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Playforia requires that these rules are followed, and constantly monitors user behaviour. The Code of Conduct applies to the entire service and anyone using it. Violating these rules will first result in a temporary ban, and then in the permanent deletion of your account from the service.

In addition to these rules, please also study our Terms of Service.

The following are forbidden in our service:

• Inappropriate content, such as images, texts and links
• Inappropriate nicknames
• Misleading links
• Racism and mockery of minority groups
• Slander, mockery and provocation
• Threatening and harassment of users or user groups
• Publishing personal details and contact information of yourself or others
• Selling, trading and donating characters
• Spam - also applies to clan, vote and visit requests
• Religious preaching and evangelization
• Soliciting sex
• Unnecessary SHOUTING, i.e. writing with Caps Lock on
• Flooding, i.e. sending several messages within a short time
• Releasing links in game chat
  
• Using another user's nickname or pretending to be another person
• Creating assisting tools or cheat software and using them in games
• Agreeing on match results
• Playing against other members of the same household
• Cooperatively playing against other users
• Transferring or selling chips
• Transferring or selling coins
• Advocating piracy Using or attempting to use another user's password or user information
• Commercial advertising or spreading commercial information
• Scam accusations - must be reported directly to user support
• Criticism of site personnel, Sheriffs or Moderators - to be reported directly to user support
• Using a language other than the one indicated on the game lobby flag
• Address topics on forum 
• Poll topics on forum
• Responding to inappropriate forum topics
• Advertising your clan or character page on forum Using external sites to scam for coins
• Exploiting any bugs which may appear in the service
• Hacking and spreading of malware
• Spreading files which contain viruses or are otherwise corrupted
• Modifying site or services
• Harming minors in any way
• All illegal behaviour

If you are being harrassed by another player, you have several options:

Ignore the selected users

If you are being bothered or harrassed by another player, you can choose to ignore them in the lobby chat. Here's how to do so;

• Click a nickname in the player list
• Check the check box labeled "Ignore" at the bottom of the window
  
• You will no longer receive chat messages from the ignored player

Bad Word Filter

You have the ability to control what kind of language is displayed to you in the gamerooms. If you choose to use the filter, bad words will be replaced with "#%"#!!1" symbols in the chat area. To enable this feature;

• Go to your profile settings
• Under the heading "Options", mark "Enable bad word filter"
• Click "Save" in order to save your settings
  

Note! The bad word filter is automatically enabled for anyone of age 14 or younger and can not be turned off.

Block users from your profile

If someone harrasses you in your profile, you can choose to block this person (unblocking people can be done in your profile settings);

• In your guestbook, gallery or blog, go to the message of the person you wish to block
• Click the small downward arrow on the right, next to "Add reply"
• Select "Block user", you will be asked for confirmation
• The person you've blocked is no longer able to post in your profile or contact you by private message, and any messages written by the person will be removed from your profile and inbox

Send a report

To report any occurrence of abuse or other inappropriate behaviour, please send an Abusive behaviour report to our Customer Support.

Contact a sheriff

Playforia Sheriffs are special Playforia members who have volunteered to keep the gamerooms in order. Sheriffs can, among other things, remove troublemakers and flooders from chatrooms. If you are harrassed by one of your fellow players you can try and contact a sheriff and request him/her to take care of the situation for you.

Playforia Sheriffs are special Playforia members who have volunteered to keep the gamerooms in order. Sheriffs can, amongst other things, remove troublemakers and flooders from the chatrooms.

If you are a Playforia member and believe you have what it takes to be a fair and righteous Sheriff, please fill out the application form and give us your real name, location and a detailed description of your qualities and motivation.

Only chosen applicants will be contacted personally by a private message by the Playforia Staff.

Moderators are volunteers on Playforia who monitor the forum posts in order to keep conversations within acceptable limits. They have the ability to censor posts by deleting them or ban misbehaving users from forums altogether. Sometimes Sheriffs can have moderating abilities too.

If you are a Playforia member and believe you have what it takes to be a fair and righteous moderator, please fill out the application form and give us your real name, location and a detailed description of your qualities and motivation.

Only chosen applicants will be contacted personally by a private message from the Playforia staff.

If you have your own Playforia account you can participate in competitions. There are different events to compete in, such as gaming competitions, but also avatar and blog competitions! Some competitions are officially organised by Playforia, while others are organised by our gamers.

Official competitions

There are two types of official Playforia competitions; continuous competitions (go on/repeated forever) and single events.

You can continuously compete in (click links for more information);

• Best of the Day competitions (only in the country you've created your account in)
• The Star League (international competition)
• Playforia Ranking (only in the country you've created your account in)
  

Other official competitions organised are special events, which are always announced in the Playforia news. You can always find the rules and the requirements to participate in the news announcements about these events, so it's definitely worth to keep an eye on the news at all times!

Differences per country

Not every tournament exists in every Playforia country, since each country has it's own unique style, hypes and gamers. Based on this, rules, limits and prizes may vary as well.

Usually, you can only participate in competitions that are held in the Playforia country you've registered your account in. In Playforia.com we'll occasionally make an exception to this rule (if this is the case, it's always very clearly announced), since it's an international site.

Official competition organisers

In Playforia.com there is a special person who organises special events; our good friend Sparky.

He organises special events occasionally, every time with different themes and requirements. Such competitions are always announced in the news, as well as the winners.

It's definitely worth participating in these special events, because you might get the chance to win one of the very rare, special medals too!

Unofficial competitions

Competitions organised by gamers can often be found in the forum. Playforia is not responsible for competitions organised by gamers.

Nevertheless, it can be a lot of fun to take part in these. You can usually find out how to qualify for such competitions and how they work by reading their announcements in the forum.

You can also choose to make up your own rules and organise your own competition, simply go ahead and make your announcement in the forum!

Sponsorship

To encourage activity, sometimes Playforia may choose to sponsor competitions organised by gamers. If such a competition runs well and fair, Playforia may award the prizes.

Playforia does not always sponsor competitions, but if we are looking for people to organise sponsored competitions, it'll always be announced in the news.

Good luck in the tournaments!

Your feedback and/or support messages send to our Customer Support are answered by email. Please check if your spam filter has not moved our answer.

Do note that it is not required to send a question or comment more than once. Depending on how busy it is, it might take several days to answer your message. Our staff only answers messages during regular week days, not during the weekends or holidays.

The Playforia staff will read all incoming messages and will always reply if a return (email) address has been given. Please be patient!

Make sure to read the news on latest updates. Possible technical malfunction etcetera that might have to do with your issue will be reported over there.

If you've read your way through the F.A.Q. and the latest updates, but still haven’t found the answer or solution you were looking for, you can contact the Customer Support.

The Playforia staff will read all incoming messages and replies if a return (email) address has been given. To speed up solving and answering your message, make sure that you've given a detailed description of your issue.

Playing games and making friends is a whole lot of fun. Here's 10 good reasons to create your own FREE Playforia account;

1. Creating an account is completely FREE!
   
2. You'll have your very own unique nickname to be recognised by
   
3. You'll get your own profile that people can visit
4. You can create your own avatar and customise it to your looks and likes
5. Your game scores and statistics will be saved, and you can get into the toplists
6. You can participate in competitions and collect medals
7. You'll get access to many extra game features/levels/modes
   
8. You can easily keep track of your friends (and make many new ones)
9. You can join Playforia clans or even create your own
10. You'll get access to read and write on the forum and much much more!
    

Creating an account is easy and quick, click here and simply follow the instructions!

Help with creating an account

Step 1: Pick a gender

• Pick a male or female gender. Make sure you pick the right one. Once your account is created, you can not change this.
  
  

Step 2: Pick an avatar

• Pick one of the default avatar to give yourself a face. You'll be able to customise your avatar to your own looks and likes once your account is created.
  
  

Step 3: Add account info

• When choosing your unique Playforia nickname at "What should we call you?", make sure you're absolutely certain about it. Once your account is created, you can not change the nickname again.
  
  
• Pick a password that is unique and only you can remember.
  
  
• Enter a valid e-mail address. After finishing the registration, you will receive an e-mail with a personal confirmation code you will need in order to activate your account, so be sure about the address you enter! You can sign up for only one Playforia user account per e-mail address. (If you do not have an e-mail address, you can get one from a free e-mail provider, such as Hotmail, Yahoo, Walla etc.)
  
  
• Select your birth year
  
  
• Click "Save My Avatar"

Step 4: Confirm your account

• An e-mail with your personal activation link will be send to your e-mail address, that you can use to confirm your account.
  
  If you don't get the email, make sure your spam filter doesn't block the message. The confirmation email might take a few minutes to arrive, so please be patient!
  
  
• Click the activation link in the e-mail and you're done!
  
  If the link doesn't work, your e-mail program might have cut the link into parts. In such case, copy paste the link to the address bar and make sure there are no spaces in it. Load the page and you're done!

Stay active

Do note that if you don't use your Playforia account for six months or longer, it will be removed from the database. The nickname will then be available again for anyone to create an account with.

Check your spam folder and settings

If you haven't received the confirmation email, make sure your spam filter doesn't block the message.

Send a new confirmation message

If you wish to send a new confirmation message, proceed as follows;

• Make sure you are logged in
• Click here, to go to the e-mail confirmation page
• Enter your new email address to the text field and click "Send"
• Playforia will send a new confirmation e-mail with an activation link to the new address you've given

Note! You can't use an email address that is already used for another account in Playforia.

