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Okay since we keep getting the same questions all the time, here's a frequently asked questions thread. Please check if your question is answered here before making a thread. That way, other people don't have to sigh and point at this thread and you don't have to be embarrassed.
Questions about TCoD
The forums won't load for me!
I got an Internal Server Error message!
I got an error 500 message!
I got a server message while trying to post/edit a post!
The server that the forum is on regularly goes down, but we're not exactly sure why (it seems to be related to user traffic, but we're not sure). We're aware of it, but there's not much we can do about it, unfortunately. Do not make threads about it, even if it becomes more frequent.
The forum had an error and made me double-post!
This usually happens when you post, get an internal server error and refresh the page; don't worry about it. Please delete the extra posts.
I posted, but the thread won't go to the next page to view the post!
When I go to the next page of this thread it redirects back to the second-last one!
This is another forum error and nothing to worry about. Posting again will usually get the page to appear (but please delete the extra post afterward).
What are the images that say 'Egg', 'Caterpie', 'Metapod' and 'Butterfree' for?
They're ranks, and they change based on how many posts you have. Everyone starts at Egg. The ranks are Caterpie (50 posts), Metapod (200 posts) and Butterfree (1000 posts).
My postcount went down and I lost my rank! Why?
If your posts get deleted (or a thread you've posted in gets deleted), you'll lose those posts from your postcount, and your rank will go down.
Can I change my username?
How often can I change my username?
Yes, you can do so by going to your User CP, and clicking 'edit password, email & username' (or by clicking here). You can only change your username once a month, unless you've made a typo (in which case, ask a moderator). People's older usernames show up when you hover over their username on one of their posts.
What's ASB?
How do I join ASB?
Animé Style Battling is a post-based pokémon battling game (more information here). For those who know what ASB is and just want to join, this is the link. ASB is currently closed for the time being, however.
There's a glitch in the ASB Control Panel.
My ASB Profile is incorrect.
Problems with ASB profiles should either be posted here or mentioned to Negrek.
Why can't I join a Mafia game?
You need to join the Mafia Players usergroup. Go to your User CP, then click 'Group Memberships' on the right-hand side. Then click 'join group' next to the Mafia Players option. Alternatively, click here and join the group.
Can moderators see private Social Groups?
Yes, moderators can see and read messages in private Social groups, but they aren't actively moderated. If something's so private you'd rather a moderator didn't stumble across it, though, you should use Private Messages.
Questions about BBCode
For reference, the full list of BBCode used at this forum is located here, but here are frequent queries:
How do I create sprites?
With the sprite tags! [sprite=bw]Maractus[/sprite] becomes:
You can create sprites for all pokémon (including the small party sprites), some items, and fakemon from ASB. Make sure you spell the pokémon's name correctly, or it won't work. More information on the sprite tags can be found here and here. A list of item sprites used in ASB and a few random pokemon can be found below.
won't work. Please mark effectively for triggering content, e.g. "violence" or "content warning: violence" is usually sufficient.
How do I hide spoilers?
[spoiler=Pokémon]you choose from three starter pokémon![/spoiler]
becomes:
note: changing the colour or size of text in a spoiler tag will make it show through.
The hide tag (see above) can also be used to hide large amounts of spoiler content. Please mark for spoiler content the same way you do for a spoiler tag.
Can I change text colour, size and font in my posts?
You can, but please don't! Because there are different styles for this forum, changing the text colour means inevitably, someone is going to find your post hard to read. Changing the size and font is unnecessary in normal posts unless you're managing your own art thread, safari zone area, etc.
However, you can change these things in your signatures.
How do I make the é in Pokémon?
Windows users can hold Alt and hit 130 or 0233 on the number pad. More information here.
For users of the GNOME desktop environment, the unicode sequence (ctrl + shift + u) is 00e9
The simpler (and universal) compose sequence is ' + e
Questions about TCoD
The forums won't load for me!
I got an Internal Server Error message!
I got an error 500 message!
I got a server message while trying to post/edit a post!
The server that the forum is on regularly goes down, but we're not exactly sure why (it seems to be related to user traffic, but we're not sure). We're aware of it, but there's not much we can do about it, unfortunately. Do not make threads about it, even if it becomes more frequent.
The forum had an error and made me double-post!
This usually happens when you post, get an internal server error and refresh the page; don't worry about it. Please delete the extra posts.
I posted, but the thread won't go to the next page to view the post!
When I go to the next page of this thread it redirects back to the second-last one!
