Class of 2013 Revisited
Now that we are officially underway in the Class of 2014, I thought it would be interesting to look back and see just how well the fruits of our efforts with the 2013 have paid off. I have to say based on past experiences I was expecting to see about half of the blogs either no longer resolving or not having been updated in months. However it appears that the class of 2013 was one of the most productive to date. Looking up my blog post from the close of NBI 2013, I counted 23 blogs that finished the event. Out of those fifteen are still updating fairly recently, or have at the very least had a blog post in the last few months. A handful have even been updated semi-weekly for the past year. I think this is pretty cool that the Initiative was able to create some really dedicated bloggers.
Here is a quick rundown of the folks who beat the odds and have kept up with their blogging habit on a regular basis.
- Thinking Play
- Gamer by Design
- Ramshackle Thoughts
- The Sofa is Waiting
- She’s All Nerd
- The Jazz Panda
- Cogitationes Astalnaris
- Part Time Core Gaming
- The Vancouverite Video Gaming Blog
- Lyirica Heals You
- Null Signifier
- Away From Game
- JVT Workshop
- Cheap Boss Attack
- The Cynic Dialogues
- The Chindividual
- Mysterious Artifact
All of you out there that are still updating your blogs regularly… take a well deserved bow. There are some massive lapses in posting in the history of this blog, so the drive to keep making content is something I truly respect. Last year seems to be the most successful year to date, and here is hoping that going into 2014 we can top that.
Class of 2014
It is still pretty early in the process but I wanted to get some link loving started already to the folks who signed up right out of the gate. I expect as the month rolls on we will have significantly more participants, but already we have an extremely impressive crop. So if the group we have gathered already are any indication for what we are likely to see in 2014 as a whole… I feel like this is going to be a really great year. One of the big challenges when the Newbie Blogger Initiative was rebooted last year, was to not only get new bloggers into the community, but also to retain them. It seems to be working and I tip my hat to the folks who have been making sure this happens. Without further ado… on with this years list of blogs.
- Missy’s Mojo
- Sygnus
- Braxwolf Stormchaser
- Nexus Nightly
- Ranzington Scouts
- Pebble in the Moonlight
- Late to the Party
- Lock and Bolt
- Rambling Thoughts About WoW
- Tirrimas
- Grimoires of Supremacy
- Princess in a Castle
- 7 Days a Week
- A Hobbits Journey
- Simcha’s Many Lives
A few of these folks I have already engaged with via Twitter, and I am hoping to be able to do the same for the others as well. If you are not already there, twitter is somewhat a vital too for maintaining the sense of community as a whole. Generally speaking that tends to be how the majority of the gaming blogosphere communicate with each other on a regular basis. My contact information is at the top of the right side bar and I welcome anyone to approach me in any venue I happen to be using. If there is anything I can do to help make your blog more successful, please let me know.
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Let’s not mention the 20-12’ers. Nope, not at all!
unfortunately I don’t have the full list, I like Wilhelm on TAGN had a partial list posted, but that is really all I would have to go on. The forum that 2012 ran out if is no longer up I don’t think.
My #NBI2014 Class of 2014 is up to 15 people now 🙂 Let me know if I am still missing anyone http://t.co/LLbdQtSlUY
@AlternativeChat @iamchelseablack we are roping you into the #NBI2014 thing… added you to my list at least 🙂 http://t.co/oT5v46dUye
RT @belghast: Class of 2014 http://t.co/LLbdQtSlUY #Aggronaut #NBI2014 #NewbieBloggerInitiative #Rift #ESO
I got my list from the official sign-up on the NBI forums. http://www.newbiebloggerinitiative.com/
From someone who has been too lazy to collect links: THANK YOU for this post!
Fairly sure there are more noobs than that… did we miss another place to post/check in already? 🙂
RT @belghast: Class of 2014 http://t.co/LLbdQtSlUY #Aggronaut #NBI2014 #NewbieBloggerInitiative #Rift #ESO
I’ve been looking for a list of the new Newbies! It’s been harder to find than I’d have expected, so thanks!
Love ur guildtavern in Rift! Entrance is awesome. That tub is a pool of wine isnt it 😀 ? I actually had no idea about that “hidded” path, but then again i have not been to much in the tavern yet. Im not sure the people doing dimension stuff in our guild is aware either *gotta run and tell em*
Now I gotta go take screenies of my guilds new tavern tbh 😀
Class of 2014 http://t.co/LLbdQtSlUY #Aggronaut #NBI2014 #NewbieBloggerInitiative #Rift #ESO