Introducing MySimSpace.Net!
After 9 months of intense coding with a few short breaks, I have finally finished my website, MySimSpace.Net. Anyone can join without paying a single dime!
So. How do you start?
1) SimClims!
I would first like to explain how SimClims work. SimClims are a clever word for the online currency at MySimSpace.Net. You can earn SimClims in various ways. Possible ways include posting messages in our forums, replying to posts, listing cheats for your online game, and by winning contests in our Contest Forum.
Basically, SimClims are designed to promote community activity, and add some fun to the website! The more SimClims you gain, the more features you get out of our website! For example, if you earn 1,000 SimClims, you may be able to trade them to the webmaster, Max CR, and win in-game or real life prizes! This feature is described more later in this guide.
Other uses for SimClims include, hosting your own contest in our contest forum to have some fun, and gain the title of Richest Member which will cause you to have your own display name to be automatically be featured on the homepage!
Once the economy stabilizes in in EA Land, we may begin having a MySimSpace.Net store. This store will allow users to buy in-game TSO items, and in-game TSO currency through our website by using either real life cash, or online SimClims. We also may be expanding this store for more MMORPG's. This feature may or many not be launched after EA Land stabilizes.
However, we do plan on having our first real life item contest soon. This contest will be a contest for a TSO Game Time Code. The first member to reach a certain amount of SimClims, such as 5,000, will win a TSO Game Time Code that we will mail to you. We do not plan on doing this until a few months from now so we can make sure the SimClim feature is working properly.
Here are the different ways you can earn SimClims:
a) Win a contest in our Contest Forum, and win 50 SimClims. Most contests are created by Max CR. If you win the contest you will be rewarded with 50 SimClims. However, if a member wants to have their own fun, they can host their own contest in the contest forum. Possible uses for a member to host a contest for the SimClim prize would be to advertise their signature. A member can place their property description in their signature, and when people view the contest, they will also see the signature advertisement. They can set the prize amount to whatever they would like, and can trade them simply by clicking "Send SimClims" in a member's profile.
b) Submit a news article to our News Forum to earn 30 SimClims. Nearly every Friday, MySimSpace.Net releases news articles of in-game activities and updates for The Sims Online. We encourage members to help build the community by submitting their own news article. Although, at this time we do not cover online game news other than The Sims Online, other members are more than welcome to. All articles are approved unless they have offensive material. If there is poor grammar or spelling, they will be corrected before being published. News articles that will be released on Friday will be announced during the week in Town Square. If a prior announcement wasn't made, then there will be no news articles on Friday. To submit an article, simply click here.
c) Give us feature ideas! If we use your idea you will be rewarded 20 SimClims. We are constantly looking for ways we can improve this website. We plan on eventually having millions of members from across the gaming network. We are looking for any way we can improve our website to make it better for everyone. This includes, user-interface changes, ideas on how to make this website more fun, ideas to keep interest in this website, or anything else that can improve this website for the better. Please go to Town Square to publish your ideas. If you submit an idea, you give us consent to use them without limitation.
d) Found a bug or error? If I can reproduce a bug you have found, and successfully fix it, then I will reward you with 10 SimClims. Post that in Town Square as well.
e) Post in our forums and receive 2 SimClims per post! We want our community to be as active as possible. To get our community as active as possible, much of that relies on our forum. For every post a member makes, he or she will automatically get 2 SimClims added onto your account. The maximum SimClims you can earn by posting each day is 10 SimClims. In other words, you can only post 5 times to receive the maximum 10 SimClims per day.
f) Post a tip, hint, or strategy for an online game in our "Got Tips?" forum and earn 10 SimClims. These hints can be for any online game.
2) Create your profile!
a) Content Editor - Everyone wants their profile to attract people to get to know them. On other websites, it is at most times boring to get to know someone. Especially when every member's profile looks the same. Therefore, we gave each and every member the feature of changing the content on their profile. For example, you change your background, text font, scrollbar colors, and almost all other content on your profile.
b) Detailed Information - We gave members the option to put both their real life information, and their sim life information. This sim information includes detailed information about your game play regarding The Sims Online, World of Warcraft, Second Life, Ultima Online, ToonTown, and There.
3) Upload photos!
a) Photos - Each member can upload the maximum of 20 photos. You can set a photo to be be your default by selecting "Set As Default".
b) Albums - To make organizing your photos easy, we have given members the feature of creating up to 50 albums. You can place your photos in these albums. For example, if you have photos from your trip to Florida and photos from your trip to New York, you can create the albums "Trip To Florida" and "Trip To New York" and put the corresponding photos in those albums.
