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The Titanic posted:I love non lethal weapons. Like that stun baton that’s in all the video games these days. Or the dart gun. Backers respond to this with elaborate speculative fantasies about how Bounty Hunters need to take people alive sometimes so having a ship with weaponry designed to disable not destroy enemy ships is actually extremely valuable you see. Kind of like how they were dreaming about those giant "parking sensors" being used to pierce enemy hulls for elaborate boarding actions. If any of this existed it would just complicate things as people would have to deal with the concept of their $1,000 ships being stopped by "non-lethal weaponry" but luckily for CIG's profits backers will speculate how this could never be a problem and only the most optimal, working, good things can come out of anything they are sold. 
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MilesK posted:If you had read the textbook you'd know they were crowdfunded $4.2 million to make an Oculus Rift game. Then they continued crowdfunding through their website surpassing $85 million and now they're making a game where you move boxes around empty moons. It's the part where we're supposed to imagine Star Citizen as simultaneously this plucky crowdfunded underdog that's going to beat all the publishers at their own game and a huge AAAA game where it's totally fine to (not p2w) buy thousand dollar spaceships through their very blatant carny looking sales platform that makes my brain spaz out. I mean this is part of how I think the game sells to the fuckheads buying in, but I can't bridge that dissonance so smoothly.
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Ursine Catastrophe posted:It's actually really simple: the "it's a broken down piece of poo poo but it's got character and I love it" sci-fi tech trope. Serenity from Firefly and the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars are the obvious two, but it's not uncommon to have "this piece of poo poo ship broke down again" as the Problem Of The Week in other sci-fi series. Both are "pieces of poo poo" in their own established universes, beloved by their owners despite their quirks, and beloved by the fanbases of both shows. People are literally daydreaming about "how cool it would be to have a ship like that IRL, and everyone who thinks it's a piece of poo poo can go gently caress themselves because it's got ~character~" and don't spend a second of time thinking about the actual offscreen pain-in-the-rear end maintenance time involved for either. Actually, I think it's a fair bit dumber than that, and here's why: CIG already has an entire line of "lovable pieces of poo poo" with all their Drake ships (Cutlass, Caterpillar, Herald) - those were specifically designed to kind of have that 'second hand' look and feel to them. Aegis doesn't really do that kind of ship, if you look at any of their others, with the exception of maaaaaybe the Avenger. If you watch this stupid video (and I can't blame you if you don't) there's never any real indication that it's anything besides a cutting-edge frontline warship. I think the real answer is Chris has been watching World War Two navy movies again.
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The Titanic posted:1: Those missions we told you about? Lying. What about the women they told us about, Titanic?! I was told there would be WOMEN IN THIS VERSE!! 
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Sabreseven posted:This is the way CIG and CR do code.  so true
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1ZL4kxJLI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-niBQv1cZI&t=198s Quavers fucked around with this message at 04:17 on Nov 28, 2017 |
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Quavers posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1ZL4kxJLI What a fun loving game.
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Ursine Catastrophe posted:It's actually really simple: the "it's a broken down piece of poo poo but it's got character and I love it" sci-fi tech trope. Serenity from Firefly and the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars are the obvious two, but it's not uncommon to have "this piece of poo poo ship broke down again" as the Problem Of The Week in other sci-fi series. Both are "pieces of poo poo" in their own established universes, beloved by their owners despite their quirks, and beloved by the fanbases of both shows. People are literally daydreaming about "how cool it would be to have a ship like that IRL, and everyone who thinks it's a piece of poo poo can go gently caress themselves because it's got ~character~" and don't spend a second of time thinking about the actual offscreen pain-in-the-rear end maintenance time involved for either. This entire post made me realize that it is preferable to be SC whale than an Aprilia owner. It's shames me to admit that your post has forced some overdue personal scrutiny. My thanks.
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Spiderdrake posted:That's fine, that's crowdfunding. Calling it crowdfunded now is disingenuous. At this point it's basically a gofundme for your Uncle's cancer treatment at a hospital in Morocco. You're pretty sure if you stop he'll die, but his instagram is mostly full of pictures of him and his wife having a good time.
