Star Citizen: $48,000 is only $334/month for 12 years

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Truga: May 4, 2014; Lipstick Apathy

The Super-Id posted:

Very sorry to hear the news. This world keeps losing good things and Star Citizen will never arrive to fill the void in our hearts.

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# ? May 31, 2024 09:18

Sarsapariller: Aug 14, 2015; Occasional vampire queen

RIP Don

Much as we joke in here about it, it's very strange to think that not everyone in the thread will live to see the end of this story.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 15:30

marumaru: May 20, 2013

posted:

Mining Loop Finished??

Watched the new Inside SC today, and in it Jared implied that after 3.9, mining is complete. So, what happened to ejecting inert matter, and all those controls behind the bridge of the cockpits in the prospector and MOLE? I thought there would be more to this? What am I missing?

posted:

You didn't miss anything. You just heard some insight into what the actual truth really is. This is likely to be the treatment to many other things. Fact is that CIG burned through most of the time and goodwill to be able to really develop anything else. I won't be surprised to see some things disappear completely. There are so many things that haven't even been started. Their future is looking really half-assed by comparison.

Salvage is going to be some kind of alteration of mining lasers.
Refuel and Repair is going to be some kind of drone latch-on and magic.
Exploration is really just a long joke [Not sure how anyone explores what has already been discovered]
Science is going to be some sort of alchemy derivative.
Passenger transport has already been absorbed into "Touring."<--whatever the hell that actually is.
Racing is just going to be combat being called racing. Space Mario Cart.

Basically, all the things they have been dodging and ignoring for so many years really have no future. They are going to play a game of semantics to avoid liability. However, that sort of pattern is likely what you can expect. From all of the indications I have seen, Minimum Viable Product was always CIG's way out of delivering on what they sold so many people for so many years.

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zcrow: May 6, 2014; Ah.. yeah... um... tup tup tup tup tup.. this is something we'll add down the line

That really sucks :smith:

Godspeed, commando o7

# ? Mar 13, 2020 15:59

monkeytek: Jun 8, 2010; It wasn't an ELE that wiped out the backer funds. It was Tristan Timothy Taylor.

zcrow posted:

That really sucks

Godspeed, commando o7

I want to say this now, I originally came here looking to express my anger, disillusionment, ridicule and outright loathing for CIG many years ago.

Instead, I found one of the best group of Turbo Nerds I've ever had the fortune to meet.

If only one good thing comes out of this shithole of a game I can at least be happy in knowing I've met some truly incredible people.

Cheers Don! You were taken too soon, I pray that your soul is at rest and your family finds comfort in the time they knew you. CHEERS!

# ? Mar 13, 2020 16:43

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

RIP Don.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 17:05

Neltharak: Jun 7, 2013

monkeytek posted:

I want to say this now, I originally came here looking to express my anger, disillusionment, ridicule and outright loathing for CIG many years ago.

Instead, I found one of the best group of Turbo Nerds I've ever had the fortune to meet.

If only one good thing comes out of this shithole of a game I can at least be happy in knowing I've met some truly incredible people.

Cheers Don! You were taken too soon, I pray that your soul is at rest and your family finds comfort in the time they knew you. CHEERS!

Seconded. I was wondering how star citizen was coming along and i found a group of just violently decent people. Friendly, hilarious, a brand of goddamn idiots that warm my heart with every time someone photoshops another dumb joke.

Cheers Don. You were awesome.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 17:52

MedicineHut: Feb 25, 2016

Bootcha posted:

Ladies and Gentlemen, Goons and Observers, it saddens me to inform you that one of our own has passed away.

DapperDon died from a heart attack on the way to the hospital. He is survived by his wife.

Don was a frequent contributor on the ARGCast as well as this thread, and sometimes ventured into the wilds of Reddit.

We have lost a voice in the chorus of the great Star Citizen oral history. I am ashamed to say I did not know him well enough, but many here did and made friendships with him that will affect them past his death.

Don wasn't just goon shitposting about Star Citizen. He was a dog daddy, of 4 at the same time at one point. He made animal baths. He was an avid woodcrafter. An enthusiastic snowmobiler. A lover of visual gags. And by many reports a great cook.

I am poorer for his absence, as will us in this little corner of the world.

Rest in peace man.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 17:55

Sandepande: Aug 19, 2018

Kevyet mullat, Don.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 17:57

Bubbacub: Apr 17, 2001

Here's a

update from the DCS developers on how aircraft guns are modeled:

quote:

our engineer made a general mistake pertaining to gun installation rigidity.

the nature of the beast is that some if not most software engineers are just human and don�t like their �babies� to be criticized. Furthermore most of them are highly educated and it�s not always easy to get them to verify their stuff in great depth.

Would love a peek at how bug fixing works at CIG.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 18:05

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

Bubbacub posted:

Here's a update from the DCS developers on how aircraft guns are modeled:

Would love a peek at how bug fixing works at CIG.

