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Quote of the Week: Actual flying skill

themittani.com got themselves a phone interview with Chris Roberts, whom I talked about the other day.  There isn't a whole lot of new information in the interview if you've read the Star Citizen website, but there IS this little nugget.  When asked if mining in Star Citizen will be as boring as mining in EVE Online, Roberts says:

[Laughter] Mining and trading will take some level of actual flying skill, whereas in Eve you are just sort of clicking a button every once in awhile to make money. It?s sort of like playing Farmville and I hate that stuff. I feel that the first person, active flying experience in Star Citizen will turn, for instance, a boring trade run from Eve Online into a more immersive and exciting experience.

I'd say the guy knows who the competition is, wouldn't you?

As I write this, the project has now raised more than $1.1 million U.S. on their main website in less than a week, and $200,000 on its Kickstarter page in less than 24 hours.  More than 17000 people have contributed so far, and I encourage you to do the same.  Even if you never intend to play it, wouldn't it be nice if EVE had a little competition to get CCP's blood moving?  It's pretty clear here the goal is less about the amount of money raised, and more about demonstrating to potential investors that this game would have hundreds of thousands of players and that there's a market out there.

Just something to think about...
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