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[BumblebeeCody]

That Hot Fuzz gif. Daaamn

 

[SJRB]

Not a media outlet though.

 

[codhand]

smart business, neogaf is worth a lot more now than it was then....

 

[cosmicblizzard]

I remember that interview.

With how much Gaf has grown since then and how much it's still growing, I imagine Evilore makes that much in a few years at this point. Maybe 5 years from now or so, he'll be making that much in a month. Good call turning down the offer. It's all about the long term.

 

[vagabondarts]

I'm glad he did or this would have been IGN or at worse, shut down entirely.

It would have been a hard choice TBH.

So yeah, who was the buyer?

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

You crazy Evilore, unless the ads are paying major bread.

They are. I would guess that he'll make more long term this way. Theres a reason someone was prepared to pay 5 million for it.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

I would have taken the money without a second thought.

 

[Jigolo]

5 million huh. I wonder how much evilore makes then if he passed on that


Edit: evilore is cool because he watches HxH

 

[ultrazilla]

I'm not surprised. If I was doing a job which happened to be my passion in life, I'd doubt any amount of money would make me walk away from it.

 

[gruenel]

You crazy Evilore, unless the ads are paying major bread.

Several million unique visitors per month. They probably are

What an idiot

Nice account suicide

 

[Off-Kilter]

Would've taken the money and not think twice about it.

Good on you Evilore.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Just waiting for that google money

 

[Pungza]

Dont know how much revenue he gets a year from the site, but to me keeping the site seems a better option than taking a quick $5mill

 

[friskykillface]

I would have taken the money , lo siento

$$$$$$$

I'd be richer then the million dollar man from 80's WWF

 

[BibiMaghoo]

I'm sure owning the site with such traffic makes him enough money to live quite comfortably. Why sell something when it makes you enough and you get to keep it?

 

[Ultryx]

Dont know how much revenue he gets a year from the site, but to me keeping the site seems a better option than taking a quick $5mill

Definitely agree with you. If I could continue getting portions of that $5M by keeping the site running myself, hell, I would. Maybe down the road if he ever tires from it, but for now he seems to enjoy it.

 

[shandy706]

What an idiot

That's not very nice.

 

[level44]

I would have taken the money and never looked back.

This.

 

[codhand]

Candy Crush was valued at eight billion dollars,
Zynga was valued at eight billion dollars.

 

[Einhander]

To be honest, I'm surprised GAF has progressively surged in popularity in new accounts and unique visitors, given the change in internet communication with the advent of Facebook and Twitter. Many people seemingly switched from using instant messaging software, forums, and IRC, to primarily Facebook and Twitter.

 

[GalacticaN7]

NeoGaf is worth at least............1 BILLION

Spoiler

Yen

 

[Son of Cervantes]

Candy Crush was valued at eight billion dollars,
Zynga was valued at eight billion dollars.

NeoGAF = worth $16 billion.

 

[Empty]

fun fact: hbo's silicon valley is loosely based off evilore

Spoiler

this is not a real fact

 

[codhand]

What an intelligent business decision.

only gonna fix it for you once.

 

[Camp Lo]

Evilore would look 10x cooler if he had full sleeve tattoos

 

[Hoodbury]

Should have sold, started a new website/forum and the day before the official takeover post a sticky with the new url and we all just join him on the new site.

 

[Ape]

Based on the estimated page views from OP, and using an ad revenue calculation I found through Google (though I can't verify the accuracy of it) of $1.20 per 1,000 page views, EviLore would be pulling in $84,000 of ad revenue per month. Obviously you have to take out operating costs to determine the profit from that, and I have no idea what the operating costs would be.

Regardless, just based on gross revenue alone, it would take EviLore nearly 6 years to earn $5 million.

well shit. Selling for 5m would be insane then.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

fun fact: hbo's silicon valley is loosely based off evilore

Spoiler

this is not a real fact

 

[RedHotChimiChanga]

NeoGAF is worth 100 trillion dollars! /drevilpinky

 

[Yoda]

$5 million is really low considering how much traffic this site gets. It'd be very easy to monetize it more (at the expense of the users) without losing too much of its viewerbase.

 

[PK Gaming]

I wouldn't sell out either. If you're living comfortably (and I imagine EL is) then there's really no need for that extra money.

Besides, you'd regret it for the rest of your life.

 

[Griss]

$5 million is really low considering how much traffic this site gets. It'd be very easy to monetize it more (at the expense of the users) without losing too much of its viewerbase.

What? Everyone would bail in a second to New Neo Gaming Age Forums Neo Edition. Pretty sure EvilLore gets that.

 

[Einhander]

Should have sold, started a new website/forum and the day before the official takeover post a sticky with the new url and we all just join him on the new site.

That'd be ingenious, but I'd suspect that there would be some sort of "no compete" clause in effect if a deal was struck.

 

[RubberJohnny]

Should have taken the money and run!

 

[n!smo]

 

[Spectral Entity]

So EvilLore is the anti-CJayC?

 

[Pungza]

Should have sold, started a new website/forum and the day before the official takeover post a sticky with the new url and we all just join him on the new site.

And wait years again for our accounts to be registered

 

[Raven77]

Glad to see that people still have backbones and can resist the temptation of selling out on their passion.

Thanks EviLore.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

"The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end." Said nobody to Evilore because he knows this.

 

[Jesb]

Gaf not going to stay free forever. Everyone wants their payday.

 

[Einhander]

And wait years again for our accounts to be registered

Current NeoGAF members would get a coupon to get in immediately.

 

[Shig]

Should have sold, started a new website/forum and the day before the official takeover post a sticky with the new url and we all just join him on the new site.

Yep, this would have worked best. New keyholders still get all the hits from plebs looking up NeoGAF because they heard about it through the grapevine, the old guard takes to the starship ZetaGAF and escapes the fallout of the new ownership. Repeat as necessary, none the worse for wear.

 

[Aces&Eights]

What an idiot

This is the type of posts we get to avoid en masse by him staying true to his beliefs.

Shouldn't you be over on n4g?

 

[TxdoHawk]

I would a sold you fuckers out in a heartbeat.

As would I, to be honest...only to launch a new site that crushes my former one as greed ruins it.

 

[blame space]

EviLore, can I have like, $10,000.

get in line pal

 

[Omega]

man, some people are stuck in the 90s.

5 mil isn't shit these days, you can't live comfortably on that and he's already said he loves his job so why sell it? So he can buy coke and hookers for 3 months?

like that saying goes. find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life

 

[RustyNails]

Man I would have taken the money and ran like one-legged bandit being chased by a constable. No looking back.

 

[Nokagi]

What an idiot

Eh I don't think so. The guy probably makes pretty decent cash just running the site and he seems to enjoy doing it. Sounds like a pretty good situation.

 

[PetriP-TNT]

You don't create a gaming forum with making few enemies.

 

[Goon Boon]

For 5 million dollars it would have no only had a no compete clause, but probably a clause that said "you can't say you sold out the site" clause too. And like 100 more precautions.