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ANameWithSpaces 07/29/22 11:45:13 PM #1:	and turn it into what it is now. Let's Go Allen! <cite>ANameWithSpaces posted [p:966934957] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>and turn it into what it is now. Let's Go Allen! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WalkingLobsters 07/29/22 11:46:23 PM #2:	This site was already failing when CJayC was at the helm. --- http://i.imgur.com/fsYJcFn.jpg http://i.imgur.com/SZie71I.jpg Starcraft 2 Username = Gears <cite>WalkingLobsters posted [p:966934976] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>This site was already failing when CJayC was at the helm. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Scintillant 07/29/22 11:49:49 PM #4:	Tails flopic --- whats cat up to <cite>Scintillant posted [p:966935045] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Tails flopic </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthAragorn 07/29/22 11:50:26 PM #5:	yeah by letting garbage trolls like you constantly return to the site --- MSI MEG X570 Unify \| Ryzen 7 5800X \| 32GB DDR4-3600 \| RTX 3080 Samsung Odyssey G7 32" - 1440p, 240hz, GSync <cite>DarthAragorn posted [p:966935052] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>yeah by letting garbage trolls like you constantly return to the site </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ruvan22 07/29/22 11:51:02 PM #6:	How so? <cite>Ruvan22 posted [p:966935066] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>How so? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Chet_Hanks 07/29/22 11:51:50 PM #7:	WalkingLobsters posted... This site was already failing when CJayC was at the helm. CJayC was a genius tbqh. He knew exactly when to walk away <cite>Chet_Hanks posted [p:966935076] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>WalkingLobsters posted... </cite> <quote>This site was already failing when CJayC was at the helm.</quote> CJayC was a genius tbqh. He knew exactly when to walk away </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YoungMutual 07/29/22 11:54:31 PM #8:	Honestly, the site is doing fine. If anything I can't believe I'm still visiting daily, I first started browsing when I was 12 (which was even below the allowed age at that point), and I'm now 32, can you believe that? Other sites such as Myspace were born and died in that timeframe. I think tumblr is already dead or dying too. --- YoungMutual <cite>YoungMutual posted [p:966935125] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Honestly, the site is doing fine. If anything I can't believe I'm still visiting daily, I first started browsing when I was 12 (which was even below the allowed age at that point), and I'm now 32, can you believe that? Other sites such as Myspace were born and died in that timeframe. I think tumblr is already dead or dying too. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jerry_Hellyeah 07/29/22 11:54:51 PM #9:	Omg Sailor Bacon SO RANDOM --- This is a cool sig <cite>Jerry_Hellyeah posted [p:966935134] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Omg Sailor Bacon SO RANDOM </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CE_gonna_CE 07/29/22 11:55:04 PM #10:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Whose alt? --- https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/1531-food-delivery-services-general <cite>CE_gonna_CE posted [p:966935137] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> Whose alt? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/29/22 11:56:33 PM #11:	GameFAQs is one of the last Web1.0 sites that hasn't shitcanned its forums yet. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:966935160] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>GameFAQs is one of the last Web1.0 sites that hasn't shitcanned its forums yet. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ANameWithSpaces 07/29/22 11:57:05 PM #12:	The guy worked so hard. I did a deep dive during my 6 month vacation at the start of lockdowns. CJay went above and beyond to build this place up, really a labor of love and sometimes just a labor for labor's sake to keep things growing. And yeah he moved on right at the peak, very talented. Best admin. <cite>ANameWithSpaces posted [p:966935167] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>The guy worked so hard. I did a deep dive during my 6 month vacation at the start of lockdowns. CJay went above and beyond to build this place up, really a labor of love and sometimes just a labor for labor's sake to keep things growing. And yeah he moved on right at the peak, very talented. Best admin. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LazLemon 07/30/22 12:10:16 AM #13:	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/1/AAKZTKAADgel.png Says it all imo. --- The Big Dawg Kennel Club - Founder and Member. Acknowledge him. Veer Mahaan MDA Club - Founder and Member. Veer is coming. <cite>LazLemon posted [p:966935378] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/1/AAKZTKAADgel.png Says it all imo. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Yazarogi 07/30/22 12:13:07 AM #14:	Even though it's just a bunch of robot and sock puppet accounts I appreciate how gamefaqs is like the last bastion holdout of the old internet. It probably won't be long before it reaches imdb forums status but god dammit... I hit ? block. --- "There will be nothing to show that we were ever here... but stardust." - Pinbacker <cite>Yazarogi posted [p:966935417] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Even though it's just a bunch of robot and sock puppet accounts I appreciate how gamefaqs is like the last bastion holdout of the old internet. It probably won't be long before it reaches imdb forums status but god dammit... I hit ? block. