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#1 JodyR
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For those of you who don't know, there are many types of emblems but I consider them as two different categories; automated and manual.

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READ THIS POST BEFORE POSTING YOUR EMBLEM REPORT

1) Automated emblems are handed out when based on the way you use certain features of the site over a long period of time. It can be anything from being popular, the types of console platforms you own, tagging content, video you upload and much more. Unions are also under this category. Automated emblems can often disappear from your profile. If you have noticed that a certain emblem has been gone for 24 hours you can report your problem in this thread.

2) Manual emblems are normally given out from attending a live broadcasts, participating in tournaments, winning a contest and other related events. These emblems can be automated in the sense of coding (where no staff need to manually add them) but they can be handed out if there was a problem happening during the time of the broadcast or event. However, automated usage of the site emblems cannot be handed out manually so this is why they are considered as manual emblems.

As mentioned in the Knowledgebase under "I am missing an emblem, what should I do?":

GameSpot emblems are a privilege. We do not hand out emblems if you happen to miss out on an opportunity to receive one. If you did not receive an emblem for watching a broadcast there is most likely a reason for this. This may occur if you did not watch broadcast stream long enough.

IMPORTANT! Please wait 24 hours before reporting your problem in this thread if it's an automated emblem. Customer Support should only be contacted if you have a problem with a manual emblem and once again, wait 24 hours before contacting them that your emblem is missing. Even then you are more likely not going to receive the emblem unless there is a valid reason or if there is a known bug and many others are having the same problem.

Upon receiving your missing emblem
Please don't post you got the emblem in this thread, but pm (personal message) me you received it instead. Posts like these will be deleted.

Debates of any kind will not be supported
This is a REPORTING thread and not a feedback thread. Your post may be edited or deleted by an admin or moderator if anyone is not reporting an emblem missing and are debating. Use the Site Enhancement Feedback board if you have feedback.

EDIT:Reader's Choice 2010 emblem final word mentioned in now in the last post. Thanks again for reporting the emblem problem by January 31 for this investigation.

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#2 JodyR
Member since 2005 • 16454 Posts

General Answers

What do the emblems look like?
If you are uncertain what some of the emblems look like, check out fastesttruck's emblem thread.

Game Rating and Collection Emblems are automated emblems:

The game rating Emblems have been known to be buggy. This means that the Outlier, Way Harsh and Push over emblems disappear randomly, this happens almost every day, along with many game emblems. However the rating emblems are NOT coming back the next day, and if they do, they don't stay very long at all.

Also if you think you should have an emblem like the "Hella Old School" or something, wait more than 24 hours before reporting it.

All of the below emblems come and go on their own accord when the site updates. Do NOT report them being missing unless they have been gone for a FULL 72 hours. If you still don't have the emblem when you should or think you should, again wait a FULL 72 hours before reporting it. The reason for this is that often times they go MIA for a day or so, and as users report the same issue, it eats up our time.

Here is the list of emblems that are known to be bugged:

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#3 kkee
Member since 2003 • 1729 Posts

I added the 201st game to my collection on Friday, but haven't received the Game Collector achievement. I added the 200th a few weeks ago, but thought it might be the next one before it gets updated.


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#4 Dracula68
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I added the 201st game to my collection on Friday, but haven't received the Game Collector achievement. I added the 200th a few weeks ago, but thought it might be the next one before it gets updated.


kkee
Sometimes the numbers are not exact or the system doesn't understand. You may want to add a few more and see if it corrects itself.
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#5 Sidburn19  Moderator
Member since 2005 • 4715 Posts

Not another emblem reporting thread. Drac, it just starts all over again :P

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#6 Dracula68
Member since 2002 • 33109 Posts

Not another emblem reporting thread. Drac, it just starts all over again :P

Sidburn19
Yeah but normal emblems and NOT E3 :P
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#7 Dan_Lero
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Coming to think about it, isn't there an emblem for the Game Night MVP? I remember getting that a month or 2 back.

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#8 kkee
Member since 2003 • 1729 Posts

Sometimes the numbers are not exact or the system doesn't understand. You may want to add a few more and see if it corrects itself.Dracula68

Will do. I'll be adding a couple of games this Friday (Demon's Souls is finally out in Europe!) , but I'll wait a few weeks, and a few more games, before reporting back any progress.

