Current Events > Is Level Cap being paid by the Star Citizen Devs to promote their game?

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To those who don't know, Level cap is a Youtuber who primarily focuses on Battlefield Content. He is on the good list for DICE but is always critical about Battlefield games on certain issues.

He also is part of that early access crew for Star Citizen. I think I read that game is crowd funded and has been in pre-alpha for crazy long. I think it's 6 years of development right now but don't quote me on that.

What gets me is... He has been making videos about this game for YEARS... Yet I don't ever recall him talking negatively about the game in general. In fact... there seems to be a monitization system in place for early access players that is FAR more egregious than ANY monteization system to date. It's so bad that it puts Star Wars Battlefront 2 to shame.

I remember seeing a video a month or two ago talking about the most absurd Microtransaction offer I have ever seen. The game offered a pack of 100+ ships that you can purchase for... don't quote me on this... I could be wrong... $25,000? In that range. What's even worse is that you couldn't even get access to this package without spending AT LEAST $1,000 in the game. This isn't in game currency. This is REAL WORLD MONEY!

If I find the video about this, I'll link it in this topic.

Now is this pay to win? I don't know. I'm not sure if these are cosmetic or have a gameplay function. However... if you are making so many ships to sell in a Microtransaction package in a true space game... I would think these ships would be more than just pure cosmetic...

Now let's sum it up. A game that's been in early access of half a decade is:

-Selling Microtransactions in a game not done yet
-Selling them in a package deal for OVER .$20,000 BEFORE THE GAME IS DONE
-Putting that massive $20,000 package BEHIND A $1,000 PAYWALL... BEFORE THE GAME IS DONE!!

Honestly... this game sounds like a huge scam. A game that is crowd funded... that never leaves early access.. that is also adding microtransactions that cost an INSANE amount... That has to be a Scam.

Now back to Levelcap. What has he done for me to think he is being paid to promote their game? I know some of you will yell it's obvious. Which.. let's be honest.. It is. However, Levelcap released a recent video of him talking about this game. Of course the video was all positive about the game. At the start of the video he puts up a referral code to get into the game. He said using this code will give you some credits as well as himself. He said he is close to unlocking the best ship in the game with those credits and it's called the "Javelin Destroyer." A quick google search reveals that the Devs sold that ship to the public in 2014 for $2,500 dollars. $2,500 dollars for an in-game ship. Now he is about to unlock it.

I would be SHOCKED if he wasn't being paid honestly.
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