Huh? Bu'gfixi? What a strange word. Well, I'm sure this is another never-done-before concept from the CIG idea factory that will take the industry with storm.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 18:35

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

Tippis posted:

Huh? Bu'gfixi? What a strange word. Well, I'm sure this is another never-done-before concept from the CIG idea factory that will take the industry with storm.

Other development houses are already bidding for the technology. Even if CIG doesn't make a game, the work they do is very impor...

:lol:

I'm sorry, I just can't do it. And those aren't things I made up.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 18:43

Fidelitious: Apr 17, 2018; MY BIRTH CRY WILL BE THE SOUND OF EVERY WALLET ON THIS PLANET OPENING IN UNISON.

Nooo Don.
I remember when that avatar was created and it made me smile every time I saw him post in the thread.

Rest easy in the knowledge that you never have to actually play this game Don.

I hope his wife is getting all the support she needs as it seems it was very sudden.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 18:43

peter gabriel: Nov 8, 2011; Hello Commandos

Fidelitious posted:

Nooo Don.
I remember when that avatar was created and it made me smile every time I saw him post in the thread.

Rest easy in the knowledge that you never have to actually play this game Don.

I hope his wife is getting all the support she needs as it seems it was very sudden.

Man, history:

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3861712&pagenumber=8&perpage=40#post485870864

# ? Mar 13, 2020 18:44

Zazz Razzamatazz: Apr 19, 2016; by sebmojo

Neltharak posted:

Seconded. I was wondering how star citizen was coming along and i found a group of just violently decent people. Friendly, hilarious, a brand of goddamn idiots that warm my heart with every time someone photoshops another dumb joke.

Cheers Don. You were awesome.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 18:54

Zazz Razzamatazz: Apr 19, 2016; by sebmojo

peter gabriel posted:

Man, history:

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=0&threadid=3861712&pagenumber=8&perpage=40#post485870864

Was that really all the way back in 2018? Seems like just yesterday.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 18:55

Aqua Seafoam Shame: Aug 20, 2018; by astral

monkeytek posted:

I found one of the best group of Turbo Nerds I've ever had the fortune to meet.

If only one good thing comes out of this shithole of a game I can at least be happy in knowing I've met some truly incredible people.

Cheers Don! You were taken too soon, I pray that your soul is at rest and your family finds comfort in the time they knew you. CHEERS!

Cribbing this goon valour to express my own thoughts. I've had lots of ups and downs the past few years but this thread and its contributors always deliver. Always. Even with CR and Sandi in hiding.

RIP Don. A reminder to cherish every moment, except those spent in the Verse.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 19:04

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

This media blackout sucks, Chris needs to make another bumbling appearance so we have something to laugh at besides the weekly gutting of the roadmap.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 19:06

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

Star Citizen - Answer The Calling All Devs - Squadron 42 :toot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPWc4hlyUu0

Erin Roberts is now in charge of SC, while stoned German Brian Chambers is now in charge of Sq42 :lol:

Q: Why hasn't the Sq42 roadmap been updated?
A: Well, it doesn't make sense :laffo:

# ? Mar 13, 2020 19:22

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

Wait, is Chris out?

# ? Mar 13, 2020 19:26

Rotten Red Rod: Mar 5, 2002

Quavers posted:

Star Citizen - Answer The Calling All Devs - Squadron 42

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPWc4hlyUu0

Erin Roberts is now in charge of SC, while stoned German Brian Chambers is now in charge of Sq42

Q: Why hasn't the Sq42 roadmap been updated?
A: Well, it doesn't make sense

I haven't looked at any of the answers or backer responses but I'm predicting right now whatever CIG said will absolutely placate the backers no matter how bald-faced stupid it is. Again.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 19:26

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

Quavers posted:

Erin Roberts is now in charge of SC, while stoned German Brian Chambers is now in charge of Sq42

# ? Mar 13, 2020 19:29

Dark Off: Aug 14, 2015

https://youtu.be/sPWc4hlyUu0?t=303 this is peak CIG

# ? Mar 13, 2020 19:31

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

Dark Off posted:

https://youtu.be/sPWc4hlyUu0?t=303 this is peak CIG

The head of SQ42 doesn't even know what's happening with the SQ42 roadmap. Could this project be anymore of a poo poo show?

# ? Mar 13, 2020 19:33

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

Also this dude just patting himself on the back for how open their development is compared to other games. Well simultaneously saying they don't have a good way to show progress cause it's all "parallel" and don't want to "spoil" anything.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 19:36

Rotten Red Rod: Mar 5, 2002

Lol did they just look at the most popular backer theories and parrot that back?

# ? Mar 13, 2020 19:49

marumaru: May 20, 2013

whats up with the sq42 roadmap, why hasnt it updated

thats a good question

# ? Mar 13, 2020 19:55

stinch: Nov 21, 2013

Dark Off posted:

https://youtu.be/sPWc4hlyUu0?t=303 this is peak CIG

such obvious bullshit as well. twenty chapters in a game are never going to finish at the same time.