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#9 woonsa
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[QUOTE="kkee"]

I added the 201st game to my collection on Friday, but haven't received the Game Collector achievement. I added the 200th a few weeks ago, but thought it might be the next one before it gets updated.


Dracula68

Sometimes the numbers are not exact or the system doesn't understand. You may want to add a few more and see if it corrects itself.

I have actually tested this and the number of games required is 202.

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#10 arad96
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Hmm, I've never gotten that emblem with the A+ on it even though I have about I think near a hundred games rated with a 10, a bunch of others rated 9.5 and nothing below an 8.5.

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#12 kkee
Member since 2003 • 1729 Posts

I have actually tested this and the number of games required is 202.woonsa

Yup, iyou were right, it is 202. Perhaps the "How to Gamespot" guide should be updated just to mention this little fact, and prevent others asking the same question.

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#14 Dracula68
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[This message was deleted at the request of a moderator or administrator]jeffmclark1973
You were NOT linked to this thread since it is new. You were linked to an older thread.
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#17 DanDaRuff
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I'm pretty sure that it has been 24 hours or more, and I still haven't received my tagger emblem that requires 200+ tags.

I understand these are known to be bugged, but I have somewhere around 247 tags.

Should I wait a little longer? Or is there something wrong with the tagger emblems I am not aware of?

I would appreciate it if you could get back to me anytime. Thank you for working so hard to fix our problems. (:

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I'm pretty sure that it has been 24 hours or more, and I still haven't received my tagger emblem that requires 200+ tags.

I understand these are known to be bugged, but I have somewhere around 247 tags.

Should I wait a little longer? Or is there something wrong with the tagger emblems I am not aware of?

I would appreciate it if you could get back to me anytime. Thank you for working so hard to fix our problems. (:

DanDaRuff

You actually only have 172 tags, You need 200+ unique tags.

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#19 DanDaRuff
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[QUOTE="DanDaRuff"]

I'm pretty sure that it has been 24 hours or more, and I still haven't received my tagger emblem that requires 200+ tags.

I understand these are known to be bugged, but I have somewhere around 247 tags.

Should I wait a little longer? Or is there something wrong with the tagger emblems I am not aware of?

I would appreciate it if you could get back to me anytime. Thank you for working so hard to fix our problems. (:

Sidburn19

You actually only have 172 tags, You need 200+ unique tags.

Huh, I never knew that. Thanks!

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#20 arad96
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Hey, I've waited for a week or two now, and I don't have that A+ emblem. I have over a hundred games rated with a ten and lowest rating is a 8 or 8.5. Can anyone help me?

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#21 Sidburn19  Moderator
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Hey, I've waited for a week or two now, and I don't have that A+ emblem. I have over a hundred games rated with a ten and lowest rating is a 8 or 8.5. Can anyone help me?

arad96

You are not meeting the requirements for the emblem. You could try rating more games with a scorce of 10 or change the rating of games you have already rated.

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#22 gbrading
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Good afternoon! :) I had the Outlier emblem, but as I was spring cleaning my profile just now I just noticed it had disappeared. Pretty sure I have rated enough games GameSpot hasn't reviewed to qualify; I think it disappeared some weeks ago. Many thanks for any assistance.

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#23 Dracula68
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Good afternoon! :) I had the Outlier emblem, but as I was spring cleaning my profile just now I just noticed it had disappeared. Pretty sure I have rated enough games GameSpot hasn't reviewed to qualify; I think it disappeared some weeks ago. Many thanks for any assistance.

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Must have fixed itself already. I see it down at the bottom here.

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#24 Dracula68
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Good afternoon! :) I had the Outlier emblem, but as I was spring cleaning my profile just now I just noticed it had disappeared. Pretty sure I have rated enough games GameSpot hasn't reviewed to qualify; I think it disappeared some weeks ago. Many thanks for any assistance.

gbrading

Must have fixed itself already. I see it down at the bottom here.

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#25 gbrading
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[QUOTE="gbrading"]

Good afternoon! :) I had the Outlier emblem, but as I was spring cleaning my profile just now I just noticed it had disappeared. Pretty sure I have rated enough games GameSpot hasn't reviewed to qualify; I think it disappeared some weeks ago. Many thanks for any assistance.

