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EDGE: "Meet NeoGAF, the hardcore community shaping the games media agenda"
- Thread starter Hanmik
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OT is the guilty pleasure's dirty little secret
Will they get a shot of you driving up in your 911 in a "Oh, hello there" kind of way? lol
Foxtastical
Member
Huh. I used NeoGAF in academic research based upon the idea that commercial entities are interested in the potential influence of the site. Feels good.
The quality of the forums is the reason I've been reading Neogaf for the past 10 years for sure. I don't post as much as I'd like because I don't have the time to read through the threads like I'd need to for great posts/discussion but the Mods have always kept the forum a great place to be and it all stems from EviLore and his drive to keep this a great place for everyone.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Also looks like:
They both certainly have faces and black hair. I suppose the resemblance is uncanny.
AkimbO_Arcana
Banned
but Orths twitter accident happened on a friday.Wow, I thought it was already done in their studio (GT bonus round style).
Sportbilly
Member
Gold and Platinum members only.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
The first 2815 members get a cut.
When they arrive you should open up a thread and ask us what you should say, better representation of the "community"
Dreamwriter
Member
Due to tomorrow's sale of GAF to IGN to become their new forum.
Interrobang
Member
Looks like I'm taking this article in a different light then most of you guys. This article doesn't sound like it's giving us recognition. Comes off as more of a VICE documentary about "those crazy NeoGAF people."
Jeff Green from PopCap agrees: https://twitter.com/Greenspeak/status/322411494820151298
Jeff Green from PopCap agrees: https://twitter.com/Greenspeak/status/322411494820151298
I barely even play games anymore. For the most part I don't really even enjoy them. I tried to play both Skyward Sword and Xenoblade recently, but I found the former half unplayable, and I couldn't quite understand how to play the later. I still love coming on here and talking about them (and OT stuff) though. It's been a fun community to be a part of.
You might be joking, but this is sorta how I feel. The idea that I am posting on a forum that EDGE thinks is shaping the industry in some way is weird...
PS this article is really going to inflate some poster's egos.
Passive Assassin
Member
The 1%.
HollovVpo1nt
Banned
I can't relate to that, at all.
He's right.
Mister_Bubbles
Member
Major press outlets are watching your every post, waiting for you to break some juicy scoops!
Into his den
Interrobang
Member
I was thinking the same thing. I'm a little confused by the people who think we're getting recognition through this. Unless I'm not picking up on the sarcasm. No blame should be on NeoGAF for Orth's fall. Nor anything else detective Gaf uncovers. We're not destroying anything by doing more legwork than the outlets themselves. We're finding answers.
I think we are all just operating under the implied understanding of this fact, which is why it is more fun to talk about EviLore's self-shot.
Naw'mean?
EscoBlades
Ubisoft Marketing
"The NeoGAF Effect"
Evilore should copyright that, if he hasn't done so already.
Evilore should copyright that, if he hasn't done so already.
Ken Masters
Banned
Seems like a self taken pic with the arm sticking out
Looking forward to reading this article
I expect my NeoGAF post history will be thoroughly examined for any job I apply for in the industry!
GAFfect
Byakuya769
Member
Hah! Sorry, Evilore, but this is going to get a lot of use.
World Star Hip Hop is my guess.
ii Stryker
Banned
yeah between this and the theft of the GI scans EDGE is losing some credibility with me.
PatientRain
Member
I can't help but re-echo what so many have said: the Edge piece is trying to turn non-news and non-thought into journalism and make a probing commentary out of the patently obvious.
Disappointing. Uninteresting.
And, I suspect, a grab for clicks.
Disappointing. Uninteresting.
And, I suspect, a grab for clicks.
Nailed it.
The means to get your own stupidass opinion out there has grown exponentially over the years, but people still refuse to take responsibility for their own F ups.
Neogaf is no more to blame than Twitter.
What a joke, Edge.
Delicious Waffles
Member
Ooo, that works a lot better.
jim2point0
Banned
My initial reaction to seeing this article was similar: why no blame assigned to reddit?
I don't agree with Edge's characterization of NeoGAF's involvement whatsoever, but that's their prerogative. I think we can probably agree that the story of Orth's Twitter comments broke here and was picked up by the major news outlets as a result, and that there was a universal outcry on NeoGAF about those Twitter comments which painted Microsoft (via the person representing it) in an unfavorable light, but that's a bit different than "NeoGAF got Orth fired."
I also boggle at the notion of NeoGAF as basically this outrageously bloodthirsty Anon-like 4chan analogue that finds targets and lynches them, but what can ya do. That's a typical characterization from casual observers, though.
NoirVisage
Banned
Also looks like:
He looks like a bizzaro Evilore. Probably runs a Bdsm forum on the side.
Does he even lift?
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
I think it's just demonstrating that the collective force of NeoGAF has had an impact on some real world events. It's important to do that if your article's title claims that an internet forum shapes the games media's agenda.
Acknowledging that this forum has any kind of tangible influence on outside affairs is giving NeoGAF recognition.
What would you have preferred NeoGAF be recognized for in the article?
"It's such a great community, man!" That's not interesting, nor does it communicate anything of value to non-GAFfers. Every community feels that way about themselves.
D
Deleted member 80556
Unconfirmed Member
Oh wow, I didn't know Jeff Bell had to publicly apologize. Amazing.
Also, they didn't mention how it was a GAFfers work that we knew after 5 minutes of the first trailer being released, that the Phantom Pain was actually a MGS game. Anyway, since the doc is still being filmed, I wonder if they'll include Orth's topic (and more interestingly if they'll interview him).
And, Evi's name is Tyler?! Now that's something I didn't know! But I guess pretty much everyone who has seen me posting here at least once knows my name anyway.
Damn.
Also, they didn't mention how it was a GAFfers work that we knew after 5 minutes of the first trailer being released, that the Phantom Pain was actually a MGS game. Anyway, since the doc is still being filmed, I wonder if they'll include Orth's topic (and more interestingly if they'll interview him).
And, Evi's name is Tyler?! Now that's something I didn't know! But I guess pretty much everyone who has seen me posting here at least once knows my name anyway.
Damn.
Technosteve
Banned
If it turns in to a third person shooter with linear story paths i'm suing.