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That's horrendous. They'd be better off calling it the Li-La-Lu-Le-Lo.Quote:
UU-DD-LR-LR-BAS (think Konami)
I'l throw out a few:
Reflex
Twitch Gamer
Boss (or The Boss)
Power-up / Level-up
Gamebreaker
I'm not telling you the best suggestion I could give, though, because I may use it for a comic. :x
i'd call it Start, or Restart. Keep it short and snappy or at least make sure it has recognizable/memorable initials.
Heh. I know, but I couldn't resist. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bacon McShig
GF2: Electric Boogaloo
Heh, best possible gaming reference + sexual reference name for a mag:
Screw Attack.
:D
Okay, I guess it's time for the story of how I left GameFan.
I already mentioned that in the beginning, I had taken a percentage ownership of the magazine in lieu of a paycheck. When I agreed to this, Dave told me that Andy would draw up the proper paperwork and get that to me -- not to worry. A couple months went by and that paperwork didn't show up. When I'd ask Dave about it he would say that Andy was just busy and he needed lawyers to handle it and all that, so it was a slow process -- but not to worry. This repeated every couple of months. So when the "Three Foot Sonic" incident happened, which was about 12 months after I was promised those papers, I really started thinking about what was going on there. I wrote down what I had heard from various people about who got how much percentage of the magazine for their investments or participation and good damn if it didn't add up to more than 100%. Dave had promised away more percentage of the magazine than there was to give, by a margin significantly larger than the margin of error!
So soon after that I asked Dave about the papers again and got the same story, but this time they were real close to being ready. The next day, I decided to call Andy myself and ask just what was the holdup with my ownership papers. I got him on the phone and he was like "huh? WTF are you talking about? Dave never said anything to me about you owning anything. There aint nothing left for you to own." So I thanked him politely and immediately called Dave. When he answered, I exploded into an outburst of unintelligible gibbersh punctuated by pauses to suck the drool back in my mouth. My wife came and stood next to me and urged me to think about what I was saying. So I repeated to Dave what I had just said in English -- that I had just spoken to Andy and told him what he said, and he replied, "What? You're not allowed to call Andy! Only I can talk to Andy!" I was so taken aback by his complete disconnect from reality, I just told him that I'd be there in the morning and hung up.
So the next morning when I got to work, I went straight into his office, which he shared with Dave Winding at the time and when I walked in, he looked up at me like a deer caught in headlights. I sat down and stared at him for a minute. Nobody said a word. Then I calmly said that I was resigning, and he had two options for how I would leave. He could pay me a reasonable figure for my share of the magazine and I would stay and help him finish the issue and then train a replacement for myself, or I would leave right then and he could rot. Winding still didn't make a peep. It was deadline time and they'd have been royally screwed if I left, with George being the only other one left to do all the layouts. So he took the smart choice, agreed to pay for my share and I stayed long enough to train Jacob Riskin to replace me. Once I was paid off and I felt a *little* better about things, I then also agreed to freelance for while after that to help with the magazine. That lasted about 4 issues until I just kinda slowly faded out of there.
I think I was probably the only one who ever got anything out of their ownership of GameFan.
CORE! What's up, dude...Jason told me he ran into you not too long ago and told me what you're up to. Long time, no see man! CHOCOLATE!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Corebee
Telling you about this thread is paying off handsomely. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by akumachan
Wow, now TODE has invaded from the realms of HerV and SRK, haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by TODE
who all from gamefan is posting in here? I can only tell who a few people are... enlighten me please