Blocked IP Address
Your current IP address has been blocked due to bad behavior, which generally means one of the following:
- You have been using Opera or Brave as a browser, or have installed the Ghostery add-on, and are unaware that these programs are hijacking your Internet connection for their own purposes.
- Automated spam (advertising) or intrusion attempts (hacking)
- Running a web bot/spider that downloaded a very large number of pages - more than could possibly justified as "personal use"
- Having an excessive number of banned accounts in a very short timeframe
If you are responsible for one of the above issues...
You can explain your behavior here. IP bans will be reconsidered on a case-by-case basis if you were running a bot and did not understand the consequences, but typically not for spamming, hacking, or other abuse.
If you don't think you did anything wrong and don't understand why your IP was banned...
Are you on your cell phone, and have suddenly been blocked from GameFAQs and/or other sites? Check your phone for malware, tracking software, or other recently installed apps that are hijacking your connection.
Are you using a VPN, proxy server, or running a browser add-on for "privacy", "being anonymous", or "changing your region" or to view country-specific content, such as Tor or Zenmate? Unfortunately, so do spammers and hackers. When we get more abuse from a single IP address than we do legitimate traffic, we really have no choice but to block it. You'll need to either disable that system or use a different one in order to use GameFAQs.
Are you browsing GameFAQs from work, school, a library, or another shared IP? Unfortunately, if this school or place of business doesn't stop people from abusing our resources, we don't have any other way to put an end to it. Contact your IT department and let them know that they've gotten banned, and to have them let us know when they've addressed the issue.
If you don't think any of the above situations apply, you can use this feedback form to request a review of this block.
