Here is a slightly modified verison that we'll try to put in place.
Hail and Welcome New member,
First let me say thank you for showing an interest in our great sport called Belegarth Medieval Combat Society. On these boards you will find up-to-date information on events, chapters, and rules. Also you'll be able to trade tips on weapons and armor making, find rides to the next event, and talk about what ever else you want. Feel free to discuss what ever you want, but please keep it within reason.
General Board Etiquette
1. Caps Lock is not cruise control for cool. Caps Lock is implied yelling and will get some people upset with you.
2. Emoticons should be used sparingly. Just because you're happy don't post every little guy that smiles.
3. Signatures are to be small. Don't put images in your signature and don't make it excessively long. If your signature is longer then your posts, turn it off please.
4. No one likes zombies, especially zombie threads. If someone hasn't posted on a thread in months, don't bring it back unless what you have to say is REALLY important.
5. Don't post your phone number so everyone can see it, unless you need friends that badly.
6. Respect each other!
Avatars
Many people on the boards have Pictures under there names these are called avatars. How do you get one? Well first you need a picture on your computer. It needs to be no greater than 100 by 100 pixels and 33kb. If you need to resize your image, use Microsoft Paintbrush, a free tool that is included with all versions of Windows.
Posting Pictures
Eventually you are going to want to show everyone something and that when you need to be able to post a picture. I personally use Photo Bucket which you can find
www.photobucket.com. Once you register just follow their instructions to upload the image from your computer. Now that you have uploaded you picture(s) you simply copy the "img code" below any of the picture(s) that you want to post on the in boards. If the image is too large for your screen and it causes a scroll bar at the bottom of the screen, please post a link to the image instead. Just remember not to post anything that could or would be consider Not Safe for Work (NSFW). If you do not understand what that means please see this post:
http://www.belegarth.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=9356.
Rules
Belegarth's
Book of War or BOW can be found here:
http://belegarth.com/rules.php. If after reading the BOW you have questions on how something is interrupted or still unclear on a certain rule, check the Rules Question forum first. It's possible that your question has already been asked before so you can read what has already been said. Once you've searched and you still haven't found an answer, ask your question. Only knowledgeable people have the right to respond to questions asked in this board so you can be sure that you're getting good solid answers.
How Do I Build Weapons
First let me recommend that you first build your weapons under the supervision of anyone that has experience building weapons as this will make your first weapons last longer, look better, and probably save you money in the long run. If for any reason you find that impossible that is okay. We have tutorials for you to view and use.
Please view this page First:
http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/alcon/tips.html
This Page shows how to build many of the common weapons in Belegarth:
http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/alcon/construction.html
This addresses many of the uncommon weapons that people have wanted to make:
http://www.geddon.org/index.php/Experim ... eapons_FAQ
If you have problems while building your weapons please ask us in the Foamsmithing section. We love to help with weapons and many of us have lots of experience in building our own and undoubtablily have dealt with your problem at least once. If by chance you do not want to make your own weapons you can have a friend make them for you or you purchase them from Edhellen, which is ran by Belegrim fighters. Their website is
www.edhellen.com. Please don't use the Belegarth website to contact them, email them at
swords@edhellen.com.
HELP
If you need help with anything on the boards please PM or email a moderator. If there is something wrong with the website please PM or email the administrators. If you don't agree with the policies of the website and board then please email or PM the Webmaster.
Moderators:
Ashling
Cedric
Enoch
Ju'Dekei
Kegg
Kenneth
Mick
Obryn
Rabbit
Tethrin
Vokor
Zzyzx
Administrators:
SirMadog
Jikanta
Winfang
Webmaster:
Madog (Please contact him first)
Winfang (Only if you can't get through to Madog)
Big thank you to Icarus to writing this initially.