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[edit] The software
Why there isn't an article on the software itself? And have everyone forgotten it's old name QuakeSpy? --Ypacaraí 17:08, 2005 Apr 2 (UTC)
I have corrected and updated the article now. It read too much like a GameSpy Industries self promotion and contained a lot of irrelevant information about Mark Surfas' personal career. I also removed a lot of references boasting how GameSpy compares favorably to other unrelated web companies. J. Straub 22:15, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
The article looks fine enough, but it does have some issues: QSpy was called QSpy well into 1997, and was only renamed "GameSpy" after the release of Hexen 2. I know this as a fact, as my Quake gaming over the Internet begain sometime around July 1997 and QSpy was still called QSpy. Now I might not be a reliable source, but the atricle does mention Hexen 2 as the naming change point, cross-refs with Hexen 2's article would pinpoint the approximate time when the name change was made. 189.180.65.144 (talk) 18:57, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Merger Info is Accurate
The transaction was a cash purchase of GameSpy funded by the private equity firm Great Hill Partners - same people who took IGN private in the previous year. Surfas turned down the offer to join the board and did not serve with management.
- With that extra info available, I was able to verify those facts as accurate. Might be worth restoring the original info then. Thanks for the info! DigitalAvatar 14:39, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
This article contains POV and reads like an advertisement. It needs to be cleaned up.Some guy 18:01, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Doesn't really seem all that POV.... Outsidethewall 00:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
Link to Joe Powel is wrong. Please, fix.
I also don't think it sounds very POV. Does it seem POV to anyone else? If not, perhaps someone else would like to consider removing the cleanup tag, which has been in place for over a year. I work at a department at GameSpy and don't want to edit one of our own articles. Jschuur 00:27, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:GameSpyLogo.png
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