Dodd says new site will destroy NeoGAF

Will Pete Dodd send NeoGAF back into prehistoric times?

Pete Dodd of the Internet on Thursday claimed his new Kickstarter Indiegogo-funded website will destroy that titan of all things gaming: NeoGAF. Dodd, who recently received a lifetime ban from the influential website clearly is not taking the rebuke sitting down:

I think it's time to make some titans fall.
— atFamousmortimer (@atPeteDodd) April 4, 2014

While Dodd was clearly referring to NeoGAF, we note his tweet referenced "titans" -- in the plural. Our first hunch was that he was referring to Polygon, the home of his doppelganger, Arthur Gies... but then we checked the traffic data and realized he instead must have been referring to IGN.

We're not sure what Dodd will do to follow through on his bold words, but we do wonder how many years it will take before he's forced to split the site into two parts: an incredibly relevant forum and a not-so relevant news site.

Dodd moving to Alaska

Internet insider Pete Dodd on the weekend announced plans to yet again uproot his family to "start over." Dodd, made the announcement on March 30, clearly saddened after receiving his first-ever taste of Internet name-calling.

Tomorrow I start over.
— atFamousmortimer (@atPeteDodd) March 31, 2014

While Dodd hasn't announced his plans, it's clear that his plan is to move to Anchorage, ranked by MSN.com as the best place to start over. While he prepares for 22-hour days come summer, we expect Dodd will be focusing his gaming coverage on the efforts of Anchorage development firm (and video gamers' darling) Catapult Consulting.

What is Pete Dodd?

While we'll never forgive Pete Dodd, for the moment we're going to continue to report on his important inside information, but while Dodd can often foretell the future of the industry, we have to count on the wisdom of the crowd (lacking access to the infinite power of the cloud due to our Google-based platform) to tell us exactly what Dodd himself is...

Without further ado, what Twitter told us in the wake of the Col Rodgers controversy:

Why we'll never forgive Pete Dodd

 
It was less than a month between the time Pete Dodd noted that reports about staff departures are "laughably incorrect" that he proved his point in spectacular fashion by publishing an inaccurate account of Col Rodgers' departure as director of Sony's Driveclub. Dodd showed exceptional bravery by illustrating his own point through a very public failure and then by both taking his licks and issuing a very honest apology.

As someone who has worked to promote both Sony and Microsoft, Dodd clearly learned one of the great lessons of good PR: when you screw up, admit it. We're not really sure what it's like to screw up, but we'll update this post with new information if we ever learn.

Unfortunately for Dodd and this site, he forgot one very important apology: to us. On March 28, this website was working on a fool day (get it?) of April 1st coverage of Dodd revelations. The chaos that erupted on Twitter and NeoGAF made it impossible for us to proceed. We considered whether it was appropriate to maintain our focus on the No. 1 insider (and to be entirely honest, we still are -- we are not a Dodd promotional vehicle).

Rodgers has accepted Dodd's apology and it appears the Internet is moving on, as it should. We, however, cannot move on. We aren't awaiting an apology and if we get one we won't accept it. Flowers might help.

We'll be back later today with another update on Dodd. Stay tuned!