FCB History - History - Competitions and Tournaments - FAQ Contributor Profiles
Landmark Topics
For those who want just the important topics in the history of the FCB, this is for you. Containing important topics such as landmarks in Kb, new site features, admin posts... etc. All the wheat, none of the chaff.
2001-2003
DMorgan becomes the most prolific author! (26th July 2002)
Devin Morgan becomes the most prolific author on GameFAQs, finally overtaking Dingo Jellybean. Note that ASchultz makes a post saying 'Is 10000 out of the question?' - a year later, Devin breaks this too!
1st Prolific FAQers Tournament / Going Retro! (21st August 2002)
The first of a long series of prolific tournaments, this was conceived by Colin Moriarty with bracket compiled and hosted by Devin Morgan, this tournament consisted of the top 64 prolific writers of that time and ended with Devin Morgan being the winner. A few years later it was replayed and labelled the Going Retro! tournament, which used the exact same bracket and FAQers, due to how people felt that the first tournament was a sham and that Devin supposedly stole the win from AstroBlue. This time, AstroBlue became the winner.
1st Non-Prolific FAQers Tournament (26th September 2002)
The first of the somewhat ill-fated non prolific tournaments, this was managed by krustster and hosted by Devin Morgan. The writers were either picked or nominated by other FCB users, and each writer had to submit their best FAQ for it to be judged throughout the tournament. Meowthnum1 won over black hole sun in the final.
2nd Prolific FAQers Tournament (3rd December 2002)
Complied and maintained by Devin Morgan, the second prolific tournament rolled around late in the year. The 64 top prolific writers once again fought for the much acclaimed prize with Adrenaline SL coming out the winner!
3rd Prolific FAQers Tournament (2nd March 2003)
Again complied and maintained by Devin Morgan with Brian Sulpher creating the bracket (link below), the third tournament this time had 96 entrants, 9 of which were non-prolific volunteers. This time there were three finalists; Dallas Scott, ASchultz and Kao Megura, with Dallas Scott coming out victorious.
2nd Non-Prolific FAQers Tournament (April 2003)
Hosted my The Admiral and BTB, this tournament took place in early 2003 and was one of the most remembered for it's tight matches and humorous introductions by Bob and Al. With four divisions and two different bowls offering two different winners, each entrant is judged on one FAQ of their choice. The winners were The Admiral (Slaughter Bowl Champion) and Phoenix 1911 (FAQ Bowl Champion).
Competition - Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Champions Round
Best of Bob and Al - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
The FCB Social board is born! (25th May 2003)
After much contesting by several users of the FCB, the Social board is finally born on this date! CJayC created it after several off topic topics were created on the main board in protest for a social board to be created. Below are two links to what the topics on the first page were like (although they are pretty much the same, I thought I would include them both anyway).
First Day 1 - Page
First Day 2 - Page
4th Prolific FAQers Tournament (1st June 2003)
The tournament creating dream team Brian and Devin were back maintaining this fourth tournament, again with 96 entrants (3 of which non prolific volunteers) and another three way final consisting of last years finalist Kao Megura, Brian Sulpher and CVXFREAK, with the victory being Brian Sulpher's.
DMorgan reaches the 10Mb mark! (17th July 2003)
Devin Morgan becomes the first person on GameFAQs to reach the 10Mb mark!
5th Prolific FAQers Tournament (1st September 2003)
The third prolific tournament of 2003, again brought to the FAQing masses by Brian Sulpher and Devin Morgan once more had 96 entrants, with this time no volunteers were required. THayes, AstroBlue and ASchultz were in the final stages; ASchultz coming out on top.
Just to calm a few nerves... (24th November 2003)
CJayC informs the FCB of a change in rights of FAQs since the take over.
6th Prolific FAQers Tourney Announcement (19th December 2003)
Devin Morgan announces the 6th Prolific FAQers Tournament, with a poll on how many people should enter the bracket, as well as opinions on voting. The topic can been seen below, with the tournament topics seen next year.
Announcement Poll - Page 1 | Page 2
2004
6th Prolific FAQers Tournament (1st January 2004 - 26th January 2004)
At the start of the year the 6th Prolific FAQers Tournament begin, ending toward the end of the month. As always the event was hosted by Devin Morgan (with the bracket created by Brian Sulpher), where over 25 days 128 writers compete to be crowned the winner. This time voters had to give reasoning with their votes to get rid of the cheating issue. At the end, Adrenaline SL beat ASchultz to claim her second prolific tournament victory.
