GameBanshee.com sold

[whydoibother]

The new owner is https://lexicon.gg
Opening another site they run, www.warcrafttavern.com, with AdBlock, there are no visible ads. Disabling AdBlock, there is only one ad for me, a bottom horizontal bar about mental health services.
Overall, probably not decline.

 

[Ismaul]

The new owner is https://lexicon.gg
Opening another site they run, www.warcrafttavern.com, with AdBlock, there are no visible ads. Disabling AdBlock, there is only one ad for me, a bottom horizontal bar about mental health services.
Overall, probably not decline.

Nothing but an always-in-view bottom ad bar lol. Plus ads on the side.

Cancer for sure, but maybe it won't require a website redesign, and won't affect adblocker users, granted.

 

[Abu Antar]

The ones buying it focuses on online and f2p game.

What a shame.

 

[OSK]

Disabling AdBlock, there is only one ad for me, a bottom horizontal bar about mental health services.

Damn targeted advertising.

 

[Kleptocratic debt serf]

This takes me back to the early aughts... I haven't visited the website in years, but I might rip gamebanshee with HTTrack for the walkthroughs, just in case it goes to shit under new ownership.

 

[laclongquan]

Or get internet archive to archive the whole site for total security~

There's quite a few good content website goes down over the year that I-A is a worthy backup~

 

[unseeingeye]

I always got that site and the Sorcerers one mixed up, or at least the ones you could read within the browser without having to download anything. They both have really great Planescape walkthroughs but I probably went to GameBanshee more often.

 

[just]

who would buy rpgcodex if it ever goes on sale

 

[Don Peste]

who would buy rpgcodex if it ever goes on sale

Federal agencies cannot go "on sale".

 

[Taluntain]

I always got that site and the Sorcerers one mixed up, or at least the ones you could read within the browser without having to download anything. They both have really great Planescape walkthroughs but I probably went to GameBanshee more often.

Our online walkthroughs are usually more detailed than theirs and we also have quite a few more focused guides, plus we've normally got a bunch of supplemental downloadable content/guides. They have us beat in the number of games covered, though, so for any game where our coverage isn't sufficient (or existent), it makes sense to look there.

 

[Norfleet]

Federal agencies cannot go "on sale".

I dunno about that, although maybe they SHOULD. Sell off the FBI!

 

[jac8awol]

Used to read the news there a lot but the comments sections were super cucked and if you ever disagreed with mainstream thought the moderator would step in to discourage plurality of opinion. My guess is it's been a steady decade of decline and they are simply trying to get some money out of it before it goes bust.

 

[BruceVC]

I still visit GB to read there reviews and I sometimes use the numerous walkthroughs they create

Im glad they not going under because they a good gaming website

 

[A horse of course]

I got a virus from their obnoxious ads about a decade ago and stopped visiting for years. They have some good walkthroughs, maps and such from the glory days though.

 

[Arbiter]

I thought gambanshee was dead a long time ago.

I recall website working extremely slow, which was a clear indication of financial problems.

 

[BruceVC]

I thought gambanshee was dead a long time ago.

I recall website working extremely slow, which was a clear indication of financial problems.

Its interesting you experienced that because I always do on GB, its not extreme but I definitely notice it

 

[unseeingeye]

I always got that site and the Sorcerers one mixed up, or at least the ones you could read within the browser without having to download anything. They both have really great Planescape walkthroughs but I probably went to GameBanshee more often.

Our online walkthroughs are usually more detailed than theirs and we also have quite a few more focused guides, plus we've normally got a bunch of supplemental downloadable content/guides. They have us beat in the number of games covered, though, so for any game where our coverage isn't sufficient (or existent), it makes sense to look there.

How long have you guys been around? Because my memory is extremely poor these days (to a worrisome degree, because I'm 37 and already have severe issues with it and dementia runs in my family..) but I feel like I used to consult the Baldur's Gate and Planescape walkthroughs on Sorcerer's Place back when the games were relatively new, like around 1999 or 2000. Would that be possible? I turned 15 in 2000 but I had burned disc copies of each Infinity Engine game that a friend made for me starting with Baldur's Gate when I was 13. My family had an old Gateway PC back then that I was amazed could even run those games, but my friend came from a wealthier family and had all top of the line stuff and in fact introduced me to CRPGs properly. It was at his house where I learned about such games and through him I discovered all kinds of games I'd only been aware of peripherally, like Might and Magic for instance, and later on when they were new games like Diablo and Neverwinter Nights (which I hated back then due to the departure from Infinity Engine and the MMO aspect, a dislike for which I've had ever since).

