Part of Microsoft's Gamerscore Blog team let go

they sucked anyways so who cares?

@ thissycumpartner...

didn't your mother ever tell you if you don't have anything nice to say, shut the hell up?

how rude...

people lost jobs and you are a tool

That's what I was thinking - re his segment on Inside XBox. It was always a quick fun way to learn of new games -- like MAW. Sigh, now what will they put up there?

They were both awesome on GSB, so hopefully neither of them will have any trouble finding work. Good Luck!

And here we thought games were recession proof. Welcome to 2009 things are going to suck from here.

Yeah, this makes no sense, gaming is where the economy is strongest and these guys still get laid off, now im really worried

is that the "Major Nelson" that we all knew about?

I honestly don't understand how X3F didn't see this coming.

The rumored layoffs were the first thing I thought of when it was announced that the GSB was going to be shutting down.

I wish the best for those who will lose their jobs this year. I know this is WAY off topic but, all day today I've noticed that words seem to be spaced out like ' thi s ' and this ' M onday ' I'm just worried that I have a virus or trojan...This happening to anyone else?

Wow guys I am so sorry. I have a feeling we have not seen the last of these two. Godspeed.

The layoffs are Microsoft's way of protecting itself. I'd rather them cut the fat off now then go bankrupt or need a government bailout later on.

posted from kotaku:

...and I just listened to a X3F podcast with Major Nelson as a guest host. He went on for a while about how MS get's community. I know these are hard times but I can't help but to feel a little cynical with his statement regarding MS's beliefs.

EXACTLY - 1st, why did did you guys have him on as a guest host? 2nd, Major Nelson doesn't know community AT ALL!! This is a joke. MS should have absorbed their FTE's into some other realm of the Xbox Division.

Microsoft screw them over by shutting their website down.


Double Screwed

This is rough. I wish them all the best of luck in their future endeavors.

How does MS not have enough money to keep their employees when they charge people for cheat codes with EA's help?

Hopefully they'll be snapped up by another company within the 360 family. They'd be good tools to have (and I mean that in a nice way!) as the knowledgeable public will recognise them as members of the 'community'.

Good luck to them both, and the other 1,398 unfortunate people.

Crap. I actually really enjoyed and looked forward to Pick Up & Play each week. I also had GSB in my Google Reader feed. I feel gutted.

Best wishes to CPaladino and Minor Nelson, you guys really were the spice behind the Xbox community.

Damn, I really liked the guys and it raised a few eyebrows months ago when the Gamerscore Blog podcast was cancelled - that probably was the beginning of this.

Here's hoping that they find new jobs quickly!

I met Chris Paladino and lot of the other GSB folks in Atlanta about two years ago. Got some great swag out of it, including a nice Xbox 360 jacket with my Gamer Tag on the back. I'm sorry to see them go. I'd sent messages to them on Live, and I was always surprised that they'd take the time to answer. Sorry to see them go.

My thoughts go out to those guys. They rocked, and they were a great part of the community. Hopefully, they'll find new gigs soon.

why is it the little guy that gets sacked/fired.. shouldn't it be that the overpayed people get a pay cut..?? in the UK, I'm sure 20k would be enough.. but people who get 500k are unaffected.. :s

Serious question: Do people not get sick and tired of writing the same pointless message?

All over the place theirs news of job cuts, it doesn't need to be reported on every bloody time, especially over 2 people. Lets write out a list of everyone that's been fired in 2009 and we can get the crying over with and move on.

I know i sound like a dick but jesus, most people that visit here and other sites aren't old enough to work, let alone be bothered majorly by any of it. People was being fired before the economy problems and they'll continue to be fired, it's a part of life.

I know it'll be a shock but there not the first nor the last people Microsoft will fire in it's time, I think it'll become rather ridicules if every single person that gets axed from the xbox division is reported on.

///rant

Ham you did not have to read the 39 previous post or any of the other post's on here. It is pretty easy to scroll past the information that you do not want to read to one that you do. For every person that does not care about this story there are about 10 that do care. And yes I do like to read about this kind of stuff because I makes me feel thankful that I still have a job.

Nooooo!

What about Nelson's and Natalie's Pick Up & Play segment on Inside Xbox???

They should let go Trixie 360 and keep Nelson on her place.

I find it odd that this makes the news. I guess it's somewhat relevant but it was mainly one person who contributed all of the content on Gamerscoreblog. That person was let go last month, no mention of that.

Would someone who contributes a one or two paragraph post every 5 days on fanboy be considered relevant in any way? I doubt it, they would not be missed.

First of all, I consider it rude that some view Nelson and Chris' contribution to the community based on the number of posts on the GSB web site. If that's so, then you really don't know their role.

Second: if it was possible I would prefer no one being expelled from their jobs. As things are right now, this is the worst time to try to find a new job, specially when your experience is mainly based on a company product. Who was the member of the BSG team that got fired and we didn't know about it?

Third: just remember this fact to all haters of Major Nelson and the rest of the team - this is only the beginning. Even if you don't like Major Nelson you can wonder if how many people we will loose in the meantime. That's a hit not only for them, but for the whole 360 community. That's something that we 360 players have that the Wii fanbase and the PS3 players totally lack off.

Very witty Edogg, top points for you. It's nice of you to throw the word spoiled kids around so lightly, sadly your mistaken.

It's a nice assumption but seems to reflect more on your own life than others, bad childhood? Shitty adulthood? Which? Both?

Because i work hard at my job I'm a spoilt child? Because i do my job better than the next guy i need to have simpathy for two guys, who clearly wasn't? They sack two guys, why those two over another two?

See, unlike yourself who's clearly pissed off at my comments more so than anyone else (did i touch a nerve? lost a job lately? I did hear some mega store in america was making cut backs seems like the place you'd be working at eh? HEY there's a news tip - quick right up a new post on more job losses.) I'm fine, my job is highly competitive and you'll find yourself out of the job if you slack. That simple.

So no, sorry this doesn't affect me because it's normal, if i suck my job is at risk. If we need to make cut backs (We're doing fine right now) the worst get picked off first and if we do happen to get shut down, I'm qualified enough to survive.

So i wont be pissing and crying like yourself, I'll continue to bitch when i see a report on two nobodys getting the sack when thousands more are losing jobs daily anyway (you prick, how dare you put those two before all the rest SPOILT KIDS THESE DAYS!) and I suggest you find yourself a newspaper and start looking for some work. (see, i can make idiotic assumptions too ;))

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