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Kamil posted...

CJayC thought he was too old for gaming in the Xbox 360 era. I mean geez, gaming has only gotten more popular and varied now. Not saying that equates to popularity but I wonder what he'd think of today's scene. Heck I never even knew how old he was back then. I think some ppl knew his phone number lmfao. The internet was a way different place in the early to mid 2000s though.

He had to have been in the 30-34 range when he was saying he was too old for GameFAQs. Which is probably the average age now lol.

That virtual rainbow/diversity jokes punchline was interesting. Don't think it can be repeated on CE you say that on CE you could get a purge.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


His account got closed. I wasn't around back then. No idea if when he said goodbye he closed his account. Or it was something that happened long after.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com./user.php?db=.0.user=CJayC

P4wn4g3 posted...

404 soul of the site not found

I thought the line was interesting imagine you replace CNET with Fandom and it was DToast who said that. Would that quote from 18 years ago still be relevant to the current state of GameFAQs.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/11-team-gamefaqs/27512013

So, you've noticed the new design. And you're probably wondering why the GameFAQs logo is giving the GameSpot logo a horsey ride. The reason, of course, is that CNET is an evil corporate entity that wants to swallow the site and make it indistinguishable from every other site out there, throwing away every ounce of user goodwill the site ever had, and I'm a willing party to it all. Mwa hah hah.

So, in conclusion: Be patient. Give us a little time. I'm listening to what you have to say, and I'm going to work to make this site as good as possible for as many people as possible. There's lots of work left to be done, so don't give up hope yet.

Those are some interesting lines even 18 years ago people were saying the owner of the site would ruin the site. And the way he ends it is interesting the admin goal being to make the site as good as possible for as many people.

SHRlKE posted...

That's a good shout. I'll start collating stats every other day.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/c6785d2e.png

You are doing this tracking in a new era though. When I was doing it a couple weeks ago CE was public. Now it is private. So there are discussions about CE being private, the recent rule changes, and the state of the site that wasn't there a couple weeks ago.

https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1779994880556568803

Makes sense this is content of those past injuries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Uxa0IIvPY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzuvQJRmUu4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve8q7m7pDWc

Nice

Smiffwilm posted...

"User is no longer an active member."

Made you look lol.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/8fe67888.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bfaf5e1a.jpg

It got released a month ago.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4f23ccf2.jpg

They look so cute.

Turbam posted...

Sure
Might as well strip the rest of the soul out of the site

It seems harmless just more info for board activity. Reddit offers this feature but only OP can see it with their own threads.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/390ae296.jpg

Far right number is the total views.

specialkid8 posted...

Why do we have this same topic every week? Y'all are literally disabling adblock so you can complain about ads. Just stop.

Thread is meant to be a discussion about the site having rules and than the ads having another. It would be like GameFAQs saying porn is banned but have porn ads. I thought ads were supposed to align with the rules of the site instead of shutting down this question saying use adblock and ignore the hypocrisy.

DragonClaw01 posted...

Jeeze, all those ads everywhere. It feels like my computer is going to get computer aids

Those are tame. The Navy and a couple others have a video ad is playing inside the image ad.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d5fccfd3.jpg

SHRlKE posted...

935 topics now. Why the sudden decrease?

I made a similar topic a couple weeks ago and tracked it. Obviously my thread title wasn't as catchy as yours to spark a discussion but still tracked it after the daily purge it basically went down day after day. It got to about 650 topics and 28K posts right before CE went private and that sparked a lot of posts/threads.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/11048893.png
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/46e556d4.png
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b072c23b.png
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5a8ff46d.png

First four threads are stickies in screenshot
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a3564df3.png

There is also a top poster leaderboard over there for who has the most posts
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/fd62f1e0.png

Didn't Twilight princess get an 8.8 and that caused a GameFAQs/internet meltdown?

DKBananaSlamma posted...

I stopped reading Top 10 lists like a week after they were introduced lol

Poll of the day was kinda iconic tho. I still miss those yearly contests they would do. They haven't done them in like a decade

I wonder if they stopped because more popular forums started influencing the results with the goal of making this site look like a joke with whoever wins.

Checks out previous poll...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/9526-do-you-use-discord

Wonder what inspired that poll lol.

Zergrush80 posted...

Fandom: we said yall cant talk politics, not us.

lol

Maybe it was something else? I have seen people make topics about Reddit having those subs many times.

mybbqrules posted...

Enjoy your keylogger.

On the front page this is the ad I got. The political ads in my experience have been happening on the console sections.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/334999e3.jpg

Euripides posted...

There are ads on GameFAQs?

