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Sarsapariller
Aug 14, 2015

Occasional vampire queen


Wasn't Bribase the name of a Citizen and/or poster in this thread, once upon a time? The name rings a bell.

Anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DBtOVNI

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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
Pretty sure it's SurfaceDetail.

It's a better gimmick than the last one though.

He slipped up when he didn't post his fleet, immediately, when he was asked.

Bribase
Dec 12, 2017

by FactsAreUseless

Dewgy posted:

Yes. You'll be banned within about a week if you don't.

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3843403

Done. Careful what you wish for.

Wuxi
Apr 3, 2012


Best incarnation yet :allears:

G0RF
Mar 19, 2015

Some galactic defender you are, Space Cadet.

Bribase posted:

If you look at the top voted threads of all time on the sub you find that plenty of people, manage to have their criticisms heard and even welcomed.

If we're such a fanatical cult who suppress anything said in critique of CIG or the game, why is it that the criticism that you find on the sub is of much higher quality than anything you see here? Where are all of these valid misgivings and cogent frustrations being voiced? I'm not seeing anyone here doing much beyond having a good old 2 minute hate about the game and its developers.

Deft reincarnation vessel.

1) Commit to verisimilitude — study your referent extensively, mining his published history for recurring phrases, arguments and tactics. Oh wait, not that extensively. You needn’t Archer full paragraphs; doing so kills the bit. Instead, strip mine the lengthier lectures for precious metals like “a Gish galloping miasma of misconceptions and presumptions”, then remix as needed to invoke the spirit of Bribase not the letter.
2) Prioritize tonal consistency — he’s occasionally capable of reasonability but generally speaking, he’s a guy wearing a huge foam finger that says “Star Citizen is #1!” on the front side and “You don’t understand game development!” on the back. With the front, he waves his hand in celebration of good news, pointing heavenward as if acknowledging the game as divine gift. With the back, he wags it in your face lecturing like the world’s foremost authority on the topic at hand. That’s when the italics start flying because he really wants you to know that you are being condescended to. By him.
3) Strive for the illogical coherence of true solipsism. Pivoting between contradictory arguments which are acknowledged as such kills the bit.

I hope you really commit to this one. I expect we’ll all have a ball if you do (rather than two if you regress.)

G0RF fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Dec 12, 2017

a cyberpunk goose
May 21, 2007



Beet Wagon posted:

Thank you for completing your Introduction Thread in a timely manner, Bribase (Usually we have to twist peoples' arms to get them to complete theirs before the allowed week is up)! As this is the "General" board, you'll find posters with many different interests and opinions, and with any luck, this thread will help you make some fast friends that you can enjoy posting with for years to come! Be sure to keep an eye out for posters with interesting avatars or "gang tags" and feel free to ask about them!

lmao you monsters

a cyberpunk goose
May 21, 2007

D_Smart posted:

"network culling" isn't used for cheat prevention. And what sort of examples do you need?

Anyway, read this:

https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MikeHergaarden/20140716/221237/Network_Traffic_Culling.php

Heck yeah

Bayonnefrog
Nov 9, 2017


"CIG wants as many people playing as possible, but it won't truly matter to us. Our daily lives in the game will be driven by NPC rather than player actions"

Wow. Yeah this game is screwed. Like I said: tiny Iceland CCP with it's small budget and ~25,000-30,000 concurrent player base will outlast SC. Amazing.

Saladin Rising
Nov 12, 2016

When there is no real hope we must
mint our own. If the coin be
counterfeit it may still be passed.

I guess he's not Surface Detail.

This is going to be fun.

Bribase
Dec 12, 2017

by FactsAreUseless

a cyberpunk goose posted:

lmao you monsters

I'm not stupid. When I saw no other intro posts I suspected but just went ahead anyway with the requirements. Interested in seeing other likeminded people in #general instead of this cloister.

Dewgy
Nov 10, 2005

~🚚special delivery~📦
:allears:

big nipples big life
May 12, 2014

I'm still 99.9% sure you are surface detail but making fun of Star Citizen on SA started in GBS, it made the people theory crafting and buying thousands in jpgs in the Games forum real mad.

big nipples big life
May 12, 2014

There's an easy way to sort this out. If you are who your username says, go post my username in some random reddit thread then link your user page here.

