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Shutting Down my GameSpot blog. Yes, this is for real, peeps.

*sigh* This was a tough decision for me, but like so many other users before me, I'm leaving GameSpot for good.

This is not a joke, guys. Considering that I've spent all my time on other sites lately, and not coming back here all that often, I've decided that it's time. This site just hasn't been the same since it's renovation. I remember when a lot of my followers took off left and right. I remember the good times and the bad times on this site. And I remember all the cool users that I've interacted with over the years too. SloganYams was one of them, and now he's got his own site called Wizard Dojo that he writes for these days: https://wizarddojo.com/

Derpalon was another one, and that person writes for a blog called Insert Rant Here on Blogspot...when that person feels like it anyway LOL: http://minisiets.blogspot.com/

Rotondi, soulless4now, uglypinkmoose, Asagea_888, I miss you all and I have no idea where you all went.

Ezioprez9709, iowastate, mario113, Eikichi-Onizuka I'll miss you guys too.

Well, for those of my followers who still check in every now and then, I mainly hang around Disqus and SloganYams' new site Wizard Dojo. My username for both those sites is alex9234. On Disqus, I'm part of a community called Video Game Facts (https://disqus.com/home/channel/videogamefacts/) and be sure to check out that community whenever you can. If you're looking to follow me and not sure where I am, my profile picture on Disqus is a maize and blue Michigan Wolverines logo.

So yeah...It was nice being on GameSpot with all of you, and I hope you all follow me and my new community!

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Later! I already have a disqus account so I followed that group you linked. My name there is pimpalicious.

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Good luck!

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I'm still here! But I share the same sentiments about GS. This community is very different now. I won't comment on how I really feel, but my attention has gone to other places. I follow more people on Youtube these days than anything else.

I'll look for you on those other sites and try to comment when I can. I'm on the verge of starting my own YouTube channel and Twitch, but I'm about 2 months out. Need a new PC. I'll keep you posted on that.

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I just realized I still haven't posted anything in all of 2016 so far, lol. I actually do have several scripts written, but for some reason still haven't posted them yet. Maybe I should get on that... Anyway, GameSpot effectively killed their blogging scene when they introduced the new interface and most importantly got rid of the featured blogs section. That was what originally got me interested in blogging because it was a great way to get exposure and actually have people read my content. Nobody likes to write for a blog that no one's going to read, and GameSpot had a great method of encouraging people to write with the potential to get featured, but now all that's gone and if people want to find your blog they have to really dig through the site or just happen to click on your profile when they randomly come across your posts in the comments sections of articles; it's not exactly an elegant way of finding new blogs. I've been thinking of moving my content again to Destructoid because I hear they'll sometimes feature blogs from their community on their main pages, but still haven't gone through the motions yet to look into that further.

I hope you'll still stick around somewhere and blog; if not at GameSpot then somewhere else. I enjoyed talking with you on lots of game related stuff. Good luck man.

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@Derpalon: I'll be at Disqus under my username alex9234 on the discussion page Video Game Facts if you're interested in creating a Disqus account. I do my blogs there now. So be sure to drop by. https://disqus.com/home/channel/videogamefacts/

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God damnit. For a minute I thought Gamespot was slowly getting better. Oh well, I'll miss you man. You're easily one of the best users I've on this site, as well as on any site come to think of it. You took interest in my reviews years ago, and I wouldn't be here without you. You'll be sorely missed.

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@Ezioprez9709: Just follow me and my page "Video Game Facts" on Disqus!

https://disqus.com/home/channel/videogamefacts/

Just look for my username, alex9234 which has a Michigan Wolverines logo as the profile pic. It's a blue block "M"

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