Basically the details of it are in my blog before last (not trying to plug, just trying to be helpful) but one of the sites most beloved editors, Jeff Gerstmann has been fired by CNET (the company who own Gamespot). For many Jeff was really the face of Gamespot and you'd haved to of seen him to understand why he was so great but the relationship between many Gamespot users and Gamespot has been a tentative one at that and now Gerstmann has been fired that's been the last straw for many users who have now decided to leave the site. Don't worry too much about the leavers, it will be much better once the whole situation has calmed down a little.

I agree,things will settle down once people have got over the shock.The way Jeff was fired was totally wrong,and this is why alot of people are very angry and overreacting by leaving.btw,I'm not going anywhere,I have too many friends here.

most got in a mad cow rush i am not going its home here to me i think most will stay and the few over time will come back when things clam down mars

I was upset about what happened to Jeff, but I am not leaving the gamespot community. The only thing is that now you cannot really rely on the reviews here since CNET showed that they won't support the gamespot staff if moeny is involved. Meaning that the money backing CNET could influence the reviews, we will never know. The only thing I will do is cancel my total access account.

It was terrible news about Jeff but nothing like that would make me gamespot

I think people are just overreacting. I don't come to this site solely for its reviews. I take all of them with a grain of salt and get my information from a variety of sources. No disrespect intended to the sainted Mr. Gerstmann but he was not all that beloved by me. I was frequently at odds with his reviews in my 2+ years on the site and that's only gotten worse recently. He appeared to be either over or underrating everything. He was probably fired for a number of reasons--many of which we will never know. I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.

Jeff was bassically Gamespot. He was the one we all looked up to, he was the reason he came to gamespot and the reason we loved it. The reason he was fired just makes me sick. But don't worry i'm not leaving

Check my blog to see a general idea of what happened.