-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
IGN Closes TeamXbox
- Thread starter Wario64
- Start date
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
PlanetDreamcast
Nintendophiles
TeamXbox
But considering the guy who wrote this has only work for the site for shy under two years.. doesn't even seem like any of the team around today was there in the sites glory days circa 2001-2006.
Nintendophiles
TeamXbox
But considering the guy who wrote this has only work for the site for shy under two years.. doesn't even seem like any of the team around today was there in the sites glory days circa 2001-2006.
Any idea where Shockwave is now?
StoppedInTracks
Member
Damn good guys on that list. Shameful move by IGN there.
TeamXbox was two fan sites (msxbox (news central)and TeamXbox (lighthearted community site) entangled into one to make a mega site
The site used website design way ahead of its time, half the Internet uses the layouts it had (talking msxbox 1999/2000 era here)
I have no idea where anyone is now.
IF ANYONE RECOGNIZES A NAME FROM THE GOLDEN TXB ERA AND KNOWS WHERE THE PERSON IS, PLEASE TELL ME
StoppedInTracks
Member
I remember that. GAF antiXbox brigade loathed you for that, myself included. It was brought up after almost every post about Xbox you made. That you did not buy it but get it for free thus your opinion is instantly invalid.
Dammit, stole my line.
M.W.
Member
StoppedInTracks
Member
Hitler posts on another forum, Chipopo as well. Dunno about Sto0ge and open_mouth_
He's working on random stuff - doesn't have the heart to do something like TXB again- he was kinda crushed when IGN started stomping on TXB
(Trying to remember the conversation I had with him about a month ago about this)
Lovegooder
Banned
"Trembling hands," huh?
Well, Gaf practically spearheaded the campaign to scam Pepsi and get everyone free Xbox 360s. People love free systems.
The Albatross
Member
Was a Team X-Box regular from 2002 - eh.. 2008 maybe. Maybe longer, I don't remember.
I remember Xmun, Dad, Inane, 2ndhandsmoke, chipopo and TFX, but i haven't seen posts from them in ages. Many of the older Mods and long time members there left when that business with Shockwave happened, some of them post at Gamertype and others to wecravegames.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
Dude, GAF HATED the entire site. Like something pathological. Back in the day even GAF mods were rabid anti-Xbox trolls.
PS: I also used to post there... under a different name.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
It doesn't even surprise me. That's the kind of dedication the fanbase had there, that you simply had to respect.
I remember all of them. Smart and funny people.
Then the debates with DopeyFishX (which continued here). Not sure if Lazy8 was posting there as well or just here.
JawesomeJaw
Member
It's a shame to see this happen. I've been stringing for them for the last few months and while it might not exactly be the era that people are looking back on with fondness, the staff that have been propping it up were giving it their all. We had gotten back on Metacritic and were doing preview/interview/feature stuff again. We'd been writing reviews and setting up interviews and previews that we've had to pull as we learned the site had been closed (I was proofing our Dust review minutes before we got the news). I can tell you how earnest that message in the OP is.
I'd love to talk to any of the other alums that are coming out of the woodwork in this thread to give a better sense of history. The outpouring of support in the last couple of days has been huge and appreciated.
Also, will write about games for food.
I'd love to talk to any of the other alums that are coming out of the woodwork in this thread to give a better sense of history. The outpouring of support in the last couple of days has been huge and appreciated.
Also, will write about games for food.
D
Deleted member 20415
Unconfirmed Member
They need the space for ad inventory - you need constant pageview growth to bring in new advertisers - acquisition or network partners is one of the easiest ways to do that.
The Faceless Master
Member
i remember some dudes from that were in NYC handing out fliers and stickers at the Xbox pre-launch event in 2001...
CamHostage
Member
IGN didn't start Team Xbox, the site started and then became part of its affiliate program, with some promotion/cross-coverage on IGN.com/GameSpy.com but mostly independent. I don't know how much IGN wanted to get into having a platform-specific site of every kind in its affiliate program, the interest I believe was more in that TXB was a pioneer in covering DLC and had connectivity hooks with Microsoft's feeds in ways that other sites (including IGN.com, even today) don't have. Similar sites for Sony and Nintendo never popped up and the PC DLC market never became a big deal, and the DLC craze calmed down to a more reasonable "buy what's good, and focus on the games."
Good little site, especially in its day, but there's not a lot of room anymore for good little sites unless they're run for fun rather than for profit.
Worst case scenario Jeff, Vinny Brad, Ryan, Dave and Drew quit, launch a new site and kickstarter and do the same shit under a different name. I'm not too concerned about the Bomb Crew.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
It really turned to shit FAST after IGN bought it, but I ceased to visit the place due to the colossal fanboyism and unprofesionality of Cesar Berardini. It was ridiculous. His ramblings tainted the entire site for me. I left for GAF and never looked back.
MisterC20XX
Member
Once a company like IGN owns a site like TXB can they not "release it" to current admins or something? Does it have to be shut down?
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
ITT I also mourn the death of Voodoo 3D/VE3D.
They can do whatever they want, but most often times when it happens they choose to fuck it up. Not just gaming forums, either.
Captain Tuttle
Member
1UP layoffs happened at the height of the site's popularity.
Whereas here it sounds like even the people who enjoyed TeamXbox have not actually been to the website in years.
fadetoblack
Member
Also my pre-gaf home. Sad. But we had all predicted this once IGN bought TXB back in 2005/6. That's how it always is--no, no, nothing will change--but it did of course because it always changes.
Spent a lot of internet hours on those forums. It's how I recognized speevy when I started lurking here. I guess that's that then.
Spent a lot of internet hours on those forums. It's how I recognized speevy when I started lurking here. I guess that's that then.
My home before joining GAF.
Same here.
SMT
this show is not Breaking Bad why is it not Breaking Bad? it should be Breaking Bad dammit Breaking Bad
So the owner was given the boot for how he ran Team Xbox, then Team Xbox was given the boot because it didn't meet demands.
I only know what team xbox is from the e3 2005 expo where IGN had this guy from team xbox doing a live blog.
Something else jogged my memory when the owner was given the boot, and there was a whole thread about it here on Neogaf.
I only know what team xbox is from the e3 2005 expo where IGN had this guy from team xbox doing a live blog.
Something else jogged my memory when the owner was given the boot, and there was a whole thread about it here on Neogaf.
Ken Masters
Banned
during the OG Xbox days and earl 360 days I was regular visitor of the site, mainly the forums
which1spink
Banned
Provided them with some leaks in the early 360 era.
Dudes were nice.
Dudes were nice.
I was going there when it was MSxbox before the Xbox og was released and they were bought out by Teamxbox. Yeah Teamxbox bought out a smaller xbox site. This was the first site I ever posted in the comments sections and first gaming boards I ever joined RIP teamxbox.
Never understood why they didn't do a podcast.
Never understood why they didn't do a podcast.