EGM is dead, 1up.com gets bought by Hearst and is an empty shell

[Ninja]

Scooter is fucking cursed, CGW,OPM, Gametap and now for his ultimate act he's destrpyed 1up and come through unscathed. WTF

[littlemathletics]

Man, this is really fucked. If I know UGO, they're just going to replace the staff with people with less experience who'll accept lower pay to write top ten lists all week.

Fuckers.

The sad thing is that UGO misses the point.  1up was never IGN or Gamespot.  It was special because of the people, the podcasts, and the shows.  The name itself doesn't mean shit, and won't mean shit going forward without the people behind it.

Yessir.

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Shoe bailed out at just the right time, in retrospect.

[ferrarimanf355]

UGO is fucking trash, seriously. I hope editorial stays separate.

Can't say I've been to that site recently...

I wrote a couple of article for one of their sites once. Absolute pricks to deal with, and they're even more focused on page views and Digg-bait than 1Up.

How bad were they to deal with?

I found most of the 1upper's twitters on the GAF thread. It seems that Milkman, Shane, Ryan, Skip and most of the Gamevideos crew were shitcanned. I expected some firings, but this is a fucking purge. Wow... :'(

[y2kev]

Shoe bailed out at just the right time, in retrospect.

bailed out to be unemployed?

[CurseoftheGods]

Yeah, Shane quit. He didn't get fired, technically speaking.

[cool breeze]

Shoe bailed out at just the right time, in retrospect.

bailed out to be unemployed?

to the hardees parking lot

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Shoe bailed out at just the right time, in retrospect.

bailed out to be unemployed?

That's true, don't think he's doing anything atm

[ferrarimanf355]

Yeah, Shane quit. He didn't get fired, technically speaking.

So he fell on the sword before he got the pink slip? 

[y2kev]

Think of him as standing up for his colleagues and quitting in disgust 

[Sho Nuff]

wow just wow

[littlemathletics]

UGO is fucking trash, seriously. I hope editorial stays separate.

Can't say I've been to that site recently...

I wrote a couple of article for one of their sites once. Absolute pricks to deal with, and they're even more focused on page views and Digg-bait than 1Up.

How bad were they to deal with?

I found most of the 1upper's twitters on the GAF thread. It seems that Milkman, Shane, Ryan, Skip and most of the Gamevideos crew were shitcanned. I expected some firings, but this is a fucking purge. Wow... :'(

Arguments about money, credit attributed to the wrong author (though, hilariously, that's happened with 1Up for me as well), late payments, and just the whole thing about pay incentives for getting the article on Joystiq/Kotaku/N4G/Digg.

[ferrarimanf355]

Oh, wow. That sucks... 

Also, speaking of magazines...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300285337821

[treythemovie]

Its TechTV all over again.  :'(

[y2kev]

swagz, when you are done archiving, let me know how i can grab it.

[Tabasco]

well that sucks.  i'm really gonna miss the 1up yours podcast

[cool breeze]

swagz, when you are done archiving, let me know how i can grab it.

I'm already done since I had everything saved from each week when I would download them for the past 2 to 3 years, but I don't see how I could send the stuff around.  

[y2kev]

Torrent maybe? Otherwise I gotta get downloading. :\

[fistfulofmetal]

I'm already done since I had everything saved from each week when I would download them for the past 2 to 3 years, but I don't see how I could send the stuff around.  

rar it into around 500mb parts
then send it off to megaupload.

[cool breeze]

it's too big for that, and plus torrents bomb my internet.  If you want something specific, or something that's even down, I could upload that to one of the rapidshare/megaupload type sites.

I'm already done since I had everything saved from each week when I would download them for the past 2 to 3 years, but I don't see how I could send the stuff around.  

rar it into around 500mb parts
then send it off to megaupload.

everything together, like, all the podcasts+1upshow+other video stuff together is close to 100 gigs.  No joke.  It would suck to download that all at once, let alone upload it all.

[y2kev]

wow

okay i shall download

[Bocsius]

Sucks about people out of work, always does. But I haven't listened to more than 30 minutes of 1up Yours in over a year, so it's no big loss to me.

[Ninja]

I'm going to have to archive all of GFW, 1Up Yours and Retronauts tomorrow.

[fistfulofmetal]

everything together, like, all the podcasts+1upshow+other video stuff together is close to 100 gigs.  No joke.  It would suck to download that all at once, let alone upload it all.

...oh........well then.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

and people were shocked at my 3gigs of Nat

[close]

[y2kev]

I really just want 1up Yours + GFW Radio + Retronauts. I'm gonna see how small I can shrink that to and then put it on a backup drive.

I started to download them but you realize that each podcast is about 50 mb and they go back THREE YEARS each.

[Eel O'Brian]

are you really ever going to listen to those podcasts again, though?

[Bocsius]

are you really ever going to listen to those podcasts again, though?

^^^

Seriously, what's the point?

[T234]

it's too big for that, and plus torrents bomb my internet.  If you want something specific, or something that's even down, I could upload that to one of the rapidshare/megaupload type sites.

I'm already done since I had everything saved from each week when I would download them for the past 2 to 3 years, but I don't see how I could send the stuff around.  

rar it into around 500mb parts
then send it off to megaupload.

everything together, like, all the podcasts+1upshow+other video stuff together is close to 100 gigs.  No joke.  It would suck to download that all at once, let alone upload it all.

https://www.mesh.com/Welcome/default.aspx

Across a few accounts for the important stuff.

