Recent Questions - Arqade Metamost recent 30 from gaming.meta.stackexchange.com2024-03-19T10:04:00Zhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/feedshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/rdfhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/170464What should I do when I have found an answer to my XY-problem?klutthttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/2222522024-03-11T21:58:01Z2024-03-12T21:43:03Z
<p>I have previously posted these two questions:</p>
<p><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/q/405964/222252">Which civlizations are most and least likely to go for religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/q/405811/222252">How to quickly find natural wonder?</a></p>
<p>Both of these had the same goal, which is to ensure that I get a prophet before it's too late. Now, I have found an answer that answers Y, but it does not really fit to any of those questions since they ask X. In other words, it's an <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/66377/374458">XY-problem.</a> Should I just create a new question or what should I do?</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1704512Screenshot of the Week #111 - Favourite Companion [Submissions Closed. Vote Now! ]pinckermanhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/875792024-03-11T20:09:57Z2024-03-18T19:16:36Z
<h1>Submissions Closed. Vote Now!</h1>
<p>Hello and welcome to the <strong>111<sup>th</sup></strong> edition of the Screenshot of the Week!</p>
<p>To start with, congratulations to both the winners of the previous contest! <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/17037/87579">Neonit</a>'s picture from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/fallout-4" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'fallout-4'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'fallout-4'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-fallout-4-tooltip-container">fallout-4</a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/38OT3.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/38OT3.jpg" alt="Last week's winning screenshot one" /></a></p>
<p>and <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/17042/87579">Joachim</a>'s picture from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/a-plague-tale-innocence" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'a-plague-tale-innocence'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'a-plague-tale-innocence'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-a-plague-tale-innocence-tooltip-container">a-plague-tale-innocence</a> won with 9 upvotes!
<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/MMkzu.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/MMkzu.jpg" alt="Last week's winning screenshot one" /></a></p>
<hr />
<p>To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>One screenshot per post, and one post per person, please!</li>
<li>Limited picture modifications are allowed, such as cropping, simple filters, and blurring of identifying info such as names, but not adding other images or text.</li>
<li>To ensure a fair playing field, please post screenshots you've taken yourself rather than ones you found online.</li>
<li>Stack Exchange’s <a href="//arqade.com/conduct">Code of Conduct</a> still applies - so if it would be unacceptable to post normally, it’s unacceptable here.</li>
</ul>
<p>Also, try to avoid pictures that include spoilers. We want everyone to be able to enjoy this contest, so the less spoilers the better.</p>
<h3>How long will the contest run?</h3>
<p>We will accept submissions for a week, until 19:00 UTC of 2024-03-18, then have a second week-long period where only voting will be accepted. This is to give every submission, even those posted at the end of the first week, a chance to be voted on by everyone.</p>
<p>After the end of the second week, at 19:00 UTC of 2024-03-25, we will count upvotes only to determine the winning screenshot, which will be featured for a week on the main site's photo widget.</p>
<hr />
<h1>Favourite Companion</h1>
<p>This can be any companion; from loyal animal companions, an odd couple entwined eternal in an unpredictable world, to an android friend follower, equally invested in your shared escapades, giving ever-welcome bites of sage advice and backup muscle just when you really need it... and everything in between!</p>
<p>As a reminder, we're always accepting suggestions for themed weeks, and have compiled that suggestion process into a <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/15029">question of its own</a>. Additionally, there is the <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/14939">hall of fame</a> you can check out that contains all the previous contest winners.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/170357Screenshot of the Week #110Timmy Jimhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1637572024-02-27T13:55:58Z2024-03-11T20:16:49Z
<h1>This contest is over.</h1>
<p><em><a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17026/screenshot-of-the-week-109-glitches-and-bugs-submissions-closed-vote-now">previous contest</a> | <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17045/screenshot-of-the-week-111">next contest</a></em></p>
<p>Hello and welcome to the <strong>110<sup>th</sup></strong> edition of the Screenshot of the Week!</p>
<p>To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/17031/163757">Joachim's</a>'s picture from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/the-witcher-3" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'the-witcher-3'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'the-witcher-3'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-the-witcher-3-tooltip-container">the-witcher-3</a> won with 13 upvotes!</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7bb4Z.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7bb4Z.jpg" alt="Last week's winning screenshot one" /></a></p>
<hr />
<p>To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>One screenshot per post, and one post per person, please!</li>
<li>Limited picture modifications are allowed, such as cropping, simple filters, and blurring of identifying info such as names, but not adding other images or text.</li>
<li>To ensure a fair playing field, please post screenshots you've taken yourself rather than ones you found online.</li>
<li>Stack Exchange’s <a href="//arqade.com/conduct">Code of Conduct</a> still applies - so if it would be unacceptable to post normally, it’s unacceptable here.</li>
</ul>
<p>Also, try to avoid pictures that include spoilers. We want everyone to be able to enjoy this contest, so the less spoilers the better.</p>
<h3>How long will the contest run?</h3>
<p>We will accept submissions for a week, until 19:00 UTC of 2024-03-04, then have a second week-long period where only voting will be accepted. This is to give every submission, even those posted at the end of the first week, a chance to be voted on by everyone.</p>
<p>After the end of the second week, at 19:00 UTC of 2024-03-11, we will count upvotes only to determine the winning screenshot, which will be featured for a week on the main site's photo widget.</p>
<hr />
<h1>No Theme</h1>
<p>There is no theme this week.</p>
<p>As a reminder, we're always accepting suggestions for themed weeks, and have compiled that suggestion process into a <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/15029">question of its own</a>. Additionally, there is the <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/14939">hall of fame</a> you can check out that contains all the previous contest winners.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/170333How is Impact Reached calculated?DialFrosthttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/2856752024-02-21T18:58:47Z2024-02-22T02:59:38Z
<p>In my profile it says the impact reached is 214k people. How is this possible? I checked all of my answers and questions and there is no way they total up to 200k+ people reached. Is this a bug?</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/170269Screenshot of the Week #109: Glitches and BugsTimmy Jimhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1637572024-02-13T13:53:50Z2024-02-27T13:57:14Z
<h1>This contest is over.</h1>
<p><em><a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17014/screenshot-of-the-week-108">previous contest</a> | <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17035/screenshot-of-the-week-110">next contest</a></em></p>
<p>Hello and welcome to the <strong>109<sup>th</sup></strong> edition of the Screenshot of the Week!</p>
