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History - 2007
SOng quits FAQ Writing (20th January 2007)
Scott Ong, one of the veteran FAQ writers, makes his retirement topic on the general board.
2006 year in review (20th January 2007)
FAQ writers count how many guides they produced in the year just past.
GameBoy Completion Project 1.1 (1st February 2007)
Another edition of the project. It sadly purges, to be replaced in July.
What complete series have your written for? (3rd February 2007)
Crazyreyn asks the board what series have authors have covered.
All Time Hits (15th February 2007)
Total hits are finally added to Contribution Central on this date. The topic noting it is seen heeeere.
FAQ Wrapping - Beta and Q&A (24th February 2007)
A quick look at the new wraps proposed by CJayC, although with questions and answers before they went live.
PeterPL90 wins IGN's Writer of the Week! (3rd March 2007)
Or should that be PeterPL50...
FAQ Wrapping - Live! (6th March 2007)
The new FAQ wrappers go site wide!
Daily Hits and new Contributor Central design (6th March 2007)
With the new FAQ wrappings in place, daily hits are now possible instead of the two to three day old ones from before. New columns means a new design.
March Bounties (10th March 2007)
CJayC announces new bounties for March, including a back end update for the system.
Idea for an Independent Store List (21st March 2007)
The admin proposes a new idea for the site. Well, bringing an old idea back to life.
Time to remove the numbers from Final Fantasy titles? (26th March 2007)
The Admiral poses the question to the Social board, making for an interesting FFXII and general RPG discussion.
FAQers Summer Plans (30th March 2007)
Writers discuss what they are doing over the summer on the Social board.
FAQ Completion Stats - April 1st (2nd April 2007)
CJayC provides stats for every system.
FAQ Wrapper Testing (30th April 2007)
CJayC lets the General board know of wrapper tests by 'optimization experts' over at CNet. Just tests, nothing more.
Forth Annual Non-Prolific Tournament (2nd May 2007)
Meowthnum1 and co-host Space Metafighter X present this year's non-prolific tournament, timed a few months before the prolific one and with an overall higher turnout. Astroblue beat PeterRL90 by two votes to be crowned champion!
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Round 1 Division 4 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 1 - Page 1
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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
Grand Final - Page 1
2006 vs. 2007 Champion Round (Astroblue vs. Pheonix 1911) - Page 1
Winner Announcement Topic - Page 1
PSX Completion Project (12th May 2007)
Psycho Penguin proposes a completion project for the PlayStation.
Box Art Submissions Online (15th May 2007)
A few of the topics on the General board commenting on the new type of submissions - box art.
June FAQing Plans (1st June 2007)
Writers discuss their projects for the coming month.
The Screenshot Game (19th June 2007)
Crazyreyn presents a VG screenshot guessing game on the Social board. This purged in early September, and inspired Trace to make a MIDI game.
A l e x's massive game sale! (26th June 2007)
The massive writer sells off a large proportion of his games collection, and says that he is slowly moving on with life and away with FAQ writing.
New Feature - FAQ and Box Art Completion Stats (29th June 2007)
Instead of a topic containing the results, the site from this date features a page that automatically updates the stats whenever new contributions are added. This was posted at both the FAQ General and Contributor Central boards.
10th Prolific FAQers Tournament (3rd July 2007)
A year on and another prolific tournament begins! Devin Morgan hosts once more, with 64 entrants (32 less than previously) square off to become champion. In the end it came down to a Devin Morgan vs Split Infinity final, with Devin Morgan getting his second title!
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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
Quarter Final - Page 1
Semi Final - Page 1
Grand Final - Page 1
Winner Announcement Topic - Page 1
July FAQing Plans (1st July 2007)
Writers discuss their projects for the coming month.
Bounty / FAQ and Review of the Month Updates (July 6th 2007)
CJayC announces new contest goodies. In a later post, he also discusses the new System Notice given out for those eligible for FAQ contests. An example of this is below.
GB/GBC Completion Project 1.2 (8th July 2007)
Update to the completion project, purged before the topic could end however.
Plans to retire? (10th July 2007)
Super Slash asks the board regulars if they plan to retire.
The MIDI Game (17th July 2007)
A spin off from the Screenshot topic, members guess music from various games. Fun fact - Trace did this contest on Current Events too.
CJayC leaves GameFAQs (19th July 2007)
The site founder leaves the site in a post in the 'blog' board The Daily Grind, with shock amongst the site's users. FAQ writers discuss the news.
NeoSeiffer leaves GameFAQs (20th July 2007)
Over CJayC going; a somewhat strange and unnecessary decision.
King Kool has more angst (27th July 2007)
An interesting discussion about KK.
The Simpsons Movie (29th July 2007)
Members on the social board discuss the Simpsons Movie!
August FAQ Plans (1st August 2007)
FAQ plans for the coming month.
New Contribution - Screenshots (3rd August 2007)
Gbness highlights a new contribution to the site, as well as another topic with various problems with the submissions initially.
