Bootcha posted:

No, I gotta redo one scene.

Thanks forbs.

Agony Aunt posted:

Does it involve a picture of Sandi looking psychotic by any chance? Lurking in a dark corner? Murder on her mind?

E: T:

Agony Aunt posted:

I presume they did check their facts before posting. Pretty sure Forbes' lawyers wouldn't want that printing if not true.

Bootcha posted:

#IStrangleWithSandi

Bootcha posted:

No, I gotta redo one scene.

Thanks forbs.

Bootcha posted:

#IStrangleWithSandi

Eliot Lefebvre posted:

If you have only the faintest idea what has gone on with Star Citizen since its initial Kickstarter, a new Forbes piece on the game and its creator Chris Roberts is out today to clue you in, complete with a summary of the game’s long and winding development timeline to date.

It is not, however, a flattering summary. The article in question walks through the process of the game’s nearly $300 million in funding, suggesting the game’s development is struggling along under “incompetence and mismanagement on a galactic scale” while also dishing out quotes from the 20 former CIG employees the authors spoke with, like this one from former contractor (and Wing Commander IV producer) Mark Day:

“As the money rolled in, what I consider to be some of [Roberts’] old bad habits popped up -not being super-focused. It had got out of hand, in my opinion. The promises being made -call it feature creep, call it whatever it is – now we can do this, now we can do that. I was shocked.”

Forbes also looks back at Roberts’ previous projects in both game development and Hollywood while bringing up that the game is both raising money at an astonishing rate and burning through it nearly as quickly while racking up 129 consumer complaints sent to the FTC.

“This is not fraud—Roberts really is working on a game—but it is incompetence and mismanagement on a galactic scale. The heedless waste is fueled by easy money raised through crowdfunding, a Wild West territory nearly free of regulators and rules. Creatives are in charge here, not profit-driven bean counters or deadline-enforcing suits.”

At one point Forbes even digs into Roberts’ private life, posting about his marital dramas and the price of his house, though it notes “Roberts has emphatically said he is not lining his pockets from Cloud Imperium and that the company’s fundraising is ethical.”

Reddit, of course, is having a field day with the article, calling it a “hit piece.” MMO players will recall that mainstream games media has produced several of these deep-dives into and interviews with CIG over the years, and the narrative provided by those who’ve actually worked on the game – that its development is a bit of a mess behind the scenes with Roberts micromanaging it obsessively – has generally stayed consistent throughout; for example, even in 2016, Kotaku’s longform piece characterized the game as an “unwieldy, ever-changing dream project.”

MilesK posted:

Whoa dude. To think, we've all been assuming Derek was the one who stalked Chris Roberts children and might one day break into his house and try to kill him, when really it was Sandi the whole time. It's like an episode of Scooby Doo.

Lladre posted:

Wow, Sandi being as creepy stalker.

Who would have guessed.

Colostomy Bag posted:

Colostomy Bag posted:

Lladre posted:

Wow, Sandi being as creepy stalker.

Who would have guessed.

MedicineHut posted:

I blame this guy

Colostomy Bag posted:

Raised an eyebrow but isn't that big of a deal when one is worth millions.

Scruffpuff posted:

Considering this article, and the creepy robo-walk she displays while "acting," it's clear that Sandi Gardiner is actually a terminator sent back in time to save PC gaming by strangling Chris. She failed at the direct approach, so now she's working from inside the company to take it down.

Lladre posted:

Wow, Sandi being as creepy stalker.

Who would have guessed.

MilesK posted:

Whoa dude. To think, we've all been assuming Derek was the one who stalked Chris Roberts children and might one day break into his house and try to kill him, when really it was Sandi the whole time. It's like an episode of Scooby Doo.

Colostomy Bag posted:

Dooguk posted:

Ms Peterson may be interested in those statements too.

Strangler 42 posted:

So they're just never going to accept that CIG might be capable of loving this up completely. Okay.

Hav posted:

Humanevil screams erectile dysfunction, but I can't prove it.

MedicineHut posted:

I blame this guy

Dementropy posted:

MedicineHut posted:

I blame this guy