Questions tagged [allowed-questions]
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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Is a question about the “why” behind a technical part of an emulator allowed?
I'd like to ask about why PS2 emulators can't/won't play PS1 games when the physical PS2 was actually able to play them, but I have an inkling that it's off topic here. Is that the case?
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Can “What is the seed for this Minecraft image” questions be asked?
I have asked 2 questions about Minecraft seed images so far, 1 of them have a score of 5, and another having a score of 1. Of course, both of them did not get answered with the correct answer, and the ...
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Are questions about the social rules/etiquette of a multiplayer game in-scope?
I've recently been playing a massively-multiplayer game in which an informal or semi-formal honor code or code of conduct has taken root among most players. The rules not only require adherence to the ...
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Are questions on why 2 quite similar gaming companies handle a particular aspect very differently on-topic?
I want to ask why Sony and Nintendo handle indie games and community building so differently even though they're both Japanese multinationals. Would this question be on-topic or be made on-topic?
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How much scripting support is allowed for Minecraft commands?
(As will become apparent when you start reading, I'm talking about Java Edition.)
Commands in Minecraft are very versatile, and new updates are making them even more versatile. There are lots of ...
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What questions am I not allowed to ask?
I really don't want to ask a question that will get me temporarily banned.
Am I allowed to ask for reputation? Am I allowed to ask if I can get people to give me some feedback on my posts?
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Are questions regarding modded game systems, including homebrew, considered off-topic? [duplicate]
As the title suggests.....
By modded consoles, I mean consoles that have either hard or soft mods on them, such Free McBoot and RGH respectively. Additionally, by homebrew, I mean applications like ...
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Are questions about professional training simulators on-topic?
Over the past few decades, formal professional training systems have been crossing over more and more with traditional video game technologies and tropes. For example, professional-grade flight ...
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Can I ask about how to support black game developers?
Because of current events, I'd like to ask a question (doesn't really matter whether on meta or on the main site) about how to find and support black game developers, or otherwise support the Black ...
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Is asking for code off-topic?
I like glitches, but I really don’t know much about games and their code. If I’m asking about a glitch (e.g. an iron golem falling through the floor in MC Dungeons), can I ask for specific code that ...
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Is asking for the highest score of a game on-topic?
This question just got asked:
What is the highscore for each vehicle on Countryside? (Hill Climb Racing)
I have the feeling it's off-topic, but I don't really know why.
It's trivial, it doesn't add ...
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Is it on-topic to ask for a game which is set in a real world location?
On the one hand, it is not opinion based. On the other, there is no single definitive answer.
I don't care about the kind of game, but would like to explore some places where I have lived, for ...
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How can it be determined whether a question speculates about developer intent?
I noticed this question, which I personally had thought was a reasonable one, has been closed:
Why does the scythe have a cooldown bar? Does it have a hidden ability?
The close reason given is:
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Question posted in a language other than english and was closed. Should I translate it and vote to reopen it?
The question ¿Como puedo pasar de aplicación a externa (archivo)?Minecraft PE [closed] was closed for being written in Spanish instead of English.
I know Spanish, so I can translate it into English. ...
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Are the rules or details of speedrunning specific games on topic?
Today I answered a question regarding why it's impossible to do a 100% kill nightmare speedrun in Doom 2; which to me seemed on topic regarding speedruns, which have been discussed on meta before. ...
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Is it ok to ask poll-type questions?
The question I want to ask is:
Title: [poll] Would you switch to a pay-as-you-go game server hosting service?
Tag: poll, hosting, minecraft-server
Body:
The goal is to make game ...
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Are questions about games on specific servers on topic?
I've been playing Skyblock on Hypixel and I've had a few questions that the wiki doesn't seem to answer. Would I be able to ask these questions or questions about any other games on here?
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Is it ok for me to post a question detailing the consequences for the GTA series after Dan Houser leaves Rockstar?
After seeing multiple titles on the internet about any updates for the next GTA 6 release I came upon some bad news.
Apparently, Dan Houser is quitting Rockstar Games.
Multi-Era Vice City is in the ...
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Adjusting the Game Identification off-topic reason to call for credible references
Since this happened, and the voting for questions of that kind is erratic, can we please just adjust the description of the off-topic rule for game-identification?
Currently this is
Game-...
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Are questions about in-game jokes/references off-topic?
This question that I asked, about what the video games being referenced in a DOOM Eternal screenshot were, got closed for being off-topic for reasons I don't fully understand.
Now, re-reading the [...
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Are hardware settings on-topic?
I would like to ask about nVidia GPU's, G-Sync monitors and in-game framerate capping. In this instance, specifically for Destiny 2.
I've had a read of Superuser on-topic advise, and it prohibits ...
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Are MCBE “behaviour packs” on-topic?
If I understand it right, this question is about behaviour packs in MCBE. As far as I know, those are written in a regular programming language, just using an MCBE specific API. Are those questions on-...
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Are questions about names of in game music on topic?
I recently saw that this question about a song that plays on GTA Online was closed as Off-topic, with Wrigglenite saying in the comments:
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's ...
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Can you ask how to pass a stage? What tag should I use?
If you want to ask about a certain objective, or what do you have to do to pass a stage in a video game, is this allowed on Arqade? If so, which tag do you use for the question when it isn't one of ...
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Would a question asking about the extents of rules be allowed?
