interview #1 tiger8191
Q. What are the 3 biggest mistakes you see people make when they appeal a moderation.
A. 1. I remember most contests were arguments that had nothing to do with why they got modded. Someone gets modded for disruptive and they send in this wall of text about how they didn't flame anyone or they didn't post anything offensive. So make sure you know what type of violation you got modded for and work your argument around that.
2. Copy and paste the rule from the ToU. The mods already know the rule and if they forgot, the description from the ToU of the violation is right there on the contest page to reference if need be. It's useless and not even a valid argument just to c&p the rule.
3. Not following any of the contest rules. I saw someone else do it or that was too harsh, etc. That is just an instant uphold if you can't follow the simple rules stated on the page before you contest.
Q. Who do you think wil win the Console race?
A.Hmm, that is a tough one for me since I don't pay that much attention anymore to the systems. I think that it would probably be between the Wii and 360. the PS3 needs to do something big to get back on the map but it seems they are pissing people off more than pleasing them. But maybe things are better. I do know that I see tons of PS3's on the shelf when at target or best buy and no Wii;s and few XBox360's. My wife went to 3 places today actually to get me a 360 and she could only find Elites and Halo editions.
I guess if I have to pick one, and it is a guess, not even an educated one, I would go for 360. I think the year head start helps. The wii and ps3 seem to not have hot their stride yet in terms of games and the Xbox has many great titles to choose from. I may think differently come the holidays but I will stick with the 360.
And for the record the only next gen system I have is the Wii.
Q What's your favorite Game of all time?
A. FF9
Q. What does 8191 stand for in your Username?
A.Why 8191?
Someone was pretty close. At the time 81 was my hockey number because Miro Satan was my favorite player. 91 was my second favorite players number, Sergie Fedorov.
Q. If you could change 3 things about GameFAQs what would they be?
A.1. Less rules. Maybe not less rules but a loosen the reigns a little.
2. Get rid of the contest feature.
3. Stop giving true troublemakers the ability to continue being troublemakers.
Q. Who do you thing is the Greatest hero in Comics?
A. I don't like comics so I have no answer for that.
Q. Do you watch more cartoons than Regular TV shows?
A. I watch a South Park ep maybe once a week tops and that is it for cartoons. Maybe a Family Guy once in awhile as well. So regular TV by a landslide.
Q. What's your favorite movie?
A. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Q. what's your Favorite Food?
A. I make a pretty mean pork stir fry that I love to eat. Q. Whats your Favorite Game genre?
A. Used to be RPG's. Then I got really into FPS's. Now I pretty much only play Sports games. It varies but I don't like Fighting games or puzzle games that much.
Q. If you could meet and Talk to anyone in the world who would it be and why?
A. That is a hard one, I thought about it on the way in to work today. Today I would just like to meet James Gunn. He is a great writer and director. Plus he and his wife, Jenna Fisher just separated and maybe he can hook me up.
Q. If you had to be trapped in any game for eternity which game would it be?
A. DOA Beach Volleyball
lol
Ummm, NHL 2K8, that way I could play in the NHL.
Q. What was the first Game system you ever owned?
A. Magnavox Odyssey ^2. Still have it.
Q. What Boards do you frequent?
A.
KGB Hellhole MBH WoW
Q. Do you prefer Coke or Pepsi?
A. Pepsi usual;y but I will drink Coke if I have too.
Q. Have you ever played Psychonauts?
A. Nope.
Q. What game do you think the most deserves a sequel but probably won't receive one?
A. ummmm,
FF9Q. Do you think CJayC is really gone from GameFAQs?
CJayC | Posted 7/19/2007 11:11:22 AM | message detail When I first started GameFAQs in 1995, I didn't have a clue as to what would lay ahead. I didn't create the first FAQ-writing community (that was USENET), I wasn't the first to gather them all in one place (that was Andy Eddy and the Brawl Archives), I was just the first to try to make a navigable web site out of them. A weekend of work on AOL, and it all began.
The first few years were full of steady growth, and by the summer of 1999, I was ready to take the plunge. I quit my "real" job, and turned to working on GameFAQs full time. The ability to focus on the site allowed me to create the message boards, and almost four years after the original site was launched, the boards went live, and ended up driving the site to a huge amount of popularity.
By 2000, in the middle of the first dot-com boom, I was more than happy to ride that huge wave of advertising. I saw several compatriots sell off their sites and retire in luxury, and I was happy for them. I saw several others sell off their sites for shares in a private corporation that was going to be big except that it wasn't, and I was sad for them. Me, I just wanted to ride the wave for as long as I could.
And "as long as I could" hit right around the Spring of 2003, when I was working 80-hour weeks, getting little sleep, and having to deal with the usual rigors of running a one-man business. It was about to finish me off, and there was no way I could continue to keep going the way I was; that's what led me to sell the site to CNET in the summer of 2003.
Times with CNET were much better, almost perfect, but not quite. We've had plenty of good times and bad. We fixed old problems, and created new ones. Some major mistakes, and never enough make-up to make everybody happy. But, if you look at our traffic growth since CNET took over, it's hard to say that anything is too terribly wrong the way things are going.
The next year, GameFAQs got its second full-time employee with Allen "Sailor Bacon" Tyner, who has been indispensable in picking up what I couldn't keep going. He's actually got my dream job, staying behind the scenes, never getting in anyone's way, and being there every time I needed him. Which wasn't often enough, as I still, 11 and a half years later, tried to do everything by myselfLast year, at E3 2006, I got the first big feeling that the world was starting to move on without me. I didn't just feel like I was one of the oldest people there; I was reminded of it constantly. Flashes of "No way that kid's 18" and "This music's too loud" and "Get off of my lawn" flew through my head. In the GameSpot booth, as I still knew and talked with some of the usual crowd, I couldn't help but notice that I was feeling even older. Many of them were years younger than me, and I found I had just had less in common with them than I had in years past.
