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Re: PlayStation Now Coming to PCs
Aug 23, 2016, 19:44
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Re: PlayStation Now Coming to PCs Aug 23, 2016, 19:44
Aug 23, 2016, 19:44
 
Darks wrote on Aug 23, 2016, 16:32:
OK, so Im curious about this. How dos it work or will it work? If you own current titles you can play them on the PC?

No you can not, you need a membership to the streaming service which allows you to stream the games. It used to be you had to rent each game individually but that did so poorly they moved to a more Netflix like model where you can play the game streaming it from their server without buying it individually. The service was pretty sketchy when I used it, it may have improved. This is their answer to Microsoft working on backwards compatibility and it's a pretty shoddy one.
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Re: Morning Tech Bits
Nov 19, 2015, 13:12
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Re: Morning Tech Bits Nov 19, 2015, 13:12
Nov 19, 2015, 13:12
 
Beamer wrote on Nov 19, 2015, 11:44:
Most of them are available with Windows. The Alienware one is $50 more with Windows. It still seems overpriced to me.

Wrong it's 50 dollars CHEAPER with Windows (depending on where you shop)
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Re: Star Citizen Departures?
Sep 25, 2015, 15:44
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Re: Star Citizen Departures? Sep 25, 2015, 15:44
Sep 25, 2015, 15:44
 
Dacron wrote on Sep 25, 2015, 15:34:
Yes, but the payment he received were for an incomplete, buggy game (hence the EA warning on steam). He met his requirements. If he doesn't meet steams EA policy for updating it, themn it could be and should be removed. The people who bought it still received what they purchased, a partially finished buggy game, the same thing with every OTHER unfinished EA game. And most will remain unfinished. Again hence the warning on ALL EA games.

The kickstarter funds etc... were for future game, with promised release dates.

I am not defending DS's game, I am laughing that the two are in any way comparable from a funding/accountability standpoint. If CR/Star Citizen wanted an easier route to run away, less public spotlight in this respect etc... they could have been on Steam like DS.

Early Access Game
Get instant access and start playing; get involved with this game as it develops.
Note: This Early Access game is not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development.

True which is why I personally wouldn't compare him on quite the same level though many of his arguments could be easily turned around on him and in some ways he looks much more like a flim flam man than Roberts so I understand why people make those arguments and feel that the pot/kettle analogy applies.

Roberts appears to be a well intentioned but ultimately incompetent producer. Smart looks to be much more like a dedicated troll (I was there for the usenet flamewars involving him and it hasn't changed at all since then) and deliberately putting out a subpar product without the intentions to ever finish it. I would not be shocked if it was pulled from steam in the near future due to the exceptionally poor quality. I mean they both have issues, it just boils down to which you feel is worse. EA means Early Access it doesn't mean a false bill of goods (see that Zombie game that got in trouble) and that's very much what the DS game feels like. *shrug*

Me, I'm just going to see how it'll all shake out, I know the 31 dollars I spent on SC I feel like I wasn't too hosed even if it never progresses beyond this but I know I would never buy another DS product after 3000 AD and his ongoing blatherings but each to their own.
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Re: Star Citizen Departures?
Sep 25, 2015, 15:27
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Re: Star Citizen Departures? Sep 25, 2015, 15:27
Sep 25, 2015, 15:27
 
Dacron wrote on Sep 25, 2015, 14:23:
Krovven wrote on Sep 25, 2015, 14:13:
How's Line of Defense doing? Both games still at 0 players? Of course.

If we could find someone that actually paid money, maybe they can start an investigation to see if Derek Smart misappropriated funds to pay for his investigation witch hunt on CIG.

Who am I kidding. Nobody gives a flying fuck about Line of Defense.
This is why he has nothing better to do with his time.


misappropriated funds? What funds? There was no kick starter... no crowd funding. He made a product and sold it. he can fucking do with his money as he pleases. Regardless of the product was shit or not, steam has a refund system in place for those who feel they were burned.

I swear, some of you are in such a emotional state that to hurl out insults you'll dumb down your thinking to make it so.

