Stomped Closing

I was a Stomped staff member between 1998-1999 and here were my thoughts:

- When DarkMage and I started GameSeek.com (anyone remember that?), which was a part of the Stomped network I never really felt it was supported 100% by Stomped. Redwood was kind enough to put a search form on his site (when he still had his own site) but beyond that, GameSeek was on it's own. It was successful for about a year, then GameSpyder showed up.

- Ever since Stomped was sold (to this Gary creep and others) it went WAY downhill. I left just as it was being sold... I've heard many stories after my departure. Essentially they got rid of the grassroots team (who dedicated themselves to Stomped since it's inception in 1996) and went about systematically flipping the ship upsidedown.

- I always felt in general Stomped as an operation was very disorganized... no real leadership... it was only a matter of time.

- JCal was one of the few truly talented members of Stomped. JCal has a future, definately. A great gaming-related journalist.

Just seems like the sell-out story of the month to me. I've been indifferent to Stomped since I left and am not surprised by it's demise.

It was truly the grand daddy of Quake gaming sites. It's a shame that only when these sites go do people realise what an influence in forging the Quake community. You will be missed.

More evidence that people quitting their jobs to run a website doesnt work.

Steve:

What's Redwood doing now that he hasn't been at Stomped for awhile?

mmm never read it .... shrug.

Booo! I loved stomped. It was one of the first gaming related sites that I went to and continued to goto. I admit, after Redw00d left I didnt go to it as often.

I loved their E3 coverage that they use to have.

RIP STOMPED

-B

Hmmm... sounds like a deal Cygnus. Breath some more life into Blues's. I like the site, but comments are rare... on the other hand they show some thought when they do post.

is this why PvP doesn't work?

Hmm... Dry_Hump, Cygnus, glock, and Slaykill. Almost seems like a Stomped thread. That was a good group. You could post and not get buried in the herd or flamed for no reason. It's Blue's and the Shack for my news now. Hope to see you guys here and there.

Stomped Tech News section was the best. And then Red left and Tech News was updated maybe once or twice a week. That was the point that I stopped hitting that page. I loved the page when it was just Red. Anyone remember his title graphic that had the Quake1 guys chopping 'Redwood' out of a big log, that was awesome.

I first found Stomped back in the days of QuakeWorld. I used their page for server listings. They had a good run, but seriously, lately their content went downhill.

NooooooOooOOoo!

What in gods name is happening! we'll all miss Stomped and all the hard work they put into making the PC Gaming industry what it is today.

That's a damn shame.

I wonder where all those hosted sites will go.. Like WFA :(

Shit, that sucks...

I remember getting Quake servers from Stomped before Qspy.

Good luck guys and thanks for the many years of hard work!!

gg

Stomped was my first web site for old school Quake news. I checked out a link on that site to Quakeholio and got hooked on the wacky antics of some dude named Steve Gibson. Ah well I hope that shack and blues hang in there otherwise I have no use for the internet! :-)

Looks like theyre gonna have to get real jobs now

Everyone go play a game of QuakeWorld in memory of the old Stomping Grounds servers.

bah, there goes my stompedmail.com account.
so when is shackmail coming live, seeing as the kerazy dutch got the domain last feb ;)
is this is already a feature here other than the check external mail then beat me to death please

Blah :(

I wonder where this is going.. Steve, is the Shaconomy doing ok? :|

So whats redwood doing now?

sux.. any chance shack will have a SaveYourConfigFilesHere feature ?

Remember that website that allows you to guess which celebrity will die next? Someone should throw up a quick web site with a perl script and list the current gaming web sites. My #1 pick would be blues. They already dropped one member, and while I love Blue's site, I think it has a possibility of being next.

remember before gamespy?
having to finger stomped on irc to get quake servers?
/finger servers@stomped.com
and then copy and paste em in to quake

farewell

It is sad to see those long-time sites go. But I do have to look at the bright side. The Shack is still going strong it seems. The thing that has kept me coming to the Shack before anyplace else is just the down-to-earth feel of it. It is professionally done with a great sense of humor adding a nice touch of zest to the site. News is news. News with a twist of laughter... now that rocks. Shit, where else can you do a search for news using "boobies" as a keyword and get a bunch of hits? :-)

Shack Rules!

So, this place is in Minnesota... they should convert their page into an ad for their LAN site... if I'm ever in the area, I'll most likely go for an hour or so... and take some pics.

i rememeber going to Stomped to read the new quake 3 character bio. It was totally cool

alcueso
bye bye

My jaw....somebody please pick my jaw up for me...

i remember heading to stomped for quake server listings... that quakespy thingy was yet to be made!

sigh... the old days... they are no more.

on the good side of things, it seems like the shack is growing stronger and stronger daily.

but whos next? blues?

I still miss Redwood's your friend in space! web site.

Man I thought we had seen an end to the Website troubles, but it appears it has reared its ugly head again. Those guys at stomped were da bomb, it will be sad to see them go.

The Quake Stomping Grounds was one of the first websites i visited regularly. :(

Ahh Redwood, One of the OQ's (Original Quakers). You will be missed.

maybe sTeve can find a guest spot for you?!

whenever i hear the stream of urine hit the toilet water, i'll think of the website stomped.com
;)

Ill miss you my dear friend. You were the official Quake 1 source, the place that started it all...now ride off into the sunset....RIDE DAMN YOU RIDE...BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND.

With Love
The Guy Who Likes Girls

What's the Stomping Grounds LAN Center?

This is saddening. I myself remember going to stomped really early in the Quake days, asking for the Quake warez (heh, I was like 15, don't worry I ended up buying it), waiting for them to update the news because before Redwood they were utterly terrible.

Sad, but not so surprising. I feel bad, but they have something they can do better and think it's really good that they have that.

Things started to go bad for Stomped in January of 2001. C|net GameCenter got shut down and they couldn't make money anymore. Hosted sites like mine were forced to find other places for hosting. Then little by little Redwood stopped posting news and then their HD crashed and BOOOM.. they are gone..

RogeR
http://www.planetquake3.net
One Stop Shop For Quake3 Shit

I actually talked to Redwood at Quakecon this past August for a short while, and he had indicated to me then that he was thinking about looking leave Stomped. I just chalked it up as talk and didn't think anything of it. But then when he "left" Stomped about a month ago, you could really see the decline in news, and overall content on the site. I'm sure that readership suffered because of it. I'm sure they looked at the bottom line and saw that they still had The Stomping Grounds LAN center which was making money and decided to cut costs with the site.

It is sad to see them go. I can remember reading Redwood's Quake News back in the day. Hopefully he and other Stomped staff can go onto other places. JCal was able to leave Stomped and helped start www.homelanfed.com So who knows?