Revision as of 22:36, 15 May 2016

Introduction

Clan Chats, like in Runescape, are chat channels in which players can interact with others. These chats can be customized to your liking in many ways, and also have a unique moderating system to keep the peace in them. This guide will show you how to make these chats and give you all the information needed for customizing them to your preferences.

Making a Chat

Making a clan chat is very simple. To make one, go to the clan chat tab next to the settings tab in the bottom right of your screen, and click on the small icon to the right of the join clan option.

Once you click it, an options menu will show up, allowing you to name your clan, set a welcome message, link to any specific Grinderscape forum thread, and chose the settings you want for your CC (These settings can be changed at any time).

When you're done, click on the create clan button at the bottom of the settings menu again and your clan will be complete!

Moderating your Chat

In-case that you feel the need to teach a trouble maker in your clan a lesson, there are multiple moderation options to use for this.

To moderate a player, right click on their name in your CC. When you do this, a small window with a few options will open up.

It will be up to you which one to choose. Try not to abuse too much.

Kicking a player

When you kick a player from your CC, that player will be temporarily banned from the CC, and will be able to rejoin after 2 minutes.

In addition the CC will see a message like this one:

The player that was kicked will receive a message like this:

Muting a player

When you mute a player, he won't be kicked, but he will not be able to speak until he is unmuted by either you, or another admin/mod in your CC.

To indicate that a player is muted, his normally green box next to his name will now be red, and once again the CC will see a message, this time looking like this:

Banning a player

In some cases, the only way to get rid of a player is to ban him from the CC.

When you ban someone he will not be able to join the chat again until he is unbanned by you or another admin.

When someone is banned the player will be kicked from the CC, along with receiving a message like this:

The banned player's name will also now be added to the CC's ban list.

You can access the ban list by clicking on the small arrow the bottom of the CC box. From here that player, or any other player can be unbanned.

You can also manually add a new name to the list from here.

Promoting Players

To help you with certain things like promoting players and keeping the peace, you can promote players of your choosing to various ranks.

These rank all have their perks and abilities, so be sure to choose wisely who you can trust with them.

To promote a player, right click on his/her name, and choose which rank to give that player.

Guests

A guest is the lowest possible rank in the CC.

In some CCs, these player don't even have the ability to talk.

Example:

Members

A member is the second lowest rank in a Clan Chat.

The only perk this rank fives the player is the ability to talk freely.

Example:

Recruiters

A recruiter is a relatively high rank.

These players have the ability to recruit other players for your clan, and may also promote others to members.

Example:

Moderators

A CC moderator is the second highest achievable rank.

They have the ability to recruit players, mute players, kick players, and promote others to the recruiter rank.

Example:

Administrators

This is the highest rank you can be promoted to.

Admins can promote players to all rank except to their own.

They can also kick, mute, and even ban a player permanently from the CC.

Example:

Honored

This rank is a rank only the owner can promote you to.

Honoreds have no permissions nor powers.

They cannot kick\ban or promote to any rank.

Honored players can only be muted/banned/kicked/demoted by the clan chat owner.

Example:

Deleting a Clan

If you at any point, for any given reason don't want your clan anymore, you may type a command into your chatbox that will delete it.

The command for this is ::delclan

Note: Only the clan owner may use the command, and when it is used, the whole data of the clan will be deleted and you will not be able to recover any data, and would have to remake it again.

Different Types of Clans

Pking Clans

Pking Clans are certainly the most common type of clans on Grinderscape. Clans like this usually have a required application to complete before being able to join.

Pking Clans may often require a user to be a certain combat level and have a bank worth "x" amount of money. Also, a Pking Clan will also most likely require that the person applying have "x" amount of "return sets" for clan battles.

Skilling Clans

Although there are quite a few skilling clans here at Grinderscape, they often don't have a large response from the server population. Skilling clans may require a user to have a certain total level amount or "x" amount of maxed skills, or they may just require the applicant to have a love for skilling.

Skilling clans will often have group skilling events and will almost always have a clan chat open for users to talk on while they skill. If combat isn't your thing, joining a skilling clan may not be the worst decision to make.

Pvm Clans

PvM, or Player vs Monster clans, consist of a group of people who will come together as a team and kill any given boss monster together as a group. Usually these clans require a user to have a bank worth a certain amount of wealth, or at least be semi experienced in the art of PvM.

PvM Clans usually will hold events where users must have the lootshare option in their clan chats enabled. This insures that everyone has the same chance of receiving a drop. PvM clans are suggested to players that prefer skills like Slayer and do not enjoy player-killing as much as getting rare monster drops.

Dicing Clans

Dicing Clans, are made up of a group of dice hosts that will host dice games as a group, and will often times share the profits. These types of clans will often have the requirement of a certain amount of bank worth.

If you wish to learn more about dicing and becoming a host yourself, click here.

Merchanting Clans

Merchanting or merching clans are compiled of players that will merch and flip items to make a profit. Like the dicing clans, they will usually have a minimum bank total requirement for their applicants to have. For more information on merchanting, click here and scroll down a bit.

Helping Clans

Player owned and staff owned, helping all players on the server in a clan chat. You will see many clans being advertised on the shoutbox in game. The staff owned clan is named "Help" (which new players will be automatically direct to that chat). Helping clan chats will assist in daily price checks, locations of monsters, help with tasks and other needs. Don't hesitate to ask our friendly community for further assistance.

Applying

Applying to a clan is usually not all that hard, be it that you reside within the given requirements to join that clan. Most of the bigger clans will have a clan recruiting thread on the Grinderscape forums. Clan threads can be found here or here on the forums.

Once you have found the clan of your choice, reply to the thread, and wait for the clan's recruiters/owners to reply.