The Unique Community of Star Citizen

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Ever since Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) was formed back in 2012 and started the two projects known as Star Citizen and Squadron 42; they have grown through an unusual format. CIG has used the format of Crowdfunding as the way to grow their games and company. There has come from what the backers call the Star Citizen Community. As of publishing date of this blog inside this community there are 3,576,265 members, which has helped fund the project to the amount of more than 440m dollars.

What makes the Star Citizen Community different that most games? That is a question I asked of Brewen Shaw, a prominent member of the community. Least an organization called the UAA. It is an organization that it is inside the game to help players play the game. It also helps their players outside of the game when they need someone to talk to and to be there for them.

Brewn said, “The community is you need to do to the relationship that CIG and the community have with each other. CIG thinks each player is a way to connect with the game itself. They do their best to listen to the community versus dictating what the game is going to be to the community.”

CIG has been heavily involved in supporting the community as well. With content to do in game and CIG staff have shown to what gamers call, “In Real-Life events.” A good example is what the community calls Bar Citizen. Bar Citizen is a general term for any meetup of Star Citizen, that is run by the fans, for the fans. With the wholehearted support of CIG.

If possible, members of the CIG team show up to the events to meet the community members and hear what they have to say about the game and to also just to be a part of the community. Because they themselves are lovers of the game and the surrounding community. Most gaming companies don’t do this without a gain for them.

The Star Citizen Community has many aspects to it. Another unique part of the community is content produces. They take what game and make it into something else. A good example of this is people taking the game and creating Machinima. Which is using a game to create content. Machinima was popularized originally by a group called Rooster Teeth back in the early 2000s using the Halo Combat Evolved game with Red vs Blue. The Star Citizen Community produces their own Machinima through hundreds of different producers in contact creators. I found a good list of Machinima you can see from a website called Enlist Citizen. This is just a fraction that you can find on YouTube. They created all of this through the Community Logo that CIG allows the use of their game through the community use.

In conclusion, this one blog post can’t cover the entire community of Star Citizen. Look forward to my future documentary coming out on the Star Citizen Community in June on the Star Citizen Community being produced by Seanchaí Geek Media.