I remember the atmosphere and the exceptional tension during the kickstarter.
I can say happy days for the Elite community.
I can say happy days for the Elite community.
Happy Anniversary CMDRs - on this day 8 years ago, the Elite Dangerous Kickstarter began
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Since the early 2000s, once a year I looked on the internet to see if there was a new version of Elite.
And I arrived in the Kickstarter 1 month after the start of the campaign.
Lucky on this one.
And I arrived in the Kickstarter 1 month after the start of the campaign.
Lucky on this one.
Viajero
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Keep flipping until you get both!
Did anyone else buy one of these?
Ahhh yes... Back when the forum was quiet and all we did was speculate on the size of Mike Brookes beard and when The Outsider would be released..
Then all hell broke loose and this quiet little corner of the t'interweb exploded.
None of this is my fault by the way.
Then all hell broke loose and this quiet little corner of the t'interweb exploded.
None of this is my fault by the way.
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One of those was holding the flaps shut on my big box KS physical edition
That physical edition is different from the Collector's Edition that has a shirt in it also? I purchased the Collector's Edition relatively cheaply on Ebay a couple of years back.One of those was holding the flaps shut on my big box KS physical edition
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I got sent one in my backers box of bootyliscousness.....
A Co-worker was trying to get me to back Star Citizen when looking on KickStarter and saw Elite Dangerous
I had first played Wing Commander, Elite and Frontier on the Amiga 500 but could only back one, to the level I was after, and Elite Dangerous won out.
Fell for the Sidewinder from day one and VR thrown in an never looking back.
I had first played Wing Commander, Elite and Frontier on the Amiga 500 but could only back one, to the level I was after, and Elite Dangerous won out.
Fell for the Sidewinder from day one and VR thrown in an never looking back.
The irony is that all the stuff I wanted to see (damage modelling, visibly different modules when looking at ship models, more direct BGS etc) never made it in as it was described.
But I did get Powerplay....silver lining and all that
But I did get Powerplay....silver lining and all that
This one, from my KS £90 tier:
The back of the badge can be seen on the flap tab with the jaunty grin.
I backed as soon as I found the kickstarter, then upgraded to the £150 founders tier. At the time I didn't have a pc capable of running the game so didn't see any point in going higher.
I really enjoyed the beta when it came out, and spent my time dragging fish about in my little sidey before upgrading to a hauler then finally a cobra (there were a couple of wipes during the process). Once the game was released I wiped my save, took the explora-cobra option and went out exploring, looking back I hardly managed to go any distance but still found a few first discoveries.
On reflection I'd not bothered with founders as the "mysterious things" amounted to zero and we had to really fight for FD to (begrudgingly) even produce the little decal. Even so I've had a great time, still playing the same save as I started with, flying about in "Gef" my original cobra with the 'loaned' equipment and remember the excitement of the KS & beta fondly. I bought the game for my dad a couple of years ago - he was the one that got me in to the original game in 1984 - and we sometimes meet up in game still.
Below are a couple of pictures I took at the time when I first downloaded the game:
Old desktops from long gone computers are strangely familiar!
I loved the font used in the old cockpit:
I really enjoyed the beta when it came out, and spent my time dragging fish about in my little sidey before upgrading to a hauler then finally a cobra (there were a couple of wipes during the process). Once the game was released I wiped my save, took the explora-cobra option and went out exploring, looking back I hardly managed to go any distance but still found a few first discoveries.
On reflection I'd not bothered with founders as the "mysterious things" amounted to zero and we had to really fight for FD to (begrudgingly) even produce the little decal. Even so I've had a great time, still playing the same save as I started with, flying about in "Gef" my original cobra with the 'loaned' equipment and remember the excitement of the KS & beta fondly. I bought the game for my dad a couple of years ago - he was the one that got me in to the original game in 1984 - and we sometimes meet up in game still.
Below are a couple of pictures I took at the time when I first downloaded the game:
Old desktops from long gone computers are strangely familiar!
I loved the font used in the old cockpit:
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My wife said I could only back one (and even then I had to burn a lot of husband good boy points to back)
Did you get sent to the "dog house" for burning all of those husband points...
if so...1. Kit the dog house out with your comp, beer, and anything else you need for a gaming sesh.
2. Be naughty...
Did you get sent to the "dog house" for burning all of those husband points...
1. Kit the dog house out with your comp, beer, and anything else you need for a gaming sesh.
2. Be naughty...
She knew about it so I was spared. However I am in need of a man-cave
Flossy
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Yes. I also won a keyring and had another given to me at my first Lavecon in 2014 - and made them into a pair of earrings!Did anyone else buy one of these?
I couldn't bid before Christmas but I put £60 into both SC and Elite in January. Then I ended up 'Jonty' ing up until I think I was at the £100 pound mark by the end of the kickstarter. Then we found out you could still increase your bid even though the kickstarter had ended so by then I'd had enough of SWTOR, so I cancelled the sub and used that to Jonty-up every month until I was in the Alpha. Really enjoyed that but then made my mistake of upgrading to DDF, not long before they shut it down. I think that and not going for the Author's pack (Remember three of them were never completed, including Chronicles which had my stuff in) were my regrets about the whole process.
When you think about what this game's brought me over the last eight years, Friends I never expected to meet, Lavecon, Lave Radio, Dockers, Truckers and a galaxy to escape to every once in a while. It's been worth every penny.
When you think about what this game's brought me over the last eight years, Friends I never expected to meet, Lavecon, Lave Radio, Dockers, Truckers and a galaxy to escape to every once in a while. It's been worth every penny.
I think we are overlooking the real reason why we are all here.
The Asp Scout. Without ED it would not exist, and the world would be a colder, less welcoming place.
The Asp Scout. Without ED it would not exist, and the world would be a colder, less welcoming place.
The poor thing doesn't even get a ship kit.
It's like a garden gnome... if you bought it, it would just sit there on the driveway... ahem, the stored ship screen