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My AccountUnder the My Account are you can find and edit much information about yourself and how this site displays information. When you click this option you will notice a set of tabs at the top where you may select different sections of your information to view/edit. You can change information about what you're notified about. You can see the history of your own posts/actions. You can also edit your personal and gaming information. When you select the EDIT table you get even more tab options which allow you to set data such as wether you're looking for a game currently or not, upload a new avatar image, or change your email subscriptions. If someone is added to your friends list, they will also be able to post short notes on your CORK BOARD which you can read here.
This displays the people you have sent friend invites to and who has accepted them. This is where you can REMOVE a friend (by clicking the ACTION button). There are also tabs across the top to see who's currently online, your pending friends requests and a tool to invite friends to the site and get them added directly to your friends list.
Shows you all your albums (containers) you've created for your uploaded pictures.
Displays all the pictures you've uploaded to the site in one page for quick reference.
This section will display recent postings (activity) that you have done but also with any blog or post (or author or section) that you happen to be subscribed to. To subscribe to some just click the subscribe link found at the bottom of most areas of content. Also handy for looking up something you did post in the past.
This displays the experience points you've earned on this site and what you did to earn them. Currently they are only good for bragging rights, but it's our goal to allow you to use them to get special features and maybe even swag (products) from us. You earn experience points whenever you add content to this site. By posting a comment or a blog, by voting on a poll or someone's content, or adding an article or podcast. But it DOES NOT include post in the forums, file repository, or member surveys.
Allows you to set what your friends can view. Check the boxes you want to allow your friends to see when visiting your profile.
Blogs
A blog (a contraction of the term "Web log") is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, Web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketches (sketchblog), videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), audio (podcasting), which are part of a wider network of social media. Micro-blogging is another type of blogging, one which consists of blogs with very short posts. As of December 2007, blog search engine Technorati was tracking more than 112 million blogs. With the advent of video blogging, the word blog has taken on an even looser meaning — that of any bit of media wherein the subject expresses his opinion or simply talks about something.
View and add to your own personal blog.
Display all our current blogs on this site. The Blogosphere: a collective community of all blogs is known as the blogosphere. They may be seen as interconnected and socially networked. Discussions "in the blogosphere" have been used by the media as a gauge of public opinion on various issues. A collection of local blogs is sometimes referred to as a bloghood.
A round up of over 100 feeds on the internet for you ease of browsing.
CommunityThis section contains areas of content and entertainment as it pertains to the community (our membership) as a whole.
Displays all the recent posts on RPGLife. A good way to see very detailed list of what's going on around the site and were to find new content to enjoy.
Feel free to start your own group / club on our site. They can be private or moderated or open to the public. Use them to chat and organize events for people with like interests.
Our powerful forums contain something for everyone. Just idol pondering, helping others out, or running play-by-post games. These are an active area of this site and worth a daily visit.
An easy to use yet feature rich browser based chat system. Hang out with your pals or join a Talk In Character room or even enjoy one of our schedule event guest speakers.
Every member has the ability to create albums to store their images in. We welcome you to post picture of yourself gaming or of some artwork you've done or whatever (keep it clean). Remember you must create an album and then upload images to it.
These are short stories written by either one or many of our members. A new chapter can be added by any member of RPG Life. See our HELP for instructions.
These are simple to create fun polls of our membership. Everyone can make a poll and it can be about anything. Have fun with it!
Paste or upload some quotes to your account and they will randomly display around the site. They can be famous quotes or just sayings you've made up.
Here you'll find upcoming events like conventions, scheduled guest chats on this site, group/club meetings, a local MTG tournament, and more. Feel free to enter a gaming event on the calendar (no birthdays please).
Stop in and just say HI. Much like our shout window, but this allows for a bit more to be said and it sticks around much longer. Leave us some feedback about what you think of this site. Or post a quick message about your own site.
Much like the member polls, this system is just for fun. Add some crazy question and listen to all the responses. Then rate them! Ever wonder what the silliest way a character has died? Want to know what other players favorite gaming tools are? Ask here.
CyberCon is our branded online only gaming convention. We are bringing it back with the introduction of RPG Life. You can signup for events, win prizes, visit vendor booths, participate in a writing or costume contest, and sit in on lectures. Stay tuned for more information...
ReviewsReviews are meant to share one's personal opinion and insight into products or creations. Your voting here really helps everyone judge the true quality or value of something. Please take the time to vote/rate things here.
Rate RPGLife Members Latest Images! This area is full of images that other members have posted for your to rate. It may be their newest paint job on a miniature or maybe an upstart artist wanting to show off his "talents"... either way, please take the time to rate the items here and maybe leave a comment!
Review Products and Use our Star Rating System! These are more formal reviews of products. Using special 10 star ratings of substance and style the writer of the review will try to convey wether this product is worth it or not. Anyone may write a review, but please make sure you're serious about it and not the creator of the product in question.
This will allow you to search for key words inside the Review It! content. Looking for a review of a book by name, type in part of the name. If you're looking for a review on books with Bugbears in them, try typing "bugbear" in the search field.
PublicationsThis area contains organized documents placed into several categories to help you find them. First there are what we call publications that contain similar articles or podcasts. Each content item can then further be place into categories or themes.
Articles and columns found here are mostly exclusive to RPG Life and may not be copied without permission from the authors. Choose one of the topics or categories on the left menu to browse our articles: Articles: Business & Freelancing
Here you'll find the podcasts that are hosted by our servers for your listening pleasure. Other podcasts can be found under the podcast feeds.
