Sarsapariller posted:

This is the third year in a row they've done it in game. It was a complete disaster the last two times as well- the servers can't handle the load of free players, which makes the elevator-and-train trip from spawn pod to expo center a nightmare, and then half the time the ships in the expo centers just wouldn't load.

Also they've built two complete expo centers before this. Just complete wastes of the team's time.

G0RF posted:

It looks terribad, but I don’t care. I love that he’s trying to kill with the car keys for his spaceship. If they keep that plot point in there, I don’t care how badly it plays.

SeaDart posted:

I have caught up with the thread

Is ToW playable?

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Did the SQ42 video get released?

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Did the roadmap get released?

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What about the roadmap for the roadmap?

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Is SC out yet?

Mirificus posted:

https://twitter.com/RobertsSpaceInd/status/1324797858982236162

G0RF posted:

It looks terribad, but I don’t care. I love that he’s trying to kill with the car keys for his spaceship. If they keep that plot point in there, I don’t care how badly it plays.

cmdrk posted:

I mean, didn't Farscape have an alien ship where a cool sword was effectively the key? Crobbler would definitely crib that.

Mirificus posted:

nurmie posted:

i for one absolutely adore the incredible creativity displayed through names such as Apex Hall and Zenith Hall

WaltherFeng posted:

Its literally loving Insert Job Title Simulator, but worse.

peter gabriel posted:

word on the space street is that the Xi'an will come at you wielding magic tree air fresheners

cmdrk posted:

I mean, didn't Farscape have an alien ship where a cool sword was effectively the key? Crobbler would definitely crib that.

cmdrk posted:

I mean, didn't Farscape have an alien ship where a cool sword was effectively the key? Crobbler would definitely crib that.

Inspector Gesicht posted:

Biden won the election.

This has nothing to do with Star Citizen, but then again, neither does promoting exciting gameplay involving vending-machines.

Quavers posted:

nurmie posted:

i for one absolutely adore the incredible creativity displayed through names such as Apex Hall and Zenith Hall

Quavers posted:

Only Kindness posted:

For us connysewers of corporate hubris, an underappreciated comedy genre, the last few months have had a few doozies.

Quibi (as in the phrases "What the gently caress is Quibi?" and "We already have Deliveroo and Uber Eats.")

Crucible (~5 months from release, to quick re-beta-ing, to death)

Square™-Enix™'s Crystal Dynamics™' Disney™'s Marvel™'s Avengers™ minus Spider-Man™ (they just can't be happy)


But watching Stan Citizer's terrifying slow-motion faceplant is more of a grim deathmarch these days so thank J.o.Y. for this thread. Something has got to give! What, really, is the most likely outcome for this shitshow? My thoroughly uneducated guess: a split - this MMO thing limps on with its 1% of promised content, while the single-player gets more focus, is spun off to a new (internal) studio with a promise of an episodic release, first episode is delayed multiple times and then just cancelled because...

...one thing is absolutely certain: the Store Ziticen saga WILL end, it'll end in the most boring anticlimactic way possible, and it'll be something mundane that triggers it.

Strangler 42 posted:

Star Citizen: A total ship show

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Star Citizen helped me get off my videogame addiction

Hi everyone,
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I was basically a videogame and computer addict since I got my first console and computer when I was around 8-10. At age 26, 2 years ago, I discovered Star Citizen had a freefly event. When I woke up in that bed in Olisar, went around in the lobby to dock my ship and then seeing the beauty of the Olisar Station floating in the void, I was so f*** amazed. I had never, ever, felt that in a game. I never felt so immersed in a game, and what a world to be immersed in. I never had any affinity with piloting or space games, but this game was something else. I was hooked. financed the development of the game with a pledge (you see what I did there), spent 2 months of pure joy, even spent the new year's eve with this amazing community, and it was actually the most joyful new year I've ever spent, though I usually spend them in parties with friends.
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What about my addiction you tell me? Well, what I loved about the game, is that although it requires a lot of time/investment to accomplish the tasks you set out to, given the time it takes to complete the process (just walking in and out of ship, then driving to your location, the first person sequences,...), well thanks to the immersion, everything you do is meaningful, even if you just managed to go from Olisar to yela and do a single cargo run or combat mission. And that's not all. With everything being so meaningful, you don't need to run the whole day on your computer to feel a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment in the game. I could usually play for 2-3 hours and said "Okay I had a loving great time, but I don't have energy to put into it anymore so I'm gonna do other stuff of my day".
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And that was something I never had in videogames. If I started to play in the morning, I'd still be there at night. One second away from the game was a lost second, etc etc. I never had enough, and it didn't even give me a sense of fulfillment! Now I could play a few hours and get that sense of accomplishment.
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You'll notice I use the past tense. Well I guess that's how I'll conclude that little story of mine. I stopped playing after two months, mostly because of my laptop starting to overheat (don't every buy an Acer please) and also because the game was not finished and lacked gameplay loops. But that was, and is not an issue to me. I know the game that will rule them all will come. IT's on his way. It gives me serenity to know that the game that clicks so much with me actually exists, however how long it takes to complete, it"s waiting for me and I'm waiting for it. I'll definitely dabble in other games as a side hobby until then but I know that Star Citizen is the one.
ps: I don't know why I shared this, there are obviously other aspects in how I overcame my videogame addiction but Star Citizen really played his part and I wanted to thank everyone involved in its creation, from the developers to the funders and players, everyone in this warm community for being a part of it.

Pixelate posted:

These leaks are the best

"WipeButt" Soon(TM)

Pixelate posted:

These leaks are the best

"WipeButt" Soon(TM)

Strangler 42 posted:

Star Citizen: A total ship show

commando in tophat posted:

Can you blow up the toilet and drink from the resulting water fountain to heal yourself? Will pissing heal you?

commando in tophat posted:

Can you blow up the toilet and drink from the resulting water fountain to heal yourself? Will pissing heal you?

I hope someone will leak footage from mocaping rear end-wipe and crobear micromanaging that, thanks in advance

happyhippy posted:

35 out of 143 done (-ish. my counting could be wrong)

Lets assume the 35 are completed and working (lol). So took 1/3 of a billion dollars to do.

So to do all of these, assuming all each cost the same and equal ease and time, should only take $1.2 billion dollars total and only another 24.6 years to complete!

It's only 800k Idrises. So start saving goons.

Pixelate posted:

These leaks are the best

"WipeButt" Soon(TM)

Sankis posted:

why does the "'verse" have a yearly ship expo. do ships meaningfully change from year to year in their fiction.

aren't most of their ships meant for like crews. I know they're trying for a car thing but it seems more like if we had a yearly navy expo where the navy just came out and said hey here's this ship we made in 1968. we're still making it but some of them have different guns.

toiletbrush posted:

I wonder, if you're using a urinal, will the advanced subsumption AI observe proper etiquette and not use a directly adjacent one?

or if it will get nervous and not be able to piss in the presence of someone else and awkwardly stand there for a minute or so before doing up it's flies having done nothing

im asking the big questions