Topic: Alloutgames?

[Pugnate]

http://www.alloutgames.com/

What is that?

[Xessive]

Oh, that's one of those cheap lookin' placeholder thingies when a domain name is blank or something.

[Pugnate]

Hey I should buy it and turn it into something good heh.

[scottws]

Weird.  I just realized I hadn't so much as thought about that place at all for a loooooong time.

[Quemaqua]

Thank God it finally died.  All it really ended up being in the end was a bunch of gay guys posting fucking pictures of body builders.  It was truly pathetic.  RIP.  I dunno' if the "HomoMojo" place is still around, but at least this one avenue to get there is gone, and the once-good name of AOG can stop being sullied.

[Pugnate]

Well homomojo has turned into some sort of softcore gay porn site....

[ren]

Well homomojo has turned into some sort of softcore gay porn site....

I just went there. Hard to believe it turned from a gaming site into that.

[Pugnate]

Kinda makes you wonder what the hell DuckFat wanted from AOG? It went from a games media website that preaches tolerance, to gay politics... and now it is just softcore gay stuff.

So... what the hell?

[shock]

<3 you all

[Pugnate]

I've seen people use "<3" often. What does that mean?

[poomcgoo]

Turn your head 90 degrees to the right

[Pugnate]

That's what I did, and it just looked like a nose.... or a butt with a cone on top.

edit:

Does it stand for the middle finger?

[JacksRag(e)]

I think you're looking at it from the left.  It's supposed to be a heart.  <3

[Cobra951]

It's upside down from a smiley.  : )  <3

We were never associated with HomoMojo, so they can go as deep into the pit as they want.  AOG I was a part of once.

[Pugnate]

Problem was that until recently AOG was redirecting to HomoMojo... but not anymore.

[gpw11]

I checked on this a while ago and was very surprised at the turn that homomojo had taken.  It seems it's gotten even more ridiculous and with the way it's going they'll have full male on male fucking on the front page in about 4 months.

Whatever.  Duckfat had a choice; he could do something unique that had a chance of carving it's own niche while retaining some integrity, or he could try to do the same thing tons of others were already doing and end up fighting over traffic with other sites that simply cater to various overdone aspects of the gay community.  He made his decision, took the site in the direction he thought would bring it success and essentially had to pander to the LCD of the segment he wanted to attract.  So, now he has sweaty and gay workout vids, shitty conspiracy theory movies, and a forum in which it doesn't seem like anyone posts.

Obviously, all of us leaving in itself had something to do with the decline, but why the fuck would I be involved in the editorial content on a site that only really targets the gay community and the issues they find important?  It'd be like writing for a Woman's magazine or a religious newsletter.  I'm so detached from how they identify themselves that it'd be retarded. 

Whatever, that's the decision he made.  I don't dislike the guy for it, and he was right in the respect that we're not the most welcoming people on the internet.   But there's a good reason for that:  "LOLOLOLOL! CHINGY IS SO HOT.  OMG".  Seriously, scaring fucks like that off was the biggest benefit this community provided Duckfat.  Look what happened in absence of our disdain for morons. 

[Quemaqua]

Well said.

[ren]

Pssh. If it was lesbians instead of gay guys you'd be all over that site.

STOP THE HATE

[Pugnate]

Just wanted to reiterate that even if the front page showed heterosexual stuff, I would have still been disturbed. 

[Quemaqua]

Stupid perverts with no worthwhile endeavor in their lives can exist regardless of sexual preference.

[ren]

but wouldn't it be awesome if they went hand in hand

[KontrollerX]

Its a true shame what happened with you guys and the fallout from all that AOG stuff with Duck.

You all worked so hard for that guy and he puts the knife in your back and seems to self destruct into various degrees of madness.

Pug, Que and anyone else that worked really hard there had Duck not gone crazy AOG would've continued to grow in popularity and membership until the site was on the level of other popular game sites like 1up.com and Halo.Bungie.Org and any others you can think of.

What I'm getting at is AOG could've been huge.

