To all the older users of the site, what are some of your favorite memories? Share them here, time to reminisce. I made a similar topic 3 years ago, but in internet terms that's ancient history (lets be honest)
Some of mine:
Users being brought back due to popular vote
Dracula68 banning
Kane and Lynch controversy
Unions being removed
Dracula was banned?
Hmm, Airshocker being banned. There’s a bunch from System Wars like that huge porn suicide thread. So many people got banned in that.
- hitler and einstein not being from the same time period
-pc can’t do hd gaming
-what are zerg
Ooo, there was the hot butter incident.
Some mod was banned for an April Fool's joke (can't remember of it was spazz625x or something or solidruss) and like half OT either quit or suicided. People were really really pissed. Also, I remember I got banned because of suspension dodging since my cousin created an account on my computer while I was suspended. That was fun...
I remember when this board was bustling with life. So many recognizable users that no longer visit. This forum was one of the first online communities I ever visited so it felt great being a part of it. I also miss my conversations with some users, mostly in the Roll Call thread.
The good days were '05-'08. By 2010, this was a different board altogether.
Well I never join the boards until last year but I been following Gamespot since 2001 and would watch all the shows like On the Spot, Button mashing, Tournament TV ect... GS from 2001-2007 was not only my favorite time for GS but for gaming in general I miss that era alot gaming was simpler less greedy and more passionate devs.
Dracula was banned?
Hmm, Airshocker being banned. There’s a bunch from System Wars like that huge porn suicide thread. So many people got banned in that.
- hitler and einstein not being from the same time period
-pc can’t do hd gaming
-what are zerg
Ooo, there was the hot butter incident.
Wow. Didn't expect anyone to bring that up. Must have been in 2008 or so.
Some mod was banned for an April Fool's joke (can't remember of it was spazz625x or something or solidruss) and like half OT either quit or suicided. People were really really pissed. Also, I remember I got banned because of suspension dodging since my cousin created an account on my computer while I was suspended. That was fun...
Spazz got banned first. I think Solidruss were banned a few hours later or so. Spazz had to get off his high horse or something? :P
There’s a bunch from System Wars like that huge porn suicide thread. So many people got banned in that.
lol, what?
I think @JustPlainLucas could tell you more about it. I think after that incident, posting in a suicide thread qualified for banning right away.
Personally remember unions very well. System Wars union (I think) was one I frequented a lot. Ended up being the last leader there before unions were disbanded. Before that, VideoGameKing (or video_game_king) were the leader of it. He had the longest blogs.
Double_decker made the roll call threads active. And may have made some users obsessed with post count.
Apparently the period were the forums were the most active. No fun was allowed :P
Dracula was banned?
Hmm, Airshocker being banned. There’s a bunch from System Wars like that huge porn suicide thread. So many people got banned in that.
- hitler and einstein not being from the same time period
-pc can’t do hd gaming
-what are zerg
Ooo, there was the hot butter incident.
Wow. Didn't expect anyone to bring that up. Must have been in 2008 or so.
Some mod was banned for an April Fool's joke (can't remember of it was spazz625x or something or solidruss) and like half OT either quit or suicided. People were really really pissed. Also, I remember I got banned because of suspension dodging since my cousin created an account on my computer while I was suspended. That was fun...
Spazz got banned first. I think Solidruss were banned a few hours later or so. Spazz had to get off his high horse or something? :P
There’s a bunch from System Wars like that huge porn suicide thread. So many people got banned in that.
lol, what?
I think @JustPlainLucas could tell you more about it. I think after that incident, posting in a suicide thread qualified for banning right away.
Personally remember unions very well. System Wars union (I think) was one I frequented a lot. Ended up being the last leader there before unions were disbanded. Before that, VideoGameKing (or video_game_king) were the leader of it. He had the longest blogs.
Double_decker made the roll call threads active. And may have made some users obsessed with post count.
Apparently the period were the forums were the most active. No fun was allowed :P
Yeah, I actually remember that day. I came home from work, and the porn thread was somewhere around 700 posts in size. Weird gap of several hours where not a single mod was on (or just not checking SW and the que). I got peeved at the fact that everyone posting in there kept bumping, usually with a "WOOO HOO NO MODS" type of post, so I suggested to Alex Navarro at the time if I could suspend everyone that was in it, and he said go to town, so everyone who posted in that thread I suspended. Only the TC and anyone who added porn of their own were banned, though. (I don't remember anyone actually adding porn)
Also, I remember when they reset fastesttruck's post count and the meltdown he had afterward. God, I miss the unions and UCBs... One of the biggest mistakes GS made getting rid of them.
