Author Topic: Did steve even go to E3? (Read 50499 times)

vonboy · « **on:** July 23, 2008, 02:21:59 pm »

he don't have any new podcasts up, even though E3 has come and gone. has he just been really busy. he always seems to make a couple podcasts, say he's sorry because he's busy (i know. taking care of children must be a handful) and then disappears for a few months.

gec05 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 23, 2008, 02:24:03 pm »

I think Steve's state of existence is a more appropriate inquiry.

Met · « **Reply #2 on:** July 23, 2008, 02:25:56 pm »

The site and forums are still getting paid for. So I somewhat assume he's still in existence and making enough for a living.

LadyM · « **Reply #3 on:** July 23, 2008, 02:36:10 pm »

He still exists, he's just really busy I guess. I was hoping he'd do some reporting during E3 too.

PatMan33 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2008, 03:07:57 pm »

I'd be more than happy to go in his steed next year.

Oviraptor · « **Reply #5 on:** July 23, 2008, 03:26:16 pm »

If you can get Steve to lend you is mount.

PatMan33 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 23, 2008, 03:27:52 pm »

Took a shot in the dark, it was one or the other.

Honestly, Steve can drop off of the face of the earth for all I care. He's done so little for us in the last two years, he's not even a part of the community any more.

Gaming Steve · « **Reply #7 on:** July 24, 2008, 06:19:19 pm »

Quote from: PatMan33 on July 23, 2008, 03:27:52 pm

Honestly, Steve can drop off of the face of the earth for all I care. He's done so little for us in the last two years, he's not even a part of the community any more.

But yet I pay the bills for the site and keep it running even though it costs me $5k a year. Perhaps I should just shut down the site and "not be part of the community any more?"

PatMan33 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 24, 2008, 06:22:41 pm »

Are you going to be a part of the forum then? Like I said, you pay the bill and for that we are all very grateful, but you need to look at things the way they are. You aren't a part of the forum any more and you can't make the best decisions for it. If you want to come back and have it be like old times that would be great; otherwise, you've got to give one of the moderators administrative privilege so that things can get done.

Gaming Steve · « **Reply #9 on:** July 24, 2008, 06:28:24 pm »

Quote from: Oviraptor on July 23, 2008, 03:26:16 pm

If you can get Steve to lend you is mount.

After E3 was canceled in 2006 I have decided to no longer go to these so-called E3 events anymore. I can only go to so many events per year and this year's E3 (and last year's as well) were E3 in name only. E3 this year would be like going to a riverboat casino and calling it Las Vegas ... there is just no comparison.

So I didn't go this year. And to be honest I've been so busy with work recently that I haven't had any free time. The economy is in the crapper but yet I have more business than I've had in years ... go figure.

However I am sitting down with the guys from Blizzard next week to check out the new Wow Expansion, Starcraft 2, and Diablo 3, so I might have something for you guys in two weeks.

Also I am planning on going to Gen Con this year, which is starting to get a bigger video game presence year after year. As far as I'm concerned Gen Con is the "new" E3 (sort of, PAX is really turning into the new E3).

The sad fact is that I try to keep up with the site and the podcasts, but I make zero money from them and just do them for fun. And right now I run several companies and we have more work than ever before, so I only have so many hours in a day and every single minute of my time is accounted for it seems. If I could just somehow figure out a way to do these podcasts in just a few hours instead of the several that it takes me to make each show I could do them more often, but they take much, much longer than you think to create.

But I am around and I watch the site on a daily basis, even though I might not contribute to discussions I'm always watching...

PatMan33 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 24, 2008, 06:31:10 pm »

Glad to hear business is going well for you.

Since you're checking in frequently, where would you suggest we place our various forum proposals and whatnot for you to look at? They've been largely ignored in the past, no response for or against them.

Gaming Steve · « **Reply #11 on:** July 24, 2008, 06:33:24 pm »

Quote from: PatMan33 on July 24, 2008, 06:22:41 pm

Are you going to be a part of the forum then? Like I said, you pay the bill and for that we are all very grateful, but you need to look at things the way they are. You aren't a part of the forum any more and you can't make the best decisions for it. If you want to come back and have it be like old times that would be great; otherwise, you've got to give one of the moderators administrative privilege so that things can get done.

