Star Citizen: Death of a Space Thread?

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Rugganovich: Apr 29, 2017

Scruffpuff posted:

"Come see us, CIG, completely legitimate game development studio, but you gotta act fast!"

reminds me of the opening scene in 'lock,stock and two smoking barrels."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeztSCCX6VY&t=2s

TAXXE EDIT:

Rugganovich fucked around with this message at 08:02 on Aug 24, 2019

# ? Aug 24, 2019 07:07

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# ? May 22, 2024 17:00

Baxta: Feb 18, 2004; Needs More Pirate

Bofast posted:

I think someone claimed earlier in the thread that Kazan had bragged about being a test engineer or similar, but I don't recall the details.

I'm pretty sure he's doxxed himself a few times as an appeal to authority.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 07:16

Mirificus: Oct 29, 2004; Kings need not raise their voices to be heard

# ? Aug 24, 2019 07:22

Sarsapariller: Aug 14, 2015; Occasional vampire queen

These complaints have gotten an edge of desperation to them. He really doesn't like what he's being told, over and over again, and he can't confidently refute it anymore. He's appealing to someone, anyone, to get these pesky doubters and critics out of his sight. If they just stop saying it, it stops being true!

AKA "Mods, mods!"

# ? Aug 24, 2019 07:39

Thoatse: Feb 29, 2016; Can't post for 6 hours!

Is this why Ben couldn't find the other chair for that dumb sword ship?

# ? Aug 24, 2019 07:46

his nibs: Feb 27, 2016; Welcome to the
Dream Factory; Grimey Drawer

thread needs more Goffman (and Garfinkel/Sacks)

# ? Aug 24, 2019 07:48

his nibs: Feb 27, 2016; Welcome to the
Dream Factory; Grimey Drawer

and fluff balls

https://i.imgur.com/TKSvuSJ.mp4

# ? Aug 24, 2019 07:54

Bootcha: Nov 13, 2012; Truly, the pinnacle of goaltending; Grimey Drawer

I dunno.

Maybe CIG is switching to Lumberyard?

I mean, it wouldn't be the first time.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 08:08

Scruffpuff: Dec 23, 2015; Fidelity. Wait, was I'm working on again?

Thoatse posted:

Is this why Ben couldn't find the other chair for that dumb sword ship?

That brings to mind another couple chapters of humorous fraud from this sham company. Wasn't there some kind of Valentine's Day promotion where you could buy two ships or something, with the hilarious limitation that you were still buying them both for yourself? Or that when you bought Star Citizen "swag" like t-shirts or whatever, if you bought more than one you had to ship each one in a separate box, each time incurring the maximum possible shipping fee.

It's been going on for so long, and they've done so much stupid poo poo, it's impossible to keep track of all this. There's more information about their legendary ineptitude over the bigger part of a decade now, I feel universities have enough to offer a loving doctorate degree for people who can get their heads around it all. Maybe in the future we'll see accredited Star Citizen historians on documentaries with bookshelves behind them filled with encyclopedic tomes documenting CIG's fraud and unforced errors, and they'll tip their half-moon glasses and tell the interviewer "I'll have to re-read on that one, I think I remember it, there's just so much here."

# ? Aug 24, 2019 08:13

Amazing Zimmo: Jan 27, 2006; That's quite a load you got in them diapers

Bootcha posted:

I dunno.

Maybe CIG is switching to Lumberyard?

I mean, it wouldn't be the first time.

that only takes two days tops

# ? Aug 24, 2019 08:13

Amazing Zimmo: Jan 27, 2006; That's quite a load you got in them diapers

https://twitter.com/discolando/status/1165119968943304704

# ? Aug 24, 2019 08:34

One in the Bum: Apr 25, 2014; Hair Elf

Quavers posted:

But if sc is working with a reduced scale in order to make the maps appear bigger, then no, your spaceship is not the largest vehicle model in gaming history. In fact, it's probably smaller than the Halo warthog.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 08:56

reverend crabhands: Feb 3, 2016

Dementropy posted:

https://twitter.com/RobertsSpaceInd/status/1165003520363225088

Cards against Humility

Sandi has been feeding Erin now Ben has left.

reverend crabhands fucked around with this message at 10:14 on Aug 24, 2019

# ? Aug 24, 2019 09:06

Beer4TheBeerGod: Aug 23, 2004; Exciting Lemon

Scruffpuff posted:

That brings to mind another couple chapters of humorous fraud from this sham company. Wasn't there some kind of Valentine's Day promotion where you could buy two ships or something, with the hilarious limitation that you were still buying them both for yourself? Or that when you bought Star Citizen "swag" like t-shirts or whatever, if you bought more than one you had to ship each one in a separate box, each time incurring the maximum possible shipping fee.