Announcement Poll - Page 1 | Page 2
Division 1, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 2, Round 1 - Page 1 | Page 2
Division 3, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 4, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 5, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 6, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 7, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 8, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 1, Round 2 - Page 1 | Page 2
Division 2, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 3, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 4, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 5, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 6, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 7, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 8, Round 2 - Page 1
Divisions 1-2, Round 3 - Page 1
Divisions 3-4, Round 3 - Page 1
Divisions 5-6, Round 3 - Page 1
Divisions 7-8, Round 3 - Page 1
Divisions 1-4, Division Finals - Page 1
Divisions 5-8, Division Finals - Page 1
Quarter Finals - Page 1
Semi-Finals - Page 1
Final Round - Page 1
Tournament Winner Topic - Page 1
SinirothX gets busted for plagiarism. (3rd January 2004)
Siniroth X, once famous for his long and in depth Final Fantasy FAQs, gets caught out plagiarising Split Infinity via putting in semi-intentional false data and wording to get him. Sini's FF FAQs got removed from the site, and he has rarely been seen on the FCB since.
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Did the game developers contact you relating to your FAQ? (7th January 2004)
A topic asking if any game developers have gotten in contact with writers relating to their work. There are replies from a crop of regulars, including CJayC.
FAQers go E3. (13th January 2003)
Some FAQers are going to E3, however the topic soon goes off topic and out of control...
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What happened to the old CJayC? (14th January 2004)
A topic pondering on what happened to the Jeff V of old. Includes replies by CJayC himself.
The Fourth NPFWT (24th January 2004 - March 2004)
The fourth non-prolific tournament, this time hosted by Guitarfreak86. The first topic regarding this tournament was today, and included signups and rule topics throughout February and in March, the tournament begin. However it was never finished and ended after a few rounds. Below are topics from the idea stage to the first few matchups.
Tournament Logo - Image
Announcement Topic - Page 1
The Draft Topic - Page 1 | Page 2
Seeding Topic - Page 1
Groups Topic - Page 1
Replacement for RHarrison Topic - Page 1
Voting System Explanation Topic - Page 1
First Round Matchups - Page 1
First Round Matchups cont. - Page 1
First Round Matchups cont. 2 - Page 1
FOTM and ROTM Winners Announced... (24th January 2004)
CJayC announces the winners of the recent FotM and RotM competitions.
IKEA: The Game: The Walkthrough. (26th January 2004)
CJayC makes a topic about a joke FAQ for Ikea on another site. Naturally, the topic gets swamped by CJayC fanatics...
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Suggestions for 7 Older Bounty-Worthy Games (February 2004)
CJayC wants suggestions for 7 more retro game bounties to make a total of 50. Two topics were made, one asking on the 2nd and another three days later announcing what he choose (in fact he added 9). Both topics can be seen below.
Needed: 7 Older Bounty-Worthy Games - Page 1
9 More Bounties Added - Page 1
Problems with recently complete FAQs and the new FOTM... (3rd February 2004)
Zoop creates a small fuss about how his recently completed FAQ can't be entered into the new rules FAQ of the Month. CJayC replies and later changes the system. Naturally, Zoop wins the said FOTM.
Mike (StarFighers76) gets 'owned' by CJayC (5th February 2004)
An ATTN:CJayC topic is made, with a reply from Mike saying he will never read it. However...
If your guide is taken by another web site without permission, DMCA 'em. (14th February 2004)
Yet another CJayC topic in early 2004, he gives advise to FAQers about action against guide stealing sites.
Contributor Registration Issues (17th February 2004)
Thanks to someone, CJayC had no choice but to make it impossible to register existing contributor accounts with new board accounts.
Overlord Bounty, anyone? (23rd February 2004)
CJayC offers material for anyone working on an Overlord bounty.
7th Prolific FAQers Tournament (1st April 2004)
Another 128 of the top prolific writers at that time entered to see who was to take the crown this year. In the end, BSulpher and AstroBlue were finalists with BSulpher claiming his second tournament victory with 17 votes to 12.
The NES FAQ Completion Project (24th May 2004)
Created by ASchultz, the NES FAQ Completion Project aims to have a complete FAQ for every NES title on the site. This is on going to this day, and is on it's fifth topic (which will be added when it's completed). Thanks to Revned for saving the old topic files.
Update - Between February and November 2005, 100 games were covered thanks to this project!
