TNL Staff Q&A

[Bacon McShig]

Rich writes for that awesome gaming site with the thousands upon thousands of members.

Could someone please tell me why GN is so maligned? A lot of well-standing members of this very board are contributing, Ammadeau in particular is doing some top-notch stuff for the site. It's been updated quite frequently since it launched. And, not to toot my own horn, but the site is sleek, minimalist, uncluttered, and fast-loading, a welcome rarity in the gaming website rolodex.

Look, I'm no shill for the site, I feel just as much a part of TNL as I do GN, if not more. I'll definitely be the first to say GN has its flaws... but I fail to see where anyone can paint it as a BAD site. It's frequently updated, it's got original stuff you won't find elsewhere, it's got decent (and recent) reviews... IMHO it's pretty impressive for a site that's only a few months old.

I get the impression a lot of you are bashing without giving it a chance, trying to perpetuate a rivalry that really isn't there. GN isn't trying to topple the TNL empire. It's no more a competitor than any other gaming site out there.

[LOL]

No one has a problem with their site. Their forums are full of way too much gay though.

And that's not saying gay in a derisive way. It's really gay there. Seriously. *huggles*

[Bacon McShig]

I won't debate that it's in need of a better forum and more posters.

But no one as worthless as remnant would have been allowed to post there for a quarter of the time he has here, I can tell you that much. If that's considered gay, then I must say I'm rather in favor of flamboyance, my friend.

[bahn]

From the people watching the streams on the boards to how we manage to snag weird interviews withi peopel you'd never expect, thats how you do it. Everything else we do though, I completely but understand why, isn't quite up to that standard.

Those "wierd" interviews are obviously in thanks to Ali, who recently became aware of this thread but isn't able to respond directly due to his forum account status. He notes the following:

The interviews and features he contributed were offered voluntarily. Any of his content could have been offered to any mainstream or online publication. For those who aren't familiar with his background -- Ali works as a freelancer "who works for print and even TV and gave those interviews to TNL because TNL and I go back" [to its earlier years operating online].

To be perfectly honest, TNL had little to do with it.

[Tommy Tallarico]

Those "wierd" interviews are obviously in thanks to Ali, who recently became aware of this thread but isn't able to respond directly due to his forum account status. He notes the following:

The interviews and features he contributed were offered voluntarily. Any of his content could have been offered to any mainstream or online publication. For those who aren't familiar with his background -- Ali works as a freelancer "who works for print and even TV and gave those interviews to TNL because TNL and I go back" [to its earlier years operating online].

To be perfectly honest, TNL had little to do with it.

It's nice that you're defending Ali. The only thing missing is where anyone was attacking him. Anyone who reads TNL knows that Ali is the man and we all appreciate him and love him and no one's trying to take away from him.

[bahn]

It's nice that you're defending Ali. The only thing missing is where anyone was attacking him. Anyone who reads TNL knows that Ali is the man and we all appreciate him and love him and no one's trying to take away from him.

As I said, Ali's forum status prevents him from responding directly. Not that I have no objections in defending them if there was a need for it.