BSulpher tabulates his work (9th August 2007)
In the order they were submitted. An interesting insight into the motivational pattern of one of the most popular FAQ writers.
A l e x got mugged (11th August 2007)
He discusses his experience of being a victim of crime, and later on how the police don't believe him for being drunk.
Co-Author Tournament Discussion Topic (12th August 2007)
SMX announces a new tournament to start in the new year.
Hypro discusses the army (14th August 2007)
About the the poor uneducated stereotype. An example of the entertaining quasi-waffle on the Social board by H-money.
A wild El Greco appears! (31st August 2007)
You used one Pokeball ... ... ... Gotcha! El Greco was caught!
FAQ Plans - September / Fall (29th August 2007)
FAQer plans for the coming month.
FAQ Recommend Rating System Live (5th September 2007)
SBAllen announces a new system where users can recommend FAQs. A star system is later added on the 13th November (see below).
snkupo becomes prolific! (5th September 2007)
Another FAQer reaches the status!
Completion Projects Updated (6th September 2007)
Stats now also include reviews, cheats and screenshots. SBAllen announces and stickies this topic.
NFL Predictions - Week 2 (11th September 2007)
Nothing special about this topic, but an example of the various NFL prediction and discussion topics on the board at this time.
snkupo is IGN's Writer of the Month! (15th September 2007)
Shortly after becoming prolific, the Norwegian writer picks up IGNs FAQing award!
Character Battle Scores (15th September 2007)
Social board members post their score updates for the latest Character contest on the site.
FAQ Plans - October 2007 (5th October 2007)
See what writers are up to around all hallows eve.
Fewest Hits Topic (8th October 2007)
Update from a year-ish ago. Want to see which FAQs just don't get the hit love?
Bounty Update (8th October 2007)
SBAllen announces new bounties in a sticky topic on the General board.
Ignore User List (11th October 2007)
Writers discuss the new site feature on the Social board.
The FAQing FAQ (18th October 2007)
What if FAQing was a game? Classy.
L Block, wins? (18th October 2007)
Writers discuss the Character Contest on the social board, where in time, L Block wins!
FAQ Progress Arguments (November 2007)
This month saw various arguments over the daily FAQ Progress topics - from users trying to keep up a lyrics streak in topic titles, no postings and even with signups and reminders, this sort of thing hasn't been seen for years.
16th November Progress Topic (Fenrir)
16th November Progress Topic (Snow Dragon)
17th November Progress Topic (lyrics streak broken)
Are you mad because you don't get paid for your FAQs? (3rd November 2007)
I'm not MAAAAAAAAD *swings gun around*
BSulpher's AIM account gets hacked (4th November 2007)
Brian, big time contributor and moderator, alerts the Social board that his AIM account got hacked.
Chad and the ladies (4th November 2007)
This topic is sponsored by BTB.
Wiki links appear on game pages (9th November 2007)
Certain games, such as the Halo series, recieve Wiki links on their game pages as part of a GameSpot change. Although it causes a brief worry, it turns out this doesn't impact FAQing in any way.
FAQ Ratings Active (13th November 2007)
SBAllen announces the new ratings system for FAQs, where users recommend guides which are then starred up on so many votes. Various reactions, discussion and changes here. Stick'd.
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Your Highly Rated FAQs (13th November 2007)
As a response to the latest FAQing feature, writers show which FAQs of theirs are highly rated.
Have you met each other? (13th November 2007)
Hypro asks the social board. I'm sure it's a topic that has been discussed at least a dozen points in the past, and I've saved them within the History archives, yet here it is once more.
June FotM winners (15th November 2007)
Around this time FotM winners were around six months behind, much to the annoyance of FAQers everywhere. The site admins finally caught up with the backlog come December, however.
Want a recommendation? (16th November 2007)
Although not a big deal, an example of a flaw in the new FAQ Rating system.
Adrenaline posts (17th November 2007)
Rare as rocking horse poo poo.
Boxshot and Screenshot Contributors Board Added (29th November 2007)
SBAllen adds a new Contributor board. Below is a snapshot of the board around two weeks after it was created.
Zoop off suspension (29th November 2007)
Includes other moderator related discussions, such as by Warhawk, on the Social board.
Jeff Gerstman fired (30th November 2007)
The GameSpot journalist is fired, causing shockwaves throughout the industry. Writers discuss the internets-drama on the Social board.
FAQ Plans - December 2007 / Winter 07/08 (2nd December 2007)
See what our FAQers were up to around this point in histoooory.
If you see Kev the Bev... (4th December 2007)
A l e x helps out a lost member with his mad haxxor skillz. Candidate for topic of the year.
FAQ Progress Argument (16th December 2007)
Fenrir the Wolf creates topics around this time without posting any progress, getting on the nerves of FAQers. Compared to the old days, this topic is in-fenrir. Get it?
October - November 2007 FotM Winners (20th December 2007)
Latest winners for the monthly contest.
