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Viajero
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I don’t see a key note speech there by Chris Roberts or Tony Z, Chambers or any of the top leads at all? I mean, maybe it is confirmed there will be a few of those and there is no need to put it in the program? Or am I missing something?Lol, this Citcon schedule...
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Yay, Pyro! Again. Again. (Only minus the Jump Points this year, because who knows how/when it'll arrive...)
Plus an exciting new mission template. (10:1 it involves stealth. Like that exciting stealth mission. In that Citcon. That time.)
Plus... caves!
And a PU addition to Quantum Travel which vaguely references SQ42. So SQ42's in too...
My favourite though has gotta be...
The ageing city that they're having to rebuild completely because they can't fit any missions into the buildings as intended...
* chef's kiss *
If Chris stays on trend, he's just going emerge from a cupboard at the end and say: "Physicalised".
Tony Z being missing is a curious one though. It's not like having nothing to show ever stopped him before ¯\(ツ)/¯
It was nice to hear that Bounty Hunter V2 is going well though...
I decided to ask Spectrum for their wise thoughts. It's going well so far
Haha, J3PT in full on defense mode as usual.
Viajero
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Well, last year the 1-2 minutes long Roberts closing remarks were clearly stated in the program: https://starcitizen.tools/CitizenCon_2021
But unless I missed it there is not even a mention whatsoever of such a pitiful intervention in the program this year anyways, no? And not a mention of SQ42 of course.
We sure this guy is still running things for the PU?
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There is no Tony Zzz because Que Pasa is already implemented and fully integrated into the game. In order to realize its potential fully, it still needs Object Container Meshing, though.
Also, holy manure, there is nothing about SQ404.
Viajero
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As a Spanish that always gets a chuckle out me
From Mike's morning stream, has a busy day ahead and didn't want to be too frustrated.
Had the common elevator bug:
So he tried Star Marine:
Stream ended a few minutes later, so he could relax
Had the common elevator bug:
So he tried Star Marine:
Stream ended a few minutes later, so he could relax
So he tried Star Marine:
Stream ended a few minutes later, so he could relax
New motion smoothing working wonders!
(The tea bagging was very slick)
On SQ42 gossip:
Thought I'd have a swing through LinkedIn and see if anyone fitted the profile there.
A Mobile Production Landscape:
Lots of comings and goings in production land, but that's probably not super unusual. Some recent UK ones:
- 'Gameplay Locations Pipeline' Producer left in September. (Liked her phrasing about managing CEO expectations for the Citcon 2021 demo incidentally ).
- 'Core Gameplay Pillar' Producer promoted in September.
- Long-time fan became Assoc Producer in June.
- SQ42 Asst Prod promoted to Assoc Prod in May.
So some shufflings at scrum-tier and in associated 'products' perhaps. But hardly a smoking gun there. (Although I do wonder what % of people flag their departure from a company.)
General Dev Trends:
It was super noticeable that the vast majority of new dev hires are newbies, and new senior roles almost all promotions of ex newbies. Think I only saw 2 hires of experienced devs out of ~20. Does fit with the general stereotype of CIG
There are senior devs walking out the door too, but no idea if at an unusual rate etc. (Say this Senior Physics Programmer and Principle AI programmer leaving in June etc). I guess the more intriguing question is whether they're being replaced with like-for-like experience.
Bonus Bits:
- Fun bit of dev snark:
- A fairly acrimonious departure for this Austin 'QA Lead / Publishing Supervisor' in May:
- The principle enviro artist who gossiped about churn has churned out the door.
- This fresh Asst Producer hire was streaming SC prior to joining. He happily burbled about 80-crew Javs flying together in the future. Then failed 2 out of 3 missions due to bugs. Says SC is seeing: "'Slow positive progress. That's the best type.". He seems a good fit
- 'Gameplay Locations Pipeline' Producer left in September. (Liked her phrasing about managing CEO expectations for the Citcon 2021 demo incidentally
Left to work at FD on Age of Sigmar
Wait...does that make him a refugee?
Her. And yes.
So they say. Here's Todd Papy back in March:
He still seems to be dictating PU stuff, setting more absurd scope-creep goals...
And bad news everyone. It seems another infamous blocker is still around…
Source: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1422273315?t=0h17m4s
Chris still very much at that PU helm :/
(John Crewe more recently suggests Chris is still, at minimum, badgering teams about PU-affecting tech etc.)
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It's obvious he's either been deemed a PR liability, or has scuttled out of the limelight of his own accord. And possibly he's been put in a smaller box behind the scenes. But if so, he still seems to be pulling on strings which touch all aspects of the project...
I think speculations of him being firewalled off from the PU are still more wishful thinking than anything right now
(Certainly, with a cavalcade of ChrisTM ideas still aimed at the PU, from 'physicalised cargo', to 'physicalised damage', up to 'Persistent Espresso Services' etc... If he has been killed off from SC, his ghost still seems to be very active...)
A rather lovely parallel, via the refunds sub...
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_0i45gbQUA
Viajero
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That is Chris Roberts and SC, pretty much word for word.
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"So you see children, you do not even have to produce a real product. The mere illusion of work in progress is enough for investors and the general public to throw money at your feet."
"But what of the quanta Sir?"
"Quanta is all around us children. Just imagine it!"
And hence, no company ever more ever produced anything at all except highly produced Youtube videos talking about things that were never developed.
"But what of the quanta Sir?"
"Quanta is all around us children. Just imagine it!"
And hence, no company ever more ever produced anything at all except highly produced Youtube videos talking about things that were never developed.