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12:41 AM
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Q: Why is my campaign for Starcraft 2 at two different stages with same profile

HiroI'm using two different computers with the same profile, but when I load on one computer it is way behind the other computer in terms of campaign missions. I'm using the same profile on each computer, why is this?

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Q: Dragon Age: freezings during dialogs

eL13Well actually Dragon Age is a pretty nice game, but it is freezing pretty often: i.e. i have to push the reset-button. Some pixels get weird colors and the sound gets in a loop. I ... installed the newest patch (1.04) installed newest graphic card driver (also tried it with some older versions...

 
1:41 AM
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Q: How do I restrict a type of weapon?

antony.trupeMy militia took my battle axes and won't give 'em back to my woodcutters. I'd rather not resort to killing my militia. How do I make them give my workers their tools back?

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Q: What's the best counter for Void Rays?

UltimateBrentAny time I let a Protoss player live to mid-game, I seem to be swarmed by Void Rays, and while I can sort of react, it's generally a 50/50 at that point. Let's say I scout a player with a single Void Ray and plans to build more. What should I do to counter them? As each race preferably, but I ge...

 
1:58 AM
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Q: Xbox 360 Wireless Remote batteries - aftermarket or official Microsoft ones?

JonI have used a mix between the actual rechargeable battery back, and the 'psyclone gaming' batteries (usually found at Target or Best Buy in the US). I am starting to get annoyed, because the Microsoft batteries and chargers I think use a special 'chip' in them, and therefore the charging statio...

 
2:53 AM
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Q: Message from my university IT people explaining why Starcraft II wont work on campus, does this sound plausible?

ChandlerIs changing how the game is hosted even an option ? I haven't seen anything related to this on the SC forums. Right now any multiplayer game I joins lags out and I get dropped right away..but the games do at connect at least, they are just unusably laggy. Thanks! Chandler, The cause of ...

 
 
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6:49 AM
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Q: How to beat the time challenge in the first level of Dale and Peakot?

luvieereAny tips on how to beat the time challenge in the first level of Miniclip's Dale and Peakot game? I've done it on all the other levels, but on the first one, 35 seconds seems quite implausible. I've tried finding a walkthrough, but so far, I've only found videos for another (possibly beta) versio...

 
 
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8:46 AM
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Q: About Atomic Armors in Fallout 3

The Last DoctorHow can I equip the various atomic armor in Fallout 3? I am already at level 22 but I still can't find anyone who can train me for equipping them. They are really good armors...

 
9:46 AM
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Q: Weapon upgrade system in Final Fantasy XIII

HenryHeyI'm well into disc 2 and I'm still a little lost with the weapon upgrade system. I don't know how to compare the weapons when they are different levels, and I'm also a little confused when choosing components to rise their level. Could anyone help?

 
9:58 AM
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Q: Starcraft 2: What features are disabled/different while offline?

AgosI started the game offline once, and I received a warning about that. I also noticed that achievements were not saved for that session. What are all the game/metagaming features that don't work while offline?

 
10:34 AM
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Q: In Age of Empires 3, what is a good build order for the British?

willemI'm trying to improve my AOE3 skills with the British. What are some good build orders that play to their strengths? i.e. a rush tactic? or a tanking tactic?

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Q: Non-violent XBOX games for Kids

SandyRecently I noticed my 8 year old nephew playing GTA IV, no wonder why he carry a toy gun and recent fighting in school. Could you people please recommend some non-violent games for this age group; because I know he won’t quit playing games and it will be better if I can change his focus to non-vi...

 
10:46 AM
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Q: Final Fantasy IV DS - How do I kill the dragon in the moon

volothampHello, I'm trying to get all the pieces of the crystal armor in the dungeon in the moon, but there's a red dragon in a box that kills me with a x-ray that makes something like 2k of damage to my party. Any advice on how fight it?

 
 
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12:28 PM
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Q: How to run X-Wing Alliance on modern hardware?

DzinXI'm trying to play X-Wing Alliance on my Windows XP with Core 2 Quad Q6600 and GeForce 8800GT, but I have to disable all graphics acceleration and I'm still getting major rendering glitches. Did anyone manage to properly configure this game (and/or the system) to run on modern hardware? If not, w...

