Tussell Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Pretty inspiring 'good-bye' message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAW LV Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I didn't get into the gamercard stuff that much, but I did use MGC in general for completion % info and other things. A very bad message is sent when someone who plays by the rules has to shut down their website in a case like this. With the amount of traffic the website was receiving, you would think funding wouldn't have been a problem with the amount of $$$ coming in from advertising. I will definitely miss MGC and the services they provided. Maybe a phoenix will rise from the ashes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeekBoy Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 When i saw Minty's tweet this morning saying MGC was gone i couldn't believe it. Its a sad day to see a good site fall. RIP MGC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenger Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 No way - only spotted this when I saw my forum sig had changed to the farewell message. Sad to see it go You'd have hoped that a site capable of that volume of traffic would have not just been able to survive, but make a healthy income from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P1TTMAN Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 My reaction and message to TrueAchievements and other suchlike ilk: http://a583.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/87/l_852fd8f633f50deb0bbec75b8137557e.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC B0B x360a Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 He followed the rules. MS said he was not allowed to charge for gamercards, nor put advertising on them. So most of those requests were purely gamercard pulls from forums, and generated no revenue. He only got revenue when someone visited the site to set up a gamercard, or the very infrequent forum posts. Good to see you around. I didnt even realize he couldn't advertise based on Microsofts rules. I thought it was wierd why he couldnt sustain the costs of the site with 13 million hits. I figured he had to have a good reason, and it seems like he did. I think everybody just assumes that because a website is busy, it automatically makes it a cash cow. I think Webb and Minty should stop driving around in their Ferrari's or people might they this site is a cash cow;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyder2g Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Fuck me this is terrible!! But like others have said, hopefully this will cut down on cheaters. Damn this really sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shilbo-assassin Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 This was my reaction to the news: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s]YouTube - Darth Vader NO![/ame] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
play-asia.com Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) i think the problem is, that there are 3rd party sites neccessary, as there is nothing given by microsoft itself. they gave us achievements and now all they care about is avatar stuff and making the xbox more atractive to familys. i mean, there is not even a GS leaderboard of your friends available. and there are thousands of other little things that are just annoying and MS is so not listening to the customers. eg. i hate it, that i cant turn off the messages that appear when a friend has gone online WITHOUT turnin off the message that appears when an achivement unlocks. its silly in the first place that both have the same sound an image. another thing is, the new dashboard and forcing players to use a stupid avatar. why am i not allowed to choose which board i want to use? well... its because MS thinks we are all little girls that cant think straight by themselfes. and it seems to me, they must think "detailed statistics of gamerscore? something you spend hours and hours with? and money and money? gosh... no one would like to have THAT" Edited February 26, 2011 by play-asia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllWorkNoPlay11 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Damn this sucks I hope something someday will fill the void this has left in achievement hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katesith Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Well respected site. I'm gonna miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dz06lt Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 yeah i couldnt beleive it, this morning when i saw it. What will everyone be using in place of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PimplyPete Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 RIP MGC. Anyone know any other websites where I can track my Gamerscore and total % of all games played? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeluzs Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Bad news! It was a nice and really useful site... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillTIPPIN187 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Well if you had bothered to read it you would know why he's shutting down. Sorry if he didn't included a TLDR; for your lazy ass. Really sad to hear. I don't feel like using anyone else's cards so I'll just keep the memoriam in my sig for a while. I didn't read it either.. Doesn't mean im lazy.. Just means i hate reading. Always have. Bores me. But its still sucks.. Ive used MGC since i got a 360 back in 08.. Now i gotta find something else for my sig. I think MS should make an official card! MS should really do something about ppl taking stuff from the server for xbox related info. Its very funny seeing the Jtag users downloading All their game box art and info and Title updates directly from MS servers without actually connecting to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waggly Bean1604660682 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I didn't read it either.. Doesn't mean im lazy.. Just means i hate reading. Always have. Bores me. Yet here you are posting in a forum where you have to have read other people's posts to understand what's going on? Makes sense. Shame about MGC. I didn't use it much, but was always handy to check out people's gamercards if needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juiceh Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 MS support towards xbox communities has become terrible the last few years. - No fundings towards big community sites, except their own. (Such as MajorNelson (biggest moron ever, but ok) and those 2 queers you see on the dashboard every day). - Closed xbox live API (access to gamertag data such as last played games, gamerscore, etc..) Thumbs up for being the best site in gamertag tracking over the last 6 years, it was really usefull to me while it lasted. Definitely gonna miss MGC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxcutescreamer Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 I've been using that site for years. It will definitely be missed =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nappster187 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 This is pretty crappy, no site compares to mgc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickn08 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Its so sad that happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowwwwy Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Damn. Never thought this website would shut down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i got squeezed Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I got back over the weekend and had no clue this happened while I was gone, and of course my day got a little sadder from the news I heard on the main page. MGC will be missed upon millions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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