A furor has erupted over the ousting of ABC's Good Game co-host Jeremy Ray, known as "Junglist" (above left). He was given his walking papers last month from the host position and has this week had a fair bit to say about the reasons for the axing.
According to him, he was given the boot because ABC execs. wanted a female co-host to gain "mass appeal". However the ABC has stated "performance-based" reasons for the parting of ways.
Articles on online news websites have had hundreds of comments supporting Junglist and questioning his replacement. The young, attractive blonde Stephanie Bendixsen (Hex) co-hosted her first episode last Monday with founding host Steven O'Donnell (Bajo).
Here is the official statement on the Good Game forums.
Comments on the official forum and the news site are suggesting that the producers have replaced Junglist with an attractive girl in an attempt to gain a new audience. I think this comment on news.com.au says it all;
Hex did an okay job of presenting on Monday's episode but she doesn't have anywhere near the gaming experience, interest or skill as Junglist. Another disconcerting aspect to her performance is the way she looks at the camera (screen shot from Monday's show);
Someone has their "sexy" face on. She is certainly an attractive young girl and it's unfortunate for her that she has entered the hosting position on such negative terms. The die-hard Good Game fans don't seem to be ready to give her a chance if the forums and Facebook groups mean anything. There's even an online petition to return Junglist to the show.
It will be interesting to see if anything comes of the petitions and web-campaigns, after all, we saw the power of the Facebook group with the return of Hey Hey it's Saturday.
there's an awful lot of supposition and conjecture on something that has had no real meaty information released.
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Stephanie is a awesome gamer, just because she was blonde and has good looks doesn't mean she is a slut just being recuited because they wanted more views. She is alot better then Jeremy and it also proves that girls can become good gamers like her. Stephanie is one of my closest friends she has an amazing personality! Don't judge because of looks and gender
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