Will Jeff be with Giant Bomb by Saint Patrick's day Next year?

My brother and I had a heated argument about this tonight.

I have been a Whiskey Media subscriber since it came available and have followed Jeff since the Gamespot days. I could be called a "fan" of Jeff and his Ideas for video game publication. I think that the current change is a good thing, and Jeff wouldn't have accepted it if it wasn't a good thing for gaming publication

My brother is a business major, and has looked at the acquisition of Whiskey Media properties from a business perspective. He thinks that more money than ideals took place and Jeff will find himself in the same boat he did 5 years ago.

We each bet $100 USD on our opinions

Will Jeff stay with Giant Bomb, or will he become disillusioned again?

Why the fuck would he leave? It is his site. As far as I know he is the man in charge. If he doesn't like something about the site then he can change it to whatever he wants. What he seems to want is what he has now. He can do his job and do it his way. No bullshit. In fact, I think part of the agreement with CBS or whoever was that they would be left alone to do their own thing. 
 
I say he will still be here. Sadly, Brad won't, because he is leaving.

@IBurningStar: Really? when did he say that?

I say he will still be here. Sadly, Brad won't, because he is leaving.

@phatcat said:

@IBurningStar: Really? when did he say that?

You must be new around here. That's a common joke.

As for the poll, I think yes, he will. The year after that, who knows. I will not be shocked if all of the staff is absorbed into GameSpot in 2 years time. Unless they got something preventing that in their deal, I do not trust CBS to keep them separate in the long term.

Of course he is going to stay, why the fuck would you think he would leave again?

@President_Barackbar said:

@IBurningStar said:

I say he will still be here. Sadly, Brad won't, because he is leaving.

New owner, same awful jokes that just won't die.

I wonder what will happen when he actually leaves.. it will be the boy who cried ''Brad is leaving''.

@phatcat said:

@IBurningStar: Really? when did he say that?

It's been known for quite some time.

@phatcat said:

@IBurningStar: Really? when did he say that?

You must be new around here. That's a common joke.

As for the poll, I think yes, he will. The year after that, who knows. I will not be shocked if all of the staff is absorbed into GameSpot in 2 years time. Unless they got something preventing that in their deal, I do not trust CBS to keep them separate in the long term.

The staff haven't even fully packed into the building yet.

This is just mindless speculation fueled by fear of change with no basis-whatsoever.

@President_Barackbar: Who's to say the people in charge now will be the same people making that decision in 2 years?

@President_Barackbar said:

@IBurningStar said:

I say he will still be here. Sadly, Brad won't, because he is leaving.

New owner, same awful jokes that just won't die.

LOL been around, but not a forum duder :3

@President_Barackbar: Who's to say the people in charge now will be the same people making that decision in 2 years?

he's in the best situation possible. we should only be thinking about what is going to happen to rorie.

@President_Barackbar said:

@Zithe said:

@President_Barackbar: Who's to say the people in charge now will be the same people making that decision in 2 years?

Well, that's just rampant speculation. I mean, I could've said the same thing about Whiskey when it started.

Correct. I am not claiming this is going to happen. I simply said I wouldn't be shocked if it did. Reread my original post.

Also, none of the Whiskey sites covered the same industry.

I've just assumed that at some point within the next few years Jeff will get a promotion and be put in charge of Gamespot.

I don't know about quite that quickly, but I expect Giant Bomb to get rolled back into Gamespot within a couple of years. The staff will go there or move on.

He'll be around. Wouldn't be surprised if, in a year or two, he's taken some sort of management role bridging GB and Gamestop.

I dont think anyone goes to Giant Bomb or pays for a subscription except to support the main editorial staff.

It is in no ones business interest for any of them to become unhappy and/or leave the site.

Jeff wasn't disillusioned with Gamespot. He was fired.

@NekuSakuraba said:

Of course he is going to stay, why the fuck would you think he would leave again?

@President_Barackbar said:

@IBurningStar said:

I say he will still be here. Sadly, Brad won't, because he is leaving.

New owner, same awful jokes that just won't die.

I wonder what will happen when he actually leaves.. it will be the boy who cried ''Brad is leaving''.

When he does leave the new joke will be that he's in the bathroom.

Banana mouth

Well Patrick DID make a joke during the aftermath video that every site he goes to ends up...well, they end up somewhere else than they started out.

IT'S THE CURSE OF PATRICK

@President_Barackbar said:

@Zithe said:

@President_Barackbar: Who's to say the people in charge now will be the same people making that decision in 2 years?

