Star Citizen Employees "Speak Out" [Oct 01, 2015, 4:35 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
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article on The Escapist talks anonymously with some purported current and
former employees of Cloud Imperium Games about Star Citizen, the
crowdfunded space combat and exploration game. Their sources express
doubts about the viability of the project, and guilt over the sale of virtual
ships to eager customers. The story was updated after it was posted to add some
responses from CIG's Chris Roberts, who suspects "these are the words of a few
bitter ex-employees trying to stir trouble," and the included quotes also
touch on a toxic work environment and issues with Roberts, his wife, and
other management, lending support to his contention. There is also a
Chairman's Response to The Escapist post on the Roberts Space Industries
website (thanks 88fingers). The article concludes with a quote from one of their sources, and Roberts'
contrasting statement of faith in his project and his 261 employees:
"Chris Roberts thinks he's George Lucas. He thinks he's a genius," CS2 asserted. "He's a fraud, pure and simple. If he was just a salesman, or he worked in marketing, or he was answering to a producer, he would do well. But the emperor wears no clothes. Anybody who has worked with him will tell you the same thing. The difference is that lots of people have a dream, but only some can communicate it. I don't think he's sinister, or a bad person. He's Donald Trump. He thinks that if he wants to do something, he can. Because he's Chris Roberts."
"I'll put my 261, their passion and energy against the complaints of a few disgruntled ex-employees any day," Roberts said. "We have backers visit the offices all the time, they all come away with the same impression - that the entire team is dedicated to making the best game possible."
BadIronTree wrote on Oct 2, 2015, 05:54:
Throwing a link and a few quotes does not make it balanced...
Even the "missed" email is fishy as f@ck
Ignore the Escapist article. What's important is CR's response. In it, he gives his usual rah-rah bullshit and does nothing to address when the game will be complete. He talks of the multicrew module, and the FPS module, both of which are just tech demos for the finished game. They have promised 100 systems in the PU. After 3 years, they have finished zero systems. ZERO. "Well, they had to lay the foundation." You can't live in a goddamn foundation. You still have to build the freakin' house. Most online SC wiki sites list the completion of the PU at the end of 2016. That's impossible given that most of the content isn't even started yet, never mind that none of it has been finished either.
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