Ninja: Clarify gridwide play, Systemland rewards, and siege versus flag use; make player instructions evergreen

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Clarify gridwide play, Systemland rewards, and siege versus flag use; make player instructions evergreen

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	# Read the result, its time, and the opposing team.		# Read the result, its time, and the opposing team.

	~~Current-rule losses show~~ '''Region lost''' and '''Captured by'''~~. They~~ record an opposing flag's completed 100% claim.		Losses marked '''Region lost''' and '''Captured by''' record an opposing flag's completed 100% claim.

	Some older entries show '''Control reached zero''', '''Flag team''', and '''Zero control under the earlier rule; capture not confirmed.''' These are earlier zero-control records, not proof of a completed enemy capture. The historical zero bar shown on those cards is not the region's live bar.		Some older entries show '''Control reached zero''', '''Flag team''', and '''Zero control under the earlier rule; capture not confirmed.''' These are earlier zero-control records, not proof of a completed enemy capture. The historical zero bar shown on those cards is not the region's live bar.

Ninja: Create Realm Domination player guide: Website Guide

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Create Realm Domination player guide: Website Guide

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The Realm Domination website page supports your in-world play. It saves your participation choice and attack-alert sound preference, shows current attacks and your team's territory, and records standings and completed attempts. Sieging, planting, and defending are played through your game HUD in Second Life.

== Open the page ==

# Sign in to the [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/ DoD website] with your HUD password or '''Enter with In-World Link'''.
# Open '''Gameplay → Realm Domination''', or use the [https://descendantsofdarkness.com/realm-domination Realm Domination page].
# Choose one of its five tabs.

{| class="wikitable"
! Tab !! What you use it for
|-
| '''Attack feed''' || Follow planted flag attacks against existing owners.
|-
| '''Your team's regions''' || Find your team's current territory and captures, and review its losses.
|-
| '''Team rankings''' || Compare team results and current holdings.
|-
| '''Player rankings''' || Compare individual contributions and flag successes.
|-
| '''My campaign''' || Set your attack-alert sound and review your own history.
|}

'''Your participation''' stays beside the selected tab on desktop. On a phone or narrow screen, it appears below the main content. Scroll down to reach it.

== Your participation ==

# Find '''Your participation'''.
# Turn '''Take part''' on to join, or off to stop taking part.
# Wait for the saved confirmation and check '''Opted in''' or '''Opted out'''.
# Read '''In-game status''' to see whether your character can currently take part.

Your saved choice and your current availability are different. You can be opted in while the mode is unavailable or your character cannot currently participate. A suspension keeps your saved choice but blocks participation while it applies.

{| class="wikitable"
! Message !! Meaning
|-
| '''You are taking part in Realm Domination.''' || Your choice is on and your character can take part. This is not a check that you are online, wearing the HUD, or influencing a particular battle.
|-
| '''You have not opted in. Turn the switch on to save your choice.''' || Your saved choice is off.
|-
| '''Your choice is saved. Realm Domination is unavailable right now.''' || Your choice is on, but the mode is not currently available.
|-
| '''Your choice is saved, but your character can't take part right now.''' || Your choice is on, but your character is currently unable to participate.
|-
| A participation-suspension message || Participation is blocked; your saved choice is retained.
|}

'''Flags carried''' shows your recorded unused flag balance. '''Unavailable''' means the number could not be shown; it does not mean zero.

'''View my results''' opens '''My campaign'''. Expand '''How to play''' for the page's short reminder to use the Realm controls in your HUD.

Only you can see your participation panel. Closing the website or hiding the Action Bar does not change its saved switch.

== Attack feed ==

The shared feed shows a region when a flag has been planted against an existing holder. It names the region, defending team, attacking team, and current bar out of 100. '''Teleport''' opens its Second Life map page in another browser tab.

An attack remains listed until that flag captures, is repelled, or breaks. At zero control the same teams stay visible. During the next phase, '''Capture progress''' shows the flag team's growing claim. The defending team still owns the region until the claim reaches 100%.

