So Long And Thanks For All The Fish

NiteFenix

Published August 1, 2017

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This has got to be one of the hardest posts I’ll ever write. Something that has been coming for a while now, but not wholly unexpected. With these five words, it all comes to an end. Nearly 2 years of hard work – blood, sweat and tears.

Geek Node is shutting down.

As mentioned, I have put every bit of myself into this website, to the point where I just can’t anymore. The website has taken every bit of me and more. I’m not giving up. Certain things in my life have to just take priority. Primarily of which is my health, which has been suffering lately. Those of you close to me know the situation. More than that I will not discuss.

I love Geek Node, and so do all the wonderful writers that have come and gone in the last year and a half. Which I’ll cover in a bit more detail later. We’ve had some great memories, namely all the rAges we’ve attended as a team. The launch events we’ve attended. Tournaments that we’ve held and many many more. We’ve built many great relationships, some of which will likely continue for some of us beyond Geek Node’s existence, but one thing I’ll always be grateful for – the friendships I’ve built with some of the writers.

I’ve never claimed to be an expert at running an entertainment website. The only thing I, as owner and editor of this site, have ever claimed to is that I was and am a geek. From the get go, my vision for Geek Node was to create a pure, unadulterated, fun and honest (to a fault) platform for the writers and myself to produce content on. Contrary to some people’s belief, our goal has never been to take advantage. Instead I can proudly say we as a collective have been pure in our intensions and that I can honestly be proud of.

Which is why it saddens me to write this post. Despite our good intentions, it is time to say goodbye.

To each and every one of the Geek Node writers, both former and present – Thank you for sharing in the vision with me. Thank you for putting up with me and most of all thank you for those that stuck it out, despite my senile ways. Here is a list of each and every one of you that helped make Geek Node a reality.

Paul Roux – BiPolarBear

Andries Brink – Bravesock

Chris Jordan

Arielle Pieterse – Constantine104

Darryl Linington

Zaid Motala – DarthZadyBun

Tanya Beckmann- FairyQueen

Brian Murdoch – Fanatacit

Friedrich Rabie – Gatsusama

Graham Van Der Made

Husnaa Kajee – Gypsyrose

Lauren Melnick – Harlequinn

Norman Van Wyk – HavokZA

Brett Magil – Jupiter

Altamish Khan – Khanival

Daniel Hallinan – Kharrak

Neville Schwartzer – LGG

Gordon Ringani – Metal Pangolin

Marko Swanepoel – MGThabo

Brandon Hunter – MilkMonsta

MJ Khan

Kurt Mullins – Mount Tuesday

Lizl Brink – Ninowe

Andrea Hayes – PartyPanda5

Noelle Adams – pfangirl

Ziyaad Jina – phatmammasboy

Matthew Day – PikeyZA

Zubayr Bhyat – plut

Charl Potgieter – PottyZA

Zaakira Moola – PrincessofJozi

Mohamed Sader – Fame / Prodigy

Ruan Du Toit – Pyro

Sizinzo Maqubela – S3nsationz

Lenise Boshoff – Sai

Rael Unterslak – Senna-Tor

Brendan Ward – SparrowHawk

Jacques Du Plooy – StuntZA

Stuart Hobbs – The Stubbs

Zane Van Heerden – The Stranger HAZ

Kyle Peck – Tusk

Janrik Oberholtzer – Uberutang

Werner Morris – Desolation Morris

Brenton McPhee – Zakeroph

Arno Ralph – Zartek_ZA

To our suppliers/PR people. Thank you for all the support over the last few years and good luck with your future endeavours. We sincerely appreciate the opportunities and continued support that you gave us over the running period of this site. We know we weren’t perfect according to expecation but we sincerely tried our best to make you guys happy as far as it was capable.

Operations will be winding down over the next week or two in order to meet commitments and Geek Node will remain live for posterity’s sake for an undeterminable amount of time.

Thank you for your support Nodians. Know that we do appreciate it.

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NiteFenix

Editor-In-Chief / Entertainment Editor at Geek Node

Jonathan has been a journalist for several years. Writing primarily about video games, and occasionally films and television series. He spends most of his time talking crap on Twitter and looking for the meaning of life in all the wrong places.