Post by Zeli on Feb 3, 2015 12:57:13 GMT -5
massively.joystiq.com/2015/01/30/massively-that-was/
You probably already know. Today is Massively's last day. The news is everywhere. I wanted to put off this post in the hopes that something would change, but it doesn't look like that will happen today. AOL has axed most weblogs, including WoW Insider, Joystiq, and Massivley.
Although I didn't read the site daily, it was a great go-to for getting the overall community vibe on the MMO drama of the day. They had news on MMOs I never would have heard about otherwise. They had opinion pieces that, I believe, gave the entire site a personality. At times, they had a rather brutal comment-community that I would not wish on any enemy. It's very sad to lose an entire site of people that are so clearly passionate about MMOs. Some seem to indicate that something new will develop from this. The podcast seems like it will continue as well. I hope that is all true. It's not easy to just do it again.
Goodbye Massivley. We didn't always agree, but you always gave me perspective.
Most (but not all) of the MMO blogosphere, known for an unending supply of MMO community support, have posted to pay their final respects. These are just a few:
- Bio Break: biobreak.wordpress.com/2015/02/02...
- Braxwolf: braxwolf.com/2015/01/28/...
- Battle Priestess: battlepriestess.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/...
- Party Business: partybusiness.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/...
- Healing the Masses: healingthemasses.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/...
- Tales of the Aggronaut: aggronaut.com/2015/01/29...
- The Mystical Mesmer: themysticalmesmer.blogspot.com/2015/01/...
- Clean Casuals: www.sygnus.org/2015/01/29/...
- Endgame Viable: endgameviable.com/goodbye...
- GamingSF: gamingsf.wordpress.com/2015/01/31...
- Leo's Life: marcleoseguin.com/2015/01/30/...
- Inventory Full: bhagpuss.blogspot.com/2015/01...
- Scree: scree.org/massively-shut-down...
- Herding Cats: www.lioreblog.com/2015/01/30...
- The Ancient Gaming Noob: tagn.wordpress.com/2015/01/30...
- Games and Geekery: www.gamesandgeekery.com/2015/01/31...
- MMO Gypsy: mmogypsy.com/2015/02/...
- Geek Fitness: www.geekfitness.net/joystiq-...
- Alt:ernative Chat: www.alternative-blog.net/2015/01/...
