Board 8 > Sounds like Bacon's been fighting for more site independence

(+) Yeah! (+)

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/11-sballin/62292325

Makes sense that since Giant Bomb gets to be all independent, so should GameFAQs. Hopefully this means cool stuff in our future.

I've been using the alternate logo that already didn't have the Gamespot branding ever since it was available so I didn't notice the change earlier today.

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WazzupGenius00 posted...
I've been using the alternate logo that already didn't have the Gamespot branding ever since it was available so I didn't notice the change earlier today.

Same here.

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I don't think Bacon has anything to do with it. that's John Davison doing good work to differentiate the sites instead of trying to smush them all into one big video game conglomerate.

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I just realized there's no logo anymore.

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Oh wow I didn't even notice, but now that you mention it...

The logo is kinda ugly now :V

oh hey. we're reverting back to the way it was better. awesome. good to see that sites having their own identity is realized.

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It's just simple. like the website.

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nullification is always the answer

support secession for gameFAQs

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From: WazzupGenius00 | Posted: 3/19/2012 10:53:26 PM | #001
I've been using the alternate logo that already didn't have the Gamespot branding ever since it was available so I didn't notice the change earlier today.

yeah same

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there are times i forgot there ever was a logo. then i would find myself logged out or on another computer and be like 'wtf...oh yeah!'

and then quickly log back in.

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Oh my god I remember the uproar when the Gamespot logo was straddling the Gamefaqs one. Hilarious.

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Rad Link 5 posted...
One day your children will ask where you were when GameFAQs won its independence.

I was...sitting in front of my computer? -- Because we didn't have computational implants in our eyes back then.

Well this site is kind of being flushed away so he should have more say.

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CNet/CBS probably wrote off Gamefaqs as a site that's had its run. Or at least under the current form, what's there to lose with more independence?

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I'm not sure what everyone's talking about with the logo stuff. The GameFAQs in the upper left corner?

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From: mnkboy907 | #016
I'm not sure what everyone's talking about with the logo stuff. The GameFAQs in the upper left corner?

Yes.

On certain site display settings, there used to be a Gamespot logo straddling the GameFAQs logo like a cheap prostitute.

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But... it's still there.

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From: Rad Link 5 | #017
Yes.

On certain site display settings, there used to be a Gamespot logo straddling the GameFAQs logo like a cheap prostitute.

Good to know I've been using the superior layout all along.

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how much money did cjayc get when he sold this place

because it seems like it was probably a good idea

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CJayC sold for $2.2 million. He got ripped off because he sold near the bottom of the market for internet companies in 2003. If he'd waited until say, 2006 or 2007, he'd likely have gotten a lot more. And if he'd been prescient enough to sell at the insane internet bubble peak in late 1999 or early 2000, he's be mega-rich now. Like Mitt Romney rich.

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I've been using the SpotFAQs skin for over a year now, so I didn't notice either!

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I've gotta wonder if there was more to the story (like Gamefaqs had racked up a lot of debt prior to 2003- though I'm not sure what would create capital expenditures for which Gamefaqs would need a lot of debt), because 2.2M seems jawdroppingly low for this site at the time. It was still growing rapidly at that point. Sucks to sell at a general market bottom I guess.

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still, 2.2 million. I'd take it.

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red sox 777 posted...
I've gotta wonder if there was more to the story (like Gamefaqs had racked up a lot of debt prior to 2003- though I'm not sure what would create capital expenditures for which Gamefaqs would need a lot of debt), because 2.2M seems jawdroppingly low for this site at the time. It was still growing rapidly at that point. Sucks to sell at a general market bottom I guess.

I don't get the impression that CJayC was a terrific business man and I don't imagine CNET wanted to spend a ton of money on this site. I don't know every detail but it looked like he got his millions and got to keep his job and whatever that entailed for compensation.

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as far as Bacon goes, he just rolled out that username thing. I don't get the impression such an effort was towards independence.

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Played around with the settings a bit. God, I had forgotten how horrible V10 was.

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