Here's how to change your password;

• Go to your profile
• Click "Settings" in the menu on the right top
  
• Scroll down to the subheading "Change your password" on the left bottom
  
• Enter your current/old password to the field at "Your current password"
• Enter your new password and confirm it by writing it again
  
• Click the button with "Change password" and your password is set to the new one
  
  

No panic! If you can't remember your nickname you may also enter your email address as your nickname when logging in.

If you can't remember your password, proceed as follows;

• Click here to go to the password retrieval page
• Enter the email address you have used to create and confirm your Playforia account
• Click "Retrieve password"
  

You'll receive an email with your password straight away!

a. Unconfirmed account

If your account is unconfirmed, you can not change it in your profile settings. You can, however, change it as follows;

• Make sure you are logged in
• Click here, to go to the e-mail confirmation page
• Enter your new email address to the text field and click "Send"
• Playforia will send a new confirmation e-mail with an activation link to the new address you've given

Note! Your account status will remain unconfirmed until you click the activation link in the e-mail sent to you by Playforia. You can't change your email address to one that is already used for another account in Playforia.

b. Confirmed account

If your account has been confirmed, you are able to change your email address in your profile settings;

• Make sure you're logged in
• Go to your profile and select "Settings"
• Enter your new e-mail address in the box with "Personal information" on the left top and click "Save"
• A confirmation e-mail will be send to your new address with an activation link
• You have to confirm your new email address by clicking the activation link we send you
  
  
• Additionally, a notification will be send to your old email address about the change, giving you the option to revert the new email address and to reset the account password (this is to prevent account hijacking)
  

Note! You can't change your email address to one that is already used for another account in Playforia.

Unfortunately you can't change your nickname, so be sure what nickname you choose before creating your account.

If you wish to use a different nickname, the only choice you have is to delete your current account and create a new one.

Login error

Some users might encounter login problems due to updates on the site. The site will display an error (invalid password/nickname) when attempting to log in.

Fortunately this problem is easily fixed; clear your browser's cache and erase the site's cookies! Click here for instructions »

Banned account

If you have violated the rules somehow, it may also be that your account has been banned. When this happens, the duration of the ban and the reason will be displayed to you when attempting to log in. When this is the case, you have no choice but to wait until the ban is expired. Once your back, make sure to behave appropriately so this will not happen again.

Disabled/deleted account

If you have violated the rules, it may also happen that your account gets to be disabled. In such case, you have no other choice but to create a new account and make sure to behave appropriately so this will not happen again.

Deletion due to idleness

If you don't use your account for six months, it will be removed from the services. The nickname will then be released again for anyone to create an account with. In such case, you have no other choice but to create a new account.

Do note that Playforia has the right to ban, disable and even totally remove accounts without prior notice. Decisions made in such cases are final and can not be corresponded about.

If you wish to delete your Playforia account, we'll be very sad to see you leave and hope you'll return to us again one day!

Here's how to delete your account;

• Go to your profile and select "Settings"
  
• Scroll down until you see a subheading titled "Remove your account"
• Click the button with "Remove your account"
• Confirm account removal by checking the appropriate checkbox and entering your password in the form field
• Click "Remove my account"

Note! By deleting your Playforia account, you will also remove your profile, avatars, gaming statistics and other data associated with your account.

Once your account has been deleted, it can not be undone. The nickname will instantly be made available for anyone to create a new account with.

Deletion due to idleness

If you don't use your account for six months, it will be removed from the services. The nickname will then be released again for anyone to create an account with. In such case, you have no other choice but to create a new account.

Do note that Playforia has the right to ban, disable and even totally remove accounts without prior notice. Decisions made in such cases are final and can not be corresponded about.

If you create a Playforia account, you automatically own an avatar that can be edited to your unique looks and likes by opening the Avatar Shop:

• Log in using your nickname and password
• Go to your profile
• Click "Edit your avatar" above your avatar
  
• The Avatar Shop will open

a. Pick a category to edit:

• Select the tab "Body & Face", "Clothes" or "Apparel"
• Browse the different categories by using the arrows on the left and right and click the category you wish to edit

b. Check out the different items:

• Browse the items of a category by using the arrows on the left and right
• You can also set the item display to show only your own items, or to display the cheapest/most expensive/newest items first by using the dropdown menu
  
• You can easily see which items you've already bought due to the green V icon on the item
• Items you'd have to pay for are marked in blue and display their price (in Playforia coins)
• On the right top you can see the amount of Playforia coins you own
  

c. Decide what to wear:

• You can try out each item available (by clicking on it) before deciding you want to wear or purchase it
• If you click an item, you get to see a preview, the description of the item and, depending on the item, you can add your own custom settings to the item, such as colours and sizes
• If you already own the item, you can click "Keep changes" in order to keep it on or "cancel" to cancel the change, you may also have the option to "purchase new" in order to buy a different version of the item or browse between the different versions of the same item you own
  
• If you have to pay for the item, you can click "Buy item" in order to purchase and keep it on or "cancel" to cancel the change
• Browse the different categories and continue editing to your looks and likes
  

d. Save your avatar:

• Do not forget to save your avatar before surfing to other pages!
• Click the “Save Your Avatar” button to save your newly designed avatar. If you skip this, your changes will not be saved
• You can close the Avatar Shop by clicking the x icon on the top right
• After saving, it may sometimes take a while for the system to update your new look in your passphotos, although usually, this takes only a few seconds
• Your avatar passphoto will be displayed in the community feed, for everyone to enjoy!

Get Inspired

Use your imagination, you can be anything or anyone you wish to be! Select the "Collections" tab to browse through our special collections based on different themes. Select the "News" tab to read all about the latest collections and other Avatar related news. Also keep an eye on what your friends are wearing!

Additionally, nifty tips and smart ideas from your fellow Playforiaers about the building of avatars may be found at the Forum or, you could share your own. Have fun!

• Go to your profile
• Click "create new avatar" icon below your avatar (the icon looks as displayed on the left)
• The Avatar Shop will open a new avatar you can adjust to your own looks and likes
• Do not forget to save your new avatar before surfing to other pages! Click the "Save Avatar" button to save your newly designed avatar. If you skip this, your changes will not be saved.
  
  

Note! You can only set a avatars to default if you've created more than one.

• Go to your profile
• Point the mouse cursor to the avatar passphoto in the list below your main avatar
  
• Click "Set as default avatar"
  
  

Note! You can only remove avatars if you've created more than one.

• Go to your profile
• Point the mouse cursor to any avatar passphoto below your default avatar
• Click "Delete this avatar"
  
  

If your avatar is not already wearing the items you've purchased, you can find your personal items in your wardrobe in the Avatar Shop;

• Open the avatar shop by editing one of your avatars or by creating a new one
  
• Open the category your item belongs to, then use the display dropdown menu and select "only your own items" or "cheapest ones first"
• Your items are easily recognisable by the green V mark on top of the icon

If the item was given to you as a gift, make sure you first open the gift! Click here for more info »

After saving, it may take a few while for the database to get updated, however, this usually only takes a couple of seconds.

Sometimes it helps to empty your browser's cache and cookies and reloading the page. Click here for more instructions »

Some people might have the problem that their avatar isn't properly displayed in the games or toplists. The avatar is then either displayed as a white and bald character, or, the picture is missing completely. Most of the time, this can be solved as follows:

• Create and save a new character and set it as default
• Save the old character again and set it as default.
• Throw the new character away (if you do not wish to keep it)

However, in some cases this doesn't solve the issue. This issue is being investigated at this very moment. It is still unknown how long it will take to be solved completely. Meanwhile, we're very sorry for the inconvenience.

A clan is basically a team of Playforia gamers. You can, for example, battle other clans or organise a tournament with your fellow clan members.

Clans also have their very own clan page and a guestbook to communicate in.

If you have your own Playforia account, you can create/join up to a maximum of 3 clans.

Click here to browse the current clans on Playforia »

Clans also take part in the Star League. The most succesful clans are displayed at the top of the clan list.

The clan star score is calculated by summing up the star points of the clan champions.

The clan champions of each clan are the top ten members of a clan who have collected the highest amount of star points. You too can be part of this elite supergroup! Become a member of a clan and collect as much medals and star points as you can!

If you have your own Playforia account, you can apply to become a member of a clan as follows;

• Go to "Community" and click "Clans"
• Open the page of the clan you wish to join by clicking the clan in the list, or, doing a search on the clan's name
  
• Click "Join this clan" on the left top of your clan page
• Your application will be pending for the clan admin to review and if the clan admin approves, your membership will start
  
• If you wish to revoke your application you can click "Withdraw application"
  

Do note that if you're already a member of 3 clans, you sign up to become a member of another clan.

Here's how to sign out of a clan;

• Go to "Community" and click "Clans"
• Open the page of the clan you wish to leave by clicking the clan in the list on the right bottom, titled "Your clans"
  
• Click "Leave clan" on the left top of your clan page
  
  

If you got your own Playforia account, you can easily start your own clan;

• Go to "Community" and then to the "Clans" page
• Click the "Create new clan" button on the right
  
• Fill out the form and press "Create clan"
  

Do note that if you're already a member of 3 clans, you can not create a new clan.

