Everything pertaining to quests/questing goes here. If you want to post a quest thread of any sort -- or even just link to your quest thread -- do it in here. Advice for others regarding quest threads, people looking for quest thread affiliates, et cetera et cetera, is all welcome in the Quests sub-forum as well.
General Guidelines for Creating a Successful Quest Thread
• Make it outstanding! - Use some graphics, colors, or even thread layouts to decorate your threads! Anyone would love to see pretty posts. Also, people would know that you are serious about your quest, and make them more willing to donate.
• Do not be over-reliant on donations - Quests are quests because you need to quest for it, not wait for donations. Sometimes, you might not even receive any donations at all. You need to think of ways to earn gold to work towards your goal, and donations are simply bonuses.
• Post your Quests in the Gaia's Main Forums - Those forums are there for a reason! Posting in such forums would definitely increase your progress, as well as allowing everyone to know about your quest. It'll be best if you can display your links somewhere (your posts, signatures, profiles etc) so that people would be aware of your quest.
• Add Games and/or Contests - This is definitely not mandatory, but who wouldn't like to participate in contests and win prizes? Such additions would be able to draw more peope to your quest thread when they feel like they can get something back after donating to you. If you don't wish to add a contest, you can add games to make your quest more fun!
• Provide services you specialise in - Perhaps you are good with graphics, or avatar arts pieces, you can offer them to your donators as a way of saying 'thank you'. Or if you already have a shop started, remember to post it in your thread!
• Affiliate other threads - Well if you have banners or anything that do not belong to you, you can credit them and post affiliates or links! This way, more people would be aware and can see your quest threads.
General Guidelines for Creating a Successful Quest Thread
• Make it outstanding! - Use some graphics, colors, or even thread layouts to decorate your threads! Anyone would love to see pretty posts. Also, people would know that you are serious about your quest, and make them more willing to donate.
• Do not be over-reliant on donations - Quests are quests because you need to quest for it, not wait for donations. Sometimes, you might not even receive any donations at all. You need to think of ways to earn gold to work towards your goal, and donations are simply bonuses.
• Post your Quests in the Gaia's Main Forums - Those forums are there for a reason! Posting in such forums would definitely increase your progress, as well as allowing everyone to know about your quest. It'll be best if you can display your links somewhere (your posts, signatures, profiles etc) so that people would be aware of your quest.
• Add Games and/or Contests - This is definitely not mandatory, but who wouldn't like to participate in contests and win prizes? Such additions would be able to draw more peope to your quest thread when they feel like they can get something back after donating to you. If you don't wish to add a contest, you can add games to make your quest more fun!
• Provide services you specialise in - Perhaps you are good with graphics, or avatar arts pieces, you can offer them to your donators as a way of saying 'thank you'. Or if you already have a shop started, remember to post it in your thread!
• Affiliate other threads - Well if you have banners or anything that do not belong to you, you can credit them and post affiliates or links! This way, more people would be aware and can see your quest threads.
Quest threads, basically. If you have a quest thread located in Gaia's main forums [if you know how to quest effectively you probably have a quest thread in Gaia's Charities & Quests subforum], you can make a thread linking to it, but don't only post the link. Threads with only a link to a quest thread will be deleted. Instead, post the link & then post a summarized version of your quest. Any discussion or questions about quests belong in the Gaia Life subforum.
Discussion or questions about quests should be posted in the Gaia Life subforum. Basically this subforum is like a miniature version of Gaia's Charities & Quests subforum, without the Charity part. Anything that wouldn't belong there, shouldn't be posted here.
• No Begging threads - This is a subforum meant for quests, and not for begging. Begging threads are not allowed nor encouraged in this guild, and will be locked and moved over to Chatterbox. It doesn't matter if you're asking politely or not, as long as they have elements of begging inside, they will be locked. This warning is stated very clearly, and will not be tolerated once a begging thread is discovered.
• No spamming - This is defined as posting nonsense & gibberish. Also posting styles with advertisements mixed in that obscure what you say or large advertisement links; please keep that in the Chatterbox. Small links to quest threads, or other things are allowed, but try to keep them in your signature. No MyBrute links, ever! Also, making multiple posts for the same quest counts as spamming.
• No flaming - This pertains to all manner of abuse, rude behavior, and Personal Attacks. This also includes harassing someone who posts in the wrong Forum, or calling someone a Troll. We all have things we like & don't like. Don't be rude to someone who has vastly different, or even unreasonable taste, we can't all love Halo, or Twilight. Also, please do not criticize any dream avatars or quests of other members - unless they are constructive comments.
• Misplaced Threads - If a Thread is in this Subforum by mistake, feel free to post in it as if it were in the right forum, it will be moved eventually. However, do not post in a thread just to say it's misplaced, instead inform a Crew Member / Member of the Advisory Board of Directors.
• Be sure to tell everyone your quest - Even though rules such as this are pretty much self explanatory, but there are just members who do not do so.
• Please track your progress - It is needed for everyone to know how you are progressing in the quest, and they can also have a judgement on how much they would like to help.
• Show a list of donators - Donators should be listed down as they are people that have helped you, regardless in what ways! Also, even though you have not received any donations yet, please write down the list too, so that when the Crew Members check the threads, they would be able to know if you have followed the rules.
• All rules are subject to change - Rules will be changed & updated as needed, the thread title will show when the rules were last updated. Ignorance and negligence of these rules would result in the locking or deleting of your thread.