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Quavers posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1ZL4kxJLI Hahaha noclip is amazing. Star Citizen: IDSPISPOPD
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Dusty Lens posted:At this point it's basically a gofundme for some fat dude to buy boxes of garbage. You're pretty sure if you stop he'll die, but his instagram is mostly full of pictures of him and his wife eating cake by the box
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VictorianQueerLit posted:Backers respond to this with elaborate speculative fantasies about how Bounty Hunters need to take people alive sometimes so having a ship with weaponry designed to disable not destroy enemy ships is actually extremely valuable you see. Yeah but the role players eat it up I bet.  And isn’t being captured / parents horribly killed / being a hardened murderous murdering evil person ultimately how you become a highly decorated and virtuous soldier these days? One minute I may be cleaning dried semen out of the crack of a hot tub and get captured and brutalized, and the next I’ll be a General in whatever their army is called with a tough as nails demeanor and a heart of gold. I’ll call people “sport” and “skippy” and will go out alone on patrols and bag endless hordes of baddies. This is my character write up, please do not archer my original work. I’m looking at you, Chris Roberts, you hack.
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Reminds me of the exact same parrots we used to have  thanks for this.
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Calling it now if no-one has called it yet. CR is going to order the Baxta fucked around with this message at 04:55 on Nov 28, 2017 |
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I have a leak about tomorrow's land claim sale: UEC purchasable 'Pioneer' land claims (such as the ones bundled with the Pioneer) will only be valid for uninhabited areas. If you want to build near a landing zone, you'll need to pay real cash for a premium 'UEE' land claim. You'll be provided perks such as priority docking at the LZ, listing player owned store inventory directly on LZ kiosks, having delivery drones for cargo/sales between player base and LZ, chauffeured transport between player base and LZ, access to the champagne room at the LZ, etc. Of course the more popular a LZ is in lore, the more cash you'll have to pay for a claim. Chris is expecting the land claim sale to break previous holiday funding records.
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The Titanic posted:Yeah but the role players eat it up I bet. Honestly, non-lethal weapons is I think mainly tied to wanting to keep other players 'prisoner' and enact this stupid fetish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV-RBeDt2B0
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Thank you The Titanic and Latin Phoenix for enjoying my posts.  Also Star Citizen is very good and I am looking forward to this year's 2018 Citcon celebration along with the release of Alpha 4.0
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hardycore posted:programming is the new anime The comedy part is that it’s for a guy currently working in education who wants to switch careers, and not get a formal education. And everybody is seriously throwing out C, C++, all kinds of higher education stuff... Which is fantastic except the likelihood of completing CS degree level stuff, and somehow landing a job with only “personal experience” when you’re not starting this task at the age of 13, is near impossible. I don’t care if I’m wrong or people disagree, but the only answer here is try to get into web development, or learn Linux and vim and hardware stuff like networking and try to break into IT. The chances of landing a real hardcore programming job in a realistic timeframe without getting a degree is silly. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but it’s hugely unlikely.
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Raskolnikov posted:Thank you The Titanic and Latin Phoenix for enjoying my posts. I don't know where the truth ends and the lies begin.
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Raskolnikov posted:Thank you The Titanic and Latin Phoenix for enjoying my posts. Let's not look past the upcoming holiday stream. Last year's was amazing.
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Quavers posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1ZL4kxJLI Who would have ever guessed the dream all these people wanted was to fly no-clip "spaceships" over empty, boring moons?
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Tokamak posted:I have a leak about tomorrow's land claim sale: Cool, whatever. Unless my land grant comes with fuckable robots, I'm not interested.
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The Titanic posted:
I disagree. Roberts will take anyone these days. Especially if you have a marketing diploma
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Game is good, I'm buying in.
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Crazypoops posted:Game is good, I'm buying in. Giant Footprint Rail Gun is awesome. Frighten your enemies with huge feet.
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Crazypoops posted:Game is good, I'm buying in. The railgun impact decal is a footprint and it's at least 2048 if not 4096. Namaste.
