Frequently Asked Questions

Board Basics

Check out the Terms Of Service. After all, you agreed to them!

What is Karma and how do I get it?

Karma is gained on a daily basis. All you have to do is log in and have at least one active message for THAT day to gain karma. In very few circumstances will extra karma be granted.

What are the user levels and their requirements?

-5 - STFU: Shut the fuck up for a little while. Thanks.
-4 - Closed: This account is gone forever. Bye-bye.
-3 - Pending Closure: Don't get your panties in a bunch.
-2 - Banned: Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
-1 - Suspended: DUN DUN DUNNNNN
1 - Read Only: User was Rejected by an Administrator for one or more reasons while Pending Approval. May not post messages.
2 - Locked: Account locked by an administrator to prevent abuse
3 - Purgatory: You're on thin ice. Fix your game or suck our nuts.
4 - Pending Approval: This is the part where we decide if you're an asshole or not.
6 - Negative Karma: Quit FUCKING UP! Less than 0 Karma Required
7 - STFU: You're pissing us off.
10 - Provisional: New user to the boards, play nice now. 0 Karma Required
15 - New User: User has the lack of judgment to actually stick around for a week. 7 Karma Required
20 - New User (2): Show a little respect. This user has had to endure you people for almost a month now. 25 Karma Required
25 - Regular: User is now fully assimilated into the collective. 50 Karma Required
30 - Veteran: O_o You're still here? 100 Karma Required
31 - Icon: Bask in my glory, I have 200 karma. 200 Karma Required
32 - Legend: What are you doing out here, Fred? 300 Karma Required
33 - Idol: People who have accumulated 500 karma should be worshiped as gods. 500 Karma Required
34 - Ancient: You are scary...do you have a life? 750 Karma Required
35 - Sage: You have been around a very long time. You must know many things...or just be really fucking bored. 1000 Karma Required
36 - Senior Citizen: User carries a discount card for Country Kitchen Buffet at all times, just in case. 1500 Karma Required
40 - V.I.P.: This person is important to the site in some way. Worship them, for they are almighty!
50 - Noobcaek Moderator: This n00b mod can delete messages and hand out punishments. Make his life hell, boys.
53 - Lead Moderator: Old school mod who knows just about anything you could ever ask.
60 - Administrator: Controls all aspects of the boards.
70 - Developer: Codes and programs boards and more. Has same duties as administrator.

What is "SK"?

SK stands for Spending Karma. Users gain 10 SK each day that they make a post on the message boards, you also receive interest on any SK banked, however, you will NOT gain SK on a day that you bank it. You can also gain SK for finding and reporting exploits or bugs. You can gain SK for making humorous or helpful posts and can lose SK for posts that are just plain stupid too, if marked for SK gain/loss by another user from the Message Detail page. SK can also be traded from one member to another. You can use SK to make purchases from the SK Shop.

How can I help RandomInsanityOnline.com?

Web hosting isn't free. If you'd like to make a donation to RandomInsanityOnline, click the "Donate" button below. You'll also get 200SK for every 1 USD donated. Prolific contributors (over 20 USD) will also receive something extra special.

5. How do I become a moderator?

You don't. Most of the time you will be notified by an announcement if the Random Insanity Online staff are looking for new moderators, at which point you may submit an application if you meet the requirements. Asking and/or begging the current staff to be selected or to be considered will, in most cases, guarantee that you will NOT be chosen.

6. I don't understand some of the HTML tags, HALP?

See this page to (hopefully) help you better understand the ones that are allowed to be used here.

7.What colors does the colorful text item allow me to use?

<red>Red text</red>
<blue>Blue text</blue>
<green>Green text</green>
<yellow>Yellow text</yellow>
<cyan>Cyan text</cyan>
<magenta>Magenta text</magenta>
<grey>Grey text</grey>
<pink>Pink text</pink>
<purple>Purple text </purple>