BUG: Users being forced to the UK site(Update November 20th)

My homepage is usually us.gamespot.com, and it has always been the US site that displayed, but recently regardless of using us.gamespot.com or gamespot.com i'm still redirected to the UK site. So what is the address of the US site? or what is the way to access the US site w/o being redirected?

I don't care for reading UK related news/previews etc or seeing UK banners or any UK games related things, and in the past you've been slow to update the UK site on the main page compared to the US one.

You don't need to put 'us.' in the address. Just type gamespot.com.spazzx625

gamespot.com re-directs foreign users based on I.P address, so if you are in the UK and enter gamespot.com you are directed to the UK site. The way around this is to enter us.gamespot.com, so you can go directly to the US site.

From time to time (more frequently recently) non-US users have been directed to their territorial site when entering us.gamespot.com (though it is working fine now). I suspect that it's because the US site was down for maintenance, so all traffic was being directed to one of the other regional sites. Not a big deal, just reporting it in case it was.

[QUOTE="spazzx625"]You don't need to put 'us.' in the address. Just type gamespot.com.aspro73

gamespot.com re-directs foreign users based on I.P address, so if you are in the UK and enter gamespot.com you are directed to the UK site. The way around this is to enter us.gamespot.com, so you can go directly to the US site.

From time to time (more frequently recently) non-US users have been directed to their territorial site when entering us.gamespot.com (though it is working fine now). I suspect that it's because the US site was down for maintenance, so all traffic was being directed to one of the other regional sites. Not a big deal, just reporting it in case it was.

Just been having a mess around with various proxy servers and can access the U.S site fine that way so the U.S site should be available to anyone. But still being directed to the U.K version.

First they let free users have access to HD feeds despite paying members having renewed subscriptions, then the large video player gets shrunk in size for On The Spot - now I am forced to use the U.K site whether I like it or not.

It's not good enough and unless I am given free reign to choose what site I wish then my sub is getting cancelled. I suspect this is more about pandering to advertisers and making sure U.K users see U.k adverts than it is about giving loyal members the choice they deserve. I hope I am wrong on that one.

Can't someone from Gamespot give an answer as to whether americans abroad will be allowed access to the u.s site again? Proxies are a work around but don't allow you to sign in.

Well the biggest non-surprise in all this, is that once again tech support fail to give any "support". Why hasn't anyone answered this - there is little to no point in having this section of the forum if no one is prepared to answer any questions.

I won't be renewing my sub thats for sure. I actually prefer - shock horror - to visit U.S sites that actually allow me to view their U.S content.

I'll get my homesickness fix elsewhere.

Has everyone who posted here happy to be ignored like this then? Nearly 2 weeks since the topic was started and not a single response from tech support. Sterling job there!MrBungle2004

As I have always stated right in this very forum. If I do NOT have an answer I am NOT going to post for the hell of it. That is useless. I DO read all posts though.You may want to try contacting CS.

I too am having this problem also I'm hoping it will be fixed soon.Darkknight313

I reported this but we have to try and see if someone can replicate it. I tried different browsers, logged in, logged out and it won't re-direct me.

[QUOTE="Darkknight313"]I too am having this problem also I'm hoping it will be fixed soon.Dracula68

I reported this but we have to try and see if someone can replicate it. I tried different browsers, logged in, logged out and it won't re-direct me.

[QUOTE="Dracula68"]

[QUOTE="Darkknight313"]I too am having this problem also I'm hoping it will be fixed soon.robbristow

I reported this but we have to try and see if someone can replicate it. I tried different browsers, logged in, logged out and it won't re-direct me.

Ah, thanks for that info. I should have realised that...lol I will pass it on to the proper folks and now maybe someone can replicate it properly.

Lee does an amazing job living in the forums and attending to issues. For that we are all very grateful. He has brought this situation to our attention and we apologise that this is happening, and are working to resolve the issue. In this case, the problem is not obvious, and since we all work in the US, it might be more difficult to troubleshoot.

I would like to propose a tentative solution in the mean time. Please use this URL to access the US site if you are stuck on another site:

http://www.gamespot.com?set_ad_region=us

Notice the "set_ad_region" paremeter. If you wanted to go to another site, then switch out "us" with "uk" or "au", alternatively.

IF IT DOES NOT WORK for you, then please post.

Sondra

[QUOTE="Sondra"]

Lee does an amazing job living in the forums and attending to issues. For that we are all very grateful. He has brought this situation to our attention and we apologise that this is happening, and are working to resolve the issue. In this case, the problem is not obvious, and since we all work in the US, it might be more difficult to troubleshoot.

I would like to propose a tentative solution in the mean time. Please use this URL to access the US site if you are stuck on another site:

http://www.gamespot.com?set_ad_region=us

Notice the "set_ad_region" paremeter. If you wanted to go to another site, then switch out "us" with "uk" or "au", alternatively.

IF IT DOES NOT WORK for you, then please post.

Darkknight313

Ok, I found out that the solution I proposed was deprecated. I'm sorry about that. I've spoken with an engineer who said to create a bug. I will do that and close this thread. No guarantees on when this will be fixed as I have no say in bug prioritization; however, we will make all efforts to see that it receives the attention it deserves.

BUG: GME-3635

I re-opened this thread for feedback. I was told this should be fixed so can anybody that was having problems before confirm please?

I re-opened this thread for feedback. I was told this should be fixed so can anybody that was having problems before confirm please?

 

 

Dracula68

[QUOTE="Dracula68"]

I re-opened this thread for feedback. I was told this should be fixed so can anybody that was having problems before confirm please?

 

 

robbristow

Yeah,the Devs are working hard to knock them off but it just sems that they grow exponentially no matter what.

Alright, gonna un-pin this for now but I'll leave it open.

Yeah, seems to working alright now, I didn't bother checking this topic cause I thought lots of GS sheep would troll or just tell me to deal w/ it. Nice to know I had some backup and the problem has now been resolved.

Yeah, seems to working alright now, I didn't bother checking this topic cause I thought lots of GS sheep would troll or just tell me to deal w/ it. Nice to know I had some backup and the problem has now been resolved.

Shtinky