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<p>Can we run an experiment with it off for a month? I would suggest mid-December to mid-January to capture some Christmas traffic. If we see a spike in spam without a lot of good quality anonymous posts or vice-versa not a lot of spam with a bunch of good quality anonymous posts, then we have our answer.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17179/-/17181#17181 7 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T13:11:16Z 2025-08-06T13:11:16Z

<p>If worded properly, I believe this would be an ok question. For instance, there are objective, quantitative comparisons that can be made, like number of thumb buttons, DPI configurability (including on the fly DPI adjustments), input lag for wireless mice in particular, etc. Of course there will also be things that are measurable but depend heavily on the user, such as time to aim and aiming precision. As an example, a trackball is generally much more precise, but also takes longer to aim.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17007/-/17010#17010 4 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T02:00:30Z 2025-08-06T04:07:34Z

<p>We have always allowed posts about romance options in RPGs. Arguably, descriptions of those scenes could be considered sexually explicit. Note that sexually explicit material isn't limited to photos or video. However, we've always taken the stance that posts, especially on main, should be PG. IMHO, this should include links to any NSFW content as well, sexually explicit or otherwise. The only exception I would make would be for clearly marked links to content which is critical for adding context to the post. As @Unionhawk mentioned, this should be very rare if at all necessary (censored images or descriptions are almost certainly possible).</p> <p>We should maintain the stance that posts should contain PG (<a href="https://www.esrb.org/ratings-guide/#rating_cat" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ESRB Teen</a> or <a href="https://www.askaboutgames.com/pegi-age-ratings" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PEGI 12</a>) content and that sexual or nudity content falls within the bounds for those rating categories.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5704 1 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T14:16:35Z 2025-08-06T22:05:26Z

<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/questions/16704/-/16706#16706 6 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T17:44:32Z 2025-08-06T17:44:32Z

<p>You do not have enough information to meaningfully edit the question, therefore the best course of action not to edit the question at all. The question needs a lot of improvement and the only person that can provide the information needed for those improvements is the original asker.</p> <p>As an example, the question is extremely broad, but we are unable to narrow the focus without potentially changing the intent of the original question. Such an edit would also be rejected unless it came from the asker.</p> <p>The reality is a lot of the time we can only help people who choose to help themselves first. That is what this asker must do.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16562/-/16563#16563 7 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T13:45:01Z 2025-08-06T13:45:01Z

<p>We don't have a policy against questions about Apple Arcade, they just don't get asked here. While we do allow questions about mobile games in general, this community has really coalesced around PC and console gaming. I would also suspect that most users here are Android users and not iPhone users. Having said that, the number of <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/android" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;android&#39;" aria-label="show questions tagged &#39;android&#39;" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="android-container">android</a> questions is on the same order of magnitude as <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ios" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;ios&#39;" aria-label="show questions tagged &#39;ios&#39;" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="ios-container">ios</a> questions, so questions are getting asked.</p> <p>Questions specifically about Apple Arcade are probably just too niche, and wouldn't be applicable to questions about individual games. It should only be used if it's a question about how to do something or how something works in Apple Arcade, much like we use platform tags (<a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/steam" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;steam&#39;" aria-label="show questions tagged &#39;steam&#39;" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="steam-container">steam</a>, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/xbox-one" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;xbox-one&#39;" aria-label="show questions tagged &#39;xbox-one&#39;" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="xbox-one-container">xbox-one</a>, etc.).</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16538/screenshot-of-the-week-75/16545#16545 8 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T00:29:43Z 2025-08-06T00:29:43Z

<p>In memory of <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/overwatch" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;overwatch&#39;" aria-label="show questions tagged &#39;overwatch&#39;" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="overwatch-container">overwatch</a> 1. One of the few instances where joining during the end of match screen actually produces a scenic view. (Slightly cropped because I didn't hide UI and Discord overlay was visible.)</p> <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ylZlh.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ylZlh.jpg" alt="Overwatch Oasis map" /></a></p>