This is another forum error and nothing to worry about. Posting again will usually get the page to appear (but please delete the extra post afterward).
What are the images that say 'Egg', 'Caterpie', 'Metapod' and 'Butterfree' for?
They're ranks, and they change based on how many posts you have. Everyone starts at Egg. The ranks are Caterpie (50 posts), Metapod (200 posts) and Butterfree (1000 posts).
My postcount went down and I lost my rank! Why?
If your posts get deleted (or a thread you've posted in gets deleted), you'll lose those posts from your postcount, and your rank will go down.
Can I change my username?
How often can I change my username?
Yes, you can do so by going to your User CP, and clicking 'edit password, email & username' (or by clicking here). You can only change your username once a month, unless you've made a typo (in which case, ask a moderator). People's older usernames show up when you hover over their username on one of their posts.
What's ASB?
How do I join ASB?
Animé Style Battling is a post-based pokémon battling game (more information here). For those who know what ASB is and just want to join, this is the link. ASB is currently closed for the time being, however.
There's a glitch in the ASB Control Panel.
My ASB Profile is incorrect.
Problems with ASB profiles should either be posted here or mentioned to Negrek.
Why can't I join a Mafia game?
You need to join the Mafia Players usergroup. Go to your User CP, then click 'Group Memberships' on the right-hand side. Then click 'join group' next to the Mafia Players option. Alternatively, click here and join the group.
Can moderators see private Social Groups?
Yes, moderators can see and read messages in private Social groups, but they aren't actively moderated. If something's so private you'd rather a moderator didn't stumble across it, though, you should use Private Messages.
Questions about BBCode
For reference, the full list of BBCode used at this forum is located here, but here are frequent queries:
How do I create sprites?
With the sprite tags! [sprite=bw]Maractus[/sprite] becomes:
You can create sprites for all pokémon (including the small party sprites), some items, and fakemon from ASB. Make sure you spell the pokémon's name correctly, or it won't work. More information on the sprite tags can be found here and here. A list of item sprites used in ASB and a few random pokemon can be found below.
Items that do not have BBCode: medicine, pokeballs, some berries (see below), fossils, collectibles (i.e. shards), sell-only items (i.e. nuggets, mushrooms) key items, TMs/HMs, mulch and mail. The format for the item sprite code is air-balloon
absorb-bulb
amulet-coin
big-root
binding-band
blackglasses
black-sludge
brightpowder
cell-battery
charcoal
choice-band
choice-scarf
choice-specs
damp-rock
destiny-knot
dragon-fang
eject-button
eviolite
expert-belt
exp-share
flame-orb
float-stone
grip-claw
hard-stone
heat-rock
icy-rock
iron-ball
kings-rock
lagging-tail
lax-incense
leftovers
life-orb
light-ball
light-clay
lucky-egg
lucky-punch
magnet
metal-coat
metal-powder
mental-herb
metronome
miracle-seed
muscle-band
mystic-water
nevermeltice
poison-barb
power-herb
quick-claw
quick-powder
razor-claw
razor-fang
red-card
ring-target
rocky-helmet
scope-lens
sharp-beak
shed-shell
shell-bell
silk-scarf
silverpowder
soft-sand
soothe-bell
smoke-ball
smooth-rock
spell-tag
stick
sticky-barb
thick-club
twistedspoon
toxic-orb
white-herb
wide-lens
wise-glasses
zoom-lens[/CODE]Gems
Plates
Evolution Stuff
Berries
berries that do not work: aguav, belue, bluk, cornn, durin, figy, grepa, hondew, iapapa, kelpsy, mago, magost, nanab, nomel, pamtre, pinap, pomeg, qualot, rabuta, razz, spelon, tamato, watmel, wepear, wiki
absorb-bulb
amulet-coin
big-root
binding-band
blackglasses
black-sludge
brightpowder
cell-battery
charcoal
choice-band
choice-scarf
choice-specs
damp-rock
destiny-knot
dragon-fang
eject-button