Gamespot's biggest mistake has to be revamping the site back in 2013 that nobody ask for. GS staff had their ego's so big, they hurt the site more and they lost over 1,000 users who enjoy coming to GS forums and reading the news. I was lurking on GS around 2011, I seen people come and go. Looking at OT front page, the same threads are over a week old, you normally see the same thread for only 1 day before it's in page 2.
Also, what happened to GazaAli? He made OT interesting to having a good discussion.
Yeah, I actually remember that day. I came home from work, and the porn thread was somewhere around 700 posts in size. Weird gap of several hours where not a single mod was on (or just not checking SW and the que). I got peeved at the fact that everyone posting in there kept bumping, usually with a "WOOO HOO NO MODS" type of post, so I suggested to Alex Navarro at the time if I could suspend everyone that was in it, and he said go to town, so everyone who posted in that thread I suspended. Only the TC and anyone who added porn of their own were banned, though. (I don't remember anyone actually adding porn)
Also, I remember when they reset fastesttruck's post count and the meltdown he had afterward. God, I miss the unions and UCBs... One of the biggest mistakes GS made getting rid of them.
Was his post count actually reset? I more or less lost contact with him after awhile. He went online after I went to bed mostly.
I've had mine lowered by some 12K or so. Once or twice, don't remember. The forum changes here haven't always been nice to it :P I know fastest wanted the two post per minute limit gone. Or increased.
Yeah, I actually remember that day. I came home from work, and the porn thread was somewhere around 700 posts in size. Weird gap of several hours where not a single mod was on (or just not checking SW and the que). I got peeved at the fact that everyone posting in there kept bumping, usually with a "WOOO HOO NO MODS" type of post, so I suggested to Alex Navarro at the time if I could suspend everyone that was in it, and he said go to town, so everyone who posted in that thread I suspended. Only the TC and anyone who added porn of their own were banned, though. (I don't remember anyone actually adding porn)
Also, I remember when they reset fastesttruck's post count and the meltdown he had afterward. God, I miss the unions and UCBs... One of the biggest mistakes GS made getting rid of them.
Was his post count actually reset? I more or less lost contact with him after awhile. He went online after I went to bed mostly.
I've had mine lowered by some 12K or so. Once or twice, don't remember. The forum changes here haven't always been nice to it :P I know fastest wanted the two post per minute limit gone. Or increased.
Well, if it wasn't reset, it was reduced dramatically. And I remember him blowing up over the post count limit. But man... if you could actually post more than twice in a minute, your ass was posting too much.
@JustPlainLucas:
You got banning power?
Never had banning power. Had suspending power, back when I was mod from '05-'07.
my favorite memory is when some religious dude sent me a private message warning me about the dangers of using a ouija boards
Well, if it wasn't reset, it was reduced dramatically. And I remember him blowing up over the post count limit. But man... if you could actually post more than twice in a minute, your ass was posting too much.
It was quite easy to hit that limit from time to time. Roll call in one tab and OT in another :P
my favorite memory is when some religious dude sent me a private message warning me about the dangers of using a ouija boards
That's a pretty good one. Wowzers.
If you want to know more about -real- Ouija boards, look here (if you dare):
-Byshop
-Thumb in bum was pretty funny at the time.
-Luckiest man on gamespot
-the pyp where one user destroyed the OP with tin eye
-not a specific thread, but I remember cyber seem to have a dossier on different users cause he always had the perfect screen shot to call upon during an argument.
Also, what happened to GazaAli? He made OT interesting to having a good discussion.
Last I heard he was trying for...Denmark, I think? Never got any confirmation on whether he made it or not.
Also, what happened to GazaAli? He made OT interesting to having a good discussion.
Last I heard he was trying for...Denmark, I think? Never got any confirmation on whether he made it or not.
Visiting or applying for legal residence? Teh_Funeral was active during the same time.
Also, what happened to GazaAli? He made OT interesting to having a good discussion.
Last I heard he was trying for...Denmark, I think? Never got any confirmation on whether he made it or not.
Visiting or applying for legal residence? Teh_Funeral was active during the same time.