 
12:58 PM
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Q: How to navigate in menus of Dwarf Fortress ?

Luc MHow could I know wich navigation pattern I have to use in menu of Dwarf Fortress ? Sometimes, it's - and + Sometimes, it's down and up It's confusing.

 
hi Juan
 
is there an official stance on [game-rec]?
what's the formatting for that?
 
what do you mean? if it's game-rec or game-recommendation?
 
no, on what subset of it is going to be allowed? It seems people have given up on closing the lot of them
 
Oak
1:10 PM
Jeff was pretty adamant about leaving it as [game-rec]
 
oh
well, there isn't an official stand actually, we are just seeing how the community sees them
they seem to be ok as long as they aren't too broad
 
ok
 
Oak
There was this discussion in meta:
But no consensus was reached.
 
(was looking for that link... thanks!)
 
Oak
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Q: [game-recommendations] and single, correct answers

OakOn my question asking about game recommendations, the user random asked how such a question can have a single, correct answer. It's a very good question, in my opinion, so I bring it here - especially since it is relevant to all questions tagged [game-recommendations], which is already one of th...

 
1:12 PM
yeah, and I realize I'm way out in right field on it
 
we reached 4k views/day
 
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A: Re-evaluating our site - what is the scope of an "acceptable" list, if it exists?

C. RossMy personal take. "Self Imposed Restrictions" Close "What games offer a good co-op multiplayer experience?" Close, very subjective, and generates too much noise "Easter Eggs in MegaMan games NES (1-6)" Close, though "How do I get Easter egg X" would be fine "PC voice chat software" C...

wow, still on top of the views list?
 
yeah, we should try to reach consensus on that
but it's difficult IMO
 
Oak
It's a problem. How can we push things towards consensus?
 
well, now that we have the chat open for everyone it should be easy
last time it was very productive for this kind of discussions
 
Oak
1:17 PM
I don't know about "easy", but it might help
 
indeed, we just need to get the key players in here
 
Oak
What defines "key players"?
If anything, posting things on meta is probably more visible
than the occasional sentence here
 
I think the main problem for me is that I don't have a defined stance myself
 
a real time conversation is less visible but more consensus building, because people are used to bending in conversation, not in writing ...
 
some game-rec questions seem ok, some don't... but drawing that line is difficult
 
1:21 PM
a forum post or an answer is a line in the sand, a comment is up for debate
 
Oak
I agree with you, Juan, that some are okay and some not. I thought about it a bit, and I think I draw the line depending on the number of possible answers.
"recommend a good RTS" - not good because there are many answers.
 
right
 
Oak
"recommend a good tower defense" - also not good (even though that question is super-popular), because of the answers
"recommend a good tower defense where you build a maze" (my question) - good enough
Though I'm of course biased
 
lol
sure sure
 
Oak
But I consider it good enough because I know the genre, and I know these kind of games are not common
 
1:23 PM
your questions are always good
 
Oak
:P
 
:)
I agree
 
Oak
But I will admit that "possible number of answers" is a bit subjective, so maybe we need to combine this with making these questions CW.
It fits, because they are not about a specific problem
And I also thing it will help calm those that are completely against it
 
They're calling me to a meeting, be back later
 
Oak
So something like: [game-rec] should be closed if it's too broad, and CWed otherwise
 
1:33 PM
I think that's fair ... now how broad is too broad
 
Oak
The million-dollar question :)
 
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Q: What are good linux games that can be played over a terminal?

C. RossWhat are some good games for Linux that I can play over a terminal (ssh)? Bonus points for a .deb package.

 
What about that one?
 
Oak
Doesn't seem too broad...
Limited to ANSI games, basically
Answering your own question after just 2 minutes, though, is in poor taste :)
 
1:56 PM
One answer on a community wiki question?
 
