Vyse The Legend
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I've never seen someone laid off so many times.
Does he make a living off that, though?
1UP's podcasting output is what got me into podcasts, them along with the old engadget podcast and Game theory podcast.
This site has been dying slowly over the past 3 years ....... let it go, its over!
The community is dead, the group has no real personalities and their traffic must be really low.
Sorry for those made redundant, hope you guys get back up on your feet soon.
Tina Palacios
Jose Otero
Bob Mackey
Marty Sliva
Ryan Winterhalter
J Kartje
Katie Kasarda
Dave Toole
http://www.1up.com/do/minisite?cId=3145547
I'll give you Retronauts. I never cared for Jeremy Parish though. He always sounded like he could care less about anything.
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Tina Sanchez survives yet another round of cuts? How...
Thanks for all the comments. I'd been there almost 10 years, and probably got a little too comfortable for my own good (though of course that's easy to say now). I have no ill will towards those guys -- Jeremy knows what he's doing and if there's anyone left who deserves to be there, it's him.
In the last six months alone, the traffic in that site had come to a halt. I visit it regularly and i'm only making my assumption on comments traffic. I would be surprised to see three pages of articles with 0 comments. Maybe in the end, they could not differentiate themselves from the competition. Its tough.
To be fair, 1UP still got some great cover stories:
http://www.1up.com/features/the-man-who-created-street-fighter
Matt did a great job with that interview, I don't get why they let him go.
Best of lucks to everyone involved.
That is his job now? huh
I haven't visited 1UP properly since the fallout of that day settled. I feel bad for anyone losing there job right now but 1UP died a long time ago.
Remember Rebel FM?Ex-1up staff should pull a Giantbomb and make their own damn awesome site! Get a kickstarter going....
Tina Sanchez survives yet another round of cuts? How...
Ex-1up staff should pull a Giantbomb and make their own damn awesome site! Get a kickstarter going....
Remember Rebel FM?
LOL. What a raw deal...This man knows what's up. People donated money to them (over 20k) to get the same crew podcasting again. What we ended up getting was a horrible podcast, Arthur Gies, and Arthur Gies' 2002 eyebrow ring.
Thierry and Matt were great
Really sad to see the site losing even more of it's really good people. T-Frog and Bob Mackey are the two left that I really like.
Helllllllll no, though I'm trying a little bit each day to turn that into a "yes, yes it is." I'm currently freelancing for the likes of @GAMER, GameSpy (!), Nvision, and some other pubs here and there. And, as of today, trying to help my friends land new jobs! I'm bummed to hear about the layoffs, though I am -- sadly -- never surprised about such awful news these days.
So many good cover stories in recent years, especially in the past 12 months. But the viewers and community has never really come back.To be fair, 1UP still got some great cover stories:
http://www.1up.com/features/the-man-who-created-street-fighter
1UP died with the 1UP Show for me.
Absolutely. The David Ellis, John, etc. era was all right, but it wasn't a podcast that I would go out of my way to listen to. When Shane, Luke, etc. left it created a massive wound that never fully healed.
The 1UP Show was awesome and I never fully understood why they stopped doing it. I guarantee you that it brought a lot of traffic to their site.
Helllllllll no, though I'm trying a little bit each day to turn that into a "yes, yes it is." I'm currently freelancing for the likes of @GAMER, GameSpy (!), Nvision, and some other pubs here and there. And, as of today, trying to help my friends land new jobs! I'm bummed to hear about the layoffs, though I am -- sadly -- never surprised about such awful news these days.
The 1up show probably cost a lot to produce, especially in broadband and they probably couldn't make it a profitable part of 1up.
Not to be an ass, but I have to ask this too. Is it because Tina's a guuurl? If so, that's kinda shitty. Nothing against her, but I have yet to see something substantial from her that warrants her working for a videogame publication.
Why would they lay off a community manager?