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Duel
Academy (DA) is the first online Yu-Gi-Oh! Academy created in old
BC (Battle City)/KC (KaibaCorp) Community. KC (former name was BC) was the
host for KCVDS (Kaiba Corp Virtual Dueling System), the first free
online dueling system with graphics to match with YGO Online. Here you can learn more about YGO, make new friends and have a lot of fun. Tournaments, Special Events, Duel Challenges, Great YGO related Articles, various YGO Card and Deck discussions, YGO Help of any kind and many more in this YGO game and anime oriented site. But, first of all you HAVE TO READ THE RULES. :: Introducing Yourself :: We
want to know about you, so make sure that your first post will be an introduction in THIS section. Then our members will welcome you and that will be your official start in DA. :: Dorm System :: As
you have noticed your rank is red, Slifer Red. We have 3 dorms: Slifer
Red, Ra Yellow and Obelisk Blue. For us, you are valuable as much as you
show us in here, what you are outside, it does not concern us. This
means, you start as Slifer Red and work your way up to Obelisk Blue.
There is also Abandoned Dark Dorm which is highest. This dorm is
reserved only for the best, the ones with many achievements here in DA.
Currently, we are working on a new, improved testing system for ranking
up to a higher dorm. Until then, only way to rank up is to participate
in tournaments and events which give ranking up as a reward.Now, you learned about Dorm System and it is time to create your own dorm room. Dorm room is your own thread which is created in the dorm you belong to, and you can post things you like there. DA is your home and that thread is your room in the house. Just don't post inappropriate content and keep it as room, not some kind of hall where everyone posts like crazy. If you don't know what to post, try to look in other member's rooms and see if you can get some inspiration. :: Posting :: This
place is a forum which means all we do here, we do it with posting
things in correct sections. While you wait for replies in your
Introduction topic, check all sections in our forum so that when you
post, you do it in right place. We
are looking for activity from our members, so would like for everyone to
be active and post in topics where they feel they can give an answer,
or just discuss things. There are a lot of ways to earn posts, the
easiest is by going to the GENERAL DISCUSSION
section. It's fun, you can post and discuss any topic you want, as
long the thread doesn't contain any inappropriate content. You can also
welcome new members
into our academy every time someone posts an introduction. Going to
member's dorm rooms and welcoming them to the dorm is also a good way to
earn posts. However, avoid posting in old topics which are not active
anymore, that would be considered as spam and can get you some trouble.
If you need technical help about posting and understanding forum system
in general, visit FAQ. :: Duel Points :: Duel
Points (DP) are our virtual money that we use in DA for various things.
When you register, you start with 100DP. With DP you are able to purchase
things from Shops. Shops are threads where you order available items for
sale that you are interested in. Those can be some special decks you
want to be made for you, graphical art like banners, signatures, avatars
or any kind available, it can be some item from our official DA SHOP, or any other item that some custom shop offers. DA
Shop is our main shop and it gives items you can't purchase in other
shops. More important it gives ability to purchase your own shop, so you
can sell things too and earn DPs that way. To learn more about Shops
see THIS section. Another way to earn DPs are BATTLE ARENA and SHADOW ARENA.
In Battle Arena you challenge any member to a single duel or match. For
each single duel win you gain 30DP and loser does not lose any DP
(Example: A 2-1 B match. A gets 60DP and B gets 30DP). In Shadow Arena
both duelists bet same amount of their DPs and winner takes them all.
Duelists can specify the rules since it is their DPs that are put into
the bet. For more information visit those sections and their rules too.
There are special occasions like tournaments or other events which give
certain amount of DP as a price too. These give usually high amount of
DP and you should be in touch when something like that is organized to
participate. :: Dueling Systems:: Dueling
Systems are online programs on which we play YGO. DA is not limited to
one dueling systems. We use all systems available, mostly those which
are free. Most popular are DN (Dueling Network), KCVDS (Kaiba Corp
Virtual Dueling System), YVD (Yu-Gi-Oh! Virtual Desktop), JP
(J_Project), DMG (Duel Monsters Genesis) and YGOC (Yu-Gi-Oh! Core, which
is OCG based and still in development, some members here are currently
just testing it). You can Google all of these systems for more
information. System which is best to use is DUELING NETWORK.
Everyone uses it and we use it as our main dueling system too. If you
don't have account register there and you can play immediately. For more
information look for their support. When you duel for something in DA,
you duel in DN and post/confirm your results in DA, that is how things
work. :: Communication:: Important thing is the communication between members. Besides posting in the forum, Private Messaging and Forum Chat in Portal, Duel Academy uses online communication through DN dueling system and Hamachi. Each member has 'DN Name' in profile, so if you want to communicate with certain member, you can always find him/her by DN Name in DN. This type of communication is good, however you are only able to chat with one member there. For communicating with whole DA community we use Hamachi. Hamachi is a virtual networking program which is also able to chat. We used it mainly for KCVDS hosting and joining duels, and because many people used it and still use it, it is best for you to install it and use it too. Its powerful option to create your own networks (groups of people to chat with) and join other people's networks makes communication between multiple members very easy compared to DN. There are networks which hold up to 250 people at once. We have one like that for Duel Academy too. To download Hamachi latest version click HERE. Just accept the conditions and click on 'Download Now' in Unmanaged area. For some computers Newest version slows down the pc, if that happens download older version of Hamachi HERE. This one should not make any trouble. Just follow the wizard after the install and it will guide you how to use it. Then join our main network for DA: 081-226-743 with password: DA. Now you are equipped and ready to communicate with other DA members. If you still need more information you are free to PM some of our Staff for help. These are the basics you needed to know and now you are ready for the new experience that Duel Academy offers! Remember one thing: IF YOU ARE NEW YOU SHOULD IMPROVE AND IF YOU ARE ALREADY GOOD YOU SHOULD PROVE! ENJOY AND HAVE FUN Duel Academy Starter Guide v2.0 © Copyright Amy Cool and others 2011-2012. All Rights Reserved. |
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