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The last 1UP Podcast ever (4/5/2013) - 3 hr special goodbye
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pauljeremiah
Gold Member
great podcast, very nostalgic.
spent the morning cutting my lawn and listening to this. It doesn't make me cry because 1UP is now over, it made me smile because it happened.
1UP was where I started taking the internet more serious and stopped being a lurker and join a community. I joined 1UP in February 2006, posted over 600 blog posts and made some great friends, I returned to PC gaming thanks to GFW, and have met some of the old 1UP editors in real life and have shared a "thank you" drink with them.
I know that most people said that 1UP died in 2008 and that what happened was inevitable, but we never got that final 1UP Show and good bye (though we did get a final 1UP Yours), so I'm just glad that the site was able to give the community and fans a one final good bye.
Thanks 1UP, thanks for giving a lonely kid a place on the internet to call home.
I think Stephen Chbosky said it best so I'll paraphrase him:
Dear Friend,
I don't know if I will have the time to write anymore letters because I might be too busy trying to participate. So if this does end up being the last post I just want you to know that I was in a bad place before I started here and you helped me. Even if you didn't know what I was talking about or know someone who has gone through it, you made me not feel alone.
Because I know there are people who say all these things don't happen. And there are people who forget what it's like to be 16 when they turn 17. I know these will all be stories someday. And our pictures will become old photographs. We'll all become somebody's mom or dad. But right now these moments are not stories. This is happening, I am here and I am looking at her. And she is so beautiful.
I can see it. This one moment when you know you're not a sad story. You are alive, and you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you're listening to that song and that drive with the people you love most in this world. And in this moment I swear, we are infinite.
-Paul Jeremiah Hayes
Proud 1UP member 2006-2013
spent the morning cutting my lawn and listening to this. It doesn't make me cry because 1UP is now over, it made me smile because it happened.
1UP was where I started taking the internet more serious and stopped being a lurker and join a community. I joined 1UP in February 2006, posted over 600 blog posts and made some great friends, I returned to PC gaming thanks to GFW, and have met some of the old 1UP editors in real life and have shared a "thank you" drink with them.
I know that most people said that 1UP died in 2008 and that what happened was inevitable, but we never got that final 1UP Show and good bye (though we did get a final 1UP Yours), so I'm just glad that the site was able to give the community and fans a one final good bye.
Thanks 1UP, thanks for giving a lonely kid a place on the internet to call home.
I think Stephen Chbosky said it best so I'll paraphrase him:
Dear Friend,
I don't know if I will have the time to write anymore letters because I might be too busy trying to participate. So if this does end up being the last post I just want you to know that I was in a bad place before I started here and you helped me. Even if you didn't know what I was talking about or know someone who has gone through it, you made me not feel alone.
Because I know there are people who say all these things don't happen. And there are people who forget what it's like to be 16 when they turn 17. I know these will all be stories someday. And our pictures will become old photographs. We'll all become somebody's mom or dad. But right now these moments are not stories. This is happening, I am here and I am looking at her. And she is so beautiful.
I can see it. This one moment when you know you're not a sad story. You are alive, and you stand up and see the lights on the buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And you're listening to that song and that drive with the people you love most in this world. And in this moment I swear, we are infinite.
-Paul Jeremiah Hayes
Proud 1UP member 2006-2013
Bowie's 'Heroes' is playing in my head.
pauljeremiah
Gold Member
*high five*
giant_frying_pan
Member
Posting an RSS feed for this is mean, Wario 
So stoked for that...
Crazy how many 1UP Alumni they got the on the podcast. Even Jane and Milkman got on to talk. Shame that a few people weren't there, can't even imagine the feels if the whole crew had shown up at GDC. Shu was right, there needs to be an official 1UP reunion every year.
KICKSTARTER !!!
KICKSTARTER !!!
pauljeremiah
Gold Member
Excellent idea.
Chip N Chance
Member
The last 1up podcast was the last 1up Yours. Just sayin.
Etrian Oddity
Member
BOBITO IS ON BOARD!!!!! :O
EDIT- Parish's song at 2:14:00 is awesome.
