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The Requirements of an FFA Thread

In the FFA, each thread must contain certain information to stay in the forum. This information helps those who wish to attack your guild have a good understanding of what lies in wait for them. On top of this, the information helps keep fights and combat in the thread easy going, preventing the defenders or attackers from altering the setting outside of the original design.

Story/Background of your thread – What has drawn your thread to creation? What In-Character forces have brought your organization together to be what it is today? When thinking of the thread's background, please provide at least a paragraph of information. There is no maximum to how long this can be, and as the thread grows in size, and events happen in-character, the story can even be modified to reflect this, if the owner of the thread wishes.

A Description of your thread's base of operations – From a compound deep in the sandy desert, to a castle which flies in the sky, every thread is required to provide a description of how their base is set-up. All FFA threads must have a base of operations, that has the potential of being attacked at anytime in-character. When working on a base description, it helps others and prevents confusion if the surrounding terrain is described in detail, as well as how the base is formed.

The use of pictures to get around typing a physical worded description is against the FFA rules and will be seen as incomplete. Pictures are allowed, however a worded description is needed.

Base Defenses – Many places are guarded with objects that are stationary, or are nothing more than creatures with weapons. If the thread's base has any form of defense outside of the members of the thread, this is where they need to be listed.

Please note that traps and hidden defenses need to be listed, however the location of these items may remain a secret until someone runs into them in-character. If such a defense is to be used, they must remain in the same area at all times. Thread's that are caught moving hidden defenses around to counter a situation will be removed for the forum.

During combat in a thread, the adding of base defenses secretly (editing the post to add extra turrents, for example) is forbidden, as it can be used to quickly change the flow of battle unfairly.

Thread Rules – Every thread needs a set of rules in order to operate in the FFA. When a thread is created, the thread creator should take into consideration how they want to limit technology, magic use, the use of weapons of mass destruction, on top of many, many other scenarios. A solid, well-defined rules list can result in better understanding on how a thread stands on subject matter, which can result in better role playing opportunities.

During combat, if a character breaks a rule in the thread which combat is currently being handled, and the current on-line members fail to point out the breach of the rules, any attempts to alter the action are void. The FFA requires all breaches of rules to be handled as they are encountered.

Member List – Who all is affiliated with the thread's organization? The member list is the thread's list of people who are allowed to enforce the rules of the thread, and role play out the defenses in action. Only users listed on a thread's member list are allowed to use base defenses, and are the only one's allowed to void attacks and punish rule breakers.

How to use the Report System



There are two ways to report something that does not belong in Barton Town. They are and

You use the button when there is just one or two posts in a thread that have content that is not welcome in Barton Town. Do not press this if the whole thread needs to be taken care of.

Reasons to report via :

• A user makes a post which is concidered spam/trolling/flaming/etc.
  
  
• A user who posts has a signature that is too large.

You use the when a thread needs moderator intervention, whether it be spam or a TOS violation. Please do not use this if there are only one or two posts that need to be taken care of.

Reasons to report via :

• A user makes a thread which is considered spam/trolling/flaming/etc.
  
• A users mistakenly posts a topic in the wrong forum.

If you need to contact a moderator via Private Message, please use the "View Forum Moderator" link. 3nodding



These are the links at the bottom of the forum index that you can click on to report a hacking, scamming, or abuse case. When submitting a report, it is imperative that you submit all important information for the moderator who recieves the report.

• You should click the button when your account has been hacked. That will lead you to this page. That is where you will fill out the form to submit to a Gaia moderator. Again, "... please fill out this form below to the best of your ability."
  
  
• You should click the button when you have been scammed by another user on Gaia. That will lead you to this page. That is where you will fill out the form to submit to a Gaia moderator. Again, "... please fill out this form below to the best of your ability."
  
  
• You should click the button when you have been abused/harassed by another user on Gaia. That will lead you to this page. That is where you will fill out the form to submit to a Gaia moderator. Again, "... please fill out this form below to the best of your ability."