First Topic - Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10
Second Topic - Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10
Third Topic - Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10
Forth Topic - Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3| Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10
Fifth Topic - Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10
Website - Link
Elliot "Ny0Cloud" Long passes away (2nd September 2004)
Meowthnum1 informs the FAQing community of another death, of the contributor Ny0Cloud.
2005
The FAQers Profile and History site begins. (16th March 2005)
The first draft of the website was uploaded on this day and profiles were added. It was then called 'The Official FCB Profiles and History'.
December 2004, January + February 2005 FotM Winners Announcement Topic (8th April 2005)
The winners for the FAQ of the Month competition are announced.
E3 2005 - The guys return home! (5th May 2005)
Chad updates his website with images from his recent E3 visit with Devin and Brian.
The FCB's first sticky topic - FAQ Hosting Sites, Good or Bad? (10th May 2005)
The FAQ Contributor Board gets sticky with this topic by Michael Sarich. I'll add pages as they get completed.
8th Prolific FAQers Tournament (1st July 2005)
Over a year on since the last tournament (as the last few had the same competitors with little change in ranks), Devin Morgan presented the much awaited 8th prolific tournament, reflected by the high turnouts and heated discussions that occurred every other round. However at the end of it all, Devin Morgan lost to BSulpher making a total of three prolific tournament victories; his second on the trot!
Announcement Topic - Page 1 | Page 2
Division 1, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 2, Round 1 - Page 1 | Page 2
Division 3, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 4, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 1, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 2, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 3, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 4, Round 2 - Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3
Divisions 1-2, Round 3 - Page 1
Divisions 3-4, Round 3 - Page 1
Quarter Finals - Page 1
Semi-Finals - Page 1
Final Round - Page 1
Tournament Winner Topic - Page 1
The Fifth Non-Prolific FAQers Tournament (14th July 2005)
Brought back to life by the reappearance of the 8th Prolific Tournament (which was on going when it began), Trace (Meowthnum1, winner of the first tournament) hosts the latest non-prolific tournament (titled the second non-prolific tournament). 47 entrants were nominated and the remaining 19 were taken from Patterson's prolific ranking (using writers that came short from being in the Prolific tournament). Unlike the other non-prolific tournaments, each writers CRP was used instead of the normal one FAQ for judging. In the semi finals, Snow Dragon beat Crazyreyn and Pheonix 1911 beat ATadeo. Snow Dragon won in the final.
P.S. This really isn't the second non prolific tournament, I believe. This is the fifth, but only the second or third that was actually completed properly. krustster ran the first, BTB ran the second and third, Guitarfreak86 ran the fourth, and Meowthnum1 ran this one.
P.S.S. You may have noticed that the last few tournament pages are missing. For some reason, I can't find them. I could have *sworn* that I saved the buggers, so sadly you won't be able to know what exactly happened in the latter stages. Sorry. If anyone happened to save them, then please email me them. Thanks. >_>
Idea Topic - Page 1
Announcement and Nomination Topic - Page 1 | Page 2
Bracket Announcement Topic - Page 1
Division 1, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 2, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 3, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 4, Round 1 - Page 1
Division 1, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 2, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 3, Round 2 - Page 1
Division 4, Round 2 - Page 1
Divisions 1-2, Round 3 - Page 1
Divisions 3-4, Round 3 - Page 1
Quarter Finals - Page 1
Semi Finals - Snow Dragon > Crazyreyn , Phoenix 1911 > ATadeo
Final Round - Snow Dragon > Phoenix 1911
Winner Announcement - Page 1
New Hits and Ratings in the Contributor Central (15th July 2005)
CJayC announces the new hits and ratings system for contributors.
You log your account in, you log your account out... (18th July 2005)
In out, in out, rating FAQs is what CJayC is on about. He addresses an issue with the recent FAQ rating system.
General FAQ Questions - The Help and Critiques sticky topic (24th July 2005)
Kirby021591 created this topic with helpful Q+A's.
Game List added in Contributor Central (2nd August 2005)
A topic announcing uncovered game lists by system in Contributor Central.
Maps and Images get their own section on FAQ Pages! (3rd August 2005)
A long time coming, on this date maps and images have their own section separate from In Depth FAQs. Starfighers76 informs the board.
The FAQers Profile and History - Version 2.0 topic (9th August 2005)
This site gets a new sticky topic, explaining the changes. This was stickied until March 2007 when it was replaced by v3.0.