Oak
It doesn't give anyone else the chance to provide that answer
Doesn't really matter anyway
 
no, I don't think it does
 
2:34 PM
I don't know if you can read me -- I can't read you. Just dropping by to say 'hi' from sunny Siciliy :D
Have fun with your gaming shenanigans
 
Hi @badp :P Sunny Sicily? I'm jealous!
 
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Q: Cannot load chat

badpI'm stranded on a cellular network for the time being. Unfortunately, Chat fails to load/takes ungodly times to load currently (I'm stuck at "Just a second"). I tried latest Opera and Chrome. Here's what Chrome's net-internal reports has to say about the many requests to http://chat.meta.stackov...

Hey @MichaelHerold (I'm cheating by reloading the transcript)
 
@badp ... dude, I think I would find better things to do than chat by reloading the transcript ...
go enjoy the beach, we'll leave a few questions for when you get back
 
It's too hot to do better things
at any rate, yeah, I'm out
(I even had to cheat by deelting the id="loading" node from the chat :P)
 
3:34 PM
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Q: Your favourite classical PC games

StampedeXVI have a set of games that are already pretty old, that every now and then I install again (sometimes with a DosBox) and play again, having the same fun as 15 years ago when I played it the first time. Thats what I call a classic in computer games. The question is, what are your favourite class...

 
3:44 PM
Hello people.
 
Oak
Hi
 
So, how is it going?
 
Oak
How's what going?
 
The chat, the site etc?
 
Oak
I dunno, seems okay
Starcraft 2 does wonders to our traffic
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Check out how many new questions there are tagged [starcraft-2] in the past few days, it's great
 
3:53 PM
Check out how much rep anthony.trupe has :(
http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/dwarf-fortress

And look at this...
 
Oak
Yea, well, but it helps us become a good community for that game, I guess
which is a positive thing
 
Good community for the game? Although Google is not an answer, etc, etc, those are google/read the wiki type questions.
 
Oak
But it might draw people interested in that game to come and ask questions of their own. There are also users like this in SO, for example, with gazillion questions, many of poor quality
But they do have the occasional gem,
And in my opinion, a gem gives more traffic than what bad content removes
But, you know, that's just me :)
 
Hello people!
 
Oak
Hi
 
4:02 PM
What do people talk about in here?
 
The site, mostly
 
Oak
Well we were talking about you, until you arrived. No more of that now :(
 
(I can see all past messages, just pointing that out)
What games do you guys play?
 
Oak
@Chacha I know I know :)
Works better in IRC, I suppose.
 
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Q: How can you install Steam games offline?

ChristianMy main computer that has Steam installed on it does not have an active internet connection. I do not want this computer to have access to the internet, but I really would like to be able to play some of the games I bought with Steam. How can I install and play a Steam game if I don't have th...

 
4:10 PM
Is that just a feed of all the new posts on the site?
 
Oak
Yes.
It (should) also post the new questions on meta.gaming
 
cool
So what games are you guys partial to? I am a WoW player
Hey mmyers
 
Hi. I don't even know why I'm here; I'm not a member of the gaming site.
 
Dwarf Fortress, openTTD, Left 4 Dead, Uplink, Pokemon, etc, etc
 
Maybe I'll just back out gracefully.
 
Oak
4:13 PM
No, it's too late
Now you have to come to the site itself and ask something!
Surely there's SOME game you play?
 
some people are very anal about their games and capitalization
 
But internet vs Internet?
 
its capitialization..
and people are weird
 
Oak
I would not have changed that.
 
4:16 PM
technically it is suppose to be capitalized
 
Oak
Oh I agree,
It's just a very minor edit. Although to be honest, he also edited a tag.
 
Oak
If I was about to edit a tag, I would have also snuck in small typo fixes such as that
"Snuck" is not a word?
 
no
 
Snuck = sneaked
 
4:20 PM
Can you vote to close this please? it is bugging me: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/59460/…
 
Oak
@Macha no related, but good story
 
I really just don't like Evan Carrol. He is such a troll and is just annoying as heck..
According to his reputation chart, he has -1000 reputation
 
Oak
But like 5k on SO
 
Don't waste energy on the trolls
 
lol
really? 5k. Nice
 
Oak
4:23 PM
Though actually,
Since downvotes are only -2, I'd say -1000 is more impressive than +5k :)
 
Yeah
 
Chacha102, responding to him the way you have will only encourage him. He already knows everything you said to him; he's just trying to get a reaction, and he succeeded.
 