Display podcasts by their show's name.
Display podcasts by their host's name
Display podcasts by their episode #
You'll find some comics here in book form - note the navigation box that shows up to allow you to go to the next page or previous page.
Mainly made up of humorous videos found on youtube, but also containing some original works. Feel free to upload your own original work or cut and paste the embedded object from youtube.
ResourcesThe resource section is all about tools for the GM and Players to help them find, create, and play games easier.
Using this tool you can search our members database for people looking for games, who uses online virtual table tops to play, who can Game Master, or even who is in your own state. This feature is only as good as the data, so please enter your own data under MY ACCOUNT inside the Gaming Information tab.
A simple classified ads system that allows people to post notes to our bulletin board if they are seeking players or such. There is also a section for actual products to sell and jobs for hire.
This feature allows you to search our membership database for keywords or usernames.
Use this feature if you want to search for content on this site.
The store locator will help you find stores with products from a specified manufacturer in your area. (Currently adding new data is not functioning - if you like you can use our contact form to send us your store info.)
This is our huge file repository where you can upload and download roleplaying gaming material for free! It contains hundreds of character sheets, mapper demos, fonts, adventures, and much more. If you own the rights to such, please upload it to us!
One of the many free ways to promote your website on our network of sites. The exchange is a run on hundreds of other gaming websites. Add your banner today and get started promoting!
Why not get your website readers to help you compete against other RPG website for top ranking on these lists. Yet another good way to get your site known.
Are you a blogger or podcaster? Well add yourself to our webrings and then people can find you as easy as a NEXT button on the ring!
Need some good resources or just a time waster? This moderated directory of website links can help you out. If you know a good link, please add it!
CreateAll content on this site (aside from the forums and file repository) are created through this one menu option. If you want to add something to this site, look here first.
Share a bit of yourself and what you're up to in your blog. We're all nosy and want to know! Looking for help or to sell something or looking for other players? Try posting a FREE classified ad to get the attention of the other members. You can even use the classifieds to put a call out for a game you're starting. You can also find players using our player locator (make sure you set your info in your account profile too!). You must create a gallery album (container) before you can upload your pictures. Upload pictures, artwork, photo, graphics, whatever. Must create a album first to put them into. Add some of your favorite quotes to the system and have them randomly displayed to other members. They can also view them in your account page.
Create an article or column within a publication framework. Create a short story on your own or have members help you add chapters. Add an event to our site's calendar. Know of a gaming convention or just a local tournament, feel free to add it. A fun light hearted to poll other members of this site about anything you like. A fun way to get more indepth responses from the membership about interesting or funny topics. Allows rating. Upload your podcast to our site to share with others. Upload an image of a miniature you painted or some artwork you did and let the membership rate and comment on it. Create a book/product review. Should be at least 500 words. Submit a file to the repository Use our servers to share your latest creation. Be it a font or an adventure or even software demo. Post a video block from youtube or upload your own video original to our site! Add sites that are helpful to our membership or of shared interest. Resources and games welcome.
Add an event to the sites event calendar. Create your own social group that can either be private, moderated or open to the public. Post a message to one more more social groups. Everyone in those groups will be able to read the message and comment.
Add your website or some other great resource to promote. Get your website or product banner on hundreds of websites including RPGLife.com - and best of all it's FREE. Join the Pen & Paper Top Sites Place a small button on your website and let your visitors vote for you. The top sites on these lists get their banners displayed, but all sites are clickable by the other visitors to this area. Are you a regular blogger on RPG Life? Join this webring so you're easy to find by others. Are you a regular podcaster on RPG Life? Join this webring so you're easy to find by others.
AboutThis section is for finding out more information about this site or sharing this site with others.
Each time you post content like an article or comment and even when you vote, you earn site poster experience points. They have no true value (yet?) but you can see how you rank here.
This page will allow you to send an email invite to your friends. It'll earn you experience and get your buddies to use the site too.
If you love us, please post a link to us on your website somewhere. It can be text only or use one of the banners found here.
If you have a technical problem with the site or find some content that requires attention, please us this page to write us. When you do you'll get a trouble ticket mailed to you to help track our response.
Everyone should read this. Yeah I know you won't. But it's here for those who want to read it. In short, we're not responsible for anything, we won't share your personal data outside our company, and you keep ownership of the content you post here.
Help - Groups
Groups and clubs are nothing more then an a shared area on this site that you can post to, create events for, and list members of. Groups can be private (invite only), or moderated (request for invite by member), or open to the public (anyone can join instantly). Anyone can create a group. It can be for your local area to organize meet-ups, or it could be for a shared theme or fan base, or it could even be just you and your friends.
CREATING A GROUP:To create your own group, click on CREATE CONTENT -> GROUP STUFF -> NEW GROUP Declare the title of the group, a short description, and then a longer Mission statement (what the group's goals are). Then choose the type of group (Open, Moderated, Invite Only, or Closed).
POSTING TO A GROUP:Now that you have created a group, you'll want to post a message to the group area so everyone can read and comment on it. To do that you click on CREATE CONTENT -> GROUP STUFF -> GROUP POST It is possible to post to SEVERAL GROUPS at once, but unlike you'll ever want to do that. So just select the one group at the bottom that you wish this post to be a part of.
Help - Books
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