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NoMeLx22x 07/30/22 12:34:37 AM #15:	LazLemon posted... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/1/AAKZTKAADgel.png Says it all imo. Dang I can't believe a website that's strictly message boards and faqs started to go downhill after youtube guides/reddit starting to blowup thats real wild --- Sigs are for losers. <cite>NoMeLx22x posted [p:966935697] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>LazLemon posted... </cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/1/AAKZTKAADgel.png Says it all imo.</quote> Dang I can't believe a website that's strictly message boards and faqs started to go downhill after youtube guides/reddit starting to blowup thats real wild </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
thisworld 07/30/22 12:34:57 AM #16:	Yazarogi posted... gamefaqs is like the last bastion holdout of the old internet. What's the next last bastion holdout after gamefaqs? <cite>thisworld posted [p:966935703] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Yazarogi posted...</cite> <quote>gamefaqs is like the last bastion holdout of the old internet.</quote> What's the next last bastion holdout after gamefaqs?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MrMallard 07/30/22 12:36:32 AM #18:	The website as it functions has arguably never been better. HTML guides are fantastic, and dedicated users have been making some of the best game guides on the internet without the same profit motives as clickbait shitholes like The Gamer. As far as the community goes, it's a community in decline. It happens. At least management grew a spine as began banning serial offenders. --- I hope the bad guys win. I hope the good guys get their skulls bashed in. Now Playing: Old-school Runescape, Minecraft, Diablo 3 <cite>MrMallard posted [p:966935727] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>The website as it functions has arguably never been better. HTML guides are fantastic, and dedicated users have been making some of the best game guides on the internet without the same profit motives as clickbait shitholes like The Gamer. As far as the community goes, it's a community in decline. It happens. At least management grew a spine as began banning serial offenders. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/30/22 12:37:37 AM #19:	NoMeLx22x posted... Dang I can't believe a website that's strictly message boards and faqs started to go downhill after youtube guides/reddit starting to blowup thats real wild SEO, and google. Still, I'd rather have a text file I can ctrl+f, than watching a thirty minute video to answer a five-second question. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:966935740] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>NoMeLx22x posted... </cite> <quote>Dang I can't believe a website that's strictly message boards and faqs started to go downhill after youtube guides/reddit starting to blowup thats real wild</quote>SEO, and google. Still, I'd rather have a text file I can ctrl+f, than watching a thirty minute video to answer a five-second question. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Despised 07/30/22 12:38:01 AM #20:	YoungMutual posted... Honestly, the site is doing fine. If anything I can't believe I'm still visiting daily, I first started browsing when I was 12 (which was even below the allowed age at that point), and I'm now 32, can you believe that? Other sites such as Myspace were born and died in that timeframe. I think tumblr is already dead or dying too. yeah its fucking wild that I started posting here at 12 and am about to hit 30, Ive been here longer than Ive known most people --- Instagig <cite>Despised posted [p:966935744] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>YoungMutual posted... </cite> <quote>Honestly, the site is doing fine. If anything I can't believe I'm still visiting daily, I first started browsing when I was 12 (which was even below the allowed age at that point), and I'm now 32, can you believe that? Other sites such as Myspace were born and died in that timeframe. I think tumblr is already dead or dying too.</quote> yeah its fucking wild that I started posting here at 12 and am about to hit 30, Ive been here longer than Ive known most people </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnholyMudcrab 07/30/22 12:39:39 AM #21:	Questionmarktarius posted... SEO, and google. Still, I'd rather have a text file I can ctrl+f, than watching a thirty minute video to answer a five-second question. I just use the game's wiki for this kind of information. It's been probably ten years since I've used an FAQ for a game. --- http://i.imgur.com/VeNBg.gif http://i.imgur.com/gd5jC8q.gif http://i.imgur.com/PKIy7.gif http://i.imgur.com/3p29JqP.gif <cite>UnholyMudcrab posted [p:966935763] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite> <quote>SEO, and google. Still, I'd rather have a text file I can ctrl+f, than watching a thirty minute video to answer a five-second question.</quote>I just use the game's wiki for this kind of information. It's been probably ten years since I've used an FAQ for a game. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SuperShake666 07/30/22 12:39:42 AM #22:	Posting in a Tails topic --- "Look, if I was good at math, I wouldn't be on CE at 2:00 the morning clicking on topics about porn stars ****ing horses." - May 2017, Dash_Harber <cite>SuperShake666 posted [p:966935765] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Posting in a Tails topic </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
