Back Story
I guess now is a better time than ever to announce that I have been working on a Tengaged book. It is going to include everything from sign up to stars. I started working on it about 2 or 3 weeks ago and have completed work on the first chapter. I originally thought of the idea before Phanne started her Tengaged for Dummies, and I also received approval from Randomize before hand. When I first saw the post I was a little upset and so I decided to mail her and tell her that I was working on an official guide to Tengaged and that I didn't want anymore posts to be made. I was afraid that this would also become one of my ideas that I started on, but someone else took the idea (Tencalls this is you). It was also so that people won't confuse the two and being that I am a Tengaged D-Lister (that's a post of its own), her book would probably fair better than mine. So I just wanted to give you more of an inside scoop to what actually happened in the "legal" battle between party Phanne and I, lol.
Tengaged Book
The book itself will not be in barnes and noble, although I'm sure Randomize will give users easy access to it around the site (this is still to be negotiated). It will be a PDF file when I am done, free of charge. The only requirements are that you have Adobe PDF Viewer (PC, Mac, Linux), Preview (Mac) or any other PDF viewer (there are hundreds out there for you Linux users).
Outline
Sign up
-Create and avatar
-write an about me page
-link to: Contact, Press, TOS, Privacy, and FAQ sections
-describe a little about each link
Enrollment
-Casting
-Rookies
-Stars
-Games to come
Block Post: All games have a number
Casting
-Memory Wall (20 participants)
-Picture and text messages
-Day changes
-Public and private messages
-Plussing and minusing (adding and subtracting)
-Voting for eviction
-Tips of the day
Block Post: Casting
-Spamming
-Things to do and not to do
-Things needed to graduate on to rookies
Blogging
-Title
-Post
-Video
-Picture
-Text
-Comments
-Blog points
-Money
-Top Blogs
Friends
-How to add someone
-Who to add
-Alliances
Block Post: Friending Etiquette
Mailing
-Who can access mail
-What can you do with mail
-How do you mail
Block Post: Tips for managing mail messages
Rookies
-Memory wall (10 participants)
-Day Changes
-HoH
-Veto
-Eviction
-Betting
-Drama
Groups
-Joining a group
-Creating a group
-Group games
-T$
-describe Money Prizes
-Karma
-Describe Karma Prizes
-Applying
-for prizes (both karma and money)
Shop: (One chapter, next 3 topics not individual)
Colors Levels
-What do they mean
-What do they do
-How to buy one
Design labs
-What is it
-Rating designs
-Creation
-T Shirt mode
-Expert Mode
-Auction
-Bidding
Gift Shop
-Yet to be opened (updated when released, but I'll talk about it nonetheless)
Stars (New chapter)
-Memory wall (16 participants)
-Day Changes
-Voting
-Nominees
-Public
-Drama
Block Post: Things that changed
-No HoH
-No veto
-No betting
Money
-Why money is important
-How to get money
-Games
-Groups
-Donation links
Block Post: Money Management
Karma
-Why it is important
-Goals
-Hall of Fame
-Winning games
-How to get it
-Games
-Groups
(Include chart of Karma and money received from playing games)
This outline took me about 4 or 5 days, just to make sure I covered the basics. The book itself is a work in progress, and I'm going to try to make it as small or more of a quick start guide more than a full fledged book. Either way it will take me a little while before it gets released.
I may eventually be asking people around the site to give me some insight into something that I am either not sure of