<p>To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/17024/163757">arghtype</a>'s picture from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/warhammer-40k-inquisitor-martyr" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'warhammer-40k-inquisitor-martyr'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'warhammer-40k-inquisitor-martyr'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-warhammer-40k-inquisitor-martyr-tooltip-container">warhammer-40k-inquisitor-martyr</a> won with 12 upvotes!</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3mMlM.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3mMlM.jpg" alt="Last week's winning screenshot one" /></a></p>
<hr />
<p>To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>One screenshot per post, and one post per person, please!</li>
<li>Limited picture modifications are allowed, such as cropping, simple filters, and blurring of identifying info such as names, but not adding other images or text.</li>
<li>To ensure a fair playing field, please post screenshots you've taken yourself rather than ones you found online.</li>
<li>Stack Exchange’s <a href="//arqade.com/conduct">Code of Conduct</a> still applies - so if it would be unacceptable to post normally, it’s unacceptable here.</li>
</ul>
<p>Also, try to avoid pictures that include spoilers. We want everyone to be able to enjoy this contest, so the less spoilers the better.</p>
<h3>How long will the contest run?</h3>
<p>We will accept submissions for a week, until 19:00 UTC of 2024-02-19, then have a second week-long period where only voting will be accepted. This is to give every submission, even those posted at the end of the first week, a chance to be voted on by everyone.</p>
<p>After the end of the second week, at 19:00 UTC of 2024-02-26, we will count upvotes only to determine the winning screenshot, which will be featured for a week on the main site's photo widget.</p>
<hr />
<h1>Glitches and Bugs</h1>
<p>Post a screenshot showing some funny bug or glitch you encountered!</p>
<p>As a reminder, we're always accepting suggestions for themed weeks, and have compiled that suggestion process into a <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/15029">question of its own</a>. Additionally, there is the <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/14939">hall of fame</a> you can check out that contains all the previous contest winners.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1701413Screenshot of the Week #108Timmy Jimhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1637572024-01-29T20:50:57Z2024-02-13T13:54:44Z
<h1>This contest is over.</h1>
<p><em><a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16994/screenshot-of-the-week-107-selfie">previous contest</a> | <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17026/screenshot-of-the-week-109-glitches-and-bugs">next contest</a></em></p>
<p>Hello and welcome to the <strong>108<sup>th</sup></strong> edition of the Screenshot of the Week!</p>
<p>To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/16998/163757">arghtype</a>'s picture from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/god-of-war-ragnarok" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'god-of-war-ragnarok'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'god-of-war-ragnarok'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-god-of-war-ragnarok-tooltip-container">god-of-war-ragnarok</a> won with 13 upvotes! Two weeks in a row a submission from God of War: Ragnarok won!</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/G5cCs.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/G5cCs.jpg" alt="Last week's winning screenshot one" /></a></p>
<hr />
<p>To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>One screenshot per post, and one post per person, please!</li>
<li>Limited picture modifications are allowed, such as cropping, simple filters, and blurring of identifying info such as names, but not adding other images or text.</li>
<li>To ensure a fair playing field, please post screenshots you've taken yourself rather than ones you found online.</li>
<li>Stack Exchange’s <a href="//arqade.com/conduct">Code of Conduct</a> still applies - so if it would be unacceptable to post normally, it’s unacceptable here.</li>
</ul>
<p>Also, try to avoid pictures that include spoilers. We want everyone to be able to enjoy this contest, so the less spoilers the better.</p>
<h3>How long will the contest run?</h3>
<p>We will accept submissions for a week, until 19:00 UTC of 2024-02-05, then have a second week-long period where only voting will be accepted. This is to give every submission, even those posted at the end of the first week, a chance to be voted on by everyone.</p>
<p>After the end of the second week, at 19:00 UTC of 2024-02-12, we will count upvotes only to determine the winning screenshot, which will be featured for a week on the main site's photo widget.</p>
<hr />
<h1>No Theme</h1>
<p>There is no theme this week.</p>
<p>As a reminder, we're always accepting suggestions for themed weeks, and have compiled that suggestion process into a <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/15029">question of its own</a>. Additionally, there is the <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/14939">hall of fame</a> you can check out that contains all the previous contest winners.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1700713What, if any, policy changes should we make to account for the recent changes to the AUP regarding sexually explicit content?Nzallhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/691662024-01-27T10:33:35Z2024-02-13T05:51:10Z
<p><a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/396252/updates-to-the-acceptable-use-policy-aup-january-2024">The Acceptable Use Policy has been updated.</a> Among other changes, it now allows sexually explicit content in certain circumstances:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Sexually Explicit Material.</strong> You may not post content, or links to content, that is sexually explicit in nature, unless it falls within a reasonable interpretation of a Network site’s scope and purpose. However, you may never post content portraying the sexual exploitation or abuse of minors. For the sake of clarity, sexually explicit content is “material that is explicitly sexual, pornographic, prurient, or lascivious in nature,” as defined in our Code of Conduct.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>With regards to this, I think there are 2 things to be discussed here:</p>
<ol>
<li>Does sexually explicit content "fall within a reasonable interpretation of Arqade's scope and purpose"? Put differently: do we want to allow questions regarding adult games?</li>
<li>If the answer to the above is yes: what rules do we want to introduce to avoid accidentally showing pornography to minors? Remember that this site is still considered 13+.</li>
</ol>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/170064Can I ask about a game in regards to a console or system?SlightlyPsychotichttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/3103652024-01-27T06:20:48Z2024-01-29T18:56:29Z
<p>Say I want to ask a question about whether <em>Rainworld</em>, a game famed for being incredibly difficult, is good on the Switch, due to the console's limited accuracy (unlike the PC, which has high accuracy). Alternatively, I could ask if it's harder on the Switch than the PC, to the point where it's hard to play and have fun with.</p>
<p>(By 'good', I mean if the game is playable on the Switch without being hard enough that it's only really playable on the PC, due to the PC being much more powerful than consoles are.)</p>
<p>Could I ask these or similar questions on the main Arqade Q&A site?</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/170042Should we have both [gog-galaxy-2.0] and [gog-galaxy]?Maladyhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1089162024-01-26T19:38:30Z2024-01-26T20:19:13Z
<p>Should we have both <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/gog-galaxy-2.0" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'gog-galaxy-2.0'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'gog-galaxy-2.0'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-gog-galaxy-2.0-tooltip-container">gog-galaxy-2.0</a> and <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/gog-galaxy" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'gog-galaxy'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'gog-galaxy'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-gog-galaxy-tooltip-container">gog-galaxy</a>? The latter has more uses and the former only has 2.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/170013Renaming the [danganeonpa] tagsStevoisiakhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1812402024-01-25T04:57:49Z2024-01-25T23:39:46Z
