At 8/12/03 04:55 PM, VeGeTawoman wrote:
hey ppl i'm new to this whole new grounds forum thing i've been on other forums before but i'm not shure on how this one works like wit makehing a cool sig and all and geting points and stuff so if anyone could help it would b very much aprishated..thanks...
There are two major types of points, Experience and blam/protect.
Experience Points, from the NG FAQ:
Q: What are experience points?
A: Each time you vote on a movie, you receive 2 experience points. After five votes, you will be prompted to "deposit" your experience points into your Grounds Gold account. You can only do this once per day - for a total of 10 experience points per day. You must also not close your browser while you are accumulating votes. If you close your browser your voting session will be reset and you will have to vote on 5 movies again. We must do this for security issues. Also you should be using Internet Explorer or another compatible browser with cookies enabled. We have stopped supporting Netscape browsers as Netscape has failed to keep up with Internet standards.
These points can be used to unlock secret Grounds Gold features. More importantly, they add weight to your votes - so the more points you have, the more your votes will influence a movies rank!
Blam/Protect points are explained in good detail in Newgrundling's B/P faq:
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=67869
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Making sigs yourself requires any image-making software (MS paint, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash MX, et cetera) and signatures for this forum must meet these guidelines.
Max filesize: 40 Kb
Min file width: 20 pixels
Max file width: 400 pixels
Min file height: 20 pixels
Max file height: 60 pixels
Hope that helps. I'm sure more posters will add more and better advice.