3) Friends features!
a) Friends - Every member has the feature of adding friends to their profile. After meeting someone you are interested in, you can add them to your Friends List. Having a member on your Friends List means that you can send shout outs to each other, place each other on your Top Friends List, and even post Bulletins for your friends to read.
b) Shout Outs - By sending a shout out to your friends, you can communicate to other members where your messages are visible to anyone who reads your profile. If privacy is an issue for you, please use the option to message each other instead.
c) Top Friends List - All members can create this list. It will display a set of friends you have chosen for everyone to see when viewing your profile. This is also useful to easily find friends to communicate with them.
d) Bulletins - If you would like to post information for only your friends to read, then a bulletin is right for you. By creating a bulletin, all of your friends will be able to read them. You can create a bulletin or read bulletin by going "Home".
4) Submit an event/advertisement!
a) Advertise - Do you have an in-game event you would like to advertise? Post it in our Events Forum, and anyone looking for something going on in-game can view it. You can also post advertisements for your property in this forum as well. It does not have to be only an event. Your post will be accessible through the Forum Index and the homepage.
b) It's on the homepage! - If you haven't noticed, any posts that are in the Events Forum are displayed on the homepage! This is a great way to advertise your in-game events or properties to attract visitors!
5) Search!
a) Forum Search - This gives members the feature of being able to easily search the forum. You can search by keyword, author, and a few other methods.
b) Member Search - Are you looking to find someone who you are compatible with? Simply click "Search" and then "Search Members". You can search for a member's display name, age, gender, their real life information, and their sim information. Finding someone similar to you has never been easier.
6) Check the News Forum!
a) News - Nearly every Friday, MySimSpace.Net releases news articles of in-game activities and updates for The Sims Online. Although, at this time we do not cover online game news other than The Sims Online, other members are more than welcome to. These news articles include update information, in-game events, and behind the scenes Q & A's with the developers you won't see anywhere else. News articles that will be released on Friday will be announced during the week in Town Square. If a prior announcement wasn't made, then there will be no news articles on Friday. Don't forget to check every Friday!
b) Submit News - Submit a news article to our News Forum to earn 30 SimClims. We encourage members to help build the community by submitting their own news article. Although, at this time we do not cover online game news other than The Sims Online, other members are more than welcome to. All articles are approved unless they have offensive material. If there is poor grammar or spelling, they will be corrected before being published. If you would like to submit your news article, please click here.
7) Create your blog!
a) Your sim or real life - Tell us about what you do day to day. Your friends or lurkers will enjoy finding out.
b) Your property - Tells us about what is going on in your property. The blog system is a great way to keep updates on what is going on with your property.
8) Invite members!
Don't forget! We need your help to build the community. Although we do advertise on a few websites, and in-game, we also need members to help refer friends, and bring the experience of MySimSpace.Net to them as well! Click here to invite people to this website.
9) Create a group!
a) Description - Members can use groups to represent a variety of things. Whether it is a group about real life, or a group about your sim life, the choice is up to you. The groups you belong to will appear in your profile. You can also view your groups by clicking "View Groups" on the homepage.
b) Create - Anyone can create a group. It could be based on anything.
c) Property - If you own a property, and would like to represent the roommates that live in the property, a group is a great idea.
d) Bulletin - By being a member in a group, you can post private bulletins that only group members can see.
10) Who's Online?
a) Description - If you would like to see which one of your friends are logged in, simply click the "View Online" link at the top of the page.
b) Bored? - View who is online, and you can start up a chat with someone who is also online and may be looking for someone to chat with.
11) Find a job or find help!
a) Find - If you are looking for someone to help you with a service, then check out our Help Wanted Forum. You are likely to find someone who can help you with a variety of your needs. You can also find someone to help you complete a mission as well.
b) Post - If you are looking for a job, post an article with the type of job you are looking for. You an also find someone to help you complete a mission as well. Don't forget to place it in the correct forum, and mark it with the initials of your game! For example, Second Life = SL.
12) Favorite members!
a) Favorite - If you would like to easily access another member's profile, simply add them to your "Favorite Member List" to easily access their profile.
b) Adding A Member - To add a member to your "Favorite Member List", view their profile, then click the "Favorite" button. They will then be added to your "Favorite Member List".
c) Edit Favorite Member List - To edit your "Favorite Member List" click "Home" and then "Favorite Member List". You can then remove members from this list.
13) Block members!
a) Blocked - If a member is bothering you, you can add them to your "Blocked Member List". Once they are on that list, they cannot message you, send you a shout out, or contact you in any way.
b) Blocking A Member - To block a member, view their profile, then click the "Block" button. They will then be added to your "Blocked Member List".
c) Edit Blocked Member List - To edit your "Blocked Member List" click "Home" and then "Blocked Member List". You can then remove members from this list.
After 9 months of intense coding with a few short breaks, I have finally finished my website, MySimSpace.Net. Anyone can join without paying a single dime!
