Game/AI posting rules

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I wouldn’t think it should have been needed, but does anyone else think we need to have a Sticky for the rules of posting in this forum… such as (not saying these are official or anything, just my suggestion):
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[*]Don’t post the same question over, and over, and over again in a whole bunch of different places (I’m sure this is already a rule somewhere else)

[*]Don’t ask people to write code for you, ask genuine questions on how to either fix your code, or how to point you in the right direction.

[*]Don’t post a new topic for each new ‘version’ of your game. Just add to one topic, and let people know that way that your game is still being worked on. The only exception to this rule I would see is if you are working on a game, have one topic that you keep amending, and then when the project is 100% complete, you can post it in a new topic to say its done… perhaps.

[*]Don’t post just for the sake of posting, and try to keep on topic (thanks BlueBoots ;))

[*]SEARCH BEFORE YOU POST A NEW TOPIC! man, if i see one more question about “how do I make these walls work”, I’m going to scream! :!:

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That’s just a suggestion, I don’t know if anyone feels the same way, or if anyone thinks that there is a problem… I just got a little aggravated by seeing people trying to get other people to hand them entire code for a game, and/or posting 6 or 7 topics with the exact same question, or a slight variation of the same question. If any of the mods think these are good, or whatever, I think there are several people who would be so very relieved to see some changes… :beam:

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Well i’m not going to make a new thread about this, but there has been a recent surge of some pretty lame threads going on here in the game programming forum. ie: people asking insanely general questions like “I need help on {insert game type here}. I am new to flash and any help would be appreciated” or “I’m trying to make a {insert game system element here} for my game. How do I do it”. And of course none offer code or anything. I don’t want to link to threads or name names here, but there have been like 5 horrible horrible threads recently that are like this.

It kind of makes me want to not come to the Game/AI Programming forum, but I think it has so much more potential than it’s being used for right now.

Ok, I just want to rant it out to see if anyone else felt the same… how can we control these posts???

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Yah, i felt the same. Every time i come to this site, i always see repetition in the threads. That’s why i haven’t posted for a very very long time. There should be a rule like: you are not allowed to make a thread unless it’s about you’re code(not just asking for code)…wait a minute, there’s already a rule for that.

Anyways, another rule would be…newbs, don’t ask questions on RPGs