You can only recruit or dismiss aspiring members of your clan, if you have created the clan;

• Go to "Community" and click "Clans"
• Open your clan's page by clicking your clan in the list on the right bottom marked with "Your clans"
  
• Click "review applicants" on the left top of your clan page
• Below the list of clan members, a list of applicants is displayed (if there are any)
  
• Click "Dismiss" or "Confirm" to dismiss or confirm the application
  
  

You can only remove clan members if you've created the clan;

• Go to "Community" and click "Clans"
• Open your clan's page by clicking your clan in the list on the right bottom marked with "Your clans"
  
• Click "review applicants" on the left top of your clan page
• A list of clan members is displayed
  
• Click "drop" to remove someone from the clan
  
  

You can only edit/remove your clan if you've created the clan;

• Go to "Community" and click "Clans"
• Open your clan's page by clicking your clan in the list on the right bottom, marked with "Your clans"
  
• Click "Edit clan settings" on the left top of your clan page
• You can edit your clan name and description here, or choose to hide/display your clan from/to the public and save your settings by filling in your password and click "Save Settings"
  
• You can remove your clan by filling in your password at the bottom and click "Delete clan"
  

Coins are the virtual currency on Playforia. They can be used fe. to pay for access to certain Playforia games, game modes, gaming abilities or to buy clothes and items for your Playforia avatar.

The amount of coins you own are displayed in your personal box on the right top of the page after you've logged in.

Buying Coins

You can buy coins in the Playforia Shop;

• Select the country you wish to order from
• Select a payment method
• A list is displayed with different packages and prices (prices may differ per country)
• Click the package you wish to buy
• Follow the instructions to finish the purchase

Earning Free Coins

You can earn free coins by executing special activities in Playforia, fe.;

• creating a Playforia account
• creating your first new avatar
• winning the coin awarding game of the Best of the Day competition
  

You can use these free coins to pay for everything in the services except for:

• playing games for coins (such as Pool, Yatzy etc)
  
• buying chips
• buying gifts
• publishing Super Minigolf courses

However, after your first coin purchase in the shop, the limitation of these free coins will be lifted, so the free coins can be used to pay for anything throughout the services.

If you have ordered coins but didn't receive your order, please contact our Customer Support.

Make sure to select the right topics and fill in the form as detailed as possible. You can be asked to send a copy of your phone bill/bank statement that displays the payment.

Since May 1 2011, the free coin you could get for logging in once a day has been abolished.

You can win coins by playing the coin awarding game that participates in the Best of the Day competitions and get into the top 3.

Do note that if you've never bought any coins before, a limitation is set on how you can spend them (more info here).

From monday November 1, 2010, the game that awards coins to the best players will change every day (previously, coins were awarded to all BoD games). Only the winners of one particular game will be awarded a day. The coin awarding BoD game will rotate every day in the following order; Bubbles Classic, Bombermania, Yatzy, Gems Pulse Mode, Super Bubbles, Defence, Atomix, Texas Hold'em, Gems Normal Mode, Bubbles, Super Defence, Pixxes, Gems Time Mode, Spacecave. This sequence will loop.

Both the front page (at "Today's Challenges") and Best of the Day page (in the game list on the left) will display clearly which BoD game is the one awarding winners with coins.

Here is an overview of the awards given in Playforia.com:

Different prizes per Playforia country

Do note that the awards vary from country to country. In some countries the coin awards are bigger or lower than on Playforia.com. The amounts are based on the toughness of the competition (the average quality of the gamers) and the amount of gamers per Playforia country.

Temporary Trial

This award winning system is currently running as a temporary trial, so, it isn't a permanent thing (yet). This means that the prize amounts may get adjusted or that the system could get abolished altogether.

To make playing more exciting, several games (fe. the card games or Bingo) are played with chips that you can buy for Playforia coins. Chips don't cost much at all, but, if you are a good player, you can win chips from other gamers too!

Buying gaming chips in the Shop

• Log in using your nickname and password and check if you have any Playforia Coins
• If not, then visit Playforia Coin Shop and follow the ordering instructions.
• Go to the Playforia Game Shop to buy gaming chips
• Click on the button of your preference to change your Playforia Coins for chips
• Click the "Get this" button to confirm the purchase

Buying gaming chips inside a game

You can also choose to buy your gaming chips inside the game, if you have enough coins. Simply look for the "Buy chips" button in the game and click it.

No Chips For Free Coins

Do note that it is not possible to buy chips if you only own free coins. However, after your first coin purchase in the shop, the limitation of these free coins will be lifted, so the free coins can be used to pay for anything throughout the services.

Note! Due to legal issues, we can not refund the chips in coins or money.

Absolutely not! The selling or transferring of Playforia coins and/or gaming chips is strictly prohibited.

The Playforia staff will not transfer your gaming chips to other Playforia members for you, nor tolerate any attempts to sell/transfer coins and/or chips.

Anyone who is found to be transferring or selling coins/chips to other Playforia members will be suspended without prior notice or refunds.

Accounts of anyone involved may not only get banned, but even get totally removed from the services.

Once such an illegal act has been determined and measures have been taken, the decision is final and can not be corresponded about.

In such cases, the only thing the user can do is wait until the ban has expired or create a new account and behave appropriately once returned, so it does not happen again.

If you've bought a product, something went wrong and the coins have been debitted from your account, please contact our Customer Support.

Always try to explain as clearly as possible what went wrong.

Making friends

If you have your own Playforia account, you can become friends with anyone.

Personalise your profile as much as you can, in order for your visitors to get to know you better. Go and play games and chat with the people in the chatrooms and forums. Be nice to everyone you meet and find if you have anything in common.

If you meet people you'd like to be friends with;

• Visit their profile and click "Add friend" at the right top of the page in the menu
• A request for friendship will be send and pending for approval
  

If the other person accepts the friendship, he/she is added to your friend list. You can have a maximum of 2000 friends.

Keeping track on your friends

You can easily keep track on what your friends are doing, check if they're online, see what games they're playing and what medals they've earned (and more).

The "What's happening right now" box in your profile (if it's set to display, and not hidden) tells you all about it.

Accepting/dismissing friendships

If someone wants to be your friend, you'll automatically receive a notification. You can then either choose to accept or dismiss the request. You can do this in the friend menu by clicking the friend icon in your personal box on the right top of the page, or by going to your profile friends page.

Removing friends

If you want to remove someone from your friend list;

• Go to your profile and select "Friends" from the dropdown menu on the left top
• An overview of all your friends (and aspiring friends) will be displayed
• Click the trash bin icon on the right of the person you wish to remove, you will be asked for confirmation
• In this menu you're also able to accept and/or dismiss friendship requests
  
  

You can easily buy Avatar Shop items and other products as a gift for anyone in Playforia;

• Visit the profile of the friend you want to give a gift to
• Click "Gift Shop" on the right top of the page
  
• Pick the product you want to give away
• Select your gift wrapping
• Add a personal message
  
• Click "Give a gift!"

Your friend will get a notification when your gift is received.

Use only after opening

The item can only be taken in use once the gift has been opened. Before this, it's not available in the settings.

When you receive a gift you automatically get a notification. You can open your gift as follows;

• Go to your profile
• Click "Gifts" from the menu on the top right
• Click the unopened gift (written in bold, preceding with an envelope icon)
  
• Drag the lid off the gift box
• The item and the message from the sender will be displayed
• You can now start using the item
  

No gifts for free coins

Unfortunately, if you only own free coins, it's not possible to buy gifts for others. However, after your first coin purchase in the shop, the limitation of these free coins will be lifted, so the free coins can be used to pay for anything throughout the services.

When you climb higher in the Star League, you also win special Star League items, such as profile box themes and backgrounds, gadgets and avatar items.

If you can't find your Star League items, make sure you've first opened the presents (this counts for all items you receive as gifts)!

• Go to your profile and click "Gifts"
• Find the gift from Playforia Staff in the list and click it
• Drag the lid off the gift box to reveil the present
• The item is now available for use
  

Quite obviously, our games are our biggest treasure. We have a passion for creating cool games, add a lot of fun around it and share it with the world. We'd like to emphasise the word fun, because you can make all the difference!

Keep things fun and fair

The chatrooms in the games are here for you to talk with your fellow gamers and get to know them. In our game rooms everyone should behave appropriately, follow the rules and treat one another with mutual respect. Don't spoil the fun!

Code of Conduct

In the games, as anywhere else in our services, the Code of Conduct applies. Breaking any of these rules is strictly prohibited.

Report bullying and abuse

To report any occurrence of abuse or other inappropriate behaviour, please send an Abuse Report to our Customer Support. If someone behaves inappropriately, this person can be removed and/or banned from the room.

Never answer inappropriate behaviour with shouting or cursing or any other form of inappropriate behaviour! Click here for more information about what to do if someone is harrassing you (or others).

Absolutely not! Almost all Playforia games can be played for free. You can even create your own Playforia account for free and enjoy access to many (free) extra features. It's definitely worth a try!

Some extras may require a couple of Playforia coins to access, however, if you have created your own Playforia account, you can compete to win coins. Besides, it's up to you to decide if you want to access these extra features or not.

Advantages of a Playforia account

Click here to read more about the advantages of a Playforia account.

Playforia games aren't too complicated. We'd like to create games that are easy to learn, so you can start playing right away.

Instructions about how to play the games are usually displayed below, or, inside each game. You can also check out all the game instructions here »

If you have a created your own Playforia account, you automatically work on your Playforia rank when gaming. The better you are at playing games, the higher your rank.

Your rank can be recognised from the ranking icon next to your nickname in the gamerooms and on your profile. Below the gamerooms, the different ranking icons are defined.

Check out the ranking info page »

How it works

Many users often wonder how it is possible to lose points while not having lost any games from other players recently. Here are some answers to this question. It is, however, not always possible to give a concrete answer, since there are so many factors involved in the Ranking formula.

The usual answer is: "The formula of the Ranking system is rather complex, your Ranking isn't a result of simply extracting your amount of lost games from your wins."

