WoW Insider shutting down :(
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WoW Insider shutting down :(
http://wow.joystiq.com/2015/01/30/wow-i ... gging-off/
Apparently AOL is shutting down Joystiq, and with it goes WoW Insider. February 3rd will be their last day.
I'm so upset about this, it was one of the main sites I followed for years, and I always enjoyed their columns, especially ones like Know Your Lore. It's so sad to think of how much content will be lost forever after they're gone.
Apparently AOL is shutting down Joystiq, and with it goes WoW Insider. February 3rd will be their last day.
I'm so upset about this, it was one of the main sites I followed for years, and I always enjoyed their columns, especially ones like Know Your Lore. It's so sad to think of how much content will be lost forever after they're gone.
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I am right there with you Veph. WoW Insider was the first WoW sight I really followed - mainly because of Frostheim (and now Bendak's) hunter column. I stayed for everything else.
It's heartening to hear that the staff seems to have something up their sleeve though. So you bet your butt I'm gonna have my eye on Twitter come Tuesday.
It's heartening to hear that the staff seems to have something up their sleeve though. So you bet your butt I'm gonna have my eye on Twitter come Tuesday.
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Nooooo. Goddamnit AOL.
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this is horrible I love wow insider!
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So awful
As usual, big companies buy up little ones. Then close them because they're not as self-sustaining as they were when they were small.
As usual, big companies buy up little ones. Then close them because they're not as self-sustaining as they were when they were small.
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WoW Insider has been indispensable. The last Scattered Shots is up. I sure hope Alex and Adam have what I think they have up their sleeves.
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I only went to the site on rare occasions, preferring mmo-champion for my info, but I did enjoy it when I did visit. I too hope they find a way to keep it going.
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The thing is, WoW Insider was growing steadily in views over the past couple years and one'd assume was also pulling in growing ad revenue from that.Wain wrote:So awful
As usual, big companies buy up little ones. Then close them because they're not as self-sustaining as they were when they were small.
AOL is a company that doesn't even know what it is any more. They seem to be centered around branding/advertising and the folks running the show seem to be solidly entrenched in the 1990s. Hence their internet 'guru' who earns big bucks for doing a whole lot of nothing aside from looking and acting eccentric. It really looks as if somewhere, someone decided over a year ago that they wanted to get rid of Joystiq so they chopped their budget in half. That's not something you do with a part of the corporation that's actually growing and showing profits. Of course, that led to layoffs which meant less content on the joystiq sites, which reduced traffic, which made it possible for someone to point at Joystiq and say "See? It's losing money."
And in the end, that was all probably so some VP could free up money to use on some stupid 'next big thing!' project that won't pan out.
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They have said on Twitter that something new is coming on Tuesday, or tomorrow. They bought a domain but that's all they have revealed so far.
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Hey guys, start following blizzard watch on Twitter. I think this may be what Alex and Adam have up their sleeve.
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Blizzard Watch is here! I'm really excited that they're going to try to keep going.
http://blizzardwatch.com/
Though, since they're independent now they need some help financing the new site, so if anyone can help out, even the smallest amount, you can pledge to them here.
https://www.patreon.com/blizzardwatch
http://blizzardwatch.com/
Though, since they're independent now they need some help financing the new site, so if anyone can help out, even the smallest amount, you can pledge to them here.
https://www.patreon.com/blizzardwatch
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In 6 hours they reached their goal to fund the sight. Anything more than that now is a bonus! How awesome is that?
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Just pledged $5 myself.