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Looks like travel times are getting even worse. And I thought 20 minutes to get to a moon was bad... [Taxxe edit-] https://i.imgur.com/ZLo9xDh.mp4 Zazz Razzamatazz fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Jul 8, 2020 |
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A total of 5 million copies in a 30 day period at $40 each? 200 million dollars? For 5 hours of quasi game content plus additional planet-side thumb up butt zones 're-playable' like existing PTU planet-side bilge? Who's gonna buy this? People who already own SQ86? I'm guessing the vast majority of those will be expecting a 'free' copy. Star Wars fans? Who among them won't take that $40 and buy Squadrons instead? Flight sim fans? Why wouldn't Xbox and PC players play the new MS Flight Simulator instead? Sorry PS fans. And what do we suppose every single critic of CR and CI never G will say when "The Great Vision" turns out to be maybe 30 minutes of anything at all that's worth a poo poo, 3 to 4 hours of abysmally produced worst performances dragged out of actors we will never look at the same way again, and day of patches and every day after day of patches because our fans are the very best testers that none wages can buy, and at CI never G we will accept nothing less. Those critics are gonna say "Friends don't let friends support this poop even one more loving day." Free Brian Chambers!
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Jul 8, 2020 21:40
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This is pretty impressive. 
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Jul 8, 2020 21:42
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Wait wait—is squelude not S42? Like everyone already owns S42, so is squelude supposed to be some other thing that people must buy? Don’t all the backers just get it for free?
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Jul 8, 2020 21:55
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Yes, service guarantees citizenship. The 1 million/ 48 hour figure makes total sense because people will have to buy it again to replay the story, remember? To be fair to CIG, I don't think they ever said that, it was just the delusional rant of one of their backers. To be more fair to CIG, they totally encourage this dreaming, so 
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Jul 8, 2020 21:55
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Fargin Icehole posted:The name "Re verse the verse" pisses me off at least it's given us quality parody names like Coerce the Purse and a Reverse the hearse
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Jul 8, 2020 22:01
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"Struck down tyrannical regimes"? "Acceptance, inclusion, and understanding"? Imperator literally means emperor, the government is constantly shown as a fascist military oligarchy/corporatocracy that exists purely to fight wars. Unless this is some very very dry attempt at Verhoeven-esque satire (lol)
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Jul 8, 2020 22:08
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Solarin posted:at least it's given us quality parody names like Coerce the Purse and a Reverse the hearse see you in the 'hearse, commando
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Jul 8, 2020 22:08
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Dynastocles posted:"Struck down tyrannical regimes"? "Acceptance, inclusion, and understanding"? Imperator literally means emperor, the government is constantly shown as a fascist military oligarchy/corporatocracy that exists purely to fight wars. Unless this is some very very dry attempt at Verhoeven-esque satire (lol)
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Jul 8, 2020 22:31
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Dynastocles posted:"Struck down tyrannical regimes"? "Acceptance, inclusion, and understanding"? Imperator literally means emperor, the government is constantly shown as a fascist military oligarchy/corporatocracy that exists purely to fight wars. Unless this is some very very dry attempt at Verhoeven-esque satire (lol) The real answer is that CIG’s lore is hilariously dumb and incoherent. But here they’ve unintentionally stumbled on some great Verhoeven parody. Corporations today adopt all of the superficialities of social justice, (rainbow avatars for their Twitter accounts, trite boilerplate commercials about “inclusion”, endless meaningless hashtags like #BLM etc...), because it gives them a convenient veneer of morality as they shamelessly exploit all of us.
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Jul 8, 2020 22:59
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Danknificent posted:Wait wait—is squelude not S42? Like everyone already owns S42, so is squelude supposed to be some other thing that people must buy? Don’t all the backers just get it for free? Yes, the backers all have it for free, but you see COD sells millions of units so if they do COD they will sell like COD to new players who have never heard of SC.
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Jul 8, 2020 23:01
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quote:Yet another next-gen console rumor: "Expect the announcement for multiple platforms." (this is the Nth loving time I've heard this lol) I cannot see how it can pass Microsoft/Sony QA. If it is really released during my lifetime (on consoles), I will buy it on ps4/ps5, and post impression for all of you. Alternatively I can upload image of me throwing 40 Euros to toilet and flushing it away.
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Jul 8, 2020 23:25
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i feel like as long as your game isnt actively destroying the console then it will pass cert. path of exile on ps4 has been in a constant state of barely playable ever since it launched.
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Jul 8, 2020 23:31
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Awesome! posted:i feel like as long as your game isnt actively destroying the console then it will pass cert. path of exile on ps4 has been in a constant state of barely playable ever since it launched. Yeah Sony especially is notorious for accepting ports of terrible Steam asset flip/shovelware games that barely even function. Life of Black Tiger is an infamous example. Their only criteria seems to be that the game will boot up and not brick the entire console, but even that’s questionable after Fallout 76.
