Hav posted:

Solipsist propaganda. Until you benjamin button your way back into mom, tempus fugit in one direction.

XK posted:

I just made the bestest bacon lettuce tomato cheeseburger ever. I want entropy to hang around right here.

Sillybones posted:

Video games, right now, are better than they have ever been. There is so many to play that I can't make the time to play them all. They are engaging and polished and run well. Doom was incredible, was that a rehash?

Then you have all the indie games. It is just getting crazy. gently caress all the people with their heads up their arses.

ZenMaster posted:

Derek Smart is the fat kid from Lord of the Flies.


Its just a matter of time.

ZenMaster posted:

Derek Smart is the fat kid from Lord of the Flies.


Its just a matter of time.

CrazyLoon posted:

So much this. I mean...I still kinda wish that there was a viable alternative to everything being on Steam, but cripes you have to be a loving moron to claim we live in any kind of videogame wasteland nowadays compared to even so much as a decade ago, let alone two decades.

Mirificus posted:

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CrazyLoon posted:

I HAVE THE CONCH!

Berious posted:

What is it with CIG and doors? I mean srsly

AP posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mUcaauaNrs&t=2815s



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7RQC2W7C7Q

Mirificus posted:

Bootcha posted:

No, George Oldziey was the Wing Commander music guy, he did that independently. Oldziey isn't involved with SC because Crobbers didn't want (paraphrasing here) "music that sounded like it was from the 90's".

D_Smart posted:

Oh really? Didn't you say you had a key, had played it etc? Don't make me hit the search button.

Regardless, LOD isn't the game you're looking for, if you want to wash off the stench and stain from Star Citizen. No, that would be Universal Combat CE. And yeah, I would most gladly give you a key. For the low price of $9.99.

In case you missed it, this is me, playing it LIVE - for 6 hours straight, two weeks ago. No crash. No glitch. All awesome. You should try that with Star Citizen

Rad Russian posted:

It's still driving me nuts that they offset the wheel axle down. The whole point that people do it with off-road/extreme vehicles today is to offset it UP and get more ground clearance. There is 0 benefit of doing it the other way. It's literally worse than normal centered wheels in every possible scenario you can imagine. You lose a lot of reliability and stability to get LESS ground clearance. Why. Game is dumb.

Latin Pheonix posted:

"Star Citizen has stopped giving refunds to backers... And this is why it's great!"

Mr.Tophat posted:

"Those who refund will miss out on the kool aid party!"

Scruffpuff posted:

Good to see the brick and mortar store return in the space future where materials are at a loving premium and come with unimaginable operating overhead, when in the year 2017, physical retail locations are going down like dominoes.

peter gabriel posted:

Nuclear bomb testing at bikini cattole

Latin Pheonix posted:

I was just thinking today; if/when SC does go down, there's going to be lots of unhappy backers who, despite their blind faith in the project, will still be looking for their 'dream' game to be made. Any ideas on where they might turn to? Elite? the new X game? No Man's Sky? Dual Universe? Beyond Good and Evil 2?

Mr.Tophat posted:

*plays conch*

As you may (or certain clowns may not remember) this conch plays in the key of D, which is funny because D is the first letter of Derek, who I am, and also it is the last letter or warlord, which I also am, and when I played this conch a few days ago into that cave we heard it echo and it came back in the key of C sharp, which is pretty funny too because I don't see too well since I used my glasses to make a fire that still illuminates the island, yet another example of how I was the only one who understand island management. . So what I'm saying is that I called this meeting a few days ago and the clowns who thought I was bad at playing the conch were just hearing an echo chamber

The Titanic posted:

Can I... can I tell you a secret?

Hold on to your panties though because this is going to blow you away.

Are you ready?


Ok. Here we go:

The backers don’t actually play games.

They don’t even play Star Citizen when it iterates out.

The game they’re in is a meta social game, and they’re already playing it.

Star Citizen coming out would actually hurt the game they’re currently winning at and enjoying.

They won’t gravitate to another game because they don’t actually want to play the game.

What will eventually happen though is people will get bored. The ELE as it happens may just be the simple fact that they no longer want to spend money on lies. Once their buddies leave their discord’s, and the role play dries up, and there are too many holes in the lore, and the reality of the game solidifies, it comes apart.

I don’t have links to my blog, but I’ll say it again:

Star Citizen coming out and being developed will kill Star Citizen.

It’s fuel is the dreams and fantasies of 40-something’s who are fighting to rekindle a lost art they fondly recall from their youth. CR came in at almost the perfect time to capitalize on this midlife crisis group. Instead of buying their own Porsche’s they’re blowing their money on space ships.

The guys on reddit aren’t funding anything. They’ve already spent their meager amount of money and CIG can collect no more from them. Their defense also isn’t helping anything because the guys funding it ignore them too.

The mmo is happening right now. Once they win it, the money goes away. They won’t invest in another game either. This is the childhood memory game, and soon the midlife crisis will end.

As they get closer to leaving crisis, they’re going to want their money back, too. They’ll probably pay for lawyers as well because they have money to burn from successful and lucrative careers.