Yes. I am browsing without adblock to support the site.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/317e853c.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/37d8b0d1.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/1bbd73c7.jpg

When you go to the Switch section you get a join the Navy ad lmao
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6b52d24b.jpg

This is the most I ever seen DToast post. Glad he stopped calling it the CE board.

Powdered_Toast posted...

There should be a live counter on the top of CE showing how many accounts still have access, and a second counter showing how many have accessed it in the past week.

I'm surprised Gamefaqs doesn't have a users currently on this board feature like reddit has for each sub.

A hypothetical topic that happened under the old rules were who is your favorite porn star. Would that be banned now?

I guess that is the end of those Gardevoir topics on Pokemon boards. And there will never be another Hottest Muppet contest again on CE.

https://www.indy100.com/celebrities/danny-dyer-andrew-tate

British actor Danny Dyer has spoken out in horror after learning his nine-year-old son, Arty is a fan of the controversial influencer Andrew Tate. 46-year-old Dyer, best known for his role in EastEnders and movies like The Football Factory was speaking about the revelation on a new Channel 4 documentary called Danny Dyer: How To Be A Man. Tate, who is currently awaiting trial in Romania on accusations of rape and human trafficking, became a social media sensation in 2022 after going viral on various platforms such as TikTok for his often controversial opinions on women. Dyer has now spoken out against Tate after learning that his son had become a fan of the influencer after discovering his content on his phone. The actor said: "Andrew Tate's loud-mouthed, anti-feminist rants have attracted him millions of followers worldwide. If there wasn't social media, there would be no Andrew Tate. I remember back in the day, I think Andrew Tate tried to be on Big Brother. So he was looking for fame, and that was his only avenue in."

Dyer added: "Now he's the most Googled man on the planet apparently, there's disciples, there's other little youngsters going, 'I like what he's doing, I'm going to do the same thing'. "My little boy whos nine, he's really smart, but he's got a phone now. So the other day his mum said to me, 'Oh, you know, he likes Andrew Tate', and I went, 'What?' So I went, 'You like Andrew Tate?' He went, 'Yeah, that is a top G'." A horrified Dyer then pointed out to his son that Tate says "really fucking stupid things" which didn't seem to phase his youngster. Dyer added: "It is flowing through every school, even here. It's integrating into young boys' souls. And that's all they need, because it's a tough time to be a boy. At school, they're behind girls at every level. "From early years to SATs, GCSEs, A-levels, university admissions and degrees. They've got to figure out sex and relationships in the post MeToo era, and thats a minefield. And they've got toxic alpha influences promising them empowerment, making them feel good about themselves."

GuerrillaSoldier posted...

a week or two ago i saw it down to 400
so i don't think this is abnormal

It was at 325 about 8 or so hours ago. Just didn't bump this thread since someone else made a new thread when it was at 438.

WingsOfGood posted...

probably but at least the relevant system boards should be updated

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/189706-nintendo-switch/78965353

Looks like that thread hasn't been updated yet.

Yea. Made one for Monica Lewinsky a couple days before the ban took place.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39958530/trevor-bauer-accuser-indicted-fraud-arizona

mustachedmystic posted...

Why is this a problem to begin with? Why should they give a damn if someone gets offended by boobs or calling out fascists, as long as they dont stop clicking the links?

Yea. I don't get it either. I think Reddit solution is better and why they are growing while GameFAQs is dying. If you want to talk about politics go to r/politics. If you want to do hornyposting go to those subs that can't be mentioned here since GameFAQs is for 13 year olds and it against rules to link to those porn subs. They didn't ban all the politics or horynposting/porn boards. They still have several.

Karovorak posted...

I mean, why should they be better?

They are just like CE, but without politics, and no private lock.

EDIT: In the best case, if everyone would move there.

That assumes they have access to this board. A lot of people might either not know it exists or just didn't visit in last year and are locked out. And that is just the past. Anyone new signing up to this site can't join.

tag since I would like to know answer as well to check out to see if it active like CE is.

bump

EvilResident posted...

Why did you blur out things there

Topic isn't about the user who created it or the board. Since this topic is on multiple boards. The point is the message in the sticky being outdated now.

archizzy posted...

Politics was closed like a year ago. Because I started coming to CE last year in the summer and people were complaining about all the people from 261 closing that flooded into CE. So it was already closed down as of last summer.

That makes it worse if it was a year and they didn't think to update those threads. Well it is easier now. They can just delete the threads since politics discussion is banned every where except CE. And unlike that old thread they can't link to CE it a private board.

archizzy posted...

This site is barely functional. Its not like they have the staff to immediately implement that type of update across all boards.