Check out the ranking formula »

Below, some related questions and answers:

a. Which factors influencing Ranking?

• Your own experience (presented by your Ranking points) and the experience of your opponent. More info here.
• A high quit rate (leaving the game while it hasn't been finished) has a negative influence on your Ranking.
• If you don't play for a longer period your Ranking will drop slowly.

b. My Ranking has dropped, is it possible this is due to an error?

It hardly ever happens, but it can happen, that the Ranking system crashes. If a server problem appears it is possible that the Ranking of roughly all players may be displayed as 0. The points, however, have not been lost, they are just temporarily out of display. There is no need to send a feedback message about this. The best thing to do is to wait until everything is up and running normally again.

When you drop to a certain amount of points, this is due to the factors that influence Ranking (give above) and there is no error in the system. The exact same formula is applied to each and every player without exeption.

c. My Ranking has dropped, while I just won some games. How is this possible?

It takes a while before the results of your gaming have been taken into your Ranking. It is possible that your Ranking drops because the lost games played a while back finally influence your Ranking, while the games you have just won have not yet been taken into account.

If server problems occur, it is possible that the results will be taken into your Ranking with a couple of hours or days delay. No gaming result is lost. All results will be applied to your Ranking. However, patience is required.

If your Ranking is very high, and you win a game, it's possible that your Ranking may drop in spite of the victory, since the difference with the Ranking of your opponent is extremely high. This way Professionals are prevented to boost their Ranking by frequently beating the weaker players, which prevents cheating as well.

d. What happens to my Ranking if I lose from a guest player?
Nothing happens to your game Ranking. The game is saved and it's displayed in the statistics, but your Ranking doesn't change. Since it's unknown how much experience the guest player has.

e. How come my Playforia Ranking is displayed incorrectly in the games?

Keep in mind that in each game your particular Ranking of that very game is displayed. In case it's possible to play multiple games from one place, fe. in the lobby of Classic Games, your general Ranking of all games available in Classic Games is displayed. However, if you play a game, you get to see the icon matching the Ranking you got from that game only. Your Ranking displayed on the front page of your personal pages, is your General Ranking, your average Ranking of all multiplayer games available.

In case of updates to the site, it is possible your computer still includes old data. A cache is a place to store something temporarily. The files you automatically request by looking at a Web page are stored on your hard disk in a cache subdirectory under the directory for your browser. When you return to a page you've recently visited, the browser can load it from the cache rather than the original server. This saves time and saves the network the burden of some additional traffic. This can cause the browser to include outdated data. If your Playforia Ranking is not displayed correctly, it might help to empty your cache completely and restart your browser. The way to do this depends on the type of browser you are using.

If you use Internet Explorer you can do the following: Go to Tools >> Internet Options >> tab General >> Browsing history >> Delete.

f. Does my ranking have any influence on my spot in the Star League?

The ranking system and the Star League are two totally different things to compete in. While ranking is purely based on your gaming prestations, the Star League is based on the medals you have earned, and, medals can be earned anywhere in the services, not just in the games.

Read more about the Star League »

Send a report

If you suspect someone of cheating, please send a message to our Customer Support. Do note that our public areas, such as the chatrooms, the forum and guestbooks aren't meant to accuse others of cheating.

Definition of cheating

The following acts, and/or any variations of these, are regarded as cheating on Playforia:

• Settled games / in prior deciding the winner of a game (letting one or the other person win intentionally)
• Playing against oneself or someone from the same household or other users from the same IP address (either with multiple of your own or other's accounts)
  
• Ganging up against others (fe. two players against one in a game of three)
• Using the game for the mere purpose of transferring/selling chips/coins to other accounts
• Allowing someone else to play with your account or playing with someone elses account (sharing passwords or other private data is illegal)
• Moving faster than normal (in Bombermania)
• Using any kind of cheating software
• Any other form of unfair/dishonest gaming

Consequences

The Playforia has a zero tolerance policy about cheating in the games.

The account of a cheater can be banned, or, even totally deleted from the services without prior notice and without any refunds. The cheater's ranking, statistics and medals may be deleted as well.

Once someone has been found cheating and measures have been taken, the decision is final and can not be corresponded about.

In such cases, the only thing the user can do is wait until the ban has expired, or, create a new account and behave appropriately once returned, so it does not happen again.

Keep it fun, keep it fair!

A web browser is the program (fe. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera or Safari) that you use to "browse" the Internet, which is the program you are using at this very moment to view this page!

Before you begin resolving your game issue, it would be good to know which web browser you use, and, if possible, which version it is.

Define your browser (version)

You can find out the name and version of your browser by choosing "Help" from the menu bar and selecting "About".

This opens a window which will display your browser's name and version.

The best browsers for Playforia

Playforia uses advanced browser techniques to enhance site functionality. Recommended browsers are Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari (for Mac OSX) and Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.

Keep your browser up to date

As internet and browsers develop, Playforia develops along. Therefore, it's important to always have the newest version of your browser installed and keep your browser (and plug-ins) up to date. Older browsers often generate errors or just get stuck when loading the newest technologies.

If you want to make sure you've installed the latest version of your browser, check your browser's help functions to check for updates, or go to your browsers's website to download and install the latest version. You can also adjust your browser's settings to check for updates automatically.

A plug-in is a small piece of software that your internet program might need to enhance your browser's abilities.

Playforia uses Java and Flash based techniques to provide and enhance your gaming experience. To enjoy Playforia to the fullest, your web browser must be configured accordingly.

Plug-in check

If you don't know if you have the correct plugins installed, click here to verify your software and more information.

Java Virtual Machine

You can download and install Java from Sun's download pages. This software is free.

Flash Player

You can download and install Flash player from Adobe's download page. This software is free.

a. Make sure you have Java installed

If you don't know if you have the correct plugins installed, click here to verify if you have Java installed.

For Windows XP users: Windows XP operating system has a preinstalled Internet Explorer 6 which does not include Java Virtual Machine (JVM), which is required in order to play the games.

Download and install Java from Sun's download pages. This software is free.

b. Make sure your browser (version) is correct

Use one of the recommended browsers for Playforia and make sure it's upgraded to it's newest version. Click here for more info »

c. Enable Java in your browser

• Internet Explorer (Windows): Click "Tools" and then "Internet Options". Select the Advanced Tab, and scroll down to "Java". Check the box next to theJava version. Next, select the Security Tab, and select the "Custom Level" button. Scroll down to "Scripting of Java applets". make sure the "Enable" radio button is checked. Click OK to save your preference.
  
  
• Mozilla Firefox (Windows): Select "Tools" and click "Add-ons". Select the "Plug-ins" panel. Click on the Java item to select it. Click "Enable" (if it says "Disable", Java is already enabled.)
  
  
• Opera (Windows): Choose "Settings" and then "Preferences" from the menu. Select tab "Advanced", click "Content" in the left menu. Make sure the check box "Enable JavaScript", "Enable plug-ins" and "Enable Java" are checked and click OK to save your preference.
  
  
• Safari (Mac OS X): Click "Safari" and "Preferences". Click "Security". Make sure the check box for "Enable Java" and "Enable Javascript" is checked.
  
  
• Firefox (Mac OS X): Click "Firefox" and "Preferences". Click tab "Content". Make sure the check box for "Enable Java" and "Enable Javascript" is checked.

d. Make sure that Windows security supports Java as well

Choose "Tools" from the menu and select "Internet Options". Choose "Security" and select "Internet Zone". Change the Internet Zone security level to "medium" or below.

If you have chosen "custom level" make sure that "Disable Java" is not checked. If Java is disabled, select one of the three predefined security levels. Check also that "Scripting of Java Applets" is enabled.

Sometimes you get to see the error message "Version error? Clear your browser cache and restart your browser.". This message may sometimes show up while starting a game.

This is caused by your computer storing an old version of the game you are about to start playing. The site can, in such cases, display an error (incorrect password/nickname) while attempting to login

a. Simply reload the page

It is usually sufficient to reload the game page again;

• Internet Explorer (Windows): Press the "Ctrl" key and simultaneously, click your browser's "Refresh" button
  
  
• Firefox (Windows): Press the "Shift" key and simultaneously, click your browser's "Refresh" button
  
  
• Opera (Windows): Click your browser's "Reload" button.
  
  
• Safari (Mac OS X): Press the "Shift" key and simultaneously, click your browser's "Refresh" button
  
  
• Firefox (Mac OS X): Press the Apple (Command) key and simultaneously, click your browser's "Refresh" button
  
  

If you use a different browser, please check your browser's help information for instructions about how to empty the cache and erase the cookies, or, switch to one of the browsers mentioned above.

b. Clear your browser's cache and cookies

If reloading the page does not do the trick, you have to clear your browser's cache and cookies;

• Internet Explorer (Windows): Choose "Tools" from the menu bar and select "Internet Options". Choose the "General" tab. There you can find "Temporary Internet files". Click the "Delete..." button. Make sure all check boxes are checked and click "Delete".
  
  
• Firefox (Windows): Choose "Tools" and then "Clear recent history" from the menu. Make sure the check boxes for "Cookies" and "Cache" are checked. Click "Clear now" to confirm.
  
  
• Opera (Windows): Choose "File" from the menu bar and select "Preferences". Choose "History and cache" and click "Disk cache"-section's "Empty now" button.
  
  
• Safari (Mac OS X): Click "Safari" and then "Empty Cache". Click "Empty" to confirm.
  
