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Jul 5, 2019 12:41
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Sarsapariller posted:Great news!
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Jul 5, 2019 12:44
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wait, it's the investment guy they threw out? The same day the missed the 3.6 deadline which people say makes them loose the investment deal?  this is good for Star Citizen
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Jul 5, 2019 13:06
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tuo posted:wait, it's the investment guy they threw out? The same day the missed the 3.6 deadline which people say makes them loose the investment deal? Offner was replaced by Marc Nitsche. CTT is an idiot.
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Jul 5, 2019 13:35
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Hav posted:CTT is an idiot. They all are, this is part of what makes it all so funny.
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Jul 5, 2019 14:10
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tuo posted:wait, it's the investment guy they threw out? The same day the missed the 3.6 deadline which people say makes them loose the investment deal? 3.6? Wouldn’t it rather be the SQ42 beta thingie next year? Or this a multi stage milestone deal?
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Jul 5, 2019 14:23
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What the flip is Gamer girl water.
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Jul 5, 2019 14:30
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Lladre posted:What the flip is Gamer girl water. Some "gamer girl" on Twitch is selling bottles of her bath water online. It's the latest progression in the cute girls feigning interest in nerd poo poo to make money of off desperate neckbeards industrial complex. Personally, I don't begrudge them one bit. They saw a market full of idiotic and puerile weirdos and cashed in on it; like the Citizenry, their audience deserves to have every penny milked from them. colonelwest fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Jul 5, 2019 |
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Jul 5, 2019 14:33
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MedicineHut posted:3.6? Wouldn’t it rather be the SQ42 beta thingie next year? Or this a multi stage milestone deal? Holy poo poo, 3.6? I've lost track. They're on the 5th major content patch of their second expansion! Goddamn, Star Citizen is good!
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Jul 5, 2019 14:40
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Please don't milk your bath water 
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Jul 5, 2019 14:41
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colonelwest posted:Some "gamer girl" on Twitch is selling bottles of her bath water online. Unironically agree, but I hope they're using some of that money to develop some other skills too, because I suspect the neckbeard bubble is close to bursting. And I'm seeing that from the other side. The IT field is flooded now with just regular people who choose it because they found it interesting; long gone are the "oh computers are weird" tropes that led to society's castoffs using it as a hiding place and weirdo club. You haven't seen impotent rage until you see some sweaty, smelly IT guy with a god complex get completely outmaneuvered in his own element by some guy who looks like he just walked off the cover of GQ.
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Jul 5, 2019 14:44
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Dwesa posted:Is there any kind of mini-game tied to it? No, I am sure it means staring at progress bars for 15 minutes. Stop spreading FUD you self-sodomizing goonailure! The progress bar won’t work because CI is open mic night at the software lounge.
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Jul 5, 2019 14:58
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Scruffpuff posted:get completely outmaneuvered in his own element by some guy who looks like he just walked off the cover of GQ. And had a shower the very same day
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Jul 5, 2019 14:59
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Neltharak posted:And had a shower the very same day 
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Jul 5, 2019 15:00
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colonelwest posted:Some "gamer girl" on Twitch is selling bottles of her bath water online. The whole "gamer girl" bath water thing is madness. I remember seeing an article about someone getting sick after drinking it. Can't find the link right now, might post it later. Are we going to have virtual Strangli bathwater in SC? 
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Jul 5, 2019 15:07
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skeletors_condom posted:Are we going to have virtual Strangli bathwater in SC? Truly the central question surrounding this project. If Garriott can sell blood...
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Jul 5, 2019 15:12
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skeletors_condom posted:The whole "gamer girl" bath water thing is madness. I remember seeing an article about someone getting sick after drinking it. Can't find the link right now, might post it later. Oh, you mean the unsanitary water that's touched someones genitals and you have no clue what their medical history is? Sounds delicious, I'll have 3!
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Jul 5, 2019 15:18
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skeletors_condom posted:The whole "gamer girl" bath water thing is madness. I remember seeing an article about someone getting sick after drinking it. Can't find the link right now, might post it later. The news article was a photoshop in the cursed images thread (un?)fortunately. Still gross af.
