MOG.

dude is infamous now for doing this at least a half dozen times, except he would always bring it up as LETS GO TO RMN INSTEAD.

but obviously only when the member disagrees with what you apparently spent months discussing. just the two of you. i'm sure you got a LOAD of viewpoints from those discussions with a closed set of people. oh wait no you didn't...

this is the point you absolutely destroyed your credibility btw. like damn. you really have no idea what you are talking about. so many topics. so many! jesus dom.

please read my posts. specifically the parts where i say the old blog was fine as a transitionary period

the old blog was far from fine. virtually no one went to it. do you know why? it was vastly inferior to the forum. the tagging system made no sense, it was hard to browse, and you couldn't see the discussion on the main page. you're an idiot for thinking this because it was made solely just to to show members HEY WE'RE DOING SHIT. you don't know what the fuck you are talking about.

and this ladies and gentlemen is exactly what is wrong with the administration

"don't post your thoughts on anything we do because WE ALREADY DISCUSSED IT. we do what we like. we don't give a shit what the members think because we already decided what we're going to do"

but obviously only when the member disagrees with what you apparently spent months discussing. just the two of you. i'm sure you got a LOAD of viewpoints from those discussions with a closed set of people. oh wait no you didn't...

the member discussion happened NUMEROUS TIMES. in every GW6 topic we talked about the future of GW. in every staff topic we talked about the future of GW. you're covering old ground because you're either an idiot or were absent when this used to happen on a monthly basis. have you ever thought that we listen to members, but just not shitty members like you? GW did fuck all for 5 years, and you attribute the current site problems to everything BUT that.

you can't build a house without a good foundation. if you want quality content, enforce it from the beginning. get a backlog of articles to post before you launch the site so that you can keep a steady stream while you're still trying to gain pace. the only thing you are doing by publishing substandard articles is DRIVING AWAY visitors. nobody wants to stay on a site that has shit content. and that shit content will stick in their minds, which means it'll be a cold day in hell before they ever come back.

this is why GW6 never came out. the exact same mindset. just wait guys, when GW6 comes out it's going to be the BEST! we're still working on it guys, just getting some new features in! GW6 never came out because it was a pipedream. if it did come out in any form, it would not impress someone like you, or even the average GW at the time because of how it was hyped up. the site is only the face of the community. you are also astronomically dumb for thinking the site can just launch and BE GREAT on day one. almost every mega popular site on the internet started off BAD or NOT IDEAL. don't tell me this good foundation crap, it's a shitty analogy that has nothing to do with what the current problem is (hint: it's the fact we can't get people to do ANYTHING AT ALL).

thanks for your insights again dom. we need more visionaries like you who don't know what the fuck they're talking about. thanks too for not actually saying anything of substance beyond THE SITE SUCKS p.s. i'm dom i "get it". you're contributions are invaluable.

haha ok never mind i see now that rushing a site out is now more important than quality, my bad, enjoy your dead site see ya. you're all fucking retarded btw

the old blog was far from fine. virtually no one went to it. do you know why? it was vastly inferior to the forum. the tagging system made no sense, it was hard to browse, and you couldn't see the discussion on the main page. you're an idiot for thinking this because it was made solely just to to show members HEY WE'RE DOING SHIT. you don't know what the fuck you are talking about.

then why did you release a site that IS EXACTLY THE SAME THING

you can rag on me for being OVERLY AGGRESSIVE about what i say but when you do it you all seem to completely forget that i am making points that are valid, for example you immediately dismiss the possibility of creating a backlog of quality articles WITHOUT EVEN SAYING WHY

do you know why? BECAUSE ITS A GOOD IDEA!!!

this is the point you absolutely destroyed your credibility btw. like damn. you really have no idea what you are talking about. so many topics. so many! jesus dom.

you really think the administration takes suggestions from anyone other than all the spineless yes men on this site? you are deluded.

haha ok never mind i see now that rushing a site out is now more important than quality, my bad, enjoy your dead site see ya. you're all fucking retarded btw

GO THEN I'M WAITING

then why did you release a site that IS EXACTLY THE SAME THING

it's not the exact same thing.  the old "blog" didn't have a submission section, it wasn't organized, it looked ugly, it didn't allow a search by topic only by tags, it didn't allow a search by members, how are you saying it's the exact same thing what's going on in your world dom?

you can rag on me for being OVERLY AGGRESSIVE about what i say but when you do it you all seem to completely forget that i am making points that are valid, for example you immediately dismiss the possibility of creating a backlog of quality articles WITHOUT EVEN SAYING WHY

we have suggested creating a backlog of articles.  steel mentioned it in december.  the actual staff who write articles just said "whatever."  i said "whatever" because i planned on quitting staff but then gw6 popped up so suddenly i hopped on the bandwagon again.  you can fault that on the staff because it was our intention to create a backlog but, most importantly, it was our intention to get a working site out the window to build upon and instead of holding back holding back holding back are we gonna release guys nope just holding back.  ideally we wanted an article a day and with 10 something staff members, one article a week was feasible but with volunteers you can expect volunteer quality of work.

