2009 June 12 2009
Pep interesting conference, director of Meristation, Initiator Barcelona
Dandel I see an interesting video of a presentation by Pep, director of Meristation in Barcelona initiator. I'd really like to see and hear most often Pep, because it is living history of the internet gaming press in Spain, although there who does not like.
Pep reviews on video Meristation history and that history has been somewhat Meristation a natural way, there was no business plan or anything, which has its charm.
In his lecture as an entrepreneur is inferred that the tenacity, hard work and innovation that marked his page at the beginning has been its core values. It also ensures that the objectivity and independence are important values that should govern any gaming website.
One hour of lecture goes a long way and went over what came to be offered for Meristation in full dotcom bubble back in 99. He came to offer 1,000 million and even more, though not very solid deals. Finally, it seems that the website will be PRISA in court, although that has not said anything at the conference, I guess the advice of his lawyer.
Pep has confirmed the good health of the gaming industry in the crisis we are experiencing, especially when compared with other sectors such as construction.
Glad to know that 90% of people who collaborate with the magazine, billed, which was one of my biggest criticisms of Meristation. I myself offered myself for years, but finally I did not do anything because there was no money involved. She says, there are 6 people working in Llagostera and about 30 throughout Spain collaborating with the magazine, which is not bad.
Jabs:
Chapter jabs, Pep has not bitten her tongue. He says he is in favor of the blogger phenomenon, but has only bad words for them, since they do not appear in the Nielsen panel (you must have at least 50,000 unique users ip Spanish as a minimum) and still take advertising campaigns . He has also criticized the lack of respect for these new media compared to Meristation, which has always been hard, but its editorial line has never defamed or insulted.
He also says that many blogs have started as independent voices and then cease to be once they enter thousand euros in advertising.
The latest jab was the newcomer to Eurogamer, whose notes are higher than those of its parent English, it would be, as Pep, stronger and more rigorous. The Spanish version would thus inflated notes would not be objective and as users more "hardcore" are not stupid, not you visit the page.
He has also had bitter words for, people who spent years working for free for Meristation and now feel cheated. Pep says he does not force anyone, it was they who were offered and when they pleased, have taken other directions work and nothing has happened. Come on, nobody forced them and if they were innocents, it is your responsibility. I also know there are people who then got good jobs because of his articles in Meristation ... I like I say, I volunteered at the time, but not seeing a hard, did not start to cooperate.
No boomtown, video and conclusions:
Pep also made efforts to consider how not to die of success when he was just enough money to pay for hosting, how he always tried to be realistic and not use credit or risk capital even if this has taken away opportunities, or as the mainstream media are doing wrong to recommending video games bad games just for the money publictario.
He also talked about how expensive it is the video and had to enter the competition because he did (because Vandal, as he admits) and how they have had to adapt their editorial and vocabulary to new players which has attracted policy Nintendo video games and indirectly to gaming sites.
Pep believes the key is having the best content, the most rigorous and objective, and will not misguided, but the table has more legs. Do not forget the design. I think the Internet progresses and the design of "Meri" ever more loudly calls for a good update.
It is in the air the question of whether Pep should have been more ambitious at times to bring even more top-Meri. Also in the chapter on assumptions and speculation, the paste that really could have taken Meristation Pep at the time. There was talk of many millions.
* You can watch the full video of the confer ence in dande l: Watch video
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Precisely what I said in Dandel your design comets, Meristation needs a new image of and
On the other hand leave you amazed these offers of 3,800 million pesetas at the height of the boom. Com.
Imagine you come to buy it!
Well, it seemed to me that those offers was a little smoke, but it sure has been some very greedy of which we spoke
To me it seems very wrong to mess with Eurogamer.es, and say over Meristation are more stringent than the English Eurogamer.
No, I find that is slowly Meristation a boost ...
Vincent, I know that my Meristation, for example, has been very confronting muuchos years with Electronic Arts, and that which has always been a big advertiser. So there are quite rigorous.
Lately I seem to be very pro-Sony, it's just my impression.
It does not say exactly that Meri is more stringent than Eurogamer UK. He says that the Spanish version inflates the notes and that is less rigorous than the UK.
I've been seeing throughout the monologue of Mr. Pep, and it's certainly interesting to hear, but not say anything particularly noteworthy.
That if the issue of financial bids were not a little, but pure smoke. At least that's the feeling I get at me.
The jab at Eurogamer.es not very polite, but factually correct. In fact, I personally had high hopes for Eurogamer as serious competition to Meristation, but unfortunately long since vanished, although they do wrong, there are things and decisions that do not like a hair.
Pep's statements on Eurogamer are libel. They are very serious.
All we have to say from Eurogamer: anyone who wants can check reader notes that place in UK and we put in Spain. We also invite you to look at whether the relationship advertising / notes is something that is enforced.
Pep does not understand something basic: our editors are not the same as the UK, as the editors of IGN UK are not the same as the U.S., Spain Edge or Edge of the UK. Each country has a different audience, a different culture, a different editors. Our news, previews, analysis, videos, images ... are made in Spain to Spain. Some games have more notes than others, others the same.
The grace of the network is taking advantage of the resources of others and even get to compare all the various Eurogamer notes, while adding unique and different information we can provide because of our structure.
The truth is that like the Pep dispatched
Yes lied, discredited and insulted us. Some may make fun, but at the professional level is serious and pathetic.