https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/189706-nintendo-switch/80099171?page=6

“Dragon Age 2 is better than The Witcher 2, and this is why:” — The Witcher 2. Probably the single best old-school specimen. One poster explicitly attacks the GameFAQs FACT/OPINION move: “if you state your opinion in a way that threatens” someone, they accuse you of presenting it as fact.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/975399-the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings/59255750?page=38

“That was a surprisingly good End Boss fight.” — Ar tonelico Qoga. Poster gets accused of wanting everyone to “accept your opinion as fact.” Response: “Everything I've said has been my opinion. You know that, I know that.” Almost the perfect rebuttal to the entire GameFAQs convention.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/976762-ar-tonelico-qoga-knell-of-ar-ciel/58803215?page=1

“Newsflash: Mario is not Sonic…” — Super Mario Galaxy 2. OP actually preemptively anticipates GameFAQs posters saying “FACT =/= OPINION,” arguing that obviously debatable game criticism is inherently opinion and shouldn’t require constant labeling.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/559975-super-mario-galaxy-2/49799642

“Could this be…” — Final Fantasy X. An astonishingly earnest attempt at formal GameFAQs epistemology: “Subjectivity=Opinion / Objectivity=Fact / Opinion=/=Fact,” followed by an extended theory of “personal fact” versus “public fact.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/197344-final-fantasy-x/46437567?page=8

“Its IGN's OPINION!” — Sonic and the Black Knight. The entire topic is explicitly built around “Stop stating your negative opinions… as a fact. Opinion =/= fact.” It then becomes an argument over whether an opinion can ever be wrong.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/951327-sonic-and-the-black-knight/48423956

“Terra has brown hair.” — Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. Deliberately absurd parody. “Terra has brown hair” immediately receives: “This is just YOUR OPINION STOP STATING IT AS FACT.” Another poster: “Welcome to the Internet, where Opinion=Fact.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/943347-kingdom-hearts-birth-by-sleep/57808138

“Why is There Sway?” — Call of Duty 4. Gun-ranking argument produces “Quit stating your opinions as fact, please,” followed by the incredible addendum that this is “especially annoying” because the opinion contradicts the majority.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/939212-call-of-duty-4-modern-warfare/42780441?page=2

“Bat Country” — Guitar Hero World Tour. Avenged Sevenfold argument immediately becomes “Quit stating your opinion as fact. It makes you sound stupid.” Classic 2000s GameFAQs deployment over whether a band is good.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/944201-guitar-hero-world-tour/43431258

“I'm disappointed in Valve.” — Left 4 Dead 2. Someone criticizes Valve; response is “your OPINION isnt fact.” OP replies, “I never said it was fact.” Then everybody starts posting “Opinion =/= Fact,” “Fact =/= Sales,” etc.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/960511-left-4-dead-2/50289598

“This game easily has the best writing of any final fantasy game.” — Final Fantasy XII. A poster explicitly asks where all the usual “fact =/= opinion” posts are and accuses the board of hypocrisy for selectively invoking the doctrine.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/459841-final-fantasy-xii/41660191?page=5

“which version is better?” — Borderlands. Amid a normal platform comparison, somebody simply posts “My opinion is fact.” Almost a perfect distilled GameFAQs joke.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/942810-borderlands/52477589

“Tony Prince is literally the best GTA character ever” — GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony. Reply: “your opinion is just that. Don't state it as fact.” TC's complete response: “My opinion is fact.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/960355-grand-theft-auto-iv-the-ballad-of-gay-tony/52042073

“What is the worst gun in MW2?” — Modern Warfare 2. “Worst list ever” gets answered with “Opinion =/= fact”; counter-response is “But Fact = Fact, and fact is most of those guns are actually pretty good.” Excellent.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/951944-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2/55744175

“should I play on arrange mode first?” — Resident Evil: Director's Cut. Someone gives a strong judgment about which mode is better designed; response: “You're just asserting your opinion like it's fact.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/198462-resident-evil-directors-cut/58678068?page=1

“i cant choose whether to buy this or heavy rain.” — God of War III. A recommendation dispute concludes that “to state your opinion as a fact is just silly and childish.” Classic application of the rule to “which game is better?”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/943928-god-of-war-iii/53585261

“A tweet from Hideo Kojima..” — Metal Gear Solid V. Splinter Cell versus MGS gameplay argument. Response: “See I can talk as if my opinion is fact too kiddo.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/681794-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain/66506323?page=1

