Game Discussions Star Citizen Discussion Thread v12
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Prediction of the Year - 2023 In a slow year for SC champions, we turn to a hardened veteran...
Refreshing his 2021 hit parade, with some scope creep to make CR proud, our winner is...
As you are short on believers here, I'm pleased to offer you something to discuss in january 2024, my prediction for 2023
- SQ42 beta end of 2023, early 2024
- Vulkan late this year
- Second system late 2023, early 2024
iCache a huge mess at start, good tech at the end of 2021PES released, sorry to not let this one
- real components in ships
- power management in ships
- some animals and créatures on planets (no clue about this but I've a good feeling about it
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A few debatable things in there perhaps:
- Is PES 'good tech' at the end of 2023? (The CEO says no
) - Did Pyro's brief appearance in a test server (with some slugs) count as a delivery?
- Does the soft launch of the odd component count? (IE the new tank stops functioning if the power plant is removed. Although broader rollout is technically still blocked.)
- Do the current power management stations count as the roadmapped Engineering update? (Nah )
But that's the fun of SC
We can chew over all that while we wait for Server Meshing to not appear
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Previous entries:
- 2019: The joyous missteps of Mr.Nowak - [Repair / salvage / refuel / second solar system]
- 2020: Zaphod uses the wrong head - [SQ42 beta & Star Citizen release]
- 2021: LittleAnt digs a very big hole - [SQ42 beta / Second System / iCache persistence / Vulkan]
- 2022: Ebob socks it to us - [SQ42 / Second System / Server Meshing]
Took a while for me to remember, but CIG were still paying these marketing people in 2022:
Midnight Sherpa Brings the Spark of Greatness to Life for Sci-Fi Video Game Star Citizen | LBBOnline
Little Black Book, Midnight Sherpa has worked with CIG’s marketing team for the past few years on a wide range of assets including cinematics, in-game content, trailers, social media, and visual collateral for physical events
Food for thought
And these are complete wastes of money considering how quickly tech devalues. But I know what I'd rather have, probably more likely of getting some pillion riders with that than the other thing.
Most Expensive Gaming PC in 2023
The most expensive gaming PC are all about giving you the most power and performance possible. We examine some of the most expensive gaming PCs in 2023 and analwww.ipcstore.com
Oh, and out of curiosity I did look up how many Harleys one could buy with UD48K$, it's up to 3 depending on model. One for you and each of the honeys, no pillions required.
that is one of the worst, most incorrect articles i have read (well, not all of it) recently.
At least they get things done, the Invictus trailer was pretty awesome. But still it's telling that the focus is on eye candy over functionality, I'm sure that and the other trailers they list on their webpage cost more than a few Legatus packs to make.Took a while for me to remember, but CIG were still paying these marketing people in 2022:
Midnight Sherpa Brings the Spark of Greatness to Life for Sci-Fi Video Game Star Citizen | LBBOnline
Little Black Book, Midnight Sherpa has worked with CIG’s marketing team for the past few years on a wide range of assets including cinematics, in-game content, trailers, social media, and visual collateral for physical eventswww.lbbonline.com
More than just shilling, there's FTC regulations that, well, regulate that sort of thing, and they have the weight of law behind them.
True, but I was only concerned about the price of those things. They are pretty horrible machines. Still better ways to waste money than other things.
I looked at the first one and read where it listed the Quadro RTX 8000 as a GPU and thought, nope, that's rubbish for gaming, (compared to proper gaming GPU's) these aren't gaming PC's, they are graphics workstation designed for specific tasks which they are very good at. I have seen them and seen people using them, but they aren't good at gaming! They aren't horrible machines, but you could get a better gaming PC for a tenth of the price. They are worth the price for people who are using them for what they are designed for.
It is indeed a very poor article written by someone who has no understanding of the different requirements these machines address, that much I will give you.
The price of those monstrosities was the only thing I was interested in that article. Yes, they are horrible machines for playing a game with a 48K ship pack. But still better value, at least you could design some nice ships on those. 
Squadron 42 will run equally well on an IBM Z system and a Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
Another 1 star Glassdoor:
Hard to speak to the other aspects, but Austin seemed to be a focus point during the prior bout of layoff gossip.
With hiring still much flatter than the prior years, and very UK focused it's easy to believe they might be downsizing the US. (Even if it's possibly driven by other events like the Turbulent merger etc).
1/1
Soft Layoffs happening for months
Anonymous Employee
Former Employee, less than 1 year
Recommend
CEO Approval
Business Outlook
Pros
PTO is okay but not as much as other companies offer and health benefits are good.
Cons
There have been soft layoffs happening especially in the US although CIG denied layoffs in 2023. This place has huge racism problem form upper management and especially the executives in the UK and EU studios and from the CEO’s wife as well. They might shut down the US studios in the future as they are no longer hiring in the US anymore.
Advice to Management
Work on your diversity hiring as its mostly Caucasian’s in the studio and not a lot of effort to hire diverse candidates in the US.
Hard to speak to the other aspects, but Austin seemed to be a focus point during the prior bout of layoff gossip.
With hiring still much flatter than the prior years, and very UK focused it's easy to believe they might be downsizing the US. (Even if it's possibly driven by other events like the Turbulent merger etc).
Star Citizen PVP Gameplay Railgun vs Anvil Arrow Above Jumptown. The story of another Bounty Hunter who tried to get my bounty.
Source: https://youtu.be/5cKcTrxyFC0
I've enjoyed better PVP gameplay unwrapping a burger.
They havent currently got any new JPEGs for you, so you can get some old ones ??Marketing have finished their planning month...
If I could be bothered I'd make an amusing clip of the Commando running at silly speeds carrying the giant W40K gun on his shoulder to the Benny Hill music.
But I can't be bothered.
Source: https://twitter.com/SpaceTomatoGG/status/1746241909864153399
Source: https://twitter.com/SpaceTomatoGG/status/1746241911680287200
Source: https://twitter.com/SpaceTomatoGG/status/1746242180535222778
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/1962jlk/i_really_hate_people_sometimes_i_really_hope_that/
Source: https://youtu.be/7sIt356y6P8
Source: https://twitter.com/SpaceTomatoGG/status/1746241911680287200
Source: https://twitter.com/SpaceTomatoGG/status/1746242180535222778
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/1962jlk/i_really_hate_people_sometimes_i_really_hope_that/
I wonder how much progress CI-G have made on the PVP slider?