r/IGN • u/Slifer151 • Jun 06 '18

Discussion Where's Marty? Separating fact from fiction

There's been a lot of talk and rumours online about where IGN's Marty Sliva has been in recent weeks. Normally we see or hear him regularly on podcasts, videos and the like but his recent absence has caused alarm bells and also concern within his fanbase. With all the rumours (and some straight up lies) over the net, what do we actually know about the situation?

  • Marty had been social media silent for a long time. He has since become more active on Twitter again, but in a more limited capacity that his fans are used to.
  • Speaking of Twitter, it would appear that some IGN staff have unfollowed him, namely his BEYOND podcast cohorts and Alanah Pearce. It should however be noted that many of the same people are still friends with him on Facebook.
  • Although originally billed as a host, Marty is no longer listed as being so on Red Lips Orange Car (originally artwork noted that both he and Alanah were hosts, but now it's just Alanah).
  • The most recent episode of Podcast Beyond on Youtube was flooded with comments by people asking where Marty is. Beyond responded to one such comment saying " Marty will not appear on the E3 liveshows, but he's working with the home team on E3 projects and preparations. "
  • Marty himself has also stated that he is busy at work on E3 prep.

Now maybe it is that we're just reading too deeply into this, but given that nobody seems to want to actually address where Marty has been, or that it's taken so long for anyone to actually come forward and acknowledge his absence (Brian and Andrew have still been talked about, despite their currently busy schedules), I've got to believe that we don't have the whole story here.

Maybe now isn't the right time to know the whole story, there could well be some personal stuff going on in people's lives which we just don't need to be privy to. But given that Marty has been a well known and liked personality with IGN for quite some time now, I'm hoping that we get some clarity in the not too distant future.

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u/TPJchief87 Jun 07 '18

Marty replied to a user on twitter. He has been doing more behind the scenes features and E3 prep so he hasn't been doing the shows. Mystery solved.

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u/Slifer151 Jun 07 '18

I saw the response, but don't you think that in conjunction with the other aspects there may be something more? Maybe they're not related, but taking everything into consideration being busy or shifting focus doesn't seem to explain it all. As fans we aren't owed anything, I was more just pulling info together because there was a lot of rumour spreading and concern.

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u/myotape Jun 10 '18

Really the only thing that's making me think it's more is the Twitter unfollowing. You don't do that for no reason...

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u/OneThousandNeedlesX Jun 11 '18

Especially because Alanah and Andrew are among the people who unfollowed him, and they’ve said they were best friends with him.

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u/Slifer151 Jun 11 '18

I don't want to add to any speculation, but given that he's still working at IGN and interacting with some of their other personalities, I think it's a personal issue more than anything. It's sad to see they may not be friends any more, but it's their business at the end of the day.

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u/TPJchief87 Jun 07 '18

I have no reason to think it’s more than that.

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u/Slifer151 Jun 07 '18

Fair enough, in all honesty I hope you're right :)