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The new GameFAQs moderators are announced! (30th August 2005)
The new summer 2005 moderators are revealed, including FAQ writers War Doc, Atom Edge, Alex, and SineNomine!
Contributor Status Update - View submitted works (8th September 2005)
CJayC tells the FCB that any submissions, such as FAQs and Reviews, can be viewed again in the Contributor Status. Very welcome news indeed!
CJayC and his 300 Weapon FAQs! (4th October 2005)
The site admin tells the FCB of his secret pain, that people have sent in an estimated 300 FFVII Weapon FAQs since it's release. Rumour has it he constructed a fort out of all the printed copies and now lives in the Nevada desert.
Devin Morgan becomes a Lead Moderator (17th October 2005)
FAQing veteran evolves from a General Moderator to Lead Moderator on the GameFAQs Message Boards. Below is a topic on the social board congratulating Devin.
Introducing the 10 Ten Lists! (27th October 2005)
CJayC announces a new contributor feature, Top 10 lists that would be posted on the home page celebrating the sites 10th anniversary. Several FAQ writers, including A I e x, Atom Edge, CVXFREAK and SubSane get theirs posted in the coming weeks.
CJayC helps a user with his image (31st October 2005)
A user keeps getting his image rejected, so the site admin pops in and lends a helping hand.
CJayC posts 50 new bounties. (10th November 2005)
An announcement on the FCB.
FAQ 40,000 was posted! (22nd November 2005)
CJayC tells GameFAQs through this topic on the FCB and on The Daily Grind of a great milestone for the site.
2006
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)
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.
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.
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
A message from Greysnakegenocide to CJayC (3rd April 2006)
A user passes on a message, to which the admin replies to.
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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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.
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!
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.
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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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.
2007
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.
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.
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!
Nomination Topic - Page 1
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
Grand Final - Page 1
2006 vs. 2007 Champion Round (Astroblue vs. Pheonix 1911) - Page 1
Winner Announcement Topic - Page 1
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.
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!
Discussion Topic - Page 1
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
Quarter Final - Page 1
Semi Final - Page 1
Grand Final - Page 1
Winner Announcement Topic - Page 1
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.
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.
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.
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).
Completion Projects Updated (6th September 2007)
Stats now also include reviews, cheats and screenshots. SBAllen announces and stickies this topic.
Bounty Update (8th October 2007)
SBAllen announces new bounties in a sticky topic on the General board.
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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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.
October - November 2007 FotM Winners (20th December 2007)
Latest winners for the monthly contest.
2008
New Bounties (5th January 2008)
New bounties that expire in April.
December 2007 FotM Awards (17th January 2008)
This first FotM marks the first year in a while that awards are given out on time (a few days after the 15th) - good for bounty and award winners.
Another FAQ Writer becomes a moderator - Crazyreyn (8th February 2008)
The 9th moderator batch features another FAQ writer, joining Devin, Brian, Trace and others.
Oversaturation (5th March 2008)
A large debate on oversaturated games - to what extent can a game have enough guides for it? What is the invisible limit? SBAllen also chips in with his thoughts and how his adminship differs to that of CJayC.
Secret FAQs no longer accepted on the site (11th March 2008)
DEngel announces the change in line. Including the official line from SBAllen.
February FotM (18th March 2008)
The latest winners.
April Bounties (17th April 2008)
Arrrrgh, me maties. More bounty for ye.
March FotM Winners (21st April 2008)
The latest winners.
Fifth Non-Prolific FAQers Tournament (May 2008)
Meowthnum1 and co-host Space Metafighter X present this year's non-prolific tournament for another year. The Admiral beat black hole sun in the final to take the coveted title.
Voting and Information Topic - Page 1
Nomination Topic - Page 1 | Page 2
Round 1 Division 1 - Page 1
Round 1 Division 2 - Page 1
Round 1 Division 3 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 1 + 2 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 3 + 4 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 5 + 6 - Page 1
Round 2 Division 7 + 8 - Page 1
Round 3 Division 1 + 2 - Page 1
Round 3 Division 3 + 4 - Page 1
Round 3 Division 5 + 6 - Page 1
Round 3 Division 7 + 8 - Page 1
Semi Final - Page 1
Grand Final -
2006 vs. 2007 Champion Round -
Winner Announcement Topic -
May FotM Winners (18th June 2008)
The latest winners.
June FotM Winners (21st July 2008)
The latest winners.
