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Star Citizen Employees Speak Out on Project Woes!
Seelinnikoi
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Fresh article out of Escapist Magazine, about current and former employees speaking out how the project and the company is in deep trouble...
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/features/14715-CIG-Employees-Talk-Star-Citizen-and-the-State-of-the-Company
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/14727-The-Escapist-Explains-Its-Star-Citizen-Sources-Vetting-and-Respo
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escapist-podcast/57500-Crowdfunding-Podcast
And the Chris Roberts responses to the above article!
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14979-Chairmans-Response-To-The-Escapist
PS: EXTRA LINKS WITH ARTICLES ABOUT THESE EVENTS:
http://www.dereksmart.com/2015/10/star-citizen-the-endgame/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2015/10/07/everybody-needs-to-calm-down-about-star-citizen/
http://www.wired.com/2015/03/fans-dropped-77m-guys-buggy-half-built-game/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2015/10/01/report-star-citizen-is-almost-out-of-cash-and-chris-roberts-insatiable-ambition-is-to-blame/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2015/10/04/star-citizen-developer-threatens-lawsuit-against-the-escapist-demands-apology-and-retraction/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2015/10/02/the-excess-of-star-citizen-is-the-price-gaming-pays-for-upholding-the-great-man-myth/
http://www.informationredux.com/index.php/2015/10/03/lets-take-apart-this-letter-that-chris-roberts-wrote-to-the-escapist/
https://techraptor.net/content/star-citizen-lawsuits-and-journalism-ethics
https://popehat.com/2015/10/04/in-space-no-one-can-hear-you-threaten-lawsuits/
http://www.informationredux.com/index.php/2015/10/05/the-escapist-vs-star-citizen-or-how-to-not-back-down/
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What are your thoughts with all these recent information coming out?
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"Multiple sources from within the company stated that the Pacific Palisades mansion that Chris Roberts shares with Sandi Gardiner is being paid for with funds from the company, along with the couple's personal vehicles and personal vacations.
CS5* stated that Gardiner would be out of the country on vacation or auditioning for movie or television roles, allegedly paid for with company money, but would post images of the office - taken by another employee - to make it appear as though she was at work."
*CS5 being the confirmed employee contacted by the journalists, which had his identity concealed.
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Please note that the article has several pages, which some people might miss the page buttons at the bottom of it. So read it all and post back what you think!
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Now, if some legal action is announced agains CIG, or Roberts then I will eat crow but until then I am not buying it at all.
And before you say it, no I am not a fanboi, I am not even a supporter of the game, and yes I am a Derek Smart hater, but this is not related to that idiot, and until I see something from an official source, this is all just bunk. imo.
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I noticed in the few comments that somebody had to once again deter from the subject matter and try to use Derek as a scapegoat once again.
There is soooooo much wrong with the way Chris is running this whole thing from selling new ships and spending money constantly to outsource more being made is a complete joke.QUIT spending money on outsourcing ships and put 100% effort into the game.
To me it is all a smokescreen,he is stalling and stalling big time,simple reason is he likely needs more money, a lot more time and sees tons of profits from selling ships.As long as careless loose spenders keep buying his ships,he will never focus any meaningful effort into the game,this is EASY money for him,just keep bantering about this next coming of Christ and the collection plate will continue to fill up.
He had a vision that revolved around what,20 million tops.Somehow that vision barely changed at all,definitely not worth another 60+ million seems to remain hidden away in some corner.You know how small an effort it is to show what he has shown his backers,like a 5-10 man team 4 months tops.SO i truly believe this has been run with incompetence,wasted finances.I can truly see how his wife would be a scouring angry women,i have sen this profile before,it is a defensive posture,you know you are incompetent at your job so by lashing out insulting others you keep the focus on them and not on you.
If these accusations are actually true they could be in for some serious trouble with the law,like even jail time.Of course these Human Relations offices and all these small time offices are a joke.They are just there to create jobs for families in government,give them a nice cushy job,they will need to take them to court over HR issues and unfair work place conduct.You know the sad reality,even a huge lawsuit wouldnt hurt Chris it would come out of the backers money lmao.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Do you want to buy a ship? I have one honest, all nice and digital and everything only $500
Hope you understand the risks involved. They would go to court.
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14979-Chairmans-Response-To-The-Escapist
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They may be talented but a lot of people don't have the ability to have hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars sitting in their bank account and resist using it for personal stuff even beyond their salaries. Especially if they don't have an accountant to keep track of everything and are doing all the funding management themselves.
Even a good accountant, has been know to funnel funds away for themselves or take everything and disappear.
What employee would give their names after signing confidentiality agreements but feel morally compelled to let people know what's going on?
But like I said this is just how I feel about kick starters in general and I don't know what's going on with this one. A lot of kick starters have done well and produced something good, few have lived up to the hype.
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CS2 seems unaware that there is a PTU available, so much for being an employee. He also wine about them making only commercial and no game, yet talks about the modules which are totally playable (you know something part of a gme). So which is it exactly?
CS1 and CS4 must have worked in HR supervised by the VP marketing...Nobody but HR would see HR related emails. Also, some of the stuff they said there would either mean Lizzi is going to lose her job or Sandi is going to lose her job...
CS7 says "CS7 indicated that Cloud Imperium Games Montreal entered into a joint venture partnership with Turbulent". There is no CIG office in Montreal...
It's getting harder to ignore the smoke and not think that there's fire in there somewhere.
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I'm glad I waited for CR to crush some dreams here. ;/