Well it is in early access and doesn't show any signs of leaving early access any time soon. It's nigh unplayable and from what I've seen he's been banning people left and right who are raising questions in a far more polite manner than he does. He's kind of the pot versus Chris Roberts' kettle.
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Re: Star Citizen Departures?
Sep 25, 2015, 14:13
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Re: Star Citizen Departures? Sep 25, 2015, 14:13
Sep 25, 2015, 14:13
 
nin wrote on Sep 25, 2015, 11:20:
Some medications cause the bloatedness I've seen him with. Might be a medical issue.


It's not meds, he's a Christian Scientist which doesn't believe in medication of any kind. They believe that all illness is a "psychic" issue as we are essentially the mental projections of a divine being of perfection. Think of it like an Angel Matrix. Our souls are already in heaven but we are purging our negativity and all illness is an extension of that negativity. So, yeah, not meds just going to crap.
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Re: Star Citizen FPS May Come Next Month
Jul 20, 2015, 17:25
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Re: Star Citizen FPS May Come Next Month Jul 20, 2015, 17:25
Jul 20, 2015, 17:25
 
Kxmode wrote on Jul 20, 2015, 17:17:
@commonperson

OR... you could simply read comment 79 to see why I asked that question.

Comment 79, where you said it puts context on who another person was as a backer. That does not say "why" that simply implies this person's five hundred dollar contribution and early status as a backer met your threshold of acceptability.

How much a person invested should not be relevant to the conversation and is in fact entirly irrelevant. If some one gave 5 dollars or 5000 dollars they are invested in the game and deserve a voice. That voice is no greater or lesser than anyone else's.

I understand you are unhappy, I'm unhappy too. At the best of times I'm cautiously optimistic but I have very little to no faith in Roberts to deliver. Not because of "late additions" FPS was in from early on and was something that was quite clear during the Kickstarter campaign but because they continually flub deadlines and then flub the messaging around them. They are, at best, unprofessional and that concens me as it does you. But they way you are expressing it is not entirely constructive and helps foster the attitude of "us vs. them" which is not constructive. The adent fans of CIG and Star Citizen are ridiculous, with far less funding and far less time Elite proved to be a far more playable game (focusing only on the Arena mode and the space combat aspect). Now Fun and Playable are two different things but that's a different story.

That said, I will never question the validity of a person's opinion based on their investment and even if that's not what you intended to do that's what you communicated. Like CIG your message is befuddled.
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Re: Star Citizen FPS May Come Next Month
Jul 20, 2015, 17:10
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Re: Star Citizen FPS May Come Next Month Jul 20, 2015, 17:10
Jul 20, 2015, 17:10
 
Kxmode wrote on Jul 20, 2015, 17:00:
I lead back to my earlier comment: "I have absolutely no ill-will against the community, but at times they make me sigh." Here's two examples:
Comments like these are the reason I LEFT the RSI forums.

And comments like yours are the reason why I don't go on there at all either. First you truncated my comment down editing it to take it out of context. Second, I actually agree with you for the most part, CIG is doing a terrible job at managing this project, they are poorly communicating their goals, and they are still yet to produce a game I enjoy. That said, I don't go around implying that people who disagree with me have an opinion that's invalid.

The realities is Roberts has failed on multiple projects with him being reduced to a figure head on his last big studio project because he was unable to deliver. This has filled me with concerns.

What I do is communicate those things, what I don't do is imply that some one who hasn't dumped 1000 dollars on a project is not as good as me. I was an early kickstarter backer BUT I only placed 35 dollars down. You know why? Because I wasn't sure it was going to go through and I did my due diligence (actually having been a gamer since the 70s I was well familiar with Roberts' track record). Fruther, since then, I've only purchased one ship moving me up to 50 dollars. Again, I restricted my funding to a minimal amount so if I don't get anything out of it I have not broken my bank and I'm not going to feel upset.

