Farewell, NintyBuzz
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all well and having a fantastic Summer.
Unfortunately I have some sad news to share, I am sadly closing down NintyBuzz for the foreseeable future.
I’ve been running NintyBuzz for the last nine years, mainly as a hobby and a platform to talk about what passionate about. It’s been a fantastic experience and I’ve learnt a whole lot as well as made some amazing friends doing so.
It’s very saddening to come to this decision, something I’ve been debating for a while now. With the job and commitments I currently have, I just feel way too burnt out to consistently focus on NintyBuzz, which I feel is unfair to anyone who visits the site.
I want to thank everyone who has been supportive of NintyBuzz over the past nine years, including our readers (even the ones who drop by briefly), our writers, and all the publishers who we have connected with. Without any of you, NintyBuzz would never have made it into its ninth year; I love you all wholeheartedly!
For now, I’m going to keep the website up, would rather not let nine years of work just disappear. As for streaming, that is something I really enjoy and am desperate to get back into soon so I may go back to that in the near future.
I think I’ve said everything I wanted to say. Once again thank you all so much for the past nine years, it’s been amazing!
Until next time
Keep on buzzin’
Leon Fletcher
Editor in Chief at NintyBuzz
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