[y2kev]

are you really ever going to listen to those podcasts again, though?

yeah, I generally pull one every night before bed. They help me sleep. I have listened to some of the retronauts episodes a number of times...

[cool breeze]

everything together, like, all the podcasts+1upshow+other video stuff together is close to 100 gigs.  No joke.  It would suck to download that all at once, let alone upload it all.

...oh........well then.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

and people were shocked at my 3gigs of Nat

[close]

I feel weird enough as it is, but it wasn't like I really planned ahead.  Every week I just put it on one of my external hard drives.

[Ninja]

Retronauts stands up to repeat listening pretty well. Especially the epic Dreamcast episode with the PA guys.

Full List:

Adrian Frieg
Amy Mishra
Amy Moran
Andrea Garcia
Andrew Fitch
Andrew "Skip" Pfister
Anthony Gallegos
Cesar Quintero
Christina Rosa
CoyLou Steel
Derek Chinn
Doug Parsons
Eric Ellis
Giancarlo Varanini
Greg Ford
James "Milkman" Mielke
Jason Bertrand
Jason Wilson
Jervilyn Jaramillo
Justin Frechette
Leslie Gelfand
Marci Yamaguchi
Matt Chandronait
May Tong
Meredith Stowe
Michael Donahoe
Monique Convertito
Ndubuisi Madu
Nick Suttner
Norris Boothe
Philip Kollar
Rey Serrano
Robert Bowen
Rosemary Pinkham
Ryan O'Donnell
Ryan Scott
Shane Bettenhausen
Simon Cox
Tammy Ross
Tipler Ubbelohde

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/06/assessing-the-damage-at-1up/

[littlemathletics]

Holy shit. 

[CurseoftheGods]

Shit. They got Tipler too. :'(

[cool breeze]

what's more odd are those who were staying

Garnett Lee
Tina Sanchez
David Ellis
Matt Leone
Jeremy Parish
Sam Kennedy

makes no sense

[ferrarimanf355]

Holy shit. 

That's not a purge, it's a massacre.  :'(

[y2kev]

alice liang lives!

[fistfulofmetal]

Even Simon Cox is gone. wow

[y2kev]

course he's gone, he was making a lot of monay probably

[cool breeze]

so they basically kept those who got paid the least? that doesn't make sense

[drew]

gamevideos.com is completely dead, 1upshow and the crew behind it are jobless

1upyours, other podcasts, and crew are dead

[littlemathletics]

so they basically kept those who got paid the least? that doesn't make sense

Makes perfect sense. That's how UGO operate.

[cool breeze]

[ferrarimanf355]

(Image removed from quote.)

smh...

[littlemathletics]

Can't even spell ToeJam properly  :'(

[drew]

 

good

now maybe you fags will watch consolevania

spoiler (click to show/hide)

you make me sick

[close]

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

So now I wonder - if MS offers Shane a job, would he take it?

[CurseoftheGods]

so they basically kept those who got paid the least? that doesn't make sense

Uh... That makes perfect sense.

[E-DuB]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14268914&postcount=1122


Good work, sir

[cool breeze]

so they basically kept those who got paid the least? that doesn't make sense

Uh... That makes perfect sense.

but, like, why hire at all? some people staying have no experience that could be useful.  It would be easier to pay a 16 yo medication so he wouldn't cum blood.

good

now maybe you fags will watch consolevania

spoiler (click to show/hide)

you make me sick

[close]

I watch consolevania, I watch 1upshow - deal with that

[demi]

Meh

[littlemathletics]

so they basically kept those who got paid the least? that doesn't make sense

Uh... That makes perfect sense.

but, like, why hire at all? some people staying have no experience that could be useful.  It would be easier to pay a 16 yo medication so he wouldn't cum blood.

UGO are about profit, and page views. You don't need experience to write a top ten list. Hell, it doesn't even need to be good to get page views - see, for example, Screw Attack.

[E-DuB]

Also this merger gives me the same feeling I had when I read the e-mail that Gamestop had bought out EB Games

[Guybrush Threepwood]

This is sad I guess

But EGM had been going downhill for years so I don't feel too bad.

[demi]

Are there any hot 1up dudes? I will pretend to care if this is the case. I need my Ryan Davis

[fistfulofmetal]

Why are people Boycotting UGO? What the fuck? Maybe they should have let 1up just die and left EVERYONE without a job. It's not like they stormed into Ziff Davis and raped everyone until they handed over the rights to the 1up name.

well the situation is a lot like when G4 bought TechTV.
we all know how that turned out.
people reacting harshly to the buying company is kinda expected.

[CurseoftheGods]

Are there any hot 1up dudes? I will pretend to care if this is the case. I need my Ryan Davis

Ryan O'Donnell?

[littlemathletics]

Why are people Boycotting UGO? What the fuck? Maybe they should have let 1up just die and left EVERYONE without a job. It's not like they stormed into Ziff Davis and raped everyone until they handed over the rights to the 1up name.

Yeah, boycotting is pretty pointless. It's safe to say that the content - and quality of said content - is going to change pretty dramatically though.

[AdmiralViscen]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14268914&postcount=1122


Good work, sir

[The Fake Shemp]

Always sucks when people lose their job.  Is there going to be a day in the not-too-distant future where all videogame industry coverage comes from one source that happens to be an affiliate of ELECTRONIC ARTS?

[littlemathletics]

Always sucks when people lose their job.  Is there going to be a day in the not-too-distant future where all videogame industry coverage comes from one source that happens to be an affiliate of ELECTRONIC ARTS?

Honestly, there's a heap of good, respected, independent sources.