Dracula68

Must have fixed itself already. I see it down at the bottom here.

What marvellous service! ;) I swear it wasn't there when I looked. Thanks anyway Drac. :)

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#26 hesel
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For the April Fools Emblem, I was told that you could message Solidruss/Spazz about recieving the emblem. I pmed Solidruss and was told that I was added to the list, and would recieve it in a few days, but never did. I still have the original pm for proof but if it's too late to get it no worries. Thanks for the help.
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#27 Dracula68
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[QUOTE="hesel"]For the April Fools Emblem, I was told that you could message Solidruss/Spazz about recieving the emblem. I pmed Solidruss and was told that I was added to the list, and would recieve it in a few days, but never did. I still have the original pm for proof but if it's too late to get it no worries. Thanks for the help.

Pm me a screen shot of the pm or get one of them to pm me and I can add it.
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#28 hesel
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[QUOTE="Dracula68"] Pm me a screen shot of the pm or get one of them to pm me and I can add it.

Pm sent.
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#29 trodeback
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I never recieved the readers choice 2010 emblem. I voted numerous times on a few different browsers on at least 2 different computers. The first few days of voting none of my votes would register on the site so it was like I was voting new every time I logged in. The last day July 8th I voted and even after logging out and then back in my votes still stayed. However I still have not recieved the emblem when many others on the site have already recieved it.

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#30 BFKamui503
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I never recieved the readers choice 2010 emblem. I voted numerous times on a few different browsers on at least 2 different computers. The first few days of voting none of my votes would register on the site so it was like I was voting new every time I logged in. The last day July 8th I voted and even after logging out and then back in my votes still stayed. However I still have not recieved the emblem when many others on the site have already recieved it.

trodeback

I never got that emblem either, and I voted on ALL the lists too.

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#31 Gohansephiroth
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[QUOTE="trodeback"]

I never recieved the readers choice 2010 emblem. I voted numerous times on a few different browsers on at least 2 different computers. The first few days of voting none of my votes would register on the site so it was like I was voting new every time I logged in. The last day July 8th I voted and even after logging out and then back in my votes still stayed. However I still have not recieved the emblem when many others on the site have already recieved it.

BFKamui503

I never got that emblem either, and I voted on ALL the lists too.

same here, i voted and double checked multiple times to make sure i did it too, and i still don't have it for some reason.

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#32 michaelP4
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I'm not sure if this topic can be used for reporting any faulty emblems, but I have voted several times for a few different characters in the All Time Greatest Game Villain - Wild Card Vote, and I have still not receieved the emblem, even after waiting for well over 24 hours. The browser I use is Opera, and I've never had this problem before. According to a friend, they received the emblem literally right after they voted for their character. I have tried voting for Sweet Tooth and Psycho Mantis several times, and while I think the site seems to register my vote, the list of villains screen blurs for a few seconds, and some of the images and my username duplicate and move out of place. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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#33 Dracula68
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[QUOTE="michaelP4"]I'm not sure if this topic can be used for reporting any faulty emblems, but I have voted several times for a few different characters in the All Time Greatest Game Villain - Wild Card Vote, and I have still not receieved the emblem, even after waiting for well over 24 hours. The browser I use is Opera, and I've never had this problem before. According to a friend, they received the emblem literally right after they voted for their character. I have tried voting for Sweet Tooth and Psycho Mantis several times, and while I think the site seems to register my vote, the list of villains screen blurs for a few seconds, and some of the images and my username duplicate and move out of place. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

Have you tried another browser?
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#34 michaelP4
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I now have the emblem. I voted for a villain using Internet Explorer, and this time, I got the results screen showing at the bottom, displaying how much of the percentage share each villain has from all all the votes made. I am also unable to vote again, and there are no images/text being duplicated or being moved out of place. Now that I'm using Opera again, it displays the page normally and correctly, just like IE, and I am also unable to vote for a villain. I was actually thinking of trying a different browser to vote, but I wasn't confident it would work (seeing as how I have never experienced this problem before using Opera) and I was also thinking perhaps it was due to other reasons. Thank you Dracula for your help. I'll know now in future that Opera isn't 100% reliable whenever using it for GameSpot related activities. ;)
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#35 SQUALL20XX
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I lost my Outlier since 5 days, I haven't change my games rating though, I wonder where is my fish swimming now ?
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#36 gmax  Moderator
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Interesting... I used to have Outlier, but not any more... Does *anyone* still have Outlier? (Or A+/F?)

