 02-01-2007, 10:43 PM
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Members:
- Icons
- What are icons?
- Icons are little
badges that can be awarded to a user in order to signify their positive
participation in the forums. You can have up to a maximum of six icons,
and they are displayed under the Gamercard in every post.
- How do I get an icon?
- All you need to do to
get an icon is contribute positively to the forum community. Moderators
and MVPs will take notice and request the icon be added to your user
profile accordingly. Keep in mind you will have to help in the specific
areas that icons are awarded, as seen in the link for the next question.
- What do the various icons mean?
- You can see the
various icons, and what they mean on Xbox.com
- Where are the icons I was promised?
- If you have been
promised an icon you shouldn’t have to worry about getting it. For
example, the Xbox Ambassador icon is still being issued and the Xbox
Live beta icon still hasn’t been given out yet. If you were promised an
icon a long time ago, try private messaging a moderator or MVP and they
should be able to get to the bottom of it for you.
- User Rankings
- What is the Community User Level?
- The Community User
Level (CUL) of a user is another way to signify a user’s participation
in the forums. The various number levels are used to attribute regular
users on a scale of 0 to 9 (zero being the lowest, nine being the
highest) based on their forum contributions. The initial number given to
a new user is 1. Letters are used to signify specific types of users,
such as Moderators, MVPs, or Xbox staff.
- How is Community User Level calculated?
- Community User Level
is calculated using a variety of different data points stored by the
forums. These data points accumulate, and as time goes by and a user
continues contributing to the forums they are awarded with a higher
Community User Level. Some of the data points are quite easy to guess
(such as the total number of posts a user has accumulated), but others
can outweigh these obvious data points. Moderators, MVPs, and Xbox staff
also have a way to increase a user’s Community User Level (or not always
increase the Community User Level, but decrease the amount of time it
will take to go to the next level), as well as decrease the Community
User Level.
- What do the various uncommon Community User Levels mean?
- M – Forum Moderator
- V – Microsoft Xbox
MVP
- X – Xbox Staff
- S – Xbox Support
Staff
- J – J Allard’s
personal CUL
- C – Xbox.com
Contributor
- D – Game developer or
publisher
- P – A member of the
of the press
- E – E’s personal CUL
- 0 – A level
indicating a very bad user, or a user who has been banned
- How do I raise my reputation?
- The reputation
displayed under your name in the forums is actually part of your
Gamercard. This means that you can only raise your reputation by playing
games on Xbox Live, and not receive any negative feedback or have any
complaints filed against you. As you continue to progress through games
you will find that the stars on your Gamercard will increase the more
you play in a manner that keeps other Xbox Live members from avoiding,
or reporting you.
- Special Users
- What is a moderator?
- A moderator is a user
with special permissions to perform certain administrative actions on
the forums. These include deleting, editing, and locking posts as well
as banning users. They are also a very good source for information.
- What is an MVP?
- An
MVP is empowered with the
same abilities as a moderator, but has been awarded the Microsoft Most
Valuable Professional award. These people are also a very good source of
information.
- What is an administrator?
- An administrator is
empowered with absolute control over the forums, including the abilities
empowered to moderators and MVPs.
- How do I become a moderator, MVP, or administrator?
- The best way to
become a moderator or MVP is to follow the ToU and CoC, as well as be a
helpful poster. Current moderators and MVPs will take notice, and
recommend you for the position. Becoming an administrator is limited to
Xbox staff.
- What are Xbox product group members?
- Xbox product group
members are people who actually work at Microsoft, on the Xbox team.
They are the people that made Xbox, Xbox Live, and the Xbox 360 what
they are today.
- Who is e?
- e is the Xbox Live
Operations Manager. He’s the guy in charge of making sure everything
about Xbox Live is in working order. He also holds the first gamertag to
ever sign up for Xbox Live.
- Who is Elle?
- Who is HiroProtagonist?
- HiroProtagonist is J.
Allard. He is a Corporate Vice President, and is the Chief XNA Architect
at Microsoft.
- Who is Major Nelson?
- Who is Tarkin1?
- Tarkin1 is the Xbox
Live Software Test Engineer. He’s the one responsible for testing all of
the Xbox
Live Compatible home networking equipment to make sure you’ve got
the best experience on Xbox Live.
- Who is Trixie 360?
- Trixie 360 is none
other than TriXie
on Xbox.com. She is the Xbox.com community lead and writer. You can find
her blog at Trixieblog.com
- Gamercards
- What does the color behind a user's name mean?
- This color signifies
the user’s Xbox Live subscription status. A gold bar behind the name
signifies the user is an Xbox
Live Gold Subscriber, where as a silver bar signifies the user is
an Xbox Live
Silver Subscriber. The people on the Xbox Product Group that
actually helped launch the Xbox 360 may also have an “Xbox 360 Launch
Team” watermark on that bar.
