I just realized Frontier Developments have made Kinect games and stuff and like you say, they're a company with over 200 people!

So now I'm asking how can this David Braben have the stomach to come to Kickstarter and ask for $2 million, and make it all sound like he has this dream of re-creating Elite but it is up to the gamers, when in fact he heads a big company that could easily launch a project of this size without asking anybody.

I imagined David Braben as a true indie guy hiding in a small cellar office, not to be a corporate king with an army of 200 employees.

Well that's because he can't get the investor funding for the game he wants to make and doesn't want to make another Kinect game instead.
The whole Kickstarter game funding hype started with Double Fine's adventure. Double Fine's Tim Schafer isn't exactly a small cellar indie guy either. Incidentally also after making Kinect games. Coincidence? lol.

i'm sure you've seen it if you get the same email i do but still a new video talking about PG and clouds

they'll get half a million pounds,i wonder if they'll get nearer to £1m and if it will be enough

Cool. I love procedural generation.

I also miss the Elite experience. I remember back in the day with my Commodore 64, I wanted to discover space but I couldn't manage to dock without crashing. I think it was hard to play without a manual.

haha,yes i remember trying to play it on a bbc but wasn't very good at it

elite is up to £510,000 now,i'm off to take a look at that sui generis you were talking about,did you have a look athat sir,you are being hunted from kickstarter

elite doesn't seem to be flying along like starcitizen even though £600,000 shouldn't be sniffed at,here is another update video incase anyone is interested,i guess if most got it emailed anyway but no harm in posting

I meant to post the vid but I forgot, been busy with other shit lately