We ARE IN TROUBLE!!!

Gamespot is going to bring about an overhaul of the entire website. If you are thinking "WOOHOO the bugs will be gone." Think again!

Unions: GONE

Video downloads: GONE

The site is said to be a copy of Giantbomb

Boring generic website like all the others: YES...

There is a petition telling GS what we think of the chages at: http://au.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29438636/save-our-unions?page=0

Join in and save GS!

To learn more check the link at the top of the petition.

UPDATE: They aknowledged the petition and basically says it means nothing. unions are gone. I hope angelbless comes back soon though ebcause they are sending messages to Union moderators to carry over our content to a normal forum... but we will no longer be our own group EVERYONE will be free to see the posts x.x

Basically I see no more reason for my challenge or sticking around on the site... I may very well be leaving, but before I do, it's time to backup the reviews I spent hours working on...

If we want to try and stay our own community we should 'follow' each other on here... assuming they let us keep our freakin followers with the new site x.x

I highly sugest making the Union live on on THIS site. it is very good with tones of features you can't find on GS. This way the FFFU Will live on!

... and I'll have some place to talk to my wonderful GS friends 

OMG"!! this is awfull... Im sorry I was gone.. between work and the studies for the CFA program I had no life :?.

I thought this was a joke... let me read a little more .. OMG!

But the owner of the site no lol. But it is a great way for us to continue!

I'm trying to save all the groups I like and Afiliate them all on the site, so if you do it let me know! 

Ive been reading some posts in that thread and it seems that active unions are going to be mpved to the new GS? .. I will like to wait a little while until we are completely sure of what will be pur future. If they are going to close the unions, then we might actually look a for a new option.

Do you guys know something more?

http://www.gamespot.com/unions/LeaderCouncil/forums/29440125/gamespot-unions-to-be-removed?msg_id=341364173#341364173

Here!

Don't worry I've been talking to our leader too :)

The new version of GS wont allow officers and leaders to kick out trolls, as it wont allow officers and leaders at all. The forums and all we have done to create it wont be ours anymore :( 

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o.O I didn't know I left the hierarchy.. I just haven't logged back in for a while. On the other hand I'm not really a fan of open world games... in fact I kind of despise them x.x so It's not a good place for me unless you want a troll on your hands (at least I'm a somewhat literate troll, and I do like to debate, but I don't want to cause trouble just for trouble's sake you know what I mean ^^')

Edit: And I'm thinking of starting to move SOME stuff over... but I don't feel it's my place and Angelbless still hasn't given me a yes or no. I suppose I can make the Union and hand control back over to him later? <<...>> I just became an offiver here.. I don't even know how much control I have over THESE forums lol

Yay!

Some more unions have joined the bandwagon, The MEU and Warrior Clan have moved to shivtr.

Wait to you see the great admin features for yourself, making the themes is a tone of fun. 

Oh I didn't recognise you because I'm always looking at the user pics lol. 

BTW if youu need help moving I can do some lifting for ya ;) 

o.O I didn't know I left the hierarchy.. I just haven't logged back in for a while. On the other hand I'm not really a fan of open world games... in fact I kind of despise them x.x so It's not a good place for me unless you want a troll on your hands (at least I'm a somewhat literate troll, and I do like to debate, but I don't want to cause trouble just for trouble's sake you know what I mean ^^')Xx_Kares_xX

We have an off topic games and a System wars section. 

I received some notifications about other unions moving to  external sites as well.. Oh my... this is madness... I .. I feel so sad :?angelbless

We will live on :D!

But yeah so do I :( 

Oh good! Angelbless is here! What are we doing? It's your union, what would you like done with it?Xx_Kares_xX

I wouldnt like to see it just die like that... from the way I see it, we have two options: 

1) Being chosen to be moved to the new forum, which will erase our leader/officer program but will keep our threads for more people to join in the upcoming years. Im still not sure how this new forums will work.

2) Move to an external site, move all the content and become and independent union on its own. It will be like the places where we get news. 

Do you guys know when will this changes will be taken? I still need to talk to some people b4 Im ready to decide, I hope you undertand :(

[QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"]Oh good! Angelbless is here! What are we doing? It's your union, what would you like done with it?angelbless

I wouldnt like to see it just die like that... from the way I see it, we have two options: 

1) Being chosen to be moved to the new forum, which will erase our leader/officer program but will keep our threads for more people to join in the upcoming years. Im still not sure how this new forums will work.

2) Move to an external site, move all the content and become and independent union on its own. It will be like the places where we get news. 

Do you guys know when will this changes will be taken? I still need to talk to some people b4 Im ready to decide, I hope you undertand :(

No clue.

But send them all here.  

All right, it's your choice. I'm still thankful for you showing me the site Falcon.. I'm thinking I'm gonna make my own page over there to be a hub for my challenge and challenges to come.. my goal is to make video reviews and such for these challenges and for them to grow bigger than they are <<...>>Xx_Kares_xX

I will join!

BTW leader you might want to telegram the officers, to come here and decide, Then based on your decision you can telegram the whole union on what you've all decided. 

[QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"]All right, it's your choice. I'm still thankful for you showing me the site Falcon.. I'm thinking I'm gonna make my own page over there to be a hub for my challenge and challenges to come.. my goal is to make video reviews and such for these challenges and for them to grow bigger than they are <<...>>Falcon084

I will join!

BTW leader you might want to telegram the officers, to come here and decide, Then based on your decision you can telegram the whole union on what you've all decided. 

I'd greatly appreciate you joining ^^ Especially since I want other people to help me decide on challenge to do ^^. Hopefully I can avoid challenges THIS long for quite a while though @.@ lol

[QUOTE="Falcon084"]

[QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"]All right, it's your choice. I'm still thankful for you showing me the site Falcon.. I'm thinking I'm gonna make my own page over there to be a hub for my challenge and challenges to come.. my goal is to make video reviews and such for these challenges and for them to grow bigger than they are <<...>>Xx_Kares_xX

I will join!

BTW leader you might want to telegram the officers, to come here and decide, Then based on your decision you can telegram the whole union on what you've all decided. 

I'd greatly appreciate you joining ^^ Especially since I want other people to help me decide on challenge to do ^^. Hopefully I can avoid challenges THIS long for quite a while though @.@ lol

Yep,Im working on that  right now. There are some people who worked with me for years and I will love to have their opinions too :).  i will create a topic, probably my last one O_O and after we take the decision, well ll that will be left will be to telegram all the memebers with the decision.

I got the newsletter... 5 times lolXx_Kares_xX

Sorry about that :? dont know what is happening with the newsletter thingy :?

[QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"]I got the newsletter... 5 times lolangelbless

Sorry about that :? dont know what is happening with the newsletter thingy :?

No problem. At least it was hard to miss lol. 

[QUOTE="angelbless"]

[QUOTE="Xx_Kares_xX"]I got the newsletter... 5 times lolFalcon084

Sorry about that :? dont know what is happening with the newsletter thingy :?

No problem. At least it was hard to miss lol. 

hahah Yep :P. And we got some response too :)

This is hectic..... Never seen this happen on GS before.Balmane

Rebel, Fight the power!... 

...well run to a new site anyway :P 

When are we going to move BTW?