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<p>I'm not one personally to ride with a biker gang, but I could change my mind if I were an <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/overwatch" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;overwatch&#39;" rel="tag">overwatch</a> character.</p> <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LFVTk.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LFVTk.jpg" alt="Overwatch Route 66" /></a></p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15953/-/15967#15967 1 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T13:40:05Z 2025-08-06T13:40:05Z

<blockquote> <p>Does accessing paid content through a demo using exploits fall into the category of piracy?</p> </blockquote> <p>Yes. You are bypassing a restriction in order to access paid content or features for free. Getting paid content or features for free is the definition of piracy, and we have a zero-tolerance stance on providing support for piracy. The definition you cited is not an expansive definition, and really only touches on one aspect of video game piracy, which is sharing games in an unauthorized manner. Cracking a game in order to access portions of the game that you have not paid for (in order to get past a demo timer, exceed a free tier level cap, or, in this case, access online play that requires an additional purchase) is also piracy.</p> <blockquote> <p>Regardless if it does, should Arqade restrict questions involving this type of content?</p> </blockquote> <p>Asking questions about a demo is not off-topic in and of itself. Asking questions about how to access content or features that are available to paying customers but aren't available to demo users is off-topic if the asker is specifically trying to access the content or features from a demo version of the game.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15942/-/15944#15944 0 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T17:48:21Z 2025-08-06T17:48:21Z

<p>In my humble opinion, this category is likely to illicit lower quality (or at least less interesting) questions, but I don't think they'll be such low quality as to be a nuisance. The potential for great answers somewhat blunts that concern anyways. I would foresee most of these questions having objective answers, and those that need subjective answers would fall towards the good-subjective end of the spectrum.</p> <p>I think we should just rely on our normal quality standards for deciding if these types of questions should be closed or remain open, not make the entire category off-topic.</p>

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<p>That indicates the amount of reputation you've gained since you last checked your profile. Your current rep is 85, but it has recently increased by 20.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15677/are-questions-about-ps4-themes-on-topic/15678#15678 8 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T16:21:16Z 2025-08-06T16:21:16Z

<p>Questions about how to change themes, how to load 3rd party themes (if that's even possible), or basic questions about how to get a theme from the store would all most likely be on-topic.</p> <p>Your question, which very much looks to be a shopping recommendation, would probably be off-topic.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/11524 33 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T16:04:33Z 2025-08-06T04:34:20Z

<p>Block quotes are not the proper formatting tool for Minecraft commands. Instead, for large commands or a group of commands, we should be using code blocks. Why? Because Minecraft commands are code-like and not speech-like, and as such are not covered by the <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7437/using-code-ticks-for-technical-term-highlighting-considered-harmful">rule against using code formatting</a>.</p> <p>Instead of seeing this:</p> <blockquote> <p>/summon ArmorStand ~ ~ ~10 {ShowArms:1,NoBasePlate:1,Pose:{LeftArm:[0f,0f0f],RightArm:[0f,0f,0f],Body:[0f,0f,0f],LeftLeg:[0f,0f,0f],RightLeg:[0f,0f,0f],Head:[0f,0f,0f]},ArmorItems:{id:diamond_boots,ench:[{id:protection,lvl:1000},{id:blast_protection,lvl:1000},{id:thorns,lvl:1000},{id:unbreaking,lvl:1000}]},{id:diamond_leggings,ench:[{id:protection,lvl:1000},{id:blast_protection,lvl:1000}, {id:thorns,lvl:1000},{id:unbreaking,lvl:1000}]}, {id:diamond_chestplate,ench:[{id:protection,lvl:1000},{id:blast_protection,lvl:1000},{id:thorns,lvl:1000},{id:unbreaking,lvl:1000}]},{id:diamond_helmet,ench:[{id:protection,lvl:1000},{id:blast_protection,lvl:1000},{id:thorns,lvl:1000},{id:unbreaking,lvl:1000}]}}</p> </blockquote> <p>We should instead see this:</p> <pre><code>/summon ArmorStand ~ ~ ~10 {ShowArms:1,NoBasePlate:1,Pose:{LeftArm:[0f,0f0f],RightArm:[0f,0f,0f],Body:[0f,0f,0f],LeftLeg:[0f,0f,0f],RightLeg:[0f,0f,0f],Head:[0f,0f,0f]},ArmorItems:{id:diamond_boots,ench:[{id:protection,lvl:1000},{id:blast_protection,lvl:1000},{id:thorns,lvl:1000},{id:unbreaking,lvl:1000}]},{id:diamond_leggings,ench:[{id:protection,lvl:1000},{id:blast_protection,lvl:1000}, {id:thorns,lvl:1000},{id:unbreaking,lvl:1000}]}, {id:diamond_chestplate,ench:[{id:protection,lvl:1000},{id:blast_protection,lvl:1000},{id:thorns,lvl:1000},{id:unbreaking,lvl:1000}]},{id:diamond_helmet,ench:[{id:protection,lvl:1000},{id:blast_protection,lvl:1000},{id:thorns,lvl:1000},{id:unbreaking,lvl:1000}]}} </code></pre> <p>This example was taken from <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/183483">an edit</a> that required approval. Not only was the block quote done incorrectly, but then two other people thought it was the right edit to make to begin with. (I'll note that, in this case at least, the approvers are not <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/minecraft-commands" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;minecraft-commands&#39;" rel="tag">minecraft-commands</a> experts.) I have been seeing many edits like this over the past few weeks. I've further edited a few, but not all of them.</p> <p>This, however, is just bastardizing a single long command. What happens when we have multiple commands, and at least one of them is long enough that it would wrap to the next line. This nicely formatted set of commands:</p> <pre><code>scoreboard players set @e[type=PrimedTnt] TNTGoBoom 1 {Fuse:0b} execute @e[type=PrimedTnt,score_TNTGoBoom=1] ~ ~ ~ summon Fireball ~ ~ ~ {direction:[0.0,-1.0,0.0],ExplosionPower:4,Fuse:0,Time:-1,TileEntityData:{CustomName:"TNT"},ActiveEffects:[{Id:14,Duration:10,Amplifier:10,Ambient:1}]} kill @e[type=PrimedTnt,score_TNTGoBoom=1] </code></pre> <p>becomes this:</p> <blockquote> <p>scoreboard players set @e[type=PrimedTnt] TNTGoBoom 1 {Fuse:0b}<br> execute @e[type=PrimedTnt,score_TNTGoBoom=1] ~ ~ ~ summon Fireball ~ ~ ~ {direction:[0.0,-1.0,0.0],ExplosionPower:4,Fuse:0,Time:-1,TileEntityData:{CustomName:"TNT"},ActiveEffects:[{Id:14,Duration:10,Amplifier:10,Ambient:1}]}<br> kill @e[type=PrimedTnt,score_TNTGoBoom=1]</p> </blockquote> <p>What is that text even supposed to mean? It's virtually indecipherable to anyone but the best command blockers out there. I even had to massage that a bit, because otherwise it would show up like this:</p> <blockquote> <p>scoreboard players set @e[type=PrimedTnt] TNTGoBoom 1 {Fuse:0b} execute @e[type=PrimedTnt,score_TNTGoBoom=1] ~ ~ ~ summon Fireball ~ ~ ~ {direction:[0.0,-1.0,0.0],ExplosionPower:4,Fuse:0,Time:-1,TileEntityData:{CustomName:"TNT"},ActiveEffects:[{Id:14,Duration:10,Amplifier:10,Ambient:1}]} kill @e[type=PrimedTnt,score_TNTGoBoom=1]</p> </blockquote> <p>No we can do better, and the better way is what the top users in <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/minecraft-commands" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;minecraft-commands&#39;" rel="tag">minecraft-commands</a> have always been doing: using code markup as it's intended to be used. Code-like text should be using code markup, and as I've said, Minecraft commands are code-like. Beyond that, most full commands should be using code blocks, especially any that are more than a full line in length, while in-line code ticks should be used for shorter items, like command names or target selectors.</p> <p>And as a slight side note, crash logs should be in code blocks, not block quotes too.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15507/-/15508#15508 5 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T15:46:31Z 2025-08-06T15:46:31Z

<p>We are completely against users asking or answering questions that involve illegal activity. So much so that if you merely imply that you're pirating a game, your post will be removed.</p> <p>However, <strong>violating a EULA in and of itself is not illegal</strong>. We are not here to police contracts which in some jurisdictions are partially or completely unenforceable. We generally frown on questions or answers that explicitly attempt to violate a ToS or EULA, but can usually find some other reason to remove those posts (i.e. cheating, copyright infringement, etc.).</p> <p>In this specific case, is the EULA violation central to the question? No. Change the group from &quot;donors&quot; to &quot;moderators&quot; and there's no violation. Is the clause in the EULA that prevents servers from taking donations and conferring benefits on those users something that Mojang/Microsoft even worries about? Is it even enforceable? In both cases, the answer is probably no.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/8206 2 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T01:01:43Z 2025-08-06T23:58:40Z

<p>I don't know if this is just observation bias, but it seems like we've had a number of questions recently that should be migrated to SuperUser. This migration path, by far, would be the most common for us other than the simple migrate to meta. Can we get this migration path added to our close box?</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15239/-/15240#15240 7 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T17:52:58Z 2025-08-06T17:52:58Z

<p>I'm inclined to say that, in general, these sorts of questions should be on topic. I would not close this particular question for the modded Minecraft reason. There are a few parts to data packs that are definitely on topic here: function files (commands) and drop tables in particular. Additionally, questions asking how to configure and use a data pack should be on topic. That's essentially what this question is asking, just in a server setting.</p> <p>Having said all that, I still think the linked question should be closed, but because it needs more details, not because it's &quot;modded&quot; Minecraft tech support. An image showing the contents of the data packs directory is not at all sufficient. I don't know the exact details about enabling data packs on a server, but having a look at the asker's server settings file would also be useful.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15122/-/15123#15123 4 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T20:02:54Z 2025-08-06T20:02:54Z

<p>Are they review items you completed or skipped?</p> <p>If it's the former, go to your profile, select "All Actions" then "Reviews".</p> <p>If it's the latter, things are a bit more difficult, and <em>someone</em> has had to perform a review action. Go to the review queue, then select "History". You can also filter to just your own reviews from there as well.</p> <p>If you're still in the review queue, you can also hit the back button to see how others reviewed a particular item after you've completed your review.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14925/-/14930#14930 3 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T14:12:18Z 2025-08-06T14:12:18Z

<p>I hadn't realized that they reworked the photo of the week display over at photo.SE. My initial reluctance to having this feature was that it wouldn't have been quick and easy to add it here, but the new implementation at least <em>looks</em> like it should just slot into the sidebar. So having said that, I don't have any real concerns about adding that here.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/8124 9 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T20:17:43Z 2025-08-06T04:27:04Z

<p>Minecraft is currently available on XBox 360 and PS3, and is coming to the XBox One and PS4 sometime in the not so distant future. Now I don't know how similar the code bases will be, but <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/q/147407/1351">this question</a> seems to indicate that the crafting interface is the same at the very least.</p> <p>Should we have multiple tags, or consolidate them into something like <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/minecraft-console" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;minecraft-console&#39;" rel="tag">minecraft-console</a>?</p>

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<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/fXDPa.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/fXDPa.jpg" alt="Peebee leaning against an invisible railing"></a></p> <p>I posted this in chat a while back as a demonstration of just how broken Mass Effect: Andromeda was, even in small ways. There's more where this came from. For reference, Peebee is supposed to be leaning her arms against the railing, not awkwardly trying to sit on it.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14843/-/14844#14844 6 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T13:52:17Z 2025-08-06T13:52:17Z

<p><a href="https://data.stackexchange.com/gaming/query/1167349/duplicates-for-a-given-post?OriginalPostId=96496" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Someone already made a query</a>, and it looks like there are currently 62 active questions duped to the list of error codes questions. This list doesn't include deleted questions or newly duped questions, though, so the true value might be slightly higher.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14681/-/14740#14740 2 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T20:05:47Z 2025-08-06T20:05:47Z

<p>I'd like to see another <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5560/1351">Holiday Bounty Giveaway</a> this year (and would be willing to put up some rep for it too). Unfortunately, I'm a little too busy to also organize this year, though.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13344/-/13345#13345 2 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T02:29:36Z 2025-08-06T02:29:36Z

<ol> <li>Your second question was properly closed as duplicate of your first question. While the wording is different, the end effect of that difference is that the second question isn't even a question at all. If there actually was a question there, it would have largely been the same as the first question, and therefore a duplicate.</li> <li>Users are not obligated to explain their reasons for downvoting a question, but in this case, I think it's fairly safe to say that it's because the question <em>looked</em> like it was asking how to circumvent anti-cheating mechanisms. That's a big no-no within this community. The reason the second question got more downvotes is because it's a duplicate question before the first was even closed. That's really bad within our community, as it shows that you don't want to follow the rules and standards for our community. I mean, it probably would have been just as downvoted if you had asked after the first question was closed, but doing so before shows a kind of arrogance that's not welcome here.</li> </ol> <p>But to sum up, if you don't want to cheat, then don't cheat! Cheating, especially on a game like CS:GO is an active decision. If you do want to cheat, then you're not welcome here.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5492 11 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T15:43:53Z 2025-08-06T22:58:52Z

<p>I came across the following question, and my first instinct was to vote to close as off-topic: <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/q/92452">https://gaming.stackexchange.com/q/92452</a>. To be clear, this meta question deals only with case mods or other similar hardware mods. Let's call them Ben Heck mods.</p> <p>I've held off on voting for the time being so that this discussion can take place. There are <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/253/1351">some</a> <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1130/1351">other</a> <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/3877/1351">questions</a> on meta that deal, at least tangentially, with this, that last one being the most pertinent. So to give a brief overview of the other questions:</p> <p><a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/253/1351">hardware questions?</a>: This question just deals with basically plain Jane hardware and its on-topicness. Besides saying that hardware questions are generally on-topic, there isn't much that affects this discussion.</p> <p><a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1130/1351">Are questions about mods on topic?</a>: This is a fairly old question dealing only about game mods. The stance there was that questions about game mods should be on-topic.</p> <p><a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/3877/1351">How should we deal with direct questions on hardware modding?</a>: This is the big one, along with another <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/258/1351">linked question</a>. The way those questions differ from this one is that they are dealing with the on-topicness of firmware mods, custom firmware, mod chips, etc. and not Ben Heck style mods. The legitimacy of said mods aside, it looks like the general consensus was to let them stay with caveats. As far as I'm concerned, those caveats don't apply here (namely piracy, enabling cheats, etc).</p> <p>So the precedent seems to be set that this style of hardware mod question is on-topic. However, I don't think we can reasonably consider ourselves experts on operating a CNC machine. With the other areas of modding, I don't think it's unreasonable to consider ourselves (or at least some of us) as experts, but power tools is clearly not our area of expertise. For this reason, I feel this type of question should be closed as off-topic.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13301/-/13302#13302 4 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T20:45:40Z 2025-08-06T20:45:40Z

<p><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/347137/how-can-i-find-out-weapons-and-their-stats#comment489336_347137">This comment</a> on the second question links to the first. That's why the two questions are linked, even though they have nothing much in common.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5364 -2 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T11:10:15Z 2025-08-06T04:25:09Z

<p>I am preemptively bringing up Borderlands 2 class tags as I expect more class specific questions to be asked in the coming days and weeks as people progress further in the game and unlock higher level abilities, and the number of Borderlands 2 questions to become large enough to warrant such tags.</p> <p>The first question is whether we should use the character name (Salvador, Maya) or the class name (Gunzerker, Siren) as the suffix. I think it's pretty obvious that the class name is correct choice for this.</p> <p>The second question is what base to use for the tag. 25 characters is the maximum length of a tag, and <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/borderlands-2-gunzerker" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;borderlands-2-gunzerker&#39;" rel="tag">borderlands-2-gunzerker</a> fits within that limit. However, <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/borderlands-2-mechromancer" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;borderlands-2-mechromancer&#39;" rel="tag">borderlands-2-mechromancer</a> doesn't. While it isn't a problem right now, it will be down the road when this character is released. The two options I propose are to cross that bridge when we come to it and use the <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/borderlands-2" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;borderlands-2&#39;" rel="tag">borderlands-2</a> base, or come up with a format now that will allow us to stay consistent when the Mechromancer is released.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13181/-/13182#13182 3 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T13:26:20Z 2025-08-06T13:26:20Z

<p>Designs across the network have been receiving updates in order to be more uniform. Non-functional design elements are only in the header and footer. Arqade is still one of the more design heavy sites on the network.</p> <p>The design was proposed over the summer (according to chat, it was around the end of August), and implemented for everyone a couple of months after that.</p> <p>The Ask Question Mothership still does fire its LAZERS! but on a timer, not on mouse-over.</p> <p>See the <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/13097/28182">beta announcement post</a> for more details (H/T @Robotnik).</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4538 8 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T12:43:15Z 2025-08-06T01:41:36Z

<p>Browsing the site today, I came across <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/q/63406/1351">this question</a>, which was unique in Diablo 3 in that it is the only question with a secondary tag for the player class. Taking guidance from <a href="https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4200/1351">this meta question</a>, it seems that these types of tags shouldn't be allowed. Additionally, while I've seen many class specific questions for Mass Effect 3 (the <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/57016/">top</a> <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/54595/">two</a> Vanguard related questions), I've never seen them tagged with something like <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/mass-effect-3-vanguard" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;mass-effect-3-vanguard&#39;" rel="tag">mass-effect-3-vanguard</a> or <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/me3-vanguard" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;me3-vanguard&#39;" rel="tag">me3-vanguard</a>.</p> <p>What does the community think?</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12612/-/12613#12613 5 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T19:35:57Z 2025-08-06T20:03:12Z

<p>There is no inconsistency between the two questions you linked to. The first is about a character which is assumed, through context, to appear in a video game, and in fact does. The second is <em>half of</em> an image for a book cover that is part of the <em>Witcher Saga</em> series of novels, which a quick look at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia page</a> does show that they are the source material for the video game series. However, this does not make the books on topic here, and in particular, requests for identification of a character from a book doesn't belong here. There is no guarantee that the character on the cover of said book ever appears in any of <em>The Witcher</em> video games, and that's the problem. We have found that running this in reverse is often fine, such as asking a <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/55697/who-is-kai-leng">lore question about a character</a>, where they may have been introduced on novels or comics, and then used in a game.</p> <p>Questions need to be about a video game, and your second example question clearly is not. It belongs over at the Science Fiction and Fantasy or Literature Stack Exchanges. What's more, it wasn't even asking if the character appears in any of the video games, just who she is (and again, the novels came first, making this question more off-topic here).</p> <p>I, like @Frank, am not the biggest fan of these identify questions, but I'll allow them to exist and remain open if they follow the rules that were set out. The first example question does that, and while the second appears to do that on the face of it, it falls down flat because it's just plain off-topic.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12600/-/12601#12601 11 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T12:43:44Z 2025-08-06T12:43:44Z

<p>I think it should remain a "News and Politics" chat room, but we should probably define what that actually means a little bit better. The politics part I think is fairly self evident, but I don't think the news part is as cut and dry. There was some limited discussion in the room about whether entertainment/gossip news should go there instead of The Bridge, and my opinion was no, it doesn't belong in TIF. Similarly, sports news (not that we get a lot of it) and especially gaming news doesn't belong in TIF either (at least most of the time). Other subjects, however, might not be as easy to decide on. Where does satire go? If it's politically charged, probably in TIF, but what about other kinds?</p> <p>The discussion on this, I think, needs to be one of the priorities.</p>

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17184/screenshot-of-the-week-121/17185?cid=50185#17185 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T14:23:49Z 2025-08-06T14:23:49Z

