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Jeff Atwood

12:14 AM

ok the "Help us grow this site!" sidebar house ad is up on gaming.stackexchange.com

Grace Note

Ooh, neat

C. Ross

1:14 AM

Has anyone noticed that little games like dwarf-fortress are generating a fair amount of questions?

Grace Note

Look at who has been asking most of them, C. Ross

C. Ross

antony.trupe, Lynchburg VA

1.5k 2 16

Grace Note

Well, less who it is and more how many people are asking them

C. Ross

yes, it's a small but active group

Grace Note

Only 7/22 questions aren't asked by the same person.

C. Ross

1:16 AM

Yes, but how many people have participated? 10 or so?

Grace Note

A fair number. Which is good to see

11 answers, 6 askers, if you want pure numbers

C. Ross

Yes, I figure that's pretty good for a such a small game ...

Grace Note

I never really thought of Dwarf Fortress being that small

C. Ross

Still to be a successful site it'll probably need more fallout-3 and halo-3.

Grace Note

I actually think we could use a little more pull to some of the more niche games

C. Ross

1:19 AM

How so?

Grace Note

Hah, I'm speaking that only because I'm not getting any real action in the parent site.

But as I mentioned on the Meta site, I'm a bit amazed that we haven't had anything really touching things like shooters or fighting games

C. Ross

can you link that?

Grace Note

Halfway through the second paragraph here: meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/324/…

Sathya

1:35 AM

1

Q: Is Protoss the easiest race in StarCraft II?

I have heard from quite a few people saying Protoss is for noobs because it's the easiest race of the three. How is protoss easier than other races? Is it true that it's much easier to get good at it?

starcraft-2 protoss

^ subjective, no ?

Grace Note

Yes, quite

C. Ross

@Grace ref Usage: Well put. Hopefully we'll see a build up of users soon.

random

These SE sites all seem to like the discussions vs Q&A model.

C. Ross

Web-Apps is pretty Q&A ... Gaming certainly has more discussion than would be tolerated on the core sites.

Grace Note

I honestly wish we would get more question-type questions

2

That's really why I support the Gaming site - I want to actually answer the kinds of questions where people are having difficulties in games and such

random

1:38 AM

Gaming is a turn-off with the constant walkthroughs, game recs and identify posts.

Grace Note

Indeed. I think we can accept game recs and identify, but we're hitting way too many for this stage

Sathya

@random chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/chats/message/8383?offset=330 @grace

-1

Q: What are some good turn-based games on iPhone?

I'm looking for some good turn-based games on iPhone. Puzzle games, board games, strategy games or anything. Genre doesn't matter. I've had a lot of fun with Words with Friends. I'm looking for something new.

game-rec iphone turn-based-strategy

random

There are already so many places to just talk about games, don't think it carrying over on SE would help.

Have only so many downvotes to give on such types of posts.

Sathya

I don't think downvotes will change anything

antony.trupe

hey, I saw my name :P

random

1:45 AM

Sadly you're right. And it's trending too much in that flavour of questions.

Grace Note

We really need to get some actual questions, then.

I can think of several good ones, but... I don't think anyone has played a number of the games, nor have we really gotten a strong pull

random

Amiga? Coleco?

Grace Note

Suguri. Bunny Must Die.

I also had a good R-Type Final question, but it really feels awkard to ask about that with my display name...

I really expected my Cave Story question to fare better, too. And hopefully attract actual gameplay questions

Sathya

cave story ? @grace

Grace Note

Freeware PC indie game developed by a guy who goes by the handle "Pixel". An excellent retro game that meshes solid gameplay with an engaging story

Ah, the tribute site has updated since it first came out, but in any case: miraigamer.net/cavestory

If you like good platforming action, I recommend you give it a shot (and ask questions about it!)

Sathya

1:52 AM

Ah. Will check it.

facebook games are considered offtopic right,as per A51 discussion ?

