Questions tagged [support]
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Who is the artist behind the mothership?
Who is the artist behind the mothership artwork shown on the top right of Arqade and Meta Arqade?
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Is it possible for the defuct Arqade blog link on the Game Identification Learn More page to be secured?
On our game-identification tags Learn More page, there is a link to a now defuct Arqade blog at the bottom of the page:
https://blog.gaming.stackexchange.com/2012/08/identifying-games-when-you-cant-...
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Can we create a tag for Highfleet? [duplicate]
Game: Highfleet
PC war strategy game set in a fictional universe.
My question which calls for the tag: Precisely when will transport Hawk arrive at Goshen?
Thanks!
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Note: the [tag-creation] entry ...
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How to reply to another person on this site/ tag them
I wanted to respond to someone’s answer but don’t know how to tag them in my question! Any help?
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Why was the tag [arras.io] deleted?
Earlier, I posted a question that had the now nonexistent tag arras.io. Now this tag is gone. I also saw another question (that probably got deleted) about not being able to connect to "Extended ...
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How to properly use the new review queues?
The new first answer and first question queues let you do these actions:
I've encountered a couple of posts that were a spam question and a question posted as an answer. The actions suggested were ...
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User with multiple lost accounts
Something weird appened in this question, a couple of "answers" talk about lost credentials, and it seems that these users are actually the same person, asking for help, who clearly can't ...
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Room frozen: what is the procedure to unfreeze it again
This room is frozen because we didn't post anything in it for a long time. I want to make it active again. So what's the procedure to unfreeze it?
https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/124354/memes
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Merge Tag [fire-emblem-the-sacred-stones] to [fire-emblem-sacred-stones]
Merge the tag fire-emblem-the-sacred-stones to fire-emblem-sacred-stones because both are about the same game Fire Emblem : The Sacred Stones.
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What is the point of rewarding existing answers?
I'm not sure I understand the "Reward Existing Answer" bounty. Specifically, why aren't new answers eligible for the bounty? Why would someone start a bounty for an existing answer?
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Why was my reputation not restored after my edit was restored?
I recently made an edit to this question, which was subsequently reverted by the post owner. However, it was later rolled back again by a moderator to my edit:
When I made the edit, I was awarded a ...
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Capitalized L replacing lowercase L for inline code tags?
This is driving me absolutely bananas so I have to ask about it at this point. I created a post that contains multiple inline code tags containing the letter L in it's lowercase form. However, these ...
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How do I add a tag to an answer?
I was about to post an answer in this weeks screen shot contest but, I can’t figure out how to add a tag to my answer.
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Why aren't my badge counts being accurately reflected?
UPDATE: This may just be an issue of my lack of patience. My badge count is up to 13 out of the expected 14 as of now (the Critic badge is the only one missing).
Since posting I've earned the Cleanup ...
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How can I get an answer on my question deleted, when my flags are denied?
I have this answer to my question: Answer, but it doesn't answer my question at all. I have flagged it as not an answer (disputed), once as requesting moderator intervention (denied), and again, with ...
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No button to create a fourth bounty on my question?
I have this question: How can I compact my Scrap Mechanic logic down?. I want to add a fourth bounty of 50 rep, but the button is no longer there. The only bounty-related button is saying that it has ...
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Showing +20 near my reputation even though it isn't added
I have a +20 symbol near my reputation of 85. But it isn't added to my reputation. Please clarify what it is.
Thank you!
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Why can't I up-vote
I can't up-vote, I have 15 reputation, the requirement. Can anyone tell me why I can't up-vote? I have tried on up-voting a Terraria question, is that my problem? Also this was my first up-vote ...
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Game identification question based on description from memory
I was hoping to ask a game-identification question, basing my description of the text-based RPG on memory. But the tag description states:
Only ask if you have a screenshot, video, or audio clip from ...
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Why am I not earning the "Revival" badge?
The badge "Revival" is a bronze badge that can be obtained after 30 days of your answer being accepted with a score 2+, and for this answer, I haven't earned the Revival badge. May I get the ...
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How should I tag a question about Universal Minecraft Editor?
I have found a fix for Universal Minecraft Editor's broken chunk locator, and I wish to ask a question to provide information on how the fix works. This question is on-topic because it asks about game-...
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How can I fix these downvoted answers?
Sorry, and yes, this is legitimately more than 2 times I would post a question like this, but I just need info for the future.
So, answers like mine in this question are downvoted, just like any other....
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Why do answers turn blurry when downvoted -3+?
I have saw this before, but now I want to find the bottom of it.
Answers that are blurry I have seen downvoted massively (-3 or more), and a answer of mine (edited from a comment) became one of them.
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Why are answers deleted because the question was made long gone?
I was saying the right answers and not duplicating and I got upvotes.But my answers are deleted because the question was asked long ago why is that?
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Are question bookmarks anonymous, like votes?
Are bookmarks on questions anonymous?
