The reason this site is so great is because of us. There is nothing left of what used to make it great.
It takes a lot longer to load than Thottbot or Wowhead. The database is smaller and the search is so sensitive you can't really find what you're looking for unless you know the exact wording.
The forums are still the same, except for the random RMT advert. I have to admit, the admins are doing a fine job weeding them out, but the double standard is so amazing it's unbearable. We used to be able to point fingers and laugh at other websites who couldn't resist the golden RMT nugget, because Allakhazam.com was different. Now we still point fingers, but the laugh is filled with doubt about who exactly runs things here now. Aren't we really pointing fingers at ourselves?
People have dug up facts that show this site to be a happy member of the Pierce Brock family. Pierce Brock is the guy who created IGE for those who don't know. He is also the guy who runs Affinity Media, the company who happens to run Allakhazam.com as well. Asking admins about more information has resulted in answers like "I don't know, we weren't told," "Ask Allakhazam, but he's not in right now" and "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky."
They insist that everything is being run by the same people, which is great, I guess. But the same people are now receiving their monthly paycheck from guys who don't give a **** about whether or not RMT ruins our games. This site used to advertise itself as a website "for gamers, by gamers". I guess those times are over.
It's a dead horse subject, but it'll be my last, so at least allow me to write it through. Allakhazam made a smart business deal which made him financially independent on this site. I applaud this from a financial perspective, because I remember hearing about how every month was a fight for profit. He did it to save his neck and the site. He did save his neck, yes.
I no longer have any idea where the information I provide goes now. To Affinity Media? To IGE? What is the information gathered from WoWReader used for? Building up the database or providing the IGE partners with a list of character names to spam advertisement to? It's just paranoid guessing, but I shouldn't have to worry about it.
And one or more admins will most likely try to prove me wrong, but that's because they don't want people to leave. It's bad for business. No one's going to stand up and say "Yes! Hell yes, we sold the site to the Devil for mammon!" It's a bad business move. Well, it didn't deserve it. The site should've been closed instead. Perhaps the name will still be around five years from now, but I will forever see IGE and RMT written all over it. Knowing that the owner gave up the site's soul for the most basic of all needs: profit. Good job on the business move, but you should've killed it instead.
I won't support RMT in any form and I do so by staying here, by helping the site grow. I should've doen this a long time ago. The site is dead, or at least the part which had be interested back then. The people are still great here, but it's not enough for me to give up my own principles. I'm removing anything that might be beneficial to the site and I'll see you all out there.
Game on.
Oh, and I totally beat Shojindo on the emo part.
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