fhqwhgads 07/30/22 12:44:12 AM #23:	"I did that!" --- Everybody to the Limit you can't bxzwlads the fhqwhgads~spudger <cite>fhqwhgads posted [p:966935816] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>"I did that!" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Foppe 07/30/22 12:47:13 AM #25:	But where are the spaces? --- 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 <cite>Foppe posted [p:966935852] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>But where are the spaces? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/30/22 12:48:30 AM #26:	Foppe posted... But where are the spaces? The spaces are gone. The site/boards multinames are gone. It's a miracle 18-character usernames still exist (actually 20). <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:966935866] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Foppe posted... </cite> <quote>But where are the spaces? </quote>The spaces are gone. The site/boards multinames are gone. It's a miracle 18-character usernames still exist (actually 20). </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Foppe 07/30/22 12:53:28 AM #28:	Questionmarktarius posted... The spaces are gone. The site/boards multinames are gone. It's a miracle 18-character usernames still exist (actually 20). And TC created the account after that change. --- 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 <cite>Foppe posted [p:966935935] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite> <quote>The spaces are gone. The site/boards multinames are gone. It's a miracle 18-character usernames still exist (actually 20).</quote>And TC created the account after that change. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Questionmarktarius 07/30/22 12:58:49 AM #31:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Also like 99.999999% of the "has user accounts" are running adblockers and Allen ain't getting paid. Were the GameFAQs Gold thing not a joke, I'd totally pay for Plutonium. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:966936005] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> Also like 99.999999% of the "has user accounts" are running adblockers and Allen ain't getting paid. Were the GameFAQs Gold thing not a joke, I'd totally pay for Plutonium. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 07/30/22 12:59:27 AM #32:	CE_gonna_CE posted... Whose alt? 99% odds it's VioletMassacre --- https://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/S1m3po4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7fCcfko.jpg <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:966936008] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>CE_gonna_CE posted...</cite> <quote> Whose alt? </quote> 99% odds it's VioletMassacre</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Norman_Smiley 07/30/22 1:01:37 AM #33:	Questionmarktarius posted... GameFAQs is one of the last Web1.0 sites that hasn't shitcanned its forums yet. Wouldn't gfaqs be web 2.0? I was under the impression that FAQs are actually what drives most traffic and that traffic is mostly to unregistered users. Those FAQs are user generated, mostly free but some with a bounty of sorts. --- http://i.imgur.com/BVBQC.jpg The big wiggle equals ratings. <cite>Norman_Smiley posted [p:966936036] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Questionmarktarius posted... </cite> <quote>GameFAQs is one of the last Web1.0 sites that hasn't shitcanned its forums yet.</quote> Wouldn't gfaqs be web 2.0? I was under the impression that FAQs are actually what drives most traffic and that traffic is mostly to unregistered users. Those FAQs are user generated, mostly free but some with a bounty of sorts. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/30/22 1:02:20 AM #34:	Norman_Smiley posted... Wouldn't gfaqs be web 2.0? 2.0 was mashups of RSS, XML, etc. feeds. That ended with oauth and API keys, in 2015 or so. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:966936044] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Norman_Smiley posted... </cite> <quote>Wouldn't gfaqs be web 2.0?</quote>2.0 was mashups of RSS, XML, etc. feeds. That ended with oauth and API keys, in 2015 or so. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Yazarogi 07/30/22 8:57:18 PM #36:	thisworld posted... What's the next last bastion holdout after gamefaqs? the internet archive that lets you see the old internet. Im not sure if we have access to the old alt.whatever.net stuff from the DOS / early windows days tho. --- "There will be nothing to show that we were ever here... but stardust." - Pinbacker <cite>Yazarogi posted [p:966954030] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>thisworld posted... </cite> <quote>What's the next last bastion holdout after gamefaqs?</quote> the internet archive that lets you see the old internet. Im not sure if we have access to the old alt.whatever.net stuff from the DOS / early windows days tho. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Alteres 07/30/22 9:01:38 PM #37:	Yeah, but that isnt a posting community --- ........the ghost in the machine... IGN: Fox, FC: 5344-2646-0982 <cite>Alteres posted [p:966954130] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, but that isnt a posting community </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
