Current Events > i just learned veghesther was banned and that makes me sad :(

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if you dont know who he is ill explain
he was a notorious troll who gave bad advice to people on various video game boards
what made him such an effective troll was that the advice he gave was never technically wrong. just unneeded and killed any fun but he would try to convince new players that FF4 on the snes the easy version was unwinnable unless you grinded paladin cecil to level 40 immediately.


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Seriously? The dude from pretty much every JRPG board? :/

Gamefaqs truly is dead

And yeah lmao his advice was always so fucking funny, but the way people consistently reacted to him was amazing. Instant thread derailment.

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yusiko posted...

he was a notorious troll who gave bad advice to people on various video game boards

Hey - grinding Knights of the Round to beat Carry Armor is a top-tier pro strat.

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he's been banned for years now I'm pretty sure

I haven't seen a post from him in years so that makes sense. All of his advice was basically grind to max level basically at the beginning of the game and then use stupidly overpowered things to get through the game.
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I loved seeing his posts

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any examples of his posts? I didn't know about this user.

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I remember his posts, they were some of the most insane shit, i legit though he was just a bot or something, what got him banned? lol

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Politics posted...

any examples of his posts? I didn't know about this user.

Basically he would latch on to 1 overpowered strategy like leveling really high, in the early part of a game and he would rant about it in every topic regardless of the subject.

You have to be familiar with the games to really get the context, but here is an example
where someone asks about multi hit limit breaks in FF7, and Vegh takes over the topic ranting about Knights of the round.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/197341-final-fantasy-vii/63024302

That sounds way funnier that the thousand ce trolls who never get banned

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Apparently he still exists in YouTube comments but I haven't kept up on Vegh lore

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He's been gone for years unfortunately

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i only just learned he was banned though so his banning is news to me hence why i made the topic


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he touched so many lives

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He was a staple of the Wild Arms 2 board for a while. I'll miss his confident inaccuracies.

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yusiko posted...

i only just learned he was banned though so his banning is news to me hence why i made the topic

I didn't know either. RIP. It was pretty simple to ignore him and just caution people to do the same. He added a little spice to FF boards.

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Oh that's too bad. Can't summon him anymore by saying you'd rather use omnislash :(

I summoned him once. Good times. He even showed up on CE once or twice or so.

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i don't think he was actually trolling though. seemed to really believe in his advice.

or maybe he was just really good at trolling and i fell for it.

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He would always find a way to bring up bloody armors when talking about star ocean 2. Used to crack me up, lol.

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he used to bring up anything even when it made no sense to do so
i like to imagine what it would be like if a mormon came do his door

"hello have you heard the word of our lord?"
"bloody armors are the most important thing in star ocean 2"

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Frogles posted...

i don't think he was actually trolling though. seemed to really believe in his advice.

or maybe he was just really good at trolling and i fell for it.

I'm fairly certain he meant well. I've long held the suspicion that he was on the spectrum.
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I remember marking like 50 of how posts a few days before he got banned
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harley2280 posted...

I'm fairly certain he meant well. I've long held the suspicion that he was on the spectrum.

IIRC in the occasional moments where he'd post anything other than his usual spam he basically admitted he knew it pissed people off but he'd keep doing it until he gets banned

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MC_BatCommander posted...

harley2280 posted...

I'm fairly certain he meant well. I've long held the suspicion that he was on the spectrum.

IIRC in the occasional moments where he'd post anything other than his usual spam he basically admitted he knew it pissed people off but he'd keep doing it until he gets banned

Ah well there goes the first part of my theory. Although I still think the second part is probably accurate.
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wonder what did him in?
just bad moderation history or did he cross a line?

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nothanks1 posted...

I remember marking like 50 of how posts a few days before he got banned

just tagged you as responsible for veghs ban
how do you sleep at night?
may god have mercy on your soul!

no seriously how do you sleep at night? cause im trying to find more comfortable positions to try!

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in honor of his memory i got cecil in ff4 to level 30 before i even got yang
well this wasnt in honor of his memory but rather i was trying to get the cockatrice summon to drop but the game broke me so i stopped trying
but i did get the goblin summon

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Oh the Knights of the Round guy. That's how I knew him lol

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he shall never be forgotten


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A true legend.

People sometimes thought dat user was my alt lol, but iirc he's been at it on gamefaqs much longer den me
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He actually had some legit and non-insane advice sometimes. I recall his advice helping me in FFV and Cold Steel II. It was mainly the PS1 FF boards where he was ridiculous.

ghostblob posted...

I loved seeing his posts

This.

I am sad now.

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That's a name I haven't heard in years.

Didn't matter what rpg board you went to, he was always there. Sometimes he would type out these really long elaborate posts detailing his strategies.

Love him or hate him, he was a legend.

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The most amazing thing is how well known he was outside of just Gamefaqs, you can bring up his name on any game forum and everyone will know exactly who you're talking about.

Storm101 posted...

He actually had some legit and non-insane advice sometimes

thats what made him a great troll
all his advice was technically correct
i mean if you grind to level 40 on mount ordeals you really will have an easier time with the upcoming bosses. just way to easy a time

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OmegaShinkai posted...

The most amazing thing is how well known he was outside of just Gamefaqs, you can bring up his name on any game forum and everyone will know exactly who you're talking about.

yeah i saw him mentioned on reddit

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yusiko posted...

yeah i saw him mentioned on reddit

https://namcotales.fandom.com/wiki/VeghEsther

he was truly a god among men

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nfearurspecimn posted...

Oh that's too bad. Can't summon him anymore by saying you'd rather use omnislash :(

I summoned him once. Good times. He even showed up on CE once or twice or so.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/198763-star-ocean-the-second-story?search=9999%20per

The ultimate Vegh summon thread, archived at 505 posts.

He was a staple on that board. I was actually pretty sad when he got banned.

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He was a weird troll. Hed repeat suggesting the cheapest strategies and then say he had to use them because but his reasons were always wrong and hed argue wrong information.

Hed keep doing this over and over.

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He was a fucking loser

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so is everyone who posts on gamefaqs so its not like that is a unique trait to him
seriously just go up to a random stranger and tell them you post on gamefaqs and just look at the disgust that fills their eyes
of course maybe i shouldnt have been bragging about my gamefaqs posting at a funeral but i dont think that was the problem

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yusiko posted...

i shouldnt have been bragging about my gamefaqs posting at a funeral but i dont think that was the problem

lmao nice

he was an artist and trolling was his craft

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