For the first time ever, this year was the year I really wasn't that excited about Spook. No announcements about a kit, t-shirts, or any kind of hype Sideshow usually made before the event happened. That's when I realized this was it's last year. The no chat pretty much confirmed my fears.
I knew this was coming, especially when the decoder glasses were no longer used, the code search around the site to find the freebie, the riddles posted as you ran around the site to find the clue or code, and the famed scavenger hunt.
I used to stay up and felt guilty when I went to bed, knowing that a giveaway would happen anytime. Now, I sleep well, knowing that I won't find such a thing unless you had Twitter or Facebook, which is a copout to use someone else's site to hype up Spook. Everything was done in-house, which it should always have been.
I miss winning the helms, the Buffy figures, the Sideshow-Weta statues, and Dusty. Thanks to her, she made Spook special, even hooking me up with big-time discounts on the LOTR Weta statues.
R.I.P. my friend. You were loved, Spook.
If I read constant negativity I wouldn't want to roll out the red carpet, give away free stuff, or put my people in front of the firing squad to be verbally abused by nerds over the internet.
oke 
... hopefully
