I just wanna start with this link.

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8587828&publicUserId=4561231

The reason I don't goto www.eagames.com, www.rockstargames.com, www.ubisoft.com, or www.anyvideogameproducer.com for reviews on their products, is because I know what they have to say about them. I know they'd say that their game surpasses all games before it, in every way. I don't go to game production companies websites unless I need support for broken parts of their product.

I went to gamespot.com to find out whether or not their product was any good. I read magazines about games to find out if they're worth my hard earned money. I do this for a reason. To alot of people (myself included), money is very important. I don't make alot of money, and I only have so much to go around. I love video games, and I'm fine with parting with some of my money to pay for something I know I'll receive alot of entertainment from. I want to feel I've found enough honest and positive oppinions about a product prior to buying it. The more money a product costs, the more good "press" I'd need, before I'd trust a product I'm planning to purchase.

Now lets say, I part with a sizeable enough amount of money to purchase a product I was led to believe was worth it. Lets say this product did not live up to it's expectations(I gained from sources prior to the purchase). Naturally I wouldn't trust it's manufacturer (Like 2k games in the days of ps1. I didn't think they could ever make a quality product.) but I'd also be skeptical of the places that misled me. For example if I purchased something from an ebay seller who completely lied about a product and "ripped me off", would I ever buy from him/her again? Probably not.

When your product is selling advice, no matter who pays the bills, your product will only pay your bills as long as your product has value to it's consumers. If you sell out for a couple dollars now and in the long run take your consumers for granted you're canabilizing your business in the future.

Most people only need to be lied to once, before they wise up. I hope Mr. Larson and everyone at CNET realizes even if you dodge one bullet and you keep getting shot at, you're bound to get hit eventually. If your product is honest advice, and you don't provide it, and your customers are the only ones hurt. You are going to lose customers. Never forget your real customers are your readers, because even if it's the game companies paying the bills, they're only doing so because you've appeased those readers.

Josh Larson, and CNET...

I'll never forget.

oddWord

I just wanna start with this link.

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8587828&publicUserId=4561231

The reason I don't goto www.eagames.com, www.rockstargames.com, www.ubisoft.com, or www.anyvideogameproducer.com for reviews on their products, is because I know what they have to say about them. I know they'd say that their game surpasses all games before it, in every way. I don't go to game production companies websites unless I need support for broken parts of their product.

I went to gamespot.com to find out whether or not their product was any good. I read magazines about games to find out if they're worth my hard earned money. I do this for a reason. To alot of people (myself included), money is very important. I don't make alot of money, and I only have so much to go around. I love video games, and I'm fine with parting with some of my money to pay for something I know I'll receive alot of entertainment from. I want to feel I've found enough honest and positive oppinions about a product prior to buying it. The more money a product costs, the more good "press" I'd need, before I'd trust a product I'm planning to purchase.

Now lets say, I part with a sizeable enough amount of money to purchase a product I was led to believe was worth it. Lets say this product did not live up to it's expectations(I gained from sources prior to the purchase). Naturally I wouldn't trust it's manufacturer (Like 2k games in the days of ps1. I didn't think they could ever make a quality product.) but I'd also be skeptical of the places that misled me. For example if I purchased something from an ebay seller who completely lied about a product and "ripped me off", would I ever buy from him/her again? Probably not.

When your product is selling advice, no matter who pays the bills, your product will only pay your bills as long as your product has value to it's consumers. If you sell out for a couple dollars now and in the long run take your consumers for granted you're canabilizing your business in the future.

Most people only need to be lied to once, before they wise up. I hope Mr. Larson and everyone at CNET realizes even if you dodge one bullet and you keep getting shot at, you're bound to get hit eventually. If your product is honest advice, and you don't provide it, and your customers are the only ones hurt. You are going to lose customers. Never forget your real customers are your readers, because even if it's the game companies paying the bills, they're only doing so because you've appeased those readers.

Josh Larson, and CNET...

I'll never forget.

oddWord

Jeff Gerstmann is Gamespot! Everyone who has cancelled there account good on them. I'm thinking about starting an account just to cancel it. I've emailed Josh Larson and the vice president of CNET and signed a couple petitions, and I still feel there is no redemption.

I'm probably going to get banned from the forum which is fine, Gamespot can fire me as well.

I've been a gamepot visitor for years. I didn't go anywhere else for gaming news but here. I used to check drunkgamers.com way back when halo 1 was released but that site lasted about as long as a monday hang over. Recently I started going to ign for video reviews that were not up here fast enough, but gamespot was checked 3-4 times a day. There is no where else on the net that provided the same quality content and that's what kept me coming back. I put up with the many disturbances like the full site skin advertisements, making all video content for paid subscribers only, the advertisements from the army or the navy. But I wont anymore.

Writers like Jeff Gerstmann were what made it all worthwhile. The amount of times Jeff has made me laugh can not be counted. I relied on his honest reviews, and opinions. I was inspired for his unquenchable thirst for acheivements points, and talent with music production. Anyone else think the j-pop style tracks on what I think was the E3 coverage were anything but fantastic, and hilarious? Also there was his complete mastery of street fighter and all things 2d.

CNET and Gamespot have stolen something from all of us that we may never replace. If we're lucky Jeff will continue his work on another site that would be happy to gain our traffic. But I can't help but worry that it may never happen.

Cancel your now worthless accounts. Shout on every forum. Sign every petition you can, and get banned from this site because there is no reason to come back. Knock points off your gamespot account like Jeff collects achievement points. Save your manners for a site you can respect.

Merry $#@$*%@ Christmas

My current achievement point tally:

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Jeff Gerstmann is gamespot!

This will be the last day I ever access Gamespot again. I'm removing it from my bookmarks and hoping to find another site. There have been many ups and downs with this site. I remember when then took away all video content from anyone who wasn't a paid member. I signed up and bought a year subscription with pride. I did so because of the talents of reviewers like Jeff.

Money Money Money

Well Gamespot, I'm going to do my best, never to make the site and CNET any money ever again.