<p>I would like to propose renaming the tags for the Danganronpa series to use their full titles.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/danganronpa" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'danganronpa'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'danganronpa'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-danganronpa-tooltip-container">danganronpa</a> → <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/danganronpa-trigger-happy-havoc" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'danganronpa-trigger-happy-havoc'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'danganronpa-trigger-happy-havoc'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-danganronpa-trigger-happy-havoc-tooltip-container">danganronpa-trigger-happy-havoc</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/danganronpa-2-goodbye-despair" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'danganronpa-2-goodbye-despair'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'danganronpa-2-goodbye-despair'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-danganronpa-2-goodbye-despair-tooltip-container">danganronpa-2-goodbye-despair</a> (No change needed)</li>
<li><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/danganronpa-v3" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'danganronpa-v3'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'danganronpa-v3'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-danganronpa-v3-tooltip-container">danganronpa-v3</a> → <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/danganronpa-v3-killing-harmony" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'danganronpa-v3-killing-harmony'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'danganronpa-v3-killing-harmony'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-danganronpa-v3-killing-harmony-tooltip-container">danganronpa-v3-killing-harmony</a></li>
</ul>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1699962023: a year in moderationJNathttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/410702024-01-24T16:30:42Z2024-01-28T07:03:16Z
<p>It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22year+in+moderation%22+is%3Aquestion">a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year</a>.</p>
<p>As most of you here might be aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network are moderated somewhat differently to other sites on the web:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in that we amortize the overall moderation cost of the system across thousands of teeny-tiny slices of effort contributed by regular, everyday users.<br />
-- <a href="http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/">A Theory of Moderation</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>That doesn't eliminate the need for having <a href="https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/11/21/our-theory-of-moderation-re-visited/">moderators</a> altogether, but it does mean that the bulk of moderation work is carried out by regular folks — folks like you. Every bit of time and effort y'all contribute to the site gives you access to more privileges you can use to help in this effort, all of which produce a cumulative effect that makes a big difference in ensuring Stack Exchange sites remain a valuable source of high-quality content on the web.</p>
<p>So as we say goodbye to 2023 (and January 2024… ahem) and move into 2024, let us look back at what we accomplished as a community... by looking at some <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/pmN7M.gif" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>exciting</em> stats</a>. Below is a breakdown of moderation actions performed on Arqade over the past 12 months:</p>
<div class="s-table-container">
<table class="s-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th style="text-align: left;">Action</th>
<th style="text-align: right;">Moderators</th>
<th style="text-align: right;">Community User¹</th>
<th style="text-align: right;">Community²</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">All comments on a post moved to chat</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Answer flags handled</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">469</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">220</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Answers flagged</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">68</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">127</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">471</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Bounties canceled</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Comment flags handled</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">263</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">35</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Comments deleted⁸</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">777</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">17</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">424</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Comments flagged</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">297</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Comments undeleted</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">22</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Escalations to the Community Manager team</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Posts bumped</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1,191</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Posts deleted⁷</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">263</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">704</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">292</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Posts locked</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">8</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">97</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Posts undeleted</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">6</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">4</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Posts unlocked</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">2</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Question flags handled⁶</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">124</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">295</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions closed</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">265</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">242</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions flagged⁶</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">26</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">2</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">381</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions merged</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">7</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions migrated</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">3</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions protected</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">23</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions reopened</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">12</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">6</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Questions unprotected</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Revisions redacted</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">4</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tag highlight language set</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tag synonyms created</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">71</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tag synonyms proposed</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">70</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tags merged</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">58</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Close