Current mood:	pissed off
Current music:	"Insane"--Mercyful Fate

Hey Gamespot, I think this knife buried in your fans' backs belongs to you.
Below is an openly posted copy of an actual letter I've sent to Gamespot. You can too, just click on feedback@gamespot.com and tell these greedy bastards how much they suck for taking advantage of the people that made them.

To whom it may concern,

You had better read this in its entirety because I'm sure that if you haven't gotten thousands of other angry e-mails exactly like this, many of which I'm sure will not be as kind as this letter is, you will in great abundance. So I hope you read this particular bit of "feedback" in its entirety. I'm positive that this is as civilized a response as you're ever going to get about Gamespot Complete.

Let's get started. First IGN sells out, then Daily Radar (which is okay because Daily Radar was mediocre to begin with), but why you? Why Gamespot? Why the best damn source of gaming info on the net? Why are YOU selling out? Et tu, Gamespot? Let me now point out the misinformation and utter BULLSHIT of what has to be the worst decision in the world of video gaming since Superman 64.

"First, let us establish that we're not in the business of content discrimination based on our two services. We make no distinction between "elite" or "paid" content vs. "regular" or "free" content offerings."

Yeah? Answer this. Why are you only giving the free users ONE movie a week and the schmucks that are gonna be paying for your crap all they could ever want? Why are you only going to restrict things like software patches to the dupes wasting money on your so-called "service"? That sounds like making a distinction between 'elite' and 'free' content offerings to me. The above is just one of many lies in Mr. Vince Brody's letter to justify the site's going corporate. It would, Sirs and Madams be much more truthful if instead of all that tripe you simply provide the explanation "Give us your money. We're greedy."

You call your actions, such as cutting off your FTP service due to costs "compromises" when in reality you're making money hand over fist from the supposedly 10 million hits you're recieving (You've GOT to be making money, how else can you pay for trips to E3?) and are cutting it off, intending to switch the FTP to the pay service. It's the standard corporate strategy of giving the least for the most amount of money.

Granted, your content as a whole is fabulous but what you provide isn't worth paying magazine rates for. *If I want to pay 20 bucks a year for the info, I'll subscribe to a magazine that I can keep -physically- in my collection. After all, a magazine subscription may run out but I can still read the back issues afterwards.

You know what else? It's pathetic how you're making it sound like you're doing this out of last resort desperation. No. I know what advertising revenue pulls in. I know how much cash a banner ad makes for a site using it. Combine that by the 10 million hits you CLAIM to get a day and you've got more than enough money to pay your expenses. No. What you're doing this out of is not desperation. It's just GREED. And eventually you're going to take away the "Gamespot Basic" all together and FORCE users to pay if they want to see your stuff. And you know what's going to happen not long after that? Gamespot is going to be out of business, because if there's one thing that annoys Joe Internet User more it's having to PAY for something that used to be free.

Nobody is going to want to pay for something they can get for free somewhere else. You're not the only one of your kind out there, guys. Eventually, someone is going to get fed up and start up his own free gaming site that will be even better than yours. Why subscribe to Napster when you can get Kazaa and the ability to download software and movies too without having to put up with restricted content?

Fuck you, Gamespot.

Fuck you in your greedy asses with a dildo covered with AIDS.

Sincerely,

Kevin Ramsey

*Thank you Firehawke for the quote.

Kev.
Wait, you're expecting me to pay for screenshots from Pikmin? Fuck you.