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First things first, read the GUIDELINES. Table of Contents The Boards Forum Stats Searching The Forums Posting in General Posting a Thread Post Ranks Private Messaging Font Colours (Word Versions) Font Colours (HEX Versions) Your Profile Ass Cuppers Reporting a Post/Private Message Clan Related Help The Faithful Moderators Administrators Ladder Staff The Boards Our Games Our Bond consists of 18 boards that are available to all of the community: Guide to Forum Happiness and Joy Bear Hug Central The Randomness The Escape Cool Vids and Pics XBOX 360 PS3 All Other Consoles and Portables Contests and Competitions Community Events and Get-Togethers Clan Discussion Clan Recruitment Schedule of Events News and Announcements Idea Generator Original Graphics User Made Videos Each board has a brief description of what it contains and is for. Be sure to pay attention to this description before posting to make sure your post pertains to what that board is all about. [Back to Top] Forum Stats The Forum Stats bar is located near the bottom of the main forum page (forum index), it is just above the section displaying everyone that is online. The forum stats include things such as the last thread to be posted in, total number of topics, total number of posts, total number of members, the newest member as well as your number of messages and new messages. To view the extended version of the forum stats click [More Stats] located in the bottom left corner of that area. The extended version of the forum stats includes the same stats you see on the forum index as well as stats such as top 10 posters, threads by replies and views, time logged in and topic starters. This page also contains the forum history. History such as the total number of posts, people registered, topics made, and the most online per month. Clicking a month will expand it and show the daily stats. [Back to Top] Searching The Forums Before posting a new topic it is advised that you use the SEARCH button. This handy tool will allow you to search for the topic you are about to post to make sure it has not already been addressed. When searching be sure to not make your search to specific, using key words is best. [Back to Top] Posting In General When posting in threads there's a few things you should know: Follow the rules. When posting a large image, groups of images, or even massive amounts of text, put them in hide tags. Be kind to fellow forum members, do not flame. Do not double post, the Modify button is there for reason. Be sure to read all replies to a thread (if it's not an extremely large amount) so you do not post something that's already been posted. You can only use 20 smilies per post (this includes smilies in quotes). [Back to Top] Posting A Thread After you have done a thorough search of the forums and still do not have your answer, you can start a new topic Steps: Make sure you are in the correct board for the matter you are about to post. Click the NEW TOPIC button. Make your title relevant to what you're posting about. Do not make it too long or obnoxious, as well do not post it in all caps. Be sure to make your post understandable, relevant, and within the boundaries of the forum rules. If it's a question, go into as much detail as possible. Once you've completed all of this click the "Preview" button found at the bottom of the post to make sure your post looks how you want it too look, then click "Post." *Optional* To make a poll, instead of clicking "New Topic" click NEW POLL. Or to add a poll to an already existing thread click ADD POLL, located at the bottom of the thread. Give the poll a question. Give options to choose from (you can add more options by clicking the "(Add Options)" button. Set the number of options a person may select to vote for. Set the number of days you want the poll to run, or leave this field blank and you can lock it at any time you want. Set the other poll options as you want them. Once all of this is completed click "Post" or "Save" if you're adding the poll to an existing thread. Note: The character limit per post is 1 000 000 characters (don't try to reach this limit with spam). Thread Troubleshooting: Problem: When I post/save a modify to my thread it does not recognize a double space (or numerous). Solution:This is usually caused by large amounts of information/code in a thread. It can be solved using this code instead of the double space: `[br]` Problem: When I hit post/save I get an error message telling me I have too many emoticons. Solution: You