Grace Note

Don't know about that, quite. There seem to be some Mafia Wars questions

I don't use Facebook so I'm not going to cast a vote on whether they're on-topic or not. I'll enforce if they are off-topic, though

Sathya

@grace area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/1338/gaming/1367#1367

Grace Note

There doesn't seem to be a conclusion drawn (even if both of the participants seem to agree).

random

What a mess of definition.

Grace Note

I didn't even remember that "identify-this-game" was one of our "great ontopic examples"

Sathya

2:01 AM

Hm, tagline for Gaming on A51: Beta Q&A site for passionate gamers from all platforms (computers and consoles)

random

Facebook is a console right?

Grace Note

People can argue about whether a web-based game is really a "computer" game

Sathya

heh. its a webapp, no ?

Grace Note

Which is an odd argument, to say the least

I honestly don't even know what a web app is. I was fine with things until everyone these days is just "apps this" and "apps that".

Is it just an application that is hosted on the web? Is that all that qualifies?

Sathya

anything which doesn't run off your local system ?

Grace Note

2:04 AM

I run half my games from an external harddrive instead of on Grace Note herself

random

Sounds about right. Web Apps are closed on SU when they're site based and no installable.

Sathya

@random ever get tired of posting a comment " Webapps are offtopic, post on webapps.stackex" ?

random

Yes. But in Opera it's a saved note. So just a tap down in the comment area and it's there.

Sathya

Alright.

random

Actually had about 10 go-to comments a while back before wiping them out. Most are only posted on comments-as-answers.

Sathya

2:11 AM

@random ? Missed a link ?

random

Missed link where? @sathya

Sathya

@random wrt: "Actually had about 10 go-to comments a while back before wiping them out"

random

Still not seeing it, mate. You'll have to unpack that one.

Grace Note

6

Q: PBEM strategy games - recomendations?

In the past I played a couple of PBEM (Play by email) games, which I quite enjoyed and the formula was well suited to my work schedule. I now find myself with more time on my hands and would like to revisit this type of gaming. If possible, I'd like some recommendations for some PBEM games. I'm...

strategy game-rec play-by-email

Sathya

Ah no worries @Random

Grace Note

2:17 AM

I think PBEM sounds a bit like stretching the definition of our scope

random

Gaming could do with some finer scoping.

Jeff Atwood

2:33 AM

well now is the time to work out /faq contents

I'll be honest with you, my confidence is low on gaming for all the reasons I gave in the Herding Code podcast.

I will do what I can to make it work, but I have grave concerns.

Grace Note

As much as I want Gaming to live, I really agree that we're not really giving any good signs

Jeff Atwood

herdingcode.com/?p=263 podcast there, I can't remember where my gaming comments were exactly but there were a lot of them.. just scrub around until you find 'em

I could very well be wrong. Lots of people said Super User wouldn't work, and I thought it could (and does!)

antony.trupe

I'm getting great answers to my questions on dwarf fortress. I would have abandoned the game without gaming.stackexchange.com

random

SU works now?

Grace Note

Juan Manuel was citing a lot of concern after hearing your podcast

Jeff Atwood

2:39 AM

@random I fixed it 10 minutes ago.

Downvoter

3:04 AM

Comments about Gaming are around minute 12

Grace Note

Oh, hey Juan

Downvoter

They weren't a lot of concern... just a little

Grace Note

I may have overstated it, perhaps

Downvoter

:)

Downvoter

I couldn't get in until now...

Downvoter

3:05 AM

3

Q: I can't enter the chat

It doesn't ask me for the beta password (this is a different machine than before where I never authenticated)

bug status-completed login chat

Grace Note

Yeah, we've been linking your question in some of the other rooms

What finally worked?

Downvoter

log out / log in from meta

Grace Note

Ahha

Downvoter

So, you were talking about the imminent failure of Gaming?

