Shouldn't be too quick to discount SE, a lot can happen in 5 months, plus SE already has atmosphere's.
Sorry, I needed a moment to compose myself after spending a minute cleaning up spilt coffee due to sudden expulsion due to all-too-loud laughter. Roberts' folly is not even close to usable. It's a tech demo with hints of greatness that is saddled with a developer whom is
addicted to the cash being bled from naive customers.
It's at a minimum 18-24 months away from being anything resembling a workable product, let alone shipped (which is frankly still inconceivable at this point); and that's
if they stopped the ship sales now, which is compromising their ability to deliver. Which they won't. Because it's an horrific cash cow. Even when their customers are now starting to seek refunds, in earnest. Well, those that aren't in denial and essentially pouring thousands of dollars into in-game assets they neither own, or will ever have an actual right to use. Thousands. You can buy a brand new car, for less than it will cost to buy 'all' ships.
It's questionable behaviour from a developer that has yet to even ship half of what people have paid for. SC is this spectre people like to use, that really isn't.
Have you ever had the sensation where you post in a thread, and you come back to it and wish you hadn't?
This is basically my life. I wake up every morning and wish I hadn't because then I have to get out of bed, be an adult and all the other stuff that isn't at all exciting. The forums are a reminder, constantly, I should never have gotten out of bed.