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" @yakityyakblah said:

" @ThePilgrums said:

" I'm not sure if you're aware, but Giant Bomb is (the biggest) part of Whiskey Media. So money does go to them. Talk about getting out on a technicality, dude. "

Based on the BLLSL Comic Vine is a site solely about nerds arguing about which superhero would beat the other one and Anime Vice apparently doesn't exist "

Okay, firstly, what? ComicVine is awesome. Secondly, AnimeVice has no staff, it's run by freelancers. I love it when people who play video games call comic book fans nerds. "

" I'm not sure if you're aware, but Giant Bomb is (the biggest) part of Whiskey Media. So money does go to them. Talk about getting out on a technicality, dude. "

The first 5000 subscribers should all get a "defenders of the bombcast" medal or something.

" The internet is not free. "

" @MrChaz if I could give you a hug, I would. Instead, tell me your GB member name. You will not regret it    " 
 
What do you think this means?

That's a pretty generous deadline by the way. My best guess is that they saw the fan reaction and are trying their damnedest to go back on it without alienating the people that did subscribe. If they just reneged all the members would feel like they were tricked into becoming members. By setting up some goal the members can feel like they as a group helped preserve the bombcast for the rest of the community. It's the smartest way they could handle the situation they are currently in. 
 
Also the "working for you" bit is pretty smart spin. It very much puts forth the view that A) they are going to tailor all their content to what the fans want and B) it ever so subtly makes you feel more involved.  
 
I'm not liking these medals though, it could very easily become a classist board where people that subscribed see themselves as being above those that don't. It sounds silly, but it's very easy for any group to split into factions where clear differences are made.

Not yet, if they did I'm sure you'd hear about it.

Easily one of my favourite games. Too bad how much the series has fallen off lately.  
 
Anyway, about this whole thing. There are a lot of harsh realities to it. Giant Bomb is a business and making money on the internet is difficult. So I'm sure at the very least they think this is the only way to accomplish that and avoid being at the whim of their advertisers. But there are certain realities that their defenders have to realize as well. As a customer (and we are their customers) in return for our loyalty to them by consuming their content and evangelizing their site to everyone there is some expectations that come with that. It's not that the people that are against this are childish or have a false sense of entitlement, it's simply that for them something they support and enjoy is changing in a way that makes them enjoy it less. 
 
I can't see how any rational person wouldn't be able to empathize with that. If I was Giant Bomb I'd have slowly trimmed it down to an hour, than offered this solution. Than the perception would be "oh thanks to memberships it's 2 hours again!" That's most likely just a downside of them being down to earth honest people, they didn't take that into account. Remember we're talking about perception here, it doesn't adhere to rationality.

" @CaptainCody: You don't know what words mean, do you? "

" @xmrgonex said:

" There's some real douchery going on up in here. Yeesh. "

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