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Jul 8, 2020 23:36
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colonelwest posted:Yeah Sony especially is notorious for accepting ports of terrible Steam asset flip/shovelware games that barely even function. Life of Black Tiger is an infamous example. I mean SQ 42 on consoles, is Anthem on steroid disaster waiting to happen , with CIG style of programming. I cannot see it happening. And I really dont know how to delete USER folder on PS4. Life of the Tiger is poo poo game, but it is working. I dont have this feeling from any part of Star Citizen.
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Jul 8, 2020 23:44
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TheAgent posted:hello Mystery of the funding tracker explosion solved. By why is CIG seeking out more investors? Calder money not enough? I know more money beats less money, but investors expect a return on their investment. It's not FREE money. COVID-19 hitting them in the wallet? Whales starting to dry up? I remember reading on the refund reddit folks are only getting 50 cents on the dollar on the gray market these days. TheBombPhilosopher fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Jul 9, 2020 |
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Jul 8, 2020 23:50
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We just need one person to buy the Squalude and post the entire long-play walkthru on Youtube. Bonus points if they're drunk during the whole video.
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Jul 9, 2020 00:04
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TheAgent posted:hello If even a quarter of this is true Chris must be a sweat fountain right now
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Jul 9, 2020 00:12
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And dehydration is no laughing matter. It perma-killed this guy: WATER LEVER INCREASE quote:STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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Jul 9, 2020 00:15
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Zazz Razzamatazz posted:Now see, that crazy level of funding we saw during invictus week would have made sense if they'd done that. Makes me wonder if the numbers were fake and someone just forgot to change it after the ToW and 4.0 plans were scrapped... Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I like this. Whither turbulent?
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Jul 9, 2020 00:22
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Dynastocles posted:"Struck down tyrannical regimes"? "Acceptance, inclusion, and understanding"? Imperator literally means emperor, the government is constantly shown as a fascist military oligarchy/corporatocracy that exists purely to fight wars. Unless this is some very very dry attempt at Verhoeven-esque satire (lol) In the Roman Republic it meant something like "one who commands" and was an accolade that a general would need to get from the troops in order to be allowed a Triumph! That Caesar notably got awarded the title a few times, but there's a lot of finnicky politicking with some of those awards. It did become associated much more closely with the emperor after the Roman Empire was established, but still!  e: a Triumph being a big parade and the one time that soldiers were allowed to actually be soldiers in Rome instead of becoming civilians the moment they crossed the border. So generals get to show off, the soldiers party, and the whole military unit doesn't dissolve because you stepped across a culturally significant line. Anticheese fucked around with this message at 00:27 on Jul 9, 2020 |
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Jul 9, 2020 00:24
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Solarin posted:at least it's given us quality parody names like Coerce the Purse and a Reverse the hearse Rehearse the merch. Gotta say that the idea that they’d have another round of investment is one I’ve been waiting for, because they lowballed with Calders. Thing is they need another similar injection and that board is getting crowded.
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Jul 9, 2020 00:26
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L. Ron Hoover posted:You're right, I made the mistake of saying "release". Should've said promise of a release. I think the last thing they showed related to any of the aliens was recent concept art of a ship shooting another ship, going something like this is how we think it could look
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Jul 9, 2020 00:34
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TheAgent posted:hello Spicy !!! New investors are letting Calders cash out maybe ? They are developing cutting edge sever meshing tech for their universe size simulation ... but cant get a VPN to work? I don't know how you manage to stall on quarterly updates when all you all you do is run projects lol at their sales target .... its exactly the same target i have for my first novel that i have not started writing yet. I think i have more chance hitting my target because i have not demonstrated my incompetence yet and haven't sold pre orders for millions of copies. so what $40 dollars for the demo and another $15 for the whole thing ? and two hours of cut scenes ... dude ... Its more cut scenes than game. DigitalPenny fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Jul 9, 2020 |
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Jul 9, 2020 00:35
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TheAgent posted:hello Wikipedia: “Game director Daniel Vávra stated that the game sold 500,000 copies during its first two days, of which 300,000 were on Steam.” Chris: “Take whatever Kingdom Come did in the first 48 hours and double it.” Wikipedia: “Within two weeks of release, the game sold over a million copies in total across all platforms. A year after its release the game had sold over 2 million copies.” Chris: “  Double it.”Man, this Squadron prelude rumor is the thing that will not die. The Agent talking about it for years. Seems like even Eightace or NineAce was talking about it back when he/she/they were dropping scoops. But charging $40 for it? Really? Gamespot: “If you're planning to pre-order Star Wars: Squadrons elsewhere, it'll cost you $40. Pre-order links are starting to go live now, and we'll continue updating this story as the game appears in more storefronts.” Chris: “ ”
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Jul 9, 2020 01:43
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Squadron 42, the game all the backers have already paid for and most of the backers don't give a poo poo about, will sell 4 million units in the first month.