Bayonnefrog
Nov 9, 2017

Dusty Lens posted:

It seems like the right time of the year to engage in a little retrospective blast from the past

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-04-22-chris-roberts-how-incredible-community-transforms-development

"We don't even have a campaign going, we're not even selling new ships or anything, and we don't have a game." Baaahahahahahah

Still no game

Toops
Nov 5, 2015

-find mood stabilizers
-also,

Bribase posted:

We laugh at you guys all the time, especially on spectrum and discord. Our community even had an entire sub laughing at Derek.

Your laughing just looks like petty little snickers to be honest. Sometimes I smile at the photoshops but then I see people angry posting huge libelous rants in between them which kind of puts the "we're just over here laughing" to lie

that's tight

Bribase
Dec 12, 2017

by FactsAreUseless

big nipples big life posted:

There's an easy way to sort this out. If you are who your username says, go post my username in some random reddit thread then link your user page here.

nice try.

Solarin
Nov 15, 2007

fidelity

big nipples big life
May 12, 2014

Show us you're balls.

Toops
Nov 5, 2015

-find mood stabilizers
-also,

I don't read anything that matches *.php :smug:

Bayonnefrog
Nov 9, 2017

SCtrumpHaters posted:

Thats another thing. Tons of people RIGHT NOW say they are totally cool with CIG failing. It was a great ride, we got to fund something special and saved PC gaming. That number will only increase as time goes on.

there isn't going to be this class action lawsuit or a giant blowup. There will be salt of course but this idea that there will be investigations is ludicrous. Why would a government (which one, they have companies all over) give a poo poo about early access company #10394 failing to live up to their fan's expectations?

Unless Chris is doing something insanely stupid like taking 10000 dollar "for monaco vacay" checks out of the company then hes golden. Its not a crime to be incompetent and a government would have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that there was 0 intention to make a game, etc, etc

Yes. I've said this multiple times. You can't go to jail for being incompetent. They are trying to make a game and this is what they came up with. The only way legal stuff couldn't get involved is if they took all the money and bought an island in the Caribean and never made a game. But I think we're way past that point.

Virtual Captain
Feb 20, 2017

Archive Priest of the Stimperial Order

Star Citizen Good, in all things forevermore. Amen.
:pray:
im the 2017 intro thread. ITT: do you wanna be friends?

Dusty Lens
Jul 1, 2015

All Glory unto the Stimpire. Give up your arms and legs and embrace the beautiful agony of electricity that doubles in pain every second.

Bribase posted:

I'm not stupid.

You may have come to the wrong place

Bribase
Dec 12, 2017

by FactsAreUseless

Bayonnefrog posted:

Yes. I've said this multiple times. You can't go to jail for being incompetent. They are trying to make a game and this is what they came up with. The only way legal stuff couldn't get involved is if they took all the money and bought an island in the Caribean and never made a game. But I think we're way past that point.

Exactly.

Employ some common sense and understand that CIG have financial adivsors and business managers who oversee the company's expansion and make prudent decisions about their projected income. Brian Chambers didn't just set up shop in Frankfurt on a whim, they didn't open up a new studio in Derby because they ran out of desks in Manchester. And CIG aren't taking growing their staff numbers and opening up new studios without the presence of mind to check if they can afford it.

I shouldn't have to remind everyone that CIG has open positions waiting to be filled, not people on staff waiting to be paid. If they were just stealing it, we would be seeing "wheres my paycheck" or no one even hired in the first place.

big nipples big life
May 12, 2014

He already blew it lol

Dusty Lens
Jul 1, 2015

All Glory unto the Stimpire. Give up your arms and legs and embrace the beautiful agony of electricity that doubles in pain every second.

Bribase posted:

Exactly.

Employ some common sense and understand that CIG have financial adivsors and business managers who oversee the company's expansion and make prudent decisions about their projected income.

I don't think this has ever been a concern. People would like a video game though. That's usually where balls start to chafe.

Mu77ley
Oct 14, 2016


Guys! Did somebody forget to turn their wally magnet off again?!

Bribase
Dec 12, 2017

by FactsAreUseless

Dusty Lens posted:

I don't think this has ever been a concern. People would like a video game though. That's usually where balls start to chafe.

