1UP / EGM - Discuss it here!

"JoeDonBaker said:

"This type of culling is an unfortunate necessity in this global economic meltdown.  The site/magazine was OK, but the podcasts were second to none. However, after the major departures last year, and the cancellation of GFW magazine, the writing was on the wall.  Hopefully, they can continue their podcasting in some other manner."

I hope so, I work at night and listened to all their podcasts during the week. :("

"Captain_Insano said:

"I agree with having just one stickyd topic, but would have liked the first post of the topic to also have included a brief statement about what the fuck happened. I just logged on and had to troll through this thread to get a general idea of what has occured.

I am fairly shocked though having just finished listening to the holiday special that 1up put together with all the other guys. It sucks how companies do things like this, I understand that it is a business strategy but also to do it around/just after the holiday season. It is basically a big 'happy new year guys...NOT!!' from the company and it is just a low act.

New 1up people welcome and know that it you mess around, Captain Insano shows no mercy (though not really)

Cheers"

I went ahead and copied Brad's entire article straight into the end of the first post of this thread.  Thanks."

"

GameSpot had their massive layoff before Christmas and now Ziff Davis is now experiencing something similar. We tend to forget that they did file for Bankruptcy protection just over six months ago and it wasn't like it was a booming site, always in third place behind IGN and GameSpot. I think that they probably did offer most of those at 1up similar positions but the fact that UGO is based in NYC did factor into a lot of these people taking severance packaging and calling it a day. In fact, if you read some of their twitter and final 1up blogs, they all aren't too upset. Unlike us who just visit the sites, these people have the experience necessary to move forward in the industry. Hopefully we won't be all working the same crummy job for the rest of our lives and the same goes for them. They'll all land on their feet, either jumping at other companies or following the foot-steps of Giant Bomb and creating their own thing. If they did their job correctly, their names are already on other people's 'we should offer this person a job' list.

Don't blame UGO for this. In America's current economy, mergers are common place and some jobs don't need two people doing the same thing. Celebrate 1up for the good times and let those who worked their know their work was appreciated. Like the rest of us, they'll continue living normal lives, no worries about suicide.

Lastly, for anyone who is Orthodox reading this - Hristos se rodi - Merry Christmas!

"

"pedantics said:

the business end of the panda."

That depends on the panda. It's not like every panda sets up its fax machine on the same body part."

Also, I forgot to mention

For all the 1up-ers who have come over here, you need to develop a new appreciation for the significance of the Hamburger and all that it entails

Cheers

being a rat which has deserted its proverbial sinking ship of 1up I have to say... this place is shnazzy... pretty interactive community... i am impressed...

fellow 1up refugees as well as vets of GB, feel free to add me if you want...

Now I guess I only have to lurk one message board :( very very sad indeed. I am sure all these guys will land on their feet, but its a shame they won't all be heard together. I will miss the podcasts, well, off to download all the retronauts and broken pixels before they are taken down.

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"pedantics said:

the business end of the panda."

That depends on the panda. It's not like every panda sets up its fax machine on the same body part."

Look who thinks he's clever Dan!"

"Also, I forgot to mention

For all the 1up-ers who have come over here, you need to develop a new appreciation for the significance of the Hamburger and all that it entails

Cheers"

"TurboMan said:

"I.......

I Don't Wanna Go To Work Today......

I Wanna Stay Home and Play....

All My Video Games.....

On the 1UP Show.....

"

I got a little teary eye'd."

Ranting copy/paste from blog entry.

the 1up show was part of fridays for me. come home from school happy that its the weekend and watch the latest 1up show. not to mention that the 1up yours intro music was synonomous for the weekend for me.

"Has anyone heard or UGO before the takeover? I haven't, but then again, I visit GB, 1up, and a few others, who are these guys?"

"the 1up show was part of fridays for me. come home from school happy that its the weekend and watch the latest 1up show. not to mention that the 1up yours intro music was synonomous for the weekend for me."

"Smart idea there, nice work.  Sometimes, I wonder what has happened.  I've just been clicking through the middle of threads for the last hour."

"Now I guess I only have to lurk one message board :( very very sad indeed. I am sure all these guys will land on their feet, but its a shame they won't all be heard together. I will miss the podcasts, well, off to download all the retronauts and broken pixels before they are taken down."

"greennoodles said:

"Now I guess I only have to lurk one message board :( very very sad indeed. I am sure all these guys will land on their feet, but its a shame they won't all be heard together. I will miss the podcasts, well, off to download all the retronauts and broken pixels before they are taken down."

Dood, you get 700 million pounds of props for rockin' the coolest avatar on the forums.  PERIOD!"

"Ranting copy/paste from blog entry.

UGO can suck the dried sweat from my ass hair.

UGO can filch recycled chicken tikka masala from Rosie O'Donnel's ass.

