crush Boss posted:

I would like to say both, but as for keeping it honest, we will just say legit refund.

I had lunch with David Swafford (hence the tweet) dressed in my best Goonrathi t-shirt attire (Dark side of the Goon) and listened to all the lies. After the [REDACTED] interviews were finished (I was doing the sound work) I asked about the network code.

A single developer was called into the board room where Lando, Swafford, and myself had been recording. We were asked to turn off all recording devices as the newly arrived developer tried to explain with smoke, mirrors and a white board about network tech they A) Did not have and B) had not coded.

After the session had concluded I promptly flew home to Australia and applied for a refund, which I received 2-3 weeks later.

C.I.G literally saw my refund as a direct Goon attack and held out for quite some time in giving me my refund. This transaction was also discussed with CliffordAKAMiku and CIG representatives; legally I don't know where they stand here as this was a private transaction. In the end, after guidance from Derek, it took 2 Letters written directly to Ortwin Freyermuth (C.I.G Legal) by my Financial and Legal advisers before they gave up the cash.

-End-

How long ago was this?

Congrats on the refund you filthy leaver o9

Mr.Tophat
Apr 7, 2007

You clearly don't understand joke development :justpost:
Just post now, freely,
Reddit screenshots quoted read
'Shut up goon army'

Berious
Nov 13, 2005
Today on Tales from Reddit

A curious mark asks what he can actually do in the game



Surprisingly commandos don't rush to shill the game. People give it to him straight!



Not everyone is happy to help though. Asking about what's actually playable? That'sa Derek

Crush Boss
Nov 25, 2010

Don't let children breath your smoke

his nibs posted:

How long ago was this?

Congrats on the refund you filthy leaver o9

February last year if my memory serves me correct.

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
Nipple jets firing
Vacuum of space on my skin
The Stimpire calls me

lazorexplosion
Mar 19, 2016

Derek Smart, Warlord
You let him loving finish
Or else you get doxxed

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/175303462?t=26m44s

Rugganovich
Apr 29, 2017
..........And so on and so on and so on over in Gods Country, where an argument has broken out about wether a person is purchasing Star Citizen or pledging.............

quote:

Wrong, they haven't supplied the product, as advertised, so you are entitled to a refund.

The "product" is your reward level, and of course they haven't supplied it, because it's still in development. Effectively, the money you pledge is for the developers to work on the product. You are not entitled to a refund just because you change your mind about it.

This is why I dislike using the term "purchase" for this. It's not a purchase. There's nothing to buy at this time. You can't purchase something that does not exist. You're pledging your money to a group to work on a product you like, and when it's ready, you'll receive a reward level you have chosen.

When the product is finished, then and only then, can you claim it is not as advertised
.

I get so tired trying to discuss with the irrational and then I remember what game development I'm discussing and I just sigh.

EDIT:
As a retort with regards to the word purchase

quote:

On September 1st, 2017, we are required to begin charging GST (Goods and Services Tax) on certain transactions from Australia in compliance with recent changes in the Australian tax code governing e-commerce. Starting on the 1st, Australian citizens will see a price increase of 10% on digital items purchased through the robertsspaceindustries.com website. This change will not apply to physical merchandise.
Now those crazy buggers at CIG have used the term purchase.
I'd really like it if you dropped CIG a line letting them know that it's not a purchase.

Rugganovich fucked around with this message at 11:34 on Sep 17, 2017

McGiggins
Apr 4, 2014

by R. Guyovich
Lipstick Apathy
if the government classes it as a purchase and not a pledge, it's a purchase.

cig house of cards collapsing?

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

nothing depends upon
a star citizen haiku
glazed with wishes
besides the black comedy

Ursine Catastrophe
Nov 9, 2009

It's a lovely morning in the void and you are a horrible lady-in-waiting.



don't ask how i know

Dinosaur Gum

McGiggins posted:

if the government classes it as a purchase and not a pledge, it's a purchase.

cig house of cards collapsing?

The "it's a donation not a purchase, you're donating $X and we're gifting you a ship because we love you" was a typical phrase back in the day when they were still doing "CSR discretion" on refunds, then a couple people in countries with actual consumer protection laws phoned up their lawyers and as far as I know CIG hasn't tried to go down that path again since. Regardless of what it is legally, CIG seems to know they're on shaky enough ground with it that they really don't want to test it in court.


e: Which is not to say the reddit citizens don't still trot it out in arguments all the time.

Ursine Catastrophe fucked around with this message at 11:48 on Sep 17, 2017

tuo
Jun 17, 2016

A funky space door
It hides the long crunch behind
A thumb at the gate

Beexoffel
Oct 4, 2015

Herald of the Stimpire

peter gabriel posted:

the way the dust is still flying, she ain't getting that car in there

Dust flies
Gamescom brings in the bugcks
Pgabz called it.

Beexoffel fucked around with this message at 12:10 on Sep 17, 2017

his nibs
Feb 27, 2016

:kayak:Welcome to the:kayak:
Dream Factory
:kayak:
Grimey Drawer

Crush Boss posted:

February last year if my memory serves me correct.

I wonder how much progression they've made in a year and a half

Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

D_Smart posted:

I know the Microsoft execs who were instrumental in that. Sadly, with Croberts at the top, only investors or a band of lead devs can wield enough power to get him out of the way. Not gonna happen. He's going down with the ship, taking all backer money with him.

Did they ever confirm that the reason they took over was because they caught Chris using MS funds to pay for the WC movie special effects? That was the rumor I heard but had trouble verifying.

Mne nravitsya
Jul 14, 2017

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Did they ever confirm that the reason they took over was because they caught Chris using MS funds to pay for the WC movie special effects? That was the rumor I heard but had trouble verifying.

Go with that answer <taps finger on nose>

Crush Boss
Nov 25, 2010

Don't let children breath your smoke

his nibs posted:

I wonder how much progression they've made in a year and a half

From what I have seen; in my limited exposure, not much.

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happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug
Fifty Blocker bugs
Chris says needs his expert touch
Eighty Blocker bugs

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