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Current Events » Best wishes Fandom, but I don't want my contribs on here anymore. So I did this.
Respect. Just wish you'd kept a backup somewhere so it's not lost media.
Backups do exist on the internet.
This signature is not political.
I have backups. However I expect these won't be shared online again. It's not just Fandom/GFAQs fault, everything these days is video guides. Life moves on, as have I.

That said, if I get a PM from someone who wants help with a game I'm semi-decent with, that's all good.

I'll never give up my ninja rope skills on Worms
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You're one of the best, TC. One of the best.
I use Google... A lot.... >______>
Luigi_and_Tails posted...
I have backups. However I expect these won't be shared online again. It's not just Fandom/GFAQs fault, everything these days is video guides. Life moves on, as have I.

That said, if I get a PM from someone who wants help with a game I'm semi-decent with, that's all good.

I'll never give up my ninja rope skills on Worms

I still use text guides. Just not from here anymore. It's usually ign. I don't seek out ign but googling the specific part I'm stuck on usually brings up a ign result where after clicking thr link it takes me right to that section of the guide. And having pictures helps a little I guess.
I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process
Like the other day I saw a 20 minute video for Unicorn Overlord for a particular unit comp. That unit comp could have been 5 pictures with a sentence/paragraph explaining it

video guides might be the future but they are absolutely a straight downgrade from text with images
Gwynevere posted...
Mad respect, fuck Fandom

When do we know how long we can break it? Where do we go to have some?
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Rika_Furude posted...
Like the other day I saw a 20 minute video for Unicorn Overlord for a particular unit comp. That unit comp could have been 5 pictures with a sentence/paragraph explaining it

video guides might be the future but they are absolutely a straight downgrade from text with images

Video guides if well done are convenient. That's the issue a lot aren't well done. They do shit like act like they don't know what they doing. Going painfully slow through menus like taking 2 seconds of being on one thing before scrolling to the next until they get to the one they need. (This also happens a lot in tutorials...)

If they just cut to the chase they are good
I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process
Rika_Furude posted...
Like the other day I saw a 20 minute video for Unicorn Overlord for a particular unit comp. That unit comp could have been 5 pictures with a sentence/paragraph explaining it

video guides might be the future but they are absolutely a straight downgrade from text with images
If fandom upgrades this site to allow images on the guides that could be the thing that springs Gamefaqs back into relevancy.

Maybe also allowing imbedded videos
@('_')@
Sufferedphoenix posted...
If they just cut to the chase they are good

All videos have to be exactly 10 minutes long, whether you have 3 minutes of content or 30. You can cut longer vids into parts, but short tips and guides need to be padded.
I apologize for nothing!
Cartoon_Quoter posted...
All videos have to be exactly 10 minutes long, whether you have 3 minutes of content or 30. You can cut longer vids into parts, but short tips and guides need to be padded.

I do find some that are only a minute or so. Those are the ones I usually try first
I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process
Cartoon_Quoter posted...
All videos have to be exactly 10 minutes long, whether you have 3 minutes of content or 30. You can cut longer vids into parts, but short tips and guides need to be padded.
To what, monetize them?
LeCh0nk posted...
If fandom upgrades this site to allow images on the guides that could be the thing that springs Gamefaqs back into relevancy.

Maybe also allowing imbedded videos
When was the last time you looked at a guide? They do have images.
Want some rye? 'Course ya do!
Today's events have validated these moves a lot.
Soliloquy_Rhap posted...
Today's events have validated these moves a lot.

What happened now
I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process
Sufferedphoenix posted...
What happened now

DToast let a 2 karma account into CE because the account said "I'm not a KOS user".

The account proceeded to spout nonsense as soon as they got access to CE.
This signature is not political.
It did quickly confirm the original question pretty clearly. If this is the process they follow for all users who lose access to CE we should be good with this.
Moustache twirling villain
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shockthemonkey posted...
DToast gave a KOS users new account CE access; they promptly started spouting anti-vaxx nonsense and got suspended then DToast acted like nothing happened and no one should be mad at him.
DToast then closed that topic and deleted similar topics
Hee Ho
shockthemonkey posted...
DToast gave a KOS users new account CE access; they promptly started spouting anti-vaxx nonsense and got suspended then DToast acted like nothing happened and no one should be mad at him.

