While cancelling these accounts is a nice gesture, that money is just a drop in the bucket to CNET.SmashBrosLegend

Yep, real money is in advertising and along as we keep given em page hits, they can still sell ad space.

When the truth comes and this rumor is confirmed, I'm out.

Why did people even argue with the TC? His premise is ridiculous. No technological advancement in the last 10 years is NEEDED for gaming. Forget Blu Ray, you don't even need cd's for gaming. So why argue? Smart people know that good developers will exploit the tools and freedom given to them by new technology. So yeah, Crysis fits on a DVD, so what. If your only point is "Blu-Ray is not needed for gaming" then you are wasting time and bandwidth on a moot point. It's here and it WILL be used to make gaming better.

Talk about short sighted.

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[QUOTE="rimnet00"]That BS. The 6.0 made sense, however the content of the review was completely unprofessional.rimnet00

What about it was unprofessional?

He didn't like the game and he stated the reasons why he didn't like the game.

His review was pretty much a blog post where he rants about how he doesn't like the game. He doesn't exactly help us decide for ourselves what we will think about the game. He just force feeds us his opinion.

Secondly, he makes Kane and Lynch sound like it's Big Rigs 2, instead of a 6.0 game.

Some of what you say is true but damn is it really worth FIRING him over it? They should just warn him and tell him next time stick to the facts and keep the personal ranting out of it.

But what is an opinion if not a personal rant on a game? He does back it up with some facts.

How do we know he wasnt already warned? He could have been on thin ice for months, but we would never know. As for your last statement, I don't think a review is ever just an opinion. I think it's a description of the product. I don't think Jeff followed that suit.

The preview is the description of the product. The review is a subjective opinion on that product's worth to the intended audience. If a reviewer says this product stinks, don't buy it and that is the message they are purposefully trying to impart to their audience, I say that reviewer is doing their job. A clinical rundown of what is or isn't in the game is useless to most people who come to this site. That information can be obtained from the game maker's site or a hundred different other places. People want to know if the game is good or not, and if not, why not.

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[QUOTE="NFJSupreme"]In wake of all this drama going on. I say we as a community should vote on whether or not we want to keep the GS reviews flop system. I think so. System Wars is BIGGER than GS reviews. We don't need to cherish their reviews like its the word of God. They don't send us mana from heaven eery time a review drops. I think its time to officially change the system. This is not because I think GS has lost credibility its because the whole system of flop or not flop has been currupted. Also basing your opinion of a game off of one review by one person from one site is bogus. It means nothing. It's just one person's opinion. Its time for change in SW!dotWithShoes

Most of GS's hard reviewers are now gone. Jeff was pretty much the last one (Greg K was a huge loss to the site). In all liklyhood, all of you cows and sheep will pretty much be freaking elated with the reviews going forward. Free AAA's for everyone!

Nah, Gamspot is king on the Gamespot forums. Metacritic and Gamerankings are C-net sites. People need to stop using the "incedent" as an excuse to try to implement the same old rule changes that have been rejected a thousand times before. It just doesn't fit the bill.

what about them being cnet sites? so is gamespot.. or am I reading what you're saying wrong?

if the rumor is true, the decision to remove Jeff would have come from CNET. So CNEt is compromised. That's the point.

I understand maturity and all but if this is true, and this site is susceptible to any type of publisher pressures in regard to its content, why should they be rewarded with and active community and page hits in the first place? That just reinforces the threat to any remaining reviewers and content editors?

I guess we won't really know unless other staff members follow him out or until the man himself speaks.

Did you turn it off, or put it in sleep mode?

Was your wifi on?

$19.95 for 5 years? not bad

The real test for me would be putting in in the pack back for a week doing my daily routine and see how it looks then. Every clear cover that I have used come out looking like it's been in a sand storm for a hundred years.