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THE SHAKEOUT CONTINUES [Author: Lum the Mad]

The rumors we’ve been hearing all week have been confirmed, as UGO publicly acknowledged to gamers.com today that they were in fact demanding that their affiliates accept less money for advertising placement. According to one anonymous webmaster, only $1 CPM – in other words, if a site makes 500,

PRIORITIES, MAN, PRIORITIES [Author: Lum the Mad]

Gamespy has an interview with Josh McCloskey of C|Net’s Gamecenter over the recent Gamecenter Alliance closing: GameSpy: What is the main factor behind ending the affiliate program? Was there not enough traffic on these sites or was the program not generating enough revenue? Gamecenter: The Gamecenter Alliance had

HEY KIDS, IT’S A MYSTERY! [Author: Lum the Mad]

From: Dawn Beta Testing [mailto:contact@glitchless.com] Sent: 04 January 2001 14:48 To: Subject: sadf Greetings Dawn beta testers, The wait for new media is over! We have released new screen shots, engine motion videos, character renderings, and music all of which is available at our main site

SLIX NIX DIX PIX [Author: Arcadian Del Sol]

Kentar, who I believe answered my questions honestly and accurately, had no marks on any of his accounts prior to this incident. He was banned not for an accumulation of various infractions and transgressions, but for this single incident. Whether it was his intent to cause problems for OSI (several

ONE SHOT. ONE KILL. [Author: Lum the Mad]

Right about that point, I went schizoid. Literally. Into three different people. We’ll call them Ego, Id and Agape just to pluck random names out of the either. “Oh, that’s terrible!”, Agape cried. “That poor child! 9 months old… just a baby!” “Hm, this could be a pretty

AND ANOTHER ONE GONE, AND ANOTHER GONE… HOLY SHIT, THAT’S US [Author: Lum the Mad]

VoodooExtreme is reporting that C-Net is closing its “Gamecenter Alliance” affiliate program at the end of this month, which spells the end of advertiser revenue for huge sites like Stomped, Allakhazam’s, CounterStrike.net and, um, er, ah, others as well. Overheard on VoodooExtreme’s talkback thread: This is

BATTLE.NET FEELS ICY CHILL OF DEATH; BLIZZARD PUTS FREEZE ON RESET [Author: Arcadian Del Sol]

The first indication that something was wrong appeared on the ladder forum on Sunday 12/31/2000: Both characters, #1 and #4 on the USEast Realm ladder were hacked today and I have reason to believe Battle.net or its ISP(s) were involved. After he was first hacked, Eros