  
• Firefox (Mac OS X): Click "Firefox" and then "Preferences". Select the "Privacy" tab and click "Clear Now" in the "Private Data" section.
  
  

If you use a different browser, please check your browser's help information for instructions about how to empty the cache and erase the cookies, or, switch to one of the browsers mentioned above.

c. Clear your Java plug-in cache

If clearing your browser cache does not help, try clearing your Java plug-in cache;

• Windows: If your version of Sun Java is 1.5 and above, we recommend you follow the instructions on the Sun web site
  
  Note: If your operating system is Windows Vista and your Java version is 1.6 or higher, the instructions on the Java web site are still applicable. However, some of the dialog boxes and fields names will be slightly different than those shown in the procedure on that page.
  
  If you have an older version of Java, follow these steps:
  
  Click Start > Settings > Control Panel. Click the Java Plugin icon. Click the Cache tab. Click the Clear button and click OK to confirm. Note: Please repeat this procedure for each "Java Plugin" button in your Control Panel
  
  
• Mac OS X: Navigate to the Java folder from your hard drive: HD > Applications > Utilities > Java. Open the Java Preferences application. Click on the Network tab. Click the Delete Files button (under the Temporary Internet Files section).

If you use a different browser, please check your browser's help information for instructions about how to empty the cache and erase the cookies, or, switch to one of the browsers mentioned above.

d. Totally reinstall Java

If after all this, you still encounter problems. It's best to uninstall Java, download the newest Java version again and install it again.

Updates

Some users might experience trouble while logging in due to updates. The site can, in this case, display an error (incorrect password/nickname) while attempting to login. This problem can be fixed easily by emptying your browser cache (temporary internet files) and delete all cookies.

Click here for specific instructions for different browsers »

Make sure Java is up to date and enabled

If the games do not work on your computer, the game page is blank or nothing happens when trying to start a game. Make sure that you have Java installed with the help of this page »

If Java is installed, make sure that Java support is enabled, click here for more info »

Make sure your browser is up to date

It might be that you are using an older browser version that isn't able to handle everything correctly, or, that you're simply using an unrecommended browser.

For more information about the browsers we recommend and more information about updating your browser, click here »

Unfortunately, sometimes internet connections disconnect or are very slow. We can't do anything about such problems.

If the game is slow or errors occur, it's possible that you have an old version of Java installed on your computer.

The answers to the previous question may help you solving the issue, click here »

Our goal is to create the most trouble-free and fun games as possible. If you experience any inconvenience within our services, we sincerely apologise. We are constantly developing and working hard to improve our services to create an even more exciting online gaming community for you!

Games are using following ports (TCP):

Is your situation as follows?

While running certain applets no sound is played. This happens often while using a game applet. This error occurs while executing the applet with Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 and 5.0 Update 1 (of 1.5.0 en 1.5.0_01).

This is caused by an error in JRE and has been solved in JRE 5.0 Update 2.

Determine and solve as follows;

• Check which JRE you're using by visiting the applet test
• If the result shows that you are using a Java version that is older than Java JRE 5.0 Update 2.
• Download the newest Java and install it
  
  

If you buy game time for a game, note that the time starts from the moment of purchase and continues to count down in real time (no matter whether you play the game or are logged in to Playforia or not).

You can see how much game time you have left in your profile settings in the "Play Time" box.

It might be that you're logged in as a guest or that your Playforia account hasn't been confirmed yet (click here for more info at step 4), or, you might have entered a gameroom that doesn't allow chatting (silent mode).

It might also be that you don't have a Java/Flash plugin installed/enabled (click here for more info).

Your records will only be saved if you have your own Playforia account. You can find your records in your personal game statistics, which you can access in your profile.

The record lists might take a moment to update, as well as the records listed inside the games (loggin out and back in and/or emptying your cache might help - more info).

Reasons why your record might not have been registered:

1. You're not logged in with your Playforia account.
2. In some cases it requires you to play only in the Playray language you've registered you're account in (fe. the Best of the Day competition and ranking)
   
3. Server disconnection; some internet connections are rather slow and some could get disconnected every once in a while. When this happens this usually isn't noticable while surfing websites, but applets like the games need a continuous connection to function optimally. If the connection is lost, the game server might not register your record. Because this problem lies between the router of the user and the computer or the internet provider, we are, unfortunately, not able to solve this problem.
4. You might experience technical issues with your Java/Flash plugin, they're not properly enabled or installed, and might require a reinstal (click here for more info).
   

The number of games that is displayed in your profile statistics box is based on the total games you're played from the beginning of Playforia. The number of games displayed in your full game statistics page is counted from the moment we started collecting game statistics (in about 2008).

Therefore, if you've been on Playforia for over two years, it's possible that the number in your profile statistics box might be higher than the one on your full game statistics page.

You can clear your gaming statistics as follows;

• Go to your profile and click "Settings" on the right top
  
• Scroll down to "Clear your gaming statistics"
• Click "Clear gaming history"
• Check the checkbox, enter your password and click "Remove Gaming Statistics"
• A confirmation email will be send to you
• To confirm, please click the link provided in the email
• Your gaming statistics will be erased around midnight (UTC)
  

Clearing your gaming history permanently deletes all gaming statistics, ranking and history of all multiplayer games (except Bombermania) associated with the user account. The singleplayer game statistics can not be erased. Do note that such action can not be undone.

You can only clear your gaming statistics once every 30 days.

If you have your own Playforia account, you automatically own a gallery on your user profile. In the gallery you create multiple photo albums (max. 20) you can use to display photo's, artwork or other images.

You can choose to hide or display your gallery box on your profile;

• To hide your gallery box, hover with the mouse on the right top corner of the box and click the red X icon
• To recover your hidden gallery box, click the green + icon with the text "Customise" on the right top of the page and click the "Gallery" icon. The gallery box will then appear on your profile, and you may choose to drag it to the placement of your choice (if your gallery is empty, the gallery box can not be displayed)

Even though your - or someone elses - gallery might be hidden from your profile frontpage, the gallery will always be available by selecting "Gallery" from the profile pages drop down menu on the top left.

You can only add albums/images to your gallery if you're logged in on the Playforia pages with the language you created your account in. You can easily browse your own and other people's photo albums by using the "Gallery Albums" menu on the right within the Gallery profile pages.

Before uploading, do keep in mind that this is a family site and all public content should be appropriate.

Here's how to add an album;

• Go to your profile and select "Gallery" from the profile dropdown menu on the left top
• On the right side, the box "Gallery Albums" is displayed, where you can see the albums you currently have (by default you have two albums; "Avatar Studio" and "Default album")
• Fill in a new album name at "New album" and click "Add" to create a new album
• Once the album is created you can upload new images to it or move older images to it by editing the image settings (pick the image and click the small pencil on the right bottom next to the image to display the image settings)

You can create up to a maximum of 20 albums.

Here's how to edit/remove an album;

• Select the gallery album you wish to edit/remove
• Click the pencil icon next to the "current album" you've selected
• You can choose to rename the album here and/or rewrite it's description and click "Save" to save your settings
  
• You can click "Delete" to delete the album, you will be asked for confirmation

If you remove an album that contains images, then the images will be moved to your default album.

Here's how to add an image;

• Go to your profile and select "Gallery" from the profile dropdown menu on the left top
• On the right side, an upload form is displayed
• Click "Browse" and select the image from your computer.
• Select to whom the image will be visible (everyone, my friends or myself) and optionally, write a short text or description
• Select the album you want the image to be displayed in
  
• Click "Save entry"
• After saving, your image is visible in your gallery

Note! You can add a maximum of 500 images to your gallery.

Inappropriate images set for public display may be removed by the Playforia staff without prior notice. In such cases, your account may get banned or even totally removed from our services. Once measures have been taken, the decision is final and can not be corresponded about.

Here's how to remove an image;

• Go to your profile and select "Gallery" from the profile dropdown menu on the left top
• Click the image you wish to remove
• Click the "edit" icon (a pencil) below the image on the right
• Click "Delete image"
  
  

Here's how to edit an image description and/or display settings;

• Go to your profile and select "Gallery" from the profile dropdown menu on the left top
• Click the image you wish to edit
• Click the "edit" icon (a pencil) below the image on the right
• Edit the text and/or use the dropdown menu on the right to change the visibility settings to "everyone", "my friends" or "myself"
• Click "Save"
  
  

If you have your own Playforia nickname, you can post comments to people's images in their galleries (if you haven't been blocked from the gallery).

Before writing comments in anyone's gallery, do note that this is a family site and use appropriate language. Once you've posted your comment, you can not remove it, so treat one another with mutual respect and make sure not to write anything you might regret later!

Here's how to post a comment;

• Go to the image you want to comment on
  
• Below the image in "Comments", click the text link "Add new comment"
• Write your message and click "Save"
• A notification about the post will be send to the owner of the gallery

Colours and links

You can use BB-code and the other text editing options from the menu in order to spice up your message. For more information about how to do so, please go to messages and texts.

Heart Rate

In addition to comments, gallery images can also be rated. If you like an image you see, click the heart on the right below the image. The amount of hearts given to each image are also displayed in the overview menu on the right.

