So long, farewell, good bye

It is with a mixture of sadness and relief that I write this blog post. The Unofficial Battlestar Galactica Blog is officially closing up shop and entering retirement. The site will not go away anytime soon--there is far too much valuable content--but I will no longer be updating. This is the last post.

Due to my family, other web ventures, continued success at work, and other personal endeavours, I just don't have the time I once I had for scouring the BSG universe and running a site at the level of quality that I expect from myself. There are plenty of BSG sites out there now, some really great ones.

If you run a BSG blog, feel free to post the link in the comments so my readers can find it!

It has really been fun being a part of the Battlestar Glactica community. I have emailed and talked to some great people and have seen great outpourings of support and thanks. My best to you all!

Cheers,
Trapper Markelz

P.S. I can always be reached through my personal website and at trapper@tjmweb.com.

Comments

[Jon]

Umm... BSG is WAY more important than the Xbox 360!

But for real though, your blog was awesome, checked it all the time. Sad to see you go... good luck and all the junk

[Todd]

Well i hate to hear this. I checked your blog every day for any bsg news. Good luck on everything you want to do and take care.

[Penny B. (Tel-Aviv, Israel)]

Sad news :-(
Thank you for everyhing.
Wish you good luck.

[Zot]

Really sorry to hear you won't have time to do this any more, Trapper. I've enjoyed the Unofficial Battlestar Blog immensely. Best of luck with everything.

Z.

[Jay Langston]

We will all miss your updates on our favorite show. I started a site for news & merchandise related to the new series of Battlestar Galactica. Here is the address:
www.battlestaronline.com

Please visit when you have a chance.
Thanks,
Jay

[Jay Langston]

Here is direct link to the site mentioned above:
http://www.battlestaronline.com

Thanks,
Jay

[Mercifull]

Just a quick link to the BattlestarWiki
http://www.battlestarwiki.org

Episode guides, character bios and much much more. 2,915,280 hits and counting...

[Mercifull]

Just an extra note to all the people suggesting Wikia, the BattlestarWiki is much much larger than the one on Wikia and we welcome all contributors especially the people who expressed an interest on this blog :D

[The Plan]

We are very sorry that this site has closed. It was one of the best Battlestar resources on the web.

Our own Battlestar blog is firing back up, though, after the long inter-season break. We try to create a comfortable place for intelligent discussion about the show.

We'd like to hear from other fans. Please visit us at "And They Have a Plan."

http://theyhaveaplan.blogspot.com

[Willy]

Sorry to hear about this site. I understand what you are talking about with time constraints however! This is a great page and i'm really glad you will leave it up for the future.

My other hangout is http://battlestarzone.com Everyone is welcome to stop by and see whats going on :)

[Smokyjoe]

Here's another Battlestar Galactica hangout. It's not a blog, it's more like a digg.com for fans of BSG. A social bookmark list of all the best websites, news, videos, and blog posts for Battlestar Galactica.

The Battlestar Galactica Spot:
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/battlestar-galactica

[Palm Software]

I really miss this site, it was very well done and updated often.

Is there a similar Galactica blog out there? There are a few listed above, but I've yet to find a good BSG site/blog that came close to the quality of this site.

[Joe Beaudoin]

I'm also sorry to see Battlestar Blog go by the wayside, but I understand the reasons. Actually, since people are also taking the opportunity to offer their own ports of call, I thought I'd mention another "Battlestar" hangout:

http://www.battlestarpegasus.com

An overview: BattlestarPegasus.com is dedicated to all the Battlestar Galactica series and is presently looking for content, particularly in the form of artwork (CGI, drawings, models). Essentially, the goal of BattlestarPegasus.com is to be a hub of news, information, and creativity from the Battlestar Galactica fandom. BSP.com will also be a place for fans to voice their opinions, whether it is to post podcasts, editorials, reviews, and the like.

Much like the Battlestar Wiki, an extremely successful web resource I started for the Battlestar sagas back in 2005, BattlestarPegasus.com will strive to be as interactive as possible, and the content for it generated and maintained by the fans.

And that's the direction that BattlestarPegasus.com is headed right now.

Right now, I am looking for people to submit and develop content for the website, as outlined here:

http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/submission-guidelines

I'm also looking for ideas and ways to make the website even better, mainly suggestions from fans on what they would like to see from a Battlestar (or any science fiction oriented) website.

[Ken]

I would like to invite everyone over to the PlanetSpace.com board for discussions about Battlestar Galactica and other space scifi show and movies. Hope to see you there!

[Khal Shariff]

Well I have blogged about the upcoming show - the hard questions - nice job on the site - you sure drove me a lot of traffic -

Khal
http://www.damageready.com

[David]

I love the blog that you have. I was wondering if you would link my blog to yours and in return I would do the same for your blog. If you want to, my site name is American Legends and the URL is:

www.americanlegends.blogspot.com

If you want to do this just go to my blog and in one of the comments just write your blog name and the URL and I will add it to my site.

Thanks,
David

[Leo]

Sorry to see that this blog has stopped updating. Just found it myself. I have the fortune of acting on BSG from time to time and have gathered quite the unexpected fan support. Everyone is free to check out my blog site: www.leochiang.com as I update with my on-set experiences. Thanks!

[DUI Blog]

Good luck and sorry to see you go. I love the show and love this blog.

[jkthunder]

Thanks for being there, even though your coming to a close (just like the series).

Above link is a new-ish group BSG blog. Great to see the other bloggers/sites posted here too.

[jkthunder]

woops - the link didn't show. it's:

http://frakked.blogspot.com/