Is there a subscriber only forum section?

I'm going to upgrade tomorrow I believe and I was just wondering.

No. Why? Well that would be silly, because it would split the userbase.

There isn't largely because the staff felt it would segregate the community if such a thing were introduced.

NO, THERE MOST CERTAINLY IS NOT. WHAT A RIDICULOUS IDEA.

(meet outside in 10 minutes, make sure no one is following you)

Don't listen to them, OP, that's just what they want you to think - it's in their best interest to protect the secret.

@End_Boss: I'm in the publisher club over at The Escapist and they have a "Pub Club" only forum. It's hardly ever used, but it is fun for a good troll free chat. It's not a make or break feature for me anyway, I love Giant Bomb too much. Thanks for the speedy reply.

@Hamz: I could see that happening, thanks. While a mod is around, can a none member gift subscription?

Shhhhh, they'll find out.

hahahahahhaaah 
 
fuck this subscription crap.. they should've raised donations instead. 

Yes and all we do is talk about you.

@fpsmadpaul said:

@Hamz: I could see that happening, thanks. While a mod is around, can a none member gift subscription?

I'm not quite sure. I'd like to assume that non-subscribers can gift a subscription, but don't quote me on it! :)

Heheh.... God, that would be disastrously awesome.

I guess you can use this if you're desperate: http://www.giantbomb.com/premium-items/92-3242/forums/

Yes, and yes, it does have contain pron.

I guess you can use this if you're desperate: http://www.giantbomb.com/premium-items/92-3242/forums/

Yeah man, and it's full of witty banter and hot chicks with loose morals. It's basically the Shangri-La of the internet.

@EuanDewar said:

NO, THERE MOST CERTAINLY IS NOT. WHAT A RIDICULOUS IDEA.

(meet outside in 10 minutes, make sure no one is following you)

No ones following. I just hope I have the secret handshake right.

@Hamz said:

There isn't largely because the staff felt it would segregate the community if such a thing were introduced.

phew, Nice cover there. Can you imagine the uproar if they actually found out the truth?

hahahahahhaaah  fuck this subscription crap.. they should've raised donations instead. 

@TaliciaDragonsong said:

@AhmadMetallic said:

hahahahahhaaah fuck this subscription crap.. they should've raised donations instead.

I agree.

Wait, weren't you a subscriber, or am I just imagining things =|

No. As a matter of fact, when Whiskey was first doling out subscriptions, Dave explicitly said that he did not believe in Subscriber only forums.

@TaliciaDragonsong said:

@AhmadMetallic said:

hahahahahhaaah fuck this subscription crap.. they should've raised donations instead.

I agree.

Wait, weren't you a subscriber, or am I just imagining things =|

Nope. Something they've said they'd never do and I'm glad. That is "split the bombcast" levels of insanity.

No, but we do have a couple of giant-ass PMs going around.

@Aronman789: what in the world are you talking about?

@the_OFFICIAL_jAPanese_teaBAG said:

@Aronman789: what in the world are you talking about?

Same thing I've heard about. From what I can gather there are a number of Private Message conversations with a large number of recipients on the site, which are used almost like another board for discussion. I'm not in one of them and I have no idea how many there are, but yeah, that's basically the concept in a nutshell.

No...Of course not! What a ridiculous claim....Is it just me or is it really hot in here?...

LIES! ALL OF THIS IS A LIE!

Use the Premium videos comment sections. The unwashed plebeians can't post in those.

@TaliciaDragonsong said:

@AhmadMetallic said:

hahahahahhaaah fuck this subscription crap.. they should've raised donations instead.

I agree.

What's the difference between setting up a donations box and subscriptions?

Actually there's one difference, and I'll tell you what it is. Under the subscription model, we get extra cool shit for supporting Giant Bomb with our monetary donations. Under the donations model, you piss away your hard earned money into a black hole that you're never really certain leads anywhere you want to go.

Subscriptions: 1

Donations: 0

Nope, we do have our own fountains to drink from though and our own toilets with heated seats.

Careful though, the non-subscribers who didn't wanna buy a membership paid some guys to hook up our drinking fountains to electric circuits so we might get shocked. Sometimes they turn up the heat in our toiletseats from 10 to a gazillion. Hurts like a motherfucker

Its true! I hear there are at least 5 or 6, usually dedicated to talking about specific genres of games.

@Aronman789 said:

Its true! I hear there are at least 5 or 6, usually dedicated to talking about specific genres of games.

There's that many?! I always imagined there'd be about two or three, but never more. I didn't realise they were so well organized either, what with their fancy 'genres' to divide them.

no, but there's a secret non-subscriber only forum where we all get to talk to the site engineers and we tell them what should be implemented on the site. can't believe you fuckers fell for the whole "subscription" thing. it was an audition, and you all failed.