Forum search update
We released an update to the GameSpot forum search today. The changes were made to provide more reliable search results and make the forums perform a bit better.
The searches are now running on the Sphinx search server. Sphinx is designed for full-text searches and is a perfect match for the forums. Because the searches are running on the Sphinx server they no longer cause general forum slowdowns when a large # of searches are done at once.
If you are interested, there are a few tips & tricks you can now do to get more specific search results.
The "|" character allows you to do an OR search. e.g., search for: mario | zelda
The "+" character allows you to require a word to be part of the search. e.g., search for: (mario | zelda) +time
If you surround your search term in quotes (") then it will search for that exact combined term. See the difference between: of legend and "of legend" You'll notice that The Legend of Zelda is not included in the second search.
Good luck & good searching!
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