Ok what's a kos user
I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process
Sufferedphoenix posted...
Ok what's a kos user

Kill on sight. It means that the user has been banned so many times that every single one of their accounts forever will be banned the moment it's discovered.
"History Is Much Like An Endless Waltz. The Three Beats Of War, Peace And Revolution Continue On Forever." - Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz
As I expect I won't be invited to be a mod ever again, and will probably be banned for sharing the name "Tails" when the next super social director comes in, I guess I can share this.

When I went to remove my contributions, I first asked for them to be anonymised. Then I requested deletion. The feedback was "we couldn't anonymise these, so they were deleted".

Fair enough, no problems.

However what I didn't realise was that the rest of my contritbutions were anonymised. This also drops them off my contributor page.

Thankfully I made a note of what I'd left on this site (mainly reviews) but I do like how one of my cheats has been anonymised and has appeared on Fandom:

The Shell Game cheat posted here is mine, now anonymised.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/673019-watch-dogs/cheats

Okay, it's not exactly the secret of the century, but I wonder what Fandom posted on their own site. It can't be the same, right?

https://watchdogs.fandom.com/wiki/Shell_Game#cite_note-1
Word for fucking word.

Same with my RDR horse-breaking contribution (although yes, I agree it was shite anyway).
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/957923-red-dead-redemption/cheats
No, I'm not that one.
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Looks like someone added the Watchdogs one ten years ago. Probably just a user copying stuff from gamefaqs.
I apologize for nothing!
This seems like a ton of drama
I'm not on GameFAQS SUPER often so can someone explain this Fandom situation for me? I'm guessing it's some mega corp that bought out GameFAQS (Or Gamespot technically) and has been doing some anti-consumer and anti-creator things, but can I get some extra details? What did they do? What does it mean for this site moving forward?

And @ TC, not a lot of users upload FAQS and whatnot, so mad respect to contributing to this site and being the reason people settled here and created a town, so to speak.
Patient Gamer
God damn this site is in freefall...
Bucks World Champions 2021
PS4 looks great
Pathetic on their part, if entirely expected.
Let's make biscuits!
divot1338 posted...
It did quickly confirm the original question pretty clearly. If this is the process they follow for all users who lose access to CE we should be good with this.
Oh we tried that, but the bad faith user we left in decided to keep breaking the rules, so we are not doing that any longer.
GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC
TC, you could change your name if you're serious about not liking the association.
I am Lord Miquella. Google me, *****!
Miquella posted...
TC, you could change your name if you're serious about not liking the association.

People always suggest that Monica Lewinsky should change her name to distance herself from the scandal, but they never suggest the same to Bill Clinton.
Patient Gamer
discodancer77 posted...
People always suggest that Monica Lewinsky should change her name to distance herself from the scandal, but they never suggest the same to Bill Clinton.

Because he should be associated with it?

Not that I think she should change her name
I put my heart and soul into my work and I fear I have lost my mind in the process
discodancer77 posted...
People always suggest that Monica Lewinsky should change her name to distance herself from the scandal, but they never suggest the same to Bill Clinton.
I'd have to assume name changes work better for anonymity when you aren't a former president of the United States.
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shockthemonkey posted...
Why should I change my name, hes the one who sucks
You know, you can just call me Luigi
I know nobody really cares about some old FAQs being deleted, but I've had some fun on this site.

Uh, I do. I still play old-ass games, including ones that are not popular. I hope you'll put your faqs back up on StrategyWiki.
Luigi_and_Tails posted...
I have backups. However I expect these won't be shared online again. It's not just Fandom/GFAQs fault, everything these days is video guides. Life moves on, as have I.

That said, if I get a PM from someone who wants help with a game I'm semi-decent with, that's all good.

I'll never give up my ninja rope skills on Worms

SOunds good. Just don't leave Gamefaqs so we can request FAQs. What systems did you write FAQs for?

ExtremeLuchador posted...
The internet archive is a thing. They accidentally lost a bunch of guides when they did a server migration 10+ years ago. That's the only way to read them now.

