New to Forge Hub? - All Information Here

iRaynne · 05-03-2009

First off, we all want to welcome you to the Forge Hub community. Forge Hub has been a forging haven since it first appeared in 2007, and has been growing and evolving ever since. This forum is a haven for both experienced forgers as well as those new to the concepts. Here at Forge Hub, our main focus is to better the forging experience, as well as being a place where members can express their thoughts on forging and post their maps. We also have a lot of sub-forums to supply you with entertainment, such as the Graphics & Arts, Videos, Off-Topic, and Halo 3 Discussion forums. Below is a quick guide to make yourself familiar with our great community, and how to use the forums to your advantage.

Forums
Below is a list the generally describes each forum and their use.

Announcements: This forum is for, as the name implies, site announcements and notifications. Community events, such as contests and TGIF (a biweekly custom game session hosted by FH staff), will also be listed under this forum. Forum updates will be listed here as well.
Featured Halo Maps: Maps that show finesse in knowledge of gameplay and map design will be displayed here. The creators of these maps have excellent capabilities in forging, so don't be afraid to ask them about how-to forging information.
Halo Discussion: Halo Discussion is just like it sounds. Discuss any aspect of the game that we've all grown to enjoy. A sub-forum regarding MLG (Major League Gaming) is also there to be discussed. Matchmaking is a frequent topic here.
Forge Discussion: One of our most active forums, the Forge Discussion is a place to learn and share your experiences with forging. Its sub-forums include Forging 101 (explained below) and the official podcast forum named "Forgecast." Feel free to ask questions regarding forging within these forums; members here will be more than willing to reply enthusiastically.
TRC Guild: Need your maps tested? Stop by the testers guild and ask for a testing session. Simply give your map information and a time to test, and you'll have map reviews flying at you in no time. The Custom Lobby is also a great place to organize some custom games (who doesn't like one once in a while?). The Review Hub is currently under construction, but expect its release in the near future.
Halo Forge Maps: This website's pride and glory, this forum contains all the user-made maps with beautiful screenshots and excellent descriptions. When you post your map, excpect to get some excellent feedback from the members viewing. Make sure you post your map in the appropriate subforum, which can be any of the following: Competitive, MLG, Casual, Racing, Mini-game, or Aesthetic. A short description about each subforum is below its blue-linked name. Make sure your read the requirements before you post! Further explanations on posting your map will be described below.
Halo 3 Screenshots: Post any of your epic screenshots here! When posted, active members will always be there to comment on your screenshots. Make sure you stop by the instruction guides on how to make decent screenshots in the subforums.
Introductions: Pretty self-explanatory. Introduce yourself here, give a little information about yourself, and wait for the warm welcomes from our community!
Customer Service: Got problems? We all do. If you have any questions pertaining the website, feel free to ask here after you've used Forge Hub's search feature to make sure that the quesiton hasn't been asked before. Also, if you have any relevant suggestions for the site, ask here, and staff will get back to you as soon as possible to reply.
General Chat: Discuss anything serious in this forum, and start up some great discussions that will keep everyone going. Just remember that just because its a broadly general forum, it doesn't imply spamming.
Gaming Discussion: Gaming is why we're all here in the first place, so why not discuss it? Comment on any video game out there, from first person shooters to real time strategy games. Keep in mind that discussions about illegally cheating, hacking, or using mods in games will not be tollerated and is not supported by Forgehub. On a lighter note, check out the Forge Hub RPG, a game developed by our own members taken place online.
Videos: Post your hilarious suicides and betrayals here, as well as MLG Pro0o0o montages and machinimas. We all watch 'em, so the more, the better! If you make your own gaming series, or just any miscellaneous videos, feel free to release them here and get some early subscribers! Information on embedding films onto the website will be explained below.
Graphics and Arts: Do you enjoy using programs such as GIMP or Photoshops to make great signatures or wallpapers? If you do, then this is indefinitley the right place for you. Feel free to post your work and get commented on them. Share your expertise with others by giving feedback to other posters. The work that goes on in there is simply unparalleled.
Off Topic: Sure, its the bane of serious posters, but a forum isn't a forum without an Off Topic section. If what you want to discuss doesn't apply to any other category listed above, post here. Just make sure its not a spamfest; posts don't count anyway so there's no reason to.
Debates: Great and experienced writers triumph here, expressing their theories and views on an infinite number of topics. If the topic isn't presented yet, go ahead and post it while simultaneously supplying the reader with a fair amount of questions to get the thread off the ground.

