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caulders gonna want sc be an esport too i bet.
Game Discussions Star Citizen Discussion Thread v12
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But other than that, how's things?
I don't know why anyone would still believe that the Calders invested in Star Citizen/Sqn 42 the space games or in Ci¬G as a vehicle to produce those space games. Those things are totally irrelevent to the Calders or their 'advertising' investment...because that's not what they do. They invested in the marketing venture of 'Star Citizen the ship/jpeg sales machine' with an already very lucrative targeted consumer base.
Those types of billionaire investors don't support niche genre video games, buy homeless children new shoes or supply a service of any kind, they seek out and invest in ventures that separate poorer people from their cash so they can make themselves even richer by proxy...nothing more. Star Citizen the marketing venture is almost the perfect vehicle to support this goal through it's proven ability of selling pure dreams for cash...as it has been doing for the last 9 years.
When the time comes...and it will... thanks to Chris Roberts and Ci¬G's continued inability to produce even one single game out of the two being worked on that's anywhere close to being a viable, resellable end product after nearly 10 years in development. The Calders will at some point extract their 30 pieces of silver with some nice interest, perhaps bolstered or facilitated via some pre-arranged punitive damages and leave poor distraught Chrissie boy still waving his hands around wondering what happened to all those very nice rich people he imagined were even slightly interested in his space magnum opus.
We all know the saying about a fool and his money... The Calders aren't fools...Chris Roberts is a proven one. Don't be surprised either when it becomes apparent that Ortwin Freyermuth (House Slytherin) has brokered himself a nice deal through arranging this 'advertising' investment with the Calders.
Those types of billionaire investors don't support niche genre video games, buy homeless children new shoes or supply a service of any kind, they seek out and invest in ventures that separate poorer people from their cash so they can make themselves even richer by proxy...nothing more. Star Citizen the marketing venture is almost the perfect vehicle to support this goal through it's proven ability of selling pure dreams for cash...as it has been doing for the last 9 years.
When the time comes...and it will... thanks to Chris Roberts and Ci¬G's continued inability to produce even one single game out of the two being worked on that's anywhere close to being a viable, resellable end product after nearly 10 years in development. The Calders will at some point extract their 30 pieces of silver with some nice interest, perhaps bolstered or facilitated via some pre-arranged punitive damages and leave poor distraught Chrissie boy still waving his hands around wondering what happened to all those very nice rich people he imagined were even slightly interested in his space magnum opus.
We all know the saying about a fool and his money... The Calders aren't fools...Chris Roberts is a proven one. Don't be surprised either when it becomes apparent that Ortwin Freyermuth (House Slytherin) has brokered himself a nice deal through arranging this 'advertising' investment with the Calders.
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Over on the SC sub someone asks if it would be better if CIG were bought out by someone.
One person replies...
And this is why if the hardcore supporters get their way, SC will never release. They are their own worst enemies.
No refunds! CIG are not a bank!
Ah, fun times, remembering reading comments like that when backers were saying refunds shouldn't be a thing.
Someone on SA asked
Because release is when the dreams stop and reality kicks in.
One person replies...
And this is why if the hardcore supporters get their way, SC will never release. They are their own worst enemies.
No refunds! CIG are not a bank!
Ah, fun times, remembering reading comments like that when backers were saying refunds shouldn't be a thing.
Someone on SA asked
Because release is when the dreams stop and reality kicks in.
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Does anyone know whether when() you buy SQ42 you're buying the whole game or just the first episode?
Current its only episode 1.
It was chapters 1 and 2 early on, and IIRC, very early backers got the first 3 parts.
So, what, £30 per chapter? I'd better start saving then. Mind you, given CIG's rate of development, I'll have plenty of time to do so.
Also, should really call them episodes as that is how CIG call them. There will be 3 parts (or so they say).
Initially, episode 1 was going to have 70 missions. This is now 28 "chapters". Not sure if they simply renamed missions as chapters or whether a chapter would contain multiple missions.
Buy anyway, what's 90 quid? Its still a lot less than a ship that will allow you to do mining.
Shouldn't they really be called SQ42 Dreams 1 etc? Still no sign of the beta?
Another Sova“vid“ where we could see an empty incomplete star system. Looks a bit dated these graphics. Where are those big battles? Where is the fun ?
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It basically screams "Mole HD, House of Griffindor".
This is fine, backers will just start count the time from the reboot. Again.
In one episode of "Silicon Valley" there was an enlightening private conversation between experienced CEO and Founder.
"We don't sell neither the box nor the service", said CEO. "We sell stock. If stock prices rise, we are doing all right, no matter what we produce".
And another one, I think the sorce is the same, but not quite sure here, it may be from somewhere else, about Twitter or Uber:
"We don't make profit! As soon as you make a profit in a quarter, the stakeholders will request more and more of it, with each passing quarter. And if we make less profit than previous quarter, they will be disappointed with us. But until we don't make profit, no one cares about the loss, and we have a leeway."
In his video. Cool battle Sovapid, you give him no chance. I like it !
Do you ever loose your combats in one on one ?
Ah ok. Didn’t see it sorry my bad. I only had seen the horrible FM and those dated graphics and an empty „Star system“. So I think I have to apologize...
Apology accepted
I think Christopher was genuine about making SC initially. Kickstarter demo was a lie, assembled to make money, but hose money were intended to go into production. If Christopher intended to take them and run right from the start, it would be a fraud, not a scam.
I think (again) if Christopher didn't get drowned in money, he might actually start producing the game, and eventually get a free pass on that initial lie.
But after Christopher got money raining down on him, he realized that he doesn't need the game per se. Which leads us to now, 9 years later, 300_ millions, dreams.txt and no game done.
So, how do you call something that started as a lie with intent to make money and runs as a lie with intent to make more money?
I call it a scam.
Of course, this is just my personal vision, I have no solid evidence, and have no personal intent to sue CRobber
After all, he didn't scammed me.
The irony is lost on this oneApology accepted
In regard of ED I think that it still would be essentially the same ED we know. Braben wanted to recreate the initial Elite, and he did exactly that. This is actually the reason ED looks repetitive and boring: it was created around the gameplay of 1984 era, not something we are accustomed to in 2014.
With 300 millions ED would be better than it is, but nothing like Crobber's dream.