Xfire Purchased, Team Leaving 161
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from the chat-on dept.
phorce phed and several other readers sent news that a system notification was sent out this evening through the Xfire IM client, to wit: "Xfire was bought by new owners today. Most of the team that has built Xfire over the last six years is leaving. We enjoyed working for you for the last 127 releases and wish we could stay to create the next 127. Good bye, good luck, and game on. — The Xfire Team." According to Wikipedia, the new owner is 3D Realms.
Looking around (Score:2, Interesting)
xfire itself [xfire.com]
Team Leaving
August 2, 2010--Xfire has been purchased by another company. Most of the team that has brought you Xfire for the last 6 years is leaving, including me. We've enjoyed our time and I personally am sad that I was only able to do 127 releases. Good bye and game on!
--- Chris
Kotaku [kotaku.com]
Kotaku has tried to reach Xfire for additional comment through a press inquiry email address. Any that comes will be updated here.
So in other words, 3D Realms seems more of a rumor than anything. Hey, let's just say EA bought it. Or Curse?
Re:What is up with this site lately? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:What is up with this site lately? (Score:0, Interesting)
I came up with a good idea for a successor to Slashdot. It'd be kind of like of Slashdot, but there would be some differences:
1. A GOOD "moderating moderators" system would be in place. If a set amount of logged-in/registered users think that the moderation for a comment was wrong, a "point" would go on the moderators account. If a user has a set amount of points, they would not be able to moderate for a set amount of time (eg: 6 months? A year?) and they would see a message telling them why.
2. Better content and better editing. Slashdot "articles" are full of misspellings and the "articles" themselves are lackluster, sometimes even trollish. There'd also be editorial content and more in-depth reviews of different software/media.
Re:What is up with this site lately? (Score:3, Interesting)
it's all right to change the Microsoft icon. It was funny twelve years ago. It's kind of retarded now. Especially since the company now looks to be run by the three stooges after a weekend bender.
The geek is easily distracted by glitz:
In the most recent three months, Microsoft earned $4.52 billion in profits, versus Apple's $3.25 billion and Google's $1.8 billion. Lost from view is Microsoft's very best story -- its transformation into a powerhouse supplier of the specialized software that meets the complex needs of large corporations. Microsoft's enterprise software business alone is approaching the size of Oracle. Even With All Its Profits, Microsoft Has a Popularity Problem [nytimes.com]
Re:What is up with this site lately? (Score:2, Interesting)
Sorry if I'm wrong about this, but aren't slashdot stories submitted by users and voted up or down by users in the firehose? Editors just OK the highest rated ones... They don't do much else, from my observation.
You're right about wikipedia, of course.
Re:What is up with this site lately? (Score:3, Interesting)
Oh, I don't disagree with your analysis of the content of the NYT article - indeed, see my Journal Entry [slashdot.org] on the subject for more.
But the fact that Slashdot did not even see fit to post the story, and allow discussion of the issues raised - that they weren't even willing to take the risk that people like you would find fault with the story - THAT is what is the real "tell" on what is going on.
Or maybe it's more along the lines of "...and nothing of value was lost." If you agree with the analysis that the article is bogus (and clearly, with a statement like "Oh, feel the BURN!", you feel otherwise) then I fail to see any significance in posting the story. People can, and will continue, to grouse about Slashdot without a topic dedicated to it. Although it would be interesting if said grousing was actually on-topic for once; I don't know what the complainers would do with themselves.
Massive quit (Score:4, Interesting)