- Meet other players in Final Fantasy, The Sims Online, World of Warcraft, Second Life, Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies, EverQuest, ToonTown, and There
- Upload up to 20 photos
- Create a profile to describe yourself
- Create a blog about your sim life or real life
- Earn SimClims and you can cash them in for prizes
- List your sim, their server/city, and their property
- Alert members about your in-game event advertised on our homepage
- Access our discussion forums
- Send messages, shout outs, and post bulletins
So. How do you start?
1) SimClims!
I would first like to explain how SimClims work. SimClims are a clever word for the online currency at MySimSpace.Net. You can earn SimClims in various ways. Possible ways include posting messages in our forums, replying to posts, listing cheats for your online game, and by winning contests in our Contest Forum.
Basically, SimClims are designed to promote community activity, and add some fun to the website! The more SimClims you gain, the more features you get out of our website! For example, if you earn 1,000 SimClims, you may be able to trade them to the webmaster, Max CR, and win in-game or real life prizes! This feature is described more later in this guide.
Other uses for SimClims include, hosting your own contest in our contest forum to have some fun, and gain the title of Richest Member which will cause you to have your own display name to be automatically be featured on the homepage!
Once the economy stabilizes in in EA Land, we may begin having a MySimSpace.Net store. This store will allow users to buy in-game TSO items, and in-game TSO currency through our website by using either real life cash, or online SimClims. We also may be expanding this store for more MMORPG's. This feature may or many not be launched after EA Land stabilizes.
However, we do plan on having our first real life item contest soon. This contest will be a contest for a TSO Game Time Code. The first member to reach a certain amount of SimClims, such as 5,000, will win a TSO Game Time Code that we will mail to you. We do not plan on doing this until a few months from now so we can make sure the SimClim feature is working properly.
Here are the different ways you can earn SimClims:
a) Win a contest in our Contest Forum, and win 50 SimClims. Most contests are created by Max CR. If you win the contest you will be rewarded with 50 SimClims. However, if a member wants to have their own fun, they can host their own contest in the contest forum. Possible uses for a member to host a contest for the SimClim prize would be to advertise their signature. A member can place their property description in their signature, and when people view the contest, they will also see the signature advertisement. They can set the prize amount to whatever they would like, and can trade them simply by clicking "Send SimClims" in a member's profile.
b) Submit a news article to our News Forum to earn 30 SimClims. Nearly every Friday, MySimSpace.Net releases news articles of in-game activities and updates for The Sims Online. We encourage members to help build the community by submitting their own news article. Although, at this time we do not cover online game news other than The Sims Online, other members are more than welcome to. All articles are approved unless they have offensive material. If there is poor grammar or spelling, they will be corrected before being published. News articles that will be released on Friday will be announced during the week in Town Square. If a prior announcement wasn't made, then there will be no news articles on Friday. To submit an article, simply click here.
c) Give us feature ideas! If we use your idea you will be rewarded 20 SimClims. We are constantly looking for ways we can improve this website. We plan on eventually having millions of members from across the gaming network. We are looking for any way we can improve our website to make it better for everyone. This includes, user-interface changes, ideas on how to make this website more fun, ideas to keep interest in this website, or anything else that can improve this website for the better. Please go to Town Square to publish your ideas. If you submit an idea, you give us consent to use them without limitation.
d) Found a bug or error? If I can reproduce a bug you have found, and successfully fix it, then I will reward you with 10 SimClims. Post that in Town Square as well.
e) Post in our forums and receive 2 SimClims per post! We want our community to be as active as possible. To get our community as active as possible, much of that relies on our forum. For every post a member makes, he or she will automatically get 2 SimClims added onto your account. The maximum SimClims you can earn by posting each day is 10 SimClims. In other words, you can only post 5 times to receive the maximum 10 SimClims per day.
f) Post a tip, hint, or strategy for an online game in our "Got Tips?" forum and earn 10 SimClims. These hints can be for any online game.
2) Create your profile!
a) Content Editor - Everyone wants their profile to attract people to get to know them. On other websites, it is at most times boring to get to know someone. Especially when every member's profile looks the same. Therefore, we gave each and every member the feature of changing the content on their profile. For example, you change your background, text font, scrollbar colors, and almost all other content on your profile.
b) Detailed Information - We gave members the option to put both their real life information, and their sim life information. This sim information includes detailed information about your game play regarding The Sims Online, World of Warcraft, Second Life, Ultima Online, ToonTown, and There.
3) Upload photos!
a) Photos - Each member can upload the maximum of 20 photos. You can set a photo to be be your default by selecting "Set As Default".
b) Albums - To make organizing your photos easy, we have given members the feature of creating up to 50 albums. You can place your photos in these albums. For example, if you have photos from your trip to Florida and photos from your trip to New York, you can create the albums "Trip To Florida" and "Trip To New York" and put the corresponding photos in those albums.
