10k Done, More to Come
Not news.
Published: 12:00, 02/11/2010 by Peter [Colossalblue].
23This morning saw something of a milestone for us at TheSixthAxis. We posted the site’s ten-thousandth article. More accurately, Lee posted it with his summary of TSA’s 84th most anticipated game of 2011, Conduit 2.
How apt that, for a site which started off as a small PS3 fansite, run by two friends with a love of gaming (as well as huskies, tequila, the ZX Spectrum and Manhunt), this landmark post was about a forthcoming game on the Nintendo Wii.
For me, personally, this symbolises what TheSixthAxis has become. In a little over three years we’ve branched out from Sony’s powerful black beauty to all aspects of console and handheld gaming. And our community has come along with us, every step of the way.
I often think that our proudest achievement here at TSA should be the fact that we’ve grown to rival some of Europe’s largest sites without losing the intelligent, fun-loving, passionate community that have grown up around what we do. We don’t tolerate blind fanboy nonsense but neither does ninety percent of our membership. TheSixthAxis is a very special place in the world of online game writing and that is thanks, largely, to you.
We work with some of the biggest names in the business now and we regularly receive praise for our content from people who really know what they’re talking about. Whether it’s publishers, developers or other outlet’s editors: people notice TSA and are slowly realising that we’re not just a fansite anymore. We really are starting to rival any UK-based site you would care to name. Our readership attests to that but so does our rapidly-growing reputation.
More than five million different people have read TheSixthAxis since we started and they’ve left over a quarter of a million comments on almost thirty million page views. That’s staggering.
So, this is just a quick note to say thank you. Thank you for coming along with us, thank you for supporting us, thank you for reading as many of those ten thousand articles as you had time for. Here’s to the next ten thousand…
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people we work with at publishers, developers and PR departments around the industry. Without the continued cooperation we receive from you guys, our jobs would be much more difficult.
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02/11/2010 at 12:03
Member since: Aug 2010
TSA rules. Simples.
02/11/2010 at 15:29
Member since: Nov 2009
So very true.
02/11/2010 at 12:03
Member since: Forever
Congrats :-)
02/11/2010 at 12:03
Member since: Dec 2009
I win the internet!!
;)
Seriously, thanks everyone for reading.
02/11/2010 at 12:06
Member since: Dec 2008
You do not win teh internetz. I rulez.
02/11/2010 at 15:31
Member since: Nov 2009
You’ve got to admit, in the high score leaderboards at least.
02/11/2010 at 12:04
Member since: Forever
Thought this was a post about running. Unimpressed.
Note: Impressed really – Congrats to all involved. Except me. I only wrote about 10 of the 10k. And half of those where ghost written!
02/11/2010 at 12:04
Member since: Dec 2008
Group hug!
02/11/2010 at 15:41
Member since: Apr 2010
In teh showerz of teh internetz?
02/11/2010 at 15:43
Member since: Dec 2008
If yoiu had seen what the TSA staff look like you would not say that. Peter is the only shaggable one.
*grins*
02/11/2010 at 17:53
Member since: Apr 2010
Well then i retract my earlier statement. Not being shallow, just a lack of boobs…
*grins*
02/11/2010 at 17:54
Member since: Apr 2010
Look at my disgraceful grammar… “i”…for shame.
02/11/2010 at 12:05
Member since: Aug 2009
Congrats guys, hoping for more of the same in the future! :D
Now wheres all the PC game reviews? Im available… :)
02/11/2010 at 12:09
Member since: May 2009
Somewhere in the deep dark depths of my PC… or not.
02/11/2010 at 12:43
Member since: Forever
drop me a line with some examples of your work, please. We’ll talk ;)
02/11/2010 at 15:35
Member since: Feb 2010
Pc games would be a big plus for the site to start putting reviews and news on. I play plenty and have done a review or two.
02/11/2010 at 15:45
Member since: May 2009
I would seriously do more if my Steam worked at Uni, but I did write about Beat Hazard, which is on PC: http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/10/31/beating-the-genre/
and I did some news in the form of Bejeweled 3 :p
02/11/2010 at 12:05
Member since: Jun 2009
well done guys, you definitley deserve it. I’m glad to say that I use this site as the only place for the best information. Any other site I might look at, is no where near as good as TSA.
Congratulations, and keep up the good work.
02/11/2010 at 12:05
Member since: May 2009
not news?! this is huge news!
02/11/2010 at 12:06
Member since: Jul 2009
well done. I dont think it is gonna take you another 3 years to reach 20k. probably until next summer ;)
02/11/2010 at 12:08
Member since: Jun 2010
I’ll take that bet :op
02/11/2010 at 12:09
Member since: Apr 2010
Congratulations guys.