Insignificant_The_Galaxy_Cat
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The_Titanic over on Something Awful has a theory about why CIG are performing this seemingly random and rather stupid forum shutdown and move over to their terrible Discord clone service...
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The_Titanic over on Something Awful has a theory about why CIG are performing this seemingly random and rather stupid forum shutdown and move over to their terrible Discord clone service...
Yeah. Because 500+ people, over 6 years, and over $146 million, couldn't build 25% of what was promised. Yet somehow, fewer are going to build something. Makes sense - in CIG logic of course.
Insignificant_The_Galaxy_Cat
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Tijuana Bibliophile, Something Awful forum regular who is rather notorious for posting the inane dream-crafting of Citizens without posting their names, therefore making his posts look like his own genuine thoughts, has dredged up this belter recently.
Much hope.
Many dreams.
wow.
Much hope.
Many dreams.
wow.
Well I don't care much for comedy forum theories. Shutting down a costumer feedback forum few years after a game's release, yeah I can see why a company would do that.
But setting up a forum specifically for a crowd funded project pitching it as important part of the process and then shutting it down before the actual delivery speaks for itself.
Like a confession.
Remember the Bioware forum shutdown before Mass Effect latest release? That happened for a reason, too.
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Is Spectrum a genuinely bad thing? I don't think so. But why the hell is this being developed sooner than other fundamental priorities, most noticeably networking as Spectrum would benefit a solid foundation in this area?
All I see is that this is very useful for CIG: better and tighter controls over the narrative, as even in their own forums they seem to have hard times quiet dissentions. And it can help as smoke screen proving sense of progress, even if it's not. Hey, btw it's not even the fruit of CIG's work as it's developed by Turbulent, isn't it?
All I see is that this is very useful for CIG: better and tighter controls over the narrative, as even in their own forums they seem to have hard times quiet dissentions. And it can help as smoke screen proving sense of progress, even if it's not. Hey, btw it's not even the fruit of CIG's work as it's developed by Turbulent, isn't it?
You came up with stuff that i would compare COD VS SC. That was not the case, i just general talked about COD:IW. You shouted me "Star Citizen acolyte" faster then i can write your name, like i attacked you in person.
Sry, was lacking english skills here. Sold units was the wrong word, indeed. What i simply meant was that cig made a lot of cash with their Kickstarter/EA/*Whatever* project and thats where they are successfull (In this league), nothing more or less. And NO, i did not put it in the same bracket as Destiny, read carefully.
You are fun at party's right?
I dont want to be PRO or CONTRA here. So i continue to be not a part of a particular side. Additionally forcing people into sides is...
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It's not being developed sooner than something else.
They spent fourth of the budget to build it in parallel with everything else.
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I wouldn't say it's bad - I just can't see any need for it at all. From what I've seen of it so far - it's a poor Microsoft Comic Chat.
Probably because it's considered an "easy win". Like Star Marine, it's something that can be built with minimal effort (in Star Marine's case because it's nothing more than a basic FPS assembled from SC spare parts, although CIG even struggled with that, and in Spectrum's case because they just got someone else to do it), and can be rolled out to offer the illusion of progress while they continue to struggle with the much more important core systems which are required for the games backers have paid for.
If spectrum is supposed to be integrated into the actual game, and given CIG's history of failing to integrate third party work in the past, I would fully expect them to start talking about the necessity of replacing it with Spectrum 2.0 before too long.
Dreamcrafting when Spectrum first came up was indeed promising presenting it as a platform for groupfinding and an interactive ingame tool to communicate with other people and coordinate ingame efforts. So in that regard we are right back at "potential" which in theory always is present and awesome. Fact is that the "game" right now has nothing that would require nor support Spectrum so as of right now....its nothing more then a different forum (chat function is coming "soon" I suppose
). Also the pushing of a "non-factor" like Spectrum along with internal manpower/resources at this moment when there are "blockers" and other critical components to think about....I cant help myself as seeing Spectrum as a distraction at best. Problem is that a distraction only works if you provide something that people want which makes them short-term forget the larger issues (worked well in the past, see Pupil to planet video or any of the other tech videos not present in the game as of now). From the overall reaction I see on the RiS forum Spectrum isnt wanted nor well perceived so I m eager to see how this move will pan out for them.So far the white knights handled this project quite well, theorycrafting possible explanations and future directions of the "game" (talk about arm-chair developers eh?
) without CiGs need to take active control over anything. Just put up some eye candy, make lofty promises and throw out another ship sale...it was a real good dollar-printing-machine. That obviously doesnt cut it anymore. More and more people demand actual results and quick and suddenly CiG finds themselves quite close to the brink but never have learned to run so all they do is shuffle at a slow pace trying to avoid the fall. Meanwhile there are more and more opportunities to mess UP stuff and this is one regard in which CiG and CR are reliable so indeed.....waiting for the next big thing to happen ^^
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Well if they release SC as MVP(ever)then it´s way easier for CIG to deal with"angry"people on spectrum.......case closed.....
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Indeed. The possibility that the sudden switch to Spectrum comes just we're awaiting news of 3.0 might suggest there's something they need to manage...
You just need to wait for Citizencon! They'll show off things that will completely blow your mind.
Concierge backers get complimentary tickets - only $30!
They cant be that daft. Noone truly thinks they can stop a massive online outcry in 2017 by disabling their forums, right?
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What amazes me isn't the bugs. Bugs happen. And nobody is trying to pass it off as a release yet.
What amazes me is that the PU still simply looks like Generic FPS 101 after all this time.
Insignificant_The_Galaxy_Cat
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Even so, it *should* amaze you that bugs as big and as glaring as the ones shown in the videos have been in the game since the PU was released nearly three years ago!
And actually there ARE some crazy individuals trying to pass off what is shown in Star Citizen as being "release quality", despite the bugs, the lack of gameplay and, as you say, the general generic look of it all.
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