votes" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">246</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1,560</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "First answers" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">41</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">593</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "First questions" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">35</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">836</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Late answers" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">11</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">386</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Low quality posts" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">92</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">579</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Reopen votes" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">14</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">88</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Suggested edits" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">176</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">90</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">726</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Tasks reviewed⁵: "Triage" queue</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">User banned from review</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">User review-bans lifted early</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">User suspensions lifted early</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Users contacted</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">4</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Users deleted</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">2</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Users destroyed⁴</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">134</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="text-align: left;">Users suspended³</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">4</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">60</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div><h3>Footnotes</h3>
<p>¹ This refers to the automated systems otherwise known as <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users/-1">user #-1</a>.</p>
<p>² This refers to <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users">the membership of Arqade</a> <em>without</em> <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/users?tab=moderators">diamonds next to their names</a>.</p>
<p>³ The system will suspend users under three circumstances: when a user is recreated after being previously suspended, when a user is recreated after being destroyed for spam or abuse, and when a network-wide suspension is in effect on an account.</p>
<p>⁴ A "destroyed" user is deleted along with all that they had posted: questions, answers, comments. <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/88994/what-is-the-difference-between-a-deleted-user-and-a-destroyed-user">Generally used as an expedient way of getting rid of spam.</a></p>
<p>⁵ This counts every review that was submitted (not skipped) - so the 2 suggested edits reviews needed to approve an edit would count as 2, the goal being to indicate the frequency of moderation actions. This also applies to flags, etc.</p>
<p>⁶ Includes close flags (but <em>not</em> close or reopen votes). The community² can handle these flags by at least one person voting to close a question that has a close flag.</p>
<p>⁷ This ignores numerous deletions that happen automatically in response to some other action.</p>
<p>⁸ This includes comments deleted by their own authors (which also account for some number of handled comment flags).</p>
<h3>Further reading:</h3>
<ul>
<li><p>Wanna see how these numbers have changed over time? We posted a similar report here last year: <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16668/2022-a-year-in-moderation">2022: a year in moderation</a></p>
</li>
<li><p>You can also check out <a href="https://stackexchange.com/search?q=title%3A%222023%3A+a+year+in+moderation%22">this report on other sites</a></p>
</li>
<li><p>Or peruse <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/396299/208518">detailed information on the number of questions closed and reopened across all sites</a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Wishing everyone a happy 2024! ^_^</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1699410Screenshot of the Week #107 - Selfie!pinckermanhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/875792024-01-16T09:13:16Z2024-01-29T20:53:31Z
<h1>This contest is over.</h1>
<p><em><a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16986/screenshot-of-the-week-106">previous contest</a> | <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17014/screenshot-of-the-week-108">next contest</a></em></p>
<p>Hello and welcome to the <strong>107<sup>th</sup></strong> edition of the Screenshot of the Week!</p>
<p>To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/16987/87579">nightsurfer</a>'s picture from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/god-of-war-ragnarok" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'god-of-war-ragnarok'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'god-of-war-ragnarok'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-god-of-war-ragnarok-tooltip-container">god-of-war-ragnarok</a> won with 9 upvotes!</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/A3y74.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/A3y74.jpg" alt="Last week's winning screenshot one" /></a></p>
<hr />
<p>To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>One screenshot per post, and one post per person, please!</li>
<li>Limited picture modifications are allowed, such as cropping, simple filters, and blurring of identifying info such as names, but not adding other images or text.</li>
<li>To ensure a fair playing field, please post screenshots you've taken yourself rather than ones you found online.</li>
<li>Stack Exchange’s <a href="//arqade.com/conduct">Code of Conduct</a> still applies - so if it would be unacceptable to post normally, it’s unacceptable here.</li>
</ul>
<p>Also, try to avoid pictures that include spoilers. We want everyone to be able to enjoy this contest, so the less spoilers the better.</p>
<h3>How long will the contest run?</h3>
<p>We will accept submissions for a week, until 19:00 UTC of 2024-01-22, then have a second week-long period where only voting will be accepted. This is to give every submission, even those posted at the end of the first week, a chance to be voted on by everyone.</p>
<p>After the end of the second week, at 19:00 UTC of 2024-01-29, we will count upvotes only to determine the winning screenshot, which will be featured for a week on the main site's photo widget.</p>
<hr />
<h1>Selfies</h1>
<p>Just like in real life: you see something interesting? Let's take a selfie!<br />
Of course the character's face must be visible.</p>
<p>As a reminder, we're always accepting suggestions for themed weeks, and have compiled that suggestion process into a <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/15029">question of its own</a>. Additionally, there is the <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/14939">hall of fame</a> you can check out that contains all the previous contest winners.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/169928Do we want a banner regarding our policy on AI-generated answers?Nzallhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/691662024-01-07T10:01:24Z2024-02-05T14:19:14Z
<p><a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/395881/sites-can-now-request-to-enable-a-banner-to-warn-about-their-policy-on-ai-genera?cb=1">Sites can now request to enable a banner to warn about their policy on AI-generated content</a></p>
<p>2 simple questions here:</p>
<ol>
<li>do we want a banner?</li>
<li>if so, what banner do we want?</li>
</ol>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1698610Screenshot of the Week #106pinckermanhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/875792024-01-02T11:12:04Z2024-01-16T14:20:55Z
<h1>This contest is over.</h1>
<p><em><a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16973/screenshot-of-the-week-105-happy-holidays-2023">previous contest</a> | <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16994/screenshot-of-the-week-107-selfie">next contest</a></em></p>
