On: Star Citizen Alpha 3.10

[mcv]

I remember Derek Smart from my USENET days at the time of the BC3K fiasco.

I would definitely take his claims with some grains of salt. That said, Derek calling it a scam doesn't mean it's not a scam.

[rurounijones → mcv]

> That said, Derek calling it a scam doesn't mean it's not a scam.

Agreed, but neither does it make it a scam. Any input he has on the subject is compromised and basically meaningless as evidence one way or the other. So we really should avoid citing him.

[iamtom → rurounijones]

How is that? Everyone who isn't invested in the project is calling it a scam. Heck, even Forbes had a lengthy article about that a few months ago.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattperez/2019/05/01/exclusive-...

So you're saying because it's still in dev and still raising money, so it's not a scam?

[rurounijones → iamtom]

> So you're saying because it's still in dev and still raising money, so it's not a scam?

At no point have I weighed in on if it is a scam or not. All I am saying is that citing Derek Smart as an authority on the matter is not really a good idea either way. He is hugely biased and is basically praying it fails.

Citing other, probably less biased sources? Great, go ahead.

[iamtom → mcv]

The problem these guys seem to have is that it was him who first blew the whistle. So they their dislike of him as an excuse.