@mm
@mmyers There is an @symbol before names
Just pointing that out
 
@Chacha102: Yes, I know. But you still saw it, right? ;)
 
Yes :)
 
Oak
4:26 PM
I actually like his last suggestion :)
I dislike how people sometimes answer a question AND vote to close it
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Doesn't sit right
 
The Hypocrite badge?
 
Oak
Yea
 
Well, I'd be getting like 12 of them.
w/e
 
Oak
Don't get me wrong, the badge concept is absurd and insulting,
 
I've done it. I don't like to be a complete dick. "That question isn't for this site, but here's the answer anyway. Don't do it again".
 
Oak
4:28 PM
But I do dislike that concept
OK, but what if it's a duplicate?
 
For some reason I think we went completely off the main topic of this room
That is the problem with chat. It isn't topical in the sense we would like it to be.
 
Oak
True
I'm off, bye!
 
See you.
@Chacha102: That's the point of the third place. Less rigid than meta or the main site.
 
So wait, I can close the other windows for the other chat channels I'm in, but still get notifications?
 
Yes
 
4:30 PM
Sweet
 
Just don't click leave.
The notifications are really small though, in the top right above favorites iirc.
 
I wish there was more of a quick switch method though.
Hello Jeffery
 
5:04 PM
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Q: Feasibility of playing EVE Online for free?

fbreretoWhile looking up EVE Online on Steam there is feature bullet that reads: Play for FREE – You can buy game time with in-game money you earn while playing. Does anyone have experience playing under this gaming model? If I play the game casually (a couple hours a week) will I be able to earn ...

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Q: What happens if I stick it to the Tree-Huggers?

antony.trupeThe elven ambassador keeps insisting I limit my wood harvesting to just over 100 trees per year. This is highly disruptive to my alcohol industry, as I require wood to make barrels for my brew. What happens if I disregard his requests and put my woodcutters in high gear?

 
@Macha just wait until Chat has been around long enough and the purists start claiming we need a 4th place, because there's no order here
 
5:22 PM
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Q: How do I hit the monster drum fill in Rob The Prez-O-Dent?

ManaI come to you, sages of gaming.se, with a very large problem. Day in, day out, I find myself stumped by a certain drum fill in the song Rob The Prez-O-Dent, found in the nightmarish depths of Rock Band 2's cave. The fill moves at inhuman speeds in spite of its massive size. I can only conclude t...

 
5:34 PM
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Q: Why are the goblins always ambushing?

antony.trupeHow important is it to get my military squads fully equipped? I'm having a really rough time surviving any goblin ambushes.

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Q: How does Civilization 5 interact with other Steam games?

bwarnerCivilization 5 utilizes SteamWorks. Steam only allows you to have one thing running at a time. If I buy a physical copy of Civilization 5, will playing it block me from simultaneously playing a game that I downloaded from Steam on another computer? Does it matter whether I am playing online? ...

 
5:58 PM
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Q: How to play StarCraft 2 offline?

Wavy CrabHow to I play StarCraft 2 offline? When I start StarCraft 2 offline (my network connection disabled), it prompts me for my Battle.net account name. After entering my account name, I select play offline. It then tells me that offline play authorization is required. When I'm online, I can login t...

 
6:10 PM
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Q: What is Dwarf Fortress?

LatencyI have seen a lot of messages on this site about Dwarf Fortress, what is it? what genre of game is it and were can I get it?

 
... wow
I'm not sure how to respond to that
 
with many adjectives
 
I just copied my tag wiki into it
 
6:14 PM
I think it fits ok as an answer
nice tag wiki btw
 
I'm just glad they added the top 20 rule.
 
what's that?
 
Top 20 users in a tag can edit the tag wiki
 
A requirement for tag wikis
 
oh, cool
 
6:19 PM
it was just users with over 100 upvotes in the tag
 
I believe it is just users with >100 upvotes
 
so, is Anthony Trupe a developer in Dwarf Fortress or what?
 
