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BumbleOne
Jul 1, 2018

by Fluffdaddy
if you look at human history it becomes clear that blind faith was always a good thing
faith is the key to victory and not at all a tool to fool the masses
ergo: star citizen will win against every game ever released including pacman

edit: hmpf a snipe...uhm...meeeeeoooow?? (i hope thats good enough as taxxe)

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Sarsapariller
Aug 14, 2015

Occasional vampire queen


Beet Wagon posted:

The funniest thing about the "What if it was a minimall" upgrade to the stupid drake pocket carrier is that... uhhh... they were supposed to do that with the Banu Merchantman like five loving years ago. Whoops, now that thing you paid $350 for in 2014 is obsolete. Sorry, nerds.

The funniest thing is that there are enough people in loving 2019 who will buy any jpeg that Chris Roberts imagineers, that they can "Sell out" their limited stocks in mere seconds. It defies belief.

I mean think about it. We know that they have sold like 30 different capital ships. We also know, based on the last 4 years or so, that they're capable of producing maybe one or two capital ships per year from their "Pipelines." We also also know, based on history, that the cargo ships are literally the last thing they ever work on- it's always the luxury and combat ships that get through production. If you are buying a concept ship for a private shopping mall ship in 2019, and no release date is specified- when's the earliest you can possibly expect to see it? 2025? Maybe? And that's if the company survives another 6 years! And also, it's guaran-loving-teed to be on sale again at least a dozen times before it comes out! AND ALSO, every time they release a ship lately it's a massive goddamn disappointment!

Why would you buy this? Why would you buy anything? Literally every piece of consumer evidence says even if you're a superfan, you should slap that loving wallet closed and only buy ships that are actually released right now (and that you like the look of- they're unlikely to go back and retroactively gently caress them up post release, though it's not out of the question).

The only explanation I have is that they're not really buying ships at all. Chris Roberts is feeding a habit. The purchasers get some kind of dopamine hit off of conspicuous consumption- hence the rush to the sub to immediately make as many posts about their stupid, stupid purchases as possible. It does them no good to just buy the things silently. Mark my words. The next big CIG youtube revolution will be some kind of purchasing show that is literally just Lando filming interviews with the biggest loving whales- well, the biggest ones that are remotely photogenic.

Toxic Mental
Jun 1, 2019

lol I can’t wait for the “official” “release” of the game and it tops out at like 2000 active players daily

echothreealpha
Nov 22, 2019
I dont think RSI can even survive next year without some downsizing, and that will make it worse because it will finally make Schreier get off his rear end and write an article about RSI on Kotaku.

Sankis
Mar 8, 2004

But I remember the fella who told me. Big lad. Arms as thick as oak trees, a stunning collection of scars, nice eye patch. A REAL therapist he was. Er wait. Maybe it was rapist?


2000 is being extremely generous.

Bofast
Feb 21, 2011

Grimey Drawer

Bumble He posted:

if you look at human history it becomes clear that blind faith was always a good thing
faith is the key to victory and not at all a tool to fool the masses
ergo: star citizen will win against every game ever released including pacman

edit: hmpf a snipe...uhm...meeeeeoooow?? (i hope thats good enough as taxxe)
Let me help you with that tax, friend :)

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

Sarsapariller posted:

The funniest thing is that there are enough people in loving 2019 who will buy any jpeg that Chris Roberts imagineers, that they can "Sell out" their limited stocks in mere seconds. It defies belief.

I mean think about it. We know that they have sold like 30 different capital ships. We also know, based on the last 4 years or so, that they're capable of producing maybe one or two capital ships per year from their "Pipelines." We also also know, based on history, that the cargo ships are literally the last thing they ever work on- it's always the luxury and combat ships that get through production. If you are buying a concept ship for a private shopping mall ship in 2019, and no release date is specified- when's the earliest you can possibly expect to see it? 2025? Maybe? And that's if the company survives another 6 years! And also, it's guaran-loving-teed to be on sale again at least a dozen times before it comes out! AND ALSO, every time they release a ship lately it's a massive goddamn disappointment!

Why would you buy this? Why would you buy anything? Literally every piece of consumer evidence says even if you're a superfan, you should slap that loving wallet closed and only buy ships that are actually released right now (and that you like the look of- they're unlikely to go back and retroactively gently caress them up post release, though it's not out of the question).

The only explanation I have is that they're not really buying ships at all. Chris Roberts is feeding a habit. The purchasers get some kind of dopamine hit off of conspicuous consumption- hence the rush to the sub to immediately make as many posts about their stupid, stupid purchases as possible. It does them no good to just buy the things silently. Mark my words. The next big CIG youtube revolution will be some kind of purchasing show that is literally just Lando filming interviews with the biggest loving whales- well, the biggest ones that are remotely photogenic.

LTI Motherfucker, LTI! Also prices only go up, uP, UP! Like, learn economics, it's on your best interest to buy buy buy NOW

Sankis posted:

2000 is being extremely generous.