UGO can shove Ti tree oil soaked toothpicks under their fingernails and then jam them into a bucket of lime salt.

UGO can gargle the pus from a syphilitic leper's genital warts.

UGO can drown in dumpster full of burning vomit.

"

Well it looks like the forums will kick in the ass for a few days or so before all the heat dies down again.

Stay tuned for the next publication to go down!

"BananaHammock said:

"the 1up show was part of fridays for me. come home from school happy that its the weekend and watch the latest 1up show. not to mention that the 1up yours intro music was synonomous for the weekend for me."

MY GOD! NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT, WHO'S GOING TO CONFIRM MY WEEKENDS??"

This Sucks huge!!!

Good thing we still have the Bomb Cast now that Yours is gone.

Lol, wow... didnt see this one coming.

"BananaHammock said:

"the 1up show was part of fridays for me. come home from school happy that its the weekend and watch the latest 1up show. not to mention that the 1up yours intro music was synonomous for the weekend for me."

MY GOD! NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT, WHO'S GOING TO CONFIRM MY WEEKENDS??"

"greennoodles said:

"Now I guess I only have to lurk one message board :( very very sad indeed. I am sure all these guys will land on their feet, but its a shame they won't all be heard together. I will miss the podcasts, well, off to download all the retronauts and broken pixels before they are taken down."

Dood, you get 700 million pounds of props for rockin' the coolest avatar on the forums.  PERIOD!

*EDIT*  Time for closing duties at work and then on to WoW time...and trying to bang my roommate...piece to everyone, welcome again to all the 1UPers, and remember that tomorrow is a new day.

"

Coincedence?

Thanks for locking my thread and redirecting to this, MB. What makes this one more suitable than mine?

Jeff is the iceberg to the videogame industry's Titanic in that 90% of Jeff is below water and his top speed is .32 mph.

"Thanks for locking my thread and redirecting to this, MB. What makes this one more suitable than mine?"

"Jeff is the iceberg to the videogame industry's Titanic."

Well Still have Giant Bomb

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"Jeff is the iceberg to the videogame industry's Titanic."

OMG conspiracy will blow ur mined!

Sam Kennedy(CEO of 1up) just posted a blog on 1up...

Well I'm a "migrant" of the 1UP boards, although I only posted there once or twice. Ever. But then again, I had only recently made an account there. I've had an account here since day 1-2 of GB, but I haven't been very active. I guess I will be now that this site has become my only video game site next to Kotaku (but that's more of a blog anyway). I feel like 1UP has gone from being Friends to Joey. I was never a big fan of Friends, but I'm sure people who were didn't end up watching Joey because no matter how much they like Joey *and in my case, Garnett Lee, Sam Kennedy, Tina Sanchez, etc.* It's just not the same without the rest of the crew *Shane Bettenhausen, Michael Donahoe, Nick Suttner, etc.* Anyway, you should see me here and there once in a while.

That's not a mime you retard, look at his shirt, those are prison tats.

OMG look at his face!!!!

"Well I'm a "migrant" of the 1UP boards, ."

"I feel like 1UP has gone from being Friends to Joey. I was never a big fan of Friends, but I'm sure people who were didn't end up watching Joey because no matter how much they like Joey *and in my case, Garnett Lee, Sam Kennedy, Tina Sanchez, etc.* It's just not the same without the rest of the crew *Shane Bettenhausen, Michael Donahoe, Nick Suttner, etc.* Anyway, you should see me here and there once in a while."

Biff, you are too much sometimes.

1UP YOURS UGO

Another immigrant in Randy Marsh?

EGM was way past it's prime.  That was a mercy kill.

Shane claims he had a gig lined up. What would you all do if these guys ended up at GS? I have not gone there since the jeff thing, but it would be hard to stay away. Whats scary is that this isnt impossible.

are you going to relate us 1up migrants to mimes?!
Jeeze, well why don't we just migrate to one of the alternati-

*suddenly reminded that Gamespot and IGN are the alternatives*

you know, maybe we should just stick around here...

We aren't calling you mimes. I offered to blow Biff's mime and he said he wasn't ready, and then told me that not oly did I not have Biff's mime, but I didn't have a mime at all. It was a prison inmate.

Here is Chris Radtke's (of UGO) officially unofficial statement....how ironic that he states that 1UP is all about it's personalities, yet most of those personalities were fired...

http://gamesblog.ugo.com/index.php/gamesblog/more/ugo_acquires_1up/

1UP is all about its personalities, and its fans are awesome, passionate and willing to fight to the death over whether Final Fantasy X2 was an abomination or a triumph. It’s an honor to bring that passion into the UGO fold.

"

GarnettLee to all the awesome tweets for us, thank you more than I can say, and yes, there will be future confirmation of weekends

"

GLEE!
edit: except the Shane part. I will miss him for his shenanigans.