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History - 2006
Happy New Year! (1st January 2006)
Users celebrate the new year on the social board. Note that there were several topics like this at the time, so I just chose this one created by BTB.
New Years Resolutions (1st January 2006)
Users discuss their resolutions for the new year.
The year's first FAQ Progress (1st January 2006)
Devin Morgan makes the first FAQ Progress topic on the year, with a slight argument about the timing...
Total FAQ Hits of 2005 (1st January 2006)
Although the results weren't officially saved, several users put their totals here along with discussion about the reset.
Canadian Craziness (3rd January 2006)
Resident Canucks Yami and Alex talk about random stuff over a 50+ message topic. Gave me a nose bleed.
2005 FAQer Tournament (4th January 2006)
CEarle proposes a tournament for the year that just passed, however this never really got off the ground. Here's the nomination topic anyway.
StrategyWiki (6th January 2006)
CVXFREAK and users discusses a new FAQing site of sorts...
Bananagirl and the Hurricane (7th January 2006)
After worries about her death in Katrina, it's confirmed that she's OK.
FAQ Pet Peeves (8th January 2006)
Various pet peeves from users on the General board.
FAQ per year (9th January 2006)
A topic where FAQ writers work out how many FAQs they churn out a year.
The smallest FAQ (9th January 2006)
Users discuss what the smallest guide on the site is.
Phoenix ASCII (10th January 2006)
THE FACT THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE NOT POSTED IN THIS TOPIC IS LAMENTABLE!
E3 2006 Preparation (13th January 2006)
Devin and the guys prepare for the 2006 E3 trip. I've also bundled a topic from December 2005 in here about E3.
ATTN BTB - Page 1
Bree Hunter - Page 1
Social Board User Contest (19th January 2006)
Crazyreyn discusses the idea, and Gbness implements it for two rounds. I only have the second round saved, I'm afraid.
CJayC announces contest winners and new bounties (25th January 2006)
He announces the latest winners for November to December as well as new 24 new bounties.
A user can't rate anything... (25th January 2006)
...includes a reply from CJayC, with a fairly simply solution.
MTV interviews A l e x and BSulpher! (25th January 2006)
The site interviews the two big Canadian FAQ writers.
Saved Interview (copyright MTV)
KKK's phobia (28th January 2006)
Brian Sulpher accidentally calls King Kool KKK and the social board discusses phobias.
GameSpot Guides appear on FAQ pages (1st February 2006)
Guides from GameSpot start appearing on FAQ pages across various games. This is a topic commenting on it.
FAQ Plans - February (2nd February 2006)
Plans for the second month of the year.
k war to 500 k (4th February 2006)
k?
FAQing going down the drain? (8th February 2006)
nm14 and the rest of the social board discuss if FAQing is declining, or it's just the community...
Words you can almost never spell correctly... (18th February 2006)
Yami asks the General board.
Random and crazy facts about FAQers! (21st February 2006)
Various FCB members post random facts about themselves. Kinda interesting... >_>
Hang Me Hangs About (22nd February 2006)
Well, he pops in to see how the place is going after a fair absence.
Psycho Penguins Birthday! (23rd February 2006)
It's Steve's birthday (and also Gbness's dad's too). Two topics here; one celebrating his birthday, the other Steve is showing off one of his presents, an England shirt, which fellow FAQer RHarrison got him.
Celebration - Page 1
Shirt Topic - Page 1
Ancient disk copyright information (25th February 2006)
CyricZ asks the General board if it's OK to post copyright passwords for old games.
CJayC announces January contest winners, voucher changes and new bounties (27th February 2006)
He explains the change from EB vouchers to Best Buy. Also the bounty page has many duplicates, which you can see below.
FAQ Plans - March / Spring (28th February 2006)
Does exactly what is says on the tin.
Crazyreyn's 3 year FAQing anniversary (1st March 2006)
He celebrates three years since his first guide was accepted; strangely enough, three other regulars share three year birthdays in this third month, so they all started three years in to the new millennium. Their topic is below.
Sad at CJayC... (1st March 2006)
After adverts appear at the bottom of the message boards, a debate starts that lasts for several months on the Help and Critique boards.
GBFreak returns (2nd March 2006)
He comes back to the FCB after some time, which then discussion about grade boundaries.
Gbness, War Doc and Siniroth X celebrate their three year FAQing anniversary! (11th March 2006)
March 2006 sees more three year anniversaries! The 'March class of 2003' celebrate in the below topic!