Funny thing is, I always like coming into Teh_Funeral's threads when it involves this one girl he's so obese over lol. If GazaAli did made it to Denmark, then he already forgotten us in OT.
Also, what happened to GazaAli? He made OT interesting to having a good discussion.
Last I heard he was trying for...Denmark, I think? Never got any confirmation on whether he made it or not.
Visiting or applying for legal residence? Teh_Funeral was active during the same time.
Funny thing is, I always like coming into Teh_Funeral's threads when it involves this one girl he's so obese over lol. If GazaAli did made it to Denmark, then he already forgotten us in OT.
TehFuneral came across as suicidal in a lot of his threads. In fact his last thread was titled about committing suicide. I'm pretty sure he got banned for that.
The thing I remember most, my fondest memory, about Gamespot is that is used to be so active I never needed to go to System Wars or Political Gamers for a good conversation or debate.
Some mod was banned for an April Fool's joke (can't remember of it was spazz625x or something or solidruss) and like half OT either quit or suicided. People were really really pissed. Also, I remember I got banned because of suspension dodging since my cousin created an account on my computer while I was suspended. That was fun...
That was the beginning of the end for these forums. The April Fool's Day Massace of 20-- (forgot the year) I call it. We lost a lot of great users, great contributors. Still enjoy these forums, though.
Other memories:
Also, what happened to GazaAli? He made OT interesting to having a good discussion.
Last I heard he was trying for...Denmark, I think? Never got any confirmation on whether he made it or not.
Hope he made it. I always like Ali, though he got a little nuts there towards the end.
Some others folks I miss:
Xaos, the gay Audi TT driving San Franciscan
Sajedene (she is still really active with MOBA).
many others...wish I could remember their names.
When this board had traffic of a lot of great users and generated plenty of discussion that was nearly impossible to keep up with.
Now some threads on the main page are weeks (or months) old...
The thing I remember most, my fondest memory, about Gamespot is that is used to be so active I never needed to go to System Wars or Political Gamers for a good conversation or debate.
Some mod was banned for an April Fool's joke (can't remember of it was spazz625x or something or solidruss) and like half OT either quit or suicided. People were really really pissed. Also, I remember I got banned because of suspension dodging since my cousin created an account on my computer while I was suspended. That was fun...
That was the beginning of the end for these forums. The April Fool's Day Massace of 20-- (forgot the year) I call it. We lost a lot of great users, great contributors. Still enjoy these forums, though.
Other memories:
Also, what happened to GazaAli? He made OT interesting to having a good discussion.
Last I heard he was trying for...Denmark, I think? Never got any confirmation on whether he made it or not.
Hope he made it. I always like Ali, though he got a little nuts there towards the end.
Some others folks I miss:
Xaos, the gay Audi TT driving San Franciscan
Sajedene (she is still really active with MOBA).
many others...wish I could remember their names.
Xaos... That's a forgotten name :P Oh and Indzman :P
Yeah, I actually remember that day. I came home from work, and the porn thread was somewhere around 700 posts in size. Weird gap of several hours where not a single mod was on (or just not checking SW and the que). I got peeved at the fact that everyone posting in there kept bumping, usually with a "WOOO HOO NO MODS" type of post, so I suggested to Alex Navarro at the time if I could suspend everyone that was in it, and he said go to town, so everyone who posted in that thread I suspended. Only the TC and anyone who added porn of their own were banned, though. (I don't remember anyone actually adding porn)
Ha ha ha ha ah yeah, took me a moment but I do remember that thread. This happened when I was a frequent visitor of System Wars and I think I caught the tail end of it before it eventually was locked and hidden/deleted. Then a little while later, another user attempted to created a remix of that suicide thread that manage to get 10-20 post deep before it was eventually removed. Believe CaseyWagner was the one who brought the ban hammer to that thread...
Many of my favorite moments were already mentioned. I do miss the "You Laugh, You Lose" threads. The meltdown that happened when Jeff Gertsmann gave Zelda TP an 8.8 was EPIC, forced him to quit Gamespot and relocate lol. There are many more moments, mostly from watching banter between users back then, buuuuut just can't think of anything specific right now...
The thing I remember most, my fondest memory, about Gamespot is that is used to be so active I never needed to go to System Wars or Political Gamers for a good conversation or debate.
