The Star Citizen Thread v5

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frostypaw

frostypaw
Snarfbuckle said:
I mean, every level headed backer understands that it CAN fail, all games can fail.
But the OBSESSION of the possibility of failure is rather impressive to see.
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If you consider it per dollar of customer money that's vanished into it then it's really very cheap per-post. There would be none of this interest if they weren't keeping hitting gullible customers for money. I've seen people claiming SC has planetary landings and open-cast mining mechanics in the last few days as if they were already in game and working.... The obsession is in the level of deception.

They are doing things differently and people gave them an obscene amount of money to do it. If they fail that sucks and if they succeed they will have created something incredible.
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Created SOMETHING - not necessarily something incredible, and doing something differently is (as covered earlier) not in any way an automatic bonus feather for the cap.
 

Stigbob

Stigbob
Snarfbuckle said:
It's damn funny really.

I mean, every level headed backer understands that it CAN fail, all games can fail.
But the OBSESSION of the possibility of failure is rather impressive to see.
It's like seeing the mirror image of the extremist backer who is so convinced it CANNOT fail and both sides are patting themselves on the back on how it cannot fail or whatever rumor they have dug up about it's IMMEDIATE demise.

I think I have heard about them crashing and burning since 2012 by now. That's one slooow car crash.

They are doing things differently and people gave them an obscene amount of money to do it. If they fail that sucks and if they succeed they will have created something incredible.
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Ever read about stupid man made disasters, conspiracy theories, Darwin awards, or watched an epic fails clip ?.

Star Citizen is exactly like that, oddly fascinating in a toilet reading sort of way. But definitely not to be taken seriously.
 
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Snarfbuckle

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frostypaw said:
Created SOMETHING - not necessarily something incredible, and doing something differently is (as covered earlier) not in any way an automatic bonus feather for the cap.
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Sorry about that, I channeled both extremes of the situation.

It either fails horribly or it's awesome seems the be the two polarised sides with nothing in the middle.
 

Agony_Aunt

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Snarfbuckle said:
It's damn funny really.

I mean, every level headed backer understands that it CAN fail, all games can fail.
But the OBSESSION of the possibility of failure is rather impressive to see.
It's like seeing the mirror image of the extremist backer who is so convinced it CANNOT fail and both sides are patting themselves on the back on how it cannot fail or whatever rumor they have dug up about it's IMMEDIATE demise.

I think I have heard about them crashing and burning since 2012 by now. That's one slooow car crash.

They are doing things differently and people gave them an obscene amount of money to do it. If they fail that sucks and if they succeed they will have created something incredible.
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I don't think there are many here who want SC to fail. After all, the backers would be hurt by a fail. I think many of us are highly skeptical that CIG can deliver on their promises, and the less the deliver over time, and with each new ship sale, we become more and more skeptical.

But ultimately, its like watching a train wreck in extreme slow motion... there is still a chance that something can survive... hell, maybe CIG really can and will make the BDSSE, but i'm not holding my breath.
 

Brian of Ardagh

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500K-700K SC donors/players, and that poll got 648 answers. If anything isn't looking good, it's the sample size of that poll. ;)
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I don't know, the MoE on that poll calculates to +/-3.85% using the population size of 700K, that's pretty decent. That doesn't say anything about methodology, of course.
 

Asp Explorer

Asp Explorer
One of these days CIG will release something groundbreaking, and brave underpanted Space Warriors will find new and emergent gameplay mechanics for, oh I dunno, sneaking on board their own immersion chariots or something.
 

thorn-

thorn-
Brian of Ardagh said:
I don't know, the MoE on that poll calculates to +/-3.85% using the population size of 700K, that's pretty decent. That doesn't say anything about methodology, of course.
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Yes - the methodology here is so non-existent that the results are meaningless. Plus, Derek skewed the result to match his own opinion of the game. The current poll results are quite different, with "full release with all promised features" leading @ 38%.

I'd expect someone with 2 PhDs to be less inclined to believe results from such a joke of a poll.
 

VidarSnipes

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Yes - the methodology here is so non-existent that the results are meaningless. Plus, Derek skewed the result to match his own opinion of the game. The current poll results are quite different, with "full release with all promised features" leading @ 38%.
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Meh, it's as valid as that poll about expanding scope of the game from the RSI forums. That is, not at all, but it's an interesting measure of the mood amongst people who cared enough to vote in it.
 
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