Not IGN or Gamespot huge of course but one of the mid range solid sites that people go to, to get the truth when they are done trying to find meaning in a Gamespot or IGN game article.

I mean weren't you guys already getting your AOG reviews mentioned on videogame boxes like Morrowind Pug?

[Quemaqua]

We just got our "editor's choice" symbol up on there since I gave Morrowind said award.  That was a cool moment, even if a little meaningless, hehe.  Pug I think actually got quoted on a box for... Wizardry 8, was it?

[TheOtherBelmont]

We just got our "editor's choice" symbol up on there since I gave Morrowind said award.  That was a cool moment, even if a little meaningless, hehe.  Pug I think actually got quoted on a box for... Wizardry 8, was it?

Don't forget you got quoted on the Guitly Gear X2 website for your glowing review of that game.

[Quemaqua]

Oh yeah.  I sort of vaguely remember that.  Wish I still had my old reviews.

[Pugnate]

Yea on the Wizardry 8 box. I already had the game, so couldn't justify spending $50 for a new box that had my name on it heh.

We also got mentioned on PC Gamer twice... once for being a website that preaches tolerance etc.

I also wrote the first review on the internet for SIMGolf. I gave it a glowing review and scored it at 90% or something. I know for a fact that PCG read that review.

Also found my really crazy quotes on official websites plenty of times hehe. Duck was really good at marketing us. I had reviews to SIMgolf, Fifa, NWN2, GTA3 PC, Civ 3 among others that were quoted on official websites. In fact some of my quotes were embarrassingly bad, yet they got us hits heh.

For example I wrote in the Fifa review "The game play has been slowed down now. Now players won't run around like they are high on angel dust, at speeds even unattainable by superman."

I cringe now whenever I read that, but it was on the top of the official Fifa website for days. I was so happy, and Xessive couldn't believe they put it up

In the GTA3 review I wrote a poem on the game. Yes... I did that. It was so bad, I am not going to post it. But it was on the website as well.

Those were some good times.

[MysterD]

I had reviews to SIMgolf, Fifa, NWN2, GTA3 PC, Civ 3 among others that were quoted on official websites. In fact some of my quotes were embarrassingly bad, yet they got us hits heh.

Holy crap -- NWN2 didn't come out until last year!

How'd you get it so early, back in your AOG days?

[Pugnate]

haha I got a really early build...

I am just so used to typing NWN2... it was a reflex.

[MysterD]

haha I got a really early build...

God, given how the game turned out upon its original release, on an early build, NWN2's load-times and in-game performance must've been pretty bad, in that case...

Yea on the Wizardry 8 box. I already had the game, so couldn't justify spending $50 for a new box that had my name on it heh.

Awesome!
I need to find that game, heh!

We also got mentioned on PC Gamer twice... once for being a website that preaches tolerance etc.

It's too bad that the tolerance went away...

I also wrote the first review on the internet for SIMGolf. I gave it a glowing review and scored it at 90% or something. I know for a fact that PCG read that review.

Awesome!

Also found my really crazy quotes on official websites plenty of times hehe. Duck was really good at marketing us. I had reviews to SIMgolf, Fifa, NWN2, GTA3 PC, Civ 3 among others that were quoted on official websites. In fact some of my quotes were embarrassingly bad, yet they got us hits heh.

Still though, that's awesome that you got quoted all over the place!

For example I wrote in the Fifa review "The game play has been slowed down now. Now players won't run around like they are high on angel dust, at speeds even unattainable by superman."

LMAO! Hilarious!

I cringe now whenever I read that, but it was on the top of the official Fifa website for days. I was so happy, and Xessive couldn't believe they put it up

Awesome!

In the GTA3 review I wrote a poem on the game. Yes... I did that. It was so bad, I am not going to post it. But it was on the website as well.

Those were some good times.

I don't recall this poem.....

That could've been good blackmail material!

[Quemaqua]

Man, when Xessive mentioned Grandia II I started thinking about the good old days.  I miss when AOG was cool.  I loved writing reviews.

