The Star Citizen Thread v 3.0
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People discussing what's up, and speculation between what happened, there's a discussion yesterday around this in specifically on here.
My faith in Chris Roberts has been renewed by buying a copy of RETRO GAMER and reading that he wrote WIZADORE for the BBC B. A game I loved. And hadn't thought of for over 25 years. I was bizarrely moved by seeing a screenshot. Time, age, etc...
Aye, there's two Roberts games in the list (best BBC games ever) and guess what's at number 1? A big picture of David Braben.
I think it's no coincidence that two of the biggest space game giants are both BBC software alumni.
It's weird, isn't it? I suppose any 80s programmer/designer would have been stunned by ELITE. It inspires like the Sex Pistols Manchester gig. "I didn't realise we were allowed to do that!"
I remember reading Dragon user in the 80's and there was often mention of this Elite game on other systems and why couldn't the Dragon 32 have Elite? It was Elite or Jet Set Willy...It's impossible to imagine that Roberts didn't play lots of Elite just like everyone else in the UK. I'm sure its just part of the general ingredients he needed. Similarly Elite wouldn't have happened without various board games like the traveller.
-The 50-70 development book is paid for by subscribers, the only reason it exists is because there are people subscribing
-Design posts with a lot of ifs
-What does letter by the chairman have to do with open development? If anything it's mostly used to try and put out major fires
-Lore posts - again what does that have to do with open development? that is just building the universe out
- They have a weekly development update on AC and Star Marine because those modules are so far behind schedule it's not even funny. The Star Marine module right now is 7 months behind schedule, they went from a "you will have it within a week" to a 7+ months later and no sign of release. The posts are there like they did when AC was first released, to try to apease the backers because CIG dropped the ball, big time.
-The 10FTC videos have become nothing but waste of time the past year if not longer, the same questions keep getting answered, nothing new is ever learned, just same old questions rehashed differently.
-The live stream, again nothing but "cherry picked" questions get answered.
-Bug smasher - again made popular by some backers who are interested in the technical side, nothing to do with actual development
-The only reason why we have the Monthly CIG Studio Report is because we the backers demanded it, because CIG was not forthcoming with information, it took months of forum warmongering to get that, not because CIG wanted it.
The bottom line is, all you have outlined does not constitute OPEN DEVELOPMENT. Open development means that there is constant communication between the backer base and the developers creating the product. The facts are for 16 months there has been barely any communication from CIG regarding the core of the game, flight, let alone controls. CIG has avoided these topics like the plague because they cannot handle feedback. Another perfect example of this is the controller balance debacle, its now 16 months since AC has been released and controllers are still , where it favors a single device, mouse. What is ridiculous is how out of touch CIG is with the community regarding this feature, so much out of touch that they are now developing Joysticks with Saitek that have mouse balls to use "gimbals". That is how out of touch CIG is. We have provided them 16 months worth of feedback regarding controls and how they can utilize them. What is their response? Stay silent on the topic and come up with hardware which will not equal out the controllers at all.
You can tout all you want about how open CIG development is, but at the end of the day it is not, no matter how you try to spin it. The fact is CIG is very picky in what they are open about. The core hot topics everyone cares about on the forums and testing of the game are never touched or communicated with the community about.
^^^^This.
Sorry to be picky
but it wasnt a boardgame, it was a table top roleplaying game (no board or pieces, just your imagination) and it was just called "Traveller".The amount that Elite "borrowed" from Traveller is quite remarkable, even the example character used in it is called Commander Jameson...
I thought The 2005 Drugs Act amended the Misuse of Magic Mushrooms ?
While is the UK who is working on SC Alpha 2.0, i don't think they'll release something until they settle down after moving offices in 2/3 days on LA... Le vibes that things are being timed with the Project Anniversary... Or not... Or yes.... meh.
After all, with games like Fallout 4 and such, that seems the whole universe expect me did Pre-Order....
On another news.... The HUD has now a Dating Status: http://i.imgur.com/nGzVgxG.jpg
After all, with games like Fallout 4 and such, that seems the whole universe expect me did Pre-Order....
On another news.... The HUD has now a Dating Status: http://i.imgur.com/nGzVgxG.jpg
Smart is back link:http://www.dereksmart.org/2015/11/interstellar-pirates/
Yeah i read it, jesus he's loosing steam, it's more of the same. He adapts his claims with the wind, around 2 weeks ago the SC 2.0 and FPS would be impossible to release this year, far he said with his "sources" told him, this around the same assumptions SM would come first.... Now even him admits 2.0 is coming on the next days (during this month), before or after the adversary of the project. And as CIG is issuing refunds for who asks, he no longer talks about the "over 2 thousand people list" that supposedly could not get refunds.
Even from it's usually seen from him, being predictable, that's quite a weak blog post, he could just copy/paste most of this blog from the older ones (or his tweetlongs) and it would have the same substance. meh
Even from it's usually seen from him, being predictable, that's quite a weak blog post, he could just copy/paste most of this blog from the older ones (or his tweetlongs) and it would have the same substance. meh
You just can't make this up LOL, when does this come out as a movie?
He does take an awfully long time to get around to his point but the section on Gizmondo is pretty special. All the preamble should be read in that context. For a Derek Smart piece it's actually quite well constructed, with most of the earlier sections leading up to, and supporting, that key section.
The problem is that that section remains unsubstantiated, which DS admits. Also the tale of Gizmondo and the Swedish mafia, although true, will sound so outlandish to many people that they won't give it much thought.
The problem is that that section remains unsubstantiated, which DS admits. Also the tale of Gizmondo and the Swedish mafia, although true, will sound so outlandish to many people that they won't give it much thought.
Do you think Sandi could play herself?
Honestly I don't think she could handle such a big role.....Especially if is going to be a big budget AAA movie.....
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