Can we put together a new, decent guide?

Although the vast majority of sign-ups at the moment are returning members, there are still some brand new memebrs joining and that number will only rise as GFF gets back to it's former glory.

At the moment, under the FAQ button is some servicable, basic technical stuff but hardly what one would refer to as a guide as such.

One of GFF's strengths in the past is the way in which so many newbies are nurtured into decent members and a good guide is an essential part of that. Not just technical stuff but maybe a brief history off GFF, some stuff about acceptable behaviour, names of important members (Admins for example for those important "Oh my god I called myself Cloudiroth how do I change my name" moments) and some general stuff about in-jokes and what have you.

I'd be happy to help out but I'm aware that for all my Welcoming efforts, I'm hardly the model GFF member a lot of the time so some more level headed input is pretty much essential I'd say...

Anyway, thoughts?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

That's why I think that after you register you should be taken straight to the guide, rather the main forum page. If it's well written and interesting, people are likely to stop and read it rather than forging straight ahead and making a twat of themselves.

I absolutely agree with Dukebox about forum specific sections too. Posting styles and etiquette vary tremendously between the forums here at GFF and for someone who's only ever posted in Game Music and wants to branch out, PP or the Sewers could be rather dangerous ground (As it were).

The wiki provides a ton of useful information and history but that's kinda the problem, there's just so much of it. A cut down, potted history of GFF would be a bit more noob friendly I think.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'd say that what constitutes spam varies wildly from forum to forum. One of the reasons mods are assigned to specific forums is that it's thought they are best placed to tell a spammy post from an acceptable one. I could point out what I thought was a crappy post in the Sewers, the Kitchen or Welcome Welcome but my opinion would most likely be well wide of the mark in the Concert Hall or Quiet Place.

What would be ideal would be if someone who's an eponymous poster in each of the forums would write their idea of what constitutes acceptable behaviour in that particular forum, have it reviewed by a couple of other chaps and assimilated into the guide.

That's the way I'd do it, anyway.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.