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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Himu on September 11, 2012, 02:47:25 AM

Title: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Himu on September 11, 2012, 02:47:25 AM
RIP

http://andriasang.com/con2n4/site_closing/

and before TGS :(
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: T-Short on September 11, 2012, 02:54:01 AM
Best Anoop based gaming site since IGN Dreamcast  :'(
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 11, 2012, 02:54:53 AM
GOD DAMN IT ANOOP
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Tasty on September 11, 2012, 03:03:56 AM
GODDAMN IT SONY

Wait, they only closed Lik Sang.

...GODDAMN IT SONY
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: MCD on September 11, 2012, 03:10:04 AM
Oh god

Now we will be stuck with the magic box mistranslations for god knows how long
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Trent Dole on September 11, 2012, 04:01:41 AM
Sadness. Just have Siliconera now I guess.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: pilonv1 on September 11, 2012, 06:12:03 AM
I broke this news on the bore himu, please credit me accordingly
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Lan on September 11, 2012, 08:21:38 AM
Just goes to show japanese gaming isnt the same as it was in the 90s and early 2000s. Its depressing, because i love the crap out of japanese games. Loved PS2 era.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Lan on September 11, 2012, 08:49:22 AM
 ::)
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Shuri on September 11, 2012, 08:52:52 AM
well we will  have the magic box! Am I right?  :-\


disclaimer: I have not been to the magicbox since like 2002
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: tiesto on September 11, 2012, 09:09:46 AM
Damn, andriasang was one of the few game sites I regularly followed. Now I guess I have to get my j-gaming news from duckroll's posts on neogaf :P
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Lan on September 11, 2012, 09:10:26 AM
Why does grouch feel the need to correct every damn thing i say?  is he a mod??

when people dont understand the difference between opinion and fact. News at 11.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: maxy on September 11, 2012, 09:31:28 AM
Probably cuz this thing has not much to do with the state of Japanese gaming.In the end he just said what he thinks(knows) about Andriasang closing.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Tasty on September 11, 2012, 10:24:18 AM
Why does grouch feel the need to correct every damn thing i say?  is he a mod??

when people dont understand the difference between opinion and fact. News at 11.

Probably because you're always wrong and need chastising.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on September 11, 2012, 10:28:28 AM
Lame, it was one of the few good sites left. Though I always wondered, what does the name mean? Is it supposed to be "And Ria sang", "Andria Sang", or what? And what do those mean anyway?
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: archnemesis on September 11, 2012, 10:36:11 AM
"Andria Sang" is the name of a person.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Lan on September 11, 2012, 10:46:54 AM
Does it look like i care? Maybe next time, dont take everything so literal.



Japanese gaming is in a poor state and im sure if it wasn't lacking its orignial worth, a better site than andriasang would have taken over and its closing wouldnt have matter as much.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: bork on September 11, 2012, 10:50:59 AM
Uh, it's not closing because of anything to do with the state of Japanese gaming.  It's closing because it's run by one guy who's been on his way out of the game reporting business for a while now and is finally making the last cut.  Frankly, I'm surprised it didn't happen a couple of years ago when he left Japan.

Anoop left Japan?  I thought he was going to most of the events he would post about! 
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: originalz on September 11, 2012, 11:09:57 AM
The end of an era.  I always respected the guy for being transparent with mistakes, if he misreported something and someone corrected him, he would credit the person with it in the article.

I met the gu at a couple of the Cave events, seemed like a nice bloke.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: archnemesis on September 11, 2012, 11:29:55 AM
So, what's the best alternative that's left? It better not be Siliconera.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 11, 2012, 12:23:22 PM
Uh, it's not closing because of anything to do with the state of Japanese gaming.  It's closing because it's run by one guy who's been on his way out of the game reporting business for a while now and is finally making the last cut.  Frankly, I'm surprised it didn't happen a couple of years ago when he left Japan.

Anoop left Japan?  I thought he was going to most of the events he would post about!

Anoop left Japan maybe 10 years ago. He has an incredible network of people who were able to get him info.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on September 11, 2012, 12:34:43 PM
Anooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: chronovore on September 11, 2012, 12:50:13 PM
Good for him.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Lan on September 11, 2012, 01:03:15 PM
Uh, it's not closing because of anything to do with the state of Japanese gaming.  It's closing because it's run by one guy who's been on his way out of the game reporting business for a while now and is finally making the last cut.  Frankly, I'm surprised it didn't happen a couple of years ago when he left Japan.

Anoop left Japan?  I thought he was going to most of the events he would post about!

He had a man in Japan who helped him out with most of the events in the last couple years.  Some kind of crazy, vicious, extreme freak.

And Lan, I've "corrected" you twice, both times because I knew for a fact I had more information than you about the situation being discussed, and thought you might want to know.  As you seem to take disagreement about as well as ever, I'll refrain from replying anymore when you're going on about something you don't know shit about.  Cheers.

Ive been trying to tell you that my comment was not suppose to be "facts" on the situation. I dont need correcting.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: demi on September 11, 2012, 01:35:24 PM
Yeah you do. Eat your sandwich, Lan.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Diunx on September 11, 2012, 01:54:41 PM
Shut the fuck up Lan no one cares.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Tasty on September 11, 2012, 01:54:51 PM
Ive been trying to tell you that my comment was not suppose to be "facts" on the situation. I dont need correcting.

