General Trading Rules

• Do not sell items for money / services / goods outside of the MoronYard servers. Breaking this rule will get you and your trade partner banned for a month and permanently banned from trading.
• Do not offer a service for your exclusive VIP crafting recipes. You will lose your access to the crafting screen and possibly inventory.

Other than these 2 big rules, anything else is allowed. Use common sense when trading; the trading system should be safe, but if you do get scammed, please report them on the forums so we can investigate the matter.

Once you have all of the items advertised in your thread, it is highly recomended that you send Willdy a private message on the forum and then it will be locked to avoid people getting the wrong impression. Click here to send Willdy a PM.

Item Color Codes
These are the official color codes that are used on the website and in-game:

Website:
Normal Items - #FFD700
Rare Items - #8650AC
Legendary Items - #339900
Special Items - #004899

In-game:
Hats, Auras, Body Attachments - #FFD900
Materials - #FF5E00
Keys - #FF00EA
Chests - #9900FF
Moneybags - #009900
Voice changers - #3399DC
Flamethrowers - #FF0000
Special Items - #5AFF3D < unused

http://www.last.fm/user/coolmission

I have a very broad spectrum of artists I listen to and I am not limited to any genre, even though I tend to stay away from anything too extreme.

Title says it all. Tell us about crafting recipes you would like to be able to use. If they sound good and make sense, I will add them. Please note that goldbars, rare chests and other premium items can never be the output of a recipe. They can however be part of a recipe (goldbar + rare chest = rare chest with higher tier).

Update: These recipes can include new items you can come up with (please document them thoroughly), as long as they are not completely unbalanced.

We are indeed looking to fill 3 or more moderator spots on our servers and forums.
Now, before you post your application, please read this topic very carefully. If we suspect that you apply for a position for the wrong reasons, you will not get the job.

And that brings me exactly to the main point of this topic.

The moderator spots are jobs. We do not hand them out to people so they can feel special. We need you to contribute to the community and do some work. If you don't have a problem with helping us out with the following things, then you just might be right for the job.

We expect you to...

• ...be active on the game servers, helping us start up the servers by inviting people, posting Steam Community announcements; basically keeping the server alive (especially when the admins are busy). We need you to take the initiative and not wait for the admins to get everything rolling.
• ...be active on the forums or wiki. We do not expect you to be here every day, but you should at least check in every few days and try to contribute to a few posts or start up a new thread (the Forum Games section is perfect for that).
• ...spread the word about our community. MoronYard is still young, growing and in desperate need of support from its members. A community can only be fun when a lot of people come together and enjoy their stay; so let's get some attention and expand!
• ...do routine moderator jobs such as removing spam on forums / wiki & punishing / kicking / banning players on the game server.

If you have come this far and think you are still up for the job and willing (yes this is important) to contribute then you can keep reading.

Things you should know about moderators

• They don't get free VIP.
• They don't get free items.
• They don't get more cash.

Last but not least:

Your application
I am not going to give you a template for your application. This also means that I don't want you to send me an application that looks like a car insurance form.
Tell us about yourself, who you are and what you do and why you are right for the job. Impress us, scare us or make us laugh; but please don't bore us. (If you must bore us, please be boring in an unusual fashion).
Furthermore, please do not nag us about your application in Steam chat. We will read all applications and reply to them, don't worry.

Alright, this pretty much covers it. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a private message (NOT STEAM CHAT) or open a thread on the forums.

Applications go here!

There are a lot of things that need to be done around MoronYard and since we are only 2 coders sharing the workload, I decided that Stebbzor and I needed to focus on the key features that need to be worked on.

I have compiled a list of things that can be done by our community members to help us out:

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More community hats

Here are a few TF2 hats that I would love to have on the servers;

Conquistador - added & paid
Jumper's Jeepcap - added & paid
Bolgan - added & paid
Buccaneer's Bicorne - added & paid
Glengarry Bonnet - doesn't work
War Head
Dragonborn Helmet - added & paid
Warsworn Helmet - added & paid
Killer Exclusive - added & paid

For each of these you will receive a personalized, community version of said hat, along with the following items:
                       
If you have other ideas for TF2 hats that would be great to have in the game, let me know and I will add them to the list.

To create any of these hats, have a look at this tutorial.

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Custom Auras and Particle Effects

Since we are now shipping our own .pcf files, we can create custom particle effects (for rare hats) or easily make new auras. To do this, you can use the engine tools.
To access the tools, start TF2 with the parameter -tools, then switch to the particle editor. There are a lot of tutorials on the web that show you how to use the particle editor. Please do keep some things in mind:

• Do not use thousands of particles. Try to limit the particle count to around 64-256 max.
• Do not submit recolored versions of TF2 item effects.

You can have a look at the itemfx.pcf file in the tf/particles folder to see how the item effects are created.

Always create a new pcf file when making a new effect; post the pcf file in the item submission thread.

If I like the effect, I will add it to the servers and you will receive:
                       
with your effect. This can be applied to any hat or attachment that is craftable, can be rare and doesn't have an effect yet.

In case of an aura, you will receive a community version of it.

It was a great night on the MoronYard servers. Dozens of people had joined to participate in our tournaments for Slope and Smash. After 40 rounds of intense combat, a handful of people emerged as the winners. Here's a quick overview of the results:

Slope

• Pridit with 7 wins
• Sandvich Doctor with 6 wins
• JavyBabee with 5 wins

Smash

• Baneling with 5 wins
• «[N-G]» Willdy and xAiiiMz with 4 wins each.

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all participants. It was a lot of fun for me and I hope you enjoyed it as well. If you have any suggestions, feel free to leave them in this thread.

There are several more tournaments planned and I hope you can join us again!

                       
Seems to be working!

                       

Also works for items with custom attributes.