Oh.. awesome :D

God bless the gamers.

It's great to know people care for other reviewers even outside the rival office. That's more of a true gamer spirit anyway.

It's still such a shitty excuse to fire someone. But it shows even the bigwigs in gaming do the dirtyness of even the bigger industries in america.

Thats pretty fucking cool, 1up gets a 1up for that.

this is fucking brilliant. brilliant.

Its good to see that reviewers support other reviewers. +2 for 1up.

I hope riot control stops by and pull out the water hose.

That's fucking awesome. Hats off to you 1up, you classy sons of bitches.

If anything, Gamespot should be thanking Gerstmann for trying to uphold their credibility.

If a game site starts giving mediocre games great reviews, people will certainly start to realize it, and quickly.

Simply awesome.

Good show, reviewing games isn't about competition, it's about getting to write about what you care about. And it's great that they honor each other for that.

Word on the street is that Tim Tracy has left Gamespot too

I love you, Ziff-Davis.

I give this support rally an 8...out of 10.

We need an army of Destructoid robots outside of Cnet

I seriously doubt that he was let go for legit reasons, all signs are pointing to CNET bowing down to the all-mighty dollar.

Im OK, Patrick Klepek over at 1UP made a comment about that to Joystiq:

"Patrick Klepek, news editor for 1UP, stressed to us that the rally was not intended to mock Gerstmann or the GameSpot staff. He said he recognizes that "even though 1UP and GameSpot are competition, what's happening over there includes industry-wide ramifications, when the dust finally settles." That is, assuming that the rumors of shady dealings surrounding Gerstmann's termination from the company prove to be true."

"Let's just hope now that it doesn't turn out that Gerstmann was fired for legitimate reasons, or else these guys will kinda look like douchebags. Anyone recall when the WWE had that tribute episode of RAW in the wake of Chris Benoit's death, only to find out afterward that he'd actually murdered his family himself and then committed suicide? Yeah, this could possibly turn out to be like that (though obviously on a much smaller scale) if it is shown that Gertsmann's firing was actually justified."

Well, of COURSE they are going to try to justify and legitimize the firing. It's called "spin."

stick it to the man.

Video game reviewer solidarity FTW!

I was listening to the Gonintendo Podcast, and they mentioned the banner on this site.

Great banner.

Classy dudes. I love 1up.

FREE GERSTMANN!

Jeremy Parish was cooler before he sold out.

Thank God Scott Sharkey is still around, though. He makes my knees weak.

I think its funny that 1up is the ones doing the awesome move here. If Gerstmann gave a game a 6 on 1up I believe it would fall into the 'average-good' catagory.

That would be like firing a movie critic for a two and a half star review! damn you advertisers.

That´s a good action from my point of view.

Good on them. *salutes*

Strength in solidarity. Down wit da man!

I'd give this rally an 11/10, but 1up's check hasn't cleared yet.

You think Roger Ebert and his robotic jaw would take hats made out of money for biased reviews? Hold yourself to higher standards if you want your customers business. Fuck Gamespot & CNET & Eidos. Tomb Raider Anniversary is garbage, Kane & Lynch is garbage but had cool lasers in a packed club.

Gerstmann was probably fucking around at work though.

1up is the best site out there. period. their reviews are the best, their podcasts are the best and the 1up Show is the best. 'nough said

FREE GERSTMANN

I wonder if Cnet still thinks this will just quietly go away

I used to go to Gamespot's site for alot of information. I'm never going back to that site. From now on it's Desctructoid, IGN, and 1up.

Wheres Mr.Destructoid?

NihonTiger wins the internets.

i would do the same but i don't have a company that reviews games.

i would do the same but i don't have a company that reviews games.

I don't like 1up at all. I read everything they write and hear and watch all their podcast and shows... and well, i guess that's the reason why i don't like them. They're pretentious, subject to all kinds of trends, give 10's like candy but then bash on games just cause they don't give a shit about them without giving them enough playtime for them to form an unbiased opinion. They're not an independent videogames site, they're more like a blog... but worse. I see more thorough coverage over games on blogs such as Destructoid, Joystiq or Kotaku than in 1up.It drives me nuts to see all of the following they have on the boards and everything, seriously, so much ass licking. I know i'm kind of alone on this one, but it's just how it feel it and see it :/


THAT SAID, i think the support for gamespot staff is ok, because all this shit the internet is spreading over gamespot... i think it's too much, i believe all this hate should've gone towards Cnet, cause for what i know, gamespot was basically a bunch of reviewers and by calling it now 'cashwhore' and all that... i don't think you're making them feel any better. I SAY FUCK CNET, NOT GAMESPOT!

Gamers are too apathetic. My heartfelt praise to those who shirked such apathy and showed they truly give a shit.

I applaud them. Very good job, 1UP.

I'm glad to be associated with such fine individuals. I would have been happier if I came up with the idea. j/k ;) Classy move boys.

@Linde
The sad thing about this is that we probably never know what really went down. CNET will probably never 'fess up to it, if it's true. And if it's not, we'll still never know what to believe. As far as I'm concerned, though, it's true. I'd be shocked if it wasn't.

Major kudos to the Ziff Davis employees for that.

Yet another reason why 1UP is the only major games site that I take seriously: their employees are actual people who don't kowtow to pressure and genuinely love the industry. They definitely might not be as free and unrestrained as Destructoid due to their major corporate position, but the staff are definitely like-minded gamers who many people unfairly give a bad rap.

Hurray for Ziff Davis!

Hell yeah. Support is all you need.

I listen to some of CNet's podcasts, and on Buzz Out Loud, Tom Merritt actually did mention Gertsmann getting fired possible because of a low game score, but then said that he was not allowed to talk about it any further until they said he could.

G-Reaper

"this site is a hack, not to mention 1up,ign,gamespot,penny arcade etc you all have no integrity or credibility to stand on even your site is littered with ads and a terrible blog system."

Dude, shut the fuck up. You're playing video games. Stop taking it so goddamn serious. You don't need more than you already have for gaming news. If you don't like this site, get the fuck out.

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I've loved 1up for the longest. Their Podcasts made me feel like I know them so this gives me more respect for them.

Destructoid and 1Up are my two favorite video game related websites. I visit Destructoid more because the news is just there and fast.

Oh here we go

"You have ads on your site MAAAANNNNN!!....your part of the Coporate power structure....MAAAAN."

G-Reaper, take your hemp sandal, pachouli wearing ass and kill yourself....please.