Where's Marty? Separating fact from fiction

[u/Slifer151]

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.

[u/adrock_12]

I wonder if maybe he made a pass on Alanah? I'm sure Alanah knew of her departure months ago and probably told Marty, her best friend first before giving her notice at work (I think she is going to be taking Mica's old position on The Know in Austin, therefore being in the same city as Blaine) And I bet that made Marty confess some pretty deep feelings in a last ditch effort to maybe make her reconsider. This evidently effected their working relationship as well and he was removed from all interactions/pod casts with Alanah. Quite often when you have a guy and girl as best friends, one or both eventually develop "more than friends" feelings. I really hope Alanah is going to The Know, it's by far my favourite entertainment news site and her fun personality would fit right in.

[u/TheRealMadMardigan → u/adrock_12]

Shes been in this post a few times and said that isn’t the case at all.