can only have 20 emoticons per post, remove some emoticons until there are 20, or remove them all. Problem: There are 1 or more broken list codes at/near the end of my post. Solution: You either have a list that you forgot to complete or a common error has occurred, causing list codes to be generated at the beginning of the post (near the beginning of the post). This can be fixed with a simple modify, make sure to remove both the beginning and end code. Problem: I accidentally added a poll to my thread or want one removed and I have no option, how can I remove it? Solution:Users do not have the "Remove Poll" button, you can contact a Moderator and they can remove it for you, just don't make it a habit of bugging them to remove polls. If these did not solve your problem, or you do not see your problem here, feel free to PM me with the problem. [Fack_Off] [Back to Top] Post Ranks As you post your forum rank goes up. New ranks were recently added so all of the ranks are unknown but here is a list of what is known as well as a rough estimation of how many posts it takes to achieve the rank: Newb - 0 posts Junior Member - 100 posts Regular - 500 posts Hardcore - 1000 posts Superhero - 5000 posts [Back to Top] Private Messaging Private messaging in very similar to posting. To private message someone simply click there name. This will take you to their profile, scroll down to the bottom and click "Send this member a personal message." This will take you to a window similar to as if you were posting. Giving the PM (personal/private message) a subject is optional. Once you have typed out your message, click "Preview" to make sure it looks right, then click "Send message." Do not expect an instant reply as some people are busy and it might take them awhile to notice they have a PM. [Link] [Back to Top] Font Colors (Word Versions) Thanks to Drachenfaaat for compiling a list of colours that were not already on the list :). Common Colours: Red Blue Yellow Green Orange Purple Varieties of Red: Dark Red Maroon Fire Brick Crimson Tomato Dark Salmon Salmon Light Salmon Pink Hot Pink Light Pink Light Coral Misty Rose Varieties of Blue: Dark Blue Navy Medium Blue Dodger Blue Teal Turquoise Dark Cyan Cyan Light Cyan Royal Blue Steel Blue Sky Blue Light Blue Slate Blue Powder Blue Varieties of Yellow: Gold Golden Rod Yellow Green Dark Khaki Khaki Lemon Chiffon Light Yellow Varieties of Green: Dark Green Forest Green Olive OliveDrab Sea Green Aquamarine Spring Green Lime Green Lawn Green Chartreuse Lime Green Yellow Varieties of Orange: Dark Orange Coral Sienna Varieties of Purple Indigo Deep Pink Fuchsia Dark Magenta Magenta Medium Purple Orchid Dark Violet Violet Plum Thistle Lavender Other Colors: Black Brown Sandy Brown Tan Navajo White Wheat Ivory Papaya Whip Seashell Linen Slate Gray Dark Gray Gray Light Gray Silver [Source] [Source] Note: Not all font colors listed on the source page can be used here. Also, when putting the name into the code you do not need spaces (if the name is 2+ words) or capitals. [Back to Top] Font Colors (HEX Versions) Massive List of Font Colors: #000000 #150517 #250517 #2B1B17 #302217 #302226 #342826 #34282C #382D2C #3b3131 #3E3535 #413839 #41383C #463E3F #4A4344 #4C4646 #4E4848 504A4B #544E4F #565051 #595454 #5C5858 #5F5A59 #625D5D #646060 #666362 #696565 #6D6968 #6E6A6B #726E6D #747170 #736F6E #616D7E #657383 #646D7E #6D7B8D #4C787E #4C7D7E #806D7E #5E5A80 #4E387E #151B54 #2B3856 #25383C #463E41 #151B8D #15317E #342D7E #2B60DE #306EFF #2B65EC #2554C7 #3BB9FF #38ACEC #3090C7 #25587E #1589FF #157DEC #1569C7 #153E7E #2B547E #4863A0 #6960EC #8D38C9 #7A5DC7 #8467D7 #9172EC #9E7BFF #728FCE #488AC7 #56A5EC #5CB3FF #659EC7 #41627E #737CA1 #98AFC7 #F6358A #E4317F #F52887 #E4287C #C12267 #7D053F #CA226B #C12869 #800517 #7D0541 #7D0552 #810541 #C12283 #E3319D #F535AA #FF00FF #F433FF #E238EC #C031C7 #B048B5 #D462FF #C45AEC #A74AC7 #6A287E #8E35EF #893BFF #7F38EC #6C2DC7 #461B7E #571B7e #7D1B7E #842DCE #8B31C7 #A23BEC #B041FF #7E587E #D16587 #F778A1 #E56E94 #C25A7C #7E354D #B93B8F #F9B7FF #E6A9EC #C38EC7 #D2B9D3 #C6AEC7 #EBDDE2 #C8BBBE #E9CFEC #FCDFFF #E3E4FA #FDEEF4 #C6DEFF #ADDFFF #BDEDFF #E0FFFF #C2DFFF #B4CFEC #B7CEEC #52F3FF #00FFFF #57FEFF #50EBEC #4EE2EC #48CCCD #43C6DB #9AFEFF #8EEBEC #78c7c7 #46C7C7 #43BFC7 #77BFC7 #92C7C7 #AFDCEC #3B9C9C #307D7E #3EA99F #82CAFA #A0CFEC #87AFC7 #82CAFF #79BAEC #566D7E #6698FF #736AFF #CFECEC #AFC7C7 #717D7D #95B9C7 #5E767E #5E7D7E #617C58 #348781 #306754 #4E8975 #254117 #387C44 #4E9258 #347235 #347C2C #667C26 #437C17 #347C17 #348017 #4AA02C #41A317 #4AA02C #8BB381 #99C68E #4CC417 #6CC417 #52D017 #4CC552 #54C571 #57E964 #5EFB6E #64E986 #6AFB92 #B5EAAA #C3FDB8 #00FF00 #87F717 #5FFB17 #59E817 #7FE817 #8AFB17 #B1FB17 #CCFB5D #BCE954 #A0C544 #FFFF00 #FFFC17 #FFF380 #EDE275 #EDDA74 #EAC117 #FDD017 #FBB917 #E9AB17 #D4A017 #C7A317 #C68E17 #AF7817 #ADA96E #C9BE62 #827839 #FBB117 #E8A317 #C58917 #F87431 #E66C2C #F88017 #F87217 #E56717 #C35617 #C35817 #8A4117 #7E3517 #7E2217 #7E3117 #7E3817 #7F5217 #806517 #805817 #7F462C #C85A17 #C34A2C #E55B3C #F76541 #E18B6B #F88158 #E67451 #C36241 #C47451 #E78A61 #F9966B #EE9A4D #F660AB #F665AB #E45E9D #C25283 #7D2252 #E77471 #F75D59 #E55451 #C24641 #FF0000 #F62217 #E41B17 #F62817 #E42217 #C11B17 #FAAFBE #FBBBB9 #E8ADAA #E7A1B0 #FAAFBA #F9A7B0 #E799A3 #C48793 #C5908E #B38481 #C48189 #7F5A58 #7F4E52 #7F525D #817679 #817339 #827B60 #C9C299 #C8B560 #ECD672 #ECD872 #FFE87C #ECE5B6 #FFF8C6 #FAF8CC [Source] Note: These are just like the word verisons of the font colors, they're just in a code like structure. There is also a lot more options here. [Back to Top] Your Profile Inside your profile is where you can change many things. These things include the forum theme, your signature & avatar, what you want people to know about you, who you want to ignore, who you want on your forum buddy list, whether or not you want your online status to remain hidden, and much more. Here is the general help page for your profile. Changing Forum Theme: Click Profile. Under Modify Profile click "Look and Layout Preferences." Click "(change)" next to current theme. There are many themes to pick from. Click "use this theme" next to the theme you want to use Click "Change Profile" Signature & Avatar: Click Profile. Under Modify Profile select "Forum Profile Information." For your avatar select either Personalized Picture or I will upload my own picture, keep in mind it must not exceed 100 pixels x 100 pixels or be larger than 499kb if you upload your own. For your signature you can either request one here or make your own, it can not exceed 500 pixels x 500 pixels and may be no larger than 499kb. Once you are satisfied with the avatar and signature click "Submit." Profile Information: Click Profile. Under Modify Profile select "Forum Profile Information." The personal text option is text that will appear under your avatar. You may also set your birth date, gender, location, ICQ, AIM, MSN, YIM, as well as your website. This is all optional. Once you have it set to how you want, click "Submit." Adding Buddies: Click the persons name you want to add. This can be done by clicking it from one of their posts, in the online list or doing a Member Search. This will take you to a view of their profile, click "[Add to Buddy List]" (found next to their Current Status). Follow any prompts that follow after this. That persons name will now appear in bold in the online list Removing Buddies: Click Profile. Under Modify Profile select "Edit Buddies." Click next to their name. You can also add buddies via this screen. Ignoring Forum Members: This is useful if you have someone constantly PM'ing you and you find it annoying. Click Profile Under Modify Profile select "Personal Message Options." In the text box you can put the members name (exactly as it is) that you want to ignore On this page you can also choose to save your sent messages and whether or not you want to be notified of a new PM. Online Status: To change your status to either appearing online or offline click Profile. Under Modifiy Profile select "Account Related Settings." Un-check or check the box titled "Show your online status?" Input your password into the "Current Password" box. Click "Change Profile." Hiding/Displaying E-Mail Address To The Public: Click Profile. Under Modify Profile select "Account Related Settings." Check or un-check the box titled "Hide e-mail from the public?" Input your password into the "Current Password" box. Click "Change Profile." Changing Your Password & Your Secret Question: Click Profile. Under Modify Profile select "Account Related Settings." In the boxes "Choose Password" and "Verify Password" put your new password If you want to change your secret question and answer you can put the question and answer in the "Secret Question" and "Answer" boxes. Type your current password in the "Current Password" box. Click "Change Profile." Changing Time Settings: Click Profile. Under Modify Profile select "Account Related Settings." You may select the Time Format on this screen (ie; what order the date, year, month and time go in). To set the time to be in sync with your time