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In the dark and listless times before the Internet, game designers were able to hide the [[Infinity+1 Sword]] in such a way that it took [[Loot Drama|years to find]]. They could keep you from the end of the game [[Solve the Soup Cans|in any arbitrary way they liked]], or they could be just [[Lost Forever|plain]] [[Unwinnable|mean]]. And if you wanted to scoop all the last bits of juicy goodness out of your games, you needed the [[Guide Dang It|Official Guide]] (at the [[Revenue Enhancing Devices|low, low price]] of [[And 99 Cents|$14.99]]).
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==== Social boards ====
* '''Current Events''' (CE; 400): Largest of the social boards as of June 3rd. Most People here have moved from RI because of the amount of Roleplaying, and just want to chat. They call themselves "CEMen", an innuendo to the boards, in that [[There Are No Girls on the Internet]]... and the gamete for males. It's also home to some of the site's most infamous suicides (see below), such as the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724132349/http://www.wikifaqs.net/index.php?title=Jediknight12345 church burning suicide] or the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|child porn/"candy"]] suicide. [[The Wiki Rule]] can be found [
* '''Life the Universe and Everything''' (LUE; 402): Notable in that new users can no longer access it. Only accounts which were made before a certain date are allowed to post, and even among those accounts only those that signed up for LUE access before the deadline (Accounts created after this date promoted to moderator stats may view, but not post, on the board). This was an attempt to kill off the board when it got out of hand. In effect, the first private board. LUE is basically what [[Image Boards|4chan]] would be like if it had stricter moderators trying and failing to keep the users in check.
** In the past few years{{when}} LUE has calmed down a lot due to being closed off. Now, most of the users are in college or jobs. There are several lawyers and teachers, and LUE is not the mass of chaos it once was. Many moderators are frequent social posters on LUE, as well as many moderators were chosen from LUE specifically. LUE is now one of the most tamest and mature boards on GameFAQs, maybe even the internet due to being closed off and having the same user-base, many of whom know, and even date each other.
* '''Random Insanity''' (RI; 403): quickly spun into one of the largest social boards on GameFAQs, and like its name implies, is chock full of nonsense and random posting focusing more on social topics and small factions of users. It could be equated to a less offensive, slightly more controlled LUE that doesn't share LUE's history of rise and downfall; RI is and was always at a constant.
* '''WoT''' (408), it originated as a forum to discuss the events of 9/11 and then the war on terror. One of the two acknowledged instances of [[Network Decay|board decay]]; it quickly devolved into a social board, and due to the topicality issues, the board was temporarily removed, then reinstated as a hidden board. In the process, it was officially renamed from "War on Terrorism" to WOT. The politics discussions were then given its own board, 261.
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* '''[[That's What She Said]]''' (835): A recent private board that seems to be rising in popularity due to an incident making over 50 people admin of the board. Mass chaos ensued.
A full list can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130118053701/http://www.wikifaqs.net/index.php?title=Category:Boards here].
=== Account suicides ===
Members who are bored or wanting to leave with a bang will try to either break every rule as much as possible until they are stopped by the moderators, or break the more serious rules like posting links to porn. Often, both will be attempted simultaneously. People may also openly joke that they are under the age of 13, which results in an instant ban since there is a federal law saying you have to be at least 13 in order to register on the forums. In fact, the whole rule of being underaged is such [[Serious Business]] by the moderators that even jokingly saying you're still a fetus will get you banned ''very'' quickly (although this was changed recently{{when}}). Most members usually pay no mind to someone attempting to account suicide, but there have been a few that posted in such a way that people encouraged the behavior before the user met the banhammer. In these cases, the phrase "suicide is your only option" is commonly used, in reference to a time when account suicide was, in fact, the only way to get your account deactivated (the ability to have an account closed rather than banned has since been restored). When LUE was at its height, account suicides were very prevalent and came to be known as LUEicide. When LUE was sealed off, the LUEicide phenomenon trailed off because getting a LUE-access account banned meant that you could never go back to LUE under any circumstances.
=== The Terms of Use ===
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Has its own Fan Wiki [https://web.archive.org/web/20131023131424/http://wikifaqs.net/index.php?title=Main_Page here].
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