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 Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:18 pm
JIMMY'S GUIDE FOR THE STARTING CAPTAINS Hello people of gaia, my name is Jimmy as alot of you already know. The GGN is currently looking bad, so i'm helping the only way I know I can, by writing guides to the GGN. This will be the third guide I have written for guilds, so I do have some experience. Comments very appreciated. Table of Contents
1) Coming up with a theme
2) Creating the guild homepage
3) Inviting members
4) Assigning crew
5) Assiging a vice captain
6) Holding contests
7) Making subforums
8 ) Having fun9) FAQ This Guide was originally made by St._Jimmy, so all credit goes to him.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:21 pm
Comming up with a theme Coming up with a theme for your guild can be difficult, however your theme defines your guild. It says what your guild is and the type of person you are. There are many different themes for different types of guilds. (For the type of guilds and what they, in my opinion, will be the best at being, pleas see the other guide I have written about it (not finished yet))
Here are some ideas for your themes.....
Anime
Movie
T.V show
Thoughts
religious beliefs
Politics
Ranting (Staying PG-13)
Hangeout for friends
Alone time
Collection
These are just some of the many themes you can have for a GGN guild.This Guide was originally made by St._Jimmy, so all credit goes to him.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 2:25 pm
Creating the guild homepage The guild homepage is basically the greeting for your guild, when people view your guild, the homepage will be the first thing that appears to them. If your homepage looks neat, interesting, and like you put alot of time into your guild, people will be more prone to joining it.
The guild homepage can be made to look professional by codeing. Color codeing, pictures, font size and color are some of the things that can be put onto your guilds homepage to make it look interesting to others.
Below will be the codes you can use on your guild homepage.
color codes = type in your color]put your text here[ /color ] (Do not use spaces)
Picture codes = [ img ]malformed url[/img] (Do not use spaces)
Font size = put size font you want]Message[ /size ] (Do not use spaces)
These are the basics you will be using, then once you figure these out, you can start combining them to make it look even more proffesional.This Guide was originally made by St._Jimmy, so all credit goes to him.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:21 pm
Gaining members Gaining members is the most important thing in determining how popular your guild will get and how it will grow. Because this is the most important thing for your guild, it is the hardest thing to do...go figure rolleyes .
You can gain members many different ways, affiliating with other guilds, making advertisements in the Registered Guilds forum of gaia, and having friends invite friends.
You CANNOT advertise in the Guild forum of gaia and you CANNOT advertise anywhere in the Captains Guild, so pleas don't do either.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:22 pm
Assigining crew Assigning crew members is very important, However it can also be very dangerous.
Crew members help you run the guild, invite members, and keep your forums in working order. It is highley suggested that you only pick people who you know are very trustworthy. A crew can be a great asset to your guild, but also a major pain, heres why.
Crew members have the power to completely spam up your guild with useless announcements and stickys, they can also alter your whole guild by messing with the posts and subforums.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:23 pm
Assigning a vice captain Like crew members, you should be carefull on picking your vice captain....accually you should be MORE carefull, here's why.
A vice captain can change posts and subforums, ban members, assign other vice captains, mess with the guild homepage, mess with the guild account, and they can even change ownership to themselves and ban you from the guild.
They can basically do anything you can do. So like I said be VERY carefull when picking your VC, you shouldn't even need one until your guild gets big.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:26 pm
Holding contests This can get you more members and get your guild more active. For most contests a guild mule will be used. Contests are also meant to be fun and show you are dedicated to the guild. When first starting off you should make your contests something like who can invite the most members, or a certain amount of posts and the first person to reach it wins. Thats really all you need to know lol.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:27 pm
Making subforums You make a subforum by using gold from your guild account. This gold comes from you and other members who donate to the guild. You should not overload your guild with subforums because it makes your guild annoying to go through if you have to many, and to many can make you LOSE gold if you ever decided to sell it.
They cost 2.5k each and can be baught in the moderators panel of your guild.
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:28 pm
Having fun A guild is meant to be fun and enjoyable, so.....have fun xp
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:29 pm
FAQ The questions you ask me in this guide will be put here. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:44 pm
i read through your guild and i would like to say it is a very well constructed guide and the only error i found was that you said
"vice captains can promote crew members to vice captain"
that is incorrect vice captains can only promote people to crew and no more only the captain can promote vice captains
just wanted to let you know incase confusion set in with other owners =)
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 3:34 am
It is a technical matter. A VC can do whatever they like except leave, I believe, unless that has been fixed, I've never tried to leave a guild I'm VC of. Point being that a VC CAN promote Crew to Captain if they really wanted. Blood Assassin 32 i read through your guild and i would like to say it is a very well constructed guide and the only error i found was that you said "vice captains can promote crew members to vice captain" that is incorrect vice captains can only promote people to crew and no more only the captain can promote vice captains just wanted to let you know incase confusion set in with other owners =)
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:34 am
Wow, cant believe this made it in here lol. This goes against part of what I said in Galvatrons guide lol.
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 3:29 pm
Hahaha, we sort of had a mad rush to repost the guides before the CG went. We got quite a few, but I'm sure there are some we missed...
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:10 pm
JVCA Hahaha, we sort of had a mad rush to repost the guides before the CG went. We got quite a few, but I'm sure there are some we missed... yeah, I think you missed my big guild traders guide I had written, but I spoke to Galv and he said he probably has it.
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