Here you can find answers to questions about how the board works. Use the links or search box below to find your way around.
More rules may be added to this list if necessary, but these are all that are required right now and are the most important. Please do your best not to require us to have to add to the list.
Yes, you are required to register in order to use all the features of the forum. Being registered gives you an identity on the board, a fixed username on all messages you post, and an online public profile.
Basic registration is free and offers an extended range of features, including:
You register by clicking on the Register link near the top of the page. You will be asked to choose a username, password, and enter a valid email address. In addition, there will be some other fields to which you will be invited to respond. Some will be mandatory while others are optional. Once this is complete you will need to click on a link in an activation email that will be sent to the email address you provided. Once you have done this you will be registered. Note that entering your email address will not leave you open to spam.
If you are under the age of 13, you are not allowed to register with this site.
Bronze Spider
Everyone starts out as one of these. You have everything that a Silver Spider has except for private messaging. Make three posts and then you will rank up and unlock your ability to send and receive PMs. The Main Gate and The Library are great places to go make your first posts.
Silver Spider
Your normal, basic, free account. You can upload up to 50 MB in attachments before you need to start getting rid of older ones to free up space for new ones, you can have up to 100 stored messages in your private messaging area, you can send a private message to up to 10 Users at once, your profile picture's size can be up to 150x200 pixels, and your avatar's size can be up to 120x120 pixels.
Gold Spider
Your normal, basic, free account that has been around long enough and achieved enough important milestones that it has ranked up yet again and can do more that its Silver Spider counterparts. You need to have a Reputation score that has reached at least 200 and either A.) 100 posts to your name, or B.) an account that is 1 year old, whichever comes first. You can then upload up to 75 MB in attachments before you need to start getting rid of older ones to free up space for new ones, you can have up to 200 stored messages in your private messaging area, you can send a private message to up to 15 Users at once, your profile picture's size can be up to 200x250 pixels, and your avatar's size can be up to 145x145 pixels.
Platinum Spider
Our paid account option. All ads will disappear from the site, you can upload up to 150 MB in attachments before you need to start getting rid of older ones to free up space for new ones, you can have up to 500 stored messages in your private messaging area, you can send a private message to up to 20 Users at once, your profile picture's size can be up to 250x300 pixels, and your avatar's size can be up to 170x170 pixels.
Diamond Spider
If you happen to see a Diamond Spider crawling around, that's a friendly TTW Staff Member. They're here to help you with whatever you need. They're in their own class of spider to help you easily spot them.