When I got back to the hotel, I looked in the mirror and said to myself, "Are you really going to still be doing this when you're 60? Or, much less, when you're 40?"
And so, as the Summer of 2007 rolls around, I feel like it's time for GameFAQs to move on, and I'm the one holding it back. Or is that vice versa? GameFAQs was never truly my site, or CNET's site, but your site, as it belongs primarily to its contributors, and how they choose to contribute shapes what GameFAQs is today. I was the first glue that held this conglomeration together, but glue wears out, and I do too.
And so yes, today, I am announcing my eventual departure from GameFAQs.
I say eventual, because this isn't a two weeks notice, but it is the first step in my stepping aside to let this train move on with out me. I like my exits slow and subtle, fading out slowly until there's nothing left. I don't want anyone to actually notice the true day I leave, and I want things to keep running just they are today, just not by me.
A lot of changes have already happened over the past few years, but most folks probably didn't notice. Allen already handles over half of the daily submissions onto the site, and he'll be taking over the rest as the new Editor of GameFAQs. Allen has been with GameFAQs almost from the very beginning, first as a contributor, then as a moderator, and then as my Associate Editor. He's proof that hanging out on gaming websites can actually do good things for your career. I had Allen picked out ages ago as someone I wanted to work with, and if I've got to hand over the reins, they couldn't be in better hands.
Most of the work on the GameFAQs boards has long been in the hands of our volunteer moderation staff, and of course that isn't going to change. For the administrative end of things, I'm hoping that there will be a dedicated GameFAQs boards administrator to take over in time, although Allen will be taking the lead there for now as well. GameSpot also already has a full data team designed to handle those kinds of submissions to the game database we already share, and I'm sure they'll be happy to have me watch over them to make sure that they can handle my own current daily queues with the same level of craftsmanship. Where does that leave all of you? Well, this site was never about people helping GameFAQs, or people helping me, but gamers helping gamers. I've written my own guides for the site over the years, and it was never about any kind of reward except knowing that I made gaming even more fun for whoever read my guide. I hope that's why most of our contributors do the same, and that hasn't changed, and won't change. The boards aren't being dismantled, nothing is shutting down, and I doubt the large majority of the site's visitors will notice a thing.
So, what happens to GameFAQs? Again, not a lot. People didn't come here for me, and I certainly hope nobody leaves for me. I have nothing but good feelings for CNET, who, through all our joint successes and goofs, have been nothing but good to me, and who have listened to me when I've wanted to keep the current directions of GameFAQs going to where they are today.
And what happens to poor little old me? Well, like I said, I'm not disappearing overnight. There are a several projects out there that I simply haven't had the time to implement that I want to go live before I go: Screenshots, for one. I've also promised some changes to how reader reviews work on the site, and I want to make sure that the Character Battle is good to go for everybody next month. My goal is to slowly make myself obsolete, something most tech workers dread, but something I plan to welcome with open arms.
And so, the long goodbye begins. This is not the end of me, and definitely not the end of GameFAQs, but it is the beginning of my end. I've raised you well, GameFAQs. Now go, make me proud. *sniff*
Jeff "CJayC" Veasey
Founder, GameFAQs
A. Yes. Q.Do you think Final Fantasy mania is dying out in the states?
A. probably not as big as it was back around FF7-X
Q.When do you think the USA will leave Iraq?
A. I have no clue. To many things need to happen.
Q. Star wars or Star Trek?
A. wars.
Q. Favorite writer?
A. Toss up between Martin Amis and Vladamir Nabokov.
Q. What do you want your last post on GameFAQs to be?
A. just a regular post that doesn't show I won't be back.
Q. What's your favorite Ice Cream?
A. Ben & Jerry's Karmal Sutra
Q. Is the Wii A fad?
A. A fad? Naw. Many people I know still looking for one and some great games coming out soon and then game is on.
Q. Do you drink your Coffee Decaffeinated or with caffeine?
A. I drink espresso so it is definitely high octane.
Q. Dogs or Cats.
A. Cats.
I will never own a dog.
Q. What do you usually put on your pizza?
A. Pepperoni.
Q. Favorite Childhood toy and Why?
A. Been pondering this one for awhile...
I think I had a different favorite toy every week...
I guess I would have to say my large matchbox collection
Q. what's your favorite sport that you participate in?
A. I don't play in any sports currently but hockey was my favorite. Q. If you remember what did you put on your application that got you accepted as a MOD?
A. I really don't remember, It was simple and short. Just your basic "I want to help out a site that has given me so much". I knew many mods at that time so I am sure that helped.
Q. What's your greatest achievement in Video games?
A.For me it is finishing a game. LOL. So I guess actually finishing FF9 and Suikoden were pretty big feats for someone like me who plays for 40 hours then gets bored and never goes back.
Q. Should lead Mods have the power to ban?
A. Only admins should be able to ban.
Q.Do you drink bottled or tap water?
A. bottled smart water
Q. Do you subscribe to any video game magazines
A. nope.
Q. Favorite Alcoholic beverage?
A. Hoegaarden is my beverage of choice these days
Q. Do you ever realize you're dreaming and try to do something about it in the dream.
A. (tiger8191 leaves GameFAQs possibly for good no reply)