That's more or less the number of active whales/dolphins

Dementropy
Aug 23, 2010



Beet Wagon
Oct 19, 2015





This ship 110% only exists because someone showed Chris the "procedural" shops tech for the R&R station that they were talking about a while ago and he thought it was the most amazing thing he had ever seen.

Just loving :laffo: if you're giving CIG money for this half-baked piece of poo poo

echothreealpha
Nov 22, 2019
It's really scary to see another "create first, we'll solve the problems later" planning from RSI.

biglads
Feb 21, 2007

I could've gone to Blatherwycke



echothreealpha posted:

It's really scary to see another "create first, we'll solve the problems later" planning from RSI.

Alternatively, it's another day ending in -y

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard
https://twitter.com/Denis_Loubet/status/1048378769482948608
https://twitter.com/Denis_Loubet/status/1048454352829140992

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy

Ben is looking much healthier nowadays... wait a minute...

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard
https://twitter.com/Wiborg1978/status/1200860943766499335

Blue On Blue
Nov 14, 2012


I see Ben is slowly selling off his cache of precious Wing Commander memorabilia that he found in some guys dumpster

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard
r/ChroniclesOfElyria

Colostomy Bag
Jan 11, 2016

:lesnick: C-Bangin' it :lesnick:

Now I'm cool. I'm with you all doing illegal stuff.

Rugganovich
Apr 29, 2017
PREDICTION:
They will make a TV Show called "Arrested Development 2"
It will be loosely based on characters who have been involved in the failed production of a certain 'game'.

h3isenbug
Jun 5, 2016

Right Meow!
Sure, all of us are living quite comfortably on DS's money for years now, but could someone please point me to the thread with the 'illegal stuff'?

Colostomy Bag
Jan 11, 2016

:lesnick: C-Bangin' it :lesnick:

Sure thing.
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/

trucutru
Jul 9, 2003

by Fluffdaddy
I'm not cool with you guys doing illegal stuff and profiting without giving me my fair share.

I'll be keeping an eye on you.

Tread carefully.

Solarin
Nov 15, 2007


https://youtu.be/S-Eyhq-D9yM

Raskolnikov
Nov 25, 2003

Be gay, do crimes.

Solarin
Nov 15, 2007

Stop, you're under arrest for laughing at the piece of poo poo video game

Colostomy Bag
Jan 11, 2016

:lesnick: C-Bangin' it :lesnick:

Solarin posted:

Stop, you're under arrest for laughing at the piece of poo poo video game

Well well well, looks like a new sheriff is in town.

Sabreseven
Feb 27, 2016

Illegal stuff?

Did I fall asleep and miss that?

drat my tendancy to nod off. :argh:

Dementropy
Aug 23, 2010



Raskolnikov posted:

Be gay, do crimes.

I'm already a step ahead of you (and the law).

I'm encouraging people to sell ships on the greymarket to build up our massive Goon fleet. Then I'm going to settle back after I take my cut of the sale and inject marijuanas.

Beet Wagon
Oct 19, 2015





Dementropy posted:

I'm already a step ahead of you (and the law).

I'm encouraging people to sell ships on the greymarket to build up our massive Goon fleet. Then I'm going to settle back after I take my cut of the sale and inject marijuanas.

Hey, that was my racket!

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

Dementropy
Aug 23, 2010



Beet Wagon posted:

Hey, that was my racket!

I took a YouTube course in macrotransaction insurance adjustment while no one was looking.

Fidelitious
Apr 17, 2018

MY BIRTH CRY WILL BE THE SOUND OF EVERY WALLET ON THIS PLANET OPENING IN UNISON.

Mirificus posted:

r/ChroniclesOfElyria


Was this another one of those storylines that someone came up with at some point and now it's just a thing they say?
I've been around this thread for a while now and I don't recall anyone ever defending Derek.

His blogs have been a running joke for years, we laugh at his escapades with the ESC key, his determination to not understand european punctuation, his crap Line of Defense game, and he's been banned from this thread like 3 times.
He came up with some interesting tidbits related to CIG every now and then and his internet warlording brought a lot of joy to a lot of people, but yeah, he's an idiot.

colonelwest
Jun 30, 2018


It’s funny what some people’s breaking points are.

Like spending thousands on pictures of spaceships for a wildly unfinished pre-alpha space game that is 5 years late is normal and good. But CIG altering the design of your favorite spaceship picture a few times is just going too far.

Mirificus
Oct 29, 2004

Kings need not raise their voices to be heard


Nyan Bread
Mar 17, 2006

Agony Aunt posted:


Short answer, they tackle the technical debt by adding even more debt!

You know, its probably like how its said, “If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, the bank has a problem.”

