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#### **[Allowed submissions](http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/wiki/rules)**
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>* News and articles
>* Reviews and previews
>* Informative self-posts
>* Questions likely to generate discussion

###### **[Rules](http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/wiki/rules)**
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>1. No content primarily for humor or entertainment
>2. No personal attacks or witch-hunts
>3. No off-topic or low-effort content
>4. Link to original sources and avoid duplicate posts
>5. No direct links to web/mobile games
>6. No referral/affiliate links
>7. No enabling or linking to piracy
>8. Don't use editorialized, sensationalized, or inflammatory titles/language
>9. No unmarked NSFW links or spoilers (see below)
>10. No reminders for crowd-supported projects (except one in last 48 hours)
>11. No content focusing on non-gaming related details of industry figures
>12. No links to individual sales (sale events OK)
>13. No disallowed topics (see the [list](http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/wiki/rules))
>14. No content related to Tech-support or PC-building advice
>15. No unsubstantiated rumors
>16. Use proper format (see [restrictions](http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/wiki/rules))
>17. No content specifically relating to #Gamergate

##### Spoilers
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>Please report posts containing spoilers unless they are hidden using the following method or are inside a thread clearly labeled as containing spoilers.
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>`[Spoiler](#s "X Kills Y")`
>Result: [Spoiler](#s "X Kills Y")
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>To mark a spoiler as relevant to a specific game/topic, use the alternate formatting:
>`[Pong Spoiler](#s "Player 1 wins")`
>Result: [Pong Spoiler](#s "Player 1 wins")

##### Promotion
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>Some promotional submitting (posting your own projects, articles, etc.) is permitted, but it must be balanced out by a *much* greater level of non-promotion participation in reddit. **[Do not solicit votes for your posts](http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/13ti3e/mowing_the_astroturf/).** For more information, [see the self-promotion on reddit FAQ](http://www.reddit.com/wiki/selfpromotion).
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>**If you want to promote without participating in the community, [purchase an ad](http://www.reddit.com/ad_inq)**.

##### Scheduled discussions
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> The following topics are posted weekly. Click the topics to find a list of past threads and to suggest your own for the future!
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>Monday: [Game Discussion](http://www.reddit.com/r/rGamesDiscussion/comments/2ate4j/game_discussions/)
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>Tuesday: [Music](http://www.reddit.com/r/rGamesDiscussion/comments/2ate8a/music_discussions/) / [Narrative Discussion](http://www.reddit.com/r/rGamesDiscussion/comments/2atea6/narrative_discussions/)
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>Wednesday: [Game Discussion](http://www.reddit.com/r/rGamesDiscussion/comments/2ate4j/game_discussions/)
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>Thursday: [Game Trope Discussion](http://www.reddit.com/r/rGamesDiscussion/comments/2evnnf/tropes_discussions/) / [Genre Discussion](http://www.reddit.com/r/rGamesDiscussion/comments/2ates4/genre_discussion/)
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>Friday: [Series Discussion](http://www.reddit.com/r/rGamesDiscussion/comments/2atedu/series_discussions/)
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>Saturday: [What have you been playing?](http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/search?q=author%3AGamingBot+OR+author%3AAutoModerator+AND+playing&restrict_sr=on&sort=new&t=all)
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>Sunday: [Suggestion request free-for-all](http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/search?q=author%3AGamingBot+OR+author%3AAutoModerator+AND+suggestion&restrict_sr=on&sort=new&t=all)

##### Other subreddits
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> * /r/gaming - Everything
> * /r/GameSociety - "Book club" style discussions
> * /r/truegaming - Discussions
> * /r/gamernews - News
> * /r/gamingsuggestions - Suggestions
> * /r/ShouldIBuyThisGame - Suggestions
> * /r/AskGames - Questions
> * /r/GameDeals - Deals/Sales
> * /r/buildapc - PC Build Help
> * [More subreddits](http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/wiki/faq)

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