For example, Runescape does not allow bots. I want to ask a question to figure out the extent of this, as I have an idea for a "bot" that falls within the rules on the rules page. Would a question ...
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Asking questions about cheating in games that have a multiplayer setting?
So, a question has been posted recently about exploiting glitches in Minecraft; which is effectively cheating.
The base rule for Arqade is that we do not support this in Multiplayer games.
I don't ...
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Can I ask for cheat codes and mods on this site?
Can I ask for cheat codes of a game on this forum? And can I ask for mods for an Android game here?
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Are questions about comparisons of Adults-only games vs their Teen/Mature counterparts allowed?
I have read that sexual content is not allowed and questions about media rating bodies are, but there are Adults-Only (AO) rated games with no sexual content and other ones with an Everyone/Teen ...
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Could we add links to the Meta posts created to redirect users to external sources for off-topic questions to the relevant help page?
A couple months ago, I suggested we created several Meta posts for our default off-topic close reasons so we can redirect users to a location where that particular question is on-topic and users are ...
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We shouldn't have a close reason specific to a single game. What is a better close reason?
As some probably already know, I do not think that it's good to have a close reason that is specific to a single game.
So why is this a problem? It drives some people off the site, I don't have any ...
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Are questions about Twitch on topic?
I read a question on here with an answer saying that if a topic is mostly about video games then it's okay. So are questions about Twitch on topic?
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Let's test out the Modded Minecraft Tech Support close reason
Update: The Modded Minecraft Close Reason review is underway. See the following post:
Modded Minecraft Close Reason - Let's Review
It's been a little over two weeks since our latest discussion ...
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What should we do with clearly fake questions?
This question about a "new horror steve or bug" is, as far as I can tell, not a real question about a real problem (it could, though extremely unlikely, be a mod that the author forgot about).
There ...
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Are questions about Youtubers/streamers on topic?
I just read this question about finding a Youtuber playing Monster Hunter Generation and I was wondering:
Are Q&A's about finding a Youtuber or streamer who's playing a specific game on topic?
I ...
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Comparing graphics between gaming consoles shouldn't be closed as opinion-based
The following question was closed as opinion-based:
How do the Nintendo Switch graphics compare to the Playstation 3?
I agree that a question which asks if a console is 'better' in general would be ...
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Do questions about strategic teams for Pokémon games fit in Arqade SE?
I'm starting to get interested into strategic matches of Pokémon (mostly on Showdown) and I was wondering if something like asking for help to balance a team may fit into the Arqade SE.
While ...
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What is Arqade's current stance on adult games?
A decade ago, adult games that contained content of a erotic or sexual nature would have been considered fringe and non-mainstream. Lately however, adult games have made their way to the mainstream ...
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How frequently should I be asking questions?
When I start playing a new and unfamiliar franchise I often have lots of questions, and I want to post them all at once. This occasionally ends up like this Metro Exodus question, that was, at one ...
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Modded Minecraft server tech support
I know we do not allow tech support for modded Minecraft, but does that also include servers? I'm primarily talking about the big ones we already have tags for: minecraft-bukkit, minecraft-spigot or ...
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Why we should make a flag reason for closing modded Minecraft tech support questions
TL;DR We need a better flag reason for questions about tech support for modded Minecraft.
Yes, yes, I know, we have discussed this 4 years ago, but so far the only changes in hope of solving this ...
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What is the difference between historical trivia questions and identification or recommendation questions? And should they be allowed?
Today, two questions were asked:
What was the first console or handheld to have a user interface outside of games?
What is the origin of the standard color coding scheme for item rarity?
Very ...
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Should we allow questions about unreleased hardware available for pre-order?
There's been a lively discussion in chat as to whether we should allow questions on hardware specs where the information is available, and the hardware is available for purchase, but the hardware is ...
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Germaneness of question on game ban
While I was answering the question
Why do you have to be at least the Invisible level of Online-ness to get Trading Cards?
it got put on hold. Which is perfectly appropriate; I got too intrigued by ...
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Where would I ask about xbox 1?
Where would I ask a question about my Xbox 1? I looked at the desc of all the Stack Exchange sites but none said anything about Xbox. (none of the tags really describe this question.)
So should I ask ...
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Minecraft Scarpet - here or on Stackoverflow?
It came to my attention that a Minecraft player, gnembon, has created a fully integratable, interpreted programming language for use in combination with Minecraft: Scarpet (link leads to GitHub ...
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Asking a question as a community wiki
I would like to ask a question on the main site that would ask for command line arguments for starcraft 2 and what they do.
I assume answerers would only know part of the existing command line ...
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User asks an identification question with a game artifact, has it closed, gets answer after closing, and wants to fix the question
We're running across an increasingly common occurrence in which a user asks an identification question with an artifact that people are concerned isn't from a game, the question is closed in very ...
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Is Black Mirror: Bandersnatch a game?
Wikipedia calls Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018) an "interactive movie," a term which it defines as
[...] a video game that presents its gameplay in a cinematic, scripted manner, often through the ...
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As of 2019 am I allowed to ask about speculative lore on Arqade?
I've recently become very interested in the Bloodsouls lore and this got me to thinking:
Can I ask about questions about speculative lore on Arqade?
I've read through questions already asked on the ...
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How to ask / to find out about games on specific topic
For example, I would like to find a review of games dedicated to money and sales close to real world. It does not have to be a real world stock exchange simulation but I am looking for something ...
