Is it just me or is Gamespot better than ever?

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#1 JustBeYourself
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I love all these new shows that they put out (e.g. House of Horrors which is just awesome and Random Encounter), it really feels like a proper gaming TV channel. When did this start happening? It's like just one day gamespot started being awesome, there's so much personality to their presenters and I love the shows.
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#3 JustBeYourself
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That's when I was first very active on the forums but I don't remember the website being all that great...what was so good about it?
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#4 LessThanMike
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I've been around since 2001, I'm really liking the progression of the site the last year or so
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#5 deactivated-5b78379493e12
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It's slowly improving, except for the forums and unions. The content is decent.

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#6 British_Azimio
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The golden years of Gamespot was from 2005-2008.Ackad
Yes. 2004 was also a great year.
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#7 Pirate700
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The site is better but, unfortunately, OT seems to be on life support. 5+ minutes can go by with zero new posts where in the glory days, 5 minutes would burry a thread into the second page.

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#8 destinhpark
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There are some great things about it, yes, but I've noticed the forums have been lacking activity as of late.

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#9 sukraj
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Yeah the forums are very quiet.

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#10 JustBeYourself
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Indeed the forums are quiet and that lack of inactivity is reflected in the huge amounts of SPAM we get for some reason.
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#11 Allicrombie
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Indeed the forums are quiet and that lack of inactivity is reflected in the huge amounts of SPAM we get for some reason.JustBeYourself
tell me about it.
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#12 Pirate700
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[QUOTE="JustBeYourself"]Indeed the forums are quiet and that lack of inactivity is reflected in the huge amounts of SPAM we get for some reason.Allicrombie
tell me about it.

Alli, please, do whatever you can to influence there being a level 5 requirement to make threads on the new OT.

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#13 Allicrombie
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[QUOTE="Allicrombie"][QUOTE="JustBeYourself"]Indeed the forums are quiet and that lack of inactivity is reflected in the huge amounts of SPAM we get for some reason.Pirate700

tell me about it.

Alli, please, do whatever you can to influence there being a level 5 requirement to make threads on the new OT.

Would be nice.
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#14 Pirate700
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="Allicrombie"] tell me about it.Allicrombie

Alli, please, do whatever you can to influence there being a level 5 requirement to make threads on the new OT.

Would be nice.

Granted, after we are all past level 5 ourselves with the reset. :P

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#15 deeliman
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[QUOTE="Allicrombie"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]Alli, please, do whatever you can to influence there being a level 5 requirement to make threads on the new OT.

Pirate700

Would be nice.

Granted, after we are all past level 5 ourselves with the reset. :P

Are the levels also being reset? I didn't know that yet. Does that mean there won't be any level restriction for making threads in forums like system wars for a while?
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#16 Allicrombie
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

[QUOTE="Allicrombie"] Would be nice.deeliman

Granted, after we are all past level 5 ourselves with the reset. :P

Are the levels also being reset? I didn't know that yet. Does that mean there won't be any level restriction for making threads in forums like system wars for a while?

levels are being reset but they are gonna take your current level and post count into consideration and give you bonus points so you don't have to start at level 1. It's like importing a save from Mass Effect to Mass Effect 2.
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#17 Rattlesnake_8
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The golden years of Gamespot was from 2005-2008.Ackad
GS is going downhill fast and when tey do the next update and take away unions, reset user levels etc then it's basically going to be pointless.
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#18 LJS9502_basic
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The golden years of Gamespot was from 2005-2008.Ackad
Sounds right....
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#19 GreySeal9
Member since 2010 • 28247 Posts

The forums are not better.

It seems that there has been a general eruption of moronicness lately.

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#20 DJ-Lafleur
Member since 2007 • 35604 Posts

I really only come here for forums. 

And they certainly as hell haven't gotten better.

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#22 konvikt_17
Member since 2008 • 22378 Posts

i like it here.

could use some more activity though. has been kinda slow as of late.

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#24 Toph_Girl250
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I think it's just you, feels to me that this site is dying and not as pleasant to post/lurk at. The forum community in this section is a sinking ship. Unions Glory Days are over and have wound up neglected. This site was better when unions actually were being payed attention to. I agree about the site peak being 2005-2008.
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#25 Kats_RK
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I don't watch any of the shows,I just read the reviews and lastest news.

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#26 SwagSurf
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The golden years of Gamespot was from 2005-2008.Ackad
Couldn't agree more. I only come here for OT Discussions and go to SW to see butt hurt users
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#27 ScottMescudi
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The golden years of Gamespot was from 2005-2008.Ackad
Hell yes! We can't forget the GS brotherhood which had Rich Gallup, Jeff Gertsman, and Ryan Davis (Miss you Ryan) :(
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#28 iHarlequin
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[QUOTE="deeliman"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]Granted, after we are all past level 5 ourselves with the reset. :P

Allicrombie

Are the levels also being reset? I didn't know that yet. Does that mean there won't be any level restriction for making threads in forums like system wars for a while?

levels are being reset but they are gonna take your current level and post count into consideration and give you bonus points so you don't have to start at level 1. It's like importing a save from Mass Effect to Mass Effect 2.

