big nipples big life posted:

wait, you bought back in AND have a subscription?

Codezombie posted:

Well it's true, you *do* learn something new everyday.
Thanks commando.

Mirificus posted:

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When I first heard the name Star Citizen, I quite foolishly assumed that this was yet another space-bound MMO, like EVE: Online or Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. I have never been so astronomically wrong. This game isn’t just massive — it’s positively gargantuan, and it’s not even finished yet…

For those of you completely out in the vacuum of space, Star Citizen is an ongoing PC project headed up by Chris Roberts, the man behind Wing Commander series: a 90s space-flight simulator with dog-fighting gameplay. Nearly 20 years later, Roberts embarked on the pioneering mission that is Star Citizen, with a nigh-on impossible objective: “I don’t want to build a game. I want to build a universe.”

The premise of the game is two-fold: on the one hand there is the single-player campaign, entitled Squadron 42, which will consist of both flight-simulation mechanics as well as a boots on the ground, first/third-person shooter experience. On the other hand, the star of the show is what is being dubbed the “Persistent Universe”; this is comprised not only of the massive multiplayer format but upon completion is designed to be the biggest game map ever.

Not only do the current builds feature several planets for the player to visit, all of which are designed to match a true planetary scale—we’re talking vast expanses, towns and cities, all with fleshed out interiors — but the ultimate goal is to create a virtual solar system for players to disappear into for weeks on end.

The sheer gravity of this project is mind-blowing and the approach itself is worthy of note too. This game’s production is very much like the construction of a spacecraft itself, in that it is being described as “modular”, meaning that sections and versions of the game can be purchased as and when available.

Roberts Space Industries is the umbrella that envelopes both Cloud Imperium Games — situated in Manchester of all places — and Foundry 42 (Frankfurt). It is this team of developers that are making video game history and they’re taking you along for the ride.

I’m sure you’ve heard of Kickstarter and other crowd-funding sites. They are platforms for creative people to finance their projects through funds generated by the fans and for the fans. Star Citizen has taken this to the next level.

Whilst most top off their own money with that made through crowd-sourcing, Roberts’ vision for Star Citizen was to develop a game entirely from the donations made by fans and respected peers within the industry who understood what this game was all about. The fans.

As of 2011 (the official start date for production), the project has been 100 per cent crowd-funded. The team initially expected to raise around $4 million. This has become merely a drop in the pond, with the current estimation of total funds raised clocking in at a stellar $150 million – give a take a million or so…

So, what does $150 million in funds get you then? Well, nothing finished as of yet; in fact, as of right now there is no official release date. This has become a bit of a running joke amongst the gaming community but has also lead to a great deal of backlash amongst those who donated their hard-earned cash for a game that was supposed to be here three years ago.

In truth, it has come to the point that there is little use for a release date, as the original projection was 2014 and it is still no clearer when the game will be actually finished. Though there are rumours that the target is now late 2018, the issue is that so much money has now been pumped into the game that the community, as well as Roberts himself, feel that there is the capability to push this further: “If I can build a bigger and more robust experience, I will.” (NY Times).

It is not just that this game promises to be the biggest game ever, as we’ve been done dirty by that phrase before (No Man’s Sky), but more so that the level of time and effort being put into the project is backing that statement up. Furthermore, this game is huge in significance purely because of the showcase it has given for crowd-sourcing, with the scrutiny being part and parcel of it too – it almost has to the biggest game ever now.

Mirificus posted:

Dusty Lens posted:

I'm the guy spending three hours sitting in a gun turret on someone elses ship trying to look at anything through the horribly designed cockpit struts.

Because that's my job in this organization. To fluff someone elses captain fantasy. In another 1000 hours I'll get my own ship.

AbstractNapper posted:

Has there ever been an article about common red flags one should look for in crowdfunding to avoid scams?

Because there really should be one, there's years of crowdfunding project experience to draw from, and SC is such a rich source of material for it.

EightAce posted:

sorry for any confusion on this. Sq42 is not coming out any time soon. In fact it will probably never come out at all. There is currently a move to roll it into the glorious vision that is Star Citizen.

XK posted:

I approached it once by breathing into a plastic bag for as long as I could. There was about 2 minutes where I felt compelled to pull it away, but I pushed through.

kilus aof posted:

This has the potential to kill large amount of the British games industry by getting the tax credits deal revoked for everyone.

Ursine Catastrophe posted:

Star Citizen 3.0: I had dreams but they all argon

Mirificus posted:

Mirificus posted:

Fandred1 quoting himself

Dark Off posted:

http://radio.entropy101.com/podcast/the-last-update/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0uEmeEaDnQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEuY6-UM8VI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88WL5MX1Co8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0RvCN3gYJA

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in a dusty old thread on the forums they watched
the collapse of the faithful on reddit
and as denial began, they stood tall to a man
or at least five in the case of ben lesnick

the legend lives on from the forums on down
of the game dev who made wing commander
chris roberts they say always could find a way
to turn failure to more propaganda

Mirificus posted:

* legitimate insanity *

Abuminable posted:

It was chilling to hear Sandi saying that during that recent CIG meeting that was secretly recorded.

Mirificus posted:

Mirificus posted:

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Mirificus posted:

Fandred1 quoting himself

Sarsapariller posted:

So to a Citizen's mind, all criticism of Star Citizen... is actually a trick to take the accounts of Star Citizens. That is some diseased thinking.

(They've seen through us, time to pack it in. Roll up some more alt accounts as a smokescreen)

Edit: Also wasn't Fandred the one who was heavily criticizing CIG like a week ago?

surzel posted:

I don't know what's more annoying - this "ad" or the fact that he gives Neil deGrasse Tyson a bad name.

EightAce posted:

Chris has ... a new jumper

Mirificus posted:

Fandred1 quoting himself

Enchanted Hat posted:

Man, I loving WISH I were this smart.

Hav posted:

So, what are you going to do with your unearned millions?

Fandred1 posted:

Also thats why i made these crtical community threads every few months hoping for people to wake up. But i get insulted each time and downvoted into oblivion. I got followed onto other subreddits by our backers and trashed. Thats how all of this works people.

Beet Wagon posted: