Mod PlayerSquared New User Guide

We'd like to thank you for joining our community. In this Ultimate Guide, we'll cover a lot of ground for both new and/or less active users which may give you a heads up on why you should support us, what benefits we give, & 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 PM any member of the PlayerSquared Staff Team.
As with every other forum, there are guidelines to follow when browsing & posting on the forums. These guidelines are 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.

You can find the community guidelines here: PlayerSquared Community Guidelines & the help documents here: Help

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.

Activity is great, & we'd love for everyone to post & share things with the community, but there's a fine line between being active & 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".
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, & 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.
This is a matter that should be your first concern. 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 admin to see what can be done about the retrieval of your account.

With your account comes to a lot of customization.
You can click here. (Go to the top right of the site > Click your username > Select any option you want) to access your User Control Panel

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 & can be changed at any given time. You can change your avatar here.

Signatures - Signatures show up at the bottom of your posts & 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.

Everything listed above for customization can be found in your Control Panel along with tons of other features, check out your Control Panel here.
If you'd like to support the site monetarily we have an account upgrade called VIP. There's 2 options to choose from, 1 month & 1 year. Each come with their own perks. Click here for more information: VIP
The Staff Team is the group of people who lay downtime in their day to moderate the content of the forums & make sure that everything is done correctly on the forums. 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, & admins 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 & it might be taken further.
You can find the staff list here.

Admins
Admins are the go-to people on the forums for account issues and everything that Mods can't 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.

Mods
Mods are the people that generally moderate the forums. They can edit, delete, move, & sticky threads/posts. They also have the power to ban/edit users that break the rules.
Reactions are simply a number that adds up based on how many reactions you receive. Each time someone reacts to your content, it's added to your count.

Credits appear on your profile & your postbit, and can be used to unlock hidden content & spend at the shop.
You earn credits by posting. You cannot buy 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 & a thread gives you 10. Also if you have a post or thread removed by staff you'll lose the 5 or 10 credits.
Information about your transactions can be found here.
Achievements are icons in your postbit & on your profile that you unlock by doing certain actions; not to show who's better than the other, but it's cool to have more achievements & sauce up your postbit.
That pretty much ends this long read, I hope it was of use to you newer members & 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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