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General discussionDerek Smart on Star Citizen(42 posts)(42 posts)
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Posted July 07, 2015
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leon30: The worst thing possible is if it fails it will get the whole kickstarter initiatives with it :( - it's just that big.
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Starmaker: No way.

1. The current audience of Star Citizen is actually small, both as a percentage of crowdfunders and as a percentage of gamers.

2. Kickstarters fail, scam or underdeliver all the time. It doesn't seem to inhibit crowdfunding. The majority of customers spent a moderate AAA-ish amount, they'll sigh and move on.

3. No one cares about the big spender cultists except people who'll enjoy seeing them cry. Most kickstarters don't rely on cultists to obtain funding, so they'll be unaffected. How the crash of Star Citizen will affect the future of similar projects is, of course, completely unpredictable.
Well I for once, if put 100 buck for the promise of the sun, the moon and the universe, and got shit instead, will never do it again :)
Posted July 07, 2015
The guy who developed Battlecruiser 3000 and Millenium, two of the worst games in history, is talking about the quality of a game? Man, this is the joke of the century!!!
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: The guy who developed Battlecruiser 3000 and Millenium, two of the worst games in history, is talking about the quality of a game? Man, this is the joke of the century!!!
You should tweet your message to him (@dsmart), it could come out as some pop-corn time for readers :o)

PS: The only 4x I played a bit was "Reunion" so I can't make comparisons ;)
Posted July 07, 2015
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catpower1980: Derek Smart is a dev who has done some space sim/combat games (Battlecruiser 3000, Universal Combat,...) and today he has written a quite lenghty and insightful article on why Star Citizen is probably going to fail at some point. Instead of the casual Nostradamus posts from randoms, Derek brings his own experiece as a dev specialized in this particular genre to clearly define what's going wrong... Prepare at least 10-20 minutes to read everything, it's worth it:
http://www.dereksmart.org/2015/07/interstellar-citizens/
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misteryo: Thanks for the link!

To others in this thread, don't bash the guy for his tone. Here's the heart of his article:
Thanks for the summary - digging through that article was way more trouble than it was worth.

While he makes good points, his tone and difficulty writing organized sentences are absolutely valid points of criticism just not game related. It's published, it's fair game. His history with developing video games - not just the games themselves but how he behaved during that and the games' quality - are also valuable context for interpreting his article.

Nothing that he says is really new or groundbreaking. People have been saying it since the KS campaign finished.
Posted July 07, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: The guy who developed Battlecruiser 3000 and Millenium, two of the worst games in history, is talking about the quality of a game? Man, this is the joke of the century!!!
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catpower1980: You should tweet your message to him (@dsmart), it could come out as some pop-corn time for readers :o)

PS: The only 4x I played a bit was "Reunion" so I can't make comparisons ;)
They're not 4X games, they're space sims.
Hideously over-hyped (by himself) space sims that never delivered on their promises.
Which I guess is why he felt he needed to comment on Star Citizen.
Posted July 07, 2015
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catpower1980: PS: The only 4x I played a bit was "Reunion" so I can't make comparisons ;)
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Smannesman: They're not 4X games, they're space sims.
That's why I pointed out that I'm a total stranger to this.... ;)
Posted July 07, 2015
Derek Smart is a gaming punchline. Nothing he says deserves any serious consideration. If he says anything remotely accurate, I'm sure it was completely by accident.
Posted July 07, 2015
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yyahoo: Derek Smart is a gaming punchline. Nothing he says deserves any serious consideration. If he says anything remotely accurate, I'm sure it was completely by accident.
Well, this deserves a drum solo!
Posted March 26, 2016
Keep in minds this guy is an egoistic, lawsuit threatening douche. Experienced, but a guy who let it get to his head.
Apologies. I thoughts it was recent.
Post edited March 26, 2016 by Shadowstalker16
Posted March 26, 2016
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Shadowstalker16: Keep in minds this guy is an egoistic, lawsuit threatening douche. Experienced, but a guy who let it get to his head.
you just replied to a necro that was necroed by a spam bot too dumb to realise it couldn't post links (see above). O____o
Post edited March 26, 2016 by Sachys
Posted March 26, 2016
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Shadowstalker16: Keep in minds this guy is an egoistic, lawsuit threatening douche. Experienced, but a guy who let it get to his head.
next thing you are going to tell me is that tim langdell is still relevant
Posted March 26, 2016
So did he end up sueing?
Posted March 26, 2016
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Shadowstalker16: Keep in minds this guy is an egoistic, lawsuit threatening douche. Experienced, but a guy who let it get to his head.
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Sachys: you just replied to a necro that was necroed by a spam bot too dumb to realise it couldn't post links (see above). O____o
Apologies. I thought it was real.
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Niggles: So did he end up sueing?
For what? AFAIK, he has a butler lawyer who looks at everything he says before he publicly says it.
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Shadowstalker16: Keep in minds this guy is an egoistic, lawsuit threatening douche. Experienced, but a guy who let it get to his head.
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snowkatt: next thing you are going to tell me is that tim langdell is still relevant
Isn't he some trademark troll?
Post edited March 26, 2016 by Shadowstalker16
Posted March 26, 2016
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snowkatt: next thing you are going to tell me is that tim langdell is still relevant
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Shadowstalker16: Isn't he some trademark troll?
yeah he considers the word edge to be his property
Posted March 26, 2016
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Shadowstalker16: Isn't he some trademark troll?
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snowkatt: yeah he considers the word edge to be his property
lol he must be related to the Finebros.
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