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Can we get a tl;dr version? In all seriousness. Are you merging sites or something?



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Good luck with everything. Gaming really needs its IMDB equivalent, and I hope Gamewise can do that.



ioi said:
Akvod said:

Can we get a tl;dr version? In all seriousness. Are you merging sites or something?

If you can't be bothered to even read it...

Basically, anything game-related on VGChartz will now be managed on Gamewise from now on and pulled through / synched to VGChartz automatically. This includes the game entries themselves, the game pages for these entries and the game collections on user profiles.


One issue I had noticed on our profiles, is that not all new games that were OUT, could be added as us having owned, rated, and included in "Now playing". This was especially prevelant concerning the handful of Wii U games I own. I hope this is going to be fixed then.



pezus said:
I read it all, and it was definitely worth it. I like where you're going with this, and I will try the collection feature on gamewise for sure.

"We are projecting in 12 months time that it will be one of the top 10 gaming sites on the web and should continue to grow from there." - That's certainly an ambitious goal, but if word spreads quickly about its features I'm sure you can reach it. Does anyone know what the #9-#11 gaming websites are, so we have a ballpark?

Either here:
http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Games/Video_Games

Or rather that:
http://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Games/Video_Games/News_and_Reviews



Thanks ioi. The Game collection is a very important part of my identity here, much like my avatar can be. I'm glad you're making an effort to support it and especially integrate it with Gamewise, rather than not supporting it. I also like the idea of being able to do it all from vgchartz, that is a _good_ way to go.

Cheers!



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to be honest.. i don't think thats legal.. there should be a way to opt-out on one of the sites..



 

Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!) 

Good work, I like where this is going. I've enjoyed VGChartz since you launched it and I really hope you can make a dependable games database to which people can refer, just like IMDB.



interesting read on the history of vgchartz



Thanks for your long explanation. I have to admit that I viewed the split in a negative way. I was mainly upset with the decay of the game database on VGC in favor of Gamewise. I've only read half of the op but will now finish the rest. I gave up on keeping track of my game collection on VGC due to the stagnant database. I want to like Gamewise but I've had a hard time understanding why I need to go to the site. Thanks for creating VGC and I hope that I eventually find a need to log onto Gamewise (maybe to continue my game collection tracking although I'd rather continue it on VGC).



ioi said:
sethnintendo said:
Thanks for your long explanation. I have to admit that I viewed the split in a negative way. I was mainly upset with the decay of the game database on VGC in favor of Gamewise. I've only read half of the op but will now finish the rest. I gave up on keeping track of my game collection on VGC due to the stagnant database. I want to like Gamewise but I've had a hard time understanding why I need to go to the site.


Because it is purely a game database and everything is built from the ground up to do that as well as possible rather than just being tacked on to an existing site.



I just finished reading the entire op. I believe this is your best explanation of the matter so far. I now understand your vision and I'm actually more interested in Gamewise. You are right... Sometimes change is hard to accept especially when person doesn't have complete understanding of why the change is taking place. I'll actually give Gamewise a chance and I respect you for your work/dedication towards video game websites (you deserve that Mazzaratti, yes I still remember that post your car you drive thread and D21 pimping in front of his Explorer). You should give a shout out to oliist in your op for his contribution to the database on VGC.