I signed up in 2012 because of Modern Warfare 2 & the 'hacks' it brought with changing your prestige level w/ a USB device.
I was referred here by someone random in-game, came to the website and made a
little bit of money doing these so-called "prestige hacks" for others on the website.
I really wasn't big into hacking, but I stayed anyways. However, shortly after I applied for "Blog Team", or what we call "News Team" now, which gave me a bigger reason to stay here on NextGenUpdate. I was a horrible writer when I started (I admit), but I kept at it. I retired, stayed in the community and contributed my writing on the forums anyways. So, for as long as I can remember I've just been writing for the website to improve.
I've been writing for NextGenUpdate (both on the team and off) on-and-off for a long while now, but I stay here because the website is gearing towards
media now, i.e. news, YouTube (potentially), legitimate gaming.
We're slowly but surely turning into an actual gaming discussion website, but with modding/hacking still in it's roots. Soon enough we'll make some changes and bring some things to the website that'll reel in gamers who discuss legitimate gaming, non-related to modding/hacking/glitching, etc.
This will potentially bring
me revenue, and if you're willing to put in the work you can make some too without having to hack/mod.
A lot of people here are all for the ride and what it has to bring, so I wouldn't go around saying "Get a life" to those who have contributed nothing but their time for years here on NextGenUpdate.