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Jul 5, 2019 15:29
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going to become the only star citizen ASMR streamer. I'll whisper "parp" at various tones during my 15 minute wait to clear my crime stat
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Jul 5, 2019 15:48
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TheAgent posted:going to become the only star citizen ASMR streamer. I'll whisper "parp" at various tones during my 15 minute wait to clear my crime stat Will ASMR voice-over make it into love pledge
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Jul 5, 2019 15:56
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TheAgent posted:going to become the only star citizen ASMR streamer. I'll whisper "parp" at various tones during my 15 minute wait to clear my crime stat BoredGamer already does that
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Jul 5, 2019 15:56
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TheAgent posted:going to become the only star citizen ASMR streamer. I'll whisper "parp" at various tones during my 15 minute wait to clear my crime stat Please sell virtual whiskey for the glasses you can find in-game. Looking for something that won't clip through my hand and cause my ship to explode 
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Jul 5, 2019 15:59
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Please sell virtual whiskey for the glasses you can find in-game. Looking for something that won't clip through my hand and cause my ship to explode Keep looking, friend - this is Star Citizen.
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Jul 5, 2019 16:01
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Scruffpuff posted:Keep looking, friend - this is Star Citizen. Oh, sorry, virtual Jim Bean
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Jul 5, 2019 16:08
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Bofast posted:That's like choosing between the plague and cholera, and I'm not even sure which is which. It's choleric plague, obviously. Only the best is good enough for citizens.
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Jul 5, 2019 16:12
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Scruffpuff posted:Unironically agree, but I hope they're using some of that money to develop some other skills too, because I suspect the neckbeard bubble is close to bursting. And I'm seeing that from the other side. The IT field is flooded now with just regular people who choose it because they found it interesting; long gone are the "oh computers are weird" tropes that led to society's castoffs using it as a hiding place and weirdo club. You haven't seen impotent rage until you see some sweaty, smelly IT guy with a god complex get completely outmaneuvered in his own element by some guy who looks like he just walked off the cover of GQ. There will always be a market for porn. She'll be fine.
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Jul 5, 2019 16:14
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Scruffpuff posted:Unironically agree, but I hope they're using some of that money to develop some other skills too, because I suspect the neckbeard bubble is close to bursting. And I'm seeing that from the other side. The IT field is flooded now with just regular people who choose it because they found it interesting; long gone are the "oh computers are weird" tropes that led to society's castoffs using it as a hiding place and weirdo club. You haven't seen impotent rage until you see some sweaty, smelly IT guy with a god complex get completely outmaneuvered in his own element by some guy who looks like he just walked off the cover of GQ. Yeah, there's probably a decline in your stereotypical fedora wearing overweight wizard who thinks his low-end IT job gives him a license to pontificate on every topic known to man. But at the same time, the number of socially isolated (mostly) men just keeps increasing, and platforms like Twitch just become more and more of a parasocial hell.
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Jul 5, 2019 16:19
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Sarsapariller posted:Great news! Boy, they’ve made incredible progress in the game loop over the last 3 years! Batgirl will be having even MORE fun in the PU soon...
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Jul 5, 2019 16:33
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G0RF posted:Boy, they’ve made incredible progress in the game loop over the last 3 years! Batgirl will be having even MORE fun in the PU soon... It's true, and I'm envious of their success. You can do literally anything in Star Citizen. Want to move forward? They have you covered. Want to move to the left? They've got that too. Remember the days of Myst where you could only navigate by looking at prerendered pictures of the area? Now imagine, if you can, being able to move to, and look around from, literally any spot you want, and have the game dynamically render the scene in real time, just like real life. That future is now. That future is Star Citizen.
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Jul 5, 2019 16:38
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Jul 5, 2019 16:41
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Scruffpuff posted:It's true, and I'm envious of their success. You can do literally anything in Star Citizen. Want to move forward? They have you covered. Want to move to the left? They've got that too. Remember the days of Myst where you could only navigate by looking at prerendered pictures of the area? Now imagine, if you can, being able to move to, and look around from, literally any spot you want, and have the game dynamically render the scene in real time, just like real life. You also have to solve puzzles to open doors, just like in Myst!
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Jul 5, 2019 16:47
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I dunno, I got into IT and software/game development in the late 90s, and the unhygienic weirdos were a rare sight even then. There's a higher frequency of highly introverted and eccentric people than in almost any other sector - restaurants and bars being one notable exception I know of, and that's just along one of those parameters with highly extroverted and eccentric people being common. But nasty and unhygienic types are more common in logistics, (non-physical) unskilled labor and agriculture. In IT (anecdotally, granted) the nasty types tend to be at the very lower tier of the career ladder, mostly in support and "perpetual junior developer" roles. In my experience, the stereotypical manchildren with crazy spending habits, abysmal personalities and abnormal immaturity, tend to be found in the "fluffier" roles, such as middle management, product designers and all those weird jobs that are well-paid, prestigious but in many ways devoid of actual meaning. Often they make up for lack actual skills with a kind intuitive skill at office politics and supreme bullshitting skills (due to being so full of themselves that they actually believe their own nonsense). They rarely have actual managerial responsibility but try to weasel into at any opportunity. It's like that Schrute guy in the Office. Sadly, I think the main market for "gamer girl dreams" isn't really either of these categories (although they are part of it). Rather, it's very young males with poor people skills and lack of social life. I am not convinced they've all developed into horrible people yet, and hopefully they won't all do that. Modern youth culture is harsh on both sexes, in different ways, and I think this group is one example of how the ruthless realities of the "so-me generation" manifests. Maybe I'm naive, but I don't think these are all filthy basement dwelling misogynists. Many are just awkward and unattractive kids who buy a dream match and revel in the very temporary warmth.