They have full administrative privileges, always have. The junior moderators can't ban people, but otherwise have full privileges. And I don't make the decisions for the fourm, the moderators do. And if there is anything they want which they can't do, they contact me and I talk with them.

To be honest the other moderators haven't written to me in YEARS. I only speak with LadyM on a regular basis, communication is a two-way street. If they want something they should ask ME for it, directly.

But until the moderators start paying for the site it's still mine to manage, and the buck stops here.

Gaming Steve · « **Reply #12 on:** July 24, 2008, 06:34:00 pm »

Quote from: PatMan33 on July 24, 2008, 06:31:10 pm

Glad to hear business is going well for you.

Since you're checking in frequently, where would you suggest we place our various forum proposals and whatnot for you to look at? They've been largely ignored in the past, no response for or against them.

Write me directly.

PatMan33 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 24, 2008, 06:35:58 pm »

Quote from: Gaming Steve on July 24, 2008, 06:33:24 pm

They have full administrative privileges, always have. The junior moderators can't ban people, but otherwise have full privileges. And I don't make the decisions for the fourm, the moderators do. And if there is anything they want which they can't do, they contact me and I talk with them.

I'll take your word for it, although that conflicts with what I've been told by the moderators.

If that is the case... looks like someone (not you) has a backlog of stuff to answer for. Thanks for the clarification.

Gunner · « **Reply #14 on:** July 24, 2008, 08:10:48 pm »

Yay.
Thanks Steve.

Plank of Wood · « **Reply #15 on:** July 25, 2008, 02:26:38 am »

Quote from: Gaming Steve on July 24, 2008, 06:28:24 pm

I'm always watching...

Solid evidence that Steve's Alternate account is, in fact, Alwayswatching.

emmet · « **Reply #16 on:** July 25, 2008, 03:29:22 am »

NO, BAD STEVE! That's my job!

vonboy · « **Reply #17 on:** July 25, 2008, 07:07:50 am »

um, did like 2 pages of replies just get deleted from yesterday, or am i hallucinating?

and steve, if your watching the forums, could you like maybe post once a week or something. like take a couple minutes of your time to let us know your there?

Ultramarine · « **Reply #18 on:** July 25, 2008, 07:27:50 am »

No you're not hallucinating, also it was moved (or copied?).

And as for Steve, like we said before, he's a busy man.

I know it's not much to ask for him to post here once in a while (a couple times a week by your standards), but he's got obligations in the real world too. He's got a job, besides keeping the site in order of course, also has a wife and child so I think the offline duties prove to be more important.

As long as he's paying the bills I see no problem with him disappearing for a while.

Brandonazz · « **Reply #19 on:** July 25, 2008, 09:13:36 am »

A large portion of the posts from this thread were merged with the Suggestion Box, as that is the topic they moved on to.

Hydromancerx · « **Reply #20 on:** July 31, 2008, 09:20:37 pm »

Quote from: Gaming Steve on July 24, 2008, 06:34:00 pm

Write me directly.

Which mail or PM?

Cause i have sent you PMs and ven had LadyM pass on information but i still have not got got a PM or e-mail back saying you got any of my messages.

*goes to send yet another PM*

gec05 · « **Reply #21 on:** July 31, 2008, 09:25:02 pm »

Email for best results Hydro.

Hydromancerx · « **Reply #22 on:** July 31, 2008, 11:34:16 pm »

Quote from: Gec on July 31, 2008, 09:25:02 pm

Email for best results Hydro.

I did both before both now and he finally answered

Thanks Steve!

sgore · « **Reply #23 on:** August 01, 2008, 03:14:24 pm »

Quote from: Gaming Steve on July 24, 2008, 06:28:24 pm

And right now I run several companies and we have more work than ever before, so I only have so many hours in a day and every single minute of my time is accounted for it seems.

Hm...Steve, while you're on here (albeit a few days ago) would it be a fair question to ask if you're Batman.

You can tell me.
It's okay.

PatMan33 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 01, 2008, 03:17:28 pm »

Andrew Ryan · « **Reply #25 on:** August 01, 2008, 08:05:50 pm »

Your evil Patman...

Interrobang · « **Reply #26 on:** August 06, 2008, 11:37:50 am »

Steve is a meteorological event, like a tornado or volcanic eruption. No one knows when he appears, and when he does, destruction is all that can await.

