
‘The List’, as it has so fondly come to be known, has and continues to be a tool to ensure that the editorial staff of independent publications, many of whom dedicate their time and effort on a voluntary basis, are not subject to undue insults or cruelty. We have little recourse beyond declining to publish the work of abusive creatives and then warning other publishing companies about their behaviour. Epoch Press is our workplace, and unlike your standard office, we lack an HR department. When we say ‘unprofessional, we mean behaviour that would be considered a fireable offence at any office. This individual is put on a list alongside others who have displayed similar behaviour and failed to act professionally. They are warned to adjust their tone and language, which demonstrates a lack of respect, understanding or consideration to journal staff members. A potential contributor has sent the journal aggressive and threatening messages. The description given by the original poster does not do a great job at describing what our document really is, so for clarity let us elucidate:Ĭonsider this hypothetical situation.

Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Our EIC, live-tweeting on the Epoch Press account on 1 April, responded to a query regarding the concept of a ‘never-publish list’. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps.

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