<p>Hello and welcome to the <strong>106<sup>th</sup></strong> edition of the Screenshot of the Week!</p>
<p>To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/16975/87579">Daniel Schepler</a>'s picture from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/overlord-2" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'overlord-2'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'overlord-2'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-overlord-2-tooltip-container">overlord-2</a> won with 11 upvotes!</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/m14Pa.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/m14Pa.jpg" alt="Last week's winning screenshot one" /></a></p>
<hr />
<p>To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>One screenshot per post, and one post per person, please!</li>
<li>Limited picture modifications are allowed, such as cropping, simple filters, and blurring of identifying info such as names, but not adding other images or text.</li>
<li>To ensure a fair playing field, please post screenshots you've taken yourself rather than ones you found online.</li>
<li>Stack Exchange’s <a href="//arqade.com/conduct">Code of Conduct</a> still applies - so if it would be unacceptable to post normally, it’s unacceptable here.</li>
</ul>
<p>Also, try to avoid pictures that include spoilers. We want everyone to be able to enjoy this contest, so the less spoilers the better.</p>
<h3>How long will the contest run?</h3>
<p>We will accept submissions for a week, until 19:00 UTC of 2024-01-08, then have a second week-long period where only voting will be accepted. This is to give every submission, even those posted at the end of the first week, a chance to be voted on by everyone.</p>
<p>After the end of the second week, at 19:00 UTC of 2024-01-15, we will count upvotes only to determine the winning screenshot, which will be featured for a week on the main site's photo widget.</p>
<hr />
<h1>No theme</h1>
<p>There is no theme this week.</p>
<p>As a reminder, we're always accepting suggestions for themed weeks, and have compiled that suggestion process into a <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/15029">question of its own</a>. Additionally, there is the <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/14939">hall of fame</a> you can check out that contains all the previous contest winners.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/169832Rename [trails-in-the-sky-fc] to [legend-of-heroes-trails-in-the-sky]Stevoisiakhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1812402023-12-21T02:46:52Z2023-12-21T03:04:51Z
<p>I'd like to propose renaming the tag for The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/trails-in-the-sky-fc" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'trails-in-the-sky-fc'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'trails-in-the-sky-fc'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-trails-in-the-sky-fc-tooltip-container">trails-in-the-sky-fc</a> to <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/legend-of-heroes-trails-in-the-sky" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'legend-of-heroes-trails-in-the-sky'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'legend-of-heroes-trails-in-the-sky'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-legend-of-heroes-trails-in-the-sky-tooltip-container">legend-of-heroes-trails-in-the-sky</a>.</p>
<p>The FC title was apparently only used for the Japanese release. There was talk of <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12586/merge-request-for-the-legend-of-heroes?rq=1#comment40321_12586">lengthening the tag in the past</a>, but it never seems to have happened.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/169814Consistent names for [rainbow-six]Stevoisiakhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1812402023-12-20T21:35:35Z2023-12-20T21:57:07Z
<p>The tags for <em>Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six</em> games use a mix of <code>rainbow-six</code> and <code>rainbow-6</code>.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rainbow-six" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'rainbow-six'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'rainbow-six'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-rainbow-six-tooltip-container">rainbow-six</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rainbow-six-3" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'rainbow-six-3'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'rainbow-six-3'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-rainbow-six-3-tooltip-container">rainbow-six-3</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rainbow-6-siege" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'rainbow-6-siege'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'rainbow-6-siege'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-rainbow-6-siege-tooltip-container">rainbow-6-siege</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rainbow-6-vegas-2" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'rainbow-6-vegas-2'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'rainbow-6-vegas-2'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-rainbow-6-vegas-2-tooltip-container">rainbow-6-vegas-2</a></li>
</ul>
<p>I propose renaming these tags to <code>rainbow-six</code> for consistency, as it matches the game tiles.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rainbow-6-siege" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'rainbow-6-siege'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'rainbow-6-siege'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-rainbow-6-siege-tooltip-container">rainbow-6-siege</a> -> <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rainbow-six-siege" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'rainbow-six-siege'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'rainbow-six-siege'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-rainbow-six-siege-tooltip-container">rainbow-six-siege</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rainbow-6-vegas-2" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'rainbow-6-vegas-2'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'rainbow-6-vegas-2'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-rainbow-6-vegas-2-tooltip-container">rainbow-6-vegas-2</a> -> <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/rainbow-six-vegas-2" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'rainbow-six-vegas-2'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'rainbow-six-vegas-2'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-rainbow-six-vegas-2-tooltip-container">rainbow-six-vegas-2</a></li>
</ul>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/169782Rename [lego-batman-2] to [lego-batman-2-dc-super-heroes]Stevoisiakhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1812402023-12-19T08:18:29Z2023-12-20T00:09:53Z
<p>I'd like to propose renaming the tag for Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/lego-batman-2" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'lego-batman-2'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'lego-batman-2'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-lego-batman-2-tooltip-container">lego-batman-2</a> to <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/lego-batman-2-dc-super-heroes" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'lego-batman-2-dc-super-heroes'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'lego-batman-2-dc-super-heroes'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-lego-batman-2-dc-super-heroes-tooltip-container">lego-batman-2-dc-super-heroes</a>.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/169762Should Phantom Liberty and Cyberpunk 2077 2.0/2.1 tags?Journeyman Geekhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/118732023-12-19T00:07:27Z2023-12-19T00:23:42Z
<p>Cyberpunk 2.0 and 2.1 added some major changes to the base game of Cyberpunk 2077.</p>
<p>There's <em>significant</em> changes - the crafting and hacking/netrunning mechanics have had revamps, there's entirely different skill trees and vehicular combat is different. There's also the metro system in 2.1. Essentially while the 'story' and missions are not changed, the gameplay mechanics are often going to be different from when one plays cyberpunk 1.x.</p>
<p>You can, in theory download 'older' builds of cyberpunk so if you want to play the 'older' builds of the game its plausible - not sure why though, considering the 'reputation' it had</p>
<p>Phantom Liberty getting its own tag for its DLC content makes sense.
