WYP
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All good things come to an end. It's the end of an era for the UK's tech press.
Read more about Hexus and Bit-Tech's closure.
Read more about Hexus and Bit-Tech's closure.
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HEXUS is closing after 23 years of operation
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Dicehunter
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Not so surprising really as they didn't get out a lot of video reviews like many other publications did, I liked their videos though.
AlienALX
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I think it is a combination (on bit at least) of a lot of things. The industry has changed *a lot* and unless you are a Yes man you get nowhere. A couple of Youtubers I watched have closed up shop recently (Oz and Timmy Joe) because the pandemic left them with a choice. Continually regurgitate the same crap (like RandomgaminginHD and others) and be capable of that without losing your soul, or, just get a real job with benefits and so on.
Bit had the offer to sell out a couple of years ago but refused. In fact, I am pretty sure they could have still sold the company, but it would have become an ad farm like all of the others these days.
They also had a couple of major changes. Firstly Alex Banks stopped doing their mod videos and was replaced. They also got rid of Melissa, who was being slated left right and centre and replaced her with Andy (Crapman) and all sorts of other stuff.
However, for the past two years, literally, they have had pretty much 0 to do. For the most part they refused to review any 30 series stuff because all it achieved was rubbing it in everyone's face, and thus other hardware companies haven't even bothered. Rocket Lake was a waste of sand (not my words) so since the 5000 Ryzen series there has been literally nothing but unobtainable stupidly priced GPUs. So you have a choice. "Do a Jay" and just rub it in everyone's face, or just close up shop.
IDK what Alder Lake holds but I already know it's practically nothing. IE, yeah Intel may have coded a scheduler and given it to M$ blah blah blah YAWN YAWN YAWN. It will offer absolutely 0 in excitement whatsoever, because no matter how good it is at gaming the fact remains GPUs are still disgustingly over priced and there is nothing that can change that within the industry.
ImprovizoR
New member
Wow, that was very unexpected. I thought that Hexus was doing alright. They always seemed to have those giveaways with some pretty cool and often expensive stuff. Sad to see them go.
dazbobaby
New member
God please not another Toms Hardware.
That was an amazing website back in the 90's, now it's like Ready Player One, just enough adverts to not cause seizures.
Wonder why Alex left... his 1000D was amazing.
AlienALX
Active member
You said what I'm thinking. Literally.
He's a very good modder and his work is incredible but yeah.....
I think I watched about half of one video.
AlienALX
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Oh sweet, I had no idea, gracias! That guy is worth following for machine pr0n alone, LOL!
AlienALX
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LePhuronn
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C'mon, that's a little unfair. Alessandro is Italian and is very new to speaking English in a presentational manner, so it was always going to be a bit rough to begin with. Besides, it's not like Alex was a shining star from the outset, his first year of video content was like nails down a chalkboard. It took him a while to become the charismatic, confident presenter he became, and there was no reason why Alessandro couldn't do the same.
We'll never know now.
But ultimately Alessandro's work is just as impressive as Alex's (why else would Alex select Alessandro to be his replacement?), so if you tune into bit-tech Modding surely you're doing so for the content, not the twirly moustache, or lack thereof?
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I dont see anything wrong with Alessandro. His work just doesn't do it for me though. Obviously he has amazing creativity, but his projects just feel a bit lack luster.
I think what Maki had as an advantage over everyone is his sheer talent with CNC machines.
AlienALX
Active member
No one has knocked his work. At all. Well, I haven't.
The problem is Alex is, well, Alex. He has charisma and charm and is very interesting to watch. Alessandro just isn't. Not every one is cut out to be in front of a camera dude is all we are saying. Not disrespectfully, but respectfully. I personally am terrible in front of a camera, and there is a reason why certain Youtubers have millions of subs, no matter how little they cover (see also Jayz).
Alex however? is. Or was, I should say.
Nope, I'm not knocking his work either. But if you want to make entertaining YouTube videos, he just doesn't have the personality for it, at least not yet. His work is excellent, that's not in question. But the videos for me are totally unwatchable, where I could watch HOURS of Alex's build videos. He was the total package in terms of presentation, personality, and technical skill. His communication skills were the best aspect, which allowed him to clearly communicate his vision during his videos. Alessandro just doesn't have that. That's not to say he won't DEVELOP those skills, I certainly hope he does. But right now I cannot watch him.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
NP dude. The machine he has is a fookin wet dream brah. It changes tools for you
My dad used to work for BMW and they had some space age toys just like that, Was impressive to watch.