Do I think people who spend 1000 dollars on the game (or more as some have) are foolish? Not really my place to judge, that's their money to do with as they please, but I do consider it a high risk. Going on about it though is at best gauche and at worst a power play to imply superiority over other backers.

You may think I'm a plebe who's not as worthy because my pledge doesn't come anywhere near yours. I would counter that I was being strategic and investing only what I felt comfortable. That they are refusing your refund based on your feelings that they have not lived up to their promise, that is unfortunate and I can sympathise with that. That said, crowdfunding is a gamble and going in to that you should be aware. That you gambled poorly, well again, that is on you.

This comment was edited on Jul 20, 2015, 17:17.
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Re: Star Citizen FPS May Come Next Month
Jul 20, 2015, 16:49
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Re: Star Citizen FPS May Come Next Month Jul 20, 2015, 16:49
Jul 20, 2015, 16:49
 
Kxmode wrote on Jul 20, 2015, 15:45:
theyarecomingforyou, zor I'm going to ask both of you two very important questions. When did you back and for how much?

I backed for $930 since 1/2013 (Veteran backer status).

Oh for goodness sake put your e-pee away! I agree they have been doing a poor job communicating but you going on about how you gave almost 1000 dollars (multiple times now) just comes across as either braging or sour grapes. Your further complaints about how there needs to be changes to how crowd sourcing works highlights the latter.

Honestly when Star Citizen popped crowd funding was not new and there were more than enough questionable projects to cause people to be cautious. If you dumped 1000 on an incomplete project then that is on you. Its relevance to the project and it making you more qualified than others to speak about it is nill.
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Re: Steam Hardware Early Preorders Sold Out
Jun 29, 2015, 15:12
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Re: Steam Hardware Early Preorders Sold Out Jun 29, 2015, 15:12
Jun 29, 2015, 15:12
 
Tipsy McStagger wrote on Jun 29, 2015, 15:06:
Did anyone here actually order one of these?

I picked up the controller and the Steam Link but only because I want to review the hardware for my site I don't really have particularly high expectations from the controller and I can already stream games to my TV through other methods from Steam.
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Re: Broken Age Act 2 Next Month
Mar 25, 2015, 15:33
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Re: Broken Age Act 2 Next Month Mar 25, 2015, 15:33
Mar 25, 2015, 15:33
 
Sho wrote on Mar 25, 2015, 15:11:
007Bistromath wrote on Mar 25, 2015, 14:55:
So you're going to forgive the Molyneuxian over-promising, the disingenuous e-begging, the abandoned projects, and the fact that he got up on stage and said "fuck you" to hundreds of people that gave him money to do all that shit because of what amounts to a petty internet bitchfit between people who like games and people who like to make money writing about games?

I don't, no - I'm quite angry with Double Fine specifically about the DF-9 situation, and don't expect I'll back any of their crowdfunding efforts again. As a company they've definitely squandered a lot of my trust with that one. But I don't really see much Molyneuxian over-promising from Schafer. In fact, Broken Age is far grander in scope than promised originally.

What's this "Fuck you" thing though? Did that actually happen? Maybe I did miss something.

Apparently he's bent about the Gamergate jokes at GDC because as is readily shown time and time again Gators can "make fun of" or "joke" about who ever they want but some one pokes them in the ribs it's all about the boycots and banning and censorship and burn and destroy. Maybe if people who were supporting of "ethics in journalism" didn't fly off the handle when ever anyone gave them even half the stick they give other people would take them a bit more seriously.
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Re: Star Citizen Video
Mar 16, 2015, 11:50
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Re: Star Citizen Video Mar 16, 2015, 11:50
Mar 16, 2015, 11:50
 
SpectralMeat wrote on Mar 16, 2015, 09:03:
I wonder how much those ships are going to cost in game.

That's something I've been really wondering. They say every ship will be able to be purchased in game but if it's prohibitively expensive that may not be worth it (though if there are ways to make big space bucks may be okay). These are the details that are going to make the difference for me with regards to the game. I'm sitting on my space bucks until there's more stuff to buy (go 25,000). May poke around the store this weekend but I'm curious when they are going to share these numbers.
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Re: Star Citizen Videos
Mar 9, 2015, 16:21
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Re: Star Citizen Videos Mar 9, 2015, 16:21
Mar 9, 2015, 16:21
 
Drayth wrote on Mar 9, 2015, 16:10:
There's not enough popcorn in the world for this thread.