Should we be updating cyberpunk 1.x questions for 2.0 or giving 2.0/2/1 its own tag?</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1697310Screenshot of the Week #105 - Happy Holidays 2023!Timmy Jimhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1637572023-12-11T19:19:32Z2024-01-02T15:13:03Z
<h1>This contest is over.</h1>
<p><em><a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16962/screenshot-of-the-week-104-explosions">previous contest</a> | <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16986">next contest</a></em></p>
<p>Hello and welcome to the <strong>105<sup>th</sup></strong> edition of the Screenshot of the Week!</p>
<p>To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/16967/163757">Diego Borba</a>'s picture from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/dragon-ball-z-kakarot" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'dragon-ball-z-kakarot'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'dragon-ball-z-kakarot'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-dragon-ball-z-kakarot-tooltip-container">dragon-ball-z-kakarot</a> won with 14 upvotes!</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ut0Yt.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ut0Yt.jpg" alt="Last week's winning screenshot one" /></a></p>
<hr />
<p>To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note of the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>One screenshot per post, and one post per person, please!</li>
<li>Limited picture modifications are allowed, such as cropping, simple filters, and blurring of identifying info such as names, but not adding other images or text.</li>
<li>To ensure a fair playing field, please post screenshots you've taken yourself rather than ones you found online.</li>
<li>Stack Exchange’s <a href="//arqade.com/conduct">Code of Conduct</a> still applies - so if it would be unacceptable to post normally, it’s unacceptable here.</li>
</ul>
<p>Also, try to avoid pictures that include spoilers. We want everyone to be able to enjoy this contest, so the less spoilers the better.</p>
<h3>How long will the contest run?</h3>
<p>We will accept submissions for a <strong>two week period</strong>, until 19:00 UTC of 2023-12-25, (the extra week is so this lines up better with the season!) then have a second week-long period where only voting will be accepted. This is to give every submission, even those posted at the end of the first week, a chance to be voted on by everyone.</p>
<p>After the end of the second week, at 19:00 UTC of 2024-01-01, we will count upvotes only to determine the winning screenshot, which will be featured for a week on the main site's photo widget.</p>
<hr />
<h1>Christmas/Holiday</h1>
<p>As is tradition around this time of year, post a screenshot featuring the holiday season in your game of choice!</p>
<p>As a reminder, we're always accepting suggestions for themed weeks, and have compiled that suggestion process into a <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/15029">question of its own</a>. Additionally, there is the <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/14939">hall of fame</a> you can check out that contains all the previous contest winners.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1694314Screenshot of the Week #103Robotnikhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/281822023-11-13T22:13:39Z2024-03-13T16:45:07Z
<h1>This contest is over.</h1>
<p><em><a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/16933">previous contest</a> | <a href="//gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16962/screenshot-of-the-week-104-explosions">next contest</a></em></p>
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<p>Hello and welcome to the <strong>103<sup>rd</sup></strong> edition of the Screenshot of the Week!</p>
<p>To start with, congratulations to the winner of the previous contest! <a href="//meta.arqade.com/a/16941/28182">GammaGames'</a> picture from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ooblets" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'ooblets'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'ooblets'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-ooblets-tooltip-container">ooblets</a> won with 15 upvotes!</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mp5H4.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mp5H4.jpg" alt="Last week's winning screenshot one" /></a></p>
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<p>To submit a screenshot, simply post it as an answer to this question, but please take note of the following:</p>
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<li>One screenshot per post, and one post per person, please!</li>
<li>Limited picture modifications are allowed, such as cropping, simple filters, and blurring of identifying info such as names, but not adding other images or text.</li>
<li>To ensure a fair playing field, please post screenshots you've taken yourself rather than ones you found online.</li>
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<p>Also, try to avoid pictures that include spoilers. We want everyone to be able to enjoy this contest, so the less spoilers the better.</p>
<h3>How long will the contest run?</h3>
<p>We will accept submissions for a week, until 19:00 UTC of 2023-11-20, then have a second week-long period where only voting will be accepted. This is to give every submission, even those posted at the end of the first week, a chance to be voted on by everyone.</p>
<p>After the end of the second week, at 19:00 UTC of 2023-11-27, we will count upvotes only to determine the winning screenshot, which will be featured for a week on the main site's photo widget.</p>
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<h1>No Theme</h1>
<p>There is no theme this week, so post anything that tickles your fancy!</p>
<p>As a reminder, we're always accepting suggestions for themed weeks, and have compiled that suggestion process into a <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/15029">question of its own</a>. Additionally, there is the <a href="//meta.arqade.com/q/14939">hall of fame</a> you can check out that contains all the previous contest winners.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/168436Petition to slightly alter how we handle early Pokémon game tags (Gen 1 and Gen 2)Robotnikhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/281822023-07-28T00:35:42Z2024-02-01T05:03:52Z
<p>As established in <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/6957/28182">Pokemon tag problems (Gotta Tag 'Em All)</a>, we handle Pokémon main series game tags in the following manner:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Generation Tag:</strong> e.g. <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-third-generation" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-third-generation'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-third-generation'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-third-generation-tooltip-container">pokemon-third-generation</a> - For questions about the 3th generation of games, that aren't specific about any individual game.</li>
<li><strong>Game Tags</strong>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-ruby-sapphire-emerald" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-ruby-sapphire-emerald'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-ruby-sapphire-emerald'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-ruby-sapphire-emerald-tooltip-container">pokemon-ruby-sapphire-emerald</a> - for questions about Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald specifically</li>
<li><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-fire-red-leaf-green" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-fire-red-leaf-green'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-fire-red-leaf-green'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-fire-red-leaf-green-tooltip-container">pokemon-fire-red-leaf-green</a> - for questions about Pokémon Fire Red or Pokémon Leaf Green specifically</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>This is generally great and works well for our format, we haven't had any major issues with this (barring one <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/16143/28182">tag length issue</a>).</p>
<p><strong>However</strong> something about this has irked me for years - the first two generations of Pokémon games do not have a secondary set of games, or a 'different story' split to necessitate a "generation vs game name" tag split. Thus, for these cases, the generation tag is the <em>only</em> tag for these games. i.e.</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-first-generation" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-first-generation'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-first-generation'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-first-generation-tooltip-container">pokemon-first-generation</a><br />
