How did you get here on Giantbomb?

I was a huge fan of the whole crew back in the gamespot days, and I was extremely upset when Jeff was fired.  I followed his blog and have been listening to the new podcast since the day the first one came out.

I'm mostly asking because...are there people here who didn't know these dudes from back in the Gamespot days?  And how did you find and start using the site?  Or are we almost all former (or current) Gamespot users?

I was goose hunting and I accidentally shot Brad.

I have already told this tale.

Since about mid-2006, I listened to the Hotspot and then eventually registered for Gamespot a couple months later. Then Jeff got fired and that was a little scary. I followed him day 1 of his off-site blog, then to the "Giant Blog," and July 21 for the launch of the site.

In '03 I started listening to the Hot Spot. I made the transition here when Jeff, Ryan, Brad, Vinny and Navarro left GS along with some others. Rich and Greg left as well, but before November of '07. Arrowing Pointing Down led to Bombcast and here we are.

UGO bought 1up

All the GB members were shipped to net sweatshops were they could blog and comment on the boards 24/7.

"I was a huge fan of the whole crew back in the gamespot days, and I was extremely upset when Jeff was fired.  I followed his blog and have been listening to the new podcast since the day the first one came out.

saw jeff on xplay.

I started following Jeff's blog after he left Gamespot. Over time that blog evolved into something EXPLOSIVE!

I was told to come here.

I basically migrated from 1up to here. I am still in the process or lurking and silently posting just to see how the community runs and operates. Loving it so far.

I was part of the Great Gamespot Exodus.

I followed the the best reviewers on the net to this site.

"I was goose hunting and I accidentally shot Brad."

I was a GS user since 03. After Rich left GS and On The Spot, Jeff was the saving grace. Once he was fired and most of the notables left GS I became interested in where he ended up. I read about Giant Bomb on Wikipedia and I started following the blog last June.

"I was part of the Great Gamespot Exodus."

"I started following Jeff's blog after he left Gamespot. Over time that blog evolved into something EXPLOSIVE!
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"I was part of the Great Gamespot Exodus."

I was searching for a means to annihilate New Hampsire Governor John Lynch (you could say I wanted to 'lynch Mr.Lynch), so I googled a variety of things. Guns, ammunition, knives, swords, dragons, hyperbonic fluxator beams, and finally, bombs. When my search brought me to explosives, I thought the bigger, the better, so I searched for giant bombs. My search brought me here, to GiantBomb.com, a deceptive name. However, thanks to the discovery, I've now channelled my anger with catharsis through video games! Thanks GIant Bomb!

I was a member of Gamespot and most of the people who made it awesome are here now.  I still downloaded the From the Bleachers podcast from there but they fired 2 of those guys too so now it's completely useless.

a long time ago,

I walked.

I wanted to learn how to build a bombmnot to blow up my school or anything, but to make a small one and just blow it up, essentially a type of firework- I did by the way.  Awesome!
Lots of people here were from gamespot.  That makes up like 2/3 the population.  I just saw this site and realized it fit in with the whole destructoid/ kotaku gaming type of website (sort of)

I was trying to finish surfing the Internet.  This was at the end of it.

I used to be a long time Gamespotter.

As Citizen Kane, was a long time poster over at Gamespot.  I think I started back in 2000 or so and never left.  I still actually occasionally post there, but I mostly followed Jeff, Ryan, Brad and Vinnie.  I don't even read any of their site content.

I was pulled, as if by a great force.

"I was pulled, as if by a great force."

I took a left when I should have made a right on main street and somehow I ended up on GB.

I came with the bunch

Wait...that didn't sound right...

I came over from gamespot, just another one of the heard.

"BiffMcBlumpkin said:

"I was goose hunting and I accidentally shot Brad."

Are you saying brad looks like a moose?"

I've been a follower of GameSpot.com since 2005. When Jeff and the rest of the "best" crew left the site, GameSpot felt very empty. Especially the Hot Spot and On the Spot. They were very boring. I then accidentally found out that Gertsman, Showmaker and the rest of the guys have their own website. That's when I started checking GiantBomb.

I knew GiantBomb.com from GameTrailers's Bonus Round Show. Jeff was one of the guests. He intruduced himself as a GiantBomb editor.................. you see how being on different show is a good advertismenent :P

well I came here from GS, people over there were saying how stupid this site was so I joined up, and now i like this site even more than GS.

Well, you see it all starts with a series of tubes that give us access to the "interwebz". These "webz" allow us to connect to purveyors of information from all over the world. Oh my yes. Indeed the amount of pornographic material open to you is, in fact, limitless. Why, say  you wanted to see a bear and a woman "going at it" than all you have to do is access the interwebz. I can recall quite clearly searching for some manner of gratuitous bombing pornograpy and I stumbled upon this location. While it leaves much to be desired in the area of nudity and fornication it does offer all manner of useful information.

"well I came here from GS, people over there were saying how stupid this site was so I joined up, and now i like this site even more than GS."

IGN - GameSpot - Here - NoobFeed.

"IGN - GameSpot - Here - NoobFeed."

"serbsta said:

"IGN - GameSpot - Here - NoobFeed."

what is IGN like?"

"Optiow said:

"serbsta said:

"IGN - GameSpot - Here - NoobFeed."

what is IGN like?"

IGN pisses me off. It has a lot of good stuff but it's all for the IGN insiders. I'm not paying for my membership there...

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"Do they have forums?
becuase I could not find any when I visited the site."

I migrated from Gamespot.

I was only at Gamespot about 2 months before Jeff was fired, and I was already a fan. I heard of GiantBomb through Gamespot, and followed the blog version of the site pretty much from when it launched. Then finally the full site launched, and I've been just as addicted to this place as the blog version. I do miss those How To Build A Bomb episodes.

A horrible cocaine incident led me here.

I was looking for how to build a large explosive so I could get back at a certain group of people for their cruelty. I happened upon this site and my life has never been the same. I no longer feel the need to destroy, but rather to create. I felt as if I was part of a constructive community. Thanks Giant Bomb!

Most of the people who post regularly or semi-regularly have been here since the first or second day the site was launched. 

"I typo'd GiantDong"

Been a member of Gamespot for a good 5 years roughly so obviously I sort of followed the guys editorial content from there. Started reading the site when it was just a blog by Jeff before it evolved into a blog version of GiantBomb. Stuck with the site ever since, great place for sure!