Hello to the newcomers. I'll give you some tips to enhance your profiles and to learn more about this site to best use.
To change your profile, so go to Control Panel. To change your contact information, go to "Profile" and change what you do not like (country, sex, etc ...). You can also change your armatar. To change it, go to "armatars" and click on the image of your choice. Do not forget to validate your choice by going down the page and click "update Armatar".
What is a merit? A merit is a reward by a moderator. It is usually given for outstanding game comments or in certain contests like the Poetry contest or the Haiku contest found in the Art, Music and Writing section of this site. Most mods look for merit-worthy while cleaning spam from games, and while there might be a better chance of getting a merit on newer games, it should not stop you from reviewing other games as well. You might get lucky. There are several guides to writing merit worthy comments on the site, though you might need some digging to find them. Remember, however, that merits are a reward, not a right. Or to quote another mod: "You do not write a merit. You write a review of the game, and maybe it will get rewarded with a merit.
ArmorPoints are earned through several means. A simple breakdown would look like this: Rate a Game: 2 AP per Game Comment on a Game: 2 AP per Comment Make a Post in the Forum: 1 AP per Post Submit a Game: 20 AP per Title Earn a Merit: 25 AP per Merit It is however highly recommended not to care too much about AP, and just let things happen. After all, if your interaction on the site is found to be purely to gain AP, those comments, posts and ratings might be taken away.
AP=Armor Points Wood Serf: 10 AP Iron Serf: 25 AP Gold Serf: 100 AP Wood Squire: 225 AP Iron Squire: 400 AP Gold Squire: 625 AP Wood Knight: 1200 AP Iron Knight: 1750 AP Gold Knight: 2250 AP Wood Lord/Lady: 3000 AP Iron Lord/Lady: 3500 AP Gold Lord/Lady: 4000 AP Wood Duke/Duchess:4500AP Iron Duke/Duchess: 5200 AP Gold Duke/Duchess: 6000 AP Wood Prince/Princess: 7250 AP Iron Prince/Princess: 8500 AP Gold Prince/Princess: 10000 AP Wood King/Queen: 12000 AP Iron King/Queen: 14500 AP Gold King/Queen: 17500 AP
You could have put something in there about stickied threads, because if you did, you might have had the odd feeling that this thread has already been made, not to mention the help page.
