Wizards of the Coast Declares Gleemax Site a Critical Failure 242
In a recent blog post, Wizards of the Coast Vice President of Digital Gaming Randy Buehler announced that they were killing their Gleemax social networking site. Originally designed to create a central hub where gamers could meet, discuss, and play games online, it has thus far been unable to deliver on the grandiose promises made at launch. "The mistake that I made, however, was in trying to push us too far too fast. I still think the vision for Gleemax is awesome: creating a place on the web where hobby gamers (or lifestyle gamers or thinking gamers, or whatever you want to call us) can gather to talk about games, play games, and find people to play games with. But I've come to realize that the vision was too ambitious. We've made progress down about ten different paths over the past eighteen months, but we haven't been able to reach the end of any of them yet."
I can just imagine the site. (Score:5, Funny)
Wow, that site sounded like it'd be a lot of fun.
Already Exists (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Already Exists (Score:5, Funny)
Re:you called it what??? (Score:1, Funny)
No kidding. "Ask your doctor if Gleemax is right for you. Side effects include constipation, impotence, rash, and 401(k) depletion."
Seriously though.... (Score:5, Funny)
Trying to establish a name as a place where idiots can blather mindlessly about irrelevant(though perhaps entertaining) subjects on the Internet?
That's not a crowded marketplace at all.
Buehler? (Score:1, Funny)
Buehler?
Am I the only one... (Score:3, Funny)
...who remembers a slashdot-like site named Planet Crap, where gamers, game webmasters, and game developers gathered, posted, discussed, flamed, and trolled?
I'd say 1999 called and wants its idea back!
Re:Name? (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe it is a take on the drug name (Gleemonex) from the movie 'Brain Candy'?
Slogan: Gleemonex makes it feel like it's 72 degrees in your head...all the time.
Re:Already Exists (Score:5, Funny)
An online hub for gamers to meet already exists. It's called "World of Warcraft."
If you are playing WoW and think you are a gamer with other gamers, by all means, PLEASE just keep on doing what you are doing. You are where you belong.
I quite like the fact that WoW acts like a honey pot, keeping you entertained, and away from the rest of us. Ooops... was that out loud? ;)
Re:I can just imagine the site. (Score:4, Funny)
And one day he'll learn that stats "36-24-36" don't mean "hitpoints, mana, and dexterity".
Re:Already Exists (Score:4, Funny)
or an American Idol devotee
Depends on her stats.
Hooray snobbery! (Score:5, Funny)
Drop the snobbery. All that does is make you look bitter.
Do you really think your D&D character who you've been playing off and on for 30 years since BECMI is so much more legitimate than someone's Tier 6-geared character with thousands of hours of play time? Hint: it's not.
Disclaimer: I play WoW. I have 2 70s, neither of which are geared for raiding (yet...). I also run a weekly D&D game and I started a board game club at my college. So if you want to try and argue I'm not a gamer... Well, go right ahead. I don't need your validation.
Oh, and my penis is HUGE (in Japan).
Re:Already Exists (Score:2, Funny)
That question remains in the air, but the answer to "Who would I rather smell?" has a clear cut winner. ;)
Re:Already Exists (Score:4, Funny)
Oh. Barrens chat.
(Throw in some sex and it's Goldshire).
Re:I can just imagine the site. (Score:5, Funny)
Thirty Six Deterity!? Holy Jesus, if this is D&D, that lady can MOVE.
Re:I can just imagine the site. (Score:4, Funny)
Nah, she's just an epic character that started with 18 dex, got to level 40 and put all 8 stat boosts into dexterity and uses a +10 Gloves of Dexterity that cost her a cool 1,000,000 gold that she earned through prostitution and dancing.
Filthy dark elf bards.
Re:I can just imagine the site. (Score:4, Funny)
Oh, ok. So she can just outdance Olidammara.
Re:I can just imagine the site. (Score:3, Funny)
At level 40 it is safe to assume you are the biggest baddest smuggest prick motherfucker around.
Besides, what if you're trying to out-dance Gimpus the God of Wobbling?
a study of gleemax (Score:4, Funny)
originality: FAIL
name: FAIL
marketing: FAIL
understanding of their demographic: FAIL
I don't know what they were thinking. If they had actually *asked* a gamer what they thought, perhaps this wouldn't have failed (because it never would have started).
Really. I mean, Gleemax? Maximum Glee? Or a Gleaming Ax? Who the hell are they aiming it at? Japanese girls, or violent barbarians?
Re:you called it what??? (Score:4, Funny)
The brain in the jar, DUH!