This is where I insert the equivalent of crickets chirping, but in text format. I don’t really know how to do that, so here’s a post instead.

So, for those who haven’t been following me talking endlessly about it, I’ve bought a new website specifically to talk about gaming. Presenting with no further…whatever the word that comes after that is (adieu? A Jew?).

NotGamers.Net

Big text for big news right? My problem is I’m getting that into gaming that if I let myself write about it on here, the majority of posts on here would be that of Team Fortress 2 talk, or the fact that I bought Left 4 Dead 2 today. Hey, I bought Left 4 Dead 2 today! Anyway..

On NotGamers, it’s basically just anyone who wants to writing posts about whatever games they want to. So far I have sections mainly for Valve games because lets face it, at the moment I am a complete Valve fanboy, but as time goes on more sections will be added as needed.

So basically most of my time online has been for gaming, NotGamers, and answering questions on Tumblr. This is where I’ve been and why I haven’t been writing much. That and I’m lazy.

First rough version

In the name of rushing and finally getting things done, a first draft version of the main site is kind of done. It can be seen, coincidently, at http://www.zombieskittles.com. There are two basic features, the first being the main menu which links to all our sub domains, plus a few other projects of mine and Courtney’s.
The second took a little help from someone, who for no reason other than his love of Wordpress put his hand up to help me. The Latest Updates page uses a plug-in pointed out by Mr David Jonathon to display the latest blog post from each of the blogs listed on the page. The point being to make a page that allows someone new to the site to see what our latest work is on each site.

The website itself is still fairly bland, but later versions will definitely be better than this. I’m setting the bar low so no matter what, people can go “wow that’s MUCH better than the last version”.

►Go to ZombieSkittles.com

I LIED

Ok, so I made a post around a week ago which briefly summed up my following habits on Twitter. However, no more than a day after writing that, I found myself going against what I said, and followed an additional 50 people who were following me. At first I contemplated deleting that post and pretending it never happened, but I made a promise to myself when I made the blog that I wouldn’t delete [many] articles, and to instead just write a new post.
I’ve started going through everyone I myself follow, looking at each profile and seeing if that person is to me, worth following. I’ve been looking at:

• The number of tweets, because why would I follow someone with absolutely no tweets?
• The quality of tweets. I don’t like the idea of following someone who only tweets ads, or affiliate links, nor the idea of someone who tweets short simple sentences ALL THE TIME like “Going home”, “Eating”, etc. What are you eating? Is it good?
• Website. While this really doesn’t change anything about whether I follow you or not, I like seeing if people have a good website. I’m a sucker for blogs. And speaking of the general information area, your
• bio needs to be there; no bio, most likely no follow. And then, if I see on there talk of marketing, then I will shun you. And from what I hear from everyone else when they complain about this, not many other people like it either.

And that’s pretty much it. I’ve found myself suddenly going from following sixty to one hundred and forty people really quickly, and it’s slightly overwhelming, even at such a small number, but that’s a story for another time.