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BlueTigerLion
10/03/22 12:45:49 PM
#301:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]


Do the mods get a pay day from this? There doesnt really seem to be much discussion on the financial aspects. In a thread about a buyout.

I have to assume money was exchanged for that company to now own GameFaqs.

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Doe
10/03/22 12:46:51 PM
#302:


BlueTigerLion posted...
Do the mods get a pay day from this? There doesnt really seem to be much discussion on the financial aspects. In a thread about a buyout.
The moderators are community volunteers.

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Tyranthraxus
10/03/22 12:47:25 PM
#303:


BlueTigerLion posted...
Do the mods get a pay day from this? There doesnt really seem to be much discussion on the financial aspects. In a thread about a buyout.

I have to assume money was exchanged for that company to now own GameFaqs.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/0/AARLwzAADvaM.jpg

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K181
10/03/22 12:47:41 PM
#304:


BlueTigerLion posted...
Do the mods get a pay day from this? There doesnt really seem to be much discussion on the financial aspects. In a thread about a buyout.

I have to assume money was exchanged for that company to now own GameFaqs.

Mods don't own the site, and most mods are volunteers. They won't get a dime from this unless the paid admins are retained as an extension of their normal salaries.

When a company gets bought out, rank and file employees don't get a payday.

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StrongerDoggo
10/03/22 12:48:02 PM
#305:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTTLpUiT35U

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toreysback
10/03/22 12:48:05 PM
#306:


word on the street is that fandom is set to announce a 100% increase in mod pay

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Strider102
10/03/22 12:52:12 PM
#308:


GameFAQs dies, and SBAllen dances. When will SBAllen stop dancing? When will it stop? SBAllen wont stop dancing. It was strange. And somehow? Horrifying... I never want to see it again.


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crazygamer21
10/03/22 12:53:27 PM
#309:


rip gamefaqs. gonna get the gamepedia treatment most likely.

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AuthenticZac
10/03/22 12:53:50 PM
#310:


Well... Fuck. We had a good run, everyone

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TheHoldSteady
10/03/22 12:56:31 PM
#312:


crazygamer21 posted...
rip gamefaqs. gonna get the gamepedia treatment most likely.

gamefaqs.gamespot.fandom.com

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Kloe_Rinz
10/03/22 12:57:09 PM
#313:


if they get rid of current events I dont know what Im gonna do
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Makai
10/03/22 12:58:15 PM
#314:


flussence posted...


Now that part, they cannot do. Nobody agrees to copyright assignment or even a formal licensing arrangement when they upload FAQs and guides. All content is owned by and can be rescinded by the author, not whoever owns the site, no matter how putrid the site becomes.

If Wikia tries to make a move like that they would be buried.


Let's hope that remains the case.

I'm more so worried about the swathes of legacy content here, often written by users who are long inactive.

It's so easy to tarnish that goodwill overnight. And we're talking about goodwill that stretches all the way back to what, like 1997?

I can't say I'm optimistic.
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Kloe_Rinz
10/03/22 1:00:19 PM
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how many of the original content uploaders of this site are still around? Would they know or care about the buyout? Are they even alive? If fandom says no, your content is our content, would they even bother to put in the effort to sue fandom? I doubt it would be worth it.
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Bio1590
10/03/22 1:01:09 PM
#318:


Dev posted...

Yes.

Hahahahaha no fucking way. We did it guys!

CADE_FOSTER posted...
they literally lost 450 million lol damn

They still have CNET itself and probably some other things (that I can't think of) that they acquired when they bought CNET Media Group. This sale represents like 10%-11% of the original purchase price, so I am curious how much of that $500 million everything they just sold to Fandom was originally valued at. It's possible they are "losing" money on this sale technically.

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DKBananaSlamma
10/03/22 1:04:08 PM
#319:


BlueTigerLion posted...
Do the mods get a pay day from this? There doesnt really seem to be much discussion on the financial aspects. In a thread about a buyout.

I have to assume money was exchanged for that company to now own GameFaqs.
You've been on this site for 10 years. How do you not know that mods are volunteers? >_>

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Bio1590
10/03/22 1:04:35 PM
#320:


flussence posted...


Now that part, they cannot do. Nobody agrees to copyright assignment or even a formal licensing arrangement when they upload FAQs and guides. All content is owned by and can be rescinded by the author, not whoever owns the site, no matter how putrid the site becomes.

If Wikia tries to make a move like that they would be buried.

I thought when that one issue with the guy who had written a FAQ years ago who wanted it taken down started getting coverage in gaming media Allen straight-up said the site wasn't actually obligated to do so?

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Crimsoness
10/03/22 1:04:56 PM
#321:


Will this be the fastest 500 topic in years?
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DKBananaSlamma
10/03/22 1:06:14 PM
#322:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Hug me I'm scared

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Error1355
10/03/22 1:06:16 PM
#323:


From everything I've heard from the Giant Bomb employees that left to do their own thing over the last year or two, the corporate side of Red Ventures seemed like a nightmare to work with. None of them seemed to get into very specific details on their podcasts that I'm aware of, but I'm at least optimistic about the change.

