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| == Message Boards == | |||
| IGN is also known for its active message boards. The IGN boards were created in late July ] as a place of video game discussion for members of IGN.com. | |||
| IGN Boards contains many forums on topics ranging from the 3 major video game systems, to cell phones, to DVDs, and gear. | |||
| According to Big-boards.com, the IGN Boards are ranked 3, behind FaceTheJury at 2 and GaiaOnline at 1. On April 16, 2005 at 9:34 am PST, posted the 100 millionth post. | |||
| ===The Vestibule=== | |||
| On March 8th, 2002 ''The Vestibule'' was created as a means of allowing non-subscribers to use the boards. It was originally intended to be a trial board, but it was frequented by both subscribers ("Insiders") and non-subscribers ("Outsiders"), and soon became the most popular board on IGN. As of ], the Vestibule has over 20 million total posts and hundreds of daily users discussing topics such as religion, culture, drugs, and many other points of interest. The 20 millionth post was made on 6/20/05 at 8:08 PM EST. | |||
| ===The IGNCB=== | |||
| The IGNCB, or IGN Community Board, opened on September 11th, 2000, for "non-video game related content" that was beginning to appear on the video game discussion boards. Renowned for their high brow wit and strong elitism the IGNCB are one of the most hated boards on IGN, although the members of the board seem take pride in this. The general consensus is that the IGN:CB is a higher class of board to some other boards, namely The Vestibule. The ratio of moderators to normal users is the highest of any board, this is because the users of the IGNCB are generally old, thus making better moderators. The IGNCB is also renowned for high class videos some of it's members create, including happyt3hman's WULs gone wild. Unfortunately the administration of the IGN boards took it upon themselves to permanently ban the user happyt3hman, thus there will be no more videos coming from him. | |||
| The IGNCB not only has to deal with trolls from other boards, and roving moderators who deem it necessary to ban users on boards they are unfamiliar with, but the IGNCB also has to face the wrath of the IGN Customer Service team. Often mocked and called "Weaselly Fat Soccer Moms," the CS administration fields almost every complaint against users on the IGNCB, and punishes them in a completely unfair manner. All it takes is one loser to get mocked off the IGNCB for making an insipid "HAY I AM GOING 2 POST HEAR NOW" thread, and CS will demod and ban IGNCB users in a flash. They find any reason to ban IGNCB users to please whining, free subscribers. | |||
| Infamous, hated users of note include: kyjellyskater15, frozenass15, anyoneelsewith15, and AirNik. AirNik will no doubt be editing this immediately as he is a name-searching attention whore who has to work in the fact that he goes to Harvard in every post he makes. Obviously he attends Sally Struthers correspondence schools, but we'll play along with the Harvard thing for now. Also, Frozenass15, it's not hacking if anyone can edit this wiki... | |||
| ===I-Boards=== | |||
| When IGN Insider was created, special '''Insider Boards''' where created for subscribers. These included boards for different systems, a multiplatform board, and a community board for general discussion. | |||
| In February of ], IGN changed it so that all IGN forums required membership in its insider subscription program, including the popular IGNCB. This controversial move left a lot of loyal "regulars" unable to access the boards. The special Insider Boards were temporarily named the Asylum Boards, and later the '''I-Boards''', which is their current name. | |||
| ===IGN Sci-Fi=== | |||
| Largely dead since 2002, this section of the site included movie news, comic book reviews, and other associated items. It has since fallen into disuse. It still exists at , where its front page offers, among other things, the latest news on ]. | |||
| ===IGN ForMen=== | |||
| This section closed down officially on ], ] soon after the announcement that Leah was moving on. It can be found at but is no longer updated. IGN has recently opened a new site at http://babes.entertainment.ign.com/ that fulfills much of the function of the old IGN ForMen site. | |||
| ===IGN Wrestling=== | |||
| IGN Wrestling met its end in early 2002, when many of the staffers departed. Interviews with ] personalities and coverage of wrestling games has been folded into . | |||
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IGN is a part-free and part-subscription general gaming website. It was founded in 1995, starting as N64.com, SaturnWorld and PSX Power. As of June 2005, it claims 23 million unique visitors a month, with 5 million users registered through all departments of the site, including reviews, previews, walkthroughs, codes, and other media.
IGN is ranked among the top 300 most visited websites according to Alexa, and runs some of the most popular forums on the Internet according to Big-boards.com.
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