I think he's just a new player
Tarn Adams is the only developer
 
I'm trying to read about it in its homepage but it gives me a headache
 
the "homepage" is the dev log
so, not necessarily the best place to read about the game
Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress (Dwarf Fortress for short) is a freeware computer game by Bay 12 Games for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X set in a high fantasy universe that combines aspects of roguelike and city-building games and is primarily known for its unique level of complexity and incredible difficulty. The title of the game is inspired by its primary focus on the construction, management, and exploration of dwarven fortresses within the game world. Development started in October , followed by the game's first public release in August . History Dwa...
 
6:26 PM
Thanks
 
I'm constantly surprised by the number of questions on DF
of course, half of that is Antony Trupe
 
I'm constantly surprised by the efficacy of my ignored tags
xbox* ipod* ipad* wii facebook kde mac starcraft* *warcraft* team-fortress-2 final-fantasy* ps*
that pretty much dims the whole page
well -- it used to just a few days ago. Now that my connection is slow, that just coves halfish of the page.
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Q: Feasibility of playing EVE Online for free?

fbreretoWhile looking up EVE Online on Steam there is feature bullet that reads: Play for FREE – You can buy game time with in-game money you earn while playing. Does anyone have experience playing under this gaming model? If I play the game casually (a couple hours a week) will I be able to earn ...

why is that tagged plex?
before I nuke it.
 
plex is apparently the credit system there
You can buy a 30-day PLEX for 300M ISK.
You can make 300M ISK in a couple hours if you know what you're doing.
 
eh, marginally related to the question then
 
not really
 
6:38 PM
yeah ... good question though
 
No one searching for Plex will 'really' want to see that question
 
I'd rather use ingame-currency anyway
wow, the mumble question is still up?
 
We'll I'm going to go make lunch. I'll be back later
 
mumble question?
 
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Q: What is the max slots for a Mumble server?

Cool_Hand_LukeOur clan is wanting to research the Mumble server voice chat to see if it would be viable for our needs. We have a box we can use to host a free Mumble server on, but we need to know what the max slots are. I haven't really seen a direct answer as of yet while doing my own research. Thanks in ...

but it is on topic surprisingly
 
7:04 PM
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Q: Are there any games like Flow for PS2?

rlb.usaAre there any games similar to Flow or Flower for PS2? Screenshot of Flower:

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Q: How do you get the Custom Game Novice in achievement in Starcraft 2?

lillqThe Achievement is Exploration > Custom Game Novice. It reads Win 3 solo evenly matched Custom Games against any A.I. opponents. I have gone Single Player > Versus A.I > Play versus A.I. and beat the the Med A.I. at least 3 times and I have beat the hard A.I. once. The Achievement still shows...

 
So, How long do y'all think it'll be before SCII is $40?
 
7:17 PM
when I finally have time to play it @CRoss
 
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Q: Why am I getting "The question you're asking is likely to be closed."?

lillqI asked "How do you get the Custom Game Novice achievement in Starcraft 2?" and I get "The question you're asking is likely to be closed.". I feel coming from stackoverflow that this is a valid question for the gaming stackexchange. It has one specific answer and is not subjective and I want an a...

 
@Ivo I guess it's just the near side of never then.
 
7:52 PM
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Q: How do I deal with the edge tile?

antony.trupeHow do I build/dig on the edge tile on a map? My dwarfs are walking around the edge of a moat; I assume invaders will too.

 
@Oak What's poetic?
 
no
go report it in feedback
but the question is artful
 
Hello people
WASSAUP!!!!
 
Oak
8:07 PM
j0
 
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Q: Starcraft build order terminology?

C. RossMost guides I've seen to builds in SCII I see a list of items next to non-sequential numbers. Example. What do the numbers represent?

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Q: Who is this guy?

empiHi. Do you know what game this guy comes from?

 
hmm
 
Oak
That question has absolutely no Google value
 
thinking whether to close it or edit it
 
Who are you people?
 
