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Giant Bomb #7 | Hey There, Small Business Owner!
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Manhattan is expensive, but you can still find affordable places in the other boroughs.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
I dunno about that, I thought rorie was fantastic the last time he was on the bombcast.
Pretty struck by the negativity and lack of faith by you guys regarding Vinny's expedition east. I'm not going to assume the worst because these guys have done a great job thus far at creating the most entertaining video game website on the planet, and I have confidence and trust that they mean business with the expansion. Change is scary, but they're right: it's the only way to progress the site forward and it's turning Vinny's move into a gain instead of a loss.
So lighten up and don't count your bombs before they blow up!
So lighten up and don't count your bombs before they blow up!
Mushroomer25
Member
I feel like a female hire would draw more positive attention than negative, at least at first. With Rev3 an ever sinking ship, I've heard some people suggest Tara Long as a permanent member - and I think that could work. She always seemed to have that ideal balance of knowledge, opinion, and irreverence that Giant Bomb runs on.
But yeah, whoever they find has to know what they're getting into. A website with a fanbase that can - and will - judge them harshly for their personalities, and personal lives.
Buying a house in the suburbs of Manhattan is much cheaper than buying a house than the suburbs of SF at this time.
Zabant
Member
Completely earned and deserved.
I wish the path to promotion in my life was so obvious.
Many of us feel the quality of the site has been in decline for months now tho, it's not like it was amazing today and will be horrible tomorrow because someone leaves, it's been building up with the cbs purchase, Patrick leaving, Ryan passing, etc
I have faith in the crew to put out an enjoyable product and am optimistic about all the new opportunities, but given all the gloom and doom I immediately thought of this song
BUNTING1243
Banned
Hearing how excited Jeff and Vinny sound about New York makes me more confident that everything is going to be good.
bender
What time is it?
Learn something new everyday. I'm completely ignorant of that part of the country. Thank you both.
You've never been to NYC? I highly recommend it. Once while I was waiting for the train, a Chinese woman kneeled down right next to me, hiked up her skirt and pissed right on the subway platform. Got back up and kept on her merry way. Not a soul was phased by what just happened.
NYC is the best!
SweetTeddie
Member
Happy that Vinny is doing what's best for his family, but......
Live shows like UPF are lifeless without Vinny since he brings his enthusiastic attitude and elevates the other guys. Jeff is great, but I hope they bring in the right people who'll soften the loss of Vinny throughout all of their content. I hope GBNY works out, fingers crossed.
edit: Also that New York apartment hunting discussion on the last bombcast may have been a red flag
Live shows like UPF are lifeless without Vinny since he brings his enthusiastic attitude and elevates the other guys. Jeff is great, but I hope they bring in the right people who'll soften the loss of Vinny throughout all of their content. I hope GBNY works out, fingers crossed.
edit: Also that New York apartment hunting discussion on the last bombcast may have been a red flag
bender
What time is it?
Nah, Connecticut is as close as I've come. One day though.
Still my dream hire. I would forgive Vinny leaving if that happened
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Pretty sure she already has a job.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Since Ian left, Vinny's only been on half the show for UPF and those first halves without him are always kind of boring.
funkystudent
Member
And a job that probably pays waaay more then working with GB
Vinny lives in the east bay.
NumberThree
Member
I wake up to 10 new pages in the thread and figured something big must've happened. Well I certainly wasn't wrong. So Vinny and Alex will actually have some sort of studio setup in New York?
At least I saw the news before I listened to the Bombcast, if the first 15 minutes are anything to go by it's going to be nothing but references to this.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Not really. Only one section that's fairly small devoted to it really.
I truthfully can't asses if the quality of the site has gone down since those instances because I'm pretty new to the site in general (started being an avid follower last spring and just recently a subscriber the past month) so I don't have a good pulse of that. My perspective on the state of the site is there have been more than a couple events that would contribute to a decline in quality, but don't necessarily mean that GB has peaked and can never hit the same marks again. Though the loss of Ryan was huge. =(
Resident4t.
Member
No more Vinny during UPF? No more Jeff and Vinny combo?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It's really not unless you ignore all the patrick stuff.
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
Time to cancel my subscription, I always said if Vinny left that's the only thing keeping me watching.
Nothing against them but I don't like Patrick or Alex content and if Vinny moves there then it means more Lang and Temkin, more people I don't like.
Which then leaves Brad to pick up the slack and I don't enjoy his content or him driving the games either.
It's a shame, all good things come to an end.
Nothing against them but I don't like Patrick or Alex content and if Vinny moves there then it means more Lang and Temkin, more people I don't like.
Which then leaves Brad to pick up the slack and I don't enjoy his content or him driving the games either.
It's a shame, all good things come to an end.
BlastProcessing
Member
I would sign up for a lifetime premium account on the spot.
Yep. GB is getting stale, imo, and this might be the shake up it needs.
Jeff realises this, I think - hence why he wants to focus on different kinds of content.
except all patrick content (bombing/spookin/(spelunky/binding of isaac while those lasted), Vinnyvania, dota stuff, etc.
They haven't been necessarily sticking with any one concept too long. But you are selling it way short.
Fotheringay
Member
I just remembered that qlcrew put up their stats at one point, so I went and took a look.
http://qlcrew.com/stats_all.php
The man included in 11 of the top 12 queries, and with an inclusion rate of 98% in the one feature that helped define Giantbomb more than any other, is now leaving the main office. Wish I could stay optimistic, but jesus, what a fucking blow.
No more Vinny during UPF? No more Jeff and Vinny combo?
I might consider cancelling my GB sub. I barely watch UPF at the moment due to my shitty internet. I'm REALLY not going to watch it without the Vinny segments.
SlowRevolution
Member
if they're having fun I'll watch/listen, if it's cynical jaded bullshit I skip over it.
Those Patrick exclusions, god damn
The Dear Leader
Banned
The more I think about it, the more excited I get for some Alex/Vinny stuff, they're in the perfect situation for a Endurance Run.
SlowRevolution
Member
maybe it won't be called an endurance run, but I think we'd be more likely to get something like that in SF with whoever the new editor they hire is and hopefully Jeff. short-ish long-running videos that come with stuff like endurance runs seem like a good way to introduce a new hire. if it's just going to be Vinny/Alex in NY it seems like it would be tough to do a video series like that, but I've got no clue what kind of daily time commitment it takes.
hold on what happens to the SF podcast now when Jeff's out? do Brad/Drew/new hires draw straws to see who has to host?
hold on what happens to the SF podcast now when Jeff's out? do Brad/Drew/new hires draw straws to see who has to host?
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