Here's how to reply to a comment;

• Go to your profile and select "Gallery" from the profile dropdown menu on the left top
• Click the image and go to the comment you wish to reply to
• Click the text link "Add reply" on the right side of the comment
• Write your message and click "Save"

Here's how to remove a comment;

• Go to your profile and select "Gallery" from the profile dropdown menu on the left top
• Click the image and go to the comment you wish to reply to
• Click the small downward arrow on the right, next to "Add reply"
• Select "Delete entry" from the dropdown menu
• You will be asked for confirmation
  
  

Here's how to block a person from your gallery;

• Go to the message in your gallery written by the person you wish to block
• Click the small downward arrow on the right, next to "Add reply"
• Select "Block user", you will be asked for confirmation
• The person you've blocked is no longer able to post in your profile or contact you by private message, and any messages written by the person will be removed from your profile and inbox

Here's how to unblock someone from your gallery;

• Go to your profile
• Click "Settings" on the right top in the menu
• If you have any users in your blocklist, you can find the list displayed at the bottom of the page
• Click the trashbin icon next to the person you wish to unblock
• The messages the unblocked person has written to you before will, however, not return
  
  

Playforia is a family site, and all public content people upload to their galleries should be appropriate accordingly.

If you have seen inappropriate images, please be so kind to help us out and let us know about it!

• Go to the image you wish report
• Click the text link "Inform administration of questionable content" above the image
• A notification will be send to the Playforia staff, who will review the image for removal
  

Inappropriate images set for public display may be removed by the Playforia staff without prior notice. In such cases, the account of the person who uploaded the image, may get banned or even totally removed from our services. Once such measures have been taken, the decision is final and can not be corresponded about.

If you've created your own Playforia account, you can start earning medals right away. Medals aren't just another game playing feature; you can earn medals anywhere in Playforia! They can be earned in three different categories;

• Games (to be earned by playing games)
• Social (to be earned by social activity)
• Unique (to be earned during special events).
  

Do note that the social medals require unique numbers to be awarded. Your profile statistics box doesn't count by unique numbers, and might display higher numbers than your social medals display. Fe. the "5 (Unique) Visitors" medal does require that your profile is visited by 5 different people, and thus, 5 visits from the same person will only be counted as 1 unique visitor, even though the number of "profile views" in your profile statistics box will go up by 5.

Different Types

Within these categories, there are two types of medals; skill medals and grind medals.

A skill medal can be earned by displaying some special skills, fe. shooting a hole in one, or some other precise/unique task.

A grind medal is based on stamina and develops when executing a repetitive task, fe. playing 1 game, playing 5 games, playing 10 games etcetera. For executing the requirements and the more often you repeat the specific task, you'll get the same medal - but then one of a a higher level. So, it definitely pays off to stubbornly keep on playing the games, even if your skills are not quite at the top!

Special Medals

There are hidden medals you could earn as well. These are awarded as a surprise based on luck, not just skills! Additionally, we might grant you special medals for extraordinary actions on Playforia, fe. having a gorgeous avatar, or being a great, high quality forum or blog writer or poet.

Earning Medals

In the medal overview you can also see which medals are within your reach and what you have to do in order get them.

Once you've earned a new medal, you'll get notified right away. You can check out the latest medals you've earned on your profile in the Star League box, or, check out all medals  you've earned in your profile (select "Medals" in the dropdown menu on the left top).

Below the games, you can see the medals that you have earned before, plus the medals that are closest to your reach.

By earning medals you collect star points as well and automatically participate in the Star League.

Medals can not be given away. They are totally personal and, most of all, fun!

You can earn Best of the Day medals (as well as Playforia coins) by playing our most popular games. Every day, the top three players of each participating game will be rewarded.

Check out the Best of the Day page for more information about the competitions and which games to play.

Do note that you can only participate in the Best of the Day competition in the Playforia language you've created your account in.

Additionally, the threshold to get Best of the Day medals increases once you earn more medals. This means that after you've won 5 or 6 medals, you may have to wait until you've been the Best of the Day 10 times until you receive your next medal (so, you don't get a medal every time you become the best of the day).

For more details about which Best of the Day medals you have and what you need to do in order to get the next medal, visit your medal page (make sure you're logged in). The info about how many times you need to win in order to get the next medal is always displayed with the info of your latest achieved medal of that game.

If you think you haven't received the Best of the Day medal you rightfully earned, it might help to empty your browser cache and delete your browser cookies (click here for more info). Very rarely, it's possible that there is a delay in the awarding system of max. a few days.

The number of star points you collect represents your activity and skills and defines your position in the Star League.

You can collect star points by earning medals. The number of star points you get for each medal varies. In general, the harder it is to get the medal, the more star points it's worth.

The more star points you collect, the higher you climb in the Star League. To keep your star score up, you'll have to make sure you stay active, as everyone is working hard to beat you!

The Star League system should not be confused with Playforia ranking.

Join the competition and all the fun!

The Playforia Star League is a gamers league. It's easy and fun and everyone all over the world can join in to compete!

Earn all the medals you can get by playing games and by performing other special activities, such as logging in or spending time online. Stay alert and active, there's always something new to gain.

Keep a close eye on the list of medals, it displays all the available medals (with instructions about how to get them) and the ones you've already earned (although, the secret hidden medals that you don't own, aren't listed). New medals are released on regular basis, so there's always something new for you to pursue and you'll never get bored.

Earn medals and collect star points

You can collect star points by earning medals. Medals can be earned in three different categories; games (to be earned by playing games), social (to be earned by social activity) and unique (to be earned during special events).

Within these categories, there are two types of medals; skill medals and grind medals. A skill medal can be earned by displaying some special skills, fe. shooting a hole in one, or some other precise/unique task. A grind medal is a medal based on stamina and develops by executing a repetitive task, fe. playing 1 game, playing 5 games, playing 10 games etc., you'll get the same medal - but a higher level one - the more you repeat a specific task.

The number of star points you get for each medal varies. In general, the harder it is to get the medal, the more star points it's worth. The number of star points you collect defines your activity and skills – whether it's playing games or writing blog posts – in Playforia. The more you dedicate yourself to do the things you like and do them well, the more star points you'll be able to collect.

Star points define your Star League status

The Playforia Star League is divided into divisions and levels. Each division consists of 10 levels. New Playforia users start their journey from the Bronze division at level 1.

You can check out your current division’s star point range limits from the Star League Bar at the right top of the page (if you're logged in).

Be a star at all times and stay active

Everyone is working hard to beat you and your special place in the Star League, so make sure to be active at all times to climb and stay at the top!

If you have your own Playforia account, you automatically own a private message inbox and archive. You can find your private messages as follows;

• Go to your profile
• Click "Messages" on the top right in the menu
• Your inbox will automatically open
  

Your private messages are divided into three folders (displayed on the right top under "Folders"): Inbox, Sent and Archive. You can browse the different folders by clicking on their links.

Message overview

You can define how many messages you want to display in the overview by using the dropdown menu at the left bottom at "Messages per page".

Unread messages are displayed in bold and have a closed envelope displayed on their left. Read messages have an opened envelope displayed on their left.

Limited storage space

You can only have a limited amount of messages in your folders. You can see how full the folder is on the folder view, below the list of messages at "Folder usage". If your inbox is full, you will be advised to either delete some messages or move messages to your archive.

Do note that any message in your Inbox folder that is older than six months is automatically deleted. Only the messages in the "Archive" folder are saved permanently.

Delete/move messages

• Click the checkbox on the right of a message(s) and click the text link "Delete" in order to delete
• Click the checkbox on the right of a message(s) and click the button "Move to archive" in order to move
  

Viewing a message

You can view a message by clicking it in the message overview list. On top you can see the subject, the sender and the date. Below that, the actual message is displayed.

Below the message there are several options available for you;

• Click "Back" to return to the message overview
• Click "Block user" to block the user (all the sender's messages will be deleted and the person can no longer contact you" - unblocking someone works the same as in the guestbook » )
• Click "Move to archive" in order to move the message
• Click "Reply" to write a reply message (the message that was send to you is then displayed as a quote)

Writing a private message

You can write a private message as follows;

• Go to your profile, click "Messages" at the right top in the menu, click the text link "Send new private message" and at "to" write the nickname of the recipient or use the dropdown menu to choose one of your friends
  
  OR - Go to the profile of the person you wish to contact and click "Send PM"
  
  OR - Click "Reply" when viewing a message you've received
  
• Write your message
• Click "Send"
• The recipient will automatically get a notification about the message
  

Using colours and links

You can use BB-code and the other text editing options from the menu in order to spice up your message. Make sure the "Use BB-codes" and/or "Use smilies" checkboxes below the message view are checked.

For more information about how to do so, please go to spicing up messages and texts.

Private messaging in chatrooms

You are also able to send and receive private messages in the chatrooms;

• Click a nickname in the player list
• Check the check box labeled "Private" at the bottom of the window
  
• The message you type will only be visible for the person you selected
• Private chat messages targeted to you will be clearly highlighted in a different colour
  
  

You can use your profile description to share a little something about yourself, in order for your visitors to get to know you better. You can write (almost) anything you like, so let your imagination flow!

You can fe, use this option to describe your avatar, to challenge other gamers to play against you, to express your poetic thoughts!

However, always keep in mind this is a family site, and thus, public messages should be written appropriately.

Display of the description box

You can choose to hide or display your description box on your profile;

• To hide your description box, hover with the mouse on the right top corner of the box and click the red X icon
• To recover your hidden description box, click the green + icon with the text "Customise" on the right top of the page and click the "Description" icon. The description box will then appear on your profile, and you may choose to drag it to the placement of your choice

The description will only be visible in the Playforia country you've created it in, allowing you to create descriptions in different languages in different Playforia countries.

Even though your - or someone elses - description might be hidden from their profile frontpage, the description will always be available by selecting "Description" from the profile pages drop down menu on the top left.

