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I wanted to list all submissions for hacks/mods, but can't do it. Does somebody have an idea how to check them, other than manually looking at all submissions?
If there was a checkbox in the submission form that asked whether the TAS is for a hack/mod, then we could list them automatically. Might be helpful sometimes.
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Honestly, outside of your exact purpose of creating a list of all hack/mod submissions, I really don't see much of a reason to put in the work to add extra checkboxes like this to submission forms. We already have this for publications, as feos put, but for submissions we likely aren't going to support something like this.
Never mind that even if this was implemented, we'd still need someone to go through all the submissions to update all already-submitted hacks with the check.
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Well, since we already have a tag for "unofficial game", it would make sense to also have one for hacks or modifications. It doesn't have to be a checkbox, but categorizing them would be useful.
Note that a hack is not the same thing as an unofficial game, and the site has different rules for both (i.e. hacks are not eligible for Vault tier, and unofficial games are). I see that there's a handful of hacks in the "unofficial game" category which arguably shouldn't be there. After all, Super Demo World is a different kind than Cheetahmen.
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Radiant wrote:
Well, since we already have a tag for "unofficial game", it would make sense to also have one for hacks or modifications. It doesn't have to be a checkbox, but categorizing them would be useful.
Note that a hack is not the same thing as an unofficial game, and the site has different rules for both (i.e. hacks are not eligible for Vault tier, and unofficial games are). I see that there's a handful of hacks in the "unofficial game" category which arguably shouldn't be there. After all, Super Demo World is a different kind than Cheetahmen.
Reasonable point.
However, the thread is discussing a checkbox for submissions, not publications, as is indicated in the title.
That said, hacks are practically by definition unofficial games, so they do correctly fall under the "unofficial game" tag. An additional separate publication tag for hacks may be worthwhile to add though.
http://www.youtube.com/Noxxa
<dwangoAC> This is a TAS (...). Not suitable for all audiences. May cause undesirable side-effects. May contain emulator abuse. Emulator may be abusive. This product contains glitches known to the state of California to cause egg defects.
<Masterjun> I'm just a guy arranging bits in a sequence which could potentially amuse other people looking at these bits
<adelikat> In Oregon Trail, I sacrificed my own family to save time. In Star trek, I killed helpless comrades in escape pods to save time. Here, I kill my allies to save time. I think I need help.
