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Hello new member and welcome to Eurobricks!


Here we pride ourselves on providing a friendly and inclusive AFOL community and the very best in LEGO news, reviews, MOCs and competitions.

This is essentially a "how to" guide to help you get started and to familiarise you with our community. Any questions you might still have after reading this you can ask here in our "HELP! ! !" topic or you can have a look at our extensive Eurobricks FAQ thread, both located in the 'Forum Information and Help' subforum.


A few important general points:

  • You will only see this forum whilst you're in the "New Members" group.
  • Once you've made 10 posts on the main forum you will automatically move to the "Vassal" group and many functions will open up to you.
  • When you reach the Vassal group you will then, and only then, be able to send Private Messages (PMs) to other members.
  • Once you reach the Vassal group you will no longer see this forum.
  • Posts in this forum will not count towards your overall post count.
  • You are able to change your Avatar (your picture in the box to the left of your post) by simply clicking the arrow next to your user name at the top of the page (top right), then clicking "My Settings" and the "Change my photo" option at the top of the settings page.


General Posting Information

  • Eurobricks does not act as an image hosting site. If you want to post pictures then they first need to be hosted on an external image hosting site such as Brickshelf or Flickr (there are many other sites too). 
  • We have a tutorial on how to deeplink pictures from Flickr here.
  • We ask all members to post in English. We are a global community and we do not expect perfect English, but we have found that using English as a common language allows the vast majority of our members to understand one another.
  • Additionally, we don't expect perfect grammar, however we do ask all members to pay attention to capitalisation and punctuation and to avoid using "text-speak".
  • To add a general reply to a topic, just start typing in the white space at the very end of the topic. When you've read over what you've written and you're happy, hit post.
  • If you want to respond to a particular post then look for the "Quote" button in the bottom right corner of the post you want to respond to. Clicking that brings up a text box just like the normal "Reply" button, but the text box has the quote already in it.
  • If you quote someone, you can (and should) remove unnecessary text and pictures from their text in your reply. We ask that you don't quote pictures as it slows the loading times for pages and they are invariably unnecessary.
  • If you want to quote more than one person then you can use the "Multiquote" button to select the posts you want to reply to. When you have selected all the posts you want, there is an option to "Reply to selected posts" and this will bring up a text box for your reply. It is best, when using this feature, to trim down the content of the quotes so other readers can see the relevance of your reply.
  • If you post again in the same topic, within a window of 15 minutes and before anyone else has replied, then your two posts will automatically merge together.
  • Each post has a "Report" button. This is to bring any posts you are concerned about to the attention of a Moderator, as it generates a report that we can see and then act upon if we feel it is necessary. You can report your own posts, for instance if you accidentally post more than one identical topic.


The Eurobricks Community

  • There's a great community feel here, and there are plenty of other groups you can join as a member.
  • We strongly encourage every new member to introduce themselves in a new thread in the "Hello My Name Is.." forum. There's even a guide in the forum on how to make a great introduction.
  • As you continue to make posts on Eurobricks your rank will change. More information can be found in this topic. We do, however, ask that members make worthwhile posts, and posting many short posts to increase your post count will attract the attention of a Moderator.
  • Many people would like to learn more about the process of writing a review and photographing LEGO, and for this we have our unique Reviewers Academy; its signup thread can be found in this link.
  • Are you a FFOL (Female Fan Of LEGO), and would you like to be identified as such? Then we have a topic here where you can identify yourself as such and become part of the Lady group.
  • We have a number of community building projects for members to join in with, currently: "Brethren of the Brick Seas" in the Pirates forum, "The Great Brick War" in Special Themes forum, "Guilds of Historica" in the History forum, "Shadows of Nar Eubricka" in the Star Wars forum and "Andromeda's Gates" in the Sci-Fi forum. These are a great way to get to know the community and as a "jumping off" point for MOCing. We often have smaller, similar projects in other forums and you are free to make suggestions to staff if you have interesting ideas for community building projects and building games.


MOCs

  • We hope many of you will share your MOCs with us. "MOC" stands for "My Own Creation" and we have a glossary of other, similar terms here.
  • We have forums for all aspects of LEGO, and having a good look around the different forums will give you a great idea of where MOCs go.
  • If in doubt, post in the forum you think is most appropriate and a Moderator may move your topic if it fits better somewhere else.
  • Please post pictures of (rather than links to) your MOC so people can appreciate it better. Often people don't click on links, or don't give you feedback if they do, so showing pictures from the start is the best way to showcase your MOC.
  • So that we can see the very best of your MOC, we ask that members try very hard to take pictures with a plain background, good lighting and in focus. We plan to soon have a basic photography tutorial, in the Website and Forums forum, to help.
  • We love to Frontpage fantastic MOCs of all sizes, and we're much more likely to do so if your MOC is presented well and maybe has a little text with it to add context.


One last note:

If you'd like to practise posting, head over to this topic.
If in doubt, check the Eurobricks FAQ hosted in the Forum Information and Help forum.
By signing up, you have agreed to read and abide by the Site Guidelines.
This topic is locked, but If you still have questions you can ask them here in our HELP topic also hosted in the Forum Information and Help forum.

Best wishes from the Eurobricks Staff, and once again we wish you a warm welcome! :sweet:

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