So, here is what I like about MyGaming:
I started reading MyGaming back in 2009. I bookmarked the site and started following the articles and news the website brought to it's readers. I partook in some debates in the comment sections on some of the articles, particularly those opinion pieces written by Tarryn. Ah, the good old days.
I started getting involved in the Forum Community, and I got hooked. The community of people gathered in their shared love for all things gaming related was a completely new experience for me. The MyGaming Forum had become my home, a place where I could talk to people I became friends with. When I moved from Pretoria to Cape Town, it was the forum and the people that I met that made the transition so much easier for me. I bought my PC via people on the forum. I won games and other prizes through the forum. The Forum is my home.
The MyGaming Forum is not just something that I love about MyGaming, it's my own created place in the internet, where everybody knows my name, where I can go to people for understanding, laughs, jokes, opinions and advice. I love the forum. Without it, my life would be much less.
Nowadays I don't get to post as often as I'd like, all due to absolute ridiculous stresses at work, and every day I can feel that emptiness on not partaking in the forum. I'd love to see more activity on the forum, but how can I except it if I cannot help increase it myself. But that's my own problems.
What I'l like to see from MyGaming is growth; growth into a site with a particular rhythm of news articles, accompanied by weekly opinion pieces. Growth into the forum, with additional support and activity from the powers that be on the Forum. Growth into other mediums like a MyGaming Podcast, MyGaming Youtube Channel, MyGaming Reviews on Metacritic, MyGaming Community Challenges and more. I want to see MyGaming grow the website further than just a normal website where news is regurgitated as it breaks on Reddit or Eurogamer or where-ever. If I want just news, there is literally thousands of other sites to get it from. No, what I want MyGaming to grow into is a place where they are the leading authority on all thins gaming related in South Africa. In news articles, Opinion pieces, Youtube videos (perhaps even Let's Plays...), Podcasts and more. I want MyGaming to get more involved in the wonderful community it's managed to keep over the years, get involved with us playing games. Maybe host some tournaments or multiplayer sessions or something like that. Even Twitch streaming...why not?
MyGaming has the potential to grow into something truly spectacular, and with the backing of a very passionate and incredible community such as it has already, the future is looking good for MyGaming. I only hope they do show that growth I so want them to have.