Hydromancerx · « **Reply #27 on:** August 27, 2008, 05:34:29 pm »

So besides e-mail how can one "summon" Steve?

PatMan33 · « **Reply #28 on:** August 27, 2008, 06:08:41 pm »

Tap your shoes together three times, say "I wish Steve was here", and send him an email.

gec05 · « **Reply #29 on:** August 27, 2008, 06:53:55 pm »

For a public summon, we require the human sacrifice of three members with less than 100 posts.

Andrew Ryan · « **Reply #30 on:** August 27, 2008, 07:33:06 pm »

Or a single greater member with over 3000 posts.

gec05 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 27, 2008, 07:35:03 pm »

Nonsense, such beings are unclean for sacrifice.

Andrew Ryan · « **Reply #32 on:** August 27, 2008, 07:37:15 pm »

But the shear amount of ~~blood~~ posts such a beast spills is much more important than purity!

gec05 · « **Reply #33 on:** August 27, 2008, 07:40:11 pm »

Blasphemy! You dare give your master 5 gallons of raw sewage than 1 liter of pure mineral spring water?

Andrew Ryan · « **Reply #34 on:** August 27, 2008, 08:05:33 pm »

I give him 5 gallons of liquid GOLD rather than 1 liter of newb spittle!!!

PatMan33 · « **Reply #35 on:** August 27, 2008, 08:09:07 pm »

Would you like a hair from my head?

Ultimatum · « **Reply #36 on:** August 28, 2008, 04:04:11 am »

I say we sacrifice Patman ,since he has the most posts of anyway,more blood shall be spilt.

Daxx · « **Reply #37 on:** August 28, 2008, 01:47:13 pm »

Quote from: Hydromancerx on August 27, 2008, 05:34:29 pm

So besides e-mail how can one "summon" Steve?

More email?

I don't think anyone knows. If Steve's going to reply to anything, it would be email. If he doesn't reply to that, then he probably isn't paying attention.

Hydromancerx · « **Reply #38 on:** August 29, 2008, 01:41:06 am »

After sacrificing 3 newbies i was able to contact Steve via e-mail. Apparently your methods work Gec.

Draugr · « **Reply #39 on:** August 29, 2008, 06:37:39 pm »

I thought the current toll was your first born child, and your left leg.

Andrew Ryan · « **Reply #40 on:** August 29, 2008, 11:08:29 pm »

Quote from: Draugr on August 29, 2008, 06:37:39 pm

I thought the current toll was your first born child, and your left leg.

Thats for summoning Cthulhu, silly.

Jaleho · « **Reply #41 on:** September 05, 2008, 01:25:24 pm »

Quote from: Gaming Steve on July 24, 2008, 06:28:24 pm

The sad fact is that I try to keep up with the site and the podcasts, but I make zero money from them and just do them for fun.

I mean this in the nicest possible way, and unless I'm seriously overestimating the popularity of the Gaming Steve Forums... the fact that you're not making money from this site says to me you need to get some part-time marketing help. You're missing out on a serious opportunity here if other folks can live off the ads they get from their blogs and this forum isn't earning you income. The google ad view traffic alone should be enough to... well, I don't know your numbers, but if MY piddly site made me $100 cash just posting a couple comics, a forum as lively as this should be earning you enough to pay for itself, even without new podcasts.

Am I missing something? I know I've clicked on ads I saw on the forums. The popularity here isn't enough to garner some sponsors for the site?

Gungnir · « **Reply #42 on:** September 05, 2008, 02:20:44 pm »

That makes some pretty good sense...

You should seriously try that. And I wouldn't even mind more ads...it's kinda fun reading them anyway.

Brandonazz · « **Reply #43 on:** September 05, 2008, 03:35:23 pm »

Adblock is a beautiful thing.

Draugr · « **Reply #44 on:** September 06, 2008, 06:19:31 pm »

I just saw our Gamingsteve on Discovery Channel! A picture of him w/ Will Wright at least.

Gungnir · « **Reply #45 on:** September 06, 2008, 07:06:47 pm »

Quote from: Draugr on September 06, 2008, 06:19:31 pm

I just saw our Gamingsteve on Discovery Channel! A picture of him w/ Will Wright at least.