End of Part I

iRaynne · 05-03-2009

How to Forge
If you're new to the whole forging concepts, we have the perfect guides to get you off your feet and start creating your next big forging project. All these guides can be found in the Forging 101 section, but listed below are some links to the main concepts that you'll need to understand. If non of these topics are relative to what you need to know, feel free to pop up the question in Halo Forge Discussion. Members will be there to answer your questions in no time.

Forging 101 official threads:

I also greatly recommend Bl00D F1R3's Forge School series. They give a great visual representation of forging techniques.

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noklu · 05-04-2009

I'm assuming i can post here about how brilliant this thread is? Good. This thread is a brilliant idea, and I demands a sticky on this thread!

Any new folks reading this I wish you a very happy welcome and hope you stay around this site for quite a while yet. :)

Edit: This thread has been stuck-with a plasma grenade!

Ethrock · 05-04-2009

This is an excellent thread, saves me from typing out introductions like these. Thanks for the thread.

iRaynne · 05-04-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by noklu

I'm assuming i can post here about how brilliant this thread is? Good. This thread is a brilliant idea, and I demands a sticky on this thread!

Any new folks reading this I wish you a very happy welcome and hope you stay around this site for quite a while yet. :)

Thanks :D

And thanks Ethrock, I saw your posts and they were great, and I decided I might as well make a universal thread that we can all refer people to to cut down the work for some hard-working members like you. :D Thanks again!

Ethrock · 05-04-2009

And thanks to you for the thanks and shout, yo. Lol. Funny part is I capitalized 'and' while using as the beginning of a sentence. Such horrible grammar. Anyway what will part three consist of, and is there a post size limit that has caused this to be broken into multiple parts.

I also demand sticky for this topic. As non stickied topics are quite.. shallow and pedantic. (Not my actual views. some will get it, some won't).

Lastly, in reference to hard working members, I'd say the Admin, Mods, and other 'big guys' are the true hard workers, though we do our part, the community requires them to function and be sustained.

[more extensive thread praising. lol] [/extensive thread praising].

Good luck on a sticky mate.

iRaynne · 05-04-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ethrock

And thanks to you for the thanks and shout, yo. Lol. Funny part is I capitalized 'and' while using as the beginning of a sentence. Such horrible grammar. Anyway what will part three consist of, and is there a post size limit that has caused this to be broken into multiple parts.

I also demand sticky for this topic. As non stickied topics are quite.. shallow and pedantic. (Not my actual views. some will get it, some won't).

Lastly, in reference to hard working members, I'd say the Admin, Mods, and other 'big guys' are the true hard workers, though we do our part, the community requires them to function and be sustained.

[more extensive thread praising. lol] [/extensive thread praising].

Good luck on a sticky mate.

Lol. Nice praising :P

There wasn't a figure limit that confined the posts, I just wanted to make it organized and make it into three separate ones. I'm going to make an index on the first post when it is done so it can refer to the three different posts. I'm pretty sure that the character limit is 10,000 though. The third post will consist mostly of posting your map and how to leave feedback on other maps, and the second part of the second post will be the general rules and what counts as stuff that could get your an infraction. Thanks again though :D

mavrick145 · 05-04-2009

sweet idea, and i agree woth Ethrock, make this a sticky thread.

Ethrock · 05-05-2009

Hey! Let me be first to post here, congrats on the sticky IRaynne! Well deserved.

Black Theorem · 05-18-2009

Nice on getting this featured, I hope it helps/saves some poor soul that decides to post a pointless map thread about "how do i geomerge on Sandbox?" stuff.