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#1  Edited By Kankaku

We all know that GB is a great site but how did you find out about it?

i found out when my friend told me about it

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#2  Edited By MrPerfect

I found out about it from word of mouth on another gaming website. 

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#3  Edited By Commando

A little over a year ago(when Jeff got fired from GameSpot) he made a blog. About a month after he was fired, he said he was starting GiantBomb in that blog. I was sold instantly. Then when he said Ryan and Brad were gonna be a part of it, I was totally psyched, because they were 3 of my 4 favorite people from GameSpot(Rich Gallup is one of them). Been here since day one.

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#4  Edited By JJOR64

I heard about it when Jeff announced it on X-Play.

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@Commando said:
"A little over a year ago(when Jeff got fired from GameSpot) he made a blog. About a month after he was fired, he said he was starting GiantBomb in that blog. I was sold instantly. Then when he said Ryan and Brad were gonna be a part of it, I was totally psyched, because they were 3 of my 4 favorite people from GameSpot(Rich Gallup is one of them). Been here since day one. "

Ditto.
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#6  Edited By Coltonio7
@JJOR64 said:
" I heard about it when Jeff announced it on X-Play. "
As it should be.
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#7  Edited By Vinchenzo
  • Jeff was one of my favorite reviewers at GS. He got fired.
  • My friend told me that Jeff had made a blog and was still going.
  • Following the blog he announced GB.
  • ???
  • Profit.
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#8  Edited By dethfish

I don't remember where I found out about GB (maybe Gamespot) but I remember signing up so I'd be emailed when the site launched.

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#9  Edited By webby

Jeff's GS Blog basically. 

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#10  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

I followed Jeff and the guys on GameSpot, and then when he got fired I kept up with him on his blog, and then when he announced this place I started visiting the GB blog religiously, and when the main site launched I started following the main site religiously. And here I am 4,119 forum posts and 13,689 wiki points later.

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#11  Edited By The_A_Drain

I've respected Jeff's opinion for years now, and after the whole GS thing, I followed up the blog he made and eventually it blossomed into GiantBomb.

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#13  Edited By natetodamax

There is already a topic on this, but oh well. I actually found out about it on Jeff's wikipedia page

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#14  Edited By N3onThr33

Wikipedia page.

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#15  Edited By kashif1

wikipedia

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#16  Edited By jNerd

Well, I was following Jeff after he was fired & kind of ran into it through his blog. But I also remember seeing it being talked about on GS.

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#17  Edited By Karmum

Sometime last year, prior to the launch. Probably from Jeff's blog on Gamespot.

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#18  Edited By Sarge506

Follwing Jeffs blog after he left GS.

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I had an big operation done on my spine when Jeff and crew left Gamespot, so when I came back I was all what the fuck....

Then searched the internet, and it quickly led me to Jeff's wikipedia page, which in turn led me here.
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#20  Edited By cinemandrew

I read something on penny arcade about the whole Jeff/Gamespot/Kane&Lynch thing, and decided to look it up on wikipedia, and there it said something about the new site. This was back before the official launch, when it was still in blog form. So glad I was in a curious mood that day.

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#21  Edited By JakJ
@Sarge said:
" Follwing Jeffs blog after he left GS. "
Same here.

Too bad the trolls and fanboys are starting to find this site though. E3 really brought them out. They're not that hard to spot, too. They have 0 contribution points and their Sign Up date was in the past few months. Wish the mods would work harder to control them so we regulars can keep our great, fanboy/troll free community we've grown to love.

It's starting to remind me of Kotaku in 2007.
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#22  Edited By Ineedaname

I googled hot women and Jeff came up I was like dude, that's a fitty.
Followed Jeff ever since.

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#23  Edited By RHCPfan24

I just followed his blog after his Gamespot termination and wound up here. Funny.

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#24  Edited By artofwar420

I was a fan of Jeff and the dudes back at Gamestop, then Gerstmann Gate happenned and I just heard that Jeff had a personal blog and bookmarked it, it changed overtime, and Giantbomb was built. 