Adding/editing the description text

• Go to your profile
• Click the text link "Edit your description" at the top of your description box, or, select "Description" from the profile dropdown menu on the left top and click "Edit your description"
  
• Write/edit your description (with a max. total of 20000 characters)
• Click "Save your description" to save
  

Using colours and links

You can use BB-code and the other text editing options from the menu in order to spice up your message. For more information about how to do so, please go to spicing up messages and texts.

Everyone with their own Playforia account, automatically own a guestbook on their user profile. This is a place for visitors to leave a message.

You can choose to hide or display your guestbook box on your profile;

• To hide your guestbook, hover with the mouse on the right top corner of the box and click the red X icon
• To recover your hidden guestbook box, click the green + icon with the text "Customise" on the right top of the page and click the "Guestbook" icon. The guestbook box will then appear on your profile, and you may choose to drag it to the placement of your choice
  

Entries older than six months may be hidden. If this is the case, a link to view the entries is displayed at the right bottom of the guestbook page.

Even though your - or someone elses - guestbook might be hidden from their profile frontpage, the guestbook will always be available by selecting "Guestbook" from the profile pages drop down menu on the top left.

Anyone with a Playforia account can post messages in guestbooks (unless the user has been blocked from the guestbook). When posting messages, treat one another with mutual respect and do keep in mind this is a family site, and thus, public messages should be written appropriately.

Posting

Here's how to post a message;

• Go to the guestbook you want to post a message
• Click the text link "Add new message"
• Write your message and press "Save"
• A notification about your post will be send to the owner of the guestbook
  

Replying

If you wish to reply to a message in your own guestbook;

• Open your guestbook and go to the message you wish to reply to
• Click the text link "Add reply"
• Write your message and press "Save"

Removing a post

You can only remove messages from your own guestbook, so if you post in someone else's guestbook, make sure not to write anything you might regret later!

Here's how to remove a message from your own guestbook;

• Open your guestbook and go to the message you wish to remove
• Click the the small downward arrow on the right, next to "Add reply"
• Select "Delete entry" from the dropdown menu
• You will be asked for confirmation

Colours and links

You can use BB-code and the other text editing options from the menu in order to spice up your message. For more information about how to do so, please go to messages and texts.

Here's how to block a person from your guestbook;

• Go to the message in your guestbook written by the person you wish to block
• Click the small downward arrow on the right, next to "Add reply"
• Select "Block user" You will be asked for confirmation
• The person you've blocked is no longer able to post in your profile or contact you by private message, and any messages written by the person will be removed from your profile and inbox

Here's how to unblock someone;

• Go to your profile
• Click "Settings" on the right top in the menu
• If you have any users in your blocklist, you can find the list displayed at the bottom of the page
• Click the trashbin icon next to the person you wish to unblock
• The messages the unblocked person has written to you before will, however, not return
  
  

If you have your own Playforia account, you automatically own a blog on your user profile. This is a place for you to express yourself and write about your every day thoughts, put your emotions into poetry, or share your ideas in any other form of text.

a. Display of the blog box

You can choose to hide or display your blog box on your profile;

• To hide your blog box, hover with the mouse on the right top corner of the box and click the red X icon
• To recover your hidden blog box, click the green + icon with the text "Customise" on the right top of the page and click the "Blog" icon. The blog box will then appear on your profile, and you may choose to drag it to the placement of your choice
  

Note! If the profile blog box is hidden because you've never written any blog posts, the blog box can not be moved into the profile display.

However, you could write a new entry to display box!

Even though your - or someone elses - blog might be hidden from their profile frontpage, the blog will always be available by selecting "Blog" from the profile pages drop down menu on the top left.

b. Writing/editing/deleting an entry

Before posting messages, think about what you are publishing. This is a family site, and thus, public messages should be written appropriately.

To write an entry, proceed as follows;

• Go to your profile and select "Blog"
• Enter the subject of your post and write your text below
• You can use BB-code and the other text editing options from the menu in order to spice up your message. For more information about how to do so, please go to spicing up messages and texts
• Select if you want to display the entry to "everyone", "my friends" or "myself"
• Click "Save"

If your blog entry is set to be displayed to everyone, it will be visible on the Community page at "Latest blog posts" for a while as well. Your friends will be able to see your new post in their profile in the "What's happening right now?" box (if displayed), if the message isn't set to be displayed to "myself".

All your blog entries are displayed in the list on the right.

To edit/delete an entry;

• Click the entry you wish to edit and click the text link "Edit this entry" at the top of the post
  
  
• Click the trash bin icon next to the entry you wish to delete, you will be asked for confirmation

Inappropriate blog entries set for public display may be removed by the Playforia staff without prior notice. In such cases, your account may get banned or even totally removed from our services. Once measures have been taken, the decision is final and can not be corresponded about.

c. Comments

The people who can post comments, depend on the display settings of the blog entry and on the block list of the blog owner.

Posting comments, replying to comments, removing comments and (un)blocking people from a blog works the same as in the guestbook »

d. Heart Rate

In addition to comments, blog posts can also be rated. If you like a blog post you see, click the heart on the right top of the post. The amount of hearts given to each post are also displayed in the overview menu on the right.

A poll is a survey you can create on your profile, to see what your visitors think of a certain topic. It allows you to ask a question or make a statement, and give your visitors different opinions/options to vote for. Polls can be as creative, serious or funny as you like to make them.

Poll box display

• To display the poll box, go to your profile, click the green + icon with the text "Customise" on the right top of the page and click the "Poll" icon. The poll box will then appear on your profile, and you may choose to drag it to the placement of your choice
• To hide the poll box, hover with the mouse on the right top corner of the box and click the red X icon

The poll box is hidden by default if you've never created any polls.

Creating a poll

Before creating a poll, think about what you are publishing. What is the topic you'd like to get opinions about, and what kind of options will you give your visitors to vote for? Always keep in mind this is a family site, and thus, public messages should be written appropriately.

• Click the text link "Add new poll" at the top of the poll box (or use the link at the right bottom of the box)
  
• At step 1, write the question/statement you'd like to collect opinions about
• At step 2, give at least two options for people to vote on
• At step 3, set the duration of the poll to define how many days your visitors have to vote (the default is 7 days)
• Click "Publish"

Your poll is displayed on your profile and your visitors can start voting. The poll is only visible in the Playforia country you've created it in, so you can run multiple polls in different languages in different Playforia countries.

Once the voting period is over, the poll remains displayed on the site and shows the results, until you create a new one or delete it.

You may choose to hide/display the poll box, or, create a new poll even while the poll period hasn't ended yet.

Voting

You can vote on a poll by clicking one of the options in the list. After this, you can see how many votes each option got.

When a poll period has ended, you can no longer vote on any of the options, and the results of the poll are displayed.

Editing/removing a poll

Once you've created a poll, you can not edit it anymore. In this case, you'd have to remove the poll and create a new one.

• To remove a poll, go to your profile
• Click "Remove poll" on the right bottom of the poll box

Your poll will be removed. If you have create a poll previous to the one you've removed, this poll will be displayed in the box instead (until you create a new one).

The forum is a place for you to share your ideas and opinions about different topics with your friends and other gamers.

Rules and instructions

• Click here for tips and instructions about the Playforia Forum.
• Click here for the Forum rules and F.A.Q.
  
  

Whether you're writing your profile description, posting blog entries or posting messages anywhere else in Playforia (forum, guestbooks, galleries, private messages), there are many options available for you to define the look of your text.

You can use the simple options in the text editing menu below the messages for this, or, for more advanced looks, you can use BB-codes.

BB-codes

BB-codes are used to format your text. They are easy to learn and offer you a range of text formatting options.

By using BB-codes, you can add/define (click links for more info);

• Text style
• Text size
• Font type
• Colours
• Links
• Text alignment
• Quoted text
• Images
• Lists
• Code
• Special characters and smilies
• Combinations of all

BB-code tags should always be opened and closed:

• [??]text[/??]

Whenever you want to format a word (or multiple words), you enclose it between two nearly identical tags - the only difference being that the latter tag must ALWAYS contain a forward slash (/). The first BB tag tells us "this formatting style starts here" while the latter one with the forward slash means "this formatting style ends here".

Note! Changing the colour, font type and font size does not work on our forum. You can still use them elsewhere, though.

Text styles

You can apply different styles to your text as follows;

• Select the word(s) you want to style
• Click the B (for bold), I (for italic) or U (for underline) icon from the text editing menu below your message
• The BB-code to create the is automatically inserted in your message
  

You can also use BB-codes directly, which give you a couple more options;

• [b]bold[/b]
• [i]italic[/i]
• [u]underline[/u]
• [s]stroke[/s]
• [sup]^superscript[/sup]
• [sub]_subscript[/sub]
• [acronym="descriptive text"]keyword[/acronym]

The acronym tag displays the descriptive text when hovering with the mouse on top of the keyword. This can be useful if you want to keep your text short, but still want to explain a little extra for people who might needed.

Font size

You can change the size of your text by using the BB-code size tag;

• [size=10]Font size 10[/size]
• [size=15]Font size 15[/size]
• [size=20]Font size 20[/size]

The value of the size tag can be any number from 7 to 25.

Font type

You can change the type of your text by using the BB-code font tag;

• [font=arial]Arial[/font]
• [font=courier]Courier[/font]
• [font=verdana]Verdana[/font]
• [font=comic]Comic[/font]

Keep in mind that not all fonts work on all computers, so you may want to only use standard fonts.

Text colour

You can change define the colour of your text by using the BB-code color tag. You can define a colour by using one of the English colour terms below, or, use hexadecimal RGB codes if you are familiar with those.

