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February 02 2008

SMGfan.com says goodbye. SMGfan.com, the premier website for Sarah Michelle Gellar is closed?

Well, this is quite surprising.

[ edited by Kyotoyoshi on 2008-02-02 10:27 ]

Kyotoyoshi | 08:31 CET | 20 comments total | tags: smg, sarah, buffy

Typo in headline...

fortunateizzi | February 02, 09:12 CET

The timing is slightly surprising but they have acknowledged that they have been slow to update the news pages.
It does mean though that there will be nowhere to confirm or deny SMG news ( which has been needed in the past when news of projects came from unusual sources )

garda39 | February 02, 09:15 CET

Sad... Even though the updates were slow, it was a decent site. Shame it's not here anymore!

Valentyn | February 02, 09:26 CET

Maybe they are coming back as SMPfan.com....

proximityeffect | February 02, 19:20 CET

This is sad news. Besides all the accurrate information SMGfan always had to offer, fans have lost their online connection to Sarah. It didn't happen often but she would send messages to her fans via that website.

maje | February 02, 19:43 CET

Very disappointing news.

smgboard.com, the fan message board is still up and running. It's one of my regular posting sites.

They do a very good job of keeing us updated.

Reddygirl | February 02, 20:07 CET

It's quite strange , I don't recall many people who maintained their status as a SMG fan during Buffy's run, I shifted many a time in my allegiances, I think they went a little something like this...

Buffy -> Willow -> Jenny Calendar (damn you Joss) -> Willow -> Tara (damn you Joss) -> Amanda (damn.... oh nevermind, Joss is a virus, he will destroy everyone that you love)

onthemightofprinces | February 02, 21:22 CET

It's a great shame. I only posted a handful of times there, but I did enjoy lurking to see what the latest noise on SMG was.

SoddingNancyTribe | February 02, 23:04 CET

This is just sad news. :(

cheryl | February 02, 23:27 CET

Ahh Sarah, say it isn't true. I'm going to miss that site.

Madhatter | February 03, 01:23 CET

SNT!! There you are! Gosh, we missed you in the room, so happy you're back!

Madhatter | February 03, 01:33 CET

I'm in the middle of moving but I'm not letting this one pass. It's a real shame to see one of the old guard going. SMGfan.com was a really good site. And there's many fan sites out there that could only dream of being as good as SMGFan. I'm glad the forum is still going as I lurk there from time to time and it's nice to see some familiar faces there. But the main site will be sorely missed. A piece of our fandom has gone. And that's always a tragedy.

Simon | February 03, 01:36 CET

Where you running to Simon?

Madhatter | February 03, 01:52 CET

Now it belongs to the ages.

This is very sad.

white wings | February 03, 02:37 CET

Happy move, Simon!

Lioness | February 03, 04:04 CET

Don't forget to label your boxes correctly Simon, last thing you want is glassware in the bathroom.

onthemightofprinces | February 03, 04:58 CET

...Somehow, I think that regardless of labels, he would still manage to rectify that mistake upon opening the boxes (though you never know. Heh).

ShamelessSingingRennie | February 03, 09:26 CET

Does anyone know the resson(s)for it's closing? I wonder if SMG will ever have her own site? Very sad.

WheelsOfJoy | February 04, 00:35 CET

It's very doubtful that SMG will do her own site, she's not exactly renowned for fan interaction as you might notice by the startling lack of convention appearances or participation in DVD extras etc...

I dunno Shameless, I moved house once and due to a labelling error I ended up watching my auntie's colostomy bag rather than the television. I didn't realise until my brother walked in and said, "What're watching that for?, it's s........." and so forth.

[ edited by onthemightofprinces on 2008-02-04 01:25 ]

onthemightofprinces | February 04, 04:25 CET

I am really sad that SMGfan has closed. It was one of the first sites I visited online and, over the last eight years, has been the site I trusted most for reliable Sarah information. The owners of the site have run it with the highest level of integrity and professionalism. Hats off to Hostess and Host for a job well done.

I do take some solace in knowing that the community of smgboard.com will continue to exist.

Anne 5_by_5 | February 04, 21:14 CET

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