Current Events > PSA: Even joking about being underage is instant ban now.

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Trumble
05/04/24 4:01:29 PM
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A mod mentioned this on one of the Discords. Even if it's a clear joke. Fandom apparently had zero tolerance for it due to the legal risks. You also won't be able to prove your age and get your account back anymore.

And yes, someone specifically asked if that means the "I'm 12 and what is this" meme would mean you get hit again, and yes, it does.

(Edit: "Underage" as in under 13, the age requirement for GameFAQs itself.)

On a side note the same mod also mentioned that using alts to bypass suspension / purgatory will get the alt suspended now. No answer yet on if this also applies to warned. They confirmed use of alts is still okay as long as your main is in good standing.

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UnholyMudcrab
05/04/24 4:01:50 PM
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WingsOfGood
05/04/24 4:03:29 PM
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This was always the case.
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Trumble
05/04/24 4:05:17 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
This was always the case.

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

It wasn't the case for a while. Actually being underage or plausible claims of it would get you blocked (but with a chance to restore your account by proving your age); but clear jokes were fine. Now anything is an immediate ban with no opportunity to reverse it.

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a-c-a-b
05/04/24 4:05:18 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
This was always the case.
I don't think they would ban you. They'd put your account on "blocked" status which is the same shit they do for people who talk about suicide and self-harm.

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ChrisTaka
05/04/24 4:06:31 PM
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I'm pretty sure this is bannable in most internet sites with age restrictions

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Enclave
05/04/24 4:08:23 PM
#8:


That's always been the case. When my account turned 13 I even asked one of the lead mods (don't recall who, it was like 8 years ago) if now that it was impossible for me to be underage if it was safe to make such jokes and the mod even with that being the case my account would still likely be deleted.

Joking about being under 13 has always been incredibly risky since it often would just result in your account not even being banned but just straight up closed with no appeal.

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ClayGuida
05/04/24 4:08:45 PM
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Always has been.

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MICHALECOLE
05/04/24 4:09:18 PM
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My account is 19 years old
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Miquella
05/04/24 4:14:20 PM
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Why would anyone want to joke about being underage?

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R_Jackal
05/04/24 4:15:16 PM
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The "I'm 1x and what is this" was even bannable technically. Been some discretion with it over the years but alluding to being underage was usually a free ticket for you to get booted from the site.
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CrimsonGear80
05/04/24 4:16:22 PM
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Pretty sure that has always been the case

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Ratchetrockon
05/04/24 4:17:06 PM
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i got banned for it once in 2013 and i verified through ID that i actually wasn't the age of 12 (i was either 16 or 17 at the time iirc) to get unbanned

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Umbreon
05/04/24 4:17:24 PM
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Miquella posted...
Why would anyone want to joke about being underage?

You could be making a specific Looney Toons reference.

One in which you would have to be well beyond 3 and a half years old to even remember.

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Trumble
05/04/24 4:17:54 PM
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CrimsonGear80 posted...
Pretty sure that has always been the case
Jokes / memes were tolerated at one point, and there was a process to get the block reversed if you weren't actually underage.

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Cemith
05/04/24 4:19:58 PM
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Pretty sure my first account was lost to a "I'm 12 and what is this" joke.

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MyMainAccount
05/04/24 4:23:48 PM
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Dang, so many don't remember there was a time you could show your drivers license as proof you weren't underage and get let back in.

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cjsdowg
05/04/24 4:25:26 PM
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So like if someone has a 18 year old account and say that. How can they get banned since it not possible for the account holder to be that young.

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Trumble
05/04/24 4:28:11 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
So like if someone has a 18 year old account and say that. How can they get banned since it not possible for the account holder to be that young.
The account could potentially have changed hands I guess?

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Bass
05/04/24 4:28:27 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
So like if someone has a 18 year old account and say that. How can they get banned since it not possible for the account holder to be that young.
They could have given the account away to a younger person. I'm not sure what kid wants an old Gamefaqs account, though.

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LeCh0nk
05/04/24 4:28:41 PM
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cjsdowg posted...
So like if someone has a 18 year old account and say that. How can they get banned since it not possible for the account holder to be that young.
Shh. Logic doesn't work on the suits.

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ellis123
05/04/24 4:30:23 PM
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Dang.

For a second I thought it was something like 2009 again.

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thronedfire2
05/04/24 4:31:03 PM
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Im 21 and what is this

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MICHALECOLE
05/04/24 4:32:22 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
Im 21 and what is this
Dyslexic mod gonna fuck you up
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Trumble
05/04/24 4:39:54 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

It kinda is tbh after hearing how the mod explained it, but it's again the kind of thing that should have been announced, not just silently changed then mentioned off-site after someone got hit.

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Hayame_Zero
05/04/24 4:40:45 PM
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Are you sure the mod said that as if it was a new rule, or did they just say it as a reminder? Because that's been enforced as long as I've been here.

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Trumble
05/04/24 4:41:24 PM
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Hayame_Zero posted...
Are you sure the mod said that as if it was a new rule, or did they just say it as a reminder? Because that's been enforced as long as I've been here.
They said something to the effect of "CBSi were willing to take chances but Fandom aren't".