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Mearcstapa
10/03/22 1:09:44 PM
#325:


Bio1590 posted...
Hahahahaha no fucking way. We did it guys!

They still have CNET itself and probably some other things (that I can't think of) that they acquired when they bought CNET Media Group. This sale represents like 10%-11% of the original purchase price, so I am curious how much of that $500 million everything they just sold to Fandom was originally valued at. It's possible they are "losing" money on this sale technically.

Really putting the Red in RedVentures, weren't they?

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flussence
10/03/22 1:09:56 PM
#326:


Bio1590 posted...


I thought when that one issue with the guy who had written a FAQ years ago who wanted it taken down started getting coverage in gaming media Allen straight-up said the site wasn't actually obligated to do so?

I never heard about that, got a link?

Not that I'm surprised he would do that to someone in isolation. This is why collective bargaining and action is important, people on this site used to be *militant* about not taking BS in the old days. We didn't get these post formatting options beyond bold/italic by sitting around with our thumbs up our ass.

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Mandalore
10/03/22 1:11:29 PM
#327:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s

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Dreepapult
10/03/22 1:15:32 PM
#329:


Looks bad. As others have said fandom websites run like pure ass

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NeoShadowhen
10/03/22 1:17:53 PM
#330:


Ive suspected for years that if this site got bought up it would just be to acquire all the FAQs for their own shitty wiki sites and theyd scuttle the rest. Although I doubt it would be much effort to just keep this site running. Fingers crossed, I suppose.
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Ork
10/03/22 1:19:03 PM
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Dreepapult
10/03/22 1:19:18 PM
#333:


El_Marsh posted...
Whatever

This place too frequently makes me want to hurt myself anyway
You alright dude?

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Tappor
10/03/22 1:19:58 PM
#334:


It's over

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Bio1590
10/03/22 1:22:55 PM
#335:


AssultTank posted...

That was because the guy was paid for the FAQ.

Ah yes right, it was a FAQ he had fulfilled as part of the bounty system.

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BlueTigerLion
10/03/22 1:29:18 PM
#337:


DKBananaSlamma posted...
You've been on this site for 10 years. How do you not know that mods are volunteers? >_>

I remember Krystal the "cultural differences" person getting paid so I thought all mods did.

She was supposed to run GameFAQs Twitter and seems that twitter account died with her career here.

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ReaperCloud
10/03/22 1:30:41 PM
#339:


I guess I gave this place too much credit for lasting a few more years.

GameFaqs won't see 2023. Those of you who live here...look for a new place to do your thing.

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Octans
10/03/22 1:32:46 PM
#340:


What are the odds, came here the day she died

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BlueTigerLion
10/03/22 1:32:48 PM
#341:


I found out how much. The entire acquisition was for $55 million.

https://twitter.com/TheWrap/status/1576933206695223297

Yikes I would have thought Gamefaqs was worth more. Reddit was worth 10B last year.

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Solar_Crimson
10/03/22 1:33:03 PM
#342:


ReaperCloud posted...
I guess I gave this place too much credit for lasting a few more years.

GameFaqs won't see 2023. Those of you who live here...look for a new place to do your thing.
GameFAQs will in some form, but the boards are likely done for.

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Bio1590
10/03/22 1:33:13 PM
#343:


ReaperCloud posted...
I guess I gave this place too much credit for lasting a few more years.

GameFaqs won't see 2023. Those of you who live here...look for a new place to do your thing.

Eh, 2023 is too short-notice. This is the time of year you wouldn't want to screw with anything.

Now 2024 is a possibility.

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Alucard188
10/03/22 1:33:49 PM
#344:


NeoShadowhen posted...
Ive suspected for years that if this site got bought up it would just be to acquire all the FAQs for their own shitty wiki sites and theyd scuttle the rest. Although I doubt it would be much effort to just keep this site running. Fingers crossed, I suppose.

There's not that much overhead with running this site. You've got three full-time employees and everything's on an AWS somewhere. You've got a database engineer, a coder, and a general administrator. They'll leave it alone.

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faizan_faizan
10/03/22 1:35:41 PM
#345:


Bad. Very bad.

They ruined wikia which was something I used to regularly frequent and edit/update articles on.

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DKBananaSlamma
10/03/22 1:36:05 PM
#346:


Here's a preview of what the front page is gonna look like lol

https://webmshare.com/play/Ge8Yb

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Questionmarktarius
10/03/22 1:36:21 PM
#347:


Alucard188 posted...
They'll leave it alone.
obligatory Penny Arcade

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Error1355
10/03/22 1:37:52 PM
#348:


I find it funny when people assume companies acquire a site like GameFAQs for the sole purpose of shutting it down. <_<

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faizan_faizan
10/03/22 1:38:46 PM
#349:


On the bright side, this is the most active this forum has been in ages.

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CADE_FOSTER
10/03/22 1:41:02 PM
#350:


Error1355 posted...
I find it funny when people assume companies acquire a site like GameFAQs for the sole purpose of shutting it down. <_<
I mean if red ventures let it go i think they wont shut it down unless they cant make money off it then they will sell it off again
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Dat_Cracka_Jax
10/03/22 1:41:13 PM
#351:


[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Maybe we can get a go fund me together to buy the sight

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