Wilhuf wrote on Apr 21, 2025, 16:33:
Are the elevators fixed?
Did RSI fix the broken throttle axis support yet?

Have you tried to space stairs? Second door to the left... right out the airlock! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

Wilhuf wrote on Apr 21, 2025, 16:33:
Are the elevators fixed?
Did RSI fix the broken throttle axis support yet?

There's no time to fix basic functionality like that. They need to design more ships to sell.

Are the elevators fixed?
Did RSI fix the broken throttle axis support yet?

Prez wrote on Apr 21, 2025, 14:41:

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Apr 21, 2025, 11:45:

jdreyer wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 15:09:

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 12:24:
As for this Free Fly, the game is - as usual - a trainwreck and it really isn't worth bothering with in its current state.

Aren't you supposed to be the optimistic one on this project?

It's gotten so out of hand that the zealots are starting to turn!

He was never a zealot. A believer, yes, but I was too for a time. He may still be; believers can still recognize flaws. Zealots, on the other hand, can't. A lot of you could stand to learn the difference if I might be so bold.

You're correct. My memory of theyarecomingforyou is that he was an adamant supporter for years and defended every "this is a scam" thread we used to have and thus creates a memory bias on it. Zealot isn't the most correct word but it's still fun to poke him for it.

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Apr 21, 2025, 11:48:

Kxmode wrote on Apr 21, 2025, 02:05:

Donkey_Punch wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 23:09:
Derek Smart is a name I haven't heard in a long time.

I don't think he exists any more.

He just commented on his othe project last month
Web3 project thread

LOL, I missed that. DS is an institution.

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Apr 21, 2025, 11:45:

jdreyer wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 15:09:

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 12:24:
As for this Free Fly, the game is - as usual - a trainwreck and it really isn't worth bothering with in its current state.

Aren't you supposed to be the optimistic one on this project?

It's gotten so out of hand that the zealots are starting to turn!

He was never a zealot. A believer, yes, but I was too for a time. He may still be; believers can still recognize flaws. Zealots, on the other hand, can't. A lot of you could stand to learn the difference if I might be so bold.

Oh man, I died when I saw this typo

The Roberts Space Industries Website reveals that another "fee fly" period is underway for Star Citizen/Squadron 42, the dual space games being developed thanks to a crowdfunding program that immediately

bRUH, the only difference between Star Citizen and Tesla's FSD is the $10k buy in.

Kxmode wrote on Apr 21, 2025, 02:05:

Donkey_Punch wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 23:09:
Derek Smart is a name I haven't heard in a long time.

I don't think he exists any more.

He just commented on his othe project last month
Web3 project thread

jdreyer wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 15:09:

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 12:24:
As for this Free Fly, the game is - as usual - a trainwreck and it really isn't worth bothering with in its current state.

Aren't you supposed to be the optimistic one on this project?

It's gotten so out of hand that the zealots are starting to turn!

Kxmode wrote on Apr 21, 2025, 10:40:
So, going back to what I said about thinking he was a grifter—I've changed my mind. At this point, I don't think Star Citizen is a long con. It's more like a descent into madness. Roberts seems less like a scammer and more like a man utterly consumed by his quest to create the perfect space game—no matter how long it takes, or how much it costs.

I'd say he is 100% a grifter. He has lied so many times it is not even funny. There are tons of infamous quotes and he absolutely did give concrete release dates in the mid 2010s that have all been missed by a DECADE this year/next year.
That's not an innocent mistake. You can miscalculate by a few months, maybe a year, but when it's a decade, then you know the guy was lying his ass off and simply trying to dangle the carrot in order to squeeze more $$$ out of gullible fools.

Or weird stuff, like for the first two or three years, he was often on various streaming formats with Sandi Gardiner and they pretended to just be professional colleagues while they were already married and kept it a secret.

I don't think that Roberts is consumed by any quest here. He must be insanely rich at this point and he is rarely seen anymore in public (CIG YouTube channel etc.). He writes the occasional Letter of the Chairman (if he even writes them himself) and that's pretty much it. No one knows if he is just casually supervising it all from a yacht somewhere nowadays.

I do believe that he initially (2011/2012) might have had somewhat honest intentions (the 2014 release date was always bullshit, of course, and he knew it) but when the money piled in like crazy and when he, with the help of Sandi (she had a history in marketing and maybe even a degree, though that latter part is disputed IIRC), figured out the gamer psychology (FOMO, carrot dangling etc.) and knew all the buttons he had to push to keep the money train rolling, he slowly fell to the dark side of the sleazy scumbag.

Mystic95Z wrote on Apr 21, 2025, 10:14:
You know, back in the day I kicked $75 bucks into this project just because of how much I loved Wing Commander... Now not so much, Chris Roberts has turned into a grifter...

I used to think he was just a grifter. But back then, he was under the watchful eye of a publisher—first at Origin, then later at Microsoft. Digital Anvil was Roberts' studio, built to create Freelancer. With the game showcased at Microsoft's GameStock event, the media leaned into the ambitious features Roberts had promised—like a dynamic economy and expansive space gameplay—but there were already concerns about the state of the graphics and whether the team could actually deliver those features.

At E3 1999, Roberts announced Freelancer would launch by fall 2000. But in hindsight—and knowing how he operates—it seems the project ran aground trying to cram in too many features. At E3 2000, the developers pushed the release date to the end of 2001. Roberts later admitted that the game needed far more funding to realize his grand vision—something only a massive company could provide. That's when Microsoft stepped in and bought Digital Anvil, and shortly after, Roberts left the company. Microsoft then told the remaining team to scale down the project's scope and focus on completing something that was actually doable.

Freelancer ended up being the spiritual predecessor to Star Citizen, complete with all the same overpromises and missteps. The big difference now? Roberts has everything he didn't have then: unlimited funding, unlimited time, unlimited scope, and a community with seemingly unlimited patience.

So, going back to what I said about thinking he was a grifter—I've changed my mind. At this point, I don't think Star Citizen is a long con. It's more like a descent into madness. Roberts seems less like a scammer and more like a man utterly consumed by his quest to create the perfect space game—no matter how long it takes, or how much it costs.

Mystic95Z wrote on Apr 21, 2025, 10:14:
You know, back in the day I kicked $75 bucks into this project just because of how much I loved Wing Commander... Now not so much, Chris Roberts has turned into a grifter...

Love it some more, make it $75 per year or even per month and it will happen! Really! Definitely! Some day! BELIEVE! And give all that you got.

Just kidding, please don't. Use your money to do something good for your family, yourself, people you like. This would be $75 well spent.

You know, back in the day I kicked $75 bucks into this project just because of how much I loved Wing Commander... Now not so much, Chris Roberts has turned into a grifter...

Riahderymnmaddog wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 20:50:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 19:49:

Derek Smart!
DEREK SMART!
DEREK SMART!!!!!!!!

for only another 200mm Derek Smart can finely replace them lazy ass DEV C0D3RZ with Ai, and slang Star Citizen as a SaaS

Cut the SaaS, Mr. SaaSypants.

Dacron wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 20:55:
My first comment about this game was in 2014.

2014.

Work started on it in 2011.

Donkey_Punch wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 23:09:
Derek Smart is a name I haven't heard in a long time.

I don't think he exists any more.

Oh, hey, sorry, Mr. Roberts. I didn't mean to interrupt your little quest. Captain Ahab has to go hunt his whales! 🐳

Donkey_Punch wrote on Apr 20, 2025, 23:09:
Derek Smart is a name I haven't heard in a long time.

He is busy trying out all the ships he bought in SC.

Derek Smart is a name I haven't heard in a long time.