Like many that posted here, the integral reason of being here on GameSpot was purely for the fact of Unions (although this wasn't why I signed up - to be honest, it was so long ago I can't even remember what it was I signed up for!).
Nonetheless, I got an invite to a Union, which I became a part of. Since then, I became an officer in under a year, the leader after less than a year and a half and ran the place for four and a half years before stepping down in November. Ever since I was 17 I've stayed because of unions, and this news is a shame.
I suppose what shocks me most is apparently only 0.25% of GameSpot's page visits are to do with unions. Granted I don't use much of the rest of the website, such an incredibly low number was a surprise.
Where this leads us, sadly, is one of two positions: Either unions will die here, or move to other websites. As much as I'd love to see something like this succeed, we have to remember - when Unions V2 was being discussed, a poll was put up. I can't remember whether it was 3 or 6,000+ votes were made in favour of bringing in UV2, and a moderator said even that number was not enough to be significant enough to warrant a change. I doubt even a poll for this could pull those figures nowadays anyway.
I wish this thread a whole load of luck - I too wish for Unions to stay - but I doubt GameSpot will change their mind, if there wasn't even the consideration in the past to even update this section of the website.
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