Scrot Cit is an unequivocal archetype of a project where technical debt is moot, meaning that no matter how much of Chris' Cryengine version is bruised, butchered, and maimed, they never have to fix any of the integral game-specifics as long as the backers keep financing their own assertions that buying Chris' five thousand dollar jaypegs equates to participating in the patrician entertainment which their messiah has structured for them. Clod Euporium Notgames isn't in the business of making any digital forms of play which we may traditionally associate with as something playable on a console, since shortly following Chris' germinal Gofundme speech his business with grotesque agility bounced away from making Freelancer 2, instead zeroing in squarely upon the the wistful aging nerds turning cultists - the ones hooked by his vague sloppy promises bordering on dishonesty about what the project will be. The arguments about the unrestrained feature creep, while the mechanics of this space Cryengine sandbox continue being taken behind the shed, have been soundless since its year-one arrangement to exist solely to hoover up sadbrain-nerd cash in exchange for the rancid dreams of its 90s lineage's nostalgia.

Mailer
Nov 4, 2009

Have you accepted The Void as your lord and savior?

Fidelitious posted:

Was this another one of those storylines that someone came up with at some point and now it's just a thing they say?
I've been around this thread for a while now and I don't recall anyone ever defending Derek.

Derek is their bogeyman. These forums are paywalled for an outrageous :10bux: that could better be spent towards a $3k jpeg, so most of them can't read the posts here and therefore everyone assumes it's some sort of shadow organization. Derek is obviously our leader as he is the worst. We spend our time here cooking up new ways to create doubt in the minds of innocent citizens because we're all filled with burning hatred for SC for.. um, reasons. Once you've got that mindset locked down then even if you see what really goes on in here you'll still believe it's all some sort of black ops smear campaign.

The even funnier us-vs-them part comes up once in a while when someone new actually posts along the lines of "I saw the trailer and the game looks cool but I've heard it's never coming out?" inside the cult. They immediately get torn into as they're an obvious plant from the SA conspiracy. Their first experience with "the greatest community!" is to get told to gtfo. Then that post gets screencapped here, we all laugh, this is used as proof of the conspiracy, and the cycle continues.

Tippis
Mar 21, 2008

It's yet another day in the wasteland.

Mailer posted:

The even funnier us-vs-them part comes up once in a while when someone new actually posts along the lines of "I saw the trailer and the game looks cool but I've heard it's never coming out?" inside the cult. They immediately get torn into as they're an obvious plant from the SA conspiracy. Their first experience with "the greatest community!" is to get told to gtfo. Then that post gets screencapped here, we all laugh, this is used as proof of the conspiracy, and the cycle continues.

Opsec ffs!

Colostomy Bag
Jan 11, 2016

:lesnick: C-Bangin' it :lesnick:

Mailer posted:

Derek is their bogeyman. These forums are paywalled for an outrageous :10bux: that could better be spent towards a $3k jpeg, so most of them can't read the posts here and therefore everyone assumes it's some sort of shadow organization. Derek is obviously our leader as he is the worst. We spend our time here cooking up new ways to create doubt in the minds of innocent citizens because we're all filled with burning hatred for SC for.. um, reasons. Once you've got that mindset locked down then even if you see what really goes on in here you'll still believe it's all some sort of black ops smear campaign.

The even funnier us-vs-them part comes up once in a while when someone new actually posts along the lines of "I saw the trailer and the game looks cool but I've heard it's never coming out?" inside the cult. They immediately get torn into as they're an obvious plant from the SA conspiracy. Their first experience with "the greatest community!" is to get told to gtfo. Then that post gets screencapped here, we all laugh, this is used as proof of the conspiracy, and the cycle continues.

A sickening truth.

Armadillo Tank
Mar 26, 2010

Beet Wagon posted:

Falling through the Reclaimer cockpit broke my legs, which ended up killing me. I was desperately trying to remember/find the medipen binding but it was uh... not enough, I guess. Also apparently I died hard enough to crash my game lol.

Also, elevators are hilariously broken. Literally every ship I took an elevator into did this:

https://gfycat.com/quaintsadcheetah

Hey now. They aren't killing in grotesque ways like some alien artifact in roadside picnic\ stalker. This is a massive QoL improvement. In that you aren't being murdered.

NoMas posted:

JUST got the email about the new ship



looks good
So I was going to get butt mad about their being stores on a pocket carrier. Turns out that I am the true star citizen.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/20...ier-ship-store/

It appears that the US Navy's s 100 kT carriers actually have small supermarkets/ convenience stores on boards for non-standard rations etc. Kinda ruins the Socialist Utopia that was military life but okay.

They'll probably be much larger and dumber on the Kraken. It already looks like theirs a lot of extraneous space in it.

Strangler 42
Jan 8, 2007

SHAVE IT ALL OFF
ALL OF IT

Agony Aunt posted:

H

You know, its probably like how its said, “If you owe your bank a hundred pounds, you have a problem. But if you owe a million, the bank has a problem.”

If Croberto owes you a $60 game, Croberto has a problem. If Croberto owes you $15,000 in add on DLC, you have a problem, and the only solution is to keep pledging.

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BumbleOne
Jul 1, 2018

by Fluffdaddy

Bofast posted:

Let me help you with that tax, friend :)


look at that gang of rogue sailor catzys, i like em!

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