EDIT- Parish's song at 2:14:00 is awesome.
Just finished listening through the podcast this afternoon, it was great to hear them all reminisce on their time at 1up. It must have been such a weird/fun place to work.
May Contain Peanuts
May Contain Peanuts
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Very true.
I feel like the death of EGM was bearable since we had 1up, and the death of 1up is bearable since we have Giantbomb.
Listening to it right now, this is the fucking best. I totally lost my shit when they dropped Jeff Green's final GFW rap.
1UP, I salute you. You've provided me with hours upon hours of brilliant internet radio. Hell, I still listen to old episodes of GFW and Retronauts every now and then.
1UP, I salute you. You've provided me with hours upon hours of brilliant internet radio. Hell, I still listen to old episodes of GFW and Retronauts every now and then.
I couldn't agree more.
But Giantbomb is slowly becoming depressing, too. The PAX panel was depressing and disillusioning.
snoopeasystreet
Member
Great podcast but it sucks that they couldn't get Garnet, John, Shane and Luke on. 1up Yours was something special.
Idle Thumbs is my post-1Up fix
StevePharma
Member
The loss of GFW was filled up with the amazing Idle Thumbs podcast (orginal run), because that started shortly after GFW ended. I'm sure I'm not the only one who made this transition
EDIT: WTF beat by 2 min. hahaha
eot
Banned
Post GFW you mean
entremet
Member
So wait, is she doing the Madonna thing, or did she use an accent on prior podcasts?
It's something she picked up between her last podcast and this one.
I too would like to know this.
People's accents definitely change over time, even if they're adults. I guess some people may be more susceptible to it than others.
A good friend of mine is British and has lived in NA for 8+ years and yeah he has a British accent I guess, but I was shocked when his brother visited, and I could almost not understand his brother due to his incredibly strong British accent. Shows how much my friends' accent had slowly changed to become more North American. I noticed the same thing with a Kiwi ex-pat friend of mine who had lived in NA for the same amount of time. I went to New Zealand and it was wildly stronger there.
Bilbo_T_Baggins
Member
No, it's basically just them reminiscing about their time working there. More interesting for people who listened to all those podcasts.
Bassmastergeneral
Member
This was a great cast. I liked hearing from Ray, he sounded like he was having a good time. Robert was awesome too.
Trent Strong
Banned
Alice's half British accent was really bizarre.
Bassmastergeneral
Member
Yeah! Maybe I was focusing on it but it seemed to get stronger and stronger
Monado Blade
Member
Makes me want to move to Brighton.
Started listening to this now, making my Monday morning at work much better in a sense. In another sense it makes me realize how much I hate my job and how I wish I could look back fondly at my work like all these people.
Wonderfully nostalgic listening to this and hearing old voices I haven't heard in ages. Glad the format definitely is just about 1up memories (at least so far.)
EDIT: Just passed the moment where Tina was breaking down about her time at 1up aww, that was a great story
edit 2: Yay now it's the egm live crowd!
Wonderfully nostalgic listening to this and hearing old voices I haven't heard in ages. Glad the format definitely is just about 1up memories (at least so far.)
EDIT: Just passed the moment where Tina was breaking down about her time at 1up
aww, that was a great storyedit 2: Yay now it's the egm live crowd!
chickdigger802
Banned
tina and matt doing stuff... so I guess infinity ward is doing modern warfare... was is it 4? It is about that time of the year again .
And I agree with them, 1up show was great due to the clashing of personalities and opinions. I like me some GB and idle thumbs, but everyone is still quite often too 'agreeing'. The recent weekend confirmed with Garnett and Cannata going at it about Tomb Raider was fantastic.
clashing opinions. good stuff.
.And I agree with them, 1up show was great due to the clashing of personalities and opinions. I like me some GB and idle thumbs, but everyone is still quite often too 'agreeing'. The recent weekend confirmed with Garnett and Cannata going at it about Tomb Raider was fantastic.
clashing opinions. good stuff.