Yeah, but Fandom doesn't get any money or hits from that :)
discodancer77 posted...
I'm not on GameFAQS SUPER often so can someone explain this Fandom situation for me? I'm guessing it's some mega corp that bought out GameFAQS (Or Gamespot technically) and has been doing some anti-consumer and anti-creator things, but can I get some extra details? What did they do? What does it mean for this site moving forward?
They closed CE to anyone who doesn't already post here, closed the politics board , banned political discussions , added Resetera level rules

They want to clear off the old users in their 20s-40s who mostly use adblock

And Usher in kids and teens on their phones who don't

Their plan is to move people away from the boards onto the answers section so they can fill it with ads like their Wikis

Fandom are pretty infamous for doing this. The issues with going ham with ads + destroying communities on their wikis is legendary
^ Hey now that's completely unfair!
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Woah so were pretty much quarantined from the rest of gamefaqs for not being the kind of culture they want to foster? Crazy. If someone new wants to check out CE theyre not allowed? Thats crazy
Patient Gamer
discodancer77 posted...
Woah so were pretty much quarantined from the rest of gamefaqs for not being the kind of culture they want to foster? Crazy. If someone new wants to check out CE theyre not allowed? Thats crazy
Yep, that seems to be the case.

Meanwhile they are allowing all kinds of goofy, offtopic shit on the console boards.
This signature is not political.
Crazy?
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e03fbc84.jpg
THIS IS FANDOM!!!
GameFAQs isn't going to be merged in with GameSpot or any other site. We're not going to strip out the soul of the site. -CJayC
discodancer77 posted...
Woah so were pretty much quarantined from the rest of gamefaqs for not being the kind of culture they want to foster? Crazy. If someone new wants to check out CE theyre not allowed? Thats crazy
Yup

Also if you get a serious moderation, you lose access to CE.

^ Hey now that's completely unfair!
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You know it wasnt until someone in this topic (I think) recommended that CE go petition outside Fandom HQ in San Francisco that I decided to actually google where theyre at.

I just realized that I walk by Fandom damn near everyday on the way to the gym.

Its just a plain unmarked office building, almost like a WeWork across from a mall thats been completely empty for the past four years. I often walk through this mall just because its good scenery.

Its sandwiched between a post office, and a burrito shop thats been converted into a nail salon.

Probably not what you all had envisioned in your heads tho. The Twitch & Crunchy Roll offices are just one block over, and those look exactly howd you imagine them looking.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d38fe714.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3bb4101c.jpg
It wont show up in a photo but you can look in through the windows and in the lobby of the Twitch building is a giant LCD Screen like half the size of an Olympic swimming pool, and its constantly showing hundreds of live streams on the form of little screens.

Its super cool, and its only one block away from Dragon Gate in China Town. I recommend stopping by if your ever visiting or on vacation.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/a/a8a50c28.jpg
Without wishing to embellish at all, as I've made my decisions for personal reasons, I also need to say something.

Apologies but I got my previous "quote" wrong.

This is incorrect:

Luigi_and_Tails posted...
When I went to remove my contributions, I first asked for them to be anonymised. Then I requested deletion. The feedback was "we couldn't anonymise these, so they were deleted".

The correct quotation is as follows:

"You requested their removal, so that is what was done. Apologies."

I hope that doesn't change your views on my decisions, but I wanted to correct myself for mis-quoting the admins.

Whether or not the lack of confirmation about the rest of my contributions being anonymised is cricket or not, well that's something we can discuss.

Regardless of what happens in future, I just wanted to come clean that I fucked up that quote, and shared the correct version.
No, I'm not that one.
STEROLIZER posted...
Probably not what you all had envisioned in your heads tho.
Didn't envision anything at all, but if I were to I would expect a regular office in a nondescript building. The same way I figure every shit, bland, soulless corporation outfit to look like.
http://i.imgur.com/nq0Fn6a.jpg
Small office locations can still also make shit decisions.
Just because I have 99% of a heart doesn't mean it can't kill me. It's tried. Twice.
My body has a dongle and my heart doesn't care. He/They
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What games was it?
Just how, pray tell, does your dick "take life"? How could a dick take a life? - XciteMe
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