$45K Star Citizen Refund?

[Sep 14, 2017, 10:24 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

A post to reddit in a sub-reddit called Star Citizen Refunds claims what seems like it must be the largest game refund in history (thanks Rollory). This says a corporate entity secured a refund for three Star Citizen "Completionist" packages originally purchased for $15,000 each, making the grand total for their refund $45,000. Here's the story:

There was lots of arguing within our guild, but in the end the whales who had contributed the most had the final say, and we refunded our three completionist packages, originally purchased at $15k each, so $45k total refund. We sidelined many other great games and commercial opportunities waiting for Star Citizen, but in the end we can't wait any longer, and a new generation is joining also who have absolutely no interest. The final straw was evidence presented the committee of Chris Roberts blatantly lying, we don't mind the delays but couldn't handle the lies anymore, and it left us wondering what else he is knowingly lying about.

It was a nightmare getting the refund, we are a commercial org and pooled the money to buy the completionist packages, and used a corporate card to buy them, so we had major issues with getting refunded to the same card, paypal and then providing ID. Total it took about 5 weeks to get sorted. A lot of time was spent trying to explain the situation to some woman called "Schala" and just getting the same answers copied and pasted backwards and forwards, they definitely try to delay you as much as possible in the hope you'll forget or give up.

I prefer to remain anonymous as the guild can easily be linked back to my personal identity, and we all know how insane and potentially dangerous the few remaining Star Citizen believers can be. I'll put some juicy screenshots below however.

Thanks for all your help here guys, we couldn't have done it without the support and guidance of this subreddit.

http://i.imgur.com/A6LPw2J.png
http://i.imgur.com/akl5AOr.png

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Re: Re: $45K Star Citizen Refund?

Sep 16, 2017, 11:47

jdreyer

Prez wrote on Sep 16, 2017, 01:50:
Sure looks great though.

It does, no doubt. Will they ever get around to finishing it? That's my question.




If Star Citizen was a child conceived in a night of passion, it would have started elementary school by now. -panbient

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Re: Re: $45K Star Citizen Refund?

Sep 16, 2017, 01:50

Prez

Sure looks great though.




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Re: Re: $45K Star Citizen Refund?

Sep 15, 2017, 13:35

jdreyer

Prez wrote on Sep 15, 2017, 02:50:
In all likelihood this project is going to implode when all the money dries up. BUT...

What if? What if it actually makes it out someday and is awesome? I still kind of hope that something wonderful comes out of this eventually. If it does end up failing miles before the finish line as virtually everyone here predicts I lose nothing and gained a whole lot of entertainment along the way. But I still have the tiniest hope it will see the light of day - the pre-Alpha footage has looked incredible thus far.

A couple of years ago, I mentioned on this site that although 100 systems were promised, we'll be lucky to get 10. And I said at the time, that would probably be fine, as long as each system was detailed enough.

I'm going to have to revise that now. We'll get one system. One. This one. And that will be all. Which, if it's detailed enough, might be fine for my purposes. I'll probably only put 20 or so hours into the MMO part.




If Star Citizen was a child conceived in a night of passion, it would have started elementary school by now. -panbient

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Re: Re: $45K Star Citizen Refund?

Sep 15, 2017, 11:58

Beamer

Kxmode wrote on Sep 15, 2017, 10:59:
RedEye9 wrote on Sep 15, 2017, 09:05:
Both AI and Warhorse rank about the same, with Warhorse leading by a point or two. And the critics and audience scores are close.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/artificial-intelligence-ai/critic-reviews
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/war-horse/critic-reviews

More often than not a critic's view of a film doesn't gel with the general public. I wouldn't put them on a pedestal.

It depends if you view like critics, who have a more academic and professional view, and a wide knowledge to compare to, or fans, who seem to think transformers are watchable.




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Re: Re: $45K Star Citizen Refund?

Sep 15, 2017, 11:34

RedEye9

Kxmode wrote on Sep 15, 2017, 10:59:
RedEye9 wrote on Sep 15, 2017, 09:05:
Both AI and Warhorse rank about the same, with Warhorse leading by a point or two. And the critics and audience scores are close.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/artificial-intelligence-ai/critic-reviews
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/war-horse/critic-reviews

More often than not a critic's view of a film doesn't gel with the general public. I wouldn't put them on a pedestal.

No pedestal used, this time the public and critic scores are the same.




https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report

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Re: Re: $45K Star Citizen Refund?

Sep 15, 2017, 10:59

Kxmode

RedEye9 wrote on Sep 15, 2017, 09:05:
Both AI and Warhorse rank about the same, with Warhorse leading by a point or two. And the critics and audience scores are close.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/artificial-intelligence-ai/critic-reviews
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/war-horse/critic-reviews

More often than not a critic's view of a film doesn't gel with the general public. I wouldn't put them on a pedestal.




William Shakespeare's "Star Wars" Act I, Scene 4: CHORUS: And now, dear viewers, shall our play go to \ A Planet stark and drear for our next scene. \ Imagine sand and rocks within thy view. \ Prepare thy souls - we fly to Tatooine!

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Re: Re: $45K Star Citizen Refund?

Sep 15, 2017, 09:05

RedEye9

Mr. Tact wrote on Sep 15, 2017, 08:42:
Kxmode wrote on Sep 15, 2017, 00:50:
Well, it's only slightly better than "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"; a fusion of Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick's styles that doesn't quite work.
Well, I never actually saw Warhorse so I can't legitimately compare the two. However, I will say I went into AI with very low expectations and while it wasn't particularly good, it wasn't nearly as bad as I feared it would be.

Both AI and Warhorse rank about the same, with Warhorse leading by a point or two. And the critics and audience scores are close.
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/artificial-intelligence-ai/critic-reviews
http://www.metacritic.com/movie/war-horse/critic-reviews




https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report

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Re: Re: $45K Star Citizen Refund?

Sep 15, 2017, 08:42

Mr. Tact

Kxmode wrote on Sep 15, 2017, 00:50:
Well, it's only slightly better than "A.I. Artificial Intelligence"; a fusion of Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick's styles that doesn't quite work.

Well, I never actually saw Warhorse so I can't legitimately compare the two. However, I will say I went into AI with very low expectations and while it wasn't particularly good, it wasn't nearly as bad as I feared it would be.




Truth is brutal. Prepare for pain.

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Re: Re: $45K Star Citizen Refund?

Sep 15, 2017, 02:50

Prez

In all likelihood this project is going to implode when all the money dries up. BUT...

What if? What if it actually makes it out someday and is awesome? I still kind of hope that something wonderful comes out of this eventually. If it does end up failing miles before the finish line as virtually everyone here predicts I lose nothing and gained a whole lot of entertainment along the way. But I still have the tiniest hope it will see the light of day - the pre-Alpha footage has looked incredible thus far.