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Posted: Sep 30th 2011 4:12PM Madallaw said

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Remind me again why One Shots will be ending? Love seeing the posts.

Posted: Sep 30th 2011 4:22PM BigAndShiny said

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What a shame it's the end....new feature better be awesome, but I'm sure it will be. :P

Posted: Sep 30th 2011 4:36PM Seldra said

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I'll miss One Shots, but I look forward to whatever replaces it.

Posted: Sep 30th 2011 10:08PM cyanpill said

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@Seldra
Coming soon to a massively near you: Two shots!
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Posted: Sep 30th 2011 4:49PM Space Cobra said

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Umm...yeah, I also echo the "huh? It's ending??" Sentiment.

Okay, reading and apparently this is a "surprise", but...I kinda don't get it.

This isn't like a magazine where you have limited space for articles and advertising or is it? In printed mags, you have to balance those sort of things, but here, you have unlimited space to print in.

Unless there is a system of certain articles need to get certain hits to survive? I mean, why can't we have the cake AND the new Ice Cream instead of just the Ice Cream without the cake?

Posted: Sep 30th 2011 5:15PM Ehra said

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@Space Cobra

"This isn't like a magazine where you have limited space for articles and advertising or is it?"

No, but you do have to worry about time. This is just a baseless guess, but I'm assuming the One Shots' replacement will be at least partially automated. We don't know how many submissions One Shots gets, and those are emails/pictures that Rubi has to sort through in addition to her other duties for Massively.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2011 6:59PM JuliusSeizure said

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@Ehra

I'm thinking the replacement is going to be something that overlaps with the concept of One Shots, but is a bit broader in the sort of things it covers. Maybe some kind of 'show off your fandom' column that still accepts screenshots but also takes art, machinima, music, crafts, recipes and whatever else people create to say 'I love this game'?
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Posted: Sep 30th 2011 7:21PM Ehra said

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@JuliusSeizure

That's another possibility :)
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Posted: Sep 30th 2011 5:04PM Morreion said

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Add me to the list of those asking why One Shots is going away- I enjoy the pictures.

Perhaps there aren't a lot of page hits on the One Shots offerings, but I look at all of them from the main Massively page without clicking on them, since you can see the image without doing so.

If you're running out of reader submissions, I have over a year's worth of images from various games :)

Save One Shots!

Posted: Sep 30th 2011 5:27PM DeadlyAccurate said

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Another one who always looks at the picture, maybe reads the reader-subbed description, but hardly ever clicks through since there are rarely many comments. I'll miss the One Shot feature.

Posted: Sep 30th 2011 5:27PM Bhagpuss said

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Took me by surprise. Was the end of One Shots announced somewhere?

Shame to see this go. One of the parts of massively I always take a look at. Pictures are of interest to anyone, regardless of whether you play that game or not.

Posted: Sep 30th 2011 6:27PM Danteeeee said

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Give me the oneshots e-mail and column access and I will take it over at no cost! :p

It's shutting down to make way for a new column, but I'd rather have this AND a new column :(

Posted: Sep 30th 2011 7:47PM (Unverified) said

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I'll be missing One Shots when it goes away. However, if they add something in its place, hopefully that'll be just as enjoyable.

Posted: Sep 30th 2011 8:08PM Pingles said

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Rubi had to stop doing the column so she could free up more time to compile Guild Wars topics to gum up the podcast.

OH YES I DID GO THERE!

*snaps fingers wildly*

Posted: Sep 30th 2011 8:55PM Xarrin said

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I was always happy to contribute here and now I'm honored that I can help close the curtains. Thanks again, Massively.

Posted: Oct 1st 2011 1:45AM drunkingamebar said

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Oh memories... I remember being reported for having out 3 rancors, it was wrong, but man it looked cool!

Posted: Oct 1st 2011 2:33PM Interitus said

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I'm with everyone else, why are they taking away one shots..?

Posted: Oct 1st 2011 4:11PM Yarr said

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One Shots ending? Darn, I always enjoy seeing this feature no matter what game is getting the spotlight. While I've had two or three pics (woot!) make it to One Shots, I've been holding on to a few more waiting for the right category to submit them. :(

Hopefully it will be replaced by something similar, so I can continue to see some of the neat stuff others get up to in the games they play.

Posted: Oct 2nd 2011 12:35AM drunkingamebar said

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@Yarr I am sure they will add something just as fulfilling.
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