Colour terms:

black, brown, maroon, red, orange, yellow, olive, lime, green, teal, aqua, blue, navy, purple, fuchsia, gray, silver, white

Hexadecimal RGB codes (some examples):

• #000000 (black)
• #ffffff (white)
• #0000ff (blue)

Some examples of color tags:

• [color=blue]this text is blue[/color]
• [color=#0000ff]this text is also blue[/color]

If you're using hexadecimal RGB codes, always remember to start the code with the # symbol.

Links

You can add a link to your text as follows;

• Select the word(s) you want to link
• Click the globe icon in the text editing menu below your message
• Enter the http address (url) of the page you want to link to
• Press "OK"
• The BB-code to create the link is automatically inserted in your message

The BB-code might look like this:

• [url]http://www.playforia.com[/url]
• [url=http://www.playforia.com]Playforia![/url]

You can also add links to email addresses using the email-tag, of which the code might look as follows:

• [email]myemail@emailprovider.com[/email]
• [email=myemail@emailprovider.com]link to email address[/email]
  

Text alignment

The align BB tag can be used to define how text is positioned on the page.

• [align=left]this text is positioned to the left[/align]
• [align=right]this text is positioned to the right[/align]
• [align=center]this text is centered[/align]
• [align=justify]this text is justified[/align]
• [indent]this text has an indent[/indent]
  

Quotations

If you want to quote someone else on the forum, for example to refer to a point they made earlier, click the "Quote" button below the message, and a new message will open for you. You can use BB-codes directly.

The BB-code might look something like this:

• [quote]this is a quotation[/quote]

On the forum, you can also give the quote a title.

• [quote title="this is the title of this quote"]this is a quotation[/quote]

Images

You can add an image to your text as follows;

• Click the photo icon in the text editing menu below your message
• Enter the http address (url) of the image
• Press "OK"
• The BB-code to create the image is automatically inserted in your message

The BB-code might look something like this:

• [img]http://www.playforia.com/community/user/nickname/gallery/view/image.jpg[/img]
• [img]http://www.host.com/folder/image.jpg[/img]

Just make sure the address you include inside the img tags starts with http:// and points to an actual image (in JPG, PNG or GIF format). Don't forget that it's common courtesy not to link to images on other people's servers - only link to images YOU have uploaded to YOUR gallery, image host or web server.

Lists

You can also add lists, the BB-code will look something like this;

• [list]
  [*]first list item
  [*]second list item
  [*]third list item
  [/list]

Code

There's one more tag might be useful in certain situations - the code tag. Whatever is written within code tags is shown as-is: multiple white spaces are not truncated to just one; BB-codes you write are not used to format the text between them, and so forth.

Use the text editing menu below your message and click # and write your code inbetween the BB-code tags that appear in your message field.

The BB-code might look something like this:

• [code]
  this
  text
  will appear
  just like it is
  written
  [/code]

Special characters and smilies

Smilies are another way to express oneself. You can add a smiley or other emoticon as follows;

• Clicking the smiley icon in the text editing menu below your message
• Clicking the icon of your choice
• The BB-code to create the smiley is automatically inserted in your message

You can also use BB-codes directly, fe :) ->

Special characters, such as the heart symbol ♥, can be entered in as well;

• Keep the ALT key on your keyboard pressed while entering the ASCII code number with your numpad (the separate set of number keys at the right end of your keyboard)
• When you release the ALT key, the symbol is entered

Here are some examples of ASCII codes (more can be found on the internet);

• ALT + 1 and ALT + 2 = white and black smileys ☺☻
• ALT + 3 and ALT + 5 = heart and clover ♥ ♣
• ALT + 13 and ALT + 14 = music notation ♪ ♫
• ALT + 127 = house shaped pentagon ⌂

Note that some special characters do not work on our forums.

Combinations

BB-code tags can also be combined. Don't forget that every tag has to be closed ("[/tag]"). A good way to close tags is to do it in the reverse order from which they were entered;

• [color=blue][size=15][b]Bold, blue, 15![/b][/size][/color]
• [url=http://www.playforia.com]=)[/url] ->
  
  

If you have created your own Playforia account, you automatically own a profile.

These are your personal pages in Playforia you can use to share info about yourself and communicate with your visitors and friends. The pages contain, amongst other things, your (click link to read more);

• Avatar
• Personal description, favourites and polls
• Gaming statistics, medals and Star League status
• Friends and gifts
  
• Guestbook, blog and image gallery
• Private messages
• Box themes, backgrounds and gadgets

The profile is a lot of fun to use, you can customise it to your own looks and taste, and, it will allow your visitors to get to know you better and even become friends with you!

Profile rating

On top of each profile avatar page, a heart is displayed. If you like the profile you visit, click the heart to become a fan. Make your own profile look nice as well, for the more fans you collect, the more medals you earn as well!

Content

When you are adding content to your profile, think about what you are publishing. Always follow good manners and keep in mind that our users range from little children to adults.

Prohibited on the profile;

• Inaproppiate language
• Racism or any other form of discrimination and offence of minority groups
  
• Commercial advertising
• Religious promotion
• Promoting piracy
• Spamming, provocation, mocking
• Impersonation (pretending to be someone else)
• Giving out personal data, phone numbers, email addresses, videos or pictures of others
• To sell, trade or give away avatars/accounts
• Displaying inaproppiate images

When breaking any of these rules, your inappropiate content will be removed. Additionally, your account will be banned temporarily, or even deleted from the whole services. When such measures have been taken, the decisions are final and can not be corresponded about.

Reporting inappropriate content

If you see inappropriate texts or other content in any profile, please let us know and send a message to our Customer Support.

If you see inappropriate images in any image gallery, please let us know as well. Click here for more instructions about how to report this.

You can easily edit your profile layout to your personal looks and likes by/with;

   a. Hiding/displaying/moving boxes
   b. Box Themes
   c. Backgrounds
   d. Gadgets
   e. Resetting the layout

a. Hiding/displaying/moving boxes

Besides your avatar, the profile front page displays a set of different boxes, fe. your friends, your latest visitors, your star league status, gaming statistics, guestbook etcetera.

• You can easily move a box around by pointing your mouse to the top of a box and dragging it to the desired area
• You can hide a box by pointing your mouse to the top of the box and clicking the red X icon on the right top
• You can display a box again by clicking the "Customise" + icon on the right top of the page and clicking the icon of the box you wish to display at "Restore a hidden element"

Note! Some boxes are arbitrary and can not be hidden. Other boxes that are empty might not be displayed on the page at all.

If a blog box is hidden because you've never written any blog posts, the blog box can not be moved into the profile display unless a new entry is written.

b. Box Themes

Box themes are background styles that can be applied to the boxes on your profile front page, to give your profile that extra personal touch. There is a wide selection of box themes available in the shop, some are even free!

You can either choose to apply a single box theme to all boxes, or customise each box separately.

If you wish to apply/remove a box theme to a particular box;

• Move the mouse to the top of the box you wish to edit and click the green "Customise" + icon on the right top
• Select the box theme you wish to apply (or select the red X in order to remove the theme) and the style will be applied
  

If you wish to apply/remove box theme to all boxes;

• Click the green "Customise" + icon on the right top of the menu
• Select the box theme you wish to apply at "Apply a theme to all boxes" (or select the red X in order to remove the theme) and the style will be applied (you can do this as well by clicking the checkbox "Apply theme to all boxes" when editing the box theme of a particular box)
• If you wish to apply the box theme to all profile pages, click the checkbox "Apply theme to all boxes on all pages"

c. Profile backgrounds

Profile backgrounds are styles that can be applied to the background of your profile pages, to make your look complete. There is a wide selection of backgrounds available in the shop, some are even free!

If you wish to apply/remove a background on your profile;

• Click the green "Customise" + icon on the right top of the menu
• Select the background you wish to apply (or select the red X in order to remove the theme) and the style will be applied
• If you wish to apply background to all profile pages, click the checkbox "Apply page background to all pages"

d. Gadgets

Gadgets are decorations you can use to make your profile even more personal. Some are animated and have sounds. Some are interactive and react when you touch them with the mouse cursor. There is a wide selection of gadgets available in the shop and you can add them to anywhere on any page on your profile.

If you wish to add/move/remove a gadget to your profile;

• Click the green "Customise" + icon on the right top of the menu
• If you own any gadgets, you can find them under "Restore a hidden element"
• Click the gadget you wish to place and it will appear at the top center of the page
• Drag the gadget from it's top side to the place of your preference
• Or, click the red X icon on the right top of the gadget to hide it again

Note! Some (slower) computers might take a long time to load profiles with a lot of gadgets.

Be inspired!

Be creative and play as much around with the layout as you like. Don't forget that you can create a unique look for every single page in your profile. You can even create a different look for every avatar you create. Your visitors will appreciate your unique style and may even ask you to be their friend or join their clan!

Any changes you make in your profile layout will automatically get saved.

e. Resetting the layout

To reset all box positions, box themes and backgrounds to default;

• Go to your profile settings
• Scroll to "Reset box positions and themes to default"
• Fill in your password
• Click "Reset Profile"

Your profile layout settings will be erased and you'll have a standard profile again.

Playforia can be displayed in different skins, we currently have three different skins available;

• Clean orange
• Pretty pink
• Playforia (blue)
• Avatar Studio (grey)
  

You can switch skins as follows;

• Point the mouse to the top left corner of the site
• The corner of the page will unfold
• Select one of the available skins by clicking on it
• The site look will automatically change to your choice