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GSN, R.I.P.?
cmjb13:
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GSN is looking for cheap programming.
PeterMarshallFan:
Ya know what? I think I got why I'm extra-bitter about this video game stuff. The piss-poor* response on the GSN Boards is what did it for me.
[Insert off topic rant]
I think Gene Platt hit the nail on the heard when he said \"They couldn't handle the heat so they deleted the thread. thericker is welcome to insert his head into his ass.\"
I wholeheartedly agree. Thericker's first mistake was saying \"This is one part of a bigger plan.\" A plan for what, per se? Replacing half the schedule with VG's to become the next G4?
His second mistake, the one that sealed my suspicions about GSN's wanting to become GN: \"You think games on TV you think ? Wouldn't it be nice to think Game Show Network?\" Ummm, No. \"Games\" and \"Game shows\" are 2 different things. If I want to think Games on TV, I'll think GAS, G4, etc.
And then the killer was when I posted what the FlashGames2 [How do I make superscript?] moderator who said \"GSN wants to scale itself away from the GAME SHOW genre and aim for GAMES in general.\" I followed that up with \"Someone at GSN f**ked up big this time.\" 10 minutes later I was banned. I guess they figured, why only take care of the thread when you can get rid of an outspoken opponent to your move at the same time? I'm surprised there wasn't mass banning.
[end off-topic rant]
Now I'll go back to the How Do You Like Your Eggs room.
parliboy:
First of all, while I stand by my original statement of anal gymnastics in regard to thericker (especially since I had a rather length post on that thread), I was at least smart enough to make that statement over here, not on their board. You made a direct attack on their board, nothing more, and they were pretty darn clear what that would lead to. You shot yourself in the foot there, and you're dealing with the consequences.
I don't hold it against you for feeling bitter about their actions. It was very, very clearly a negative response from all but the most die-hard apologists over there, and GSN's response was typical of many businesses, with the ramifications typically being disasterous both for future sales and for P.R. (see Ultima IX) At the same time, with so many responses approaching the ... \"level of insight\" ... you used in the one that got you banned, I can see why they considered deletion. (ricker, stay where you are, continue to assume the position)
Now then, the \"bigger plan\" is to move toward a more general games network. It won't happen. You won't pick up G4's audience, and you will lose what you have now. I'm sorry, but why in the world would I sit through two hours of video game programming -- just to see reviews? I can already do that now at a hundred different sites.
One issue we won't have to worry about so much is \"reruns\". Gamer.tv is actually a 5-a-week show, of which we'll get two. Game Sauce is actually twice-a-week, and we'll get one of those. This means GSN will (save holidays) get something it has failed to have with any other show since the age of dial-in interactives -- year-round original programming.
So the gambit is laid down -- will they get enough young eyeballs to justify dirt-cheap, internationally-produced, syndicated programming which requires an overt change in their programming mission? What's more, can they actually get them to sit for a 2-hour block (that's the part that makes me ultra-cynical).
Chelsea Thrasher:
[quote name=\'parliboy\' date=\'Jul 12 2003, 11:52 AM\'] So the gambit is laid down -- will they get enough young eyeballs to justify dirt-cheap, internationally-produced, syndicated programming which requires an overt change in their programming mission? What's more, can they actually get them to sit for a 2-hour block (that's the part that makes me ultra-cynical). [/quote]
And I can answer all that with one word: No.
As GSN *should* be remembering from October 1997-April 1998 is that you can only push your viewer base so far before they push back (I've read a good deal of the ATGS archives of the time...for those who've never seen the DP-era posts......It's good reading, and chock full of chock-full-ness!)
PeterMarshallFan:
While we're on it, I think the IQ of GSN has dropped at least 20 points since yesterday. I now know A) someone who kisses ass to Belinkoff, and B) what a true, full blooded Tomarkenite is.
ObGameShow: Bullseye had a great set. Cram sucks.
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