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Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ)
Updated 4/25/00.
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ICONS
You're probably noticed the little icon by your handle. There's
a method to the madness. The actual design of the icons may
change in time to accommodate those with older monitors or
who have trouble otherwise distinguishing colors.
(You can also hover the mouse over the icon to get a text
label that indicates what the icon means.)
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The red, shiny, CANDY-LIKE icon indicating that this
person is a SysOp and has the highest level of clearance,
site-wide. SysOps are still expected to conform to
room standards of behavior and behave respectfully
towards the room Host, Staff and chatters. This icon
will always show as red no matter what room the SysOp
is in as SysOps are always on duty.
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The inverse red/black icon you see here is the mark
of one of our Site Staff. The Site Staffers are the
SysOp's right hands, and have a variety of duties ranging
from mediation to providing content to this site.
Site Staff are still expected to conform to room standards
of behavior and behave respectfully towards the room
Host, Staff and chatters. This icon will always show
as red no matter what room the Site Staffer is in as
they are also always on duty |
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The yellow-gold icon will appear next to the handle
of the room's host. In other rooms where this person
is not a host, the icon will change accordingly to indicate
that the person may be a staff member or a chatter.
This person has the second-highest site clearance.
Think of room hosts as the mayors of their chatrooms.
They should be treated with respect, and if a chatter
has a problem with how the host behaves, a complaint
should be filed by email to a member of the room's staff,
or on the room's accompanying message board. Flaming
the room host (or anyone else in a room) just might
end up getting someone banned. Since hosts have the
ban power, guess which party that will be? |
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This gummi shows that you have just found one of the
room's co-hosts. In rooms with more than one host, you
will find both co-hosts wearing this gummi. All other
information as written for Hosts above applies. |
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This one, in green, will show that the chatter is
room staff. Like the host icon, it will change according
to the position the person holds in any given room. Staff
are like hosts, in a way. They should be treated with
respect. They may not be able to personally ban, but
they are authorized to contact a SysOp if the host is
not available. They have lower site clearance than SysOps
and Hosts. If you have a problem with a member of room
staff, politely email your complaint to the room host
and the room host will deal with it. |
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This gummi denotes an assistant to the room staff,
or a room staffer in training. Otherwise, all information
is as shown above for room staff.
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This gummi denotes someone who works in room support.
It's a way to reward chatters who are not a part of
the room staff, but do work to help the room become
a better and more inviting place to roleplay. These
gummis are awarded at the host and staff's discretion. |
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This icon shows that a person has traded high site
clearance for the carefree days of being 'just a chatter'.
Make no mistake. Without the people who are 'just chatters',
we have nothing of value here. As with the other
levels of clearance, these people should be treated
with respect. Yes. You should be treated with respect.
Everyone should be. If you have a complaint with another
chatter, instead of flaming, politely email a member
of room staff about the matter. If it turns out that
the chatter is not a regular part of your community,
email the SysOps about the problem. We WILL take care
of it. |
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