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Umm.. you might want to strap your socks on:

In other news, SC just hit 100 million in funding. Also, I'm pretty sure Derek Smart said they'd be out of business by now, back in September...

LOL, I was laughing at that one. Yeah, I was messing around in my hangar yesterday and fell through floor of a different ship than that one. They need to fix those non-solid spots!

According to their livestream, 2.0 will be released to their live servers later today.

Yeah, but Variise posts interesting things from time to time. If, that is, you're interested in the game. You know, the game this thread is about? All you, and several others in this thread really seem to do is complain, either about the game or Variise. We get it, you're skeptical. Most of us...

So I guess I'm getting a Constellation as a loaner until the ship I bought is ready. Any you nerds wanna man a turret for me when alpha 2.0 is released to live?

I'm fucking legendary around here!

This guy disagrees with that sentiment:

People need to quit worrying so much. Play what's available if you think it's fun. Ask for a refund if you feel like you're being fucked over. If you've only funded an amount that doesn't impact you on a daily basis, then just watch the development hopefully and glean some entertainment from the...

Yeah, that's a great point. Now that they have the baseline PU alpha, they can just iterate on it, add shit as they get it done.

You never studied economics did ya, bud? When I said "in the black" that means after expenses they had profit. As opposed to "in the red" which would mean after expenses they lost money. Now you know why they call it Black Friday when you are out buying yourself new long underwear and a crockpot.

Everyone of those movies made money. Some of them were in the 20's of millions in the black. A big box office isn't how a lot of Hollywood productions make money day to day, bud. Now hurry over to SA and ask the other smarties what you need to say back to me. Hurry!

That's your source on him "being run out of Hollywood"? Did you read it? He's not even mentioned by name in that article, nor does it say anything about him losing the suit - Kostner settled. Not that it really applies to my point - that he was a producer for a lot of money-making movies like...

LOL what? Wing Commander and Ultima built Origin. Maybe you are thinking of Privateer or something? Source? Everything I've read says that all of his movies were very profitable long term.

It seems like some people are operating under the assumption that Chris Roberts hasn't done shit since he coded Wing Commander 1 by himself in the late 80s. He's produced some pretty profitable films. He has lots of industry friends that run big operations. He went into the kickstarter with some...

Wait until 2.0 is off the PTU and released for general alpha testing. You'll have a lot more to do than walk around your hanger

Alpha 2.0 going to PTU today for limited testers (1000) with incremental increases as they patch issues and verify network stability. This is the big deal - an actual slice of the persistent universe. It includes the earlier discussed zone that is 2Mx2Mx400K kilometer play space around the...

You seem really tense, bro. I said "potentially." Wait and see what happens before you get mad. Edit: Okay, so I've been a bit flippant with you, so I'll elaborate a bit on what's wrong with your viewpoint. You are basing your bellicose criticism of the game on bits and pieces of information...

You're getting worked up over stuff that isn't going to happen. They want the game to be fun, so I can assure you, there won't be any 10 hour trips to complete a mission. They are aiming for a balance between fun and realism. Other shit might make the game fail, but not bullshit quasi realism...

Yeah, there are jump gates between systems. Also, note that the zone size is not capped at 2m square km - that's the size of the zone that alpha 2.0 will have. Roberts has mentioned having systems that are potentially billions of square km.

Interesting read, and rather topical, considering we were just discussing blackouts, etc. Star Citizen Alpha 2.0: Flight Model Changes - Roberts Space Industries

My apologies - I should have prefaced my previous statement with the caveat that I haven't played AC in the last two or three versions. I do follow dev posts, though, and they've pretty much said that flight mechanics are in flux and will be for the next year or more. They have the goal of...

oh, I see - is it a bug, or intended?

There's a fine line between realism and fun, I grant you that, but if you're redding and blacking out all the time, you just need practice. It's pretty damn easy at the moment not to run into that issue. They even have a setting on by default that prevents you from hitting top g's.

Nah, that's cool, and to be honest I think when I first learned about 64 bit vs 32 bit, I thought, "Oh yeah, that's a lot better." I never really looked at how big the numbers got when you start going up those orders of magnitude. I don't remember where, but on some board where people were...

Uh, I thought my attempt to be ridiculous would garner more laughs. I guess this goes to show you guysreally dothink I'm a retard.

I know the whole thing is bullshit because Chris Roberts has made outlandish statements like they can make zones that are "billions of kilometers across" just because they moved from 32 bit to 64 bit. He also said that standard 32 bit maps are just "a few kilometers across." Okay, Einstein...

You know, I've been doing forums for a long time. I've never felt the need to search someone's post history. If someone posted something I didn't like or agree with, I'd reply to it, and that would be the extent of my interaction. Is your beef with Variise that what he says is wrong, or that he...

I just watched that vid. Pretty fun - I love how the cannon hits so hard that it makes ships spin around, even if it's not a kill shot.

I'll check em out, thanks guys. I also was looking around and noticed the Wasteland 2 director's cut. Not sure how I missed that one, as it looks like it's right up my alley.

I just found this thread and was reading through it. Never played any JRPG - they look ridiculous to me when I click on the screenshots and stuff. Before you guys go nuts, yes, I realize I'm being very biased. My fondest RPG memories come from very old games like Wizardry, Bard's Tale...

Lol, that's bad. I hope they are just experimenting or something, and they don't plan to play that during Squadron 42. I'd have a hard time concentrating on the game, haha.

Yeah, you're right - I typed that a lot differently than what was going on in my head. I think I was imagining other MMO-style games and thinking of thousands of players, and then conflating that with my experience in single player space games, and imagining how crowded thousands of ships in a...

I know you're trying to be clever, but there are people that don't realize how big the zones are going to be. There are plenty of space games that would feel crowded with a thousand ships in a system. This game you will have to actively seek out each other for a thousand ships to even be...

The whales spending thousands of dollars on this game are kind of like whales that buy land plots or castles in more traditional MMO type games. Really the bigger ships are only useful for certain activities and you can only use one at a time. This current "sale" for $2500 includes a lot of...

Here's a version that's not compressed as fuck by twitch: Also - PU demo:

Either gonna be a great day for CIG or a great day for Derek Smart. Livestream starts at 12:00 PDT. Twitch

Yeah, it would be interesting.

So, I went to reddit to see the response to this article. A guy named Vox_r summed it up pretty well: "It's too bad. He presents an article with an interesting take that I feel is presented fairly well, but then he's got shit sprinkled around the article that just discredit him and his writing...