“I hope Rosalina is in the game” — Mario Kart 8. Character debate produces the wonderfully formal request: “stop stating your opinion as objective fact.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/700050-mario-kart-8/65285976?page=3

“Random Battles or Monsters on screen?” — World of Final Fantasy. One person literally says, “If you have an opinion you shouldn't be stating it as a fact then.” Another immediately asks how the first poster supposedly did that.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/168651-world-of-final-fantasy/73855178?page=1

“Never played the original RE2 - worth looking at it first?” — Resident Evil 2. Someone aggressively attacks RE7 and gets: “presenting your opinion as fact again.” The actual dispute is plainly over how strongly the opinion was worded.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/179835-resident-evil-2/77686070

“The remake ruined the atmosphere of the original = pretentious crap” — Shadow of the Colossus. Posters directly debate the distinction between strongly expressing an aesthetic opinion and “stating it as fact.” One notes both sides are really doing the same thing.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/211369-shadow-of-the-colossus/76303267

“What do exotic high boots look like?” — Dragon's Dogma. A strangely hostile argument about whether boots look bad generates: “Way to state your opinion as fact.” Pure GameFAQs because the underlying subject is literally whether boots are ugly.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/626514-dragons-dogma/63633243

“Pokemon 'Lets Go Eevee/Pikachu' is a fake” — Nintendo Switch. OP explicitly starts with “Just my own personal opinion,” but response #2 still says: “Stating opinion as fact...” You could hardly engineer a better example.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/189706-nintendo-switch/76624879

“Let's face it, The Wind Waker > Twilight Princess” — Breath of the Wild board. Poster objects to titles like “Let's face it” and “Can we all agree” because they supposedly transform personal preference into “my opinion is the truth.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/632936-the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild/69686201?page=1

“Incineroar is the greatest starter and you CAN'T prove otherwise!” — Pokémon Sun. OP jokingly calls his preference a fact. Immediate response: “Just because it's your opinion doesn't make it a fact.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/187276-pokemon-sun/75543077

“Actual Metroid 2 Remake? AM2R? lol” — Nintendo 3DS. “AM2R was pretty solid. I'll be surprised if this is better.” Response: “That's your opinion not fact.” Despite the original statement very obviously being prediction/preference.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/997614-nintendo-3ds/75455968

“This is a good game, why all the hate?” — Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi. Particularly funny reverse version: poster labels almost every criticism “Fact,” including that the voice acting is horrible and cutscenes are bad, then distinguishes dissent as mere “opinion.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/630324-dragon-ball-z-ultimate-tenkaichi/63655292?page=1

“What you want the next world game (if they make one)” — Digimon World: Next Order. Posters openly parody “you can't go around spreading your personal opinion like it's fact. This is Interwebz 101,” before arguing that bad design actually is fact.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/196176-digimon-world-next-order/78087832?page=3

“Lysithea's original crest is.....(spoilers)” — Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Speculation over an unresolved lore detail produces the accusation that opening a thread about your interpretation “screams a ‘My opinion is fact.’”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/204445-fire-emblem-three-houses/78278445

“Lysithea, Bernie, and Annettes FEH art are better than their 3H art.” — Fire Emblem Heroes. OP: “Its an OBJECTIVE Fact.” Replies immediately commence proceedings over whether he understands what “objective fact” means.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/204447-fire-emblem-heroes/78456462

“I want the old weapon/items selects back” — Metal Gear Solid V. Long argument over nostalgia culminates in “acting like your opinion is fact”; TC actually replies, “My opinion is siding with fact in this case so yes.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/718564-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain/68034312?page=2

“God of War isn't God of War” — God of War. Someone dislikes the new direction. Response reduces the entire issue to: “TC you just have an opinion. Your opinion is NOT fact.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/334604-god-of-war/76572771?page=2

“Poll: What do you think of Shinji Mikami?” — Resident Evil 2. A genuinely prolonged argument over “RE4 is a good game but a bad RE game.” One side repeatedly calls that an OBJECTIVE fact; the other insists it is inherently opinion.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/179835-resident-evil-2/76881367?page=10

“Watching clips of the original, it looks more fun.” — Trials of Mana. Poster explicitly warns: “Try not to let your OPINION… turn into a falsely objective FACT,” then complains this is what GameFAQs does daily.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/266210-trials-of-mana/78675266?page=4

