Dusty Lens posted:

AFAIK it's pretty much a "put your fish into a temporary tank and then drain/sterilize/remove all of the big rocks/sand/everything your primary tank" type scenario.

You cannot defeat the bobbit worm without digging into your favorite quotes from Aliens.

Dooguk posted:

The moons are tiny, but are made to appear further away and larger with visual effects. Would they even have atmospheres if they are that small?

Daztek posted:

I liked this bit

Which one is it, Charlie!!!

Scruffpuff posted:

You know, though, there doesn't even need to be a right side/wrong side argument. The simple equation "Chris Roberts = Failed Project" was the only universal constant during this entire debacle. From that building block came the bad design, scope creep, excessive expenditures, cart-before-the-horse development, contractual violations, and all the other things that have become hallmarks of Star Citizen.

No force can contradict "Chris Roberts = Failed Project". Derek Smart is completely impotent against it, as is Ortwin, Sandi, Erin, Goons, Reddit, the gaming media - all of it, the phantom wars fought in comments sections, the photoshops, the YouTube videos, the "arguments" fought amongst those who believe that somehow words on a computer screen can possibly overcome the fundamental equation.

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None of it matters. Chris Roberts' inability is a fundamental force of the universe, like gravity, which is another force he doesn't understand.

The only good to come out of Star Citizen was the humor, and it's a good thing we've been here to harvest it, because all that's left after the humor has been stripmined will be tears.

TheAgent posted:

Total in 2013: $28,446,117
Total in 2014: $32,933,205 (14% bump from previous year)
Total in 2015: $35,961,202 (8.5% bump from previous year)
Total in 2016: $36,100,538 (.4% bump from previous year)
Total in 2017 (three days of funding remain): $34,592,496 (4.2% drop from previous year)

this will be the first year star citizen hasn't grown in funding

Dusty Lens posted:

AFAIK it's pretty much a "put your fish into a temporary tank and then drain/sterilize/remove all of the big rocks/sand/everything your primary tank" type scenario.

You cannot defeat the bobbit worm without digging into your favorite quotes from Aliens.

Alchenar posted:

Every year is a make-or-break year. The thing is, having already reached deep into the bag and tried to sell plots of land and tanks, it's unclear just what else CIG can come up with to fleece backers with.

Talez posted:

3000AD, rear end in a top hat.

D_Smart posted:

OK, I'll bite, then block.

The game was Battlecruiser 3000AD

I didn't release it. Take Two did.

So much for your epic burn. Clearly you're not the Chosen One.

spacetoaster posted:

What show is that?

Also, if any of you like cool RPG's divinity 2 ain't bad.

Quill posted:

The show is Blackadder and Divinity 2 is goddamn excellent.

Dogeh posted:

Mirificus posted:

poo poo

monkeytek posted:

"off court" is this some sort of basketball/law super court thing where Bezo's lawyers posterize Skadden with a monster dunk thus getting the case dismissed before overtime?

Dusty Lens posted:

I'm excited for people swearing off ever shopping on Amazon again after it turns out that CIG is not holding them hostage somehow.

iospace posted:

Dewgy posted:

They've got precedent for this in Shirts v. Skins.

Foo Diddley posted:

It was targeted at the Escapist but accused them of colluding with Derek and spent a lot of time on him as well. They had also refunded him unilaterally and Ortwin sent a bogus legal threat around the same time

It's actually... oh God. Oh Jesus

_{it's all in the July blog}

Alchenar posted:

Every year is a make-or-break year. The thing is, having already reached deep into the bag and tried to sell plots of land and tanks, it's unclear just what else CIG can come up with to fleece backers with.

G0RF posted:

On the moral wrongs, I do think there’s a right side, too. The sad thing is the time for making the moral arguments against unethical marketing practices, the moral arguments for greater accountability and transparency, the condemnations against nepotism, fraudulent enrichment, and the rest is always NOW, yet most refuse. They’ll just wait it out, and when the eventual calamity finally besets, only then will they stand up on “the right side” and join the indignation armies and recrimination brigades. There’s hardly much good that can be done at that point because it’s really just an exhaustive auditing effort of the awfulness at that point. People who didn’t want to try to slow down a runaway Hype train as it barreled down the tracks will just wait for the crash then buy their tickets to gawk at Roberts smouldering ruin on the Hate train just arriving; the one that goes in a circular track around the wreckage for a generation.

TheAgent posted:

Total in 2013: $28,446,117
Total in 2014: $32,933,205 (14% bump from previous year)
Total in 2015: $35,961,202 (8.5% bump from previous year)
Total in 2016: $36,100,538 (.4% bump from previous year)
Total in 2017 (three days of funding remain): $34,592,496 (4.2% drop from previous year)

this will be the first year star citizen hasn't grown in funding

G0RF posted:

But let’s say that that you want to go to the moon Cellin, and it’s on the other side of Crusader from you. You obviously can’t fly a straight line from Port Olisar to Cellin without crashing into Crusader.

Also, since the game is nowhere near finished, Crusader hasn’t actually been built yet.

Instead, you have to travel between a series of navigational beacons that sit in high orbit around Crusader. Once you move to the right beacon, the planet is no longer in the way, and you’ll be able to plot a straight line to Cellin.

D_Smart posted:

Well, now that you've mentioned it, they're going to have two $1M spikes by 12/31. I am still laughing about the two from the first week of the month. They're not even hiding it anymore.