Some mod was banned for an April Fool's joke (can't remember of it was spazz625x or something or solidruss) and like half OT either quit or suicided. People were really really pissed. Also, I remember I got banned because of suspension dodging since my cousin created an account on my computer while I was suspended. That was fun...
That was the beginning of the end for these forums. The April Fool's Day Massace of 20-- (forgot the year) I call it. We lost a lot of great users, great contributors. Still enjoy these forums, though.
Other memories:
Also, what happened to GazaAli? He made OT interesting to having a good discussion.
Last I heard he was trying for...Denmark, I think? Never got any confirmation on whether he made it or not.
Hope he made it. I always like Ali, though he got a little nuts there towards the end.
Some others folks I miss:
Xaos, the gay Audi TT driving San Franciscan
Sajedene (she is still really active with MOBA).
many others...wish I could remember their names.
Xaos... That's a forgotten name :P Oh and Indzman :P
Users that instantly come to mind for me is Rawsavon, Omnislash, BluRayHiDef, xKrunkmasterx (Before he turned creepy), Theonehoth (I think that's his name?), Airshocker, GabuEx, and Sun_Tzu. That's about all the users that come to mind that are either banned or simply stopped showing up...
Users that instantly come to mind for me is Rawsavon, Omnislash, BluRayHiDef, xKrunkmasterx (Before he turned creepy), Theonehoth (I think that's his name?), Airshocker, GabuEx, and Sun_Tzu. That's about all the users that come to mind that are either banned or simply stopped showing up...
Omnislash used to be a mod... Maybe a decade ago or more. Sun_Tzu and GabuEx both had interesting posts usually to read. The Pianist was another user that comes to mind now.
Airshocker was a cop i think. Quite sure he was banned.
Users that instantly come to mind for me is Rawsavon, Omnislash, BluRayHiDef, xKrunkmasterx (Before he turned creepy), Theonehoth (I think that's his name?), Airshocker, GabuEx, and Sun_Tzu. That's about all the users that come to mind that are either banned or simply stopped showing up...
Omnislash used to be a mod... Maybe a decade ago or more. Sun_Tzu and GabuEx both had interesting posts usually to read. The Pianist was another user that comes to mind now.
Airshocker was a cop i think. Quite sure he was banned.
Omni was the one who caught that pony disease, or was that Gabu? Had the Chocobo avatar?
Visiting or applying for legal residence?
I think he was going to study and was going to try to go for residence while there.
The thing I remember most, my fondest memory, about Gamespot is that is used to be so active I never needed to go to System Wars or Political Gamers for a good conversation or debate.
Some mod was banned for an April Fool's joke (can't remember of it was spazz625x or something or solidruss) and like half OT either quit or suicided. People were really really pissed. Also, I remember I got banned because of suspension dodging since my cousin created an account on my computer while I was suspended. That was fun...
That was the beginning of the end for these forums. The April Fool's Day Massace of 20-- (forgot the year) I call it. We lost a lot of great users, great contributors. Still enjoy these forums, though.
It was probably 2007 or 2008, very shortly after Gerstmanngate. THAT was the beginning of the end. So many people left after his termination and even some mods stepped down over it, including me. Sadly, I couldn't keep my anger in check, so I was never able get my modship back when I tried to ask for it.
Many of my favorite moments were already mentioned. I do miss the "You Laugh, You Lose" threads. The meltdown that happened when Jeff Gertsmann gave Zelda TP an 8.8 was EPIC, forced him to quit Gamespot and relocate lol. There are many more moments, mostly from watching banter between users back then, buuuuut just can't think of anything specific right now...
Nah, you're wrong on that one. Gerstmann didn't give a **** about what people thought of his reviews. What brought him down was the Kane and Lynch review where he gave the game a six. Eidos complained to the higher ups because they spent about 100-150 thousand on adds and some asshole CNET manager was afraid they'd lose more money so they let Gerstmann go. Made him sign an NDA and cost this site about half its readership, as well as forum readers. Never recovered since. Also shattered my aspirations of wanting to get hired by this place.
Many of my favorite moments were already mentioned. I do miss the "You Laugh, You Lose" threads. The meltdown that happened when Jeff Gertsmann gave Zelda TP an 8.8 was EPIC, forced him to quit Gamespot and relocate lol. There are many more moments, mostly from watching banter between users back then, buuuuut just can't think of anything specific right now...
