Giant Bomb in 5 years time

Giant Bomb had a fantastic first year, but what do you think the site will be like in 5 years time?

The community will probably be full of assholes by then.

I'll only be here for the staff content, I guarantee the forums go to hell by then.

We'll all be thrown out for fresh, new, "Wacky" members.

Its a sad way to think but yeah, probably full of idiots.

As long as it exists in 5 years time, I'll be happy.
 
There are already enough assholes here that I'm not really sure more assholes really matters.  It's sort of hit the asshole threshold :)
 
I think what might help us figure out what it might be like would be to see what tactics they use to attract new viewers and members.  The tactics they use, if they target a certain crowd, may change the face of this place through their demands, and their tendency to click on certain ads.
 
Why is this Off-Topic, by the way, and not General Discussion?  What even qualifies as General Discussion anymore? :)

Its a sad way to think but yeah, probably full of idiots.

Giant Bomb will have become 4Chan.2

I can´t  think that far into the future when it comes to Giantbomb.

Giant Bomb swallows the future and we all become part of the machine.
 
In other words, Giant Bomb is the Matrix.

I'm hoping the site stays good. The forums will probably be as good as gone then, but whatever. I'll still edit articles and stuff.

In 5 years time Giant Bomb will be the definitive source for video game information. Anyone who needs info on a video game will come here. No-one will go to wikipedia or anywhere else.

That's what I hope anyway.

" The community will probably be full of assholes by then. "

 @girdz: It's already full of idiots. ^_^ zing! 
 
Nah, I hope it continues to be the best place for all things video games, and that Jeff and co are super rich. 
 
Oh, and I hope by that point they have finished Persona 4. =P

" In 5 years time Giant Bomb will be the definitive source for video game info. Need info on a video game? No-one will go to wikipedia or anywhere else, they'll come to Giant Bomb.  That's what I hope anyway. "

The forums will turn into 4chan-meme spamming 12 year old dick heads.
 The Staff will still be doing the same thing, and all the question of the week responses are going to be worse than what they are now (Which is pretty bad IMO)

" @Dethfish77 said:

" The community will probably be full of assholes by then. "

Not if I can help it.  "

More assholes, more ads, and then someone will fire jeff. Its a never ending cycle.

" @CitizenKane said:

" @Dethfish77 said:

" The community will probably be full of assholes by then. "

Not if I can help it.  "

Yes, hopefully the mods can lock down the assholes, idiots and fanboys before they get out of control.  I don't want to see a system wars forum in 5 years either. "

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" @Dethfish77 said:

" The community will probably be full of assholes by then. "

Not if I can help it.  "

" More assholes, more ads, and then someone will fire jeff. Its a never ending cycle. "

Oh, and Vinny will still be playing Fallout 3.

"oooon the boooomb" (video shows instead of podcasts :))

at the end of the day its a video game website, stop talking about it like its our baby

@natetodamax said:

" @KillaMaStA said:

" More assholes, more ads, and then someone will fire jeff. Its a never ending cycle. "

More assholes, probably, but the mods take care of any idiots that join nowadays, so that's not a problem More ads, no. I can't see Giant Bomb taking the same path as GameSpot and GameFAQs where the entire background is an ad Jeff can't be fired. "

I agree there will be more assholes, it seemed like at the start we had a fairly good group of people posting in the forums, and maybe a few odds like the CanadianGirl, Dualreaver and Levio, but now it seems there are a fucking ton of assholes that just post dick head comments in every thread, it's a real piss off because they think they are an invincible force on the internet but are just hiding behind there monitors.

It will deliver the ultimate.

" at the end of the day its a video game website, stop talking about it like its our baby "

" @CitizenKane said:

" @Dethfish77 said:

" The community will probably be full of assholes by then. "

Not if I can help it.  "

Damn you and your emoticons Kane! "

Luchadeer will fire Jeff for giving Persona 5 two stars

Whiskey Media will be a Fortune 500 company, Jeff Gerstmann will be President of the USA and Dave will have a beard to rival Grizzly Adams.
 
Forum members will still be hiding behind vague generalisations about assholes and idiots, rather than just saying whatever it is they have to say :)

 
GiantBomb will have joined forces with Bungie and taken control of the world. Luchadeer will be king.