zone, you may hit either "[auto detect]" or input how many hours +/- you are from the default time zone. Finally, click "Change Profile" and your time settings should now change to what you have set them to. [Back to Top] Ass Cuppers Good Ways To Receive Ass Cuppers: Make good posts. Be consistent in your good posts. Be helpful. Don't break the rules. Be yourself. Note: Administrators can hand out infinite amounts of Ass Cuppers, where as Moderators can only hand out 1 in a 24 hour period. [Back to Top] Reporting a Post/Private Message If you find someones post to be flaming someone else, or it's just a thread that has been done before, or even if it's on the wrong board, you can report it. Simply click "Report to moderator" in the bottom right corner, put a reason such as flaming, duplicate thread, wrong board, etc. Then submit it. This will notify a Moderator or Administrator and they will come check it out. You can not report your own posts. Reporting a PM is exactly like reporting a post. The two differences are the button is titled "Report to Admin" and only Administrator's can view reports on a PM and the PM itself. [Back to Top] Clan Related Help Places To Familiarize Yourself With: Make yourself familiar with the Clan Discussion and Clan Recruitment boards, as well as clan threads of your possible clan choices. Be sure to read the first page of the clan's thread to get a rough idea of the clan. Joining A Clan: When joining a clan there are a few things you should take into consideration: Is this the right clan for me? Does this clan provide the experience I'm looking for? Are the members of the clan within the same skill range as me? How established is this clan and can I trust the clan leader? There are many more questions you should ask yourself before joining the clan but those can set the grounds for more questions and give you a basic idea of what kind of clan you're looking for. If the negative out weighs the positive in your answers to these questions you may want to look at your other choices. Making a Clan: When making a clan make sure you have the time required to run the clan. You can of course distribute the work load between co-leaders, recruiters, etc. If you do not have the time to run a clan, you may want to look at joining a clan. You will most likely want to make a clan recruitment thread, as how else will you get members? You may also want to contact other clan leaders of well known, well established clans, and ask them questions about leading a clan. More will be added to this section as it comes to me. If you are a knowledgible clan leader, or a person looking to join a clan/has joined a clan recently and have something you think could be added here, please feel free to post it here or PM me [Fack_Off] [Back to Top] The Faithful The Faithful are a group who have received 30+ Ass Cuppers. They have their own board and are easily recognizable by the orange name. The Faithful also have the symbol below above their avatar. List of All Those Faithful: I_EVIL_I [PM] Jajo [PM] PhillyPride88 [PM] PiNeAppLe_eNiMa [PM] rarghhhhhhhhhhhh [PM] Rxforwar [PM] [Back to Top] Moderators Moderators are the "forum police." They enforce the forum rules, keep the forums clean, and lock threads that are unnecessary. They can ban users, as well as modify others posts, thread titles, and profiles. They are recognized by their blue name. The Moderators have the following icon above their avatar. The Lead Moderator carries this icon: Lead Moderator: EcR- [PM] Moderators: Broken [PM] Bunglin [PM] ja_rfm [PM] Konkuror [PM] SRSJ4 [PM] wolfwoodnyo [PM] [Back to Top] Administrators The Administrators rule over the forums. Their powers are the same as the Moderators. The Administrators are also in charge of giving out Ass Cuppers, who becomes Faithful, as well as choosing Moderators. The Administrators have red names and carry the symbol shown below above their avatar. Administrators: aceofdiamonds [PM] Fack_Off [PM] jueboy [PM] Necromant1c [PM] [Back to Top] Ladder Staff The ladder staff carry no forum powers different from a normal forum member, outside of the Wicked Styles Gaming boards. They are just the ladder staff of the Wicked Styles Gaming ladder. They have green names, and they carry the following icons. Wicked Styles Admins: KInstinct_ [PM] wolfnout1 [PM] Wicked Styles Referees: mossy_oak01 [PM] Resistance61513 [PM] [Back to Top] This will go through some changes still and more will be added. If you have any suggestions of what to add, something missing, or a mistake PM me [Fack_Off] [Back to Top]