Even after almost 4 years... (11th March 2006)
A rare 500 topic on the Social board, where users post two words that begin with B and S (something to do with a Mr. Sulpher I presume).
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DJ Tigresa's work is removed after being found guilty of plagiarism (12th March 2006)
After confessing on the Contributor Central board that when she had food poisoning she plagiarised some her work from old guide books, War Doc and CJayC look into it further to see that almost all of her work was plagiarised. Her files of hers was removed a day or two later, with CJayC creating a topic on the General board informing the community of the events. This shook up the contributor community due to the extent of what she did - 269 files in total were removed, she was the most diverse contributor on the site and she had little remorse for her actions. She has since been banned from the site. Below are several links of the event, including topics and her CRP link today and her since delinked profile. Thanks to Devin Morgan and War Doc for contributing topics.
Food Poisoning Topic - Page 1 | Page 2
CJayC Topic - Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3
Do you plan to leave GameFAQs? (19th March 2006)
Koritheman asks the social board.
Psycho Penguin plagiarises Brady Guides in his FFIII/VI Walkthrough (20th March 2006)
Straight after DJ Tigresa is found out, Psycho Penguin gets busted for effectively copying a strategy guide throughout his FFVI work. The file has been removed, and he simply says 'GameFAQs was slow to catch on...'.
FAQing Plans - April 2006 (March 30th 2006)
Contributors state their plans for the coming month.
College Application (3rd April 2006)
nm14 asks questions about applying to college. I felt this topic shows the types of regulars at the time also.
A message from Greysnakegenocide to CJayC (3rd April 2006)
A user passes on a message, to which the admin replies to.
Psycho Penguin under investigation for plagiarism? (10th April 2006)
A user asks this at the social board and a discussion ensures about the event.
The 10th GameFAQs Site Redesign (11th April 2006)
Just announced the day before, the site undertook a redesign to make it look more like the other CNet sites. Naturally site wide opionins were mainly negative, including those on the FCB boards, including users requesting that they pull down their contributions. Here are a few topics reflecting the general vibe at the time.
Prolific Contributors will get free premium accounts (11th April 2006)
Along with the recent site redesign are proposals of pay-for accounts on the site. CJayC informs the FCB that prolific contributors may get these accounts free in the future, and that for now the boards will be advert free. The topic soon becomes one of debating about how the site is turning out.
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The FAQers thoughts on premium accounts (11th April 2006)
The Admiral asks the social board on their thoughts on the new proposed accounts.
Do Cheats belong to the users or the site? (12th April 2006)
With the recent contribution pulling commotion, a user questions if codes are the users property or not. Includes a response from CJayC.
A l e x's top ten list referenced on a composers official website! (12th April 2006)
The boy's got spunk.
What should the prolific amounts be raised to? (14th April 2006)
StarFighters76 asks the social board.
The fourth NES Completion Project (14th April 2006)
Gamerl creates the fourth topic. The archive of the topic plus it's predecessors are found in the link below.
ImmortalLynx banned and work removed (16th April 2006)
Due to the recent site layout change, ImmortalLynx pulled his work and got himself banned in protest. His profile here has since been delinked but can still be seen here.
The SMS Project topic closed (26th April 2006)
The SMS Project Reloaded project, by DJ Tigresa was closed on this date, in order to make way for a new topic and phase without any record of the plagiarist.
FAQ Plans - May 2006 (30th April 2006)
The FAQing plans are discussed for the coming month.
BTB is going through the motions... (2nd May 2006)
The social board discusses his problems.
A l e x has wisdom beyond his years (3rd May 2006)
He has some bad news about his wisdom teeth, but then wins at some online poker. :)
The GF Writers Survey (3rd May 2006)
invisiblestudio gives a questionnaire for FAQers to full in for his media course, providing some background detail on many of our favourite writers.
Which FAQ writer would you most like to meet in real life? (5th May 2006)
nm14 poses the question, where the topic soon turns in to another KK argument. Yay!
Happy Birthday to Hang Me, Brian Sulpher and Dan Engel! (7th May 2006)
Triple FAQer birthday party at the social board! 7:30PM, must bring a present.
E3 Talk - The Nintendo Conference (9th May 2006)
FAQers discuss the big three preshows of E3 2006. Note that none of the FAQers made it to E3 this year.
