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Mr.PayDay
Jan 2, 2004
life is short - play hard

kilus aof posted:

Almost every bar on that is wrong.

And math is hard lol. 2012-2018 = 7 years, not 6.
It’s May 2019 so almost 7,5 years. Add the invested 2011 months of preparing the kickstarter and all the footage we are about 8 years in. And 0 of 2 games even near 10% finished lol

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trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

A whole six likes and one retweet! No wonder they're making big money.

rePool
Apr 18, 2019

Undercover Goon.

So long and thanks for all the fish

trucutru posted:

A whole six likes and one retweet! No wonder they're making big money.

I'm surprised they're shafting all their other streamers. Ouch.

Dementropy
Aug 23, 2010





monkeytek
Jun 8, 2010

It wasn't an ELE that wiped out the backer funds. It was Tristan Timothy Taylor.

You know, with the number of brokebrain individuals on the rise my only solace is it makes it so much easier to find positions in my field for people who have even the smallest of critical thinking skills.

Grubby Hobo
Feb 13, 2018

There's something else about bears not many people know. If a bear gets hooked on the taste of crowdfunding, it becomes a man-killer. He'll go on a rampage and has to be destroyed. And that's why you should never hug a bear.

Sarsapariller posted:

What I think is really interesting is how little any of this actually seems to matter to their funding. This won't even be the... fourth? Fifth? Round of bad PR that CIG has endured, and it does nothing to them. We know from TheAgent that most of their money comes from a core of whales but this is the sort of thing that really highlights it. They're essentially immune to criticism, financially. Their name is as mud as a video game company's can be, and they're still pulling in mad money.

I wonder sometimes whether it's as simple as the whales having extra money, and having no better idea of what to do with it.

Quavers
Feb 26, 2016

You clearly don't understand game development

rePool posted:



I'm not sure what to make of this post.

:eyepop:

Jonny Nox
Apr 26, 2008




So how is CIG going to turn Peter Mayhew's death into a promotional tweet?

Grubby Hobo
Feb 13, 2018

There's something else about bears not many people know. If a bear gets hooked on the taste of crowdfunding, it becomes a man-killer. He'll go on a rampage and has to be destroyed. And that's why you should never hug a bear.
The commando's search for a Designated Villain for the Forbes piece is most entertaining.

I guess they finally realized that Derek is tuned out until it's time to write his book; he barely appeared on their radar.

Of course we featured prominently, what with our Crobears and all, but there was a lot of struggle to make the connection between us and the article.

Quavers
Feb 26, 2016

You clearly don't understand game development


:derp:

Flared Basic Bitch
Feb 22, 2005

Invading your personal space since 1968.

his nibs posted:

if only pixelemonade was still around to bring some positivity into the situation

But hey what if we just tried being more positive?

Quavers
Feb 26, 2016

You clearly don't understand game development


:cripes:

Quavers
Feb 26, 2016

You clearly don't understand game development




:bravo2:

Quavers
Feb 26, 2016

You clearly don't understand game development


:tif:



:chloe:

Inkel
Feb 19, 2004

College Slice


:hmmyes:

Blue On Blue
Nov 14, 2012



Somehow the creepiest response to this whole thing yet

Good job Montoya!

colonelwest
Jun 30, 2018

But whatever, what we really need is for Weevil Marlin to give us his hot take on what kind of crappy aspect of Elite Dangerous invalidates all of the criticisms in the Forbes article.

no_recall
Aug 17, 2015

Lipstick Apathy
This game never fails to deliver.

Quavers
Feb 26, 2016

You clearly don't understand game development
Even the German Star Citizen fanboy magazine is quoting it





:negative:

Quavers
Feb 26, 2016

You clearly don't understand game development

:lol:

colonelwest
Jun 30, 2018


:chanpop:

God loving drat man.