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Aressar
05/04/24 4:44:25 PM
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I remember the user luigi123457 was banned for replying to an a/s/l topic with 10/m/Pallet Town.
This was back when CJayC was in charge.

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Kradek
05/04/24 4:45:20 PM
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I'm 12,103 and what is this?

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FL81
05/04/24 5:07:04 PM
#34:


Trumble posted...
You also won't be able to prove your age and get your account back anymore.
This right here seems to be the only change

GameFAQs has always been super strict about this

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NightRender
05/04/24 5:16:23 PM
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Kradek posted...

Gonna get got by a European mod.

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BucketCat
05/04/24 5:58:14 PM
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Bass posted...
I'm not sure what kid wants an old Gamefaqs account, though
who knows? maybe high karma, low user-ID gamefaqs accounts will become the next NFT fad

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StealThisSheen
05/04/24 6:01:32 PM
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Trumble posted...
It wasn't the case for a while. Actually being underage or plausible claims of it would get you blocked (but with a chance to restore your account by proving your age); but clear jokes were fine. Now anything is an immediate ban with no opportunity to reverse it.

This is not true, it's literally always been bannable. I've seen people get banned over it for over 20 years. If you made such a joke and didn't get banned, you were just lucky and nobody actually marked it.

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TheSavageDragon
05/04/24 6:02:35 PM
#39:


StealThisSheen posted...
This is not true, it's literally always been bannable. I've seen people get banned over it for over 20 years. If you made such a joke and didn't get banned, you were just lucky and nobody actually marked it.

Can confirm, did get a ban for this until I got it overturned by showing Allen my ID >_>
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deoxxys
05/04/24 6:03:42 PM
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I've been here since 2009 and I know that has been a real since then

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StealThisSheen
05/04/24 6:05:21 PM
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TheSavageDragon posted...
Can confirm, did get a ban for this until I got it overturned by showing Allen my ID >_>

Yep. I've been coming to GameFAQs since leading up to release of Sonic Adventure 2, which brought me to GameFAQs to begin with, and I've always seen people get banned for such a thing, unless they proved otherwise, the entire time I've been here.

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bover_87
05/04/24 6:06:29 PM
#42:


TheSavageDragon posted...
Can confirm, did get a ban for this until I got it overturned by showing Allen my ID >_>
The point is, now there's no overturn. You get hit, your account is gone.

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TheSavageDragon
05/04/24 6:07:01 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
Yep. I've been coming to GameFAQs since leading up to release of Sonic Adventure 2, which brought me to GameFAQs to begin with, and I've always seen people get banned for such a thing, unless they proved otherwise, the entire time I've been here.

No, not exactly. "I am 12 and what is this" is what I got hit for and that was allowed about a year after I got banned for it. Now it's not allowed again.
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StealThisSheen
05/04/24 6:14:04 PM
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TheSavageDragon posted...
No, not exactly. "I am 12 and what is this" is what I got hit for and that was allowed about a year after I got banned for it. Now it's not allowed again.

See, in my experience, this isn't true. I don't think it's ever actually been allowed, because I'd say I've probably seen somebody get banned for it almost on an average of atleast once per year, the entire time I've been here. Like I said, I've seen people make such posts and get away with it, in certain situations, such as being on a smaller board where nobody would mark them, or being in a busier topic where it got overlooked.

EDIT: Unless you're referring to being able to get it overturned, but I also feel like that's always been the case, and the ones that didn't get it overturned just weren't willing to try, or put in the effort to do so, likely since they probably already had an alt, anyway.

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TheSavageDragon
05/04/24 6:21:36 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
See, in my experience, this isn't true. I don't think it's ever actually been allowed, because I'd say I've probably seen somebody get banned for it almost on an average of atleast once per year, the entire time I've been here. Like I said, I've seen people make such posts and get away with it, in certain situations, such as being on a smaller board where nobody would mark them, or being in a busier topic where it got overlooked.

Your experience doesn't stack up to Allen straight up saying the meme was now allowed though. I remember it clearly because I found it amusing that it was now allowed seeing as I got banned for it a little while before. Should be somewhere around 2011-2012 that the change happened as I got hit for it in 2010 IIRC.
And I'm talking about the specific "I am 12 and what is this" meme, not similar posts and such.

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KookyCouture
05/04/24 6:25:48 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
See, in my experience, this isn't true. I don't think it's ever actually been allowed,

It has been allowed under Allen's reign due to it's meme status, so was claiming to be ridiculously underaged like stating you were a baby or something, I guess Fandom are not screwing around with any of that though

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hockeybabe89
05/04/24 6:28:21 PM
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I remember the time I was called a baby and responded "Oh yeah I'm a baby because..." and got suspended

This was extremely long ago.

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PerseusRad
05/04/24 6:28:30 PM
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Im fairly certain TC is correct and there was a period of time where evident jokes were fine, the past few years at least, and its reversed course.
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Enclave
05/04/24 6:30:35 PM
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PerseusRad posted...
Im fairly certain TC is correct and there was a period of time where evident jokes were fine, the past few years at least, and its reversed course.

Years ago it was a bit of a "game" people would play to try to get people to say they were under 13 so they'd get banned. Saying you're under 13 has been one of the easiest ways to get your account nuked since forever.

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