 02-01-2007, 10:26 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 was a Corporate Vice President, and was 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.
twitterThis posting is provided as is with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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