Nah, you're wrong on that one. Gerstmann didn't give a **** about what people thought of his reviews. What brought him down was the Kane and Lynch review where he gave the game a six. Eidos complained to the higher ups because they spent about 100-150 thousand on adds and some asshole CNET manager was afraid they'd lose more money so they let Gerstmann go. Made him sign an NDA and cost this site about half its readership, as well as forum readers. Never recovered since. Also shattered my aspirations of wanting to get hired by this place.
Question, didn't Gamespot had a controversy over Kane and Lynch review? I wasn't following it like that before I join.
Many of my favorite moments were already mentioned. I do miss the "You Laugh, You Lose" threads. The meltdown that happened when Jeff Gertsmann gave Zelda TP an 8.8 was EPIC, forced him to quit Gamespot and relocate lol. There are many more moments, mostly from watching banter between users back then, buuuuut just can't think of anything specific right now...
Nah, you're wrong on that one. Gerstmann didn't give a **** about what people thought of his reviews. What brought him down was the Kane and Lynch review where he gave the game a six. Eidos complained to the higher ups because they spent about 100-150 thousand on adds and some asshole CNET manager was afraid they'd lose more money so they let Gerstmann go. Made him sign an NDA and cost this site about half its readership, as well as forum readers. Never recovered since. Also shattered my aspirations of wanting to get hired by this place.
Question, didn't Gamespot had a controversy over Kane and Lynch review? I wasn't following it like that before I join.
Yup, it was called Gerstmanngate. Management tried to say it wasn't over the Kane and Lynch review, but I don't remember the excuse they tried to give. But morale surrounding the rest of the editors was at an all-time low. The site lost other reviewers as well. Gerstmann and a few others went and formed Giant Bomb as a result of the fallout and a few years later, the NDA expired and Jeff was able to confirm that he was fired over the score. Edios was really pissed off that GS didn't receive their game well after they dumped 100-150k in advertising money.
wow, many of you remember so much people. i have bad memory, i can't remember anyone unless they sent me a direct message. i'm looking at the people i'm following on gamespot and i have no idea who they are or why i'm following them.
i don't even know the name of the people i interacted with last month
wow, many of you remember so much people. i have bad memory, i can't remember anyone unless they sent me a direct message. i'm looking at the people i'm following on gamespot and i have no idea who they are or why i'm following them.
i don't even know the name of the people i interacted with last month
Don't worry, my memory isn't that great either. I probably know who you are, but just can't remember you. :P
I miss jandurin
Omni was the one who caught that pony disease, or was that Gabu? Had the Chocobo avatar?
Visiting or applying for legal residence?
I think he was going to study and was going to try to go for residence while there.
GabuEx had the Chocobo avatar. I think Omni had a picture of himself towards the end. He runs (or used to) his own gaming site.
Getting legal residence for studying shouldn't be so difficult I imagine. Unless Denmark has way stricter rules than Norway, but I doubt it.
i miss gamespot guy.
he was a cheeky fella
Whatever happened to Bulbasaur brain? He amused me so.
did he create an alt today to post this?
I'm flooded with so many thoughts and memories I cannot sum it up in my present frame of mind.
Theokoth's OT fanfiction.
Gabu-ex just generally being more intelligent than everyone.
Our resident police officer, Airshocker.
Our 10K post parties.
The post your picture threads like the collective facepalm thread.
Some other users like Omni-Slash and Sajedene (I wish she still discussed shit with people, but it's all about Twitch streaming on social media).
The April Fool's Spazz ban was like 50 pages long. Although that was the catalyst for Saje rage quitting. I kind of regret that joke happening (despite having nothing to do with it) because of the that outcome.
Also, what happened to GazaAli? He made OT interesting to having a good discussion.
Last I heard he was trying for...Denmark, I think? Never got any confirmation on whether he made it or not.
God I hope he did. Life in Gaza has gotta be fairly awful, and possibly fairly short.
Whatever happened to Bulbasaur brain? He amused me so.
And you are?
-Byshop
Probably a lurker? GS has lots of unknown lurkers ya'know lol.
When this board had traffic of a lot of great users and generated plenty of discussion that was nearly impossible to keep up with.
Now some threads on the main page are weeks (or months) old...
Yep. Used to be a great place to kill time. As for memories.....so many good people now gone.
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