Lol. If you're wrong, expect someone to call you on it. Internet 101 stuff.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Trent Dole on September 11, 2012, 02:07:37 PM
Does it look like i care?
Considering the barrage of butthurt after being shown how fucking wrong and stupid you are, yeah it does! :lol
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Himu on September 11, 2012, 02:36:52 PM
WHERE DO WE GO FOR JAPANESE GAME NEWS NOW
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Rahxephon91 on September 11, 2012, 02:45:44 PM
Man this really sucks. As a weeboo this site was pretty much my daily go to place and for the most part it was a pretty damn good site. Good luck on the creators future endeavors though. Guess we still got siliconera.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 11, 2012, 02:54:04 PM
Is MMCafe still around? I used to check that place out in the early 00s. Also, I've heard that Gematsu isn't bad.

I also check out the Japanese sites, but my kanji knowledge is pretty crap so I tend to stumble through and only get the basic ideas from articles.

RIP ANDRIASANG  :'(
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Purple Filth on September 11, 2012, 02:57:19 PM
WHERE DO WE GO FOR JAPANESE GAME NEWS NOW

Gematsu is alright though they aren't always as speedy (still good enough though)
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Lan on September 11, 2012, 04:00:20 PM
Its pretty clear some of you in here dont get the difference between a opinion and fact.

 :lol

Im not hungry so im not eatting no shitty sandwich.

Andrex you suck so much, i like how you fanboy shitty google browser apps in a mac thread.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Sho Nuff on September 11, 2012, 04:20:52 PM
This Lan person is a v angry individual
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: chronovore on September 11, 2012, 05:47:39 PM
This Lan person is a v angry individual
(http://i.imgur.com/rMxk2.jpg)
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: originalz on September 11, 2012, 08:52:06 PM

He had a man in Japan who helped him out with most of the events in the last couple years.  Some kind of crazy, vicious, extreme freak.

Oh shit, that guy wasn't Anoop?  I guess I just assumed they were the same since he said he was from the site when I talked to him and he was of the right...race.  He was definitely an interesting character, seemed kind of socially awkward.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Mr. Gundam on September 11, 2012, 08:55:46 PM
Uh, it's not closing because of anything to do with the state of Japanese gaming.  It's closing because it's run by one guy who's been on his way out of the game reporting business for a while now and is finally making the last cut.  Frankly, I'm surprised it didn't happen a couple of years ago when he left Japan.

Anoop left Japan?  I thought he was going to most of the events he would post about!

He had a man in Japan who helped him out with most of the events in the last couple years.  Some kind of crazy, vicious, extreme freak.

I see what you did there.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Cormacaroni on September 11, 2012, 09:19:51 PM
What is Anoop doing anyway? He is one of the least active people I know on FB and twitter. I've seen him maybe once since he left Japan
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Tasty on September 11, 2012, 09:37:12 PM
Andrex you suck so much, i like how you fanboy shitty google browser apps in a mac thread.

It's difficult for me to parse this sentence.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Joe Molotov on September 11, 2012, 09:40:42 PM
WTF, why has Lan trolling spilled over into the gaming side? Keep this shit in the GAF thread.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Purple Filth on September 11, 2012, 10:15:15 PM
What is Anoop doing anyway? He is one of the least active people I know on FB and twitter. I've seen him maybe once since he left Japan

Ehn, you know Noop.  He likes to keep a low profile.  I don't know exactly what he's moved on to, to be honest.

Apparently it won't be gaming related according to john tv
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: originalz on September 11, 2012, 11:02:35 PM

He had a man in Japan who helped him out with most of the events in the last couple years.  Some kind of crazy, vicious, extreme freak.

Oh shit, that guy wasn't Anoop?  I guess I just assumed they were the same since he said he was from the site when I talked to him and he was of the right...race.  He was definitely an interesting character, seemed kind of socially awkward.

You may have met him.  He still came out to Japan from time to time, especially for the really big stuff like TGS, though less and less often as time went by.  The main "correspondent" for Andriasang I know is not the same race as Anoop, though he is also not white.

Yeah, I didn't see cvxfreak at the events, I know that guy is asian.  I guess since he moved over to 8-4 he doesn't have enough time to go to all of the events, can't blame the guy.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Takao on September 12, 2012, 05:14:56 AM
On one hand I'm sad to see the best English resource for Japanese gaming news go away, but on the other hand I'm happy for Anoop. He did everything by himself and that must've consumed so much. I hope he enjoys whatever he's up to now.
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: Momo on September 12, 2012, 05:32:50 AM
WHERE DO WE GO FOR JAPANESE GAME NEWS NOW
Shidoshi may turn WAHP into a news blogger
Title: Re: andriasang.com is closing - RIP best Japanese news site since The GIA
Post by: DCharlieJP on September 12, 2012, 07:54:35 AM
Anoop could be anything he wants to be in whatever industry he wants to do it in. Guy is insanely bright.

Socially awkward : that's definitely not Anoop. He's pimp smooth.