Timeline for Are all questions that are even tangentially related to Computer-Based RPGs or computer games off topic for this stack?
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| Feb 27, 2020 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackRPG/status/1232999018399195137 | ||
| Feb 25, 2020 at 22:17 | history | edited | V2Blast | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 25, 2020 at 19:28 | answer | added | mxyzplk | timeline score: 29 | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 15:59 | comment | added | doppelgreener | @Medix2 Also true! | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 15:54 | comment | added | Exempt-Medic | @dopple Interestingly enough, you could divorce the two entirely by asking what you've said on Arqade and asking "How do you determine stats in AD&D?" on RPG | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:43 | comment | added | doppelgreener | @illustro I suspect that essentially there's two questions. For Arqade: “What stat generation does Baldur's Gate use?”, and once that's answered, the one for us: “Here's the specific stat generation technique Baldur's Gate uses, and in theory the game is based on AD&D, so is this canonical for AD&D as well?” | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:34 | comment | added | illustro | @doppelgreener In this specific case, yes, because I need them to use their knowledge of AD&D 2e and apply it to that stat generation method to address it's canonicity to AD&D 2e. I need both the in game stat generation method BG1/2 uses and the knowledge of stat generation in a specific version of a TTRPG applied to that generation method to answer the question. | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:31 | comment | added | doppelgreener | Also related is our thing on generic real-world topics from our on-topic help: “Would an RPG expert give me a better/different/more specific answer to this question than an expert on video games?” Does telling you how Baldurs Gate stat randomisation works actually draw upon any tabletop-related expertise? | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:05 | comment | added | AncientSwordRage | I think this is the perfect borderline question, and it's on-topicness is very much down to the wording. "How does CRPG rolls stats?" => Off-topic, "Which edition of RPG does CRPG stat rolling match?" => On-topic | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 14:03 | comment | added | illustro | @nitsua60 I've added that paragraph in. I don't think it strictly requires the paragraph to be on topic, but can see how it might help | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 13:52 | comment | added | nitsua60 Mod | @illustro I do think there's a bit of context here that would make the "RPG-ness" of the mainsite question a little clearer. Basically, your "the reason behind the question" paragraph. | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 13:45 | comment | added | Carcer | FWIW, this question seems to address the topic, and doppel's accepted answer is that questions about videogames based on traditional RPGs are likely better on arqade but may conceivably fit on rpg.se as well. I don't think there actually is a generally accepted policy that says we never ever talk about CRPGs here, I think it's just a bit of overzealous closing that will probably fix itself relatively quickly. | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 13:41 | comment | added | illustro | FWIW I don't think questions purely about a single-player CRPG in general (like Final Fantasy 8) should be on topic here as those games only share a nominative relationship with RPGs here. But at the same time, I don't think it should mean that a mention of a video game in a question should make it off-topic | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 13:38 | comment | added | illustro | @Carcer I opened the meta on it, primarily because it's unclear (I searched through the meta briefly and couldn't find anything that created this policy beyond "we don't talk about video games here"), so there isn't really a whole lot of clarity about the issue (or indeed why we don't accept CRPGs) | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 13:36 | comment | added | Carcer | FWIW, I suspect opening a meta for this may prove to be premature; it's unfortunate that the question did get closed as quickly as it did but I expect that other users will vote to reopen it before too long. | |
| Feb 25, 2020 at 13:32 | history | asked | illustro | CC BY-SA 4.0 |