Game development is a constant process. I help make scripts for X3 in my spare time. Even simple things like that can take time.

Dusty Lens
Jul 1, 2015

All Glory unto the Stimpire. Give up your arms and legs and embrace the beautiful agony of electricity that doubles in pain every second.

Bribase posted:

Game development is a constant process. I help make scripts for X3 in my spare time. Even simple things like that can take time.

Holy poo poo I was not expecting that takedown.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Every time Ben shits he destroys the toilet.

https://twitter.com/banditloaf/status/940314197690167296

This is a weeks worth of toilets.

Abuminable
Mar 30, 2017

Now, aside from the Abuminable, business goes on as usual.

Dusty Lens posted:

Holy poo poo I was not expecting that takedown.

Pack up, go home, Dusty. You don't understand game development and have been brutally owned by a real developer.

grimcreaper
Jan 7, 2012

I have decided to post once more in tgis thread to let you all know about a cool game called Path of Exile.

That is further all and more

Eldragon
Feb 22, 2003

Bribase posted:

Exactly.

Employ some common sense and understand that CIG have financial adivsors and business managers who oversee the company's expansion and make prudent decisions about their projected income. Brian Chambers didn't just set up shop in Frankfurt on a whim, they didn't open up a new studio in Derby because they ran out of desks in Manchester. And CIG aren't taking growing their staff numbers and opening up new studios without the presence of mind to check if they can afford it.

I shouldn't have to remind everyone that CIG has open positions waiting to be filled, not people on staff waiting to be paid. If they were just stealing it, we would be seeing "wheres my paycheck" or no one even hired in the first place.

I mean seriously dusty, this guy gets it. No corporation in the history of time has ever made bad decisions, lied to staff, or defrauded investors. People are inherently virtuous, and its only those vile content locust gamers that cause anyone any harm.

Thoatse
Feb 29, 2016

Lol said the scorpion, lmao
https://i.imgur.com/5r3MJdS.gifv

aleksendr
May 14, 2014

D_Smart posted:

That's not even the smoking gun, or the fact that these are solo missions.

No.

Take a look at this rig.

Win 10 Pro
Intel Core i7 6700k @ 4.00ghz
Noctua NH-D14 Cpu cooler
Asus Maximus VIII HERO
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming X 8GB GDDR5
Kingston 16GB (2x8gb) HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 MHz
EVGA 750W SuperNOVA 750 G2, modular 80 PLUS Gold
Samsung 960 EVO 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD
Samsung 256GB 850 PRO Series SSD 2.5"

That goes with this report:

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/4/thread/star-citizen-alpha-3-0-0ai-ptu-681830-patch-notes/766102

So on a good day you can expect to earn roughly 1500 UEC per hour if you are already fully equiped ? Aside from the fact that half your earnings go to repair (good luck having a ship repair career worth anything if this is CIG main drain on the economy) and this is asuming nobody gently caress with your mission and you dont use consomables. How would anyone consider this to be any form of fun ?

This is getting close to the Entropia Universe business model, a veiled casino where you end up paying roughly 50c an hour to play.

Abuminable
Mar 30, 2017

Now, aside from the Abuminable, business goes on as usual.
I hope everyone has enjoyed the civility for the past week. FAU lets VictorianQueerLit out of the pokey in 7 hours.

Bofast
Feb 21, 2011

Grimey Drawer

Bribase posted:

Honestly by your spiteful attitudes I'd say you guys are mostly republicans. Although I cannot cite any sources for that. Just my impression by the tone and things wished on the devs, and your laughter at the abuse of workers.

Don't be absurd. We're German auditors, obviously

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/Horus_Xero/status/940596686728163330

Hav
Dec 11, 2009

Fun Shoe

:five:

Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

Bribase posted:

Game development is a constant process. I help make scripts for X3 in my spare time. Even simple things like that can take time.

How many years has Star Citizen been in development?

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Beer4TheBeerGod
Aug 23, 2004
Exciting Lemon

Eldragon posted:

I mean seriously dusty, this guy gets it. No corporation in the history of time has ever made bad decisions, lied to staff, or defrauded investors. People are inherently virtuous, and its only those vile content locust gamers that cause anyone any harm.

It's true. If a company has open positions on their website they have to fill them. It's the law or something.

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