Questions about the acceptability of questions. This tag denotes discussions about what is acceptable to post on the site, and for what reasons in either direction.
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What do we do with historic question that no longer make sense?
Minecraft's new (as of 1.5) water physics mean that this question no longer makes sense as a question - the situation can no longer arise.
Should this question be closed/deleted?
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I think there is a flaw in the rules around time based questions
Most competitive games are updated and change over time. I play starcraft and I almost never ask questions here, because the rules make for a toxic environment. My questions get downvoted because I ...
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What are your thoughts on AR code requests?
I noticed that the action-replay tag was created recently having to do with what seems to be AR code requests. I know that we've always supported cheats or various console commands (aka skyrim) but ...
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World of Tanks on Chrome OS
I want to know whether the online game World of Tanks can be played on a Chromebook.
Is that on topic over here or should I ask that on Super User?
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What's bad in helping a person who bought legal version of a game move their save files from cracked copy?
See this question and the comments to it:
The Binding Of Isaac: move stats from pirated version to legal, steam-bought version?
How is it suddenly not a good idea to help a person move their ...
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Where to ask questions about the “Wesnoth markup language”?
I have a question regarding the Wesnoth markup language. But I am not sure where to ask:
Gaming SE
Gamedev SE
Where should I ask my question?
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Posting cheats/easter eggs
I think I found a cheat/hack/easter-egg in some game.
Is it OK to post them as my own question and answer? ( http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/ )
Or ...
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Is a question about how to deal with XRaying as an admin on Minecraft Multiplayer on topic?
Would a question like this be considered on-topic for arqade? I want to know if it's on-topic before posting it.
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Creating “How can I improve my strategy with X game?” questions
Alright what I would like to do is create questions occasionally on the main page that asks how can I improve my game or what was I doing wrong in this match up, more specifically with Starcraft 2 PvP ...
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When is a game publicly available?
I have posted this question and it seems that a bunch of guys in the chat have decided that a game has to be publicly available to be able to ask questions about it.
Considering this is what the ...
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Should we reopen question being closed for 'unreleased game' after the game is released
Question such as
Can I use a PC license to play the Mac version? become useful once the game is released. Should it be reopen automatically or let the user to flag for moderator's attention and ask ...
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What makes Arqade different from the rest of StackOverflow when it comes to prior research before asking a question?
When it comes to asking a question, should I be doing my research somewhere else first?
Most people on the main SE meta site disagree - yet most people I've come across here do not:
Although it ...
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Gaming VoIP Application Questions
While questions for Ventrilo and TeamSpeak stay open and their questions answered, especially this one which would be best for SuperUser.
A question about RaidCall, which is mostly used for MMORPGs ...
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Is “mod rec” really am umbrella category that we want to use? Or is it confusing the situation?
This is a bit of a take on the discussion largely brought up by this question of last Fall, but to take a different approach to it. One might also gander at this oldie.
As an upfront note, any ...
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What is wrong with asking questions that solicit suggestions?
As reference: How can I record demos of my gameplay?
I don't see what the difference between this question and other closed questions is. Some of my own questions were closed too. It was asking for ...
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Are questions of champion viability allowed?
Are questions pertaining to champion builds' viability, for MOBA's, on-topic? I.E. Is Master Yi viable when built AP in League of Legends?(No need to answer, just an example.)
I know there is a lot ...
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Closed question about looking to play the unique cars only available in the different demo versions of a game — Can it be reopened?
This is about this currently closed question: I'm looking to play with the unique R/C cars ony available in the demo versions — How can I do this?
From reading the question as originally posted ...
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About asking for “a game similar to X”?
My question on that kind of subject was closed. I wasn't exactly asking for a game recommendation, but rather for any games known to be similar to a particular one. I think that is a question that can ...
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Suggesting avoidance of multiple questions
Where should I point users to avoid multiple unrelated questions in a single post?
I know from experience that a single posted question should contain either one question or only very closely related ...
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Are questions that are only loosely related to gaming on-topic? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“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
In questions like What is the genre of ...
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Is a question about strategies valid? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I ask a good Strategy/tactics question?
So I'm keen to ask a question about XCOM and the use of Heavy units as I've struggled all campaign to use them ...
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Are questions about Play TV considered on topic?
Are questions regarding Sony's Play TV for PS3 considered on topic for gaming? I'm not sure if they meet the criteria for the FAQ point:
Game-specific hardware and utilities
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Is a question about a graphics card's drivers like this on-topic (won't be closed)?
EDIT: It seems that the community doesn't want questions like this. Due to that, I have posted it at Super User, instead. : ...
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Are questions about a graphics card's drivers off-topic?
I posted this question: 'Windows installer has stopped working' error message when installing AMD Catalyst Drivers from v12.2 until the current drivers (v12.10), which immediately got closed ...
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Are questions about a game's community on topic?