eviolite
expert-belt
exp-share
flame-orb
float-stone
grip-claw
hard-stone
heat-rock
icy-rock
iron-ball
kings-rock
lagging-tail
lax-incense
leftovers
life-orb
light-ball
light-clay
lucky-egg
lucky-punch
magnet
metal-coat
metal-powder
mental-herb
metronome
miracle-seed
muscle-band
mystic-water
nevermeltice
poison-barb
power-herb
quick-claw
quick-powder
razor-claw
razor-fang
red-card
ring-target
rocky-helmet
scope-lens
sharp-beak
shed-shell
shell-bell
silk-scarf
silverpowder
soft-sand
soothe-bell
smoke-ball
smooth-rock
spell-tag
stick
sticky-barb
thick-club
twistedspoon
toxic-orb
white-herb
wide-lens
wise-glasses
zoom-lens[/CODE]Gems
Code:
[sprite=item]dark-gem[/sprite] dark-gem
[sprite=item]bug-gem[/sprite] bug-gem
[sprite=item]dragon-gem[/sprite] dragon-gem
[sprite=item]electric-gem[/sprite] electric-gem
[sprite=item]fighting-gem[/sprite] fighting-gem
[sprite=item]fire-gem[/sprite] fire-gem
[sprite=item]flying-gem[/sprite] flying-gem
[sprite=item]ghost-gem[/sprite] ghost-gem
[sprite=item]grass-gem[/sprite] grass-gem
[sprite=item]ground-gem[/sprite] ground-gem
[sprite=item]ice-gem[/sprite] ice-gem
[sprite=item]normal-gem[/sprite] normal-gem
[sprite=item]poison-gem[/sprite] poison-gem
[sprite=item]psychic-gem[/sprite] psychic-gem
[sprite=item]rock-gem[/sprite] rock-gem
[sprite=item]steel-gem[/sprite] steel-gem
[sprite=item]water-gem[/sprite] water-gem
Code:
[sprite=item]draco-plate[/sprite] draco-plate
[sprite=item]dread-plate[/sprite] dread-plate
[sprite=item]earth-plate[/sprite] earth-plate
[sprite=item]fist-plate[/sprite] fist-plate
[sprite=item]flame-plate[/sprite] flame-plate
[sprite=item]icicle-plate[/sprite] icicle-plate
[sprite=item]insect-plate[/sprite] insect-plate
[sprite=item]iron-plate[/sprite] iron-plate
[sprite=item]meadow-plate[/sprite] meadow-plate
[sprite=item]mind-plate[/sprite] mind-plate
[sprite=item]sky-plate[/sprite] sky-plate
[sprite=item]splash-plate[/sprite] splash-plate
[sprite=item]spooky-plate[/sprite] spooky-plate
[sprite=item]stone-plate[/sprite] stone-plate
[sprite=item]toxic-plate[/sprite] toxic-plate
[sprite=item]zap-plate[/sprite] zap-plate
Code:
[sprite=item]dawn-stone[/sprite] dawn-stone
[sprite=item]deepseascale[/sprite] deepseascale
[sprite=item]deepseatooth[/sprite] deepseatooth
[sprite=item]dragon-scale[/sprite] dragon-scale
[sprite=item]dubious-disc[/sprite] dubious-disc
[sprite=item]dusk-stone[/sprite] dusk-stone
[sprite=item]electirizer[/sprite] electirizer
[sprite=item]fire-stone[/sprite] fire-stone
[sprite=item]leaf-stone[/sprite] leaf-stone
[sprite=item]magmarizer[/sprite] magmarizer
[sprite=item]moon-stone[/sprite] moon-stone
[sprite=item]oval-stone[/sprite] oval-stone
[sprite=item]prism-scale[/sprite] prism-scale
[sprite=item]protector[/sprite] protector
[sprite=item]reaper-cloth[/sprite] reaper-cloth
[sprite=item]shiny-stone[/sprite] shiny-stone
[sprite=item]sun-stone[/sprite] sun-stone
[sprite=item]thunderstone[/sprite] thunderstone
[sprite=item]up-grade[/sprite] up-grade
[sprite=item]water-stone[/sprite] water-stone
berries that do not work: aguav, belue, bluk, cornn, durin, figy, grepa, hondew, iapapa, kelpsy, mago, magost, nanab, nomel, pamtre, pinap, pomeg, qualot, rabuta, razz, spelon, tamato, watmel, wepear, wiki
Code:
[sprite=item]apicot-berry[/sprite] apicot-berry
[sprite=item]aspear-berry[/sprite] aspear-berry
[sprite=item]babiri-berry[/sprite] babiri-berry
[sprite=item]charti-berry[/sprite] charti-berry
[sprite=item]cheri-berry[/sprite] cheri-berry
[sprite=item]chesto-berry[/sprite] chesto-berry
[sprite=item]chilan-berry[/sprite] chilan-berry
[sprite=item]chople-berry[/sprite] chople-berry
[sprite=item]coba-berry[/sprite] coba-berry
[sprite=item]colbur-berry[/sprite] colbur-berry
[sprite=item]custap-berry[/sprite] custap-berry
[sprite=item]enigma-berry[/sprite] enigma-berry
[sprite=item]ganlon-berry[/sprite] ganlon-berry
[sprite=item]haban-berry[/sprite] haban-berry
[sprite=item]jaboca-berry[/sprite] jaboca-berry
