Request for important sticky information.

[Raelyn]

Originally Posted by Bell

Hosted Tab:
This tab is basically for playerworlds that:
-Have good content but not a lot of it. Enough gameplay for players and staff to get a good feel for the server.
Have a small but complete sampling of what your playerworld will be for players to see and try. Levels containing tile errors, temporary images or placeholders from other servers won't be acceptable.
-Wish to show what they have to get staff members
It should be completed enough so that potential staff members can recognize the type
of server it will be so that developers with an interest in this type will apply.
-Want to open a temporary world for players while they finish the main world
It is understood that you are still in development so things such as unannounced player resets will be likely. There will be periodic reviews of the server by the PWA to ensure you are continuing development. If not then you will be put back into UC status.
-You will need to follow the same rules and guidelines as if you were Classic tabbed regarding staffing and handling player issues. http://forums.graalonline.com/forums...ad.php?t=84379

-Have at least a basic foundation for a community and/or economy.
-Have a substantial amount of original ideas, content, and concepts that bring new and interesting things to GraalOnline.
These things do not be completed but should be represented in some way to show they will be coming. A simple sign or door saying "future home of (insert concept idea here)" is sufficient.

Classic Tab:
This tab is for playerworlds that:
-Have enough interesting content for players to play your playerworld for a long time.
-Have a substantial amount of original ideas, content, and concepts that bring new and interesting things to GraalOnline.
-Have the server GS2 compliant and as secure as possible.
-A full, knowlegable staff that can guide players as well as help them with issues they may have.
-A ‘finished’ state so everything you wish to open with is working correctly



How to apply: If you wish to apply for this tab owners must apply through http://support.graalonline.com Playerworlds - Classic/Hosted Tab Inspection with a subject line of (Playerworld name) (type of inspection) ie. Era Classic inspection. Please also give us a brief description of the following things to be sure we are aware of them

# What interesting things does your server bring to Graal that are unlike any other server?
# How does your server differentiate itself from all of the other classic & hosted servers?
# The hosted server list is for servers to attract developers, is your server at a stable enough point in the development process to attract new developers to your server?
# Are your staff capable of presenting a professional front in front of players?
# Are you the original owner of the server or has it owned by people in the past? If yes, who?

Please allow at least 1 to 14 days for inspection and responses from all parties that need to inspect.

Originally Posted by Bell

Gold tab has always been chosen by Stefan and Unixmad so no PWA requirements were ever set that I'm aware of.

Send an email to [email protected] or forum pm/email one of the PWA.

Originally Posted by OP

I vaguely remember there used to be a post outlining the criteria to be accepted for the Hosted and Playerworld tabs. Is there any global who can define/outline this information, and give a set of requirements and contacts, and we could possibly have it stickied? I think it would help alot of server owners to have a better understanding of the checkpoints that must be reached.

Thank you.

Edit: This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks.

[Bell]

http://forums.graalonline.com/forums...51&postcount=2

Can't sticky it but these are the guidelines. There are no hard rules for hosting or Classic as there are always extenuating circumstances that might make your server be considered where another may not be. As an example, lets say server A takes the content from an existing server, changes some images and tilesets, adds an event or two and calls it complete. They've not even bothered to notice that the same poor scripting is there and there's really not much to do outside of wander around 2000 levels aimlessly.

Server B has used a default tileset and images, has a quarter of the content as server A but has used their imagination to actually develop a server that provides some entertainment to the player that is different than every other server on Graal. They've taken the time to walk through their server to catch any blatant glitches or mistakes and view it from the perspective of a noob to their server. They've also used the most current scripting practices to ensure that all the scripts work.

Which server do you think is going to make it to hosted?

[DustyPorViva]

It's been so long since a server has came even close to meeting the guidelines that they fell out of existence.

[Seeya]

I read the req's for classic/hosted, but what about Gold?

[Soala]

The post needs to be revised, as it contains some errors, for example how to request a playerworld inspection. Support center doesn't existdl anymore so... how would one manager ask for an inspection? I myself guess I will send a forum pm for Ruins when the time has come, but this needs to explained correctly.

And finaly, just like Kale asked, what about gold?

[Bell]

Gold tab has always been chosen by Stefan and Unixmad so no PWA requirements were ever set that I'm aware of.

Send an email to [email protected] or forum pm/email one of the PWA.

[xXziroXx]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

It's been so long since a server has came even close to meeting the guidelines that they fell out of existence.

Might have something to do with there not even having been a server applying for Classic for 3+ years.

[fowlplay4]

Originally Posted by Seeya

I read the req's for classic/hosted, but what about Gold?

Stefan/unixmad actually liking your server and becoming obsessed with turning it into a cash-cow. Well that's the only real important requirement anyway.

[Raelyn]

Originally Posted by Bell

Gold tab has always been chosen by Stefan and Unixmad so no PWA requirements were ever set that I'm aware of.

Send an email to [email protected] or forum pm/email one of the PWA.

Thank you all, this is exactly what I have been looking for. I have edited the relevant information into the first post, hopefully we can get someone who can make/maintain a sticky containing this info.