Recently, I have seen two TF2 questions (here and here) asking about trading in-game items with other players, and specifically the value of said items.
These questions are not about on the game ...
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What do we do with questions about games that can no longer be played?
So City of Heroes shut down over the weekend. There is no longer any way to play it, as the servers went dead.
Now, we only have seven City of Heroes questions, so there's not a lot of content, one ...
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At what point does a question about game hardware become off topic?
I recently posted this question (and answer) about connecting a 5 1/4" floppy drive to a computer and was directed to post this question to Super User where it has clearly been accepted as on topic. ...
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Question about the iPod Touch and iPad
Can the iPod Touch/iPad be considered a portable game console?
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Can questions about “What Server do I need to run X” be asked on Gaming.SE?
In the Gaming.SE FaQ it states:
If your question generally covers things such as...Game-specific hardware and utilities...then you are in the right place to ask your question!
Over at ...
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Why is this question closed?
What is wrong with this item stats?
What I asked is quite clear. Why the left item has lower Damage than the right. I also have a good answer.
Namely that the 40% damage is already incorporated.
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Non-gaming gaming console questions — allowed?
Should non-game related gaming console questions be allowed? Some question might be "Does Blu-Ray work for XBox 360"?
Should these be allowed because they are a gaming console or are they better ...
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Is it appropriate to post questions about Minecraft servers on the main site?
I wanted to post a question regarding hosting a Minecraft server 'Does disabling the nether improve server performance?'.
It feels a bit out of place on the main site, however I wouldn't really know ...
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Off-topic consistency with technical support questions
Consider these questions:
How do I tell if my graphics card is defective?
Is there a way to get Windows to handle Shift + numpad keys differently?
Launching Minecraft lags computer
How to force ...
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How should we handle Windows 8 compatibility questions?
With Windows 8 coming out it is inevitable that we'll receive a flood of compatibility question for games released prior to Windows 8 being made available. How should we handle such questions?
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Not sure if a question about release dates is appropriate for the site
I want to ask the question "why are games released in different countries on different days, even when the digital download is available?"
But I'm not sure if this falls under the "ask the devs" ...
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What to do about questions asking for RNG seeds?
Isn't a question asking for a seed just yet another ....-rec question? While there is certainly an objective answer (one that minimally meets the specified criteria), there are also ...
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Which type of technical support questions are on-topic?
There are some unanswered questions that are really just technical support questions that are probably only answered by the individual manufacturer's support staff that have access to user account ...
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Are pre-order questions valid?
Today, as I don't yet have the privilege to vote-to-close, I raised a moderator flag against this question.
However, the flag was denied, but I feel that this question falls in to the category of ...
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Why is this question allowed?
Is Ragnarok Online enjoyable without using bots or cash items?
The question is asking whether a game is enjoyable within a set of circumstances. Given the format of the website, this doesn't seem to ...
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Why is asking on how or where to find upcoming updates for a game Not Constructive?
So, I asked the question Where to find Diablo 3 patch plans because I want to find out how to keep informed on what's going on with Diablo 3 updates. To me, asking this and it being on-topic makes ...
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Adult-themed gaming
Are questions related to this field allowable? I've posted a related question at here.
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Should the “11 gaming references” question be left open?
This question has been causing an obsene amount of disagreements and has ultimatly ended in what could possibly be the retirement of a valued member of our community.
What should we do about this ...
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Revisiting the Identify-this-game ban
I think the time is ripe to revisit our identify this game rules, following this week's discussion on chat and meta.
The status quo
The current policy is that any question asking to identify a game ...
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“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
identify-this-game was a Bad Tag. It was applied to Bad Questions. It is gone forever, and I could not be happier.
But it appears, that we have been throwing some babies out with our admittedly ...
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Should I ask seed questions involving problems I've never experienced?
I seeded this question (10K only link), involving the "You did not earn a trophy" message on the PS3, which was deleted on the grounds that I never experienced this problem. This was intended as a ...
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What should we do about these old Starcraft 2 build order questions?
We have a problem. Three of our currently highest scoring questions are no longer acceptable by current site rules, and may never never have been acceptable to begin with. It's likely the only reason ...
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Questions regarding established metagame
Many games (LoL, SC2, etc) have established metagame(see What is metagame?). Unfortunately, its sometimes difficult to pick up the metagame without being called a noob for the first many games you ...
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Should we allow questions asking to identify non-game elements in games? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“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
Last night in chat we had a ...
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Request for reopening - edition comparison
This question was closed as off-topic:
Does the AC 3 pre-order collector editions lack content available with the special edition
Two reasons for that were mentioned in the comments, and I ...
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'Sounds like a List question' = subjective votes?
I recently asked Which games use Pando Media Booster, and is there a workaround to download the installer without it? where I also wanted to know which games use it (clearly explaining why it was ...