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Jul 5, 2019 16:48
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Dementropy posted:
Nah, they'll just sit on the PC version for a few years and then put it out as a part of a big re-release like they did for GTA V and are about to do for RDR2. I don't really get it, since they're the only major publisher that still dicks around with PC versions of their multi-platform releases, and only Sony and Nintendo are still committed to console exclusives.
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Jul 5, 2019 16:48
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PederP posted:I dunno, I got into IT and software/game development in the late 90s, and the unhygienic weirdos were a rare sight even then. There's a higher frequency of highly introverted and eccentric people than in almost any other sector - restaurants and bars being one notable exception I know of, and that's just along one of those parameters with highly extroverted and eccentric people being common. But nasty and unhygienic types are more common in logistics, (non-physical) unskilled labor and agriculture. In IT (anecdotally, granted) the nasty types tend to be at the very lower tier of the career ladder, mostly in support and "perpetual junior developer" roles. We've had pretty different experiences I think. In the last year alone we've had to send multiple people home due to hygiene issues, to the point where their office had to be cleaned, and the air was unbreathable (which is why you track argon levels). The top level techs, who really did know their poo poo, looked like recently-thawed cavemen who wandered into the server room by mistake. That said, I will concede that none of the people I'm describing were the types to go home, get online, and be raving assholes - they mostly kept to themselves. Perhaps it's a situation where I'm conflating the two groups, since I have noticed that nobody "knows" more than your Tier 1 support tech fresh from the Best Buy Geek Squad who demands the company open ports on the firewall because a Google search, or a forum slapfight, told them to do it. Those seem to be the guys that make parts of the web insufferable.
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Jul 5, 2019 17:04
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History Comes Inside! posted:The news article was a photoshop in the cursed images thread (un?)fortunately. Good to know. PederP posted:Sadly, I think the main market for "gamer girl dreams" isn't really either of these categories (although they are part of it). Rather, it's very young males with poor people skills and lack of social life. I am not convinced they've all developed into horrible people yet, and hopefully they won't all do that. Modern youth culture is harsh on both sexes, in different ways, and I think this group is one example of how the ruthless realities of the "so-me generation" manifests. Maybe I'm naive, but I don't think these are all filthy basement dwelling misogynists. Many are just awkward and unattractive kids who buy a dream match and revel in the very temporary warmth. The whole "gamer girl" bathwater debacle makes me feel disconnected from modern culture (and I am not that old, I've been working for a little less than 10 years). Even if you have mediocre social skills and not much of a social life, there are more efficient ways of getting a temporary high. Drink yourself silly, get stoned and play video games, get high on benzo or even get a high class escort. I am not saying these are smart choices; but at least you get more bang for your buck than burning cash on influencers.
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Jul 5, 2019 17:06
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https://twitter.com/RobertsSpaceInd/status/1147157751409233920
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Jul 5, 2019 17:08
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colonelwest posted:Nah, they'll just sit on the PC version for a few years and then put it out as a part of a big re-release like they did for GTA V and are about to do for RDR2. I don't really get it, since they're the only major publisher that still dicks around with PC versions of their multi-platform releases, and only Sony and Nintendo are still committed to console exclusives. It lets them double dip, lots of people who already own it on console will buy it again on PC.
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Jul 5, 2019 17:09
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Dementropy posted:
Isn't making money and satisfying customers the same thing (more or less)?
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skeletors_condom posted:The whole "gamer girl" bathwater debacle makes me feel disconnected from modern culture (and I am not that old, I've been working for a little less than 10 years). I've been wondering about this, and I think it goes deeper than that. It's not only a "gamer girl" thing, or even a "gamer" thing; we're in a place now where people think they're literally steering the course of history by posting tweets, collecting likes, and DESTROYING someone in FIVE WORDS or whatever YouTube tripe hits the front page. It's entirely masturbatory, but it reveals a sick underlying desire some people have to forcibly shape the world in their image the moment they think they have the influence to do so. Even imaginary power corrupts, it seems.
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