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Who is Derek Smart?

Author Article Date
Polygon Interview The Redemption of Derek Smart 3/12/12
Phillip Lobo Scuderi “Why I love Derek Smart” 10+ yrs ago
Matias Zadicoff DEREK SMART NIGHTMARE (former contractor of DS) / pastebin / archive / DS's response in 2009, re: disgruntled ex-workers/contractors March 2009
SPJAirplay Panel #GamerGame Derek Smart & SPJ #GamerGate Morning Panel/ link to Derek highlights 8/15/15

What is Derek Smart known for?

Author Article Date
Gamespot Review DS’s Magnum Opus: Battlecruiser 3000AD 12/17/1996
Nicholas Fang Why it failed - Case History: Battlecruiser – When Good Intentions Go Bad Winter 2001
Steam Vast Majority of DS's games are rated negative / Player trend Current
Gamestar.de German Magazine Gamestar.de reviews a recent build of DS’s latest game “Line of Defense MMO”, which has been in development since 2009 and on Early Access Steam / In response, DS says that his game is not localized for "German Video Drivers" 7/27/15

Why (in his own words) is Derek Smart attacking Star Citizen?

Quote Article Date
[Chris Robert's] return, all the fanfare associated with it, the crowd-funding farce etc., all threaten to completely and utterly setback everything we’ve ALL collectively worked for. And if his enterprise fails as I suspect that it will, given what I know – assuming he doesn’t go to jail if the Feds uncover anything criminal, he can always leave again. Leaving us to deal with the ensuing carnage, mostly comprised of irate gamers.” Prior to first missive, DS notifies his Facebook friends that he is declaring war on Chris Roberts, pg 2/archive Prior to first missive 7/6/15
Protecting the integrity of the gaming industry, and protecting the thousands of people that have invested in the Star Citizen Project and who want a game or their investment. legal letter DS->CIG 9/14/15
‘DS blames SC subreddit community toxicity for why he continued his assault on Star Citizen’ Rant on reddit day before Escapist Woe Piece hits 9/30/15
‘DS doubles down on blame for subreddit community toxicity for why he has/will continue his assault on Star Citizen’ Rant on DS subreddit 10/26/16 10/26/16
For me, this whole thing [is] about gaining accountability for one of the largest crowdfunded projects in history, and the fact that it falls squarely in my backyard of space combat. This is bigger than Star Citizen. That’s the point.” PCgamesN Interview: Why has Derek Smart picked a fight with Star Citizen? 9/24/15
"This particular issue is near and dear to me simply because I spent a lifetime in this genre, and because of the lack of accountability, I don't know if [Star Citizen's] going to fail, I don't know if it's going to succeed, and I simply don't care. What I care about is that there's a lot of money in a project that has the potential to hurt the genre that I spent an entire lifetime building games in - it goes back to the reason why I funded the game back in 2012, nobody else was building these kind of games at the [ship?] or the quality level - if this doesn't succeed, that's not going to happen for a very long time - I could be dead by then"(@01:18:13) Guard Frequency Episode 121 - Don’t Panic - Interview with Derek Smart;TL;DL summary 5/24/16

Notable disproven examples of DS-spun false statements about private CIG employees/ex-employees:

Individual Link to Tweet Exchange Date
Jeff Clark "So the Star Citizen Austin studio down-sizing continues. Got word of four more departures. Jeff Clark & Ken Fairclough confirmed thus far" 1/6/2016
Seth Nash "reports say croberts fired char artist Seth Nash with a snide comment re his work. Here is what payback looks like" 6/15/2016
Jon Dadley RE: DS Article #14 - "Haha, DSmart name checked my leaving CIG as some kind of proof of SC's "failings". I'm leaving to pursue VR full time, nothing to do with SC" / DS responds (1),(2) 6/23/2016

Bans/removals/etc against Derek Smart

Type Link/description Date
Reddit bans Banning of "/u/thedereksmart" and removal of DS moderated subreddit "/r/Accelerwraith": image1,image2 (credit /u/TheReddiquetteningII) (archive link 1), (archive link 2) 10/18/15
Twitter Ban Derek Smart getting banned from Twitter - Several Sources 10/20/15 NEW

Jokes/Parodies/spoofs/hyperbole etc., related to DS/DS's games

Type Description/link Author Date
Game Trailer "LINE OF DEFENCE (REKT TRAILER)" MystikGypsy 10/8/15
Youtube Mashup "I'm Derek Smart" / DS responds threatening DMCA and Legal/DS issues bogus DMCA claim, takes down video - KIA; DS comment/DS writes little rant about thing / Kate tweets "DS lied, pursuing counter claim NEW Kate Russell 10/12/15
Downfall Parody "derek smart and the star citizen tales" / "BSDS in Faildown, A Satire of events:" / Faildown II, Fail Hard with Glorious Purpose GIANNHSPEIRAIAS / Byron Orpheus 10/16/15
Youtube Recut "Derek Smart: The Enigmatic Oxymoron" irsteve tv 10/17/15
Youtube Expose "The Derek Smart Saga - Episode 1 - Predictions about Elite and SC" Something Very Awful 3/23/16

Fun Fact for DS per Tweetails.com's Stats (credit /u/InSOmnlaC)

Apparently, DS spends 227 hours a month on twitter (I wonder what % of that is about Star Citizen?) @Dsmart posts an average of 178.69 tweets per day. We estimate they spend 227 hours per month using Twitter. Around 87 hours of this monthly usage is during typical work/school hours (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday). (~approximately 480 awake hours per month)

Quick LoD Facts/Milestones

Archive of sticky DS comment, commemorating & commentary:

http://archive.is/us0dU

IMPORTANT POINTS

  • This was my decision. It had nothing to do with Valve. In fact, our Steam account manager was surprised by my request.

  • Development has NOT stopped. In fact, once we complete the upcoming GEN6[lodmmo.com] update we are moving on to GEN7. In fact a new build was just released to DSS a few hours ago.

  • This has no effect on those who still own the game. You can still update it, play it etc. In other words, you're now part of a CLOSED TEST GROUP

  • When we put it on Early Access back in Q4/14[lodmmo.com], money wasn't a factor in that decision, as the game has been fully funded since the start. I have stated this over and over. It was purely so that we could integrate and test all the Steam backend services we're using; and also get people in and helping us stress test.

  • Now that enough people have it, coupled with the on-going store page nonsense, there is no reason to list it for sale. If we need more testers down the road, we will issue Steam keys as-needed via our CBT program[lodmmo.com], as we’ve done in the past.

  • Once the game is completed, it will be re-listed back on Steam for sale.

Change log archive:

http://archive.is/vbRMR