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*Warning there is harsh language here, you've been warned

Step 1. Time for some decisions dude.

- Why are you opening a fed?
Give me a reason why you feel the need to pollute our minds with yet another Gfed.
There are thousands out there. Well that number is a bit exaggerated, but still.

Why can't you just join a struggling Gfed?
Is it Ego or Love? You gotta be the boss of something, don't you?
Your fed will fail if so. Think before you act.
This ain't real life, it's just a game.
A game about pretending to wrestle...online.
You need to figure out why you are doing this before you ever begin building an Gfed.
You should first consider helping out a fed already established on the net. THEN, if you REALLY feel like you have something new and innovative to offer, then keep reading.

- Do you have the time? Love? Commitment?
Do you know that this Gfed of yours will take up MOST of your free time? There is no way around it. Me personally?
I am the expert in making things easy.

I had automated join forums, automated title updaters, automated everything and my Gfed, STILL took up most of my time.
Judging, writing results, matches, PPVS, ranking, approving apps, promoting, looking for members, keeping up with stats, history, designing and maintaining a webspace, dealing with rude members, answering questions....
AND YOU GOTTA BE ON TIME AND DO ALL OF THIS FOR FREE!
Crew members help, but in some cases they're not needed as they'll bail.

- Do you have any experience?
You think being a wrestling fan means that you can run a fed?
Think again! It's no different than running a business, except ten times worse.
YOU do everything. You don't get paid. Look around the G-Fed Guild Owner Guide for some successful Gfeds.
Do some research. It ain't easy dude. Not even a little. Ask any fed head.

Step 3. How will this fed of yours look?

- Content is a factor and organization is key
It needs to be organized, no one wants to see a ******** of a guild

CONTENT

The main logo: As you see its not first on the list, because its important but not imperative.
Most people can't make one or don't know how to get one.
Find someone who can make one or just make your font size huge.
But people NEED to know what the title of your fed is.

Links: I gave this its own section because I'm tossed up between feds that have everything on their homepage and everything set apart in links.
Let me explain; some feds have EVERYTHING right on the homepage such as, top ten E-wrestlers, champions, roster, staff Etc.
Sometimes this looks good and saves the visitors some work.
But most times it just looks stupid. I think you should have a page with a links section or some kind of itemized link section.

Role-play board: I shouldn't have to explain this, but ya never know! What’s the fun in insulting your opponent if he can't read it?
I think the Role-play board is very important if not the most important thing these days

OOC board: Out of character boards makes the fed more fun (to me). They always made me constantly visit the fed with all the arguments and insults and the announcements.

Roster: You need a page to show the list of current members to your fed. It should also contain info and descriptions of them. Height, weight, etc.

Champions page: How else would the up and coming members know who to prepare for?
Other than reading every single role-play until they find the champ.
BTW, you should have a reasonable amount of titles.
I think its biased to have just a single world champion.
And if you have a world, IC, tag, hard-core, TV, jobber, women’s belts that makes the fed less fun, what do you have to work for if everyone has a belt?
I say have a world, IC, Tag, Womens and MAYBE hard-core.

.com: You should award your wrestlers with something being they're working for free.
A top ten, best role-play, quote of the week, wrestler of the week would be good.

Two Cards: Two events I think is just right, it gives enough action without letting the wrestlers get bored. I don't understand why people feel you have to role-play so much though.
Why can’t we role-play once per card and whose ever role-play is better wins?
That is the main reason feds die, wrestlers get bored and sick of role-playing so much and quit.
Why not ONCE! Say it with me: ONCE!!! LoL

PPV? PPVs are looked forward to; they show off the hard work of the staff and members. But I’d just as soon not have them, hey- who’s paying me?

History Page: Title History, Stats, History of the fed. Past results, people want to know these things.

DON'T

Put all those got-damn animated and regular images on your fed.
I won’t even wait to see what it looks like if I have to wait over 1:00 for the page to load. What the hell is the point of having 100 images on one page? Make TEXT links not banners.

For the Love of GOD (or whoever you choose) use a spellchecker!!
There is simply no excuse anymore for typos and misspellings to flood your fed.

If you can’t spell and you know it and you’re too lazy to use spellcheck, DON”T RUN A FED!




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- Lay it all out
Look at some guilds that you enjoy visiting that catch your eye.
Incorporate the ideas into your own fed.

Just DONT STEAL ANYONE'S DESIGNS.
You don't want people claiming your ideas for their own.
You shouldn't either.


If you have NO idea what you're doing I have help pages for that as well.
Please refer to the G-Fed Guild Owner Association Guild

Your results and writing skill will decide whether most experienced people will join your fed. If they suck then they will go elsewhere.
There are thousands of Gfeds on the Gaia, keep this in mind.

- Where will your roster roleplay?
You'd need a main show.
Don't make another show when you only have so many people on the roster.

Step 5. Why should people join?

- Why does your fed deserve any members?
What exactly does your fed offer that any other fed doesn't have.
What stands out?
Think REAL hard about this because it will make or break your fed.
I will repeat this many times, there are thousands of feds on Gaia.

Why should anyone chose yours?
Amazing design?
Poser?
Amazing storylines?
Title shots
Fun?

Ask around, hell that's what I'm here for.
Get advice, get tips. Ask members if you have any.
Make your fed desirable for people to join.
Don't just put some crap online and expect people to join.
Also ask people to join your guilds, don't send out 500 requests as it gets annoying.

Here's the most important question of ALL.


WOULD YOU JOIN YOUR FED?
Be honest... would you pick your fed if you were a visitor?