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Forum Rules (Start Here!)

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:58 pm
by Admin
Welcome to the SPARKLING! forums, where a good portion of TCG activity takes place!
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All members who join the TCG are required to make a forum account as you will need to post in the Starter Pack Bonus thread after you've submitted the join form on-site, then DM us afterwards to become a fully approved, official member.

Please also ensure you follow the regular TCG rules and guidelines, along with the forum rules below:
  • Your forum account/username needs to be the same name that you joined the TCG with, or else your account may be deleted due to suspicion of being spam, bots, etc. If you made a mistake while registering, contact us ASAP so we can fix it!
  • Do not make consecutive posts in the same thread either to spam, bump, or other reason! If you've made a post and it seems to have been overlooked or forgotten because you've seen someone reply to other posts made after yours, simply ask the relevant staff member or an admin to make sure they saw it.
  • Edits to posts are allowed but ONLY if it has not been responded to/processed/approved yet (in terms of it being a service, activity, donation, etc-type post). This is just to prevent any confusions or mistakes that could occur if an edit was made to something already replied to!
  • Give us at least 1 week to reply to anything! While we will likely respond faster than that, a week is usually a decent amount of time to wait before poking someone about something. Please be nice about asking, however! Aggression or rushing will not help anyone.
  • Please be respectful and courteous to players and staff alike! Even if you do not like or get along with someone, try to be civil at least so this community can remain a comfortable space for all. If you do have drama or anything similar that does not involve the TCG or others at large, we ask you take it elsewhere.
  • Be patient and understanding with admins and staff as well! Not only do we have lives outside of the TCG as well as other commitments, hobbies, etc that we have to or like to do, we are also players so we may want to take a break from staffing duties to participate in the TCG as well.
  • Keep your posts and content work-appropriate or at least spoiler it and label it as such and/or with any warnings, if applicable! There is a button above a post box that looks like an eye striked out, simply click that to add a spoiler tag to your post and fill it in accordingly. To add a title to your spoiler so others can read it before actually opening it, change the code to the following:

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    [spoiler=title here]your spoiler goes here[/spoiler]

FORUM PROFILES ★
  • Avatars must be at least 100px x 100px in size but can go up to 225px x 225px (and any size in between), however due to the forum's current theme, all avatars are automatically resized to 155px in width! It can be uploaded through the forum or you can use an external link to upload one.
  • Signatures should have a relatively large character limit (with a maximum of 5 links allowed) but if you somehow need more, let us know, but please do not stretch your signature past the forum's natural dimensions.
  • There are fields in your user control panel to add your pronouns, Twitter/X, and/or Discord; filling in any of the profile fields are optional so fill them in at your discretion! If you think there's something else we can add, please suggest it to us!!
  • Forum ranks are currently not obtainable or available for purchase, but may be something we make available in the future.

CUSTOM BBCODES ★

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2025 12:23 am
by Admin
To make posting certain things easier, we have custom BBCodes that anyone can use as shortcuts! Breakdowns of each code that players would commonly use are below, as well as examples on how to correctly utilize them. You can also find all these codes as buttons above the text box when you make a new thread or post!

CARDS ★
Display any card in the /cards directory!



Use the filename of a card (just the deckname and its card number with no spaces, capitalization, or symbols) and place between the [card*] tags.

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[card]makinishikino-shiningflowerbouquet01[/card] [card]makinishikino-shiningflowerbouquet19[/card] [card]makinishikino-shiningflowerbouquet23[/card]

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PRODUCER CARDS ★
Display any Producer Card in the /producers directory!



Use the name of a player (as spelled on the members list with proper capitalization, if any) and place between the [mc*] tags.

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[mc]Cassidy[/mc] [mc]lowercase[/mc]

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CENTERING TEXT ★
Center align any content (excluding codes)!

This is text with a center alignment.

Place content between the [center*] tags. Using the [code*] and [spoiler*] tags will not work if they are within [center*] tags!

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[center]This is text with center alignment.[/center]

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SPOILER TAGS ★
Place content under a spoiler tag that will only be revealed if clicked on, with the option of titling the spoiler!

Spoiler
This is hidden!

Place your content between the [spoiler*] tags.

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[spoiler]This is hidden![/spoiler]

If you want to add a title to your spoiler, like so:
ENTER A TITLE HERE
This is hidden, but centered!
Then your code will look like the one below.

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[spoiler=ENTER A TITLE HERE][center]This is hidden, but centered![/center][/spoiler]
As you can see, you can also use other formatting within the spoiler tags including centering text, other custom bbcodes and even displaying codes!