Honestly, half the time I read the comments on stories here just to see how low the discussion will sink. Some of the comments are the most bitter angry nonsensical rage posts I've seen in years. Reminds me of the good old days on usenet.
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Re: Steam Link Announced
Mar 4, 2015, 09:49
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Re: Steam Link Announced Mar 4, 2015, 09:49
Mar 4, 2015, 09:49
 
This leads me to believe the SteamBox initiative is dead. This is actually more along the lines of what most people were looking for. An inexpensive way to play games where ever. There was no way I was goign to buy a Steambox when I have a multi-thousand dollar gaming rig in my office (nor would my wife let me given she's already putting up with me havint two consoles in the living room) but this inexpensive option allows for all the flexibility of a PC in the living room with a low overhead.

They've tested the technology, I've been doing it between my wife's laptop and my PC for months. It's solid so this makes sense, now if they start letting applications like Plex enter the equation then they'd have a killer device.
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Re: Steam Link Announced
Mar 4, 2015, 09:44
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Re: Steam Link Announced Mar 4, 2015, 09:44
Mar 4, 2015, 09:44
 
CJ_Parker wrote on Mar 3, 2015, 22:07:
What the fuck is up with all of that streaming hype anyway? Is there any other practical scenario for it other than watching let's plays while fucking your wife?

Well for example my PS4 is in my living room, I write reviews for a blog which means some times I have to plow through a game due to a self imposed timeline and the wife wants to watch her programs. I can go downstairs to my office and use my PSTV to link up and play games on my office monitor instead of upstairs. It basically unlocks the gaming experience from a particular room. Unless you are taking streaming as the narrow band view but it's pretty clear that when they use the word streaming they mean streaming in the sense you are streaming the output of one device one way and the input from another device the other way. This isn't let's play type stuff this is desktop sharing stuff.
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Re: Steam Link Announced
Mar 4, 2015, 09:41
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Re: Steam Link Announced Mar 4, 2015, 09:41
Mar 4, 2015, 09:41
 
jdreyer wrote on Mar 3, 2015, 20:13:
So will/can/how do controllers work with the streaming content?

How can the controllers linked to the computer upstairs communicate with the TV downstairs?

Given that you can already do this with their extant client (ie. have Steam logged in on two computers you can stream from one machine to another over your LAN) I'm suspecting this is going to be a USB driven device or micro computer using a thin client SteamOS install. All the heavy lifting will be done on your PC and using something that they've been able to do for about a year (at least) they are now just putting a bow on it and selling it to people. This is actually probably closer to what people want out of a SteamBox than what is being brought to market with that name. As for how, just your wifi. I have been able to play games on my wife's crappy laptop just as smoothly as my PC downstairs and that's running over wifi. Anyhow, time will tell.
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Re: etc., etc.
Jan 31, 2015, 16:51
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Re: etc., etc. Jan 31, 2015, 16:51
Jan 31, 2015, 16:51
 
Julio wrote on Jan 31, 2015, 14:15:
beremot wrote on Jan 31, 2015, 14:04:
this guy "Julio" really seems to believe in his bullshit, and apparently has no idea how much of an asshole he is.

Don't forget, GG claims to speak for "the real gamers" as well as "ethics in journalism"

It's a lie and they need to be called out on it each and every time.

Keep trying, maybe you'll get that threesome with Zoe and Anita.

Keep trying maybe Adam Baldwin and Milo Yiannopoulos will let you give them blowjobs.
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Re: Roll20 Virtual Tabletop
Jan 9, 2015, 21:47
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Re: Roll20 Virtual Tabletop Jan 9, 2015, 21:47
Jan 9, 2015, 21:47
 
ldonyo wrote on Jan 6, 2015, 09:33:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/curmudgeon

That seems to sum it up quite nicely.

