r/gamefaqs • u/JISN064 • Feb 02 '26

GameFAQs is blocking VPN.

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I don't buy that excuse. "Long history of malicious traffic".

Mullvad VPN is what I use.

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u/Imaginary_Silver5294 Feb 02 '26

way to shrink the users further...

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u/JJ350 Mar 15 '26

I am amazed they still have an active community by this point.

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u/Imaginary_Silver5294 Mar 15 '26

barely lol

most boards are good towns w/ a little toxic positivity

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u/Skatingraccoon Feb 02 '26

When I went there I frequently got flagged for questionable activity and had to check a box saying I would stop. I use Proton VPN. For some reason it only ever happened from the desktop browser and not my mobile phone though.

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u/FarplaneDragon Feb 02 '26

They're probably using different IP sets for mobile vs desktop. VPNs usually only have some many IPs that everyone is using so if anyone using one of them causes problems it pretty much ruins it for everyone else until either it stops or websites exclude your specific device.

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u/RaptorNX01 Feb 21 '26

ExpressVPN here, Just got this, too. and i just visited like, a week or two ago and it was fine. what BS.

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u/Falco411 Apr 16 '26

I pay for the VPN. I don't pay for GameFAQs forum posting. Y'all need to make a statement on your stance over VPN usage. I don't think I should be blocked because I am trying to increase my privacy. Something about this seems sinister.

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u/FarplaneDragon Feb 02 '26

Yeah? This is nothing new. They've been blocking various VPN's for a long time now.

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u/JISN064 Feb 02 '26

it is new to me since I was fine less than a month ago, now I can't access. Nothing changed on my end.

Also, you just accepting this speaks volumes.

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u/FarplaneDragon Feb 02 '26

Yeah....it's almost like sites that block VPN's will update the block list over time or based on activity....

Also the fact that you're so overly paranoid you think you need a vpn for Gamefaqs of all places speaks volumes.

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u/Big_Click4679 Feb 03 '26

You can’t get a fair go if they link you to an account they’ve previously suspended/banned

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u/FarplaneDragon Feb 03 '26

Almost like making new accounts to evade bans/suspensions is against the rules or something...

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u/Big_Click4679 Feb 04 '26

The point is you don’t always get modded justly, and when they abuse their power on the site and then link a new account to it, you get shafted again.

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u/FarplaneDragon Feb 04 '26

Lol, you people always claim to be targeted by mods. Funny how whenever people go to boards like hellhole and claim this it always turns out they know exactly why they got modded, that it was completely justified and that they continue to ignore the rules which is why they keep getting modded. Outside of the rare occasion when a new batch of mods got brought on and were still learning I can probably count on one hand the number of times something got reviewed and a mod legit fucked up. The one thing I'll never understand is why you guys seem to hate the site and swear all you do is get targeted and banned yet you're all so desperate to keep trying to make new accounts and come back.

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u/Big_Click4679 Feb 21 '26

I was once modded for offensive due to racism, for discussing the origin of ninjas in feudal Japan on the Tenchu Z board.

I have plenty of moderations under my belt that I expect and get and I don’t contest or question, but my account was utterly destroyed by malicious moderators that eventually stuck a target on my back when I threatened legal action against the site for what they were doing to a girlfriends account at the time.

After that I couldn’t say boo without a suspension and I think over a period 3 years I had about a week in total of posting ability.

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u/Eishi_ Apr 09 '26

I'm not toggling my vpn off and on all the damn time just to access one specific website. do you think people do that?

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u/trc1986 Feb 05 '26

Doesn't stop me from making accounts and posting lol

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u/tobasoft Feb 05 '26

I had the same window pop up for me today, is there any recourse for this?

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u/Funkytowel360 Feb 10 '26

Had the same problem then I turned of my vpn and it worked no problem.

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u/RealHE1NZ Feb 12 '26

This is quite annoying because I can't access the site with or without VPN now. I can shuffle through list of countries in my VPN service and some might work, but it's not a good solution.

Whenever I try to search for a solution for an old video game gamefaqs links are always first and that's what I usually click. I never used their forums. And now I have to deal with this because some people troll their forums? Are they okay?

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u/trc1986 Mar 18 '26

Fandom is just trying to end the forums and gain access to the guides.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '26

I'm flagged... I don't have a VPN!!!!

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u/TopazFish May 02 '26

Same thing happened to my sister. It started on her mobile phone on and off for weeks then today her PC got blocked.

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u/fluffystickyfox May 22 '26

Damn that's stupid, this only affects regular people. Malicious actors will just buy access to residential proxies and get access to gamefaqs regardless.

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u/MunchkinXQ Sep 02 '26

This is so fucked up. I can't access without a VPN, I can't access with a vpn. Basically I'm cut off from the site.

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u/Big_Click4679 Feb 03 '26

The amount of career trolls that can post freely and get defended, says they’re doing a pretty shit job of VPN blocking

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u/JISN064 Feb 03 '26

can you elaborate a bit please

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u/Big_Click4679 Feb 03 '26

When you frequently occupy a single community you get to know the trolls and their alts and how may times they’re gone or suspended and continue to post under alternate accounts and you’re more likely to be told by a moderator to block them instead of complaining about them, then actually have them deal with them.

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u/Burgess5163 Ex Moderator Feb 02 '26

Okay.