10:30 AM on 08.29.2009
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Niero
Destructoid turns four next year. That's ridiculous. Surely we should be either bankrupt or lecherous sellouts by now, right? Somehow we're still here by no small contribution of Dtoid's plucky editors and more importantly our community. We're here because Google says 1.4 million people read us each month for some reason.
What the hell is wrong with you people?
So how did we get here, you ask? Well, there's about 16 editors across various cities so when we alternate robbing convenience stores its much harder to track. There's also the fact that there's nothing else in the world I'd rather be doing right now than listening to the F-Zero soundtrack while drinking the uncarbonated remains of last night's midnight Taco Bell soda. If you're curious about what motivated me to start the site I did an unflattering interview with the folks at The Gamer Studio about the site's early influences and how you too can become an abusive husband at your trade. The article exposes me for the hack publisher/web designer/writer/human being that I am, which is important for you to know if we're going to continue being Internet friends.
Some critics of Destructoid may not appreciate our granola success and have even come to attack my under qualifications, and that's OK. For them I offer them this answer: I'm having a lot of fun learning what to do along the way, but my immediate Saturday plan to beef up my journalistic acumen is to watch Muppets in Space. That's the one where Moses tells Gonzo that he's doomed and kicks him off the arc, I think.
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also cocks. <3<3<3<3
Really though, we all love you Niero, *virtual manhug*.
A hack job picture for a story about a hack publisher.
Just keep doing that thing you do. You know, kicking ass and chewing gum.
Speaking of, I need to find They Live on DVD somewhere.
(Thankfully I missed the "Summa" days of Destructoid so I hate to think of what he must have done to actually leave this site.)
<3
WE FUCKING LOVE YOU, THAT'S WHAT.
I think the fact that you give half the spotlight to the community and like GoldenGamer said, anywhere else and they woulda been fired. But
because you guys don't give a shit and are still honest, that's they key.
Cocks, also.
"Good luck getting those media credentials next year, fellas."
Doubly great, because months later, gamepolitics ran an article about Mr. Destructoid, sans helmet, covering Jack Thompson's Bully court kerfuffle, which was the first link to bring me to this fine establishment!
"Niero: World domination. I may settle for less, but you've gotta have goals."
I love how everyone is very funny and friendly here. Unlike gametrailers.
4 Years is nuts, congrats!
A great set of editors giving us news, previews, reviews (with honest scores) and unique features - every twenty minutes! - not many sites bother doing that. It's written well and not given a trim, you tell us straight what's happening, and make us laugh through your writing. I'll tell you now that humour through journalism is a art slowly fading away. Everyone's too serious nowadays. One member of staff I'd like to point out is Jim, his articles really make me laugh.
You give the community part of the spotlight (I think it's been said before) Most sites would have this strict lining of staff and users. With Destructoid, this line is more blurred and I think that's what makes it work. You don't treat us like some cannon fodder which is easily replaceable, you treat us just like a human being should be. Also, user posts on a front page of any gaming site is rarely seen, in fact, I think Destructoid is the only one to do things like that.
Although I've already mentioned features, they play a very big part on the site. Things like RetroForceGO, Friday Night Fights, NARP's, Rev Rants, HAWP, Podcastle, and lots more. You keep the community... united (yes, I know that sounds really corny)
There's probably lots of stuff I've missed out what is good with the site, but I think I speak for everyone when I say thank you to yourself (Niero), Nick Chester, Dale North, Anthony Burch, Jim Sterling, Hamza, Rey Gutierrez, Ashley Davis, Brad Nicholson, Brad Rice, Chad Concelmo, Colette Bennett, Conrad Zimmerman, Dyson, Jonathan Holmes, Jonathan Ross, Jordan Devore, Matthew Razak, Tom Fronczak, Topher Cantler and pretty much everyone in the community for making a brilliant site and being around for four years and live to tell the tale. I wish you good luck with the future of Destructoid and I hope it expands even further.
I think that's everyone anyway. Haha.
You've managed to create something very unique that fosters a sense of loyalty and enthusiasm from those that participate - rare in today's internet world with so many choices out there.
Well done Niero, even that Mexican love child born from a night of tequila can compare to Destructiod.
<3 You
Also, uncarbonated soft drinks are so much better than the regular carbonated form.
1.) Follow a site based on elitist prickhood and the mouthbreathing sycophants that support every statement that falls out of a hairpiece that used to belong to John Stamos.
2.) Follow an incredibly inane, squeaky-clean wannabe for option #1 where humor falls as flat as the aformentioned soda in Niero's initial post.
3.) A place run by real gamers of every type solely for the purpose OF gamers of every type, where almost unlimited freedom of speech is the law of the land, from the editors and staff writers down to the reader membership itself.
If you chose option #1,ZOMGSTFUGTFOBBQASAP.
If you chose option #2, it's past your bedtime and your mother will be notified that you're on her internet-box this late in the evening.
If you chose #3, welcome home, and I probably owe you a beer for some reason or another. Also, cocks.
The really juicy GamePolitics stuff got deleted. It might be on Archive.org. It was some 10 pages of LiveJournal flamewars that eventually turned in our favor, to my surprise. That seems like ten years ago. That whole crazy shit reminds me of this quote:
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -Mahatma Gandhi
I've been here almost from the beginning, I believe. It gets better and better every day. :D
Thanks for building this great site
"you are the donkey to my kong dtoid. <3"
I couldn't agree more.
I've been reading the site since about 2 weeks after it went up. I remember the first article I read was something about the way Japanese people dress in real life influencing the characters we see in RPGs. It's probably in the archives somewhere.
It's the only gaming site I read and it's easy for me to understand why but hard to express in words. I just feel like when something games related happens, some editor here will write an article called "this happened" with a few paragraphs about what's happened. It seems so simple but I never feel like that's what I'm getting anywhere else.
Add to that the humour and the terrific sense of community, it's easy to see why you guys have more readers than other sites which have fewer, which I'm not sure about numbers so this paragraph is either insulting or complimentary, that's not for me to decide. I better stop talking now
Hearts to Niero, Rev An, Ashley Davis, Topher Cantler, Samit Sarkar, Jim Sterling, Colette Bennett, CHAD CONCELMO!!!(WHO IS AMAZING ACTUALLY) , Tom Fronz, Dyson, Wardrox and Atheistium, Nick Chester, Brad Pecs Nicholson, Dale North, Brad Rice, Ben Perlee, Jonathan Ross, Jonathan Holmes (has A very special place in my heart), the lovely Adam Dork, Jordan Devore, Matt Razak, Conrad Zimmmerman, Rey Guiterrez (man behind the scenes), and all the other contributers that make my day special.