Latest TheAgent leaks / disinfo
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supposedly CIG working on something "exceptional" for E3
Roberts has been MIA the majority of the year
many design and gameplay changes are stalled due to lack of his approval
since leads left or were fired, almost all decisions sit with Roberts
CIG is using unpaid interns to help code and complete artwork
several backers have been selected to help the design team
special select backers were recently invited for an "appreciation" meeting/dinner
unsure what the criteria was, but one backer had purchased over $100,000 worth of ships
planetary module still coming along
loading screen transition still in
atmo fighting "in discussion"
Star Marine a failure, Roberts unhappy with it entirely
Roberts "imagined a different game" and blame devs that left for problems
top execs blame recent bad funding on backers unwilling to help more
"It's like giving a cat an Easy-Bake oven and expecting it to cater the Royal Wedding" on current tools
"Bullies playing with the nerdy kids toys" on new mocap
Otherwise Goons are theorizing that when the player's 3D model enters a ship, he becomes the ship (That's how the stock engine did it, if I understood correctly) and the player's avatar is sent in the Negative Zone. Or at least that's what they think this below is (which has been seen by quite a many, including in older videos of Major Tom / pgabz) :
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It does look like this model is stepping down a ship using a ladder to be spawned back again in the real world... The disjointed model often shows movement at hands and ankles, as if they were "operating" levers and pedals ?
Meanwhile CIG is looking for a "Concierge Specialist" aka someone being the butler of whales :
https://cloudimperiumgames.com/jobs/531-Concierge-Specialist• Service industry or fine dining experience a bonus
I guess it makes sense, but there's something a bit amiss with the whole "actual game" bit being not yet here.
And on Reddit, everything is fine :
https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/62e2zq/is_subsumption_in_essence_an_artificial_god/It's a synonym for "Delay"