Grubby Hobo
Feb 13, 2018

There's something else about bears not many people know. If a bear gets hooked on the taste of crowdfunding, it becomes a man-killer. He'll go on a rampage and has to be destroyed. And that's why you should never hug a bear.

Pervert Squadron is the Best Squadron?

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



why is this a problem? chris already has enough money to finish the game :agesilaus:

monkeytek
Jun 8, 2010

It wasn't an ELE that wiped out the backer funds. It was Tristan Timothy Taylor.

colonelwest posted:

:chanpop:

God loving drat man.

I agree, it is obvious that with the hyper sexualization of CIG cultists (hot bears) that the true initiator of this attack is none other than the porn industry. How could it not be? With the creation of SC the porn industry will lose billions a year as their oh so delicious clientele are drawn off to live a second life of sorts where they can act with lust on their mind and dark consequences in a universe where they dictate what is acceptable not some SJW cabal that inflicts such horrible indignities as Captain Marvel and women that are allowed to think for themselves to the point where they expect them to provide at least a minimal level of hygiene!

Sarsapariller
Aug 14, 2015

Occasional vampire queen

Grubby Hobo posted:

I wonder sometimes whether it's as simple as the whales having extra money, and having no better idea of what to do with it.

None of these dipshits have extra money, in the traditional sense. They talk like they're big businessmen throwing their walking-around money at something they'd like to patronize. But in reality, they're divorcee gamedads dumping the money that was supposed to go to their kids' college fund or whatever. In almost every case when you dig into it, there's a person making a terrible financial decision who's either already a giant burden on those around them, or about to become one.

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

Flared Basic Bitch posted:

But hey what if we just tried being more positive?

Quavers
Feb 26, 2016

You clearly don't understand game development
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxnqnFQOKDc

3:00 to 9:10 timestamps - FORBES ARTICLE & STAR CITIZEN MELTDOWN
:suicide:


It's okay though!

2:15 timestamp "I've now bought a VR headset and think I'll cover VR stuff in the future. I hope Squadron 42 will have VR support too. Please watch my channel when I do VR videos instead of only Star Citizen."

11:35 timestamp "The Shillings! Want a gaming PC? Get Shadow Cloud Gaming subscription instead. Want a VPN? Use the code below. Support via Patreon or Youtube Join button. I hemorrhage a lot of supporters with January and February lulls."

:shepspends:

Fargin Icehole
Feb 19, 2011

Pet me.
Is the forbes piece the theoretical chum in the water at this point?

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

Winter Stormer
Oct 17, 2012

update: it seems the last person to stalk Chris and his family was Sandi

Flared Basic Bitch
Feb 22, 2005

Invading your personal space since 1968.
Time

Winter Stormer posted:

update: it seems the last person to stalk Chris and his family was Sandi

There no point denying it boys... the shillsite strangler has struck again.

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014


Which employee is Sandi killing in that photo?


Quavers
Feb 26, 2016

You clearly don't understand game development

TheAgent
Feb 16, 2002

The call is coming from inside Dr. House
Grimey Drawer
hahaha didn't even get in that article that Chris blamed "internet trolls" for all the negativity around star citizen

Thoatse
Feb 29, 2016

Lol said the scorpion, lmao

no_recall posted:

This game never fails to deliver.

I mean, unless you're a backer

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Thoatse posted:

I mean, unless you're a backer

Oh poo poo.

Quavers
Feb 26, 2016

You clearly don't understand game development

Thoatse posted:

I mean, unless you're a backer

:boom:

Scruffpuff
Dec 23, 2015

Fidelity. Wait, was I'm working on again?

Thoatse posted:

I mean, unless you're a backer

:thurman:

spacetoaster
Feb 10, 2014

Don't forget :sandance:

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kilus aof
Mar 24, 2001

The author of The Escapist piece wasn't male and wasn't fired.

https://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/articles/Lizzy+Finnegan

Also The Escapist removed the article because it was a dead site and was removing legal liability so it could be sold.

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