It's been going on for so long, and they've done so much stupid poo poo, it's impossible to keep track of all this. There's more information about their legendary ineptitude over the bigger part of a decade now, I feel universities have enough to offer a loving doctorate degree for people who can get their heads around it all. Maybe in the future we'll see accredited Star Citizen historians on documentaries with bookshelves behind them filled with encyclopedic tomes documenting CIG's fraud and unforced errors, and they'll tip their half-moon glasses and tell the interviewer "I'll have to re-read on that one, I think I remember it, there's just so much here."

CIG did have a promotional package where you could buy a pair of ships for Valentine's Day.

Packages can not be split in half.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 12:29

Quavers: Feb 26, 2016; You clearly don't understand game development

Huh

If the average life expectancy of a person is 80 years, a Kickstarter backer would spent almost 10% of it waiting for Star Citizen and Squadron 42 :stonk:

# ? Aug 24, 2019 13:09

Tippis: Mar 21, 2008; It's yet another day in the wasteland.

Scruffpuff posted:

It's rude to imply that Chris Roberts is ignorant of technology - after all, he assured us years and years ago that there were already servers at CIG running a full MMO universe background simulation complete with NPC completing missions, bounty hunting, and engaging in the crafting and manufacturing economy and dynamically responding to supply and demand in real time.

Very rude. I mean, just look at [url="https://"https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3800238#post467004223"]his 1993 statement about the trajectory of hardware[/url]:

Strike Commander manual posted:

Because of the power needed to implement such a 3-D system, nobody had previously dreamed of doing so on a PC. For us to pull off this software, we knew we had to make some risky assumptions. First, that the power-to-price ratio of PCs would continue to decline, thereby delivering affordable PCs of adequate speed to our target market. Second, and more importantly, that the same forces that had created a demand for Wing Commander � those power-hungry 386 owners � would generate a demand for games that exploited the next generation of PCs, the 486.

The 386 came out in 1985. The 486 came out in 1989. Development of Strike Commander began in 1990. The Pentium came out in 1993, as did SC. So yeah, it was a very risky assumption that the power of consumer PCs would skyrocket � who could have guessed that intel would follow their public roadmap? It's definitely a risky assumption that �the next generation, the 486� would have users (since it was the current generation, and everyone knew the next one was a 3-4 years away). And it was definitely risky to assume that the power-to-price ratio would decline, since that would mean that you'd get less and less power for your money, when everyone in the world was working hard (and succeeding in) making the exact opposite to happen.

So yes. It's very rude to imply that for the last quarter century, Chris has been a complete loving idiot who has had his hand on the pulse of technology in much the same way as a metro accident victim has had their hand on the third rail.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 13:50

Kosumo: Apr 9, 2016

Daztek posted:

https://twitter.com/RobertsSpaceInd/status/1164983902898917377

Is that Erin, if so why did he eat Ben

This is one thing that really fucks me off about these people, how disrespectful they are.

Take your loving sun glasses off inside .... Double so for Sandi back when she was on one of those weekly shows ... Sitting there eating food with sun glasses on - really loving disrespectful, and tells you alot about them.

Pet peeve.

/Rant over.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 13:55

Dante80: Mar 23, 2015

flawless victory.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 14:01

Lord Stimperor: Jun 13, 2018; I'm a lovable meme.

Quavers posted:

Huh

If the average life expectancy of a person is 80 years, a Kickstarter backer would spent almost 10% of it waiting for Star Citizen and Squadron 42

Howmanycitizenshavedied.jpg

# ? Aug 24, 2019 14:20

rePool: Apr 18, 2019; Undercover Goon.

So long and thanks for all the fish

Amazing Zimmo posted:

https://twitter.com/giogetmoneyTV/status/1164869335623634944

FTR why waste your time blocking this pudgy piece of poo poo.

I mean seriously this guy lives in a dream world if he thinks that whatever he says or does means anything at all

https://twitter.com/giogetmoneyTV/status/1164518348320858113

Like loving LMAO

Uhm, if someone wants to knock on gio's door and slap him with this self-awareness award I have for him?