World's hatin on dom always hatin on dom. You're right man, obviously your great ideas are being ignored just because they are yours. Couldn't possibly be you NOT LISTENING. I pretty much disagree with everything you ever say. Can someone just ban him????

it's not the exact same thing.  the old "blog" didn't have a submission section, it wasn't organized, it looked ugly, it didn't allow a search by topic only by tags, it didn't allow a search by members, how are you saying it's the exact same thing what's going on in your world dom?

in my world these are really simple features that do not count. because that's what they are. heh... search. check it out guys. you can SEARCH!! thats right.. i wrote three lines of code.. gw is ready guys. gw. is. ready. you're stupid if you think these are worthy of being called a NEW SITE

ps the new site is also ugly and disorganised

we have suggested creating a backlog of articles.  steel mentioned it in december.  the actual staff who write articles just said "whatever."  i said "whatever" because i planned on quitting staff but then gw6 popped up so suddenly i hopped on the bandwagon again.  you can fault that on the staff because it was our intention to create a backlog but, most importantly, it was our intention to get a working site out the window to build upon and instead of holding back holding back holding back are we gonna release guys nope just holding back.  ideally we wanted an article a day and with 10 something staff members, one article a week was feasible but with volunteers you can expect volunteer quality of work.

so what we have is basically "yeah we were GOING to be smart but then we decided being stupid was way more important sorry guys thats our excuse. deal with it. thats the way it is" followed by the expectation of fawning over your marvellous work

World's hatin on dom always hatin on dom. You're right man, obviously your great ideas are being ignored just because they are yours. Couldn't possibly be you NOT LISTENING. I pretty much disagree with everything you ever say. Can someone just ban him????

im sure headphonics would love to because i don't agree with everything he says (and therefore am not helping him cement his status as The Most Important Guy On Gaming World which is the only thing he cares about)

*Gets banned for disagreeing*

how dare i!!!!

in my world these are really simple features that do not count. because that's what they are. heh... search. check it out guys. you can SEARCH!! thats right.. i wrote three lines of code.. gw is ready guys. gw. is. ready. you're stupid if you think these are worthy of being called a NEW SITE

ps the new site is also ugly and disorganised

Then what do you expect out of features for a website that hosts simple articles. 

Main sight only.  Don't skate around this question with drawn out arguments.  Just a billeted list of "dom's opinions to make a better main page."

so what we have is basically "yeah we were GOING to be smart but then we decided being stupid was way more important sorry guys thats our excuse. deal with it. thats the way it is" followed by the expectation of fawning over your marvellous work

No, what you have is a dying site run by people in their spare time who wanted to get something out the door.  Aside from our own community, we're relatively unknown.  We had nothing to lose by pushing a new main sight out.  By testing the waters publicly, we can better serve to fix things before pushing it to an actual audience (which we're looking at doing).

i want 10 pages of family guy gifs to put in my signature

i'd be willing to do stuff.

i mean, i am a first year games design student with TOO MUCH SPARE TIME.

i want 10 pages of family guy gifs to put in my signature

I'm being serious.  I read your earlier posts where you mentioned the blog was good as a transitional phase; the blog being the architecture with the "facelift" being the walls going around it.

But every post after that has been attacking the staff as a whole.

Now please, answer the question.  What is this website to dom?  You mention there are three options for us (games, entertainment, niche whatever) and they all result in death in your opinion.  Now please, prove to me that your argument has some merit by stating "If I was king this is what I would fix:"

i'd be willing to do stuff.

i mean, i am a first year games design student with TOO MUCH SPARE TIME.

We have staff applications but seriously reconsider.  We have enough dead weight and being officially crowned "staff" means you have to commit.

There's an article submission box for a reason.  It's for the people with sudden bursts of inspiration or good ideas but don't have the time to consistently deliver.

haha ok never mind i see now that rushing a site out is now more important than quality, my bad, enjoy your dead site see ya. you're all fucking retarded btw

ahahaha pretend it's not there buddy HEY PRESTO but the rest of us are overjoyed with having something over nothing because even if some features did take three lines of code we've been without those three lines for a really long time

when you're starving you eat whatever you can you don't wait for kobe beef because while you're waiting you'll die

ahahaha pretend it's not there buddy HEY PRESTO but the rest of us are overjoyed with having something over nothing because even if some features did take three lines of code we've been without those three lines for a really long time

when you're starving you eat whatever you can you don't wait for kobe beef because while you're waiting you'll die

do you read anything

thats why the original blog was fine, it was something, it kept some interest at least while you worked on the real site

but then this site is released, claiming to be THE NEW GAMING WORLD and... it disappoints in so many ways.

btw seriously marcus

you wrote this in a comment

Yo dawg this would be much better with some pictures!  I have a pretty short attention span and require visual stimulation in between my reading of long text go to google and do this now.

how the fuck can you say this and still think you have ANY right to be a writer on gaming world. how the fuck can you live with yourself for saying this. are you 5 years old? you need pictures to read? goddamnit man i never read any of your articles before because you're a terrible writer and this just proves it

then theres also that this was written on an article about Dating Sims. fucking dating sims. DATING SIMS. nobody wants to read that.

the site contains absolutely NOTHING of value to anyone. i look through the list of articles and see nothing that i would think "that sounds interesting", or if i do, i read the first couple of sentences and realise that its written so horribly that i just dont want to read any more.

gambling in games could be an interesting subject... if it was written by someone who can write and actually did ANY research on the matter instead of just ad libbing an article out of his ass which is what happened

where do you even get this stuff

you exist only to "be an admin". that is all you do.