PopcornMegaphone
Banned
Not even remotely true. I own a semi large forum (a couple a million posts) and the figures for my site are ridiculously inflated.
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Not even remotely true. I own a semi large forum (a couple a million posts) and the figures for my site are ridiculously inflated.
And here I was downloading malware removal software. XD
No one read the Gamepro article about GAF, I guess. That's where I learned EviLore's real name.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=388014
the archived article: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/339752/story_neogaf_aka_crappy_club_jerks_/
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=388014
the archived article: http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/339752/story_neogaf_aka_crappy_club_jerks_/
UnluckyKate
Member
Is this true Evilore ? If true, then you are last guy with sens of integrity and independence in this industry. Kudos.
Is the site really making $3m a year ? Kudos for running this forum to this point.
Rollo Lawson
Banned
Looks more like pima, which is way >>>> silk imo
Also, I don't know who would ever see this place as a "lawless playground".
Maybe not to his point, but to expand on it: As the site grows, it changes. For better or worse, things won't be as they once were. I don't remember if it's been you specifically, but others have talked about how GAF has changed from what it once was and what that means for everyone involved.
Karsticles
Member
I was trying to convey the difference between people who want to join this website because they want to talk about games, and people who want to join because it's the popular thing to do. You have both right now, but with popularity comes a slant toward the latter sort of person.
It seems like a lot of people have been accounts lately with a very small waiting period (~1 week). I'm not privy to how that all works (do you have a monthly limitation on how many people are given accounts?), so I'm not sure how to respond to your second part. I wasn't aware there was a large queue to join right now, if that's what you're implying.
Even if the site grows without the popularity factor, it still becomes less personal. I like the fact that when I checked my User CP, I saw that bishoptl quoted me, and I know who that is. I don't know everyone here, but I know enough people here that it feels more like a community than just a web forum. On GFAQs, unless you're posting on a dead board it's just a sea of names outside of a few renown trolls. That GAF could have a similar future fills me with despair.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
...and you just won it. Bravo!
Opus Angelorum
Member
Evilore spends all the money on travelling around Europe.
Oh, I didn't realise I was older than Evilore, fuck.
Anyway, I still remember the whole Jeff Bell incident, that sticks with me more than any other "GAF vs the industry" incident. Still, hopefully GAF can keep a collective level head and realise it's better to be trusted, than feared or derided by the industry we all follow.
If I was in his shoes and offered over a million, yeah, that would've been a tough call.
Anyway, I still remember the whole Jeff Bell incident, that sticks with me more than any other "GAF vs the industry" incident. Still, hopefully GAF can keep a collective level head and realise it's better to be trusted, than feared or derided by the industry we all follow.
Maybe. But there are costs to running a website...
If those numbers are even close to accurate, it's not like that is directly into his pocket.
Dictator93
Member
But seriously, GAF has great and strict moderation. Heck, just look at any thread from a year or two ago... you will see a ton of banned users.
Omegasquash
Member
The world is watching, NeoGAF. Never change.
But seriously, GAF has great and strict moderation. Heck, just look at any thread from a year or two ago... you will see a ton of banned users.
Look at a thread from 2006 and it's more than half each page of tombstones.
How did this place become more important and influential to games than somethingawful and Reddit? I mean beyond their broader scope. I'd think they have more members with more access and vision in the industry as well as on the consumption side. It's probably pretty complicated, but I'm interested any insight people who a regulars at those places and here have.
razgriz417
Member
I didn't know it either...
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
I'm going to refrain from posting a laughing gif.
Somethingawful fucked up by restricting certain areas of the site to non-members.
Ol No Bones
Banned
High unemployment is a result of Neogaf. Shut it Down!
Wyndstryker
Member
When I first joined GAF it didn't take me long to realize that it's the defacto central hub of gaming information worldwide. Best place tbh to be updated on anything and everything gaming outside of specific niches.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
Whoa first the documentary now this article? More exposure recently than a porn stars tits.
Canadian Psycho
Banned
GAF owned by Michael Schumacher confirmed!
Going on thirteen years. My favorite meme has always been about how NeoGAF "isn't what it used to be," which I remember being a big deal twelve years ago and pretty much every year since.
Most of the criticism directed toward the place is of the old-man-yells-at-cloud variety. People blaming "NeoGAF" for something remind me of people blaming "the Internet," as if it was a single body. But there are so many voices here that for the lazy critics it's certainly easy to pick out one or two bad apples and say "sigh...NeoGAF," while ignoring the quality contributors that outnumber the bad apples by a huge margin.
I've been to other forums, and frankly none come close. Either the volume is too low to be of any use to a daily reader, or the discussion is all mindless garbage with very little effort or intelligence put into it. NeoGAF has always had the best balance of volume and quality.
Most of the criticism directed toward the place is of the old-man-yells-at-cloud variety. People blaming "NeoGAF" for something remind me of people blaming "the Internet," as if it was a single body. But there are so many voices here that for the lazy critics it's certainly easy to pick out one or two bad apples and say "sigh...NeoGAF," while ignoring the quality contributors that outnumber the bad apples by a huge margin.
I've been to other forums, and frankly none come close. Either the volume is too low to be of any use to a daily reader, or the discussion is all mindless garbage with very little effort or intelligence put into it. NeoGAF has always had the best balance of volume and quality.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Reddit is full of casuals who play Borderlands, Skyrim, and Portal while SA has the sign up fee.
I think neogaf is more comparable to /v/ than either of those sites.
JordanLMiller
Member
I'm so hardcore.
There's also an in-depth multi-part feature about to drop from a popular site.
xaosslug
Member
if by 'defining moment' EDGE means the coverage and story itself borne out of shinobi602's initial post on here made it all too obvious for peeps to (continue to) deny that most/all gaming media takes many of their stories/cues from NeoGAF, then I guess? But NeoGAF's affect in the industry has always been there, regardless of how ignored, or peeps' refusal to recognize it. But never was it so apparent how NeoGAF impacts games media than with the Adam Orth incident.
i mean there likely would not have even BEEN a story or coverage had it not been for shinobi602/NeoGAF. x-D
i mean there likely would not have even BEEN a story or coverage had it not been for shinobi602/NeoGAF. x-D
Ninjaholic
Neo Member
Why doesn't Evilore just sell neogaf and then use that money to start another site and have both website and be rich as balls.
All he would have to do is PM or just announce that he's opening another site and we would all flock there. Simple no?
All he would have to do is PM or just announce that he's opening another site and we would all flock there. Simple no?
Brazzers?
Time to increase ads prices.
SimpleGamer
Member
This.WE FAMOUS NOW!!!!
Cuban Legend
Member
this is 2013 and they couldn't apply a red-eye filter to evilore's eyes? get the fuck outta here, EDGE...
Alebrije
Member
Buyer wont be stupid , it will put on the purchasing contract tha EvilLore can not open a new forum for about 5 years or even more
Yes, because obviously anyone willing to invest 7 figures into the site would allow this to happen unchallenged.