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Why can't I login to my account?

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What rules apply in the forum?

Please read our Board Rules

Just like in real life there are a few rules to be considered before posting. Posts with racist, pornographic or insulting content are not tolerated. The same applies to links to illegal material or pornographic sites. Make sure you respect the personal rights of the affected persons and organizations when you post personal data or material you didn't create yourself.

Why should I register?

Cause otherwise you won't see any content. :-p Please make sure that you register as your characters. Each character means a new registration. When you are registering an account, use the same email you've used before for your other account, this would make things easier for the administrator to track down the person.

Can I change my account name?

You can contact an admin of the forum to change your account name. There is no way to change it on your own. Unfortunately it is not possible to complete a registration with a name that contains special characters like " ' ". However we can add these special characters after the registration. So if you have a char that you want to rename, please comment under this thread.

What is a "thread"?

In electronic forums, a "thread" is a set of messages (at least theoretically) discussing the same topic. That's why it is sometimes referred to as 'topic'. For our forum each thread is a new RP Story.

How can I create a thread? What do I have to keep in mind when I create a thread?

To create a thread you may have to be a registered member of a forum.  Before you open a thread in a forum, you should consider which category/forum your message fits in best before posting. Your thread will get more attention if you choose a precise subject. Please help us keeping the forum well-structured and thus more enjoyable to read!

Therefor we will explain you the main sites and their meaning:

General:

You will find all general Information about this community, its functions  and rules in this section. Every Poll will be gathered here as well and admins can introduce themselves and their characters here.

RP Lore

This section is the heart of the forum. All general RPs shall be gathered here of any lore you wish to join. We have organised it into the different locations, so please make sure that your RP is stated to the right place.  

If we find enough people for other content, contact an admin and she/he will create a new section of that lore. Our current Lores are: Mass Effect, Dragon Age, The Elder Scrolls, Warhammer 40,000, Star Wars, Dynasty Warriors and some more if you like :) 

Character Introduction

In this section of each lore you can share your characters full biography with us. 

Roleplay Area

The center of all Rps of a lore. 

Alternatives Universe

Many people have ideas and plots that does not fit to the main lore or they just want it to be separate from the main RP world. All these universes are gathered here. Everything that happens within these AUs are seperated from the rest and do not change other lore.  If you have an idea for another AU, ask an admin to create your own subforum therefor. 

Plot discussions

A place to share your ideas for plot and stories and find people who want to join them

Fanfiction

Share with us your fanfiction :) 

Tracking your RPs

Once you started to rp with your characters, you may want to track all of them on one account, so you will have an overview where you have to reply. For this we recommend the RP-Tracker. Check it out!

Which filters can I use to browse through threads?

We offer several default filters that might help you to find the right RPs. You find them with a mouse-overlay over the "Forum"-button in the navigation bar. Here are some explanations to these filters.

What is a signature? How can I change my signature?

Your signature is attached to each of your posts. Mind though, that you can only use this feature as a registered member.
You can create your own signature in "Settings".

What are private messages?

"Private Messages" are like e-mails. However, you can send them directly from the forum. You can send messages to every member of the Forum that only the recipient can see. You need to be a registered member to use this feature.

What's my profile guestbook?

If you enable the profile guestbook, other members may leave messages for you to see.

What's Talk?

Talk is another platform to communicate in treetopic structure with other members of the forum. You will find some explanations: here

How can I use the forum chat?

Once activated by the forum administrator, you should see a small Forum Chat-box in the bottom right corner of the screen. Simply click on it once to open the chat window.
Make sure to check the Chat Settings, here you can set that you will see the chat window integrated to the forum - or disable chatsounds etc.

In general it is a chat everyone can read, who is currently online and in the chatroom. With "right click" on the name, you can also mute or ban members or send them a private chat message that will open in a separate window.

What's the Activity Feed?

The activity feed is a listing of all forum action. It's the easiest way to find out what you missed while you were offline.



What is the forum wiki?

A wiki is a collection of information regarding a special topic. All members can work together on the articles. A revision log and changesets make it easy to track the changes made to a given page. 
You can share official lore of the Mass Effect Universe or your own creations and content. Please respect the writers rights and credit them accordingly if you did not wrote the shared content yourself.

How do I add pictures to my posts?

The easiest way to include images to you post is to use the "add file" funktion. After you have uploaded the image(s), you can click on insert to open the insert file dialogue. Within the dialog, you may choose the image size or alignment before adding it to the post.
We currently support uploading files with a size of up to 2 Mb and one of the following file types:.jpeg, .jpg, .gif, .png, .sxw, .pdf, .txt, .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .ppsx, .xlsx, .odt, .sxc, .xls, .zip, .rar, .mp3, .xml, .vsd.
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What's the picture gallery and how do I use it?

The picture gallery is a great way to share images with other members of the forum. Images uploaded in the picture gallery can be included to forum posts by using the integrate-option when creating a post.

There are general public folders for each Lore, like for Mass Effect sorted by race and member galleries, if you wish to upload your pictures in your  own album. Every member has the right to have an own member album.

When uploaded a picture from someone else, make sure you have the permission of the artist to do so and edit the picture details with crediting the rightful creator. You are also able to tag members and use the comment function. Note that the filename does not have any special characters in it,like ', -, *, & etc. and that the pic is < 10 MB. Adter the upload you can rename the pictures title how you want to.

How can I download the Images in the picture gallery in full size?

The forum administrator may activate the Full size pic link-option. This will enable you to download all images in their original size.

What's a blog?

A blog is a journal or diary created by one or more authors.
There is a public Forum Blog where everyone can post stuff. Administrators of the forum use this blog to announce new features or basically changes. Every member is also able to make his/her own blog. The blog is available in your user profile. 

 

What's the difference between the Forum Blog and a User blog?



What about Social Media Contacts? 

Of course you will find admins and members on other socal media platforms as well. 

Email: administration@mass-effect-omega.com

Skype: administration@mass-effect-omega.com -> we will add you to a groupchat for members

Facebook Page:

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How can I support this community? 

Activity! This community can only exsist with creaty heads that are willing to rp with each other.  To run this forum with all the available feature, we are paying a monthly rate of 15€. If you want to donate an amount of your choice to support us - it is much appreciated. You will find on this forum several buttons to "Donate to the Forum". 

Just note that this is no obligation. :)

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