I don't know if Giantbomb will ever go beyond the niche gaming site to the mainstream ones. But we'll see. There will have to be MASSIVE growth though and it'll be more than just a dozen guys a building and a camera by then if what you all say does come to fruition.

Bastard child of /b/

I'll be glad if it's still here with a good community and great content. :)

In the year 2015 Giant Bomb will be sunk into darkness. After the Great Gamefaqs Migration, when the mods got so strict they wouldn't let anyone even post, the idiots despratly flocked to a new territory, GB. In order to combat the onslaught of fanboys, trolls, and idiots, the mods, lead a war against the users. With the regualr longterm GB users long dead from stupidedy tumors created by the migration the mods decided to take the shackels of their ace in the hole, MB. Fueled by pure hate only a mod can muster, MB proceded to go on a now legendary 10 day indiscriminating banning spree, know only as The Great Banhammer. After all the users were banned, the surviving mods had to put down, the now ban-hungry MB. When the dust setteles the new GB crew, now lead by Drew after the main GB crew got banned in the crossfire tryed to picked up the broken remnants of the site. Shortly After a new website came into existance, Gamecop, created by Ryan Gerstman, Jeff Caravella, Brad Davis, and Vinney Shoemaker, 4 mysterious, although very familair looking strangers. The internet became a little brighter once again.
 
Somwhow through it all the ER didn't miss an episode, being broadcast from a bunker somewhere below Petaluma. Can't stop the ER motherfucker.  
 
Thats all for tonight, go to bed children.

" More assholes, more ads, and then someone will fire jeff. Its a never ending cycle. "

Unless they expand the staff significantly, I don't see why the fanbase would grow.
I'm gonna say there will be 8 regulars by the 5 year mark and 2 of the originals will have moved on to some other thing.

" I just hope it doesn't become big like GT or GS or IGN big.  "

" @KillaMaStA said:

" More assholes, more ads, and then someone will fire jeff. Its a never ending cycle. "

Gamespot was bought by CNET, so Jeff was owned by the corporate bastards like a bitch.
 
Now Jeff has escaped the corrupted confines of GS and has created an ever-expanding democracy: Giantbomb. "

" In the year 2015 Giant Bomb will be sunk into darkness. After the Great Gamefaqs Migration, when the mods got so strict they wouldn't let anyone even post, the idiots despratly flocked to a new territory, GB. In order to combat the onslaught of fanboys, trolls, and idiots, the mods, lead a war against the users. With the regualr longterm GB users long dead from stupidedy tumors created by the migration the mods decided to take the shackels of their ace in the hole, MB. Fueled by pure hate only a mod can muster, MB proceded to go on a now legendary 10 day indiscriminating banning spree, know only as The Great Banhammer. After all the users were banned, the surviving mods had to put down, the now ban-hungry MB. When the dust setteles the new GB crew, now lead by Drew after the main GB crew got banned in the crossfire tryed to picked up the broken remnants of the site. Shortly After a new website came into existance, Gamecop, created by Ryan Gerstman, Jeff Caravella, Brad Davis, and Vinney Shoemaker, 4 mysterious, although very familair looking strangers. The internet became a little brighter once again.  Somwhow through it all the ER didn't miss an episode, being broadcast from a bunker somewhere below Petaluma. Can't stop the ER motherfucker.    Thats all for tonight, go to bed children. "

" Giant Bomb will have become 4Chan.2 "

GT comments are pretty terrifying. That's where 12 year olds learn their expanded vocabulary and unlearn the proper use of apostrophes.

"Reading that made my day. "

Man, five years internet time ... That's ... That's far! 
Facebook just turned five. YouTube isn't even 5 yet. Newgrounds was MASSIVE by 5 years old, and they started off way smaller than GB.
 
So ... I don't know. I just wish them luck, and hope I can still get a Bombcast every Tuesday in some form.

" @Tru3_Blu3 said:

" @KillaMaStA said:

" More assholes, more ads, and then someone will fire jeff. Its a never ending cycle. "

Gamespot was bought by CNET, so Jeff was owned by the corporate bastards like a bitch.
 
Now Jeff has escaped the corrupted confines of GS and has created an ever-expanding democracy: Giantbomb. "

2013 - Giantbomb bought by CNET