Hi there! Welcome to BFME2H! You can do anything you want at BFME2H! The only limit is your imagination! (but not really). The first step to foruming is to remember the
So, you've read around the forums and now you want to start posting, eh? Remember that this forum is not chat room, and don't post stuff or abbreviate like 'u', 'y?', 'c u l8ter', and such. Also use proper grammar on the forums, or some of the forumers might insult you, called 'flaming' on these forums. If you are not a native speaker of English, most people will be leniant, but try and post the best you can.
I suggest you introduce yourself before you start a topic. If you've got a comment or so to post that doesn't really deserve it's own discussion thread, post it in
BB Code is a coding language that is used on these forums. It can be used to make text bold, italicized, and more. You can view the list of BB Codes
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Every HG site has a particular set of staff that work with it. Their jobs include moderating the forums, adding news and content to the site, administrating ladders, and other jobs. This site's staff are:
Site Director
EoJup at hotmail dot co dot uk
Site Director
sirhugh15 at gmail dot com
Lord of the Rings Lore, Fan Fiction, Moderation
virtuelle at comcast dot net
Forum Moderation
atzy at heavengames dot com
Guide Master, Forum Moderation
the dot tminator at yahoo dot com
Appreciated Former Staff:
Aeneas2, Kester, BP, SuicidalScotsman, Pulkit Bendak, FD2
You might have noticed some of the staff's names are in different colors. There are 3 main levels of staff. A
At the BFME2H forums, the staff colors are as follows:
seraph: #D2691E
angel: #D11B1B
cherub: #008008
forumer: #545528
vip: #2D42B3
There are also a few other groups of staff. The FMT, or Forum Moderation Team, oversees the forums, bans and unbans, and how they are run. The FMT are:
Crazed Ewok
Shelper
Shanks13
David
There are also the Halos/EXCO, who are at the top of the HG ladder. They are responsible for making new heavens, and deciding important HG decisions. They are:
Elpea
GillB
SpineMan
Jayhawk
Zen
Socvazius
The owners are the people who actually own HG. They are also responsible for HG's finances and legal work. They are:
SpineMan
Zen
Reckless Rodent
Jayhawk
Draco
Socvazius
Other staff:
An HG Alumnus is an ex-staff member who has contributed to HG and given an honorary title.
There are also special site maintenance 'angels', without a forum account that upgrade galleries, and duties like that.
Staff are chosen when they are needed, and if they have the proper qualifications. Don't ask to be staff. If they want you, they'll ask you.
Ask one of the moderators of the forum the thread is in, and they will decide.
The thread was closed by a moderator, and no new replies are accepted.
It's up to the moderators. If it's minor, they'll give you a warning, and then ban you if it happens again.
LOL (laughing out loud)
IMO (in my opinion)
ROTFL/ROFL(rolling on the floor laughing)
AIM (America Online Instant Messenger)
YIM (Yahoo Instant Messenger)
ICQ (ICQ Instant Messenger)
BRB (be right back)
ROTFLOL(rolling on the floor laughing out loud)
Newb (A forummer who is new)
N00b (a forummer who spams, has bad grammar or has bad spelling...basically just a idiot)
HG (HeavenGames)
SWGBH (Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Heaven)
EaWH (Empire at War Heaven)
AoE3 (Age of Empires 3)
AoKH (Age of Kings Heaven)
EEH (Empire Earth Heaven)
AoMH (Age of Mythology Heaven)
RoNH (Rise of Nations Heaven)
CBH (City Building Heaven (Emperor, Zeus, Pharaoh and Caesar III Heavens))
SWGB/SWGBG (Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds)
ATM (At the moment)
FYI (For your information)
GD (General Discussions
CoC (Code of Conduct)
OD (Outside Discussions
GTG/G2G (Got to Go)
Mod (Moderator or Modification)
HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
PHP (PHP:Hypertext Preprocessor (Recursive acronym))
CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
ITT (In this thread...)
uber (A German word technically meaning "over" but has come to be known here as "better than" or "very good".)
IIRC (If I remember/recall correctly)
AFAIK (As far as I know)
RTS (Real-time Strategy)
BFME2H (Battle for Middle Earth 2 Heaven
TWH (Total War Heaven)
I hope this guide taught you some stuff! Have fun foruming!
[This message has been edited by Blatant7 (edited 06-11-2009 @ 10:22 PM).]