DJ Tigresa emails Devin... (23rd May 2006)
The banned plagiariser contacts Devin, with the threat of court if Devin isn't removed from the site!
FAQ Hits Glitch Fixed (5th June 2006)
CJayC fixes the non updating FAQ hits, as part of his 'fix-a-day' promise that he announced on the site around this time.
World Cup Prediction Time! (8th June 2006)
With the Germany 2006 football (or soccer) World Cups starting, RHarrison starts a series of prediction topics throughout the event. Here is the first prediction topic saved.
A l e x breaks the 20MB mark! (10th June 2006)
The writer becomes the biggest writer in terms of Kb and breaks the 20MB, the first for any writer!
FAQ Plans - July 2006 (30th June 2006)
What the writers plan to do for July.
Money money money... (1st July 2006)
An interesting poll to see how much money writers have won due to FAQing awards.
9th Prolific FAQers Tournament (2nd July 2006)
A year on and another prolific tournament begins! Devin Morgan hosts once more as 96 entrants square off to become champion. In the end it came down to a three way final between Gbness, BSulpher and THayes, the latter of the two going through to the grand final with THayes crowned the winner, robbing Brian of a forth possible win!
Discussion Topic - Page 1 | Page 2
Round 1 Division 1 - Page 1
Round 1 Division 2 - Page 1
Round 1 Division 3 - Page 1
Round 1 Division 4 - Page 1
Round 1 Division 5 - Page 1
Round 1 Division 6 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 1 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 2 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 3 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 4 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 5 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 6 - Page 1
Round 3 Divisions 1 and 2 - Page 1
Round 3 Divisions 3 and 4 - Page 1
Round 3 Divisions 5 and 6 - Page 1
Division 1-3 Finals - Page 1
Division 4-6 Finals - Page 2
Quarter Final - Page 1
Semi Final - Page 1
Grand Final - Page 1
Winner Announcement Topic - Page 1
Third Annual Non-Prolific Tournament (2nd July 2006)
Meowthnum1 hosts this year's non-prolific tournament, occurring at the exact same time as the 9th Prolific one. It was an all round slow tournament with a low turnout due to this, with Phoenix 1911 beat Atom Edge in the final by a single vote!
Nomination Topic - Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3
Round 1 Division 1 - Page 1
Round 1 Division 2 - Page 1
Round 1 Division 3 - Page 1
Round 1 Division 4 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 1 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 2 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 3 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 4 - Page 1
Round 3 Divisions 1 and 2 - Page 1
Round 3 Divisions 3 and 4 - Page 1 | Redux
Round 4 - Page 1
Semi Final - Page 1
Grand Final - Page 1
Winner Announcement Topic - Page 1
Clash of the Titans - THayes vs. Phoenix 1911 (22nd July 2006)
Both winners of the non-prolific and prolific tournaments face one another in a battle to the death. THayes beat Phoenix 1911 to become this year's tournament champion. Oh and I do realise this is out of chronological order but it makes better sense to slot it after the two tournaments.
Psycho Penguin gets engaged (13th July 2006)
Steve proposes to his girlfriend, and spreads the news on the Social board.
New Contributor Recognition Pages and Prolific Requirement Increases (18th July 2006)
CJayC changes the formatting for CRPs and increases all prolific requirements, including FAQs from 2.5MB to 5MB. This caused a small uproar, so it was later reduced to 4MB as a compromise.
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nintendomaster14 changes his contributor name... (25th July 2006)
To one that puts him at the top of most FAQ lists, and creates a topic boasting about it. Naturally, he gets shot down over three pages of posts.
Feb-April FotM Winners announced (2nd August 2006)
A l e x and War Doc win more FotM awards, both having won twice each in three months!
NM14's new prolific ranking site (8th August 2006)
More anti-nm14 sentiments pop up to discuss the point of the site, as a ranking already exists.
CJayC posts statistics on how many games are left without a guide for each system on this date. Very interesting to see how little some systems have been covered, some of which haven't got a single FAQ to their name.
The NES FAQ Completion Project - The Fifth Topic (26th October 2006)
The hugely popular project reaches it's 5th topic! To see more about the project and the topic, see the below link.
FAQing Article in EDGE (UK) Magazine (6th November 2006)
In the December 2006 issue of EDGE magazine, Brian Sulpher, DEngel and A l e x were interviewed for an article about FAQ writing. This cannot be hosted here (due to bandwidth and legal reasons) but contact me if you want to find out where to read it.
