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Original thread: [Improvement] How to improve SAoVQ and populate it? [Summertime] @SAoVQ(dead link)
Secret Area of VIP Quality (SAoVQ) was created in 2007. Its name is a reference to daddycool, an AA character who permits access to his secret area of VIP quality if sufficient funds change hands. Once upon a time the frontmost page of the site consisted of Daddy Cool the VIPPE Rand enunciating his customary catchphrase, beneath which appeared a hyperlink to the actual text board in the shape of a paypal button. Since its conception SAoVQ has been one of the few English sites dedicated to 2channel's News4vip style humor (and also general discussion). SAoVQ also had an imageboard. If you are not familiar with 2channel and anonymous boards please read the guide to Anonymous Boards first.
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Any kind of topics are welcome; anything goes! True to 2ch's News4VIP and futaba's Nijiura boards SAoVQ is open to all sorts of topics as long as the users are willing to enjoy humor as well. SAoVQ also thrives on inside jokes ("memes") and various 2channel characters. You can post anything you wish but in general users want posts to be something interesting or funny as one would expect; being witty is certainly a plus.
VIPPER is the name SAoVQ uses for its users (like Anonymous on other boards). This comes from 2channel's News4VIP board where all users names are VIPPER by default. It is very common for SAoVQ users to refer to each other as VIPPER.
VIPPER doesn't need lists or proper html code. He is too busy posting about cats.
There are a large number of characters which 2channel users have created which are well known among the community (all text art is termed AA). Each character generally has a gag or gimmick that they use in various situations across the board. Also there are often threads dedicated to a single character saying different things in whatever style fits him/her. There is a list of common AA characters appearing on SAoVQ at the bottom of this guide as well as links to threads on other News4VIP based boards that have descriptions of AA characters and AA you can use in your posts.
The problem being is that you either don't have MS PGothic, Monafont or a similar font for viewing AA Characters. These fonts are used for viewing AArt (ASCII Art) or more commonly known as Shift_JIS Art. Shift_JIS art is used commonly on text based boards, and without the right font to display them, they appear as mangled characters. (example of AA Characters can be seen here.)
In order to make sure that your browser is viewing Shift_JIS Art properly, you may have to do the following (if your browser does not automatically use Monafont/MS PGothic/etc. to view AArt):
Many thanks to affiliates of 4-ch.net for the following.
[1](In Firefox, set it up in Tools → Options → General → Fonts & Colors → Advanced → Fonts for Japanese. Also set up your encoding (under View) to auto-detect Japanese). Note that this variates between browsers and different versions of Firefox.
Regarding posting of AArt: In order to set the formatting of your post in SAoVQ to properly show AArt, please do the following before submitting your post: [2]Click 'more options' → Formatting → Text art and to make sure that it looks VIP before posting, hit Preview Post. If all looks well, hit reply and voilà!
And to make sure you don't go running all over the place, here are the links to the fonts used to view AArt:
This thread on the 4-ch AA board has excellent information and links about various AA characters. You might also want to check out the category about AA characters.
Daddycool: The self proclaimed owner of SAoVQ who seems to always be up to some scheme. Sadly, daddycool's spelling and typing abilities are not the best but if you pay him enough he is sure to let you into his secret area of vip quality ;)
/＼＿＿_／ヽ (.｀ヽ(｀＞ 、 ／' '::::: hello im daddycool the VIPPE Rjoin my community of VIPPERS if you payme enough i will give you access to a private area of VIP QUALITY ;) `'＜｀ゝr'ﾌ＼ ＋ | （●）, ､（●）､.:| ＋ ⊂ｺ二Lﾌ^´ ノ, ／⌒) . | ,,,ﾉ(､_, )ヽ､,, .:::| ⊂l二L7_ / -ゝ-')´ .+ | ｀-=ﾆ=- ' .::::::| + . ＼_ ､__,.ｲ＼ ＋ ＼ ｀ﾆﾆ´ .::／ + (T＿_ノ Tヽ , -r'⌒!￣ `":::7ヽ.｀- ､ ./| . ヽ￢. / ﾉ`ｰ-､ﾍ<ｰ1´| ヽ | :::::::::::::ﾄ、 ＼ ( ../ ヽ
Tablecat: Conquerer of 4chan's News4VIP. Somehow managed to find his way over to SAoVQ; although not particularly liked there, he has a small gathering of followers. Often perched upon his table, he always has something to say about a particular situation.
∧＿∧ ／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ （ ´∀｀） ＜ hello i am tablecat ／ | ＼＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ / .| / "⌒ヽ |.ｲ | ＿＿ | .ノ | || |＿＿ . ノく＿＿つ∪∪ ＼ ＿（（＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿_＼ ￣￣ヽつ￣￣￣￣￣￣ | |￣ ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿__| | ￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| |
(Lets get a link to the "what is this AA" thread on 4ch's AA board and maybe a few other AA resources and/or 2ch description sites)
One final thing, we need a "Why should I post on this site" section but I'm not sure how to put it into words. After we think this is complete I suggest we take both guides and put them into HTML form and send them off to (・з・) to put on the front page! Let's work hard on this everyone!