The other side of them are the people waiting for it to come out. 3.0 is “that turning point”. The group who isn’t role playing is waiting in the shadows for when their new Eve Online appears. They’ve been lead, oh so wrongly, to believe 3.0 is “that product”.

People are wondering “why stop refunds now? Why before unveiling 3.0 and their biggest achievement??? They’re spoiling their best, possibly last, big opportunity!!”

And I feel you’re only getting half the picture. The other half is what the evocati fuckers have, and are likely filling up their mail with problems. 3.0 is hosed, and it’s bad, and it looks like and plays like a joke of a game; not something a multinational company has been working on 24/7 for over 5 years.

This “stop the refunds now!” is a preemptive play to kill the silent majority of big money whales, waiting in the shadows, who have been paying all along, buying all the stuff, no doubt being fed lies about 3.0 in different methods of communication. Either special forums, private one on one email with their preferred employees, etc.

So really, there’s two fantasy groups who are huge benefactors who need to be stopped before they pull their money out.

1: The fantasy role players playing the game right now (and are almost done with it)

2: The silent majority led to believe 3.0 is where things get real and they can join in to the huge Eve-like mmo universe with a custom character and awesome fleet

Both groups represent huge $$$. Both are about to tucker on out or get real pissed.

Anyhow that’s my hot take. I’m sending this scoop to pixelemonade right now!

The Titanic posted:

I bet pixelemonade is about to launch their cutting story on it.

Any day now.

Any day.

AlbieQuirky posted:

We're talking about a culture that lost the Roomba secret. Space mop my space store, NPCoC.

Oh, Pixelemonade, you delightfully half-assed Aussie AstroTurf site. (AustroTurf?)

Pixelemonade's most recent article posted:

CRICKET, SPORT
SOUTH AFRICA CRUISES TO VICTORY OVER SRI LANKA
SIMON DUNN - JAN 21, 2017

Ubik_Lives posted:

That's how I view time. To me, everyone is removing their posts to forget about Star Citizen, Chris Roberts is giving all his money to people who need it, and Derek Smart is calling things before they happen.

D_Smart posted:

Man, that's deep.

Saladin Rising posted:

http://www.pixelemonade.com/

I love how the scam/astroturfing has become completely and utterly transparent; they haven't posted anything new since loving January. Once the Start Citizen article dropped who loving cares, the website served its sole life purpose. I'm surprised the place is even still online.

The Titanic posted:

Can I... can I tell you a secret?

Hold on to your panties though because this is going to blow you away.

Are you ready?


Ok. Here we go:

The backers don’t actually play games.

They don’t even play Star Citizen when it iterates out.

The game they’re in is a meta social game, and they’re already playing it.

Star Citizen coming out would actually hurt the game they’re currently winning at and enjoying.

They won’t gravitate to another game because they don’t actually want to play the game.

What will eventually happen though is people will get bored. The ELE as it happens may just be the simple fact that they no longer want to spend money on lies. Once their buddies leave their discord’s, and the role play dries up, and there are too many holes in the lore, and the reality of the game solidifies, it comes apart.

I don’t have links to my blog, but I’ll say it again:

Star Citizen coming out and being developed will kill Star Citizen.

It’s fuel is the dreams and fantasies of 40-something’s who are fighting to rekindle a lost art they fondly recall from their youth. CR came in at almost the perfect time to capitalize on this midlife crisis group. Instead of buying their own Porsche’s they’re blowing their money on space ships.

The guys on reddit aren’t funding anything. They’ve already spent their meager amount of money and CIG can collect no more from them. Their defense also isn’t helping anything because the guys funding it ignore them too.

The mmo is happening right now. Once they win it, the money goes away. They won’t invest in another game either. This is the childhood memory game, and soon the midlife crisis will end.

As they get closer to leaving crisis, they’re going to want their money back, too. They’ll probably pay for lawyers as well because they have money to burn from successful and lucrative careers.

The other side of them are the people waiting for it to come out. 3.0 is “that turning point”. The group who isn’t role playing is waiting in the shadows for when their new Eve Online appears. They’ve been lead, oh so wrongly, to believe 3.0 is “that product”.

People are wondering “why stop refunds now? Why before unveiling 3.0 and their biggest achievement??? They’re spoiling their best, possibly last, big opportunity!!”

And I feel you’re only getting half the picture. The other half is what the evocati fuckers have, and are likely filling up their mail with problems. 3.0 is hosed, and it’s bad, and it looks like and plays like a joke of a game; not something a multinational company has been working on 24/7 for over 5 years.

This “stop the refunds now!” is a preemptive play to kill the silent majority of big money whales, waiting in the shadows, who have been paying all along, buying all the stuff, no doubt being fed lies about 3.0 in different methods of communication. Either special forums, private one on one email with their preferred employees, etc.

So really, there’s two fantasy groups who are huge benefactors who need to be stopped before they pull their money out.

1: The fantasy role players playing the game right now (and are almost done with it)

2: The silent majority led to believe 3.0 is where things get real and they can join in to the huge Eve-like mmo universe with a custom character and awesome fleet

Both groups represent huge $$$. Both are about to tucker on out or get real pissed.

Anyhow that’s my hot take. I’m sending this scoop to pixelemonade right now!