I may have you beat on PnP playing, as I started in 1976 with the white box set of D&D rules when I was 12.

Back on topic, this is pretty cool and would definitely be useful if our group dispersed across the globe.

Shhh! Don't derail his being the cool kid with things like facts or you know, a basic understanding of the English language.
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Re: Roll20 Virtual Tabletop
Jan 9, 2015, 21:45
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Re: Roll20 Virtual Tabletop Jan 9, 2015, 21:45
Jan 9, 2015, 21:45
 
Cutter wrote on Jan 6, 2015, 02:01:
commonperson wrote on Jan 5, 2015, 21:39:
Cutter wrote on Jan 5, 2015, 18:01:
Pretty cool, but the whole tiered free and premium crap leaves me cold. Just sell a complete damn product already. I'd still rather have a proper new NWN however, sigh.

You want some apples for those oranges? NWN is nothing at all like this, that's like saying "Well that's a nice boat but I want an airplane". This is a virtual table top for people to run games, the tiered product is so players can get the product without having to play and the GM can use the product.

Also it's basically in infinite trial period. My GM in Australia was running a game with people in North America and the UK for years didn't pay. I paid for the service because I wanted access to the locked out features like line of sight and lighting but if you are playing a role playing game like D&D none of that is even needed. The product is complete, they are just letting people try it out first.

I know you're the local curmudgeon Cutter but try and at least keep it vaguely related. When you pull NWN in to the equation you look like you are pulling at straws to come up with something to complain about.

Oh pleas, when will you trolls stop? Curmudgeon? How? Better go through my post history, scooter, because the positive far outweighs the negative. And I don't start the shit, I respond to it. People want to start fights, that's fine, I'll oblige them. If a game deserves criticism there's nothing surly about calling it as such. Sometimes, you just have to call a spade a spade, chief.

And obviously one of these things is not like the other. How long did it take for you to figure that out, sport? If you had half a brain, you'd understand what it was I was actually saying. I was PnPing before you were an accident in your mom.

I somehow doubt it kiddo (and trust me I've probably got quite a few years on you) it takes a little more than calling some one a curmudgeon to be considered trolling but your delicate sensibilities at times really seem like it can't take what it dishes.

You start by complaining about the "incomplete product" and then wrap it up with what you are saying is a lame joke about wanting NWN. Trust me squirt, you don't know what you're talking about having used the free product for some time before paying for it.
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Re: Roll20 Virtual Tabletop
Jan 5, 2015, 21:39
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Re: Roll20 Virtual Tabletop Jan 5, 2015, 21:39
Jan 5, 2015, 21:39
 
Cutter wrote on Jan 5, 2015, 18:01:
Pretty cool, but the whole tiered free and premium crap leaves me cold. Just sell a complete damn product already. I'd still rather have a proper new NWN however, sigh.

You want some apples for those oranges? NWN is nothing at all like this, that's like saying "Well that's a nice boat but I want an airplane". This is a virtual table top for people to run games, the tiered product is so players can get the product without having to play and the GM can use the product.

Also it's basically in infinite trial period. My GM in Australia was running a game with people in North America and the UK for years didn't pay. I paid for the service because I wanted access to the locked out features like line of sight and lighting but if you are playing a role playing game like D&D none of that is even needed. The product is complete, they are just letting people try it out first.

I know you're the local curmudgeon Cutter but try and at least keep it vaguely related. When you pull NWN in to the equation you look like you are pulling at straws to come up with something to complain about.
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Re: Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series Announced
Dec 19, 2014, 09:11
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Re: Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series Announced Dec 19, 2014, 09:11
Dec 19, 2014, 09:11
 
Julio wrote on Dec 18, 2014, 19:17:
I just haven't found any of the Telltale games good that I've tried. The story should be exceptionally exciting for these ones. I can only hope this is Xbox exclusive.

So I'm guessing you didn't read to the third bullet point where it said it was coming out on all platforms and consoles including iOS and Android.
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