IT guy Jim

Colorado Avalanche and Miami Dolphins Fan. Network Engineer. Chive Nation Admin. Avid concert goer. Geek at Heart.

[Roland Constantijn 🇳🇱 @rolancon]

Since Amazon MGM Studios won't even read an email from a dedicated Stargate fan ('unsolicited submission materials'), which must be bad for business, here's the full content of the email (subject is the axing of Stargate):

Dear Amazon Studios Leadership,
I am writing as a longtime Stargate fan to express my deep disappointment at the cancellation of Martin Gero’s new Stargate series and to ask that you reconsider.

Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe ran for seventeen seasons and built one of the most loyal fanbases in science fiction television. I have been part of that audience for years. I buy Prime Video subscriptions. I watch Amazon originals. I am exactly the viewer you are trying to reach.

The reported reason for the cancellation — that the show was too focused on existing fans — misunderstands how franchise revivals work. You do not build a new audience by abandoning the existing one. You build it by honoring the existing audience first and using their enthusiasm to bring new viewers in alongside them. That is precisely what Martin Gero, Brad Wright, and Joe Mallozzi were doing.

Please restore the Gero Stargate project, or at minimum commit to a revival that respects the franchise’s seventeen seasons of canon and brings back the creative team that built it.

The gate is ready to open again. Please let it.
Thank you for your time. @AmazonMGMStudio @BaronDestructo @MichaelShanks @GateWorld @dial_the_gate @fandompulse @disparutoo

[Fandom Pulse @fandompulse]

Doom and Age of Empires creator Sandy Petersen blasts Amazon over their handling of Stargate:

"1) get handed a massively popular IP that spans 17 years of successful shows."

"2) realize it has millions of loyal fans, desperate for more. They are now in their 40s and 50s, flush with money. Eager to teach their kids & grandkids about Stargate."

"3) you could start with this. You are already three steps up the ladder to huge success. The fans will evangelize it, if you don't wreck the IP. Don't believe it? Look how the fans evangelized Battlestar Galactica after its 30 year hiatus. And the initial Dr Who reboot after 15 years."

"4) cancel the project because you want a "new take" that will eliminate all the loyal fans and turn them into bitter enemies."

"It's like an ancient Greek play about hubris."

Why are corporate execs like this?

[Evan Rawal @evanrawal]

Hey that wasn’t a penalty last series.

[IT guy Jim @ITguyJim]

@Eurolanche Yes but it's just speculation

[Colorado Avalanche @Avalanche]

One hour to puck drop.

[Kyle Keefe 🎤 @kylekeefetv]

GAME DAY.
#GoAvsGo

[Kyle Keefe 🎤 @kylekeefetv]

Watch.

[IT guy Jim @ITguyJim]

@TheExpanseRPG @OwlcatGames Can't wait

[The Expanse: Osiris Reborn @TheExpanseRPG]

Giveaway time!
We are giving away 5 Steam keys for The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Beta, which will start on April 22!

Follow us, like, repost, and comment to participate!
We will announce the winners on April 21.

Please keep your DMs open, so we can reach you if you win!

[DNVR Avalanche @DNVR_Avalanche]

"I don't care if he's injured, not injured... If you put guys into your own goalie, it's not a penalty."

Coach Bednar was ADAMANT about his thoughts on the Nathan MacKinnon penalty tonight. 😳

FULL QUOTE 👇

[Evan Rawal @evanrawal]

Starting at left wing, Nazem Kadri.

[GermanStrands @GermanStrands]

Swen Vincke predicted the future in his speech at The Game Awards 2024:

-"Change is coming."
-"GOTY 2025 will be made by a studio who made their game becuase they wanted to make a game that they wanted to play themselves."
-"They didn't make it to increase market share."
-"They didn't make it to serve as a brand."
-"The didn't have to meet arbitrary sales targets or fear being laid off if they didn't meet those targets."
-"They didn't treat their developers like numbers on a spreadsheet."
-"They didn't treat their players as users to exploit and they didn't make decisions they knew were shortsighted in function of a bonus or politics."
-"They knew if you put the game and the team first the revenue will follow."
-"They were driven by idealism and wanted players to have fun, and they realized that if the developers didn't have fun, nobody was going to have any fun."
-"They cared about their game because they loved games."
-"It's really that simple."

[IT guy Jim @ITguyJim]

@avsfam Avs games specifically generally sell out and you have to do like gametime I checked earlier tonight to try and go nose bleeds were over 100 bucks lower bowl was 3 to 4 hundred with a number over 1k

[NHL @NHL]

🚨 GABRIEL LANDESKOG GOAL! GABRIEL LANDESKOG GOAL! 🚨

His first goal in the NHL since June 20, 2022 puts the @Avalanche up 3-0 in this one! #StanleyCup

🇺🇸: @NHL_On_TNT (TBS) & @SportsonMax ➡️ https://t.co/UzOWcweuy0
🇨🇦: @Sportsnet or stream on Sportsnet+ ➡️ https://t.co/ojtrps6S9A

[Spittin' Chiclets @spittinchiclets]

What an incredible moment for the Captain! 👏

[NHL @NHL]

The @Avalanche are on the board first in Game 4! 🏔️ #StanleyCup

🇺🇸: @NHL_On_TNT (TBS) & @SportsonMax ➡️ https://t.co/4TuyIATi3T
🇨🇦: @Sportsnet or stream on Sportsnet+ ➡️ https://t.co/4KjbdjVctF

[The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial]

What are the legitimate constitutional concerns regarding a federally mandated real ID? I have them all right here.

[John Stossel @JohnStossel]

Biden promised 500,000 EV charging stations.

2 years later, only 7 have been built…

When politicians spend your money, they don’t have an incentive to spend it carefully.

So they fail, over and over: