# Star Citizen is the Future of PC Gaming, and it \[was\] Free to Play this week (Edit: No Longer Free)

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**Created:** [October 13, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-citizen-is-the-future-of-pc-gaming-and-it-was-free-to-play-this-week-edit-no-longer-free/734528 "2015-10-13T06:29:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-citizen-is-the-future-of-pc-gaming-and-it-was-free-to-play-this-week-edit-no-longer-free/734528/164 "2016-10-31T18:05:16Z")

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> [The Building Controversy of Star Citizen - Gameranx](http://gameranx.com/updates/id/73286/article/the-building-controversy-of-star-citizen)
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> The Star Citizen project got a new California office by November 2015 ([at least it was under construction by that point](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSYLH8bhVck&feature=youtu.be&t=1479)). For reasons unknown, Roberts decided to move his operation to a place with spaceship decorations and adornments from top to bottom. As it was stated way back in the Holiday Livestream of 2014, they moved to this new location because it had more conference space, room for a motion capture studio, and room for a normal filming set-up. But on top of all that, they went all out with decor in this studio. The most obvious of these examples is the fact that they decided to make a door\* that’s designed to look like something from one of Roberts’ ships.
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> When it comes to video game development, Star Citizen‘s team is not only comprised of people. They need a building to make it all happen. This is the place where the staff spends their work week (and then some) trying to make the vision of Chris Roberts come to life. But what has been overlooked are the road bumps that happened to the Los Angeles studio itself. One of the obstacles is a legal battle over the construction work that’s been done to it.
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> [T]he question of “Are backer funds used to cover legal expenses?” is now on the table.

\*Estimated cost of said door + installation? $21,000.

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