Downvoter

(I'm currently reading back a little)

random

3:08 AM

More like trying to find a way for Gaming to lift up its game

Downvoter

I think we need to give it a little more time, it's been on public beta for a few hours

Grace Note

Well, we're not really getting a lot of good technical questions like "How do I get past this puzzle" or "Why can't I turn right?"

Also, blessed be the games in which you not only need an item to be able to turn right, but you can also beat the game entirely without said item.

random

Really does feel like all it is is, "recommend me a game"

Jeff Atwood

you guys need to clamp down on that stuff

maybe part of the /faq should be "game recommendations are not allowed"

random

Those types are definitely killed on SU.

Downvoter

3:10 AM

yeah, I agree

Grace Note

At first it seemed like a good idea, but now I'm starting to think that we really should be blocking them

Jeff Atwood

we can also customize close reasons for you -- should this be a specific close reason? On SU it's "shopping recommendation"

Grace Note

SU actually has a shopping rec close-reason?

Downvoter

but it's the kind of question that comes up at the beginning and closed afterwards

Jeff Atwood

you tell us what needs to happen.. editing /faq .. more moderators (this is coming next week) .. different close reasons..

Downvoter

3:11 AM

happened on SO also

Sathya

doesn;t game recommendation close reason come under subjective/argumentative ?

Jeff Atwood

well, no, you're right -- it's basically "off topic, go read the faq"

random

On SU, it's just "off-topic" with maybe a comment about it not being the shopping channel. Other days, for variety, it's NARQ.

Jeff Atwood

narq is like "wtf?"

Grace Note

Mmm

Downvoter

3:12 AM

not a real question

Downvoter

:)

Sathya

I generally go for voting off-topic on SU. NARQ - is like @jeff said - "WTF does that question say?"

Downvoter

oh, i misread Jeff's statement as a question, sorry

Grace Note

Well, I'm all for shutting down game-recommendations, even if I created the tag. I honestly didn't expect it to balloon like it did

random

That's the slippery slope of an inch stretched out to reach Neptune

Gaming definitely needs mods with insta-close to set the right path for it

Downvoter

3:16 AM

I agree, but we should reach a consensus... perhaps this "discussion" about recommendations should go to meta

Grace Note

12

Q: [game-recommendations] and single, correct answers

On 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...

discussion game-recommendations

Downvoter

yes, I was just reading that

Grace Note

See, on principle, the question "can be answered with a single correct answer". But that doesn't make it a good question for our future success. I'm going to withdraw my answer now.

random

Feeling like "I don't know enough to even attempt an answer" would set some kind of bar between good and bad types of questions. Questions where everyone can have a say, not good. The level would be set at the basement then

Grace Note

That's a very good metric, @random

antony.trupe

3:24 AM

@Grace did that last edit to the Dwarf Fortress Fun question make a difference?

Sathya

wth is this dwarf fortress :/

antony.trupe

the most awesome game ever, that's wth

Grace Note

To be honest, antony, I'm not sure

0

Q: Dwarf Fortress Fun

I'm looking for some inspiration. Are there any resources for finding Fun things other people have done/tried and trying to reproduce them myself?

dwarf-fortress

Sathya

Dwarf Fortress

Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress, also called Slaves to Armok II: Dwarf Fortress, but most commonly known simply as Dwarf Fortress, 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 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 , follow...

antony.trupe

my question is basically "I'm bored. Give me a challenge!"

does that belong?

Grace Note

3:26 AM

I don't consider that a very fitting to the site, no

Your boredom is not really something an expert at gaming can really address. It's still subjective

3

antony.trupe

mk

Sathya

agree @Grace

Downvoter

sorry, my son woke up and started crying

Downvoter

im back

Grace Note

Welcome back

Downvoter

3:32 AM

SO

Downvoter

the goal is to have more quality content

Downvoter

not quantity

Downvoter

and close more aggressively polls and subjective questions

Grace Note

Are you still limitted to a measly 12 votes right now?