If you had a twenty tasks with many steps you would never do step 1 twenty times if it required specialist staff and all your other staff were sat around waiting. you would spilt the 20 tasks into smaller groups to get better utilisation of your staff.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 20:00

colonelwest: Jun 30, 2018

Dark Off posted:

https://youtu.be/sPWc4hlyUu0?t=303 this is peak CIG

�I don�t understand the roadmap either�

�The whole team is scratching their heads when they look at it.�

�I am very concerned about giving away spoilers.�

�We get awesome reports from our teams, so much amazing progress! But, we can�t publish them because spoilers�

�We are investigating creating a new format to show you the Holy Progress.�

Yeah moving those chapter sliders towards complete would be reveal massive spoilers that CIG are real game developers.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 20:03

Agony Aunt: Apr 17, 2018; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Popete posted:

Also this dude just patting himself on the back for how open their development is compared to other games. Well simultaneously saying they don't have a good way to show progress cause it's all "parallel" and don't want to "spoil" anything.

They are pulling the spoiler poo poo again?

Jebus loving wept.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 20:07

Agony Aunt: Apr 17, 2018; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Dark Off posted:

https://youtu.be/sPWc4hlyUu0?t=303 this is peak CIG

Heh, so he's basically saying their previous roadmap was a stupid idea. The stupid idea that backers previously hailed as being a good thing.

And overall, it still means we have no idea when SQ42 might actually be released in this most open development ever project.

And bullshit on the spoiler stuff. You can do a roadmap without spoilers.

Basically this was one big bullshit answer which is an attempt to cover up that they still don't have a clue about when SQ42 will be in a finished state.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 20:10

Agony Aunt: Apr 17, 2018; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Popete posted:

Wait, is Chris out?

Please try and keep up. The CEO of a 500 people company is far too busy refactoring the physics engine because apparently nobody else in the company is capable of doing such god-level work!

# ? Mar 13, 2020 20:11

colonelwest: Jun 30, 2018

They have some brass balls, I�ll give them that. After months of the community clamoring for some explanation for why there has been zero progress on SQ42, demanding to hear from Chris or at least Erin that there�s still some reasonable path forward for it; they get this guy on to give a rambling 5 minute non-answer that�s just a remix of CIGs greatest hand waves. They really just don�t give a poo poo anymore, these shows exist in their now hugely scaled back format just to give the bare minimum of hope to the cultists and whales.

Now Verisce or Joeblobers or someone else with worms in their brain can shout at people that they�re actually very glad the roadmap isn�t updated and the devs are virtually silent about SQ42, because it means Chris�s amazing plot won�t be spoiled by some intern typing in an increase in some task completion percentage. And, this is all normal and good in the most open development ever.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 20:23

ClownBobo: Jan 3, 2020; vIHbe'chugh, vaj Huch law' Sovbe'lu'

Calder(s) have Crobear in a basement pit rubbing lotion on his poodle. As soon as the stilts hit operational Ortwinning will complete his transformation and reemerge onto the nerd world order.

Only THEN we will see the genius of Crobear disappears into the Bahamian Havens, leaving fauxthor chainsmoking Marlboro reds thoughtlessly picking at his Chuckie T vent grommets.

Erin was taken for his grease the day after Citcon last.

Send in the virii, our turn here is done.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 20:23

Agony Aunt: Apr 17, 2018; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

"they don't update the roadmap because the roadmap doesn't reflect what they're working on or how they're working on it. seriously, try listening."

I guess this guy only a few months ago was explaining to people why the roadmap they use is totally valid.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 20:40

Colostomy Bag: Jan 11, 2016; C-Bangin' it

My god, CIG has done it. They broke my favorite developer that was a doppelganger for Metallica's lead singer with a thousand yard stare.

Now he is rolling his eyes with every response because he has absolutely no clue what the gently caress is going on.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 20:51

MedicineHut: Feb 25, 2016

This does not make much sense. So Erin is not the top guy on SQ42 anymore, Chambers is. Tony Zurovec was in charge of the PU. And now Chambers says Erin is doing that? Where is Tony then?

# ? Mar 13, 2020 21:03

Agony Aunt: Apr 17, 2018; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Funding has had a bit of a jump over the last few hours.

Must be people resubscribing for the developer shows that are free to everyone.

# ? Mar 13, 2020 21:05

Jonny Shiloh: Mar 7, 2019; You 'orrible little man

MedicineHut posted:

This does not make much sense. So Erin is not the top guy on SQ42 anymore, Chambers is. Tony Zurovec was in charge of the PU. And now Chambers says Erin is doing that? Where is Tony then?

Most transparent development ever.

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Agony Aunt: Apr 17, 2018; by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

MedicineHut posted:

Where is Tony then?

Doing Gears of War... i mean Theatres of Paw... i mean Theatres of Battlefield... or whatever its called.

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