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Why this question doesn't get answers?

18 days ago I asked my first quesiton (about how to get records to make archivements) in this site but I notice that no one have answered it, and I don't know what to do. I know that my question isn't ...
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Can I ask questions about OpenGL here? Or should I take them to Stack Overflow?

I am reluctant to post this on Overflow since they mostly do not answer noobish questions. But I have an issue understanding of "how to put together" what I learned and need some advice how to proceed ...
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Do we allow "where can I download X" questions?

A user recently asked where they could download the Havok Physics engine. I was under the impression that "where can I download X?" questions were considered off-topic, and flagged it as such. ...
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Generic programming questions are off-topic, period. Right?

I came upon this question, a while back. TL;DR: the user is trying to implement a custom List, and does not understand when Unity complains that it does not have ...
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Is it even possible to improve complex questions?

How to improve games programming questions that need to take many aspects into account before being answered? I asked How to program destructibles? and it has been (more or less fairly) put on hold ...
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Is this the place for game community engagement questions?

The question I have is not regarding game development nor design but gamers community / engagement. Topics would involve: Understanding a regional gamers community (In my case, I would like to know ...
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Why was my question about finding an artist removed?

i had a question on a dev site removed for looking for another dev? (wanted to hire an artist) just curious why would that be on a site for dev's to congregate? I think this is a great site, the ...
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Is it OK to ask questions towards developing non-game software?

I am sure this has been asked somewhere here in some form but I couldn't find it so sorry if mine is a duplicate. For part of the piece of software I need to construct some very game-like mechanisms (...
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What's the best way to add videos to questions?

Often, a video can be a great help to visualise a problem. But on many questions, the person asking just links to someserver.sometld/somedir/somevideo.someEsotericFormat, which might not even be ...
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