[sprite=item]kasib-berry[/sprite] kasib-berry
[sprite=item]kebia-berry[/sprite] kebia-berry
[sprite=item]lansat-berry[/sprite] lansat-berry
[sprite=item]leppa-berry[/sprite] leppa-berry
[sprite=item]liechi-berry[/sprite] liechi-berry
[sprite=item]lum-berry[/sprite] lum-berry
[sprite=item]micle-berry[/sprite] micle-berry
[sprite=item]occa-berry[/sprite] occa-berry
[sprite=item]oran-berry[/sprite] oran-berry
[sprite=item]passho-berry[/sprite] passho-berry
[sprite=item]payapa-berry[/sprite] payapa-berry
[sprite=item]pecha-berry[/sprite] pecha-berry
[sprite=item]persim-berry[/sprite] persim-berry
[sprite=item]petaya-berry[/sprite] petaya-berry
[sprite=item]rindo-berry[/sprite] rindo-berry
[sprite=item]rowap-berry[/sprite] rowap-berry
[sprite=item]salac-berry[/sprite] salac-berry
[sprite=item]shuca-berry[/sprite] shuca-berry
[sprite=item]starf-berry[/sprite] starf-berry
[sprite=item]tanga-berry[/sprite] tanga-berry
[sprite=item]wacan-berry[/sprite] wacan-berry
[sprite=item]yache-berry[/sprite] yache-berry
Some pokemon are a little hard to guess!
pokemon that do not work: shiny forms. This only covers what the original guide doesn't have.
[/hide]
Do we have marquee tags?
No. There is a general consensus that they're extremely irritating.
How come some people have more than one signature?
How do I use the tag?
Why isn't my tag working?
People often appear to have more than one sig by using the random tag! [random] example 1 ||| example 2||| example 3 [/random] Each time the page loads, one of those things will appear, changing randomly each time. Information on how the random tag works is here. Make sure you have it exactly correct! Commonly the problem is that you haven't got enough vertical bars between each item (you should have three, like this:
pokemon that do not work: shiny forms. This only covers what the original guide doesn't have.
Code:
[sprite=party]mrmime[/sprite][sprite=party]mimejr[/sprite] mrmime, mimejr
[sprite=party]porygon2[/sprite][sprite=party]porygon-z[/sprite] porygon2, porygon-z
[sprite=party]unown-![/sprite][sprite=party]unown-_[/sprite] unown-!, unown-_
[sprite=party]farfetchd[/sprite] farfetchd
[sprite=party]nidoranm[/sprite][sprite=party]nidoranf[/sprite] nidoranm, nidoranf
[sprite=party]ho-oh[/sprite] ho-oh
Do we have marquee tags?
No. There is a general consensus that they're extremely irritating.
How come some people have more than one signature?
How do I use the tag?
Why isn't my tag working?
People often appear to have more than one sig by using the random tag! [random] example 1 ||| example 2||| example 3 [/random] Each time the page loads, one of those things will appear, changing randomly each time. Information on how the random tag works is here. Make sure you have it exactly correct! Commonly the problem is that you haven't got enough vertical bars between each item (you should have three, like this:
How do I hide spoilers?
[spoiler=Pokémon]you choose from three starter pokémon![/spoiler]
becomes:
you choose from three starter pokémon!
The hide tag (see above) can also be used to hide large amounts of spoiler content. Please mark for spoiler content the same way you do for a spoiler tag.
Can I change text colour, size and font in my posts?
You can, but please don't! Because there are different styles for this forum, changing the text colour means inevitably, someone is going to find your post hard to read. Changing the size and font is unnecessary in normal posts unless you're managing your own art thread, safari zone area, etc.
However, you can change these things in your signatures.
How do I make the é in Pokémon?
Windows users can hold Alt and hit 130 or 0233 on the number pad. More information here.
For users of the GNOME desktop environment, the unicode sequence (ctrl + shift + u) is 00e9
The simpler (and universal) compose sequence is ' + e
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