- What is the picture in a poster's Gamercard?
- This picture is the
user’s Gamerpicture, chosen when a user signs up for a Gamertag on
Xbox.com, or changes it using the Xbox 360 Guide. If you are signed into
Xbox.com with the passport associated with your gamertag you can go to
the Profile
Management page to choose between some of the original Gamerpictures.
- What does the "Rep" on a user’s Gamercard mean?
- “Rep” signifies a
user’s reputation on Xbox Live. When a user is prefered, avoided, or has
a complaint filed against them by other users on Xbox Live this will
increase or decrease their Rep.
- What does the "G" mean?
- “G” signifies a
user’s Gamerscore. This is a cumulative number representing how well a user
performs on games online and offline.
- What does the "Zone" of a user mean?
- The “Zone” of a user
signifies their Gamerzone. This is something the specific user can
change whenever they want, and represents how they prefer to play video
games. If you are signed into Xbox.com with the passport associated with
your gamertag you can go to the Profile
Management page and change your Gamerzone.
- User Preferences and Functions
- What is a signature, and how do I change my signature or create a
signature?
- A signature is a
string of text appended after every post you make. You can edit it by
editing your
preferences, or clicking the “Preferences” link on the top right
of the screen. After that scroll to the “Signature” section, type your
signature, and click “Save Changes” at the bottom of the screen. Your
signature will be changed in every post that you make.
- How do I change the time/date format, and time zone to match that
of my region?
- Click
Here, or click the “Preferences” link on the top right of the
screen. Change your time zone, then scroll to the “Site Options”
section, change your date format, and click “Saves Changes”. The forums’
time seems to be synchronized with the Windows Time servers, so if you
do the same times displayed on the forums will be very accurate.
- What does "Enable Post Mouse-Over Popup" do?
- When you enable this
option you can hover over the links to specific threads in every forum
view, and it will show an excerpt of the first post in that thread.
- What does "Enable Collapsing Panels" do?
- When you enable this
option you can collapse specific forum groups on the Xbox Forum index.
It will prevent the content of that group from being loaded entirely, so
if you have a slow internet connection this would be an ideal way to
increase the load time of the forums index.
- What does "Enable Emoticons" do?
- It should allow you
to toggle between viewing emoticons; however, it is currently not
functioning properly.
- What is the "Private Email"?
- This is the email
address that the forums software will send emails such as private
message, forum, or thread notifications.
- What does "Enable Email Notifications of replies to your
posts" do?
- This will send you an
email whenever a thread you participate in is replied to, generally you
shouldn’t enable this as you will likely get a flood of emails. Instead
you can enable notifications for a specific thread by clicking the
“Notify” button on the top right of the thread.
- What is "My Forums"?
- “My Forums” is a
compilation of threads you have participated in. Whenever you participate
in a thread it will be added to your “My Forums” list, sorted
chronologically with threads having the most recent replies displayed
first. Pinned threads will appear at the top of your “My Forums” list.
- How do I change my avatar?
- Your avatar is your
Xbox Live Gamerpicture, so you change your avatar in the same way you
would change your Gamerpicture
- Go to the Gamercard
Management page on Xbox.com, select the Gamerpicture you want,
and click “Submit”
- Open the Xbox 360
guide and:
- Select your Gamer
Card, and press the “A” button on your controller
- Select “Edit Gamer
Profile”, and press the “A” button on your controller
- Select
“Gamerpicture”, and press the “A” button on your controller
- Select “Downloaded
Gamerpictures”, and press the “A” button on your controller
- Select the
Gamerpicture you want, and press the “A” button on your controller
- Forum Options
- What are "Forum Options"?
- “Forum Options” are a
series of settings you can change for individual forums, while viewing
“Forum Options” you can also see some statistics about the forum,
including your permissions on the forum, and users viewing the forum.
- How do I use "Forum Options"?
- Select any sort of
limitations you would like on the threads displayed, and choose either
the “Apply” or “Remember” options. Applied settings will only be
remembered once you load the page after clicking “Apply”. Click
“Remember” to remember the settings, but keep in mind that these are
stored in a cookie on your computer and can be reset if temporary files
are cleared.
- Private Messages
- What is private messaging?
- Private messaging
allows you to create a thread between yourself and one other specific
user, with no outside interference from other users.
- How do I send a private message?
- In order to send a
private message you will need to find a post by the person you would
like to send a message to (you can use the search feature described
below to find one), and then click the “PM” link at the bottom right of
that post.
- How do I check my private messages?
- Click the “Private
Messages” link on the forums index, and click a private message.
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