Seriously?

Yuu · « **Reply #46 on:** September 06, 2008, 07:09:22 pm »

Really? Is it in the "I Videogame" show?

Ultramarine · « **Reply #47 on:** September 06, 2008, 09:08:30 pm »

Quote from: Draugr on September 06, 2008, 06:19:31 pm

I just saw our Gamingsteve on Discovery Channel! A picture of him w/ Will Wright at least.

Draugr · « **Reply #48 on:** September 07, 2008, 05:38:49 am »

I am completely serious, two or three pictures of Will and Steve popped up during the "The Future Is Wild and Making of Spore" program that was on Discovery last night, when I saw him up there I almost fell out of my chair.

PatMan33 · « **Reply #49 on:** September 07, 2008, 08:39:09 am »

They were saying he was in the whole "making of" video that comes with Spore. Chances are they took clips from that and his pictures were some of the ones that made it in.

Daxx · « **Reply #50 on:** September 08, 2008, 07:01:39 am »

Quote from: Jaleho on September 05, 2008, 01:25:24 pm

Quote from: Gaming Steve on July 24, 2008, 06:28:24 pm
The sad fact is that I try to keep up with the site and the podcasts, but I make zero money from them and just do them for fun.

I mean this in the nicest possible way, and unless I'm seriously overestimating the popularity of the Gaming Steve Forums... the fact that you're not making money from this site says to me you need to get some part-time marketing help. You're missing out on a serious opportunity here if other folks can live off the ads they get from their blogs and this forum isn't earning you income. The google ad view traffic alone should be enough to... well, I don't know your numbers, but if MY piddly site made me $100 cash just posting a couple comics, a forum as lively as this should be earning you enough to pay for itself, even without new podcasts.

Am I missing something? I know I've clicked on ads I saw on the forums. The popularity here isn't enough to garner some sponsors for the site?

This is actually something I was wondering about, but it was just sitting in the back of my mind until now.

Something to consider would be the amount of traffic this site gets. Look at the pageviews for the last couple of months:
August: 1856876
July: 2059201
June: 2227289
May: 1475869

And the pages querying the database:
Forum Index: Page created in 0.033 seconds with 13 queries.
Everything Else: Page created in 0.193 seconds with 20 queries.
Posting Form: Page created in 0.04 seconds with 16 queries.
Stats Page: Page created in 0.104 seconds with 25 queries.

So there's around 40-50 million database queries a month, added to picture hosting and so forth. I don't know how much bandwidth that eats up, but it's not a small amount, I'd imagine.

However, almost all of those pageviews serve one or two ads. So that's a lot of ad views and there must be a fair amount of clickthrough as well, I'd guess.

Draw your own conclusions from that. I doubt Steve is going to wander in and tell us the facts, but you could draw conclusions either way from these data.

PatMan33 · « **Reply #51 on:** September 08, 2008, 10:18:34 am »

Try this thing out, it's called Website Value Calculator. I think someone here posted it once. Anyway it's a pretty nifty tool.

Mr. Consideration · « **Reply #52 on:** September 09, 2008, 07:09:15 am »

Quote from: PatMan33 on September 08, 2008, 10:18:34 am

Try this thing out, it's called Website Value Calculator. I think someone here posted it once. Anyway it's a pretty nifty tool.

Gamingsteve.com Estimated Worth $24615.6 USD

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Lots.

Andrew Ryan · « **Reply #53 on:** September 09, 2008, 07:11:34 am »

Hammerman58 · « **Reply #54 on:** September 11, 2008, 09:21:33 pm »

Quote from: PatMan33 on September 08, 2008, 10:18:34 am

Try this thing out, it's called Website Value Calculator. I think someone here posted it once. Anyway it's a pretty nifty tool.

O what memories that brings up on the old vent server.

mikeha · « **Reply #55 on:** December 11, 2008, 02:16:09 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Consideration on September 09, 2008, 07:09:15 am

Quote from: PatMan33 on September 08, 2008, 10:18:34 am
Try this thing out, it's called Website Value Calculator. I think someone here posted it once. Anyway it's a pretty nifty tool.

Gamingsteve.com Estimated Worth $24615.6 USD

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Lots.

It's worth $34930.5 now, so it's gained 10k in value in the last few months!