divot1338 07/30/22 9:31:24 PM #38:	LazLemon posted... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/1/AAKZTKAADgel.png Says it all imo. Wtf is that even a graph of? %interest is not a technical term Im familiar with. --- Moustache twirling villian https://i.imgur.com/U3lt3H4.jpg- Kerbey <cite>divot1338 posted [p:966954761] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>LazLemon posted... </cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/1/AAKZTKAADgel.png Says it all imo.</quote>Wtf is that even a graph of? %interest is not a technical term Im familiar with. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
a-c-a-b 07/30/22 9:35:32 PM #39:	Even if Gamefaqs shut down tomorrow, I'm pretty sure Tails would still spend the next 10 years of his life whining and crying about it. --- Save for your doomed future <cite>a-c-a-b posted [p:966954855] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Even if Gamefaqs shut down tomorrow, I'm pretty sure Tails would still spend the next 10 years of his life whining and crying about it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Yazarogi 07/30/22 10:33:12 PM #40:	I'm sure there's something probably out there, but it's going to just be niche holdover communities... so maybe gamefaqs isn't the "last" maybe it's just part of the "one of the last" --- "There will be nothing to show that we were ever here... but stardust." - Pinbacker <cite>Yazarogi posted [p:966956154] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>I'm sure there's something probably out there, but it's going to just be niche holdover communities... so maybe gamefaqs isn't the "last" maybe it's just part of the "one of the last" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kim_Seong-a 07/30/22 10:35:28 PM #41:	Hmmmm I wonder why GameFAQs, a site dedicated to simple text files, would suddenly see a gradual decline shortly after Youtube and the Fandom wiki rose to prominence. It makes a man think. --- Lusa Cfaad Taydr <cite>Kim_Seong-a posted [p:966956204] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Hmmmm I wonder why GameFAQs, a site dedicated to simple text files, would suddenly see a gradual decline shortly after Youtube and the Fandom wiki rose to prominence. It makes a man think. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Notti 07/31/22 5:19:22 PM #43:	Yazarogi posted... the internet archive that lets you see the old internet. Im not sure if we have access to the old alt.whatever.net stuff from the DOS / early windows days tho. https://www.usenetarchives.com/index.php?s=Gamefaq&t=0&p=2 2001 gamefaqs. --- http://youtube.com/TheYoungTurks/videos Bernie>Biden>poo>Trump http://RightWingWatch.org http://reddit.com/r/BreadTube http://fb.me/OccupyDemocrats <cite>Notti posted [p:966972779] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Yazarogi posted... </cite> <quote>the internet archive that lets you see the old internet. Im not sure if we have access to the old alt.whatever.net stuff from the DOS / early windows days tho.</quote> https://www.usenetarchives.com/index.php?s=Gamefaq&t=0&p=2 2001 gamefaqs. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
fhqwhgads 07/31/22 5:27:17 PM #44:	Looks like tc got to close to the truth and had to be silenced. --- Everybody to the Limit you can't bxzwlads the fhqwhgads~spudger <cite>fhqwhgads posted [p:966972934] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Looks like tc got to close to the truth and had to be silenced. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Imit8m3 07/31/22 5:54:53 PM #45:	fhqwhgads posted... Looks like tc got to close to the truth and had to be silenced. Insulting an admin is probably a bad idea --- Yes, I am aggressively handsome. Thanks for noticing. <cite>Imit8m3 posted [p:966973481] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>fhqwhgads posted... </cite> <quote>Looks like tc got to close to the truth and had to be silenced.</quote>Insulting an admin is probably a bad idea </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
fhqwhgads 07/31/22 5:56:18 PM #46:	Imit8m3 posted... Insulting an admin is probably a bad idea You don't say? --- Everybody to the Limit you can't bxzwlads the fhqwhgads~spudger <cite>fhqwhgads posted [p:966973529] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>Imit8m3 posted... </cite> <quote>Insulting an admin is probably a bad idea</quote>You don't say? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MelbuFrahma4 07/31/22 5:57:21 PM #47:	fhqwhgads posted... Looks like tc got to close to the truth and had to be silenced. If it was this thread that caused the banning. Wouldnt it have been deleted by now? --- "We'll never see Day-Lewis and Kubrick, or Kurosawa and Eastwood, but we have seen Bale and Nolan, a cinematic dream pairing come to life!" <cite>MelbuFrahma4 posted [p:966973545] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>fhqwhgads posted... </cite> <quote>Looks like tc got to close to the truth and had to be silenced.</quote> If it was this thread that caused the banning. Wouldnt it have been deleted by now? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
fhqwhgads 07/31/22 5:57:54 PM #48:	MelbuFrahma4 posted... If it was this thread that caused the banning. Wouldnt it have been deleted by now? Oh my god guys I was joking --- Everybody to the Limit you can't bxzwlads the fhqwhgads~spudger <cite>fhqwhgads posted [p:966973557] in SBAllen is... [t:80111641]...</cite> <quote>MelbuFrahma4 posted... </cite> <quote>If it was this thread that caused the banning. Wouldnt it have been deleted by now?</quote>Oh my god guys I was joking </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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