 

Do we have a Paragon/Renegade bar next to our names that's only visible to website staff?

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#29 akdiuuuryttt
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The golden years of Gamespot was from 2005-2008.Ackad

 

agreed

other then old mods. they were the worst ever

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#30 horgen  Moderator
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The site is better but, unfortunately, OT seems to be on life support. 5+ minutes can go by with zero new posts where in the glory days, 5 minutes would burry a thread into the second page.

Pirate700
I wonder if that will change when the site is re-made. Sure OT is not what it used to be. When it was at it most active, we didn't have so many people pushing the line for what they could get away with either.
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#31 chaoscougar1
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The golden years of Gamespot was from 2005-2008.Ackad
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#32 chaoscougar1
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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

The site is better but, unfortunately, OT seems to be on life support. 5+ minutes can go by with zero new posts where in the glory days, 5 minutes would burry a thread into the second page.

horgen123

I wonder if that will change when the site is re-made.

Sure OT is not what it used to be. When it was at it most active, we didn't have so many people pushing the line for what they could get away with either.

lol
With the changes they're making
I strongly doubt it
Might spike for the first few weeks because its new and shiny
But with most of the changes being for the worse
I forsee a decline

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#33 AFBrat77
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The golden years of Gamespot was from 2005-2008.Ackad

was Greg Kasavin still here then?

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#34 tocool340
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The golden years of Gamespot was from 2005-2008.Ackad
Pretty much this. Gamespot in general was at its apex in those years. And then came a site overhaul in either late 2008 or early 2009 that introduced a hell of a lot of glitches and bugs. The sites server also got so god damn slow. It took 30 secs to a minute to pull up post history and 2 to 3 minutes to get to a union when starting off from the home page. The server slowdown was one of the main reasons why I stopped participating in unions...
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#35 JustBeYourself
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Jeez I wasn't talking about the frikking off topic forum tbh, I meant the main site and that's definitely not dying.
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#36 Angie7F
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I am here for the forums too.

And it seems the same as always to me

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#37 JustBeYourself
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The forums used to be super active but the restrictions were ABSOID!
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#38 Randolph
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Everything but the actual reviews is just fine. That part is trash, has been for a while now.
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#39 Mikey132
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I am here for the forums too.

And it seems the same as always to me

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It will always be the same.  Folks who think their opinions are meaninful as long as it's within the posting rules.   

All hail the internet!  Where things change but, no one ever changes anything!

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#40 00-Riddick-00
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No, Zetaboards are where it is at now.
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#41 hippiesanta
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No!! I want SoPhia Tong Back

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcREkRMiyrTEb2uWksK-O3w she's the coolest gamespot employee

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#43 Zuzuvela
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Nope, the forums are dead compared to how they used to be The news always seem to be at least a day late The reviewers arent as good as they use to be Reviews seem to be looking for shock value all the time The additional articles are bad Yeah, Im not a fan anymore :P
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#44 jerk-o-tron2000
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**** no.................

Activity is slow..................

Troll threads reign supreme....................

A good percentage of the good posters are gone........................

Unfair suspensions are handed left and right...............................

Guess I'm here out of habit............................

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[QUOTE="deeliman"][QUOTE="Pirate700"]Granted, after we are all past level 5 ourselves with the reset. :P

Allicrombie

Are the levels also being reset? I didn't know that yet. Does that mean there won't be any level restriction for making threads in forums like system wars for a while?

levels are being reset but they are gonna take your current level and post count into consideration and give you bonus points so you don't have to start at level 1. It's like importing a save from Mass Effect to Mass Effect 2.

*kills ashley*

 

Did i do it right?

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#46 Michael0134567
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I think it's just you.

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#47 Nengo_Flow
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GS is trying to get on the new media hype train of making celebrities out of there reviewers, writers, editors, and journalist. Some websites have popular people that are considered famous by the gaming sub culture and GS is pushing for that direction with their people. All the websites are doing that now.
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#48 deactivated-598fc45371265
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i only visit ot, I have literally no idea of what's going on on the rest of the site.

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#49 hoola
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I like Danny O'Dwyer and his stuff, especially the ones where he looks back at the history of a franchise.  Everyone else is boring.  I personally like quick look by Giantbomb.   Just makes it feel like a couple guys sitting down and enjoying a game.  

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#50 PsychoLemons
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Nah, it's just you. In fact, Gamespot is going to get worse from here.