GameFAQs Archive: The GFA

Hello, and welcome to the GameFAQs Archive. This site was inspired by ColdFusion's now defunct 'Nostalgia Project', and was originally created by Chris "Roaddhogg" Mawson in March 2003. The GFA was established with the intention of being a comprehensive repository of interesting topics, landmarks, user pages and events from the history of the GameFAQs message boards, primarily to give users an insight into how they have evolved since their inception in 1999. Special thanks go to Insder, Joycey, yarjar, Luigi and Tails, and Raijin for their administrative support and assistance in the past.

To navigate the site, click a link and the 'Back' button to return to this index. The GFA is best viewed with a standards-compliant web browser; some files may not display correctly in Internet Explorer. If you'd like to contribute any interesting, noteworthy or humourous GameFAQs events in the form of HTML sources or images, please log into your GFA account (click 'Register' to create a new one), and use the 'Contribute' link in your user navigational bar. If you spot any errors, typos or glitches whilst browsing the Archive, please let me know via the 'Feedback' page once you have logged into your account; along with any other suggestions, comments or queries that you may have.

Finally, it should be noted that this archive contains content that may be considered highly offensive by some, and the GFA accepts no liability for any repercussions occurred as a result of you viewing these pages. Any abuse of the submission or feedback systems will result in the blocking of your IP address from viewing this site; which is irreversible.

N.B. The GFA and associated projects have been on hiatus since August 2007. Details on the future of the site to be announced in the new year.

Short Break: Just a heads-up that I'm taking a few days off from GFA-related "work" this week, having updated the site every day in the past month. I'm also going to be on vacation between the 28th and 31st; I aim to fully zero the queues before I leave. (8/21)

GameFAQs Spinoffs Archive: It was inevitable; the GFA has its own first official spinoff - the GameFAQs Spinoffs Archive. This project will primarily be administrated by miikrr, with myself helping to process the queue but having little to do with adding new files. If you have any files from GameFAQs' numerous spinoffs you'd like to submit, please do so on the Spinoffs Archive in the same manner you do here: the user databases are merged, so there is no need to register an additional account. (8/15)

Extended Downtime: My apologies for the twenty-four hour downtime yesterday; it annoyed me as much as anyone else. Bihira, my webhost, has offered the following explanation:

There was a twenty four hour downtime between 2:00 A.M. (GMT) to 2:00 A.M. (GMT) on August 11, 2007 and August 12, 2007.

During this time ModernBill automatically sent a command to cPanel to terminate a web hosting package for non-payment. However, cPanel didn’t properly remove all subdomains which created a problem in the apache configuration file. Thus apache was not able to restart after the removal of the web hosting package. To fix this issue we repaired the apache configuration file and restarted apache. We apologize for any downtime.

This outage was paired with another problem. We are working in a temporary office when a theft occurred. However, only a few of our equipment was stolen but all the computers were locked up and couldn’t be stolen. This theft hampered our ability to efficiently run our office for the day and we were not able to fix apache configuration file error until now. For anyone worried about their information being stolen, we take great strides in protecting our member’s information. All members’ information that is stored on any computer (which isn’t a lot to begin with) is securely encrypted, locked, and hidden and checked on a random regular basis for security measures.

If any member has any other questions, please feel free to respond. Again, we apologize for this downtime and are taking strides to ensure it will not happen again. (8/12)

Feedback Required: With another free day coming up tomorrow, I'll be looking to add additional user features and pages to the site. If you have any ideas, please send them in via the feedback form for consideration. Thanks! (8/9)

12/25/02 - A moderator receives a surprising vote of confidence from DarkCobra - Knightmare6

12/25/02 - The ToS is updated to "illegalize" the use of robots and automated programs on GameFAQs - Roaddhogg

12/22/02 - Controversial War on Iraq discussion topic. Pages: {2} {3} - Knightmare6

12/10/02 - "I was jerking off and blood came out instead of sperm!" [TXT] - Fallen Tabris

12/8/02 - "Shado has a Wang" - mazter_ace

12/7/02 - "BRM peed on shado" - Roaddhogg

11/23/02 - Introduction to the moderator application page in November '02 - Iridium128

11/22/02 - Yoshi makes a topic with a few bypasses in the title. - StarNeptune

11/14/02 - Watch out everyone! Osama bin Laden is on LUE! - OzNarcissus

11/7/02 - Topic Five Million. Pages: {2} - Yoshi

11/3/02 - GameFAQs username word association; bypassing the ToS in the process. - miikrr

10/27/02 - Fun with Telemarketers. Pages: {2} - IHSW

10/2/02 - An extensive archive of mmx49's GFN newspaper. [Large file] - Roaddhogg

9/30/02 - Random Quotes collected over two years, complete with credits. Pages: {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} - DTaeKim