Well, that's just rampant speculation. I mean, I could've said the same thing about Whiskey when it started.

And you would have been right.

I think Giant Bomb as we know will more or less be the same this time next year. It's the years after that where things start to get a little hazy.

phatcat, I think your brother will owe you $100 in a years time.

There is no current good reason for him to leave Giant Bomb.

@FiestaUnicorn said:

@NekuSakuraba said:

Of course he is going to stay, why the fuck would you think he would leave again?

@President_Barackbar said:

@IBurningStar said:

I say he will still be here. Sadly, Brad won't, because he is leaving.

New owner, same awful jokes that just won't die.

I wonder what will happen when he actually leaves.. it will be the boy who cried ''Brad is leaving''.

When he does leave the new joke will be that he's in the bathroom.

Brad is leaving? Finally! He's pornstar career is about to begin. Starting with a name change... to Brad Goomaker.

He will be around provided he isn't fired. As Scrumdidlyumptious said, he didn't quit Gamespot. He liked working at Gamespot. He wanted to continue working at Gamespot. He didn't leave - he was fired.

Provided he hasn't been fired, he will be working there, unless management really changes and cracks down and makes life utterly unbearable for him. Which might happen in the long term, but not in the short term as they've signed contracts that lays out who is in charge of what and he and his gang retains some independence. I'm pretty damn certain that he'll be here next year, as will the rest of the guys (except maybe the interns since they won't be needed). Will he be at GB in 5 years time? Will GB even exist in 5 years time? I don't know, and I don't have a functioning crystal ball that can tell me. Hell, you realize that any of them can die at any moment right? Nothing is for certain. CBSi might completely go down the tubes - or maybe it will succeed so well that Jeff and Friends will by a gold-plated Luchadeer mask and get paint-ball guns to shoot at the interns while the interns do all the quick-looks.

Nobody knows for sure what will happen. I'm guessing the Jeff and Friends will be doing what they're doing for a good while yet. Of course one day GB will die or some of the crew will leave - that's inevitable. But for now things actually look better for GB - they were seriously cash-strapped for a while, you know, and now they won't be.

I'm sure for the most part Jeff learned from his previous experiences and has changed in certain ways, he has the rest of GB backing him up. I'm sure he will be fine.

@NekuSakuraba said:

Of course he is going to stay, why the fuck would you think he would leave again?

@President_Barackbar said:

@IBurningStar said:

I say he will still be here. Sadly, Brad won't, because he is leaving.

New owner, same awful jokes that just won't die.

I wonder what will happen when he actually leaves.. it will be the boy who cried ''Brad is leaving''.

When he does leave the new joke will be that he's in the bathroom.

Heh I think they'd lose a good portion of us if they ever folded into Gamespot. Personally I don't like their site because all the news I'm interested in always seems to be in video form, and their on air personalities suck. The communities are basically the same so there'd be no loss there, but I just prefer GB for news.

I don't care what your bro major'ed in. There is hardly any solid info on the details of the deal so he is pulling it out of his ass. P.S. tell him to put a rush on that burger and fries.

And I am an Economics grad and you don't want to hear the jokes we used to make about people who did business studies :D

@phatcat: Ask your brother if he's going to correct for inflation and if he wants to pay in a lump sum or ten easy installments of $11. On the other hand, it is 2012.

Please dont say things like this, it upsets me.

Jeff wouldn't have left Gamespot if he wasn't fired. He won't leave Giantbomb.com.

Blabla.

@President_Barackbar said:

@Zithe said:

@President_Barackbar: Who's to say the people in charge now will be the same people making that decision in 2 years?

Well, that's just rampant speculation. I mean, I could've said the same thing about Whiskey when it started.

And you would have been right.

I think Giant Bomb as we know will more or less be the same this time next year. It's the years after that where things start to get a little hazy.

Now that they're on the inside they can finally take over Game Spot and turn it into Giant Bomb 2.0. It was their plan all along.

Giant Bomb was Jeff's site, now it's CBS's...

Only time will tell but I'm guessing he'll move on eventually.

I believe at some point the man will try to take control and call shots they don't agree with or integrate GB with Gamespot.

Sadly that seems to be the nature of things esp in business.

Or they surprise us and it could go exactly the opposite way, who knows.

When a larger company takes over they fool you into thinking that your culture isn't going to change for a good 6-12 months and then it does.

(That's just my own bitter and negative experience and outlook though)

: )

As long as he still has creative control he's going to stay

grats on your $100 i guess?

For fuck's sake.

How much longer must we put up with these threads?

We really don't need any more of these types of threads.