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Mad af!

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/contribute/faq_bounty

Don't you just buy a guide early and then upload the contents? I know that's what one dude said he did to keep on top of the bounties

Get a real job!

Payment for a completed Bounty will be made by Red Ventures.

so... fandom is just a bunch of stingy bastards, I guess?

Questionmarktarius posted...

so... fandom is just a bunch of stingy , I guess?

Considering the 'pedia' sites were started directly as a contor to fandom for allowing malware in their ads and refusing to remove it yes

catfan2008 posted...

Considering the 'pedia' sites were started directly as a contor to fandom for allowing malware in their ads and refusing to remove it yes

If anything, it's a miracle the dumbass fandom sidebar isn't plastered all over gamefaqs.

...yet

catfan2008 posted...

Don't you just buy a guide early and then upload the contents? I know that's what one dude said he did to keep on top of the bounties

Damnit I was gonna try that when they first started and figured it would be obvious and I would get in trouble or something.

Also, wouldn't be surprised if Fandom stops bounties forever.

Is that why there havent been as many FAQs, Walkthroughs, and Guides? There isnt any money for those that do it so they go to sites where they might get paid?

catfan2008 posted...

Don't you just buy a guide early and then upload the contents? I know that's what one dude said he did to keep on top of the bounties

Hahaha, never heard about that.

Cocytus posted...

Hahaha, never heard about that.

I think it was alex or something
he did a ama and he admitted to just buying paper guides and then taking all the text and organizing it os it's faqable and it's how he got day one bounties

Is this an old game guide site, fellas?

BlueTigerLion posted...

There isnt any money for those that do it so they go to sites where they might get paid?

If anything, it's trading quantity for quality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perverse_incentive#The_original_cobra_effect

Damn there goes my idea of using ChatGPT to make millions off gamefaqs

Had no idea guide writers were payed

How much do they get?

Solid_Seb posted...

Had no idea guide writers were payed

How much do they get?

they aren't
it's like a 50$ gift card to amazon or something if you write a guide that's 'urgently needed' but given the absolutely state of them i nthe past decade I'd be surprised the little amount of effort it would take to qualify

The bounty program dried up part way through RV's ownership. If I had to guess that's probably when talks to sell GameFAQs began. Presumably RV would stop the bounties so that they didn't get stuck paying people after selling the site.

I've pestered Toast about it a couple of times, but he hasn't given me a concrete answer one way or another. So for now I guess we're still playing the waiting game. Maybe I'll go bother him again soon.

Solid_Seb posted...

Had no idea guide writers were payed

How much do they get?

I got paid $700 for Octopath Traveler. I think the highest I've seen was something like $3,000 for either Kingdom Hearts, God of War, or some other "massive" title like that. The low-end prices for smaller and less noteworthy games would typically be around $150-200. Not every game got bounties though, only those that seemed popular enough to actually want a guide. Pokemon, AAA releases, obscure JRPGs that no other site is going to cover. That sort of thing.

I like the system, but more care probably needed to be done to vet the contributions. There are a lot of guides under the bounty program that were clearly written as quickly as humanly possible in order to cash out a bounty and move on to the next one. Too many that were barely more than shit like

• "Chapter 1: Defeat the Warbear in the Callous Mine"
• Guide: Travel to Callous Mines located north of the map, and defeat the warbear located there.
• "Chapter 2:..."

catfan2008 posted...

it's like a 50$ gift card to amazon or something if you write a guide that's 'urgently needed' but given the absolutely state of them i nthe past decade I'd be surprised the little amount of effort it would take to qualify

You're thinking of FAQ / Review of the Month awards, which went away in favor of Contributor of the Month, which I'm unsure if that's a thing anymore either.

That is what I'm thinking off.

Uta posted...

The bounty program dried up part way through RV's ownership. If I had to guess that's probably when talks to sell GameFAQs began. Presumably RV would stop the bounties so that they didn't get stuck paying people after selling the site.

I've pestered Toast about it a couple of times, but he hasn't given me a concrete answer one way or another. So for now I guess we're still playing the waiting game. Maybe I'll go bother him again soon.

I got paid $700 for Octopath Traveler. I think the highest I've seen was something like $3,000 for either Kingdom Hearts, God of War, or some other "massive" title like that. The low-end prices for smaller and less noteworthy games would typically be around $150-200. Not every game got bounties though, only those that seemed popular enough to actually want a guide. Pokemon, AAA releases, obscure JRPGs that no other site is going to cover. That sort of thing.

I like the system, but more care probably needed to be done to vet the contributions. There are a lot of guides under the bounty program that were clearly written as quickly as humanly possible in order to cash out a bounty and move on to the next one. Too many that were barely more than shit like
* "Chapter 1: Defeat the Warbear in the Callous Mine"
* Guide: Travel to Callous Mines located north of the map, and defeat the warbear located there.
* "Chapter 2:..."

You're thinking of FAQ / Review of the Month awards, which went away in favor of Contributor of the Month, which I'm unsure if that's a thing anymore either.

Holy shit if I knew it was hundreds of dollars I would have written at least a couple guides. I remember when they first started and were like 50$ or something.

itachi15243 posted...

Holy shit if I knew it was hundreds of dollars I would have written at least a couple guides. I remember when they first started and were like 50$ or something.

The original system was pretty low. The highest I ever saw under the old system was somewhere around $300 for Xenoblade 2, Heropon Riki and I raced for that one because the old system didn't have a way to lock bounties. Resulted in my writing a shit guide and Heropon won anyways. The average for those old games was like, $50 bucks here and there, the occasional $100 for something like Pokemon. The new system with locked bounties and higher pay was much better, but I still think it needed a vet process.

I've also heard from a select few contributors that even with that, other sites pay better or their guides have better features. Those same people are also pretty bitter though, so I tend not to give them much heed. I don't use other gaming sites anyways.

What y'all think Cyric wrote all those great Yakuza guides out of the kindness of his heart

SomeLikeItHoth posted...

What y'all think Cyric wrote all those great Yakuza guides out of the kindness of his heart

Nope he got paid the big bux

Uta posted...

$700 for Octopath Traveler

WOW!

SomeLikeItHoth posted...

What y'all think Cyric wrote all those great Yakuza guides out of the kindness of his heart

For Cyric, yeah, I wouldn't bet against that one.