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Jason S
6730 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
This site is everything a decent site shouldn t be
This site is everything a decent site should look at and do everything opposite The FAQ part is acceptable The message boards that most visitors use are a disgrace There are rules but the so called moderators dont enforce them Instead the site is full of trolling disruptive behavior and more If you dare to call out this behavior these moderators instead take it out on you They just seem to exist to protect those that trouble the site maybe a misguided attempt to increase revenue The site has recently told its moderators to consider practically every word as an insult and therefore they enforce the rules unequally the troublemakers still have a free pass You cant call a troll a troll cant call someone disruptive cant even say someone is insulting you They punish even that They dont understand that a decent site would probably get more visitors Lastly privacy issues There was a user that stalked me personally on another site He then posted personal info on GameFaqs The site punished him by hiring him as a moderator Avoid at all costs
M Knight
6730 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Controlled by advocates of rape and discrimination avoid like the plague due to VARIOUS issues
I forget why GameFAQs becomes so appealing and only know how it likes to appear so often on search engines due to a lack of a good competing alternative one that would be needed amidst the glorified elitism of the moderators The moderators have recently deleted evidence against a group of rape apologists in a discriminatory attempt to silence the person who provided said evidence Evidence can be found on the petition GameFAQs needs to stop supporting rape and discrimination for anybody interested but long story short they are willing to keep enabling not only the YouTube user named Mangs an unrepentant rapist who has over 100K subscribers on YouTube despite the fact but already shady characters in their own right who also claim to be against the rapist but at best refuse to directly submit more active proof of their actions which sabotages the credibility of anybody else attempting to go up against Mangs for additionally OTHER nasty behaviors ones that don t even have anything to do with women The fact that the deleted posts were preemptively Archived also make it clear that the moderators conduct is not new In fact there is an entire blog that posts VARIOUS actions by the GameFAQs moderators the latest one of which as of writing implicates a proven doxxer known as Flintlock Staff who was made moderator Worth noting is that Flintlock Staff would come from Kid Icarus Uprising where the board involves the submitter of evidence having had his topic providing a Christmas gift basically celebrating a sort of character family choice met with unblockable bullying by Flintlock Staff It is quite possible that Flintlock Staff was behind the false moderations but there is no way to prove as much OR call as much to attention on the forums themselves even if you don t get arbitrarily suspended Why Because the punishment system is completely biased in favor of the moderators whims it is impossible to tell which moderator is responsible for an individual post s deletion without them giving a signature point in the first place and even if you can dispute the moderation they can Uphold without giving ANY reason and prevent any further attempt to dispute it There is no calling this out in public either because the Ask the Mods forum disallows talk of individual moderations and the Site Suggestions forum bans calling out site policy The admins don t even care either only siding with the mods whenever something ANYTHING comes up This isn t even going into the brand of material that is allowed to run around The comment I d palu her tena was admittedly dug up via searching a line I remembered no matter how stupid I am for remembering it but believe me that sort of content is TAME as far as what you can expect to find on GameFAQs without the mods caring to put a lid on as much Reporting these messages is useless as well because the moderators are too busy picking on whoever they want to assuming they aren t in direct support of the inappropriate material in the first place Again there is a blog that indicates how the moderators will themselves post less than welcome material not all of which even involving objectifying women in the first place The clincher is when like with TVTropes org GameFAQs will claim to be about democracy They re a different form of the corruption of democracy where TVTropes org shut out necessary voices for healthier organization in a hypocritical zeal GameFAQs runs on mob rule which definitely makes it even worse particularly when it s still a bigger site Red Ventures and C-Net both allegedly in support of diversity also warrant some of the blame for letting all of these problems run around unchecked It s also worth noting that the intended key appeal for the site the guides themselves have become increasingly more mediocre This does NOTHING to offset the abuse of power in the social aspect that has become predominant in the usage of GameFAQs and thus they deserve this BARE mention At the end of the day if you can avoid GameFAQs do it Dealing with it unnecessarily at all is not worth the hassle of this mess It s a testament to how much the internet needs to morally improve that dealing with it becomes too constant a necessary evil
Klassic Sub-Zero
6730 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Sissies and trollers
UPDATE- I m still suspended but after doing some research I read how many other reviews that confirms that they troll people if you say anything disparaging about a company that they like they ll report suspend you So now the final piece comes into light I was saying bad things about NRS my opinions of them since Gamefaq is obviously NRS beeeeoch they reported anything that would make NRS look bad I m never using their criminal site again but I think it s hysterical that they think having me suspended is bothering me Original Review Got reported suspended by them last night cause I said the truth about a video game company known as Netherrealm Studios to another member when we were complaining about a game feature We were stating true facts about the company like how they are inept money hungry very disrespectful to the players with their ideas as well as they content they created We were voicing our opinions on their ideas but they said I was trolling offensive which made me pat myself on the back Its hysterical that they got offended by the TRUTH but its funny when anyone gets offended Remember when people get offended by the truth or dumb crap you know they are woke domestic terrorists What s funny is that so many people in the reviews I read online said that the company was trolling them looking for stuff that made their fefes hurt so I can proudly say I m glad to have offended your sissifed fefes Can t wait to see what they write to try to defend themselves for being wrong whatever it is will make me laugh hysterically
Michael
6730 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Gamefaqs where the mods wear greasepaint
Gamefaqs used to be a decent site but over the past few years it s really gone downhill This is mainly due to woke moderators having double standards in regards to what is or isn t allowed I was moderated for saying I wanted a straight version of a character in MK1 yet another poster by the name of iKombatLouvre is allowed to make multiple topics wanting characters to be gay I have been a member of gamefaqs for over 20 years but today I decided to close delete my account as I don t see a reason to post in a one sided politically motivated environment
Dylan Woke
6730 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Over-moderated website that has no respect for people s privacy
I ve been visiting the website everyday for quite some time now and these new rules that they keep stacking up on top of each other really has to be the worst decision that they have ever done to it To those who aren t updated Gamefaqs is now owned by a San Franciscan company called Fandom They would rather focus more on their D E I initiatives than userbase engagement I wouldn t be surprised if a lot of the new moderators they ve chosen are D E I hires Because of this poor selection the accuracy of their moderation has dropped considerably to the point where users are getting severely punished Suspended for the tiniest things I m talking about things that aren t supposed to matter By that I mean statements like People should be hired based on merit or I do not like what Sweet Baby Inc is doing because of this and that On top of this there s also the issue of privacy where you ve got people in the moderation team who can see not only your I P address but also the websites that you ve visited the search engine keywords you ve inputed and the online videos you ve watched It is both creepy and wrong Overall it s a recipe for disaster
mitchell swafford-cobb
6730 reviews
N/A
6 months ago
Banned for having an opinion
I ve been a user on Gamefaqs since I was 10 years old I m now 34 I was suspended for 3 months for discussions relating to Dragon Age and the horribly forced trans ideology that s forced down your throat within the game I was suspended for having opinions that differ from the opinions of the moderators People are getting suspended and banned left and right for having any sort of opinion that doesn t positively reinforce gay and trans ideals The suspensions also cannot be contested meaning the moderators have full control of who they want on the website