<sup>Synonyms: <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-red" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-red'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-red'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-red-tooltip-container">pokemon-red</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-blue" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-blue'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-blue'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-blue-tooltip-container">pokemon-blue</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-yellow" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-yellow'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-yellow'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-yellow-tooltip-container">pokemon-yellow</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-green" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-green'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-green'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-green-tooltip-container">pokemon-green</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-rby" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-rby'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-rby'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-rby-tooltip-container">pokemon-rby</a> <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-1st-generation" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-1st-generation'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-1st-generation'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-1st-generation-tooltip-container">pokemon-1st-generation</a></sup></p>
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<li><p><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-second-generation" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-second-generation'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-second-generation'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-second-generation-tooltip-container">pokemon-second-generation</a><br />
<sup>Synonyms: <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-gold" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gold'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gold'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-gold-tooltip-container">pokemon-gold</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-silver" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-silver'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-silver'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-silver-tooltip-container">pokemon-silver</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-crystal" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-crystal'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-crystal'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-crystal-tooltip-container">pokemon-crystal</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-gsc" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gsc'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gsc'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-gsc-tooltip-container">pokemon-gsc</a> <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-2nd-generation" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-2nd-generation'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-2nd-generation'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-2nd-generation-tooltip-container">pokemon-2nd-generation</a></sup></p>
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</ul>
<p>I personally think this makes these tags harder to use. For every other game on the site, including later Pokémon generation games, the game names still exist as a full tag, and thus I think it would be better we used <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-red-blue-yellow-green" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-red-blue-yellow-green'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-red-blue-yellow-green'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-red-blue-yellow-green-tooltip-container">pokemon-red-blue-yellow-green</a> and <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-gold-silver-crystal" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gold-silver-crystal'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gold-silver-crystal'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-gold-silver-crystal-tooltip-container">pokemon-gold-silver-crystal</a> as the main tags (leaving all the same synonyms in place). In other words:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-red-blue-yellow-green" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-red-blue-yellow-green'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-red-blue-yellow-green'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-red-blue-yellow-green-tooltip-container">pokemon-red-blue-yellow-green</a><br />
<sup>Synonyms: <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-red" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-red'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-red'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-red-tooltip-container">pokemon-red</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-blue" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-blue'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-blue'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-blue-tooltip-container">pokemon-blue</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-yellow" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-yellow'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-yellow'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-yellow-tooltip-container">pokemon-yellow</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-green" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-green'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-green'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-green-tooltip-container">pokemon-green</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-rby" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-rby'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-rby'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-rby-tooltip-container">pokemon-rby</a> <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-first-generation" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-first-generation'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-first-generation'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-first-generation-tooltip-container">pokemon-first-generation</a> <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-1st-generation" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-1st-generation'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-1st-generation'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-1st-generation-tooltip-container">pokemon-1st-generation</a></sup></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-gold-silver-crystal" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gold-silver-crystal'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gold-silver-crystal'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-gold-silver-crystal-tooltip-container">pokemon-gold-silver-crystal</a><br />
<sup>Synonyms: <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-gold" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gold'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gold'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-gold-tooltip-container">pokemon-gold</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-silver" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-silver'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-silver'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-silver-tooltip-container">pokemon-silver</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-crystal" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-crystal'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-crystal'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-crystal-tooltip-container">pokemon-crystal</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-gsc" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gsc'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-gsc'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-gsc-tooltip-container">pokemon-gsc</a> <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-second-generation" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-second-generation'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-second-generation'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-second-generation-tooltip-container">pokemon-second-generation</a> <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/pokemon-2nd-generation" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'pokemon-2nd-generation'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'pokemon-2nd-generation'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-pokemon-2nd-generation-tooltip-container">pokemon-2nd-generation</a></sup></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>What do you think? Does this make sense?</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/165852Should the "Which games use a neural network to influence gameplay?" question be reopened?galacticninjahttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/47972022-11-02T00:50:18Z2023-12-14T04:07:50Z
<p>Recently, the question, <strong><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/q/399931/4797">Which games use a neural network to influence game play?</a></strong> was <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/review/close/320632">closed as an off-topic game identification question</a> and <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/review/reopen/320658">left closed in the Reopen review queue</a>.</p>
<p>Should it be reopened?</p>