Anyway if I'm not misremembering it, I do dimly recall referring to guides for all of those games because I had no idea whatsoever what I was doing and my friend wasn't the type to enjoy explaining things so I found Baldur's Gate and the first Fallout to be impossibly difficult. I'd never played AD&D (though I wanted to, I just never encountered other players and was too shy to try and make it happen for myself) and although I'd played other RPG video games I had never experienced something like the THAC0 system, was utterly overwhelmed by the magic systems (it was years before I understood that resting frequently as a mage was normal, I kept thinking I was missing something lol), and just in general sucked at combat because I didn't grasp negative modifiers and to-hit chance and what the attributes controlled &c. I must have rolled a million characters that never made it to the Nashkel Mines or left Irenicus' dungeon, and don't even ask me about Fallout, I would get shot in half or speared to death within minutes of stepping into the desert, if the trials or the geckos roaming around Smoke the dog didn't kill me first. But using the online walkthroughs was what got me to understand the games and eventually be able to roll good characters and although I can't be certain I do feel like they were from Sorcerer's Place. I do remember vaguely that there were all kinds of awesome websites back then that either no longer exist or have changed radically, and I spent so much time surfing the web and reading strategy guides and tips for all of these games, making my own fan sites on geocities during computer classes at school, it was awesome!

 

[Taluntain]

Sorcerer's Place has been around since 1999, it's right there in the site logo. So you're right on the money. Good to hear that you're a long-time visitor!

 

[Melcar]

I always preferred GameBanshee's page layout and guides more than Sorcerer's Palace. Guides were more concise and to the point, with the webpage being easier to navigate. The maps are cool too and really help out as well. Sorcerer's Palace was my go to place for downloads. Portrait packs, patches, small mods. Sorcerer's also has a few more specific guides that I never found anywhere else.

 

[unseeingeye]

Sorcerer's Place has been around since 1999, it's right there in the site logo. So you're right on the money. Good to hear that you're a long-time visitor!

Oh cool, thank you for confirming it for me, I was pretty sure I had been going there since back then!
That is wild to reflect on, how some websites that I've used for over 20 years are still there, and just as vital a resource as ever. I've always been mostly an observer online and only intermittently registered accounts on various forums and such to engage with people, but I've been paying attention for a fairly long time. I can't even really remember the first time I discovered the codex.. I know I made an account at one point, many years ago, but I have no idea what it was called or even what email I registered it with, so when I started actively posting here I had to make a new one.

 

[unseeingeye]

I always preferred GameBanshee's page layout and guides more than Sorcerer's Palace. Guides were more concise and to the point, with the webpage being easier to navigate. The maps are cool too and really help out as well. Sorcerer's Palace was my go to place for downloads. Portrait packs, patches, small mods. Sorcerer's also has a few more specific guides that I never found anywhere else.

Right, wow I forgot about the portrait packs! And there were like trainers too, for Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, weren't there? I remember using some a long time ago, like GateKeeper or DaleKeeper, something like this? Damn I haven't thought of that stuff in such a long time!

 

[axx]

Back in the day I used UHS Hints site for BG walkthroughs. GB is more detailed (in fact I'm using it for my current BG1 playthrough to make sure I didn't miss anything in areas).
Besides Sorcerer's place I also remember visiting Planetbaldursgate and Mike's rpg center (it has a cool bestiary).

 

[Taluntain]

I always preferred GameBanshee's page layout and guides more than Sorcerer's Palace. Guides were more concise and to the point, with the webpage being easier to navigate. The maps are cool too and really help out as well. Sorcerer's Palace was my go to place for downloads. Portrait packs, patches, small mods. Sorcerer's also has a few more specific guides that I never found anywhere else.

Right, wow I forgot about the portrait packs! And there were like trainers too, for Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, weren't there? I remember using some a long time ago, like GateKeeper or DaleKeeper, something like this? Damn I haven't thought of that stuff in such a long time!

It's all still there.

 

[Blutwurstritter]

I remember using the Fallout Tactics guide at some point. The maps are indeed very helpful and the descriptions were concise and to the point. I hope it remains the way it was.

 

[pm_675]

I dunno about that, although maybe they SHOULD. Sell off the FBI!

Isn´t already sold? At least paid for.