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The Titanic posted:The comedy part is that it’s for a guy currently working in education who wants to switch careers, and not get a formal education. And everybody is seriously throwing out C, C++, all kinds of higher education stuff... There are plenty of jobs in ed-tech. IMO he should learn about agile/scrum and apply for an ed-tech company as a curriculum consultant, agile coach, product owner, etc. From there, if he works hard on his programming chops, there's a chance he could eventually make the transition. Degree/education doesn't amount to much. Like I said before, hands-down the worst candidates I interview have CS degrees. Most of the great programmers I knew/know have engineering degrees in other stuff, or math degrees, or art degrees. One of the most brilliant programmers I worked with had a masters in english lit. Some have no degree at all. It's all about work experience, domain knowledge, a creative intellect, and above all else, the ability to interview well.
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Spiderdrake posted:You mean it goes on beyond that one note? Because it said "incorporating" and "continued funding" to those points so I didn't really mind. The CIG paradox. They are simultaneously a huge, multinational corporation equipped to redefine technology, and also those innocent indies who keep on trying real hard and failing (but aww look how hard they try, we’ll just give them a pass because they try so hard). Chris Roberts is simultaneously a battle hardened professional capable of building new technology the world has never thought of, and also that guy who is just a cute joker because everything he says is a joke/lie (and it’s an innocent joke, not like a lie designed to trick people any of course). There may eventually be more angry backers when they realize only one half of the simultaneous actions are actually truthful (less than truthful probably, they are not innocent plucky indies despite still failing hard).
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The Titanic posted:I love non lethal weapons. Like that stun baton that’s in all the video games these days. Or the dart gun. What happens when the space toilet gets clogged, do you just start plunging and hope to god a goon doesn't ram you with his nipple jet propelled Space Jeep?
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Pantsbird posted:The railgun impact decal They use decals? Was Chris Roberts told? No way did he sign off on anything other than every grain of sand being rendered as crunching through all the treads in the sole of the boot. My immersion is ruined.
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G0RF posted:What about the women they told us about, Titanic?! I was told there would be WOMEN IN THIS VERSE!! Women, or should I say females!? In the space game of killing and pirates!? Pshaw! They’d just slow everything down with stupid boob armor space suits and stupid high heels and aprons. Everybody knows all girls get a Str -1 by default. 
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ManofManyAliases posted:-Non-acceptable answers include: Can this just be a thread rule?
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CrazyLoon posted:Honestly, non-lethal weapons is I think mainly tied to wanting to keep other players 'prisoner' and enact this stupid fetish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV-RBeDt2B0 I know exactly where this stuff goes in games. It either gets kinky, or full on Stanford Experiment levels of crazy, or you just get trolled stupidly. Even trying to do stuff like this is asking for these elements to come together and start dreaming up gently caress fantasies. Not like they need this with dumb stuff like hot tub mechanics going into every aspect, and gross bathroom stuff. Star Citizen, out of the box, is a gross fetishists dream game. It’s aiming to be high fidelity second life, and that’s what people want. CR feeds this, but then goes on building his own fetish game which is directing actors.
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The Titanic posted:Women, or should I say females!? In the space game of killing and pirates!? Pshaw! Excuse me but they also have a +1 Manly Bi and a +4 Full Bull potential.
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Raskolnikov posted:Thank you The Titanic and Latin Phoenix for enjoying my posts. 
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The Titanic posted:
Once the spacelords of Space Second Life have finished planning and zoning out the upper stratospheres and the desolate surfaces of their Daymars, I plan to engage in illicit encroachment upon those deeds. Ala Harvest Moon style - the farms were actually left to me in a will, and proceed to raise chickens and space melons knowing full well the support of Space Court behind my back
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Crazypoops posted:What happens when the space toilet gets clogged, do you just start plunging and hope to god a goon doesn't ram you with his nipple jet propelled Space Jeep? I was going to write something witty, but then I imagined opening up a bathroom and inside is the Silent Hill grade body horror Stimpire of “a normal Star Citizen character” as it is all stretched out like a horror spider, and it’s looking at a phone or something. And that image scared me. In Star Citizen you never really know when you’re going to get John Carpenter’d, but it’s always when you least expect it.
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The Titanic posted:I was going to write something witty, but then I imagined opening up a bathroom and inside is the Silent Hill grade body horror Stimpire of “a normal Star Citizen character” as it is all stretched out like a horror spider, and it’s looking at a phone or something. And that image scared me. So thats how toilet guy cosplayer gets you... he spaghettis and his shirt moves up and the bulge kills you?
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