“Tell me why I should try this game” — Mass Effect: Andromeda. One poster calls the game being “subpar” an “objective fact”; response says his judgment carries no special factual authority. Good example of criticism getting relabeled objective.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/168599-mass-effect-andromeda/76486301?page=1

“I don't understand why people thought this game was so great.” — Mass Effect 2. One side says review scores and awards prove ME2 is better than ME1; reply points out reviewer opinions don't magically become facts either.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/944907-mass-effect-2/59901427

“The most overated game ever?” — Red Dead Redemption 2. Extended classroom-style explanation of objective versus subjective: brown hat = objective; ugly hat = subjective; “overrated” = inherently opinion. Very GameFAQs Philosophy 101.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/200179-red-dead-redemption-2/77135831?page=11

“Is the forced aim sway when being shot at in third person in Online?” — Red Dead Online. Posters repeatedly accuse each other of calling subjective design judgments objective facts. It gets extraordinarily hostile over aim sway.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/248477-red-dead-online/77246747

“It's not cheesing if you kill Demon of Hatred by fall method” — Sekiro. Whether exploiting the boss is “cheese” rapidly becomes “Telling facts” versus “Opinion is not fact.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/241004-sekiro-shadows-die-twice/77749265

“Wow seriously TLoU 2 isnt even on gameFAQS 2020 goty poll” — PlayStation 4. Gameplay criticisms get dismissed as “subjective opinion,” followed immediately by the poster presenting similarity to Metal Gear Solid as “objectively fact.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/691087-playstation-4/79219399?page=4

“what is the problem with 3d sonic games?” — PlayStation 5. Poster receives “Your opinion isnt fact. Get over yourself.” His response: “Yes, my opinion is not fact. Shout the answers out when you know them.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264562-playstation-5/80809707?page=2

“Who is the worst FF protagonist?” — Final Fantasy XVI. OP says certain protagonists are “factually” the three best. Response: “Your opinion =/= fact.” OP is annoyed that anybody bothered objecting.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/300958-final-fantasy-xvi/80661477

“Fact: The only game to get quick time events right was mass effect 2/3” — PlayStation 5. Title deliberately calls an aesthetic judgment “Fact.” Immediate response: “that's an opinion, not a fact. Don't be stupid.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264562-playstation-5/80855887?page=1

“Original Trilogy vs. REmake Trilogy (RE1, RE2, RE3)” — Resident Evil 3. “The REmake still slaughters the original… and that's a fact.” Response accuses him of not understanding the difference between fact and opinion; he answers with the “opinion shield.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/278662-resident-evil-3/78549306?page=7

“New strategy game developed by Atlus and Vanillaware revealed!” — PlayStation 5. Contains the beautifully compressed GameFAQs sentence: “nah it’s objective fact and that’s my subjective opinion.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/264562-playstation-5/80565432?page=1

“The lame PS3 propaganda really kills the mood.” — Metal Gear Solid 4. Criticism of a Kojima joke is met almost immediately with “Your Opinion =/= Fact.” Another poster mocks the implication that disliking five seconds of a game means you shouldn't play it.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/926596-metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots/43786574

“Why is kojima so strict on keeping this PS3 exclusive?” — Metal Gear Solid 4. Console/platform argument gets the accusation: “Using your opinion like it's fact, it destroys your entire argument.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/926596-metal-gear-solid-4-guns-of-the-patriots/42928189?page=15

“Map Packs.” — Modern Warfare 3. Argument about whether old DLC maps are worth money descends into formulae such as “Telling =/= Logical Advice / Opinion =/= Fact.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/995751-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3/59756003

“Review with Takashi Tokita” — The 3rd Birthday. Someone says the gameplay simply isn't good; response: “ITT: Opinion = fact.” Particularly pure example because the first poster had literally added “as far as I'm concerned.”

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/951987-parasite-eve-the-third-birthday/58888804?page=5

“This game is dumb...” — Final Fantasy XII. Absolute advanced-course GameFAQs epistemology: pages of argument distinguishing “subjective opinions” from “objective opinions,” whether opinions must change to “align with facts,” and whether an “objective opinion” even makes sense.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/459841-final-fantasy-xii/73158500?page=22

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2/en-en#50133522)

John Oliver is the worst example of this peeve.

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Surprising to see an anti-John Oliver take. He seems like the patron saint of cringey redditor/gamefaqs types.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5903499&forum_id=2/en-en#50133562)