@Lazers Is that the tag we want to have for that? Should we not just use our platform tagging policy? Or are we going to wait until we have more feedback on Oak's post?
@AnnaLear Yeah, we don't have version tags for other iterations of the game. Though the changes may be significant enough to warrant one like this? I don't know. I thought that's how we were supposed to use our platform tags, but with Oak's recent meta post, I'm not quite sure what's going on.
I know LessPop's planning on writing up a meta post re: current platform tagging
It's not so much that we don't put them on the questions, it's that people don't read them and write answers that ignore them, and they get misused and need to be fixed by 'regulars' all the time and all it turns into is a struck & white grinding policy with little actual benefit.
The only way to reliably get people to provide answers responsive to a platform specific concern is to mention it in your question text anyway, at which point, the platform tags are no longer particularly helpful in that sense.
and in turn, it substantially reduces their value as filters for questions that are actually about the platform in question because you get stuck wading through all the Skyrim questions from people who have broken quests and can't use the console to fix them or whatever.
> but I don't like the idea of shutting down a quesiton on the grounds of "Sorry, but users are going to provide shitty answers to this question. We need to close it."
@Mana I'm sorry, but that actually sounds like a fantastic reason to close every question tagged league-of-legends, and I happen to think, and I'm sure you will agree, an action like that would result in a substantial increase in overall site quality.
@Sterno Do you mean to imply the presence of some sort of sexism on the part of Marvel or Superhero representation in general? I don't know. That seems pretty farfetched.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the game's release, Bethesda (which bought iD Software) is hosting a free in-browser version of Wolfenstein 3D. But I'm curious if this version is the exact version that was released in 1992. Are there any major gameplay changes? Are the graphics different? Ho...
Proposal: Progaming / Esports
Isn't this proposal a duplicate of Gaming.SE?
Gaming.SE - Q&A for passionate videogamers on all platforms
This Propsal - Proposed Q&A site for pro/semipro/semipro-wannabe gamers who want to improve their skills.
Gaming - Stack Exchange is for passion...
> Absolute Virtue had, on several occasions, been fought and held by linkshells for over 30 hours trying to defeat it, to no avail.
user2334
Reminds me of an incident I can vaguely remember from EQ, where nobody could be one this one boss; one guild finally did with creative use of game mechanics only to be banned right as the boss went down
> Absolute Virtue is notorious for being the longest running NM that remained undefeated by players through legitimate means. This added to the unpopularity of the development team at the time, because any method deemed unacceptable by them would be nerfed from the game.
So, for nearly two years now, we've had a fairly straightforward 'rule' for when to use Platform Tags (i.e. ps3, pc etc.):
I think it should only be added when:
It's a general question about the platform, OR
The game in question has multiple versions, AND the question is specific ...
@LessPop_MoreFizz I got through the first section and I am way way way too tired to be able to fully appreciate it at the moment so I will have to finish on the morrow.
So, for nearly two years now, we've had a fairly straightforward 'rule' for when to use Platform Tags (i.e. ps3, pc etc.):
I think it should only be added when:
It's a general question about the platform, OR
The game in question has multiple versions, AND the question is specific ...
Is there a better way to level fast in WOW than just completing quests? I've been playing for months and I'm barely at level 40, while my classmates play less than I do and have multiple lvl 80 characters.
@agent86 Pretty much, but we have this useless appendage, and people are intent on hanging decorations off of it, so damned if we mightn't try to make some kind of use of it.
What differences does the Xbox 360 version of minecraft have compared to playing on the PC?
In minecraft, can I put wood blocks on top of trees to make them grow larger?
Proposal: Progaming / Esports
Isn't this proposal a duplicate of Gaming.SE?
Gaming.SE - Q&A for passionate videogamers on all platforms
This Propsal - Proposed Q&A site for pro/semipro/semipro-wannabe gamers who want to improve their skills.
Gaming - Stack Exchange is for passion...
Is there a better way to level fast in WOW than just completing quests? I've been playing for months and I'm barely at level 40, while my classmates play less than I do and have multiple lvl 80 characters.
