GameFAQs
GameFAQs is a popular gaming website that has given gamers the chance to find help (through "FAQs" and "walkthroughs") for their favorite games since November 1995. It was started and is maintained by Jeff "CJayC" Veasey. It has a large database of video games, perhaps one of the most complete in the world. The systems and games range from the 8-bit Atari days to the Next-Gen consoles of today. The huge amount of FAQs, cheat codes, and reviews are all submitted by dedicated gamers just trying to help others with their knowledge. Even the site owner contributes plenty. If you ever have a question on a game or need some extra help or even have something to share, come to GameFAQs and the community will listen to you.
Along with the large database of FAQs, codes, and reviews, it also contains one of the largest message board communities on the web. Every single game on the site has its own board to discuss the game or ask questions or answer them about the game. All FAQ, code, and review contributors automatically get a message board account to waste plenty of time posting at.
Note: Many different accounts of GameFAQs (no pun intended) are published. History of GameFAQs boards includes two of these accounts.
GameFAQs message boards also includes several extremely famous and/or funny quotes. They're found at Classic GameFAQs Quotes.
GameFAQs Culture
- Life, the Universe, and Everything (LUE) is a GameFAQs Social Board created to give the registered message board users a break from gaming and let them talk about whatever they want. LUE has been very controversial in GameFAQs History, and is often viewed as one of the worst boards on the site. Discussion today is usually about offensive topics, such as sex. LUE is also home to many fads, including "y helo thar", which was said on a recent live broadcast of Conan O'Brien. From January 4th to January 15th there was a sign-up for LUE, and people that haven't signed up aren't allowed to visit the board anymore.
- Current Events (CE) is the oldest social board on GameFAQs.
- Random Insanity (RI) was originally created to shunt the more annoying users off of CE. It quickly became host to text-based roleplaying and "social topics" where people could come in and talk about nothing in particular. Pikadeth's Playhouse, one such topic, has come to dominate the board. RI has a history of being competitive with LUE; in the early days, users would perform "raids" on LUE in the PM hours. It is also home to Pigwater, an infamous troll who has gone through literally hundreds of banned accounts and yet still manages to stay on the site.
- Another Place (AP) is a GameFAQs Social Board created when LUE's user level requirement went up to 31. AP is commonly seen as almost as bad as LUE, as the topics there are usually quite similar to those made on LUE.
- Poll of the Day (PotD) is another social board, similar to LUE, although the topics there are not usually as bad. PotD has nothing particular in common with the Poll of the Day on the main page, and is usually used to discuss women, love, etc.
- Secret Boards are hard to find because you have to type their board # manually in the address bar. The boards are: Spatula, Board 250, Brilliant, Spork, Eggbeater, Semprini and Pie. In all of these boards you can usually find topics that are used for karma raising by many users.
- Message Board Help is the unofficial complaint forum of the boards. If a user feels something is wrong with the moderation system/staff or possibly a board error, it is usually reported here. This board was named Questions and Suggestions until the Karma system was introduced. After that, all suggestions and petitions have gone to Site Suggestions.
- War on Terrorism was created soon after September 11th to discuss the War on Terrorism and related conflicts like the Middle East. However, it has quickly evolved into a massive political debate forum populated with trolls.
- Site Suggestions is the official petitioning board, very few ever pass, however if they do it usually is a new special interest board.
- FAQ Contributors is the board for all the FAQ writers to talk about common interests. This board has been split to better categorize the discussions on it. It is now composed out of three boards: General, Help and Critiques and Social.
- Review Contributors is the board for all the review writers to talk about common interests. This board has been split to better categorize the discussions on it. It is now composed out of three boards: General, Help and Critiques and Social.
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