Downvoter

I was kinda not voting to close as I could have because we've been opened so little time

Jeff Atwood

3:33 AM

also, we can increase close votes. almost anything can be tweaked, as long as it makes sense to

Downvoter

but perhaps that's wrong, and we should stop these questions as soon as possible

Grace Note

Shopping rec question

12

Q: Good gaming machine for Starcraft II?

I'm planning to pick up a new system to coincide with the release of Starcraft II, but I haven't been keeping up with gaming hardware for a while... What system do you feel is the best value currently that will let me turn up all the settings to high, but won't cost an arm and a leg? (NOTE: I...

starcraft-2 hardware system-requirements

Jeff Atwood

by the end of next week you should have pro-tem moderators to interface with us

Sathya

@grace subjective

Jeff Atwood

@grace that one is tough. gaming makes it off-topic for SU. I'd personally edit it to generalize it as "good gaming machine"

but then it'll be out of date in 6 months of course

Grace Note

3:35 AM

It strikes me as little past a shopping recommendation

Jeff Atwood

probably best course of action, general advice like "buy a really nice video card."

Sathya

yeah

Grace Note

Mmm

Downvoter

pointing to the game requirements

Jeff Atwood

for gaming that's pretty much all you need to do. whatever CPU your budget allows, and get a REALLY FRIGGIN NICE video card.

Downvoter

3:36 AM

too bad we didn't have the third place in the private beta

Downvoter

this is very fluid and useful

Jeff Atwood

yes, it is a zillion times better than emailing back and forth

Grace Note

That kinda was why I asked about it on Meta, if we'd have it. The team can't be blamed (especially if the time to develop it gives us something as nice as what we have here), of course

Jeff Atwood

chat IMO needs to be EXTRA EXTRA polished before release

too many risks

Sathya

what risks

Jeff Atwood

3:38 AM

the ways chat can go wrong, are .. massive and explosive

Grace Note

Definitely. I'm more than willing to wait for a perfectly refined product

Sathya

hm

Downvoter

@antony, you did for dwarf fortress the same you did with the LOTR guides...

Downvoter

lots and lots of questions practically equals

Downvoter

I think that hurts the site

Downvoter

3:43 AM

2

Q: Ordering existing LOTR guides

I would like to reach a consensus on the existing LOTR guide questions (reducing the count for unanswered questions in the process). What do you think about closing them (or deleting them) in favor of having a single CW question for all guides about LOTR? That question exists now, but it's curr...

discussion clean-up guides

Downvoter

Sorry, just saw you talked about this before... sigh

alexanderpas

4:15 AM

I think I'll start creating some more questions... I'm trying to keep my Q:A ratio 1:1 for the beta, but I've answered too much question (read: asked not enough)

Grace Note

Not a bad idea

alexanderpas

And the game is: Super Paper Mario

Grace Note

Well, looks like I'm useless on that

alexanderpas

don't worry, I've still got about 150 other savegames on my wii, not to mention the about 100 games on my steam account.

Grace Note

I don't actually do anything through Steam

Do we need something of a ruling against questions that are little more than "How do I play this game?"

Kevin Y

4:31 AM

You mean like this question?

2

Q: What is a good strategy to play FreeCol?

How many units of people should remain in the first settlement? Is it better to create more settlements very fast?

strategy freecol colonization

Grace Note

Yes, that's the one I just saw, but we're getting a lot of questions like that

Oh, and subjective close candidate...

1

Q: Best PC games that support gamepads?

I have gamepads but have not found any games that could be played with. Also i am on Windows 7.

pc

alexanderpas

It actually depends on the difficulty of the answer, try starting to play dwarf fortress without a guide. - and as the guides are not up-to date...

Kevin Y

It's hard . . . in some cases these questions will be okay.

alexanderpas

that first question could be reworded, voted to close the second one.

Kevin Y

But if we allow too many of these strategy questions, there'll be stuff like "gimme starcraft strategy".

Grace Note

4:34 AM

That's my concern

We should be solving problems the player is having with the game - not playing the game for him/her

alexanderpas

what is the difference in freecol between more settlements with a lower population and less settlements with higher population

seems like a valid question

Grace Note

Even if we can reformulate that specific question, we still need to set down a line for "tell me how to play this game" types of questions in the future

alexanderpas

that is certainly true, just like we dont allow [give-me-teh-code] questions on stackoverflow.

Kevin Y

It's hard to draw a line since it's sort of grey area.

What if a question is sort of descriptive, yet still seems like "gimme strategy"?

Grace Note

Give me an example (not necessarily from the site) of something you'd see in this grey area

I can't think of any example that is basically "play for me" that can really be fixed with being detailed

For a successful experience, not just for the site but for the question asker, the important thing is to isolate what the actual problem is that help is required for.

Kevin Y

4:48 AM

Heh, never mind what I said. Now that I think about it, you're right.

I'm pretty new to all this Stack Exchange stuff. >.>

Grace Note

Ah, well, I hope your experience isn't too uncomfortable, then.

alexanderpas

I think Grace just nailed it with the isolation of the actual problem.

Grace Note

Ah, it's getting mighty late, it seems. I'm off to bed. G'nite all~ ♪

alexanderpas

it's early here... very early, off to work in about 2 hours...

Kevin Y

It's sort of late here.

alexanderpas

4:58 AM

have some rep mew ;)

Kevin Y

Heh thanks. :)

You too. :P

So what exactly is supposed to be discussed here: talk about the actual site or talk about the subject of the site (in this case games)?

alexanderpas

serious... "you can accept an answer in 54 sec"

Kevin Y

Yeah, I voted your question up.

alexanderpas

there, accepted!

Kevin Y

:)

Marc Gravell

5:22 AM

@Mew - normally, games would have its own chat.blah.com - this is just the beta/preview/whatever.

So within limits, feel free to discuss anything SOFU/SE that you like.

radp

6:05 AM

Mornin'

Ivo Flipse

7:06 AM

@Grace Note: perhaps it should be like on MathOverflow, they have to be 'expert' questions

Anything that's just: lolz, Ididn't readz teh manual, showz me howz!

should be closed

radp

7:44 AM

6

Q: Will I brick my Wii if I install HomeBrew?

I've heard about the HomeBrew stuff (wiki) that'll let me download and install simple games and even write my own, but is it fully compatible with the latest updates? I've heard horror stories of people bricking their Wii's.

wii

Kinda borderline...

Arda Xi

Well, the electronic devices SE allows rooting

radp

the Wii EULA doesn't, afaik.

Arda Xi

I know, so does the HTC EULA

But yeah, it's kinda borderline, didn't we have a discussion on modifications on meta?

Oh, no, that's about PC games

Arda Xi

8:13 AM

it speaks of shutdowns though.

Jeff Atwood

9:18 AM

site stats flair is live -- see sidebar on gaming.stackexchange.com

Blorgbeard

is the flair supposed to say what the numbers are?

Blorgbeard

I just see a bullet-point list of numbers / %s

Arda Xi

Works fine for me

Jeff Atwood

ctrl+f5

static resources from sstatic.net are cached for 7 days by default

we don't put cachebreakers on images

Blorgbeard

ah there we go

radp

9:25 AM

6

A: Where do I download the manuals for games I buy on Steam?

Not a lot of games include manuals with their Steam versions. If they are available, you can open them by right-clicking the game and choosing View Player Manual. I just checked, Mirror's Edge (the only game I have in your list) doesn't have a manual, only support pages.

<kbd> abuse! <kbd> abuse! waaaah!

Jeff Atwood

grr -- that is a pet peeve of mine

Arda Xi

it got 5 upvotes.. :(

radp

well, the answer is correct

I guess the real problem of <kbd> is that the styling is too heavy

a 1px #888 border bottom and right would work just as well I think

Arda Xi

true, the way wikia does it is a bit less outstanding

radp

still it's cumbersome to use

Arda Xi

9:29 AM

background-color: #F0F0F0; width: 32px; border-style: outset; border-width: 1px; margin:0; padding:0 2px; clear:none; font-family:monospace

radp

Learn this spell with <kbd>M</kbd><kbd>a</kbd>?

Arda Xi

I don't get how that's different from <kbd>Ma</kbd>

radp

two different keystrokes!

there's no Ma key on your keyboard :P

Arda Xi

I don't get how that's different from <kbd>Ma</kbd>

radp

there is no Ma key on your keyboard :P

Arda Xi

9:31 AM

There is no View- I see your point.

radp

"I don't find the Any key!"

besides it should really be

<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>M</kbd>,<kbd>a</kbd>

Jeff Atwood

why is this off-topic? I think it's on topic

1

Q: For fights, are you better off with real family members as opposed to hired-guns?

Obviously, having actual players in your mafia benefits you because they give you energy packs/gifts/etc. However, strictly for the purposes of fights, is there any advantage for having actual players in your mafia over the hired-guns that you can buy with reward points?

facebook mafia-wars

radp

It should be on topic indeed...

but I can't cast close votes so I don't know what's the situation like

Arda Xi

It doesn't have any close votes does it?

Jeff Atwood

I think we might need a "List of X" close reason

Arda Xi

9:34 AM

I think so far we've used 'subjective and argumentative' for that

radp

What do you think of this question, @Jeff?

6

Q: Will I brick my Wii if I install HomeBrew?

I've heard about the HomeBrew stuff (wiki) that'll let me download and install simple games and even write my own, but is it fully compatible with the latest updates? I've heard horror stories of people bricking their Wii's.

wii

Arda Xi

So, this better?

6

A: Where do I download the manuals for games I buy on Steam?

Not a lot of games include manuals with their Steam versions. If they are available, you can open them by right-clicking the game and choosing View Player Manual. I just checked, Mirror's Edge (the only game I have in your list) doesn't have a manual, only support pages.

radp

Yeah

Jeff Atwood

closed as "List of X" by {blah}, {blah}, {blah} 3 minutes ago
This question asks for the community to make a list of items, without
giving enough detailed context to provide an explanation of "why" or "how".

based on

2

Q: "What are some sites?" or "Let's make a list of X!" type questions

Here is a question http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/620/what-are-good-qa-websites-out-there entitled "What are good Q&A websites out there ?" To me this seems to have nothing at all to do with web applications. Am I mistaken?

discussion specific-question on-topic-definition

Wii question is fine with me.. I don't really care about legality unless it's CLEARLY illegal (linking to warez, gimme teh free softwarez, etc)

radp

fair enough

Arda Xi

9:38 AM

the definition of 'illegal' is vague with modding, I've been told often enough that what I'm doing with my phone (rooting and such) is illegal, but I can't imagine it breaking any laws

radp

mostly it breaks either your EULA or the DMCA (or both)

Arda Xi

Breaking an EULA is illegal too, I'm not covered by DMCA

Jeff Atwood

I care not, that is the responsibility of the reader

radp

er, breaking a contract is illegal? news to me

DMCA is regional indeed

Jeff Atwood

17

Q: Should we have a "List of X" close reason?

We're seeing a lot of the Let's make a "List of X" problem on new Stack Exchange 2.0 sites. Like so. Our engine is absolutely brilliant at surfacing these questions, and they can have some utility ... but they're not really what we want -- they tend to be polls and copy-pasted content, not origi...

discussion close-reasons

w/r/t to the Mafia Wars question Sathya said "offtopic, imo" and flagged it

I am not seeing how it is off topic at all

radp

9:44 AM

well, as much as I'd rather not see this turned into facebookgamesoverload

facebook games are games still

Jeff Atwood

we do need to include something in the /faq about legality

Arda Xi

Should you even be using flagging to report something being off-topic?