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#25  Edited By baggykins

A friend of mine linked endurance run to me and thats how i got to know GB :D

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#26  Edited By NickL

i followed jeff on his blog after he got fired

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#27  Edited By Dr_Feelgood38
@MattyFTM said:
" I followed Jeff and the guys on GameSpot, and then when he got fired I kept up with him on his blog, and then when he announced this place I started visiting the GB blog religiously, and when the main site launched I started following the main site religiously. And here I am 4,119 forum posts and 13,689 wiki points later. "
This minus the massive amounts of posts and points...
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#28  Edited By Manks

Jeff's blog.

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#29  Edited By super_machine

I found it on a blog post Jeff made on his GS profile after the culling. Been checking out the blog until it became GB.

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#31  Edited By mordukai

Wikipedia. 

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#32  Edited By Insectecutor
@MattyFTM said:
" I followed Jeff and the guys on GameSpot, and then when he got fired I kept up with him on his blog, and then when he announced this place I started visiting the GB blog religiously, and when the main site launched I started following the main site religiously. And here I am 4,119 forum posts and 13,689 wiki points later. "
Hey dude, me too. Those Arrow Pointing Down podcasts where Jeff sounded like he was wasted were gold. I only recently started spewing posts, though.
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#33  Edited By Foil1212

I was watching G4tv march of '08 when Jeff showed up for a Head to Head (right about as I stopped watching G4) and pimped his site.  I decided to check it out, caught up on all the articles, and I've been here ever since!

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#34  Edited By lordofultima

ARROW POINTING DOWN!

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#35  Edited By singular

It's a law in this country to have a GiantBomb account so I made one. No... I was following Jeff since his days at GS. I liked the stuff he did there and one thing led to the other. 

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#36  Edited By ShadowKiller

Some guy on Gamespot made a blog about it so I came over here.

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#37  Edited By mikemcn

Wikipedia, thats right, i had been on gamespot for a few months and im like, "Where did that Alex Navarro guy go?" and "What happened to the gerstmann dude?" so i looked up the company on Wikipedia, read about gerstmanngate, started hating Gamespot, then clicked on the link to to Giant Bomb (Then in blog form) and was impressed. Did not know who brad and vinny were until later though.

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#38  Edited By teh_destroyer

Through gamespot, I was upset that Jeff, Brad, and Ryan were leaving so I followed them here, lol.

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#39  Edited By Osaladin

I've been following Jeff and Ryan's blogs for years when they where on Gamespot. When they "left", I followed them on their own blogs, and then I was in the Giant Bomb beta. Been here since.

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#40  Edited By Naro

How convenient this topic is! Just created my forum account, friend told me to come here.

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#41  Edited By CL60

DualReaver told me too come here.

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#42  Edited By zyn
@Commando said:
" A little over a year ago(when Jeff got fired from GameSpot) he made a blog. About a month after he was fired, he said he was starting GiantBomb in that blog. I was sold instantly. Then when he said Ryan and Brad were gonna be a part of it, I was totally psyched, because they were 3 of my 4 favorite people from GameSpot(Rich Gallup is one of them). Been here since day one. "

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#43  Edited By Recongoddess

When all the drama went down over at Gamespot.com, Jeff posted/blogged about 'GiantBomb.. and the rest is history  =)~

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#44  Edited By Black_Rose

Found out on GS when this was still a blog, I didn't follow it until July 21st of last year when it fully opened.

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#45  Edited By simpsons_28

I found out after gamespot suspended me for effin posting on game threads. Then after quitting I looked for good website. Then I found a youtube video called "What is giant bomb?" And I saw Jeff there. And I thought. "Hells yeah!"

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#46  Edited By Serker

on jeff's blog.

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#47  Edited By buzz_clik

*raising hand* Post-GS stalker here, too.

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#48  Edited By fr0br0
@CL60 said:
" DualReaver told me too come here. "
Oh shit, I think I just realized something...
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#49  Edited By pirate_republic

I was there on Gamespot when Jeff was fired, and immediately followed his blog. He announced GB then, and they launched that blog-ish GB. I've been following since, listening to every podcast (since the days of arrow pointing down).

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#50  Edited By sdauz

i found about giantbomb in a comment on a gamespot page during on the spot....gamespot staff removed the comment later lol......pretty soon after the full site launched i found myself not going to gamespot anymore, except for gamespot Australia which still awesome