No, much like the poster, the training is basically meaningless for my job. I&#39;m a developer, the heaviest things I lift are my laptop and coffee mug.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17184/screenshot-of-the-week-121/17185?cid=50183#17185 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T13:21:02Z 2025-08-06T13:21:02Z

I feel targeted. I&#39;ve got back protection and lifting training for work that I&#39;m completing right now.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17099/screenshot-of-the-week-115/17104?cid=49984#17104 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T15:20:48Z 2025-08-06T15:20:48Z

mmm, BPA additives

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17007/what-if-any-policy-changes-should-we-make-to-account-for-the-recent-changes-to/17010?cid=49772#17010 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T03:56:58Z 2025-08-06T03:56:58Z

To be clear, I&#39;m talking about the content of the post, not necessarily about the game. We are going to get questions about games with ESRB M/PEGI 18 ratings, and that&#39;s virtually unavoidable, But posts for those games should try to stay within the content guidelines for ESRB T/PEGI 12 games, i.e. limit graphic violence, sex, nudity, and drug use.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5704/suggested-edit-review-queue-not-working-properly?cid=49751 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T17:48:31Z 2025-08-06T17:48:31Z

@Robotnik Honestly, haven&#39;t really looked at the review queues in the past (X&gt;&gt;24) months (and only had a single item that I didn&#39;t feel qualified to review just now), so this can probably get resolved.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16773/screenshot-of-the-week-91-achievements/16775?cid=49154#16775 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T17:51:38Z 2025-08-06T17:51:38Z

But it&#39;s not a quad

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16762/imgur-tos-change-on-may-15-2023-may-result-in-the-loss-of-many-media-files-in-a/16763?cid=49130#16763 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T16:43:34Z 2025-08-06T16:43:34Z

There are a number of other instances like this, for instance <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/q/235732/1351">gaming.stackexchange.com/q/235732/1351</a> (which also has deleted YouTube videos). If it&#39;s on questions, it might be appropriate to close them as the necessary detail may no longer be there.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16658/screenshot-of-the-week-83/16660?cid=48986#16660 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T16:47:53Z 2025-08-06T16:47:53Z

Is this your own screenshot or is it a promotional image? Only screenshots you&#39;ve taken are allowed for various reasons, but especially due to copyright reasons.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16562/why-is-apple-arcade-practically-never-mentioned-discussed-in-this-stackexchang/16563?cid=48794#16563 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T18:11:30Z 2025-08-06T18:11:30Z

@Wondercricket I would argue (having just looked at the search results) that they should be tagged with ios if they even need an additional tag.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16300/is-this-question-about-modding-on-topic?cid=48398 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T13:15:28Z 2025-08-06T13:15:28Z

This feels more like a game dev question, and might be appropriate <a href="https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/">there</a>. In reality though, the answer depends on the game and what the mod is doing.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10088/vast-amounts-of-minecraft-crash-questions/10163?cid=47742#10163 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T21:10:59Z 2025-08-06T21:10:59Z

No, the query needs to be updated because I think the tag has changed to <a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/minecraft-java-edition">minecraft-java-edition</a>.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15865/should-a-game-always-have-its-own-tag?cid=47535 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T19:07:51Z 2025-08-06T19:07:51Z

I believe we have tag trimming disabled for this exact reason. It doesn&#39;t matter if a tag has a single question in it as long as that tag is descriptive.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15825/text-on-footer-on-arqade-meta-difficult-to-read?cid=47441 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T20:31:09Z 2025-08-06T20:31:09Z

If I zoom in to 125%, it looks a lot like your screenshot.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15825/text-on-footer-on-arqade-meta-difficult-to-read?cid=47440 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T20:30:25Z 2025-08-06T20:30:25Z

It&#39;s not nearly as pronounced for me, it looks like the spacing between the lines is larger in your screenshot.

https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15511/screenshot-of-the-week-contest-30-game-of-the-year-2020?cid=46698 MBraedley https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/users/1351 2025-08-06T20:31:54Z 2025-08-06T20:31:54Z

I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve played any 2020 games. Lots of Overwatch, some single player (partial) replays, but nothing new.

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