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PlayerSquared New User Guide

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Comprehensive Guide

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Opening
We'd like to thank you for joining our community. We are a Gaming community with also a slight interest in programming, however, don't worry everyone is welcome!
In this Ultimate Guide, I want to cover a lot of ground for the new and/or less active users which may give you a heads up on why you should support us, what benefits we give, and how to be a productive member of the forums.
Don't be afraid to ask questions. If you don't understand something, be sure to drop a reply or PM me or any other member of the PlayerSquared Staff Team.
That wraps up the beginning sector of this guide, now let's delve into more detailed aspects of the forum.



Rules and Help Documents
As with every other forum, there are rules to follow when browsing and posting on the forums. These rules aren't too strict but meant to separate the people who spam the forums, from the members who are contributing and/or being reasonable. In general, as long as you are trying not to be a troll, you have nothing to worry about.

As for how to do something on our forums, we have a FAQ that will explain everything for you. It splits off in 3 Main Categories.



Furthermore, by registering to the forums you agree to follow the rules. The staff of PlayerSquared has the right to change these documents at any given time.


High Quality Posting
Activity is great, and we'd love for everyone to post and share things with the community, but there's a fine line between being active and being a low-quality member.
Here on PS, the posting of short or one-word posts will ultimately result in a suspension or permanent restriction from using the forums. When sharing information, be sure it's accurate before posting a thread; when replying to shared information, giving feedback and productive comments are much better than "nice post".


Introduction Section
For starters, we suggest that as a new member of the community, you should introduce yourself. This gives everyone a chance to see who you are and what you could bring to the forums.
The Introductions section can be found here.
Please, do not give out your personal information that you wouldn't want going around the internet. Information such as your name, hobbies, and what you will be bringing to the forums are the best to include in your introduction thread.
We also recommend the currently registered members whether you're slightly new or a veteran of the forums to kindly welcome these new members whenever they create a thread.


Your Account
This is a matter that should be your first concern on the internet. Make sure you have a strong password that you share with nobody else, this will prevent the breaching of your account in the future. Most times your account is never hacked, it's the lack of you protecting your information. When I say a strong password; it doesn't have to be 20 characters long with percentages and different signs. Just something that is not along the lines of 'password123' or your username.
If your password is lost and you can't remember it, simply reset it.
Under the circumstance where you can't reset it if you don't have access to your email, contact an administrator of the staff team to see what can be done about the retrieval of your account.


With your account comes to a lot of customization.
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Here are some of what you can have as a standard member on the site, and above shows the quickest method to access your User Control Panel options or you can click here. (Go to the top right of the site > Hover over your username > Select any option you want)


Avatars - In the postbit of each post, you will see a few things, including the avatar. Your avatar is a picture that represents your profile and can be changed at any given time. You can change your avatar here.

Signatures - Signatures show up at the bottom of your posts and can contain whatever you want as long as it's appropriate. The range is endless, from a quote to graphic design or a simple image. You can edit your signature here.

Basic Profile - Your profile is compiled of a lot of features and info, you can edit these at your will in the Edit Profile section of your Control Panel. You can find Edit Profile here.

Everything listed above for customization can be found in your Control Panel along with tons of other features, check out your Control Panel here.


Upgrades
Currently there are no paid upgrades.


Staff Ranks
The Staff Team is the group of people who lay downtime in their day to moderate the content of the forums and make sure that everything is done correctly on the forums. There usually aren't many. If you're interested in contributing to the back end, staff may be something to look at.
There is no specific way to become staff, the only general way to become staff is by being constructive in the community, active, and administrators feel that you're fit to help out within the moderation aspects of the team.
Asking for staff will ultimately end with you being denied and it might be taken further.
You can find the staff list here.


Administrators
Administrators are the go-to people on the forums for account issues, manual name changes, and everything that the lower branch cannot do. They are also the busiest so bear that in mind when contacting them, keep it detailed so they can help you in the most efficient way possible.

Staff (Moderators)
Staff is the people that generally moderate the forums. They can edit, delete, move, and sticky threads/posts. They also have the power to ban/edit users that break site rules.



Reputation
Reputation is simply a number that adds up based on how many user rates you receive. Each time someone reps you, it's added to your count.
Asking/Selling/Buying/Trading of reputation points are not allowed, doing so will result in consequences.



Credits
Credits appear on your profile and your postbit, and can be used to unlock hidden content, purchase awards when available, play games, and spend at the shop.
You earn credits by posting or betting in events. You cannot purchase credits with actual money so the only way to gain them is by being active on the site. For example, a post gives you 5 credits and a thread gives you 10.
Information about your transactions can be found here.


Awards
Awards are icons in your postbit and on your profile that you gain by doing certain actions; not to show who's better than the other, but it's cool to have more awards and sauce up your postbit.
Awards will make a re-appearance soon, so keep an eye out.


Closure
That pretty much ends this long read, I hope it was of use to you newer members and can serve as a guide on how to begin your PlayerSquared journey. To wrap things up, I want to thank you for taking the time to read this. I'm looking forward to seeing you on the forums, enjoy yourself.

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