XboxIreland.com - independent or Microsoft-run?

Lemlin

Just looking at Gamestoaster.com and saw an article there about XboxIreland.com. Anyone got any ideas if this is an independent site or is it run by Microsoft?

flogen

well according to the whois it's owned by the Halo2/xbox live clan The Elite Renegades (or at least one of its founding members).
see here: http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=xboxireland.com

From what I've seen of their site, they're not connected with MS, just live users, see here: www.eliterenegades.com.

Leprachaun

independent

Dont be at yourself

As far as I know, Jermain Williams, listed as a staff writer, has worked for Microsoft at trade events, informations sessions and that king of thing. Perhaps something of a mouthpiece for Microsoft.

But then, every single single-format website and magazine is biased and blinkered. I'll stick to my Eurogamer. And Gamestoaster, if it updated more frequently.

Lemlin

How did they get linked with Gamestop though?

Ciaran500

Xbox Ireland approached them for advertising, or mabye gamestop went to them. How would we know?

flogen

NekkidBibleMan wrote:

But then, every single single-format website and magazine is biased and blinkered. I'll stick to my Eurogamer. And Gamestoaster, if it updated more frequently.

Well yeah, it is pro-MS (or pro-xbox) but it isn't run by them

Lemlin

Ciaran500 wrote:

Xbox Ireland approached them for advertising, or mabye gamestop went to them. How would we know?

Just wondering if they were linked to them. Just asking anyway, no need to get your knickers in a twist

icianom

Hey, I'm Cian O'Mahony (editor of XboxIreland.com).

As the man in charge i suppose i can anwser the questions.

- We are completly independant.
- We are affiliates of companies, not run by them.
- Gamestop give us prizes and advertising.

Thanks for the interest.
Xbox Ireland

Kinetic^

icianom wrote:

Hey, I'm Cian O'Mahony (editor of XboxIreland.com).

As the man in charge i suppose i can anwser the questions.

- We are completly independant.
- We are affiliates of companies, not run by them.
- Gamestop give us prizes and advertising.

Thanks for the interest.
Xbox Ireland

Story Monkey, tis Mark54

Lemlin

icianom wrote:

Hey, I'm Cian O'Mahony (editor of XboxIreland.com).

As the man in charge i suppose i can anwser the questions.

- We are completly independant.
- We are affiliates of companies, not run by them.
- Gamestop give us prizes and advertising.

Thanks for the interest.
Xbox Ireland

Cheers for that. Just heard about the site on Gamestoaster and they didn't make it very clear if you were affiliated or not. Seems they've had complaints about the article anyway.

icianom

yeah, they were a bit unfair and a little too wierd about investigating us...

silverlining

icianom wrote:

yeah, they were a bit unfair and a little too wierd about investigating us...

keep prodding, it's good advertising

Lemlin

silverlining wrote:

keep prodding, it's good advertising

In all fairness, it was me who brought up the topic trying to get information about the site.

monument

icianom wrote:

yeah, they were a bit unfair and a little too wierd about investigating us...

Did you get the email I sent early today? About a right-to-reply article you are welcome to write.

How have we been 'a bit unfair'? And could you expand on "a little too wierd about investigating us"?

UPDATE: Cian O'Mahony has emailed us saying everything is now ok and that he doesn’t want to challenge the content of the Games Toaster article. I have left it open to him to write a right of reply article if he wishes.

Lemlin

monument wrote:

Did you get the email I sent early today? About a right-to-reply article you are welcome to write.

How have we been 'a bit unfair'? And could you expand on "a little too wierd about investigating us"?

UPDATE: Cian O'Mahony has emailed us saying everything is now ok and that he doesn’t want to challenge the content of the Games Toaster article. I have left it open to him to write a right of reply article if he wishes.

Could yas all just not learn to get along and be friends?

LookingFor

icianom wrote:

- We are completly independant.
- We are affiliates of companies, not run by them.

Who are your affiliates?