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The History of Gametavern


The history of “Gametavern” is cannot be summed up as the organization of a newsgroup that has been developed in the past few months. The community, which “Gametavern” stands before today, was in existence before the websites domain was even conceived. To be able to accurately state the history of “Gametavern”, a summary of the history of its members is required. For without its members, “Gametavern” would not be the site it is known as today. Therefore this document will focus more on the trip Gametavern’s members have been taken on. I mean, “Gametavern” is only a name, right?

It all started a couple of years ago when a teen named Aziz Matar started a gaming site called “nintendodolphin.net” (the name chosen for obvious reasons). He updated very often and earned a good reputation with his growing members. After a while he decided a “.com” address would better suit his site. This site came to be known as Nintendose. It was a well-respected gaming site, and grew to a very large size (Ed. Note: I became a member of the forums, then moderator, and towards the end I was the sites letter editor).

Unfortunately all good things must come to an end (to coin a phrase). Aziz became busy with “other things” and eventually lost interest in Nintendose. Cameron Rail (CamFu), the founder of Gametavern, knew that this would happen in the end, and had a backup plan. A different site, set up and run by him would replace Nintendose. Giving us all our “Daily dose of Nintendo Gamecube”. Later, Adam Grumbo (Crash) was chosen to do a lot of the designing and such for GT’s layout.

Although GT has many of Ndose’s old members, many of them went with Vincent Phavman, a latecomer to Nintendose. He started a second site, AdvanceGB.com after Ndose died. Although there is some tension between the two sites members, we can all generally agree that we have the same background. We still share fond memories of each other, and even share a laugh from time to time.

So under the skin Gametavern is nothing without it’s members. We have been around much longer than GT has, and will probably go some other (hopefully less drastic) changes as a website. What really matters is that our members will always be there, and that’s what will always matter.

What about the leadership, though? Well as of late, Cameron has left us. He’s currently in Germany. He has a family to take care of. He’s done his bit, and we all thank him. He gave a damn. And that’s what mattered. What about Crash? Well, I guess I don't know what's going on. Maybe he's got some personal problems to iron out, and if so, all power to him.

PureEvil is the new webmaster, but he really could give a “fu*k how we all of us feel about the site. But you know what? He’s NOT Gametavern. We are. Every single one of us is. And nothing can take that away from us.

Logic would dictate that it is time for new leadership. But maybe it’s just me…