Would you have come otherwise?

I noticed in the How did you discover Giant Bomb that most people came here as a following of Jeff.  Just like my topic asks, for as neat as this site is would you have come here if it were not Jeff and Co. starting it up?  I would like to think yes, a site like this sells itself and doesn't need such a spokesperson but its hard for me to say really.  On one hand we have this awesome database system, blogs, forums and such, but on the other hand would that be enough without the air of familiarity and trust we have built up in the style, form, likes and dislikes of these bomb builders.  Let me know what you think.

I wouldn't of come here if Jeff and Co weren't involved. And even if I did, I wouldn't of stayed. Not saying this site is bad, I love it here, but knowing who owns it, people that I admire in gaming, makes a big difference to me.

Though Jeff and Co don't know of my existence, I see them as almost friends, in a weird way. Yeah, sad, I know...

Jeff and the Giant Bomb crew were the main reason for me coming here.  I love there work and want to support their site.

I might have made my way here eventually otherwise, but the publicity surrounding Jeff's departure, and his starting this site, led to me following it right after the initial blog launched.

There's no way it would have exploded this fast without their editorial star power.

Prolly not of cause I wouldn't have heard about it.

"Prolly not of cause I wouldn't have heard about it.
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I really don't think i would be here if not for jeff

I followed Jeff's blog he made after the incident to wait and see what he was going to be doing and that brought me here when the blog version first came up. I'm sure after some time without Jeff /Ryan making this I would have known about it if it became popular enough. But thats hard to say because Jeff, Ryan, Brad, and Vinny are what attract me to this site anyway.

Nope. ReTarDedFisHy loves the old crew. Wouldn't have known about this site otherwise anyway.

I would have come but probably wouldn't have been near as active due to the fact that it would be a game site I would have no memory ties to.

I believe that the site itself wouldn't have been as well known if it weren't for them being the ones who started it. It would still be a great site but I doubt I would have known about it otherwise.

I honestly have no idea, but I get the feeling that I wouldn't even know about the place if Jeff and co. hadn't founded it.

I would've made some contributions, but I wouldn't have stayed unless they had a really good podcast and video reviews.

If it were anyone else fannying about in E3 videos, I'd stay.

You know what, I probably wouldn't have heard or known about it, no. But if I watched that walkthrough video, then I probably would have atleast tried the site and joined the forums. If there was no community though, I wouldn't be here.