Reg Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Common questions that maybe asked by New Members to this site - I will build on this list as and when needed. Quote "I am under 18, can I access the content of this site." Nope. This site you have to be over 18 to access the content. If you are found to be lying about your age you will have your account closed. If it is believed you are lying about your age, you will have your account closed. Gambling is a very serious problem and we do not encourage minors to be involved in this hobby. Quote "My account badge says I am a New Member, I don't want to be a New Member !" New Members now need to be welcomed to the site by multiple exisiting members. This is done via reputation responses using reactions - your account will automatically be moved to member status when you have the apporiate reactions. If a new member for some reason has no ability to post and society has collapsed to a point that they consider it impossible to do a new introduction post, in some cases I will support if they reach out to me - but not all. It has to be a damn good reason. Quote "My reputation keeps getting knocked down and I am stuck at New Member..." Rep goes up as well as down. If one if these was clicked on marked in green, then that is a -1 and that can prevent you hitting the right level of reputation before your account automatically moves to Member status and out of the reputation cycle. This means if asked a question by a member in the introductions, please be respectful with your response. New members are welcomed on reputation and that is solely in the hands of the existing membership. Too much bad reputation and it's "Game Over" in the introduction forum - remember members can only react to each post, so if you spam it's quicker for different members to react to this or you are offensive and knock down your reputation. Members are asked to only react once in a welcome thread so you should effectively need a series of members to say no and it cannot happen with just one member. Quote "I am back at New Member... ...again... ...FFS !" Rep goes up as well as down as mentioned above when we speak about New Member status. You may have got yourself promoted by spamming threads and people have liked some comments in the New Member area, these have then been tidied up to add balance as you end up with a double like and this pushed you back to where you should be. Otherwise, you get into the forum and posted comments that generated a negitive reaction so you dropped back into New Member status when the reputation hit less than four. Quote "How do I use MFME to run my Fruit Machine emulation layouts ?" This one is a little too long to answer here, take a look at this thread, this will detail step by step instructions on how to setup the emulator and load your first game. Note that you will need to have interacted with the coummunity here to access the downloads in some areas on this site for the games. Loading MFME for the First Time Quote "I cannot download from the downloads or post in certain forums, why ?" You are likely to be a new user who needs to increase their reputation. Try posting in the introduction forum. Quote "Sorry, you aren't permitted to download this file - error message." There are download restrictions in place for members that do not support the site. At the time of writing the FAQ these are what they are set to assuming you are in a standard membership group. The limits above may go up, they may go down. The only way to remove them is given something back to the community on an ongoing manner or support the site. Quote "I have supported but don't have my badge or access ?" It is a manual process to do this - please wait as the PayPal needs to be matched up with the donating account. If concerned, send a PM to @Reg. Quote "Tell me about the two download areas - I am confused ?" This site is not like other sites, it's multifunctional meaning several download areas as it has different areas that do different things. There are two core areas as follows: From the top menu you have a Downloads tab, this is layouts from many .FML Artists. From DX'Cellent area you have multiple forums with downloads attached. These are all layouts from @Pook as this part of the site belongs to him and he is effectively hosted here and we share the same membership base. Quote "Can I play Bullion Bars or something else that catches my eye ?" It is always possible to make layouts to play, but you need resources and the emulator to support the technical platform of the machine in question. If the following questions all have a positive answer, then the chances are yes in terms of resources. Does the emulator support the technical platform of the game. For example MPU3, SCORPION2, IMPACT ? Assuming yes to the above, the following now needs to be answered. Do we have a complete romset for the game - this must include in some cases both game and sound files ? If I am wanting a DX, do I have suitable pictures at the right quality and resolution ? If the answer is yes to all of the above, the next step is to get the layout made. You can either do this yourself otherwise post all the resources to the FML Artist's Corner of this site and see if anyone is prepared to do it. Everything that is done by designers is a free service - do not expect and simply be thankful for what there is already out there among the 2,000+ games that are currently available. Quote "Things to do to get banned..." Banning people is really not what this site is about, but there are some clear highlights here. Even if you have supported the site, you can still be banned and your support will not be returned as being a supporter does not put you above the rest of the membership in terms of what you "can" and "cannot" do. Accounts will never be deleted or posts removed, but I do trash the password and login email. If requested sometimes, I change the username if you are banned. eBay sellers are what we work towards stamping out here. They profit from other peoples work. If you support an eBay seller and think that it is "okay" to purchase the goods they sell without permission from the owners of the layouts or MFME ( that it breaks the T&C ), you will be banned. Duplicate accounts. Sometimes this goes into the redemption queue, other times you just get banned. Roll the dice, see what happens. Trying to sell illegal services on this site such as unofficial modifications to hardware. Anything else I have missed. You are a guest on this site. 5 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geddy Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, Reg said: Everything that is done by designers is a free service - do not expect and simply be thankful for what there is already out there among the 2,000+ games that are currently available. 2408 with 5738 layouts eek! 1 1 Not Retired from FME June 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Damn good idea and hopefully stops others getting frustrated at repeating most of the same answers. I know you would of thought of it but don't forget the shortcut on the home page. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Posted May 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Just now, Big J said: Damn good idea and hopefully stops others getting frustrated at repeating most of the same answers. I know you would of thought of it but don't forget the shortcut on the home page. The shortcut on the forum page links directly here - they should be ok - I hope ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Just realised that all one has to do is find that big red box on the homepage and can't be missed as it is as big as my head 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller2 Posted February 10, 2021 Report Share Posted February 10, 2021 Like I said earlier Sharing is Caring. You have to be careful with the thngs u got for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Posted May 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2021 UPDATE 06/05: I've slightly increased the download daily and weekly limit for the basic membership here which will support new members. Was 4, now 5 per day. Weekly increase is up from 8 to 10. Monthly is decreased from 16 to 15. As a reminder these limits can change and the counts recycle on a rolling month. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew16678 Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Hi all, I can see that basic members have a download limit of 5 daily, I'm more than happy to donate as my love of fruit machine emulation is coming back, I've checked out a lot of the red gaming layouts that are available and cant wait to get my hands on them. I haven't seen anywhere which says what membership gives unlimited downloads? is there a tier that offers this or a donation amount? or is it given with any donation? Thanks, Matt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Posted August 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 It's with them all. Thanks for your support - PM sent as well. Cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsy Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 On 06/05/2021 at 23:02, Reg said: UPDATE 06/05: I've slightly increased the download daily and weekly limit for the basic membership here which will support new members. Was 4, now 5 per day. Weekly increase is up from 8 to 10. Monthly is decreased from 16 to 15. As a reminder these limits can change and the counts recycle on a rolling month. The emojis for like thanks etc, is it only the three in green that will give a negative point? Just want to be sure, thanks in advance living the dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippy Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 49 minutes ago, woodsy said: The emojis for like thanks etc, is it only the three in green that will give a negative point? Just want to be sure, thanks in advance So can I shite on you then for a -1 rep? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsy Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 Haha I firstly wanted to use different icons but was unsure and secondly had a Internet lady offer to stand above me on a glass coffee table and literally shit on me!!!! I messaged her a shit happens emoticon…. That’s one thing I’ll never forget…. I mean the messages not the date hahah 1 living the dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bazamuffin Posted April 25, 2023 Report Share Posted April 25, 2023 Forgive me if this is the wrong place to post, but I'm trying to get my account deleted. Can anyone help or advise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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