In many questions, answers already state that upvotes and downvotes are 100% anonymous and can't be seen, that moderators/developers can't even see them. ...
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Why was my reputation reset?
My reputation points have been reset fully. I checked the activity tab and it says I lost 28 rep.
When I looked deeper I saw nothing that could have caused that. Does anyone have any idea why?
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Can we add a The Battle Cats tag? [duplicate]
I have quite a few questions about The Battle Cats and I wish there was a tag for The Battle Cats so I could post them.
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What does the "25% vote on questions" mean on the "Electorate" badge?
If you read my profile, and see my activity, I am trying to earn the "Electorate" badge. I have 329 votes cast and only 324 are recorded, but this isn't a bug! I just want to know what the &...
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Why do we now have Stack Overflow for Teams in sites that are not Stack Overflow?
I was just going around Stack Exchange sites and I discovered this:
Any explanations why this is here? This is not Stack Overflow.
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Is asking for robux off-topic?
I have learned that game piracy is considered off-topic in Arqade.
Does it also count as off-topic if we ask how to get free robux in roblox?
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When does rep get updated on Meta towards the main?
We all know that the rep on meta is associated with the main's own. Sometimes, we would see our rep how it looked like previously in the meta. So when DOES the meta rep get updated?
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How can I upload files to put in my question?
How can I put files in my question? I want to put a link to a Minecraft world (.zip) on a question I asked so others can download it and look, but I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Is there a ...
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How to self-answer when the question is closed?
My lowest scored question (as of now) is recently solved by me and I wanted to self-answer it, but thanks to the given fact of game piracy, it was closed off-topic.
How can I self-answer my question ...
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Why is the community bot closing questions?
Why? I couldn't find anything, I'm just wondering? Does the bot deem that the wording is too similar or something?
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What happens to rep from upvotes and answer-accepts when a user is deleted?
I answered a question today which pushed me to 200 Rep on the site (in turn auto pushed to 300 for the Association bonus). This user sometime later was deleted from the site, and I got some Rep ...
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Account restrictions
I recently got a message when I tried to reply saying that my account could no longer submit answers. When I looked at why, I saw the reasons for why this may have happened. I didn’t think I had done ...
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It's in my inventory, but not in my area (Curious, a long-awaited badge)
Okay, my title is awkwardly long, but let's not speak of that.
Ever since I reached a good amount of support in Arqade, there has been a badge I've been wanting to get, but due to certain ...
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Active Questions and Late Answers
I was browsing Arqade today and saw this question, What are the differences between the Wii and Xbox One/PS4/Switch versions of Just Dance Games?, became active today (1/31/21). I am curious why it is ...
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Can some of my answers be converted from Community Wiki to regular answers?
You might've noticed that some of my answers are community-wiki. Why? There are 3 reasons:
I want to submit an answer, but if it's not good enough, I want everyone to participate and make edits to ...
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Was my comment removed?
Either I'm losing my mind, and I didn't post a comment on this question about Athletics in Cyberpunk, or someone deleted it?
IIRC it was just a light-hearted jab at game design - why was it deleted?
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How to report link-only answers?
A similar question said to "convert them to a comment". Obviously I can't do that, so how should I report them? I've been reporting them as spam, but that seems wrong, as I did that here (an ...
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Why are some posts marked as highly active and others are not?
I came across a question while I was browsing the main section of Arqade which was classified as a highly active question: Why are pokemon stacked on top of each other whenever I start?
I am a little ...
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How did I review stuff incorrectly?
I am suspended from reviewing because I reviewed stuff incorrectly. All the stuff I reviewed ended up getting deleted by a moderator and on all of them I had:
Upvoted a comment saying that’s not how ...
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Tag merge request: [skyrim-special-edition], [skyrim-anniversary-edition] → [the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim]
July 2022 update: Since the tags have now been synonymized by community voting, this post now serves as a tag merge request to the mods. (Only moderators can perform a merge.) This is because many ...
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Retag request: The Elder Scrolls series
As per the meta post, Should we standardize our tag formatting regarding Arabic vs. Roman numerals?, the official spelling of the game title should be used in the tags whenever possible, instead of ...
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Hybrid animals: Where IS it? [duplicate]
There is a game, Hybrid animals.
It is QUITE an interesting game. It has an FPS edition on steam and a MUCH different version on mobile.
My question is: WHy is there no tag for it? And why don't we ...
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Requesting a Tag for the mobile game 'Mafia City' [duplicate]
I have a few questions about the mobile game Mafia City, but when I try asking a question, I cannot use the tag mafia-city because that tag does not exist. I cannot create a new tag either because I ...
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Answer deleted without a chance to improve
Just got my answer to How to get large amounts of xp safely and quickly in Minecraft? deleted, with the following comment:
This is not an answer, it's a collection of videos. I'm sure you know link-...
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User "Has not participated in any tags"
Some people who have asked or answered questions have in their tags section saying that they haven't participated in tags, which isn't right. Is there a reason for this? A lot of people with 1 ...
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