It could also be that this sticky is in a lot of threads so a lot of work to remove. I don't really remember when politics board got banned I was thinking maybe 4 months ago. But it possible it way longer than that and those stickies didn't get updated to reflect that board getting removed.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a0d18c9a.png

I saw it while checking out some threads on the console/game boards. That is basically the format all of them were created on 9/9/2020. The Politics board got banned a couple months ago at this point so it is weird they are still up. Now site banned politics discussion outside of CE and those stickies are still up.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

The game boards are home to some of the most repulsive posts on this website.

Say whatever you want about CE, its still not even close to being worse than the system boards.

Yea. I saw so many horrible comments attacking the user base of this board. I don't even think about system boards let alone hope for their board to get banned like they are saying over there.

I decided to check out certain console boards and seeing a lot of comments like this over there

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/ff315db6.png

Had no idea. Haven't been on the game boards in years.

Probably the mods/admin.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/gap-caitlin-clarks-wnba-salary-male-counterparts-draws-outrage-rcna148024

College basketball superstar Caitlin Clark is set to soar to new heights in the WNBA but her rookie contract will see her pocket a mere fraction of the millions her male counterparts have cashed in on the court. The University of Iowa legend, who has already made history as the NCAA Division I basketballs overall top scorer, sealed a contract with the Indiana Fever after she was selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft Monday. The contract will see Clark earn $338,056 over the course of four years, according to the WNBAs collective bargaining agreement. Under the 2024 WNBA rookie scale for the No. 1 - 4 draft picks, she'll earn a base salary of $76,535 for her first year, $78,066 the second year, $85,873 the third, and a fourth year option of $97,582. Despite her unprecedented star power, Clark's salary is just a sliver of the eye-popping amount male athletes make in the NBA. For comparison, San Antonio Spurs rookie star Victor Wembanyama the No. 1 pick in last years NBA draft secured a $55 million four-year contract that saw him pocket $12.1 million in his first season, according to athlete contract tracker Spotrac. Though Clark will likely rake in much more income through endorsements and sponsorships, outraged simmered on social media over the glaring salary disparity between the WNBA and NBA. TODAY show host Hoda Kotb said Tuesday morning: Theyve already sold out games. She had the highest ratings, her teams and the Final Four had the highest ratings higher than the World Series, higher than the NBA. So, I was like, what is she going to get paid? Because finally, you can get a real paycheck. Then I saw it and was like, this cant be right. Co-host Jenna Bush Hager added: Honestly the gap is so jarring ... Were talking about equal pay. That ain't even close.

Even male athletes have chimed in on the gap. Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson shared a post about Clark's pay on X, adding: These ladies deserve so much more Praying for the day. To the people saying it doesnt matter what Caitlin Clarks salary is because she will be making millions through endorsement, it actually does matter, one user on X wrote. Presumably shell make bank on endorsements but Caitlin Clarks WNBA salary is less than that of a union nurse, teacher, or cop, another added. Journalist Lisa Ling wrote on Instagram: Steph Curry makes more per game than what Caitlin Clark is making for 4 years! With the toll sports and travel take on womens bodies, is this even a living wage? I know WNBA games have not brought in comparable numbers by any stretch of the imagination, but this is disgraceful. Do better for all of our women athletes! The fight for more equitable pay in womens basketball has been a long one. From a salary standpoint, itd be great for the women to be able to make more money, WNBA legend Lisa Leslie said in an October 2022 episode of The Shop: Uninterrupted in a conversation with fellow basketball stars LeBron James and Draymond Green. Its a lot of work its a lot of hard work. I think I saw something that said one player that makes maybe $12 million on an NBA team can cover the whole WNBAs salaries. And so thats kind of crazy, she added.

I think GameFAQs going game only. Will only hasten the sites demise as gaming content can be better discussed on Reddit or on dedicated websites. Maybe they should do more to attract people to write guides for this site. If being game only is their route.

Diceheist posted...

The answer is probably an offshoot clone forum, like the LUE people made when their board got privated.

CE didn't like the Politics board users flooding in, they brought a sense of indignance with them and it became harder to discuss certain topics and perspectives without getting shouted down, the board culture changed quite a bit and within less than a year we ended up quarantined too.

Us CEpeople probably have a lot of traits other communities wouldn't like as well.

Reminds me of that MGS speech.

Everyone withdrawals into their own small gated community, afraid of a larger forum; they stay inside their little ponds leaking what ever "truth" suits them into the growing cesspool of society at large. The different cardinal truths neither clash nor mesh, no one is invalidated but no one is right. Not even natural selection can take place here. The world is being engulfed in "Truth". And this is the way the world ends. Not with a BANG, but with a whimper.