3) Friends features!
a) Friends - Every member has the feature of adding friends to their profile. After meeting someone you are interested in, you can add them to your Friends List. Having a member on your Friends List means that you can send shout outs to each other, place each other on your Top Friends List, and even post Bulletins for your friends to read.
b) Shout Outs - By sending a shout out to your friends, you can communicate to other members where your messages are visible to anyone who reads your profile. If privacy is an issue for you, please use the option to message each other instead.
c) Top Friends List - All members can create this list. It will display a set of friends you have chosen for everyone to see when viewing your profile. This is also useful to easily find friends to communicate with them.
d) Bulletins - If you would like to post information for only your friends to read, then a bulletin is right for you. By creating a bulletin, all of your friends will be able to read them. You can create a bulletin or read bulletin by going "Home".
4) Submit an event/advertisement!
a) Advertise - Do you have an in-game event you would like to advertise? Post it in our Events Forum, and anyone looking for something going on in-game can view it. You can also post advertisements for your property in this forum as well. It does not have to be only an event. Your post will be accessible through the Forum Index and the homepage.
b) It's on the homepage! - If you haven't noticed, any posts that are in the Events Forum are displayed on the homepage! This is a great way to advertise your in-game events or properties to attract visitors!
5) Search!
a) Forum Search - This gives members the feature of being able to easily search the forum. You can search by keyword, author, and a few other methods.
b) Member Search - Are you looking to find someone who you are compatible with? Simply click "Search" and then "Search Members". You can search for a member's display name, age, gender, their real life information, and their sim information. Finding someone similar to you has never been easier.
6) Check the News Forum!
a) News - Nearly every Friday, MySimSpace.Net releases news articles of in-game activities and updates for The Sims Online. Although, at this time we do not cover online game news other than The Sims Online, other members are more than welcome to. These news articles include update information, in-game events, and behind the scenes Q & A's with the developers you won't see anywhere else. News articles that will be released on Friday will be announced during the week in Town Square. If a prior announcement wasn't made, then there will be no news articles on Friday. Don't forget to check every Friday!
b) Submit News - Submit a news article to our News Forum to earn 30 SimClims. We encourage members to help build the community by submitting their own news article. Although, at this time we do not cover online game news other than The Sims Online, other members are more than welcome to. All articles are approved unless they have offensive material. If there is poor grammar or spelling, they will be corrected before being published. If you would like to submit your news article, please click here.
7) Create your blog!
a) Your sim or real life - Tell us about what you do day to day. Your friends or lurkers will enjoy finding out.
b) Your property - Tells us about what is going on in your property. The blog system is a great way to keep updates on what is going on with your property.
8) Invite members!
Don't forget! We need your help to build the community. Although we do advertise on a few websites, and in-game, we also need members to help refer friends, and bring the experience of MySimSpace.Net to them as well! Click here to invite people to this website.
9) Create a group!
a) Description - Members can use groups to represent a variety of things. Whether it is a group about real life, or a group about your sim life, the choice is up to you. The groups you belong to will appear in your profile. You can also view your groups by clicking "View Groups" on the homepage.
b) Create - Anyone can create a group. It could be based on anything.
c) Property - If you own a property, and would like to represent the roommates that live in the property, a group is a great idea.
d) Bulletin - By being a member in a group, you can post private bulletins that only group members can see.
10) Who's Online?
a) Description - If you would like to see which one of your friends are logged in, simply click the "View Online" link at the top of the page.
b) Bored? - View who is online, and you can start up a chat with someone who is also online and may be looking for someone to chat with.
11) Find a job or find help!
a) Find - If you are looking for someone to help you with a service, then check out our Help Wanted Forum. You are likely to find someone who can help you with a variety of your needs. You can also find someone to help you complete a mission as well.
b) Post - If you are looking for a job, post an article with the type of job you are looking for. You an also find someone to help you complete a mission as well. Don't forget to place it in the correct forum, and mark it with the initials of your game! For example, Second Life = SL.
12) Favorite members!
a) Favorite - If you would like to easily access another member's profile, simply add them to your "Favorite Member List" to easily access their profile.
b) Adding A Member - To add a member to your "Favorite Member List", view their profile, then click the "Favorite" button. They will then be added to your "Favorite Member List".
c) Edit Favorite Member List - To edit your "Favorite Member List" click "Home" and then "Favorite Member List". You can then remove members from this list.
13) Block members!
a) Blocked - If a member is bothering you, you can add them to your "Blocked Member List". Once they are on that list, they cannot message you, send you a shout out, or contact you in any way.
b) Blocking A Member - To block a member, view their profile, then click the "Block" button. They will then be added to your "Blocked Member List".
c) Edit Blocked Member List - To edit your "Blocked Member List" click "Home" and then "Blocked Member List". You can then remove members from this list.