9/29/02 - ASCII "Alt" codes topic - korn4ever5

9/22/02 - The infamous "spyrothedragon" incident - rancid milk

9/11/02 - jewels asks for help in choosing baby names. - Mars

9/2/02 - Summer 2002 Contest board. - ohnoitschris

9/1/02 - Hilarious "Roderators" topic, created by duckduckduck on a dead faction board. - Roaddhogg

8/14/02 - CE topic about the death of Drowning Pool's lead singer. [TXT] - Fallen Tabris

8/14/02 - A topic from Igtenos to counter Jadeknight's cruel words about the death of the Drowning Pool lead singer. [TXT] - Fallen Tabris

7/27/02 - Duel007 challenges LikeWhoa to a duel... - Mars

7/27/02 - Another old GTA III topic list. - Roaddhogg

7/26/02 - A topic on the FAQ Contributors board signifying that Devin Morgan finally took the #1 prolific writer position, previously held by Kao for many years. - Devin Morgan

7/12/02 - Hilarious topic about a poor soul with a "b0rked" penis. [TXT] - Fallen Tabris

6/18/02 - Joke topic on the FFXI message board. - FFownsjoo

6/17/02 - A rant topic after the RIAA took down Audiogalaxy. [TXT] - Fallen Tabris

5/29/02 - An old Grand Theft Auto III topic list. - Roaddhogg

5/21/02 - Everyone go and download Vice City! - Roaddhogg

5/21/02 - hatrickpatrick's spinoff is hacked by Game555 and BRM. Pages: {2} - Outboarder

5/20/02 - An old Smackdown! 4 topic list. You may recognize several users, such as the ex-KOS mazter ace. - Roaddhogg

5/12/02 - Censor bypass on a GameFAQs secret board. - Anonymous

5/8/02 - A HTML exploit is discovered and used on the boards by Ayemelek. - Ayemelek

5/4/02 - An Eggbeater topic list, featuring the board shortly after its discovery. - Roaddhogg

4/27/02 - A clip of phoenix OMEGA kicking ass in the CE RPG. [TXT] - Fallen Tabris

4/27/02 - MasterHIM's account suicide on Random Insanity. - Man5iac

4/25/02 - Scum is a waste of flesh?! - Anonymous

4/21/02 - Discussion pertaining to CJayC's proposal of having topics older than 180 days old automatically close. Pages: {2} - Anonymous

4/17/02 - "Wroth", a Current Events fad - Anonymous

4/16/02 - CE debate topic about the nature of God. [TXT] - Fallen Tabris

4/1/02 - "GameFAX" - a superb April Fool's Day joke, courtesy of CJayC. - Roaddhogg

4/1/02 - CJayC reassures GameFAQs that 'GameFAX' was simply an April Fools' Day joke. - gloBal_enemy

3/28/02 - GameQueen on MBH after the whole controversy involving her particular actions on the boards... - Doodleheimer

3/28/02 - A moderator accidentally linked to the old CGI2 server, and as a result, a number of users were auto-suspended, then restored with *interesting* levels. Pages: {Lemming 2} {Lemming 3} {Lemming 4} {Lemming 5} {Lemming 6} {Lemming 7} {Lemming FAQ} - ColdFusion

3/14/02 - Discussion on the Sonic Adventure *Social* board following the closure of Barney's Hide and Seek - PoisonJam

3/6/02 - A list of Atari 2600 "adult" games, on the SA*S* board. - PoisonJam

3/5/02 - DarkKnight114's "How well known are you?" famous rating topic - Anonymous

3/2/02 - Transcript of the first half of CJayC's interview on the WXBH's The Gaming Files [TXT] - ColdFusion

3/2/02 - The "Nine Discs" GTA III saga following the radio interview with CJayC - DarkCobra

2/25/02 - DarkNinjaMaster8 talks about calling CJayC's home - Anonymous

2/21/02 - Interesting topic on The Forum... - Anonymous

2/18/02 - Current Events user action figures. Pages: {2} - darkangel76

2/16/02 - A topic about punching people in the scrotum. [TXT] - Fallen Tabris

2/15/02 - An old Crypt of Medea topic list. - Anonymous

2/11/02 - The age-old Toaster Oven GameFAQs urban legend is revived. Pages: {2} {3} {4} {5} {6} {7} {8} {9} {10} - Anonymous

1/29/02 - This one contains all sorts of information, but most of it revolves around Macs versus PCs. - Color Gray

1/23/02 - Dais chats to SmarterChild. - Color Gray

1/21/02 - Scrabble follow-up topic with Enygmatic. [TXT] - Fallen Tabris

1/9/02 - Which GameFAQs users live in the U.S.A.? Pages: {2} - Color Gray

1/8/02 - The Couch Royal Battle League - Special Ed

1/7/02 - Afterwolf's High School Cliches Pages: {2} {4} {5} - darkangel76