<p>I don't think that it is an off-topic game identification question. It's not the "I remember this thing about a game, what game was it"? type of game identification question that we close as off-topic here. I believe the close reason was used incorrectly. It's more similar to other on-topic <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/gaming-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'gaming-history'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'gaming-history'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="gaming-history-container">gaming-history</a> questions on this site.</p>
<p>As for the question asking for a list or its topic broadness, I think a question should be closed for that reason <em>only</em> if it is asking for an unbounded or open-ended list, or a very large list of items, which is not the case for this specific question. According to <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/tour">Arqade's site tour</a>, one shouldn't ask about:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Questions with too many possible answers or that would require an extremely long answer</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I don't think the question fits that criteria. Several positively-received <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/gaming-history" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'gaming-history'" aria-label="show questions tagged 'gaming-history'" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="gaming-history-container">gaming-history</a> questions actually have multiple games in the answers.</p>
<p>Related meta post about a similar list-type question where the community voted to reopen: <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/6887/4797">Why was my question about games in a compilation closed?</a></p>
<hr />
<p>Also, I concur with @pppery's comment regarding moderator actions on a disputed question:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Also note the question was closed by a moderator acting doubly (meaning it would have taken two community members without diamonds to close the question) despite having passed the close vote queue, and then left closed again by the same moderator acting doubly. This sort of question is not the right time for moderators to use their moderator powers. [...]</p>
</blockquote>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/153582Are there any users from Mojang on Arqade?user258904https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/02020-10-11T00:43:14Z2023-12-12T22:38:25Z
<p>I found a user named notch on Arqade and I think it might be a fake. But it got me thinking: are there any users on this site that are a part of Mojang studios?</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1502923Screenshot of the Week ThemesDragonragehttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1279012020-04-20T18:40:31Z2024-03-15T07:34:44Z
<p>To make is easier to track what themes have been suggested, this will be a central location for proposing themes for future Screenshot of the Week contests.</p>
<p>Please limit answers to one theme per answer to allow for voting on individual themes. For submission, please have a short summary like "Glitches and bugs", followed by a small summary.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1127820Why is the domain "gaming.stackexchange" and not arqade.stackexchange?Richard Parnaby-Kinghttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/80572016-02-10T13:54:03Z2023-12-22T02:58:31Z
<p>In every stack exchange site the domain name reflects the name of the site:</p>
<pre><code>magento.stackexchange.com => Magento
webdev.stackexchange.com => Web Development
</code></pre>
<p>Why does Arqade differ from this? Why is it <code>gaming.stackexchange</code> and not <code>arqade.stackexchange</code>?</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/98474Can we get a Lightbox (click to enlarge) for images?user28015https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/02014-08-07T02:52:01Z2024-01-24T04:41:59Z
<p>I always have to right-click and open a new tab to see an image in it's full resolution. Since we are a gaming site, screenshots are quite common and often used.</p>
<p>I would really like if the developers could give us a light-box that can enlarge the images linked inside the browser. There are plenty of free implementations on the web, so this would be a minimal effort to include it into Stack Exchange.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/96972Links in "Questions asking for help identifying a game" close reason are broken [duplicate]Shadow Wizard Love Zeldahttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/76522014-06-09T08:55:55Z2024-01-24T05:32:51Z
<p>There is a "Questions asking for help identifying a game" close reason when flagging:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/FjKUR.png" alt="Flag -> Closing -> Off-topic modal box" /></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Both links are broken, leading to a 404 error page. The first one (the blog) is <a href="http://blog.arqade.com/2012/08/i" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://blog.arqade.com/2012/08/i</a>, which redirects to <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com//2012/08/i">https://gaming.stackexchange.com//2012/08/i</a> and reports 404 Not Found.</p>
<p>The second link points to <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5081">"Here is a thing. Look at the thing. Do you see the thing? I would like to know what this Thing is Called." A plea for sanity</a> which redirects (for some weird reason) to <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/5074/help-identify-old-coin-op-arcade-game/5081#5081">https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/5074/help-identify-old-coin-op-arcade-game/5081#5081</a>, that was removed by moderators or high rep users of the site.</p>
<p>Can the links be fixed please? Correct links are:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>http://blog.gaming.stackexchange.com/2012/08/i</code></li>
<li><code>http://meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/q/5081</code></li>
</ul>
<p>(looks like arqade.com is broken or expired)</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/695746Pokemon tag problems (Gotta Tag 'Em All)Michelhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/129362013-03-05T13:19:59Z2024-02-01T03:42:09Z
<p>I was looking at <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/6065/where-can-i-train-my-pokemon-in-heartgold-soulsilver-after-kanto">this question</a> and got worried, should I remove those two extra tags (<a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/soul-silver" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'soul-silver'" rel="tag">soul-silver</a> <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/heart-gold" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged 'heart-gold'" rel="tag">heart-gold</a>)? So I asked in <a href="http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8369544#8369544">chat</a> and got a good point from StrixVaria:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Pokemon is all messed up. There's a tag for Pokemon-fourth-gen but
this question doesn't apply to all the 4th-gen games, just the 2nd gen
remakes that are on the 4th gen engine. If you look through Pokemon
questions in general you'll find a lot of tagging issues.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>And I think he is right. Pokemon should have a proper resolution so we could "fix" the questions without worry. So:</p>
<p>How should we treat the tags in those questions?</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/57041Suggested edit review queue not working properly?MBraedleyhttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/13512012-12-29T14:16:35Z2024-01-24T22:05:26Z
<p>The last 2 times I've tried using the suggested edit review queue, it's been doing some weird things for me. On a bad edit, I would fill out the reject pop-up, hit reject, and then nothing. I'm not advanced to the next item in the queue, and the 4 buttons remain active at the top.</p>
<p>I'm fairly certain that my reviews are being acted upon, so hitting skip accomplishes the task, but I'm receiving negative feedback, which in this case is worse than no feedback at all.</p>
https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/159441Top tags requiring a tag wikibadphttps://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/232011-01-08T12:02:22Z2024-02-10T10:02:57Z
<p>Tag wikis are now prominently shown on hover <a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/74645/display-tag-excerpt-when-asking-a-question">and when tagging a question</a> -- all the more reason to at least write their excerpts down!</p>
<p>If you consider yourself knowledgeable about a game, please consider contributing tag wikis and excerpts. Stick close to our <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7837/cleanup-2013-its-time-for-meaningful-and-consistent-tag-wikis/">format for tag excerpts & wikis</a>, and note that those with <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/trusted-user">less than 20k rep</a> will need their edits to be approved before going live.</p>
<p><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/approve-tag-wiki-edits">5k Reviewers</a>, please make sure you reject <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/help/referencing">suggestions blatantly copy pasted from other sites</a>...</p>