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#37 Sidburn19  Moderator
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I'm also missing my Outlier emblem, I noticed it disappered for other users that had it as well

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#38 Dracula68
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I lost my Outlier since 5 days, I haven't change my games rating though, I wonder where is my fish swimming now ?SQUALL20XX
[QUOTE="gmax"]Interesting... I used to have Outlier, but not any more... Does *anyone* still have Outlier? (Or A+/F?)

I'm also missing my Outlier emblem, I noticed it disappered for other users that had it as well

Sidburn19
Gonna have to wait on Jody to come back next week but right now I see NO users listed for it.
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#39 gmax  Moderator
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I found just one user who had it on Aug 1 but who does not have it today. I suspected as Drac confirmed - that no one has it any more. I saw a few questions about Outlier starting a while back, but because of the way the daily cycle always worked where it disappeared and then reappeared ("glitched" as most would say), even I didn't pay much attention. The impression I have now is that Outlier was slowly eroded away until no one was left. With a little checking I found several instances of A+/F still around. Maybe it's time to just switch to Way Harsh. With the way emblems are buried now, who would ever know anyway?

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#40 woonsa
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I just want to ask if the loyal minion emblem is still unlockable. I've already waited a day (did what is required several times) and still no emblem. Anyone can clear this up?
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#41 Dracula68
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I just want to ask if the loyal minion emblem is still unlockable. I've already waited a day (did what is required several times) and still no emblem. Anyone can clear this up?woonsa
The villain emblems may not all get sorted until the competition is over.
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#42 woonsa
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I see some users already have it. :(
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#43 Dracula68
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I see some users already have it. :(woonsa
I said "may" because I wasn't sure and I was playing it safe;)
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#44 dab198
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I've already waited a day (did what is required several times) and still no emblem. Anyone can clear this up?woonsa
I'm going to ask the silly question now, just to make sure you're doing what you have to. What do you think is required to get the emblem?
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#45 woonsa
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[QUOTE="woonsa"]I've already waited a day (did what is required several times) and still no emblem. Anyone can clear this up?dab198
I'm going to ask the silly question now, just to make sure you're doing what you have to. What do you think is required to get the emblem?

a popup asked if I wanted to publish the greatest villian thing to my facebook, and I allowed it. Quite a couple of times already.
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#46 dab198
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Hmm. I'm almost certain that the emblem should be given to you immediately then, as soon as the bracket winner details appear on your facebook wall. Are you allowing wall posts on the facebook side from GameSpot, or have any other Facebook privacy settings that could be interfering with it? Have you connected your GS account to Facebook before?

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#47 Sidburn19  Moderator
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a popup asked if I wanted to publish the greatest villian thing to my facebook, and I allowed it. Quite a couple of times already.woonsa

I have just tried it on a alt account and I had no problem with it. You might need to tell us step by step what you are exactly doing.

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#48 Dracula68
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[QUOTE="woonsa"]a popup asked if I wanted to publish the greatest villian thing to my facebook, and I allowed it. Quite a couple of times already.Sidburn19

I have just tried it on a alt account and I had no problem with it. You might need to tell us step by step what you are exactly doing.

Yeah, I just tried it too and got the emblem/achievement instantly.
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#49 Cloud-Zehro
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I just gave this greatest villain thing a shot and needless to say, If you check my profile... I didn't get the one for facebook, I've done it multiple times with my security settings set to everyone and it's just not doing it for me, so i'll wait around to see if anything changes.
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#50 Dracula68
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I just gave this greatest villain thing a shot and needless to say, If you check my profile... I didn't get the one for facebook, I've done it multiple times with my security settings set to everyone and it's just not doing it for me, so i'll wait around to see if anything changes.Cloud-Zehro
What exactly is happening? Are you getting the pop-up asking if it is OK to publish on facebook? Can you take a screen shot?