The Star Citizen Thread v5
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When I read this sort of stuff I'm never sure if my overwhelming feeling is one of sadness, or one of irritation. Mostly likely it's a mix of both.
Underpinning both examples is, for me, arguably the significant worry that even if they have/had a plan, they are paying it scant regard and are just busking their way through. This is fine for small projects and small teams, but definitely not for large projects with teams spread across the globe.
If this is the case - and I've zero evidence either way, but the circumstances suggest - then I doubt that even CIG know how far into/through the project they are, which would render any dates they give meaningless - of which we have evidence to date. Sad really, as proper project/programme oversight isn't that difficult, and certainly not rocket surgery.
I'm used to providing P&L (profit and loss) to date and projected, every month to various boards/committees, and whilst (sometimes) the end-date projections could look worrying, at least you could have a grown-up conversation with the customer/sponsor. Whilst they were not happy when things were slipping, they were comforted that at least we were on top of what was going on, and I think CIG are doing themselves and their backers a disservice by not coming clean if (and I stress if) things are looking worryingly bad. Assuming they know.
dayrth
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dayrth
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Money's too tight to mention...
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Operative words, right there. And in the aftermath, this is also what will decide where ye olde Hanlon's razor will cut: if they don't know, a failure will be down to gross incompetence; if they do, there will be a genuine case for calling it intentional deception and outright malice.
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No seriously, where is he. Or is this project such a neoliberal swamp that nobody cares about people anymore, do people working for CIG just vanish at some point and nobody even remembers them? If you google images for money + Star Citizen you don't find him, just a lot of creepy and strange photoshops from something awful (probably). Like this one:
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That's not strange and creepy, it's funny.
This is creepy : https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitize...cgi_going_to_handle_jiggle_physics_on_female/
Hadn't heard of this before, but it is very easy for incompetence or honest mistakes to be interpreted as malice.
Hanlon's razor is also a very good way to chill out if someone is screwing you over, even if they really are being malicious. It defuses the situation and, assuming you don't actually say you're applying the razor, tends to make peace.
people think it's just a funny quote, but it's honest to goodness an excellent philosophy.
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And sadly, also completely predictable.
In all fairness have you seen some of the Guardians related theorising?
(ps. not wanting us to go OT just pointing out it can be as bad here)
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That's exactly what I though of first (I got a link then edited it out and replaced it before posting), as it's right off the end of the weird scale. Staying on topic was also a contributing factor.
But I got the impression it was never a serious thing more the OP being deliberately daft and maybe some harmless trolling of people who didn't spot that, which to be fair is equally applicable to the reddit thread.
On topic : Star Citizen is rubbish and doomed IMO.
Oh no I think it's pretty serious!
Just like much of the SC fantasising that seems to beggar all belief - but then you look at that total funds raised and the rampant excusing of their every misstep. Nah it's mostly serious I think. The whole reason the goon insertions work so well is it just fits in perfectly
Just like much of the SC fantasising that seems to beggar all belief - but then you look at that total funds raised and the rampant excusing of their every misstep. Nah it's mostly serious I think. The whole reason the goon insertions work so well is it just fits in perfectly
When I still thought this was a serious project, I engaged in a debate with these drooling morons about the facepalm worthy "female gear" shown in concept pics. You couldn't ask for a finer collection of #GamerGate cattle outside of Bayonetta forums.
"Buy MOAR ships and we might get a game!"
Oh my lulzbucket overfloweth. I've already bought my ship and I'm still waiting for my game.
Oh my lulzbucket overfloweth. I've already bought my ship and I'm still waiting for my game.
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