The 2010 blog · Name, writers, furniture · Restored record
The blog as it stood in 2011
This page preserves a readable record of GamerTrolls.com as its 2011 blog pages presented it. The material belonged to a 2010 WordPress.com gaming blog carrying the tagline Whatever Fanboy, That Game Sucks. The record describes the visible structure around the entries rather than reproducing any entry body, comment body, or third-party forum post.
The surviving pages show a small publication with a clear header, a short menu, a practical sidebar, and familiar WordPress.com footer credit. Its About page identified the writing project as a joint effort between the Blue Troll and the Pink Troll. The page structure therefore matters as much as the subjects named in the entries.
What follows separates the recorded page furniture from interpretation. It identifies the title treatment, writers, widgets, platform credit, comment controls, and limits of the surviving discussion. GamerTrolls.com is treated as the historical publication described here, not as the operator of this restored record, which has no connection to it and carries no interactive publication function.
The name and tagline the header carried
The 2011 homepage used GamerTrolls.com as its browser title, followed by the words Whatever Fanboy, That Game Sucks. The same phrase appeared directly beneath the site name in the header. That repetition made the tagline part of the page identity rather than a phrase confined to a browser tab or an individual entry.
The wording established a deliberately combative frame for a gaming blog, but the restored record does not turn that frame into a present-day judgment. It records what the header displayed and leaves the entries themselves outside this page. The menu remained narrow, showing Home and About, so the main identity sat in the header instead of a large navigation system.
The pair who said they wrote it
The About page described the site as a joint effort by the Blue Troll and the Pink Troll. It also said that both writers had previously written for videogame media outlets. That is the full writer description preserved in the record, with no additional staff list, biography, or named editorial role supplied.
The entries add a small amount of attribution without reproducing their text. The account attached to the recorded entries was gamertrolls. Two September 13, 2010 entries carried a body signature from the Blue Troll, while the About page supplied the broader two-person description. The record does not assign the other entry to either handle.
- The About page names the Blue Troll and the Pink Troll.
- Both writers were described as former videogame media contributors.
- The entry account shown in the record was gamertrolls.
- Two recorded entries carried a Blue Troll signature.
- No additional writer or staff name is supplied.
| Navigation | Two items, Home and About |
|---|---|
| Search widget | A box headed Search It, printed with an exclamation mark |
| Recent entries widget | A list of the three entries, in the order they were published |
| Links widget | Documentation, Plugins, Suggest Ideas, Support Forum, Themes, WordPress Blog and WordPress Planet |
| Comment control | A form headed Leave a Reply, with a Guest option and a Log In option, an email field marked as required and a note that the address would not be published |
| Follow-up control | A pair of toggles offering notification of follow-up comments by email |
| Footer | Theme: Coraline by Automattic, and Blog at WordPress.com |
| Comment counts shown beside the entries | One, two and three |
The sidebar and what it advertised
The sidebar worked as a compact directory around the entries. A search box headed Search It sat alongside a Recent Entries area containing the three recorded posts. That arrangement helped a visitor move between the available material while keeping the page focused on the blog rather than on a broad site catalogue.
A separate Links area pointed toward Documentation, Plugins, Suggest Ideas, Support Forum, Themes, WordPress Blog, and WordPress Planet. These labels advertised the surrounding WordPress.com environment more than an independent network of GamerTrolls.com pages. The table on this page gathers the sidebar furniture so its labels can be checked without reconstructing the original layout.
Platform and theme as the page source shows them
The page source identified WordPress.com through its generator tag. That technical marker agrees with the visible footer, which credited the Coraline theme by Automattic and described the site as a blog at WordPress.com. Together, those details place the pages within a hosted publishing system rather than an unidentified custom build.
The platform credit also explains the surrounding visual furniture. WordPress.com supplied recognizable areas for navigation, widgets, comments, and footer attribution, while Coraline supplied the named theme layer. These are page-level facts, not claims about the quality of the design or the games discussed in the entries.
The comment furniture under each entry
Each entry displayed a comment area headed Leave a Reply. The control offered Guest and Log In choices, included an email field marked as required, and stated that the address would not be published. Separate toggles offered email notification for follow-up comments, showing how the page invited participation without preserving every part of that participation here.
The entries carried visible comment counts of one, two, and three. The October 4, 2010 entry also printed a response from the handle ihatetrolls dated January 19, 2011. The September 13, 2010 review printed responses from SBNova on September 13, 2010 and the Blue Troll on September 14, 2010. No comment body is reproduced.
Reading a two-person blog as a record
A restored page can show how a publication was arranged without pretending to recover everything that once appeared within it. Here, the header, About page, sidebar, footer, entry labels, dates, account name, signatures, counts, and limited commenter handles remain useful evidence of the blog's shape. The record stops before entry bodies and comment bodies, preserving structure without presenting old opinions as current findings.
The distinction matters because the visible counts and handles do not amount to a complete conversation. The October entry printed several comment totals, including 50 comments from September, 144 posted by the same account in September, 10 during the first three days of October, and 90 said to remain unposted. Those figures describe what the entry displayed, not a complete audience record. The restored page therefore says where the material ends rather than filling its silence.
Frequently asked questions
What tagline did the blog header carry?
The 2011 header printed Whatever Fanboy, That Game Sucks beneath the GamerTrolls.com site name. The browser title used the same wording after the site name. This page records that phrase as part of the historical header and does not present it as a current editorial position.
How many writers did the About page name?
The About page named two writers, the Blue Troll and the Pink Troll. It described the site as their joint effort and stated that both had written for videogame media outlets in the past. No further writer, editor, or staff member is identified in the recorded material.
Which widgets did the sidebar list?
The sidebar listed a search box headed Search It, a Recent Entries list containing the three entries, and a Links list. That links area named Documentation, Plugins, Suggest Ideas, Support Forum, Themes, WordPress Blog, and WordPress Planet. These labels show the practical and WordPress.com-oriented character of the page furniture.
Which platform and theme did the footer credit?
The page source identified WordPress.com, while the footer credited Theme: Coraline by Automattic and stated Blog at WordPress.com. The generator tag and footer therefore point to the same hosted platform and named theme. This records the page technology shown in 2011, not a claim about later versions.
Does the record show who commented?
It shows limited commenter identification, not a complete participant list. The recorded responses include the handles ihatetrolls and SBNova, along with a response attributed to the Blue Troll. Comment counts are also visible, but no comment body is reproduced, and the record does not claim that every commenter is known.
This restored publication record describes the blog structure preserved from 2011 and keeps its missing entry and comment text outside the page.Facts here were last confirmed on September 20, 2026. GamerTrolls.com and its two writers are not operators of this record, which accepts no comments or messages.
Where the facts were read from
Its facts come from Wayback Machine captures of the address together with the crawl listing. The blog pages come from captures made in 2011: the homepage of February 8, 2011, the October 4, 2010 entry of June 19, 2011, the About page and the September 13, 2010 review. The later page comes from the capture of April 3, 2025. Everything reproduced here comes from those copies alone. No entry body, comment body or third-party forum post is carried over, no commenter is named except where the archive itself printed a handle in place of a name, and no rating, review count or reader figure has been added. Where the stored page offered no answer, the record keeps the question open instead of answering for it. Final read: September 20, 2026.