Oak
8:19 PM
Close for what? It is kind-of on topic
 
which question mine or empi?
 
Oak
Guess :)
 
me!
 
Oak
@Chacha102 didn't understand the question, we're users of gaming.stackexchange.com
 
boo, rep-cap
 
8:20 PM
@Oak and Who am I?
 
Oak
Someone who is concerned with existential questions, apparently :)
 
why can't I edit my earlier message
 
possibly there is a 5 minute timer?
 
I meant "should be closed" instead of "to close it"
 
like comments
except for edit and deleting
 
Oak
8:22 PM
HE deleted it? Odd.
 
actually
it is a 2 minute timer
 
perhaps he is here watching us
 
who deleted it?
 
Oak
The owner
 
or a moderator
 
Oak
8:24 PM
No, the owner deleted it.
 
we wouldn't do that
we are way too nice
 
Oak
We only delete questions of users that personally annoy us.
 
Who are the moderators?
 
Oak
Users with diamond signs
 
The ones with diamonds
ha
 
8:24 PM
....
 
stop it
 
I've been an SO user for almost 2 years, I know that
 
Oak
Well you asked :)
 
8:25 PM
then you should know where to find them
 
Oak
Wow cool, I didn't know we had an about page.
 
You need to get GRace Note in here
@JuanManuel Too lazy to type in the URL
I want to talk to him. I've seen him around on Meta
 
Oak
Hey, tzenes almost reached Arda in rep
 
I fell behind on rep
too busy looking for users to ban
@CRoss, you are making all your rep from dwarf fortress
Should I convert this to CW?
 
Oak
8:37 PM
Why? It's not that different than other [game-rec] questions.
I personally think we should convert them all,
but no special reason to pick on this
 
It's a List of X question
 
Oak
Isn't every [game-rec] a "list of X" question?
 
yes, they should be CW too
 
Oak
I agree,
 
furthermore, that would discourage those posts as no one will get reputation from them
 
Oak
8:39 PM
but maybe we need more community approval?
There's no consensus on the relevant meta questions
 
sure
 
If there is a meta post I'll +1 it.
 
Because people love rep
 
Recent Questions - Gaming - Stack Exchange
Low level strategies for survival in Fallout (original)
John Rudy
http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/4336/low-level-strategies-for-survival-in-fallout-original
 
8:41 PM
however
 
Oak
Maybe I'll create a new meta question for it, @Juan
To finish it once and for all
 
Yeah, just read Grace Note's comments
 
I think the -3 is because we are disagreeing that they should exist
 
Oak
Something short, not like Grace's monstrous discussion
 
but
if they exist
at least they should be cw
 
Oak
8:42 PM
I think I'll post an answer to my question
 
the core problem still is whether or not this questions should exist or not
 
They really shouldn't, but it's better to look at it from a "How much does it hurt perspective"
 
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Q: All stats on site stats note listed as "0"?

ManaI was looking at the side of the page on the parent site and noticed that every single stat in the site stats was listed as 0. I've been having some network issues so I wouldn't be surprised if this is exclusive to myself; can anyone confirm/deny the problem or explain it?

 
I think requiring that they be community wiki will end those type of questions though.
As most of the people who would eventually come to ask that stuff are probably at the phase where the Rep metagame is still new and interesting to them.
 
in fact, until today, I had in my mind that this was what we had agreed
That's what Robert had been doing before there was pro tem mods
 
Oak
8:54 PM
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A: [game-recommendations] and single, correct answers

OakAfter some thought and discussion with other users on chat, my opinion that in general, these sort of questions should be allowed, as long as They are not too broad They are marked as community wiki. Not too broad - because just a list of all RTSs doesn't add anything. Many other sites catalo...

@Juan I don't remember anywhere we agreed to that, though
 
no, now that I think about it we didn't... it just felt normal
 
Oak
:)
Upvote my answer then!
 
already did
 
Oak
Feel free to edit that answer if you want to
Now, all we need is to hope that gets some serious votes, and then we shall go on a rampage =D
 
How is the meta participation in gaming? Haven't really been around since becoming a temp mod of GameDev
 
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