Editing FAQ (section)

== Contributing to Illarion ==

=== How do I become Gamemaster? ===

A Gamemaster has the following duties:

* Monitor the game and make sure the rules are followed
* Process player requests and paperwork
* Moderate player conflicts and communicate the vision of Illarion
* Create content for the game (e.g. NPCs, books, quests,...)

You can apply to become a Gamemaster. Send your application to a Gamemaster of your choice. A GM has to fit the following requirements:

* Minimum age of 18
* An active account for 6 months at least
* A clean record
* Level-headedness and equitableness
* Good knowledge of the in-game world
* Outstanding roleplay skills
* Mature manners
* Knowledge of the English language
* Time and intrinsic motivation for self-reliant(!) work

Make your application focus on your reasons to become a Gamemaster and your abilities. Bribes like Italian sportscars can improve your odds ;-). Before you get appointed to become a GM, a month of mentorship is mandatory.

=== How do I become developer? ===

As an developer you help the game, proceeding the game in the technical part. Illarion is being developed always and help is always welcome. After that, the most important areas, where you can help, except the needed technical skills.

*General qualifications
**Interested in Illarion - eventually you should have had at least a look at the game ;-)
**Having fun of developing a MMORPG
**An analytical brain ;-)
**An independent style of working - nobody will tell you what to do
**Enough freetime and genuine motivation
**Basic english skills (being able to understand this article is sufficient)
**Knowledge of programming can be an advantage
*Server
**C++ skills
**SQL skills
**Knowledge of data transfer protocols can be an advantage
*Scripting
**Basic knowledge of any advanced programming language (C, C++, Java, ...)
**LUA skills are optional, but won't do any harm ;-)
*Client
**Java skills
**C++ skills
*Graphics
**Skills in 2D- and 3D-graphic software (e.g. Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Blender, 3D Studio Max, Maya...)
*SFX
*Homepage
**PHP skills
**SQL skills

=== What else can I do? ===
Everyone can help to improve the atmosphere in Illarion with [[Ambient Triggerfields]].

=== How much will you pay me? ===

Nothing. This project began as a student project and became a non-profit association. Nobody is and will be payed but in return nobody wont have to pay for playing Illarion. All developers and Gamemasters spend their freetime to make playing for free possible for players all over the world. If you send us material (graphics, sounds, scripts) you allow the association with that using it for Illarion, and you can't take back this permission later. Please don't send us material which you didn't make yourself!

=== Are there other ways to help the game? ===
Illarion in funded by the registered society Illarion e.V.. If you want to help the society and support its work, hence the game, you'll find informations below. 

*[[Illapedia:Site_support|Donations]]
*[http://illarion.org/community/us_society.php Statutes and joining form of Illarion e.V.]