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Indeed, Derek has been so, so wrong about Star Citizen! Nothing he has ever said has been true! He is such a liar! Who is Chris’s wife? I didn’t even know Chris was married! Heck, I’ve been so busy playing with Star Marine that I haven’t been staying current. Now if you think Sandi is Chris’s wife–that can’t be right. You know how I know Sandi isn’t CR’s wife? Derek was the first one to post proof of not only how smart Yoko Roberts is, but that Yoko Roberts and Sandi Gardiner are the same person!! But since Derek has never posted anything factual–that must be wrong. Heck–if Sandi was CR’s wife–why hide that from 2012 until 2015?
Plus, way back in July–I remember how wrong Derek was about Star Marine–telling us that Star Marine would never see the light of day! Well here I sit playing SataBalls!! Of course, I’ve named my nutsack SataBalls. And Star Marine is out–one quick zip and poof–I’ve unleashed the “Star Marine”!! So, while I figuring out if I am going to buy one jpg ship or six, I’m going to stroke my Star Marine and juggling some SataNuts–what better way to become a fully immersed Star Citizen! It is either that or stare at the unused disk space that was supposed to hold the game being delivered in 2014. But none of that matters, water under the bridge, we should focus on the fact that SQ42 is coming in 2016!! It really, really is! This time Chris isn’t putting his workers through a crunch just to make a hype video! This year is going to be different than 2014 and 2015–this year we get to hear SQ42 will be here in 2017 for the first time!! It is going to be so awesome!!
This is some exciting news!! Not only can you spend $170 on a new ship to fly–but if you are having problems beating other folks in battle you can drop some more cash to make your ship stronger than the base models! Woot! Who doesn’t love a pay to win tech demo! I know, I know–folks on the RSI forums are quick to point out there is no “winning!” But I’m certain that if bumped into Chris or Sandi fueling up their exotics, they would be quick to tell you–“winning!” So stop complaining and get over there and buy a few ships–the lifestyle of CIG executives doesn’t come cheap.
If only Charlie Sheen was in SQ42…
Darn, as you read through the thread, backers start talking about Squadron 42 and how they don’t expect to see anything in 2016. We haven’t even entered the 2nd quarter of the year and folks are already lowering their expectations…
My take on what I thought I was pledging for back in 2012:
There was only one game–Squadron 42. But Squadron 42 was supposed to be like Guild Wars II. You would buy one title–Squadron 42 and Squadron 42 contained the PU. You could complete SQ42 storyline and quests for ships, reputation, and UEC to spend in the PU. GTAV did this a year later with GTAV and GTA Online. The most important piece of the puzzle was Squadron 42 would be released in 2014 and that would allow CIG to stop the crowdfunding and survive on their own merits as a company.
Fast forward a few years and it turns out the only thing that has every gone as planned–selling JPG pictures of ships.
The quote of CR’s from the article I think that will reverberate the most in the coming months: “Games get cancelled all the time.”
Not too get too technical–but folks seem to forget that Star Citizen is being created using the CryEngine–you know, an FPS engine. The fact CIG is having so much trouble with the FPS portion is a little weird. Seems anything more than walking around an object and the water gets too deep for the CIG coders. But the original Star Marine had FPS maps, the SATA ball game, a few different game modes–capture the flag, team, king of the hill–the stuff that makes for a FPS game. That stuff was coming out in April of 2014. The new date is now “some time in the future.” If you have had a chance to play 2.0–you probably have a good idea that <span style=”line-height: 1.5;”>”some time in the future” is years and years away.</span>
Only place to post peeves without getting bombarded, so here goes: The PTU. Back in 2012–there were 200,000 Alpha slots available. Nevermind that 200,000 alpha testers is batshit crazy. Fast forward a few stretch goals and another 50K alpha slots are added. A whopping 250K alpha testers. Many at the time doubted the wisdom of having a quarter of a million “testers”–the noise ratio would simply be too high. 250K seems more like stress test numbers than alpha.
But hey that was 2012 and 2013. Before there was anything to test/play. Fast forward to 2015, and here we sit–brand new, playable tech released and only a handful get access? Apparently, there are multiple levels of “Alpha” tester. Subscribers, streamers, “upstanding” community members tend to be the Alphas of the alpha testers. Give to the more vocal. Stomp those that complain as being impatient and childish. Can’t think of a better way to build a cohesive community…
I shudder at the community if this game ever does see the light of day as a single server MMO. Several large, all powerful groups run by slightly (ok, severely) unbalanced folks consumed by the game… Sign me up!