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Nicholas posted:Squadron 42, the game all the backers have already paid for and most of the backers don't give a poo poo about, will sell 4 million units in the first month. Nope. I can see it now. "Squelude is free to Concierge and Subscribers (Subscribers must have concurrent and continuous 3 billing cycles to qualify)."
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Jul 9, 2020 02:05
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Maybe Chris will make it so that buying S54 gives people exclusive access to a demo for the next Star Wars game.
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Jul 9, 2020 02:06
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Will they launch before Star Wars : Squardrons? Like what they've always done to one up Elite Dangerous back in the day.
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Jul 9, 2020 02:20
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CIG is the new Herbalife. Everyone knows it's a scam but investors just keep buying in cause hey, it hasn't crashed yet might as well get some of this free money.
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Jul 9, 2020 02:24
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Popete posted:CIG is the new Herbalife. Everyone knows it's a scam but investors just keep buying in cause hey, it hasn't crashed yet might as well get some of this free money. Irony is that I know friends who started a Herbalife cafe, the wife is sick looking that I feel disgusted. Not sure what are in the shakes, but them setting up shop beside a gym is milking it like Star Citizr.
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Jul 9, 2020 02:30
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Nicholas posted:Maybe Chris will make it so that buying S54 gives people exclusive access to a demo for the next Star Wars game. 
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Jul 9, 2020 03:31
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cmdrk posted:I'm no John Videogames, but I'd love to do some packet/network analysis of SC to see just how bad it is. I think what you _could_ learn is things like: This gives you an idea of how bad it is, the videos are old but they have done zero updates besides increasing the player count an initial look youtube.com/watch?v=akwVVi6weKQ And an update when there were more locataions added https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kP2ek_L8Yk
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Jul 9, 2020 04:54
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After being over a hundred pages behind. Just in time to get the latest hello. Was worried for a while that everything would disappear, then it didn't. Or at least, it hasn't yet. I'm glad of it. Looks like Phone EVE is coming out soon so I'll probably be stupid and play that. Star Wars probably not, but maybe. Has anyone gone in and tried to talk to folks from the perspective of "Yes I really like E:D but I also like SC!" Seems like you can like one hate the other, or think both are bad, but I don't recall seeing anyone trying to say they like them both. Feels like it would confuse folks and I'd like to see the reactions. Not enough to try it myself though because I've never played E:D and lol pretending to like SC.
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CubicalSucrose posted:After being over a hundred pages behind. I don't know, man, it seems like most of the fun has been wrung out of this. Engaging with the backers at this point is like going to a mental health clinic to point and laugh at the patients. I'm convinced that the most recent investors realized that Chris has a preternatural ability to gently caress things up hilariously every time his mouth opens, so they have him on ice. Sandi stole the money and whatever dregs of influence she needed to make "movies" and make sure to foist her desires and insecurities onto her children, as all good parents do. Seems there's little more to do here than to wait outside the castle for the lightning to strike and see what manner of animated monstrosity comes shambling out.
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I think it's more we reached the point where CIG is bursting at the seams attempting to maintain the lie that it's not behind schedule. It's like one of those weird over-inflated steel balloons that has a pocket bulge or seven expand out from the shell, but over the sounds of cheers and flag waving there are strange muffled noises from inside it are indicative that something not good is happening. Then it will happen, the noises will stop, for two or three days. And then it will really happen.
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Jul 9, 2020 06:45
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People keep saying that and it keeps not happening. I feel like the grift is going to continue for a while, regardless of common sense
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IronicDongz posted:People keep saying that and it keeps not happening. I feel like the grift is going to continue for a while, regardless of common sense You're not wrong, we are in the undiscovered country of sunk cost fallacy.
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Jul 9, 2020 06:53
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90 quarters, tops.
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I think it feels weak at the moment because, for whatever reasons, CIG has stopped CIGing for now. We're not getting an insane new promise every other day. There's nothing to reignite the comedy like land claims or The Ramp or a $27000 ship package. The streamer ad campaign seems to have died as well, so there's no more daily rants about how it's not a scam. Maybe having real guys with real money who can put real pressure on them have stopped the funny. This makes the cult less funny as well since they can't wrap dreams.txt around anything new. Truly the worst thing for Star Citizen is that the crobbler stopped talking about it. 
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