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Chris Roberts hires his brother and wife as executives
Ginaz
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Seriously, this is turning into Sigil and Vanguard all over again.
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/12913-Meet-Sandi-Gardiner
Lawdy!
This "game" is awesome for all the wrong reasons. Nepotism. Overblown scope. Missed deadlines. Withdrawn promised features. A fanatical fanbase who have invested not just way too much money (people have literally spent tens of thousands of dollars) but too much of themselves to back out now.
The entertainment value Star Citizen will bring next few months is going to be fun. Much schadenfreude will be had.
Is a man not entitled to the herp of his derp?
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Congratulations! I never thought I'd hear someone actually applaud an obvious and outrageous move to defraud a company in which they themselves are invested, even if only emotionally. Bravo! Bravo!
Erin is not just "some guy / brother". He's been in the video game industry just as long as Chris Roberts and if you had googled for 5 seconds you would have come across his Mobygames list here: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,23689/
You may call it nepotism but there really is no better choice than having someone capable and extremely trustworthy in a studio that is halfway across the globe (Chris heads the Santa Monica office and Erin the UK office).
I have seen nothing but extreme committment from him and his team and they arguably work the hardest on the project and make the most visible progress on the singleplayer campaign.
You are looking for a scandal where there is none.
Please name the source that Sandi is Chris wife.
Its an unconfirmed rumour (if its true, grats to Chris ! :-).
As for Erin ... he may be one of the best in this industry ... good choice.
Have fun
I am also glad you refunded your stuff.
Have fun
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Erin has a better game making track record than his brother, he was less or more Alex's boss and he is taking over the vacuum caused by his departure. I personally feel much more secure with Erin on-board than without.
As for Sandy, she is considered the co-creator of the game and was helping people with their accounts during the crowdfunding campaign doing customer services grunt work despite being the VP of Marketing (and she is a really good VP of Marketing, Star Citizen wouldn't be the success it is without her).
Inb4 star citizen has lego harry potter decals and thats all erin contributed.
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Lol the game is like 50% threw development, get a hold of yourselves children. The naysayers hate on fanboys, but they are little more than anti fanboys, just as illogical and presumptuous as the fanboys they hate on.
Hate on the game once it is gold kids, doing it before just shows how shallow your minds are.
what he just hired total noobs, for real?? this is getting better and better
I can´t even believe it
Even if this two people would NOT be as good a choice as they are,... even IF they would be useless.
Where exactly is this a scandal or even newsworthy? It is HIS company. He can do whatever he pleases. If he loves to pay people for doing nothing,... that is totally up to him.
We as consumers of his product can and SHOULD only judge the final product. How he gets there is of no importance for us. And again: These two people are a very good fit for the job. Nothing better then having two trustworthy and close people fill major spots in YOUR OWN COMPANY.
MMOs finally replaced social interaction, forced grouping and standing in a line while talking to eachother.
Now we have forced soloing, forced questing and everyone is the hero, without ever having to talk to anyone else. The evolution of multiplayer is here! We won,... right?
Ummmmmmmm, did you even read the post at all? Like just 1?
No, Erin Roberts isn't a noob. He's been around as long as Chris and he's worked in nearly every facet of the gaming industry.
As far as Sandi Gardiner goes, WTF does marketing even matter? Actually, if she is at ALL responsible for marketing in any way, then I'll give her a hearty golf clap because SC is the largest crowdfunded game ever.
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Anybody that hard invests hate, love, money into a game that doesn't fully exist is equally misguided. I know you guys will have your continuous tug-of-war of yay vs. nay but the truth is the game will either launch and be the greatest thing ever or launch and be a disappointment. Half of you will get the chance to say "I told you so" to the other half.
Reasonable people will reserve judgement until it's capable of being judged. Considering all the common sense boundaries that are being broken by Star Citizen, these hires should be a spec of sand in a desert.
I will admit, the idea of someone paying $400-$500 to own in game assets (especially for a game that doesn't even have a hard ETA) boggles my mind.
The US is a great country if you have the ability and resources to take advantage of and protect your business from impulsive entitled people with liquid cash.
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erin already worked on wingcommander, and that game was most likely before most of the gamers here were even born (yes, there are exceptions, no need to start listing your birthyears now).
if i have to place people in important roles (no matter if RL or gaming) i prefer putting people there i know too. seems legit to me.
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Why was his brother not THE GUY to begin with,i mean seriously it's not like he didn't know him before lol.
As to his wife,well no doubt she has had some play into making them money but nobody has done much for the game or the players so far.
This is no easy project to pull off,i said it 5+ years ago about Eve as well,it is the genre that needs a massive budget and quality team otherwise you get Indie results.This is not Wing Commander nor Lego figures this is expected to be Triple A quality.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Let me start by saying that I am a huge Chris Roberts fan. Wing commander is pretty much my all time favorite PC game series. Due to me being such a huge fan, I also know very well what he is capable of, and have an idea what he isn't capable of. One thing he is not capable of, is delivering a game like SC is any time frame that anyone would consider anywhere near remotely reasonable. Chris Roberts had to essentially beg Microsoft to buy digital anvil so they could get money to "finish" freelancer. Even then, he pretty much had to leave the company for that game to even get released. If it wasn't for Microsoft, Freelancer almost certainly wouldnt have seen the light of day...
All that said, there are plenty of reasons to be sceptical of SC, but him hiring his brother Erin is not one of them. Erin has worked on pretty much every game Chris has done, and certainly all of his best.
I do not care about Star Citizen if it flops or not. It seems like it can become a great game but hiring your own family seems weird to me. I would look for the best person possible to fill those jobs instead of putting my own family members there. Its not true that we should only judge the final product. Basically because I think its morally wrong to waste other peoples money.
Hmm, if your brother is a highly successful veteran of the gaming industry, has proven himself in many projects that became huge hits, and your female friend (wife ?) just broke a world record in crowdfunding marketing success .... naaahhh ... why should you hire them ? Not good enough ! Keep looking ! I am sure some Apple intern/trainee would be a better choice.
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