quest.lv

Q: What is tgchan? #

A: It's an imageboard made by primarily /tg/-derived crowd. It was made as an attempt to provide a traditional games board with stricter and more sensible moderation, primarily for quests and showing your own tg-related art.

Q: What are the style tags and how can I use them? #

A: These tags are currently supported on the boards -

[b][/b] - makes the text appear Bold
[i][/i] - makes the text appear italic
[u][/u] - underlines the text
[s][/s] - strikes the text through
[spoiler][/spoiler] - hides the text until you hover over it with a mouse pointer or highlight it
[code][/code] - changes the font to monospace (Courier)
[aa][/aa] - changes the font to Mona/MS PGothic

Q: Is there a dice function? If so how can I use it? #

A: The dice function can be used on /tg/ and /quest/ board. The syntax for it is:

dice XdY
dice XdY Z
dice XdY+Z
dice XdY-Z

Where X is the number of times to role the dice. Y are the sides of the dice. Z is the modifer to add to or subtract from the sum of the rolled dice. The desired expression should be put into the email field.

Example expressions:

"dice 1d4" - will roll 1 4-sided dice
"dice 3d6+1" - will roll 3 6-sided dice and add 1 to the result
"dice 2d6-5" - will roll 2 6-sided dice and subtract 5 from the result

Q: What is an ID? #

A: To make sure suggestions made by a same person aren't repeated or the vote isn't rigged, /quest/ and /questdis/ employ the ID system. The ID is a hash of the IP. Don't worry though, you can't decompile an IP from an ID.

Q: What filetypes can be posted here? #

A: For still images, you can use .gif, .jpg, or .png. For animation, you can use .gif or .swf (or .png if you are a mad man). For sound, you can use .swf or .mp3.

Q: What is the PASSWORD field? How can I delete posts? #

A: The password field is to provide a post with a password in case you want to delete it. Usually the posts are provided with a default randomly generated password. So you can delete the posts you've made until you close the browser session ( Close it completely, clearing all cache ). If you want to, you can provide your own password which you can later use to delete older posts.

To delete a post enter the password in the password field at the bottom of the page, tick the boxes next to the posts you want to delete and hit the Delete button next to the field. You don't need to enter a password if you want to delete posts posted within the same session.

WARNING: Once you end a browser session the posting password WILL change and you may find yourself unable to delete your older posts.

Q: How can I report a disturbance? #

A: To report a disturbance on the board use the report function. It's done by ticking a box next to the rule-breaking post then hitting the Report button located on the bottom of the page. Please use the "Reason" field to provide additional information on why do you think the post is breaking the rules.

Q: Why was I banned? #

A: There should be a ban message telling you why you were banned. If there is not, check the Rules [ http://tgchan.org/kusaba/news.php?p=rules ] and see if you may have broken any of them. If you want to contest your ban, take it up in IRC at #tgchan.

Q: Where are the IRC channels? #

A: All of the channels use irc.rizon.net for their provider. Room #tgchan is the general room for discussing issues related to tgchan itself. This includes quest discussion. The mods/ops found in this room are a part of /tg/chan staff and should be contacted in any trouble arise.

Room #RubyQuest is NOT an official tgchan channel and is merely associated with it. It is used for primarily for the discussion of quests, but gets off topic very easily. People who are in moderating position there are in no way related to tgchan staff. Please refer to #tgchan channel for actual mod contact.

Q: Where is the tgchan radio, and how do I play it? #

A: The link to the tgchan Radio is: http://65.60.52.181/listen.pls You can play the file using either VLC Media Player or WinAmp, both available for free off of a google search.

Q: What is a TGMUD and how can I play it? #

A: TGMUD is just like another MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) made mostly of areas modelled from quest settings. The MUD runs on a modified CoffeeMUD engine. In order to play it you can either use telnet or one of more popular MUD clients - ZMUD, GMUD, etc.

Q: What is bump? #

A: Each time there is a non-sage post made to a thread, the thread is 'bumped' - it will appear as the first on the board. Bumping very old posts is frowned upon and can result in a temporary ban of the user that abuses it.

Q: What is sage? How can I use it? #

A: Sage (read: Sa-gay) is japanese for "to lower" it is used to make a post to a thread and not 'bumping it'. Including the word "sage" in the email field triggers this function.

Q: What is age? How can I use it? #

A: Age (read: a-gay) is japanese for "to raise". It's an old function no longer supported on the boards. It was originally used to counter sage posts (since 5 sage posts marked thread for "no longer supplicable to bumping". Right now since that function of sage is turned off, it's irrevelant, but still mentioned. Mostly as appreciation or praise of a topic.

Q: What is noko? #

A: Noko is another function of the board made to ease browsing. Inserting 'noko' in the e-mail field will prevent the browser to take you back to the board's main page and instead will just refresh the thread that you posted in. Noko is enabled by default on the quest boards, so there's no need to using it there.

Q: What is drawfaggotry? #

A: Drawfagging is drawing for the community. Either by taking requests from the community or providing art related to the community's topic (/tg/ drawfags for example drew traditional games-related art).

Drawfagging was a very popular pass-time in early /b/, /v/, /a/ and /tg/. Due to 4chan mods' intervetions, some the drawfags were forced to migrate somewhere else and some left on their own accord. Some of these drawfags migrated here and are currently providing more content either on /tg/, /questdis/ or /quest/ board

Q: What is writefaggotry? #

A: Writefaggotry is the text counterpart of drawfaggotry. Under that name hide all kinds of fan-fiction or original stories, descriptions provided for the community. It's rarely requested, often resulting in top notch stories appearing "out of nowhere".

Best example of writefaggotry is possibly the collection of Kharn the Betrayer anegotes found here:

http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kharn

Q: What is a Quest? #

A: A Quest is a type of roleplaying game done over the internet. One person runs the quest, creating the world and its inhabitants, as well as a protagonist. Everyone else tells this protagonist what to do, and then the one running the Quest lets their actions play out. For an example of how a quest should work, see: http://64.86.28.46/kusaba/questarch/res/9997.html

Q: How do I set up my own Quest? #

A: Its very similar to setting up your own campaign for D&D or some other roleplaying system. Think up a plotline and an interesting main character, and start drawing. Don't be discouraged if you don't get many suggestions at first - most quests require a little time before they get a decent sized following.

Q: The suggestions are tied! What should I do? #

A: Don't feel like you have to pick the most popular suggestion every time - pick whichever suggestion fits the character best. If different suggestions are tied for number of times suggested, don't wait until someone breaks the tie. Just pick one and go, before your quest slows to a halt.

Q: How many posts should I have in my quest thread before making a new thread? #

A: So as to prevent cluttering the archives, its suggested you have at LEAST 200 posts in the thread before you archive it. There is no limit to how long you can make a thread, but larger ones eventually start to have trouble loading.

Q: How do I archive my quest thread? #

A: The most desired way is to use the report function for the reporting a completed thread. Just put the reason "COMPLETED QUEST" in the "Reason" field to make sure we'll understand the request. The most direct way is asking an moderator to do it. The moderators are capt_slowpoke, ClockworkSeal, Driblis, Dylan, Exuno, Flynx, Freis, Gnome, Insomnia, Numbers, and Starit, and can be contacted in the tgchan IRC channel.

Q: Where did my quest go? It's not on /quest/ anymore! #

A: Your quest is probably in the archive or the graveyard, presuming it wasn't deleted for breaking the rules. Quests go to the graveyard after they haven't been updated for a long enough time, usually about a month, and to the archive when it appears they've finished the thread. If you want to update it again, ask in #tgchan or report the thread and we'll move it back.