Shadowgandor · « **Reply #56 on:** February 05, 2009, 06:55:18 am »

Holy frickle, check out sites like gamespot and google with that thing. Yikes!

vonboy · « **Reply #57 on:** February 10, 2009, 02:07:17 pm »

google is worth 1.2 BILLION according to that tool.

Skyward · « **Reply #58 on:** February 10, 2009, 03:09:37 pm »

Quote from: mikeha on December 11, 2008, 02:16:09 pm

Quote from: Mr. Consideration on September 09, 2008, 07:09:15 am
Quote from: PatMan33 on September 08, 2008, 10:18:34 am
Try this thing out, it's called Website Value Calculator. I think someone here posted it once. Anyway it's a pretty nifty tool.

Gamingsteve.com Estimated Worth $24615.6 USD

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Lots.

It's worth $34930.5 now, so it's gained 10k in value in the last few months!

GO GAMINGSTEVE!

Yuu · « **Reply #59 on:** February 14, 2009, 11:01:46 pm »

http://www.gamingsteve.com

Estimated Data

Net Worth : $15395.7 Last updated 9 Days ago
Daily Pageview : 6362
Daily Ads Revenue : $21.09

So, the gain in views was due to the power of Spore's release?

Raz · « **Reply #60 on:** February 14, 2009, 11:04:00 pm »

Gamingsteve isn't just about Spore Yuu. It's declined cause Steve ain't here much anymore, and mostly stopped updating.

Yuu · « **Reply #61 on:** February 14, 2009, 11:17:14 pm »

Steve stopped updating waaaaaaaaaaay before that large spike hit the site's charts.

That huge spike was caused by the insane influx of people into the Sporums, which was one of the reasons why the Exchange Corner was split from the Creation Corner.

Raz · « **Reply #62 on:** February 14, 2009, 11:21:45 pm »

Yeah well it's going so low because Steve stopped updating.

Yuu · « **Reply #63 on:** February 14, 2009, 11:24:55 pm »

Indeed.

Back then, the site's traffic really was a bit higher as far as I can remember, and not just here in the forums.

PatMan33 · « **Reply #64 on:** February 15, 2009, 12:22:04 am »

Yuu seems to be right on the mark with his assumption. And after Spore disappeared we returned to our baseline stat.

Sub · « **Reply #65 on:** February 20, 2009, 11:39:50 pm »

I stopped posting a lot. I mainly came here for Spore and after that came out (and didn't turn out as good as I had hoped), I sort of lost interest. I'd probably post more in the other sections if they were more active.

PatMan33 · « **Reply #66 on:** February 21, 2009, 09:42:11 am »

You should come to Everything Else or Storytelling and Roleplaying. We're fine and dandy like sour candy!

Krakow Sam · « **Reply #67 on:** February 21, 2009, 02:00:30 pm »

Scrumdiddle-a-riffic!

Saganmaineiac · « **Reply #68 on:** February 22, 2009, 12:35:46 pm »

whateahiffic?

Rct2mad · « **Reply #69 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:30:18 am »

So basically the forum's are now down to the real hardcore members?
Seems a real shame, GS was a big part of my life, checking for Spore news, occasionally getting involved in the other parts of the site.
It's really sad

PatMan33 · « **Reply #70 on:** March 09, 2009, 09:35:34 am »

He's still around, just not when most of us are. Usually late at night when he goes down into the boiler room and fights the monsters that want to break our forum.

Putspooza · « **Reply #71 on:** March 09, 2009, 11:02:45 am »

Who on earth would want to do that?

PatMan33 · « **Reply #72 on:** March 09, 2009, 11:33:49 am »

The monsters in the boiler room? They don't need an excuse. Have you seen what line of work they're in?

Yannick · « **Reply #73 on:** March 09, 2009, 02:02:26 pm »

GamingSteve is fighting for the sins of the internet.

Ultimatum · « **Reply #74 on:** March 09, 2009, 02:11:47 pm »

Well.

He's fighting an uphill battle then.

Snork · « **Reply #75 on:** March 16, 2009, 01:17:01 pm »

I always assumed that there was no steve, and that he was actually one of the Nine Divines in human form.
I think he's General Grievous.

Author Topic: Did steve even go to E3? (Read 50499 times)

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