First, a disclaimer: we don’t think we’re going to win. We just think, perhaps, we should.
Sure, we’re biased. That much should be obvious – some of us have written for a few publications in the past on a freelance level (and been paid well, too, occasionally) but TSA’s family feeling and lovely community means that when we do writing stuff these days, it’s for free, for this site.
We’re not journalists. None of us are. We don’t have a fancy office, corporate backers or a magazine publisher for support. We all have other jobs and TSA is something we do because we love it. It’s hard to explain why exactly, but we feel that – just once – we should get some kind of recognition for all the hard work we do.
[drop2]Sure, there’re ads, but last time a cheque rolled in the money went on rent for a house for a week for the Eurogamer Expo, some podcasting hardware and a video camera. Apart from the basics, it’s all pushed back into the site, to make it better and to make our roles a little more fun.And so, tonight, is the Games Media Awards. We’ve been nominated for ‘Best Site’ which, thank you, was voted for by the general public (or at least those out there with more than a passing interest for gaming). Being nominated was lovely, it made us smile.
But we’re up against some stiff competition: CVG (with their “ballsy, uncompromising personality”); Eurogamer (the “largest independent games website in the UK”); GameSpot (“a market leader in its field with 4.6 million unique users in the UK”); IGN (with “the largest audience of gamers in the UK”) and VideoGamer.com, God is a Geek and Gaming Union.
We don’t get traffic like the big guys – but we do get more a day than the ABC figures of some gaming mags would suggest they do in a month. That’s not our only target, though, it’s recognition, acceptance into a frustratingly close-knit industry and to, just now and again, hear some nice things said about us and the work we do.
We won’t win, that’s for sure, but we won’t give up trying.
Spotter5
You’ll always be a winner in my book <3
moshi
I actually feel nervous for you guys so Jebus knows how you all must be feeling. Any idea what time we can expect a tweet with the news.
Pajspaj
You can do it! (Or at least deserve to!)
Seventy2
Win or lose, you’re still the very best out there chaps.
RadicalMave07
TSA deserves this award more than anyone else,you are not biased towards any gaming console,any game or any game making company.i have tried many gaming sites but none of them are as informative,friendly,un-biased and straight to the point as it is on TSA.
Not only do you guys deserve the award but you also deserve a statue in your honour for the excellence that you all bring.I really hope you guys win!
BigCheese
Well, ever since I came on here a few years back, this has been the only site I’ve bothered with to find out gaming news. It’s the only site where I don’t read reviews and articles and think either “You must have been paid to write this” or “You literally have no idea”.
Just reading comments above mine make it obvious why you should win, so I hope you guys win!
YOURMUMANDME
Supporting you 100% as always, can’t tell you how much I hope you guys get some peer recognition :)
Forrest_01
I thought that said ‘BEER recognition’ then – The award worth winning!
YOURMUMANDME
That too ! ;)
rht992
best of luck to you all. never found a site with so much heart and soul and with such a great group of people.
Nocure-fd
Just wanting to echo the praise and support of the rest of the community. You guys have certainly changed my idea of what video game reporting should be about. Long may it continue.
Many thanks. Best of luck tonight!
gazzagb
Best of luck for tonight, everyone here deserves far more credit for the site than what it gets!