[Xessive]

Man, when Xessive mentioned Grandia II I started thinking about the good old days.  I miss when AOG was cool.  I loved writing reviews.

Hehe I just mentioned in the Current Gaming thread that I missed reading your reviews! Everybody had a a pretty good handle on it and a unique style to match.

*cue the Good Times theme*

[Quemaqua]

So long ago now.  It has to have been like... what, 5 or 6 years since we left?  So long that I can't even remember exactly when you showed up, X.  Seems like you've just always been here.

[Pugnate]

I'll be honest. I was going to make it a surprise or whatever, but oh well... I'll just blurt it all out.

I am looking to hire a web designer to expand my work etc., and am in the talks of hiring someone within the next few months. Aside from my work related website, I am going to have the dude design a professional gaming website for us with the right mix of casual/seriousness that we want. It will have a proper RSS system to handle the news page etc... plus it will be designed well on a technical level, so that people can upload their work etc like professionals etc. It will have podcasts, news, previews, reviews... a blog editorial style page, where the entire community can contribute. The guy has a really good php coder on his team, so everything will be taken care of.

In terms of review scores, I always wanted a 100 point percentile system, but I think most of here don't so, I don't care... we can have a 4 star system, or whatever everyone wants. Besides, a 4 star system just means less arguments or whatever. I think we could argue all day if someone gave Call of Duty 4 a 100% score, but if someone gave it a 4 our of 4 star score, then it wouldn't upset people as much... incl. the readers. And to be honest, I am going to be turning 30 soon, and I don't give a shit about review scores like I did when I was younger.

I just need time, but you will be writing again soon Que. I would say this could take another 3-6 months... but you and Cobra should get ready to edit a whole lot of grammar.

I plan to have a nice simple clean look, that looks classy and professional. At the same time, I don't want it to look like Kotaku, though joystiq looks good. I spoke to the webdesigner on Friday actually, and he asked me what sort of look I wanted.

Any suggestions on color schemes would be welcome. He actually wants examples of websites, so if anyone has any they like, please post about them.

When work on it starts, I will post updates periodically to get input. If the majority hates something, we will change it.

As much as I hate IGN, I like how it looks mostly. I also like how gamer20.com looks.

Once we get going, we can probably interview Greg Kasavin

[Xessive]

Aww, thanks Que I think Pug introduced me around the final year of AOG (proper AOG when you guys were there).

Dude, that's amazing! I can't wait to see what it looks like Would love to be more involved this time around

[Quemaqua]

Damn, seriously Pug?  That's.... I don't know what that is.  I just got up and am still so tired I can barely stand up.  I'll have to process this and respond later when I'm at least partially awake.

[Pugnate]

Yup.

Hopefully we can get a bunch of talented people to process the writing etc. Also, I don't think any of us have the energy/time that we did in our AOG days... I just remember hating gaming at times because I was rushing through them for a review. I don't want that more. We pay for games, and we should enjoy them without any pressure.

But this way, you can finally do a Demigod review that does the game justice.

But I really missed writing on games. I remember I would feel a bit emptiness after the death of AOG, every time I finished a game, because I couldn't give my input anymore.

By the way, I can help with podcast production. Aside from my leather business, I've been doing a part-time multimedia degree on the side. Just started the semester on film making and sound editing.

[Cools!]

Goodbye AOG! *waves*

[Cobra951]

Wow, Pug.  That sounds great.  I'm grinning right now.     Like that.

Oh, I really hope this gets going.  I'd love to contribute when the time comes.  Just keep me in the loop, will you?  Good luck!

[Cools!]

Aside from my leather business, I've been doing a part-time multimedia degree on the side. Just started the semester on film making and sound editing.

Let me know if you ever need some help with that since it's kind of my work field right now.

[Ghandi]

I'll be honest. I was going to make it a surprise or whatever, but oh well... I'll just blurt it all out.

etc etc

Suddenly there is light on the horizon. Thanks for getting things moving again Pug, I can't wait to see how things develop.