Pot calling the kettle black much?

# ? Aug 24, 2019 14:21

skeletors_condom: Jul 21, 2017

# ? Aug 24, 2019 14:21

Quavers: Feb 26, 2016; You clearly don't understand game development

Amazing Zimmo posted:

https://twitter.com/giogetmoneyTV/status/1164869335623634944

FTR why waste your time blocking this pudgy piece of poo poo.

I mean seriously this guy lives in a dream world if he thinks that whatever he says or does means anything at all

https://twitter.com/giogetmoneyTV/status/1164518348320858113

Like loving LMAO

rePool posted:

Uhm, if someone wants to knock on gio's door and slap him with this self-awareness award I have for him?

Pot calling the kettle black much?

Please have sympathy for GioGetMoney, the guy's Youtube channel has been bleeding subscribers for over a year :ohdear:

https://twitter.com/giogetmoneyTV/status/1165016104529534977
:yikes:

# ? Aug 24, 2019 15:10

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

April 2018, the marketing month when CIG gave him a bunch of money.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 15:30

rePool: Apr 18, 2019; Undercover Goon.

So long and thanks for all the fish

Quavers posted:

Please have sympathy for GioGetMoney, the guy's Youtube channel has been bleeding subscribers for over a year

https://twitter.com/giogetmoneyTV/status/1165016104529534977

Gio blocked me when I started questioning his last rant. The guy went all Mr. T. on any and all dissent. It's weird how he acts like a tough mofo that's "packin' if anyone wants to step up to him" but runs away when faced with any sort of opposition.

He's an odd one to figure out.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 15:33

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

Bofast posted:

I think someone claimed earlier in the thread that Kazan had bragged about being a test engineer or similar, but I don't recall the details.

Derek doxxed him, we know his name and job (he has a good job), which is irrelevant because, in that Kazan's mind, he's always qualified about everything and whomever else he's talking to is an idiot. No exceptions.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 15:49

Quavers: Feb 26, 2016; You clearly don't understand game development

VIP = Vulnerable, Invested Patrons?

# ? Aug 24, 2019 15:51

XK: Jul 9, 2001; Star Citizen is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it's fidelity when you look out your window or when you watch youtube

Quavers posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDd60_zJAcU

He's not wrong, those X4 ships are drat massive - what's the game like now, worth getting yet?

What does 1:1 size scale even mean in a video game? It's stuff rendered onto a screen. You can make anything any size in internal units, and render at any size with your viewport, and put it to a screen of any size.

I have a 1:12 scale model car. I can hold it in my hands. It's 1:12 the size of the real thing. How does this relate to what something renders on a screen?

If I play the Magic School Bus game where they travel through the blood stream, is that even better because it's 10,000:1 scale?

# ? Aug 24, 2019 15:53

XK: Jul 9, 2001; Star Citizen is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it's fidelity when you look out your window or when you watch youtube

Also, guys, please stop ruining the experience of being a Star Citizen backer. It's very rude.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 15:54

Quavers: Feb 26, 2016; You clearly don't understand game development

trucutru posted:

Derek doxxed him

# ? Aug 24, 2019 15:59

Quavers: Feb 26, 2016; You clearly don't understand game development

Super seekret ship revealed :toot:

From SC Leaks Discord. It's called Aegis Nautilus, and almost no-one doesn't think it's a space-mine-layer.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 16:02

Brazilianpeanutwar: Aug 27, 2015; Spent my walletfull, on a jpeg, desolate, will croberts make a whale of me yet?

Quavers posted:

VIP = Vulnerable, Invested Patrons?

Vapid ignorant pricks.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 16:20

Dementropy: Aug 23, 2010

# ? Aug 24, 2019 16:27

Tippis: Mar 21, 2008; It's yet another day in the wasteland.

Quavers posted:

Super seekret ship revealed

From SC Leaks Discord. It's called Aegis Nautilus, and almost no-one doesn't think it's a space-mine-layer.

Is that a Gallente Megathron?

# ? Aug 24, 2019 16:32

trucutru: Jul 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

XK posted:

What does 1:1 size scale even mean in a video game? It's stuff rendered onto a screen. You can make anything any size in internal units, and render at any size with your viewport, and put it to a screen of any size.
at even better because it's 10,000:1 scale?

It means that all the interiors and so on are modelled for your FPS character to explore. That's what they are trying to say because that's SC only competitive advantage.

# ? Aug 24, 2019 16:39