Re: The Grand All-Encompassing Guide to KaW - 3.0 Community Etique KaW has a very tight nit community - that's part of why I love this game. There's a world chat and a clan chat, you wall players directly, you hit each other, there's an in-game forum, and so on. It's a game that actually depends on the people. Now, this means we also have etique - things you shouldn't do. Here are some "rules" of KaW Etique. The devs are the people who made the game. Their company is A Thinking Ape. There are about 5 people busy working to maintain and update this game, so do not pressure them. Any questions or concerns should go through the forums first, asking nicely. Do not spam feedback; they have filters that will delete your feedback anyways if it detects spam. So if you need to ask them something, ask them nicely once a day. Nevertheless, they still get large volumes of feedback and it may take a while to answer you. You can also email support@athinkingape.com . Never ask for a hire or volley! Invest money in allies and attack inactives; you will make much more in the long run. If you need additional help, ask nicely in the forums or you can wall me! Farming is hitting someone, excluding scouts, over 5 times a day for 2 or more consecutive days! The 5 hits is a courtesy, not a rule. This is a WAR game; people can retaliate or hit you for no reason though. For suggestions, make a conservative thread asking for feedback first. If people support you, and it is a new idea, then make a thread asking for it. For help, ask nicely and patiently in the forums. You will get speedy and helpful responses this way. Ask for help on how to do something, don't ask for help on something. So you ask "How can I make gold for my next land?" not "Hire me!". Don't make flame threads; it's not our problem and we don't care. Majesty has blocked you because he doesn't need you. All of KaW tries to wall him daily; if he never blocked anyone, his newsfeed would be buzzing 24/7. In addition, you must be trying every day to wall him with something he doesn't need; that's the only way you know you're blocked. Don't ask us to help farm or strip a player or a clan. If you want to ask us how to get strong to do it, that's fine. Don't ask for OSFs to open for you, and don't ask for an OSF to join your clan. Don't spam, bypass the filters (including the referal code; you're only allowed to post that in the referal code section of the forums, although it doesn't show up on active topics and nobody reads it), and don't say anything possibly interpretted as inappropriate. You can be muted for 24 hours, and you do not need to be given a warning. If you feel it was unfair, email support@athinkingape.com . Don't make a "questions" thread. BBCode Now I will talk about BBCode. What is bbcode? Well, bbcode is for forums in a similar way html is for webpages. Bbcode also uses tags (although with "[" and "]" instead of "<" and ">"). They give the special effects like bold. When used, the forum will automatically add the effects to the text. If you want to post code without having it automatically rendered, use the tags Code: [code]code goes here [/code] to display the raw code. Here are all the bbcode's you can use: Bold: Code: [b]text goes here[/b] Underline: Code: [u]text goes here[/u] Italics: Code: [i]text goes here[/i] Color: Code: [color=red]text goes here[/color] "red" can be replaced with: (a) any other basic color, such as blue (see here); or (b) hex code (see here). For rainbow text, go here and choose rainbow text. Then copy the bbcode and paste it here. Please note that there can't be any spaces in the color, and the "#" must be included in hex codes. Size: Code: [size=100]text goes here[/size] "100" can be replaced with any integer from 20 to 200. Links: Code: [url=http://www.google.com]text goes here[/url] "http://www.google.com" can be replaced with any link, although it must begin with "http://". If you want to link to forums within kaw, you can just post the raw url. You can also do this with other outside urls (you just want be able to customize the text of the link). Quotes with no name: Code: [quote]text goes here[/quote] Quotes with name: Code: [quote="Bob"]text goes here[/quote] "Bob" can be replaced with any other text you want (it will say "[name you put] said:" at the top of the quote, and then everything else you typed in between the two quote tags) Images: 1. Download the free app "Photobucket" from the AppStore. 2. Register/Login. 3. Upload the photo (Upload Media tab). 4. Open the photo in the app (My Albums tab). 5. Click on the "i" at the bottom right corner. 6. Copy the "IMG" code (looks like Code: [img]12345.photobucket.com...[/img] ). 7. Paste the code here. You can also use the Code: [img]picturelinkhere[/img] code for other image links you have. Lists: There are 2 main types of lists. The main concept, is that you use the code Code: [list]list items here[/list] to tell the forum that you are posting a list, and you use the code Code: [*]list item for each list item. There are ordered (which branches into numbered, lettered, and roman numeral lists), and unordered lists. I will give the examples. Code: [list][*]Hi[*]Hmmm this is an unordered list[*]Bye[/list] [list=1][*]Hi[*]Hmmm this is a numbered list[*]Bye[/list] [list=a][*]Hi[*]Hmmm this is a lettered list[*]Bye[/list] [list=i][*]Hi[*]Hmmm this is a roman numeral list[*]Bye[/list] Those codes, will produce results like this, respectively: Hi Hmmm this is an unordered list Bye Hi Hmmm this is a numbered list Bye Hi Hmmm this is a lettered list Bye Hi Hmmm this is a roman numeral list Bye Emojis: Our forums has it's own set of emojis, which will automatically be rendered like BBCode. Here's a list of the available emojis. It shows the code, and then the result. For the code to work, you must remove the "." after the first character of the code! :.D :.) ;.) :.( :.o :.shock :shock: :.? :? 8.-) :.lol: :lol: :.x :x :.P :.oops: :.cry: :cry: :.evil: :evil: :.twisted: :twisted: :.roll: :roll: :.!: :!: :.?: :?: :.idea: :idea: :.arrow: :arrow: :.| :| :.mrgreen: :mrgreen: :.geek: :geek: :u.geek: :ugeek: Another option for emoji is Apple emoji. This is only visible on iDevices. Go to the AppStore, and search "emoji free". It's the one by "Awesomest Software". Download it, open the app, close the app, go to settings->general->keyboard->international->japanese->emoji to enable it. Now, there will be a globe icon at the bottom left of your keyboard; click on this to start using emoji . Combining Codes: You can also combine codes together, for results like this. That code looks like Code: [b][u]this[/u][/b] Notice how the underline code starts after the bold code and ends before it? It must always be that way. Imagine it like the layers of the earth. The outer layers must always be on the outside. The text "this" is like the core, the underline code is like the mantle, and the bold code is like the crust. This also works with lists, producing nested lists. It looks like this: Code: [list=1][*]Hello[*]Hmmm this is a numbered list[*]...[list][*]Hello[*]Hmmm this is an unordered list inside a numbered list[*]Bye[/list][*]Bye[/list] Hello Hmmm this is a numbered list ... Hello Hmmm this is an unordered list inside a numbered list Bye Bye You can use any combinations of list types; it doesn't have to be numbered and unordered. You can also do several layers. In addition, you can add any of the other codes like bold to it. Have fun!