Jeff Atwood

you can, if you want

always flag if you feel strongly about something

3

radp

@Arda: yes, if you can't cast close votes yourself

Jeff Atwood

I would rather have more flags than less

Arda Xi

9:45 AM

right, I've been a bit weary of using flagging when we only have two moderators who are also moderators on every other beta

radp

er, exactly because we only have two mods (?) they can't check every single answer

Jeff Atwood

antony.trupe, Lynchburg VA

1.5k 2 16

dwarf-fortress mmorpg lord-of-the-rings-online guide world-of-warcraft dwarf-fortress-fun dwarf-therapist

should I just delete all his crazy copy pasted questions?

Arda Xi

I was wondering about that

Jeff Atwood

I vote "yes"

radp

Why? He got answers...

Jeff Atwood

9:46 AM

I'll delete the ones that didn't get answers

Arda Xi

We've been trying to tell him to stop 'seeding' the site and he just moved on to another subject

radp

oh, right, looking at page 1 sorted by votes will hardly help me

Arda Xi

I mean, I never even played the game and I could answer a couple of his questions easily

radp

yeah, the LoTR * Guide are simply spam

indeed, some of them got closed

Jeff Atwood

this is a good case study in what NOT to do

I'll refer it to Robert

Ivo Flipse

9:49 AM

Robert won't do anything about it until next week @Jeff

but while I agree his questions were spammy

I know for sure that there's an audience for these question

Jeff Atwood

I already deleted them all

it's done

you are far too slow :)

Ivo Flipse

but it would be more legit if actually players asked them

Jeff Atwood

(well the ones with 0 answrs)

Ivo Flipse

I don't have mod rights like you do

I feel handicapped on stackexchange :P

Jeff Atwood

yes well we'll deal with that next week

Ideally someone should email Antony and explain what happened. I'm sure he means well.

But I do not have the time.

Ivo Flipse

9:53 AM

he already responded to a couple of meta questions about this

so he knows he shouldn't do this anymore

Arda Xi

He seems to interpret it as 'I shouldn't do it on LotR or WoW anymore'

radp

"System Shock 2 Engineer Guide"

"System Shock 2 Fighter Guide"

Jeff Atwood

sigh

I'll make robert email him

radp

aww, I still need five more downvotes

for now the worst ever domain name suggestion is on webapps:

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A: What should our .com domain name be?

Incredible-Webables.com IncredibleWebables.com

Arda Xi

oh wow

radp

10:05 AM

I mean, it should be obvious that expertdexchange.com > *

expertlexchange.com would work for politics too!

Arda Xi

why does thatonelevel have so many downvotes?

radp

how many?

Arda Xi

6

radp

I don't know, I haven't downvoted all proposals that aren't mine

The only one I downvoted is oochelp.com

Arda Xi

I still like globalthermonuclearwar.com

radp

10:15 AM

still I don't get why

4

A: Suggest a domain name for this site

questoverload.com (available) You didn't sign up to figure out where the 12 chickens are! There are universes to save!

but

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A: Suggest a domain name for this site

bossoverload.com (available)

the concept is the same!

Arda Xi

but it has a boss. nobody likes bosses

radp

indeed they all tend to die sooner or later

btw

I just un-stroke-out the bit in this question about taken names:

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Q: Suggest a domain name for this site

Possible Duplicate: Write an Elevator Pitch / Tagline Note: We are closing this domain naming thread. It is asking the entirely wrong question. See this blog post for details: Domain Names: Wrong Question We're going to keep the name gaming.stackexchange.com. But we WILL be setting ...

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I mean, if it's taken, it's taken

squatted domains are all for sale really (except maybe if you consider typosquatting domains)

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