# Open '''Attack feed'''.
# Search for a region name if needed.
# Choose '''All statuses''', '''Control phase''', or '''Capture phase'''.
# Read both team names and the bar's phase before deciding where to help.
# Choose '''Teleport''' to open the region's map, then use Second Life to travel there.

A siege before a flag is planted does not appear in this feed. A flag claiming previously Unclaimed territory does not appear either. An empty feed therefore does not mean nobody is playing Realm.

If a whole-region safe zone freezes an attack, its card can remain visible as '''Safe zone — attack paused''', with both teams and the frozen bar.

== Your team's regions ==

This tab uses your current Realm team. Its quiet holdings are visible to its own members, rather than listed in a directory for rival teams.

=== Read the team summary ===

The summary shows your team name and two sets of totals.

{| class="wikitable"
! Group !! Figures
|-
| '''Current territory''' || '''Held''', '''Under attack''', '''Capturing'''
|-
| Selected historical period || '''Captures''', '''Defences''', '''Regions lost'''
|}

Choose '''Today''', '''This week''', or '''All time''' for the historical totals. Current territory describes the position now regardless of that period. The summary covers the whole team; searching the list does not reduce it to only the cards you found.

A region remains held by its owner even while its control is zero or an enemy claim is growing. A team's Unclaimed capture in progress can also appear in this tab, but does not count as held until won.

'''Recorded results updated''' tells you when the historical totals were last confirmed. A dash means a figure is unavailable, not an assumed zero.

=== Current regions ===

# Select '''Current regions'''.
# Search by region name, or choose a '''Status''' filter.
# Use '''All statuses''', '''Held''', '''Capture phase''', '''Protected''', or '''Under attack'''.
# Read the card's state, controlling or defending team, flag team where present, and bar.
# Choose '''Teleport''' to open its Second Life map page.

The list includes your team's holdings, its holdings under attack, and regions carrying your team's capture flag. This includes claims on Unclaimed land that are absent from the shared Attack feed. A failed claim leaves the list once its flag is gone unless your team owns the region.

{| class="wikitable"
! Card label !! Meaning
|-
| '''Controlled''' || The region has an owner and is not shown as a flagged attack or protected state.
|-
| '''Under attack''' || An enemy flag is attacking the holder, including during the growing enemy claim.
|-
| '''Capturing''' || A flag is claiming territory that has no existing owner.
|-
| '''Protected''' || The region has timed Realm capture protection.
|-
| '''Safe zone''' || The whole region is safe; there is no protection countdown.
|-
| '''Safe zone — attack paused''' || A whole-region safe zone is keeping an existing attack paused.
|}

For timed protection, '''Protection ends in''' shows the time remaining. '''Protection ending…''' can appear briefly while the card awaits the next confirmed state. '''Protection time unavailable''' means the countdown could not be shown.

A whole-region safe zone uses '''Safe zone''' instead of a timed countdown. An owned safe region remains in its team's holdings and held count.

=== Lost regions ===

# Select '''Lost regions'''.
# Choose '''Today''', '''This week''', or '''All time'''.
# Search by region name if needed.
# Read the result, its time, and the opposing team.

Current-rule losses show '''Region lost''' and '''Captured by'''. They record an opposing flag's completed 100% claim.

Some older entries show '''Control reached zero''', '''Flag team''', and '''Zero control under the earlier rule; capture not confirmed.''' These are earlier zero-control records, not proof of a completed enemy capture. The historical zero bar shown on those cards is not the region's live bar.

Losses remain in history if your team later recovers the region. The same region can appear more than once after separate losses. '''Teleport''' opens the region's current map, not a replay of the historical battle.

== Team rankings ==

# Open '''Team rankings'''.
# Choose the measure you want to compare.
# For a historical measure, choose '''Today''', '''This week''', '''This month''', or '''All time'''.
# Search for a team, or choose '''Find my team''' to locate your own standing.

{| class="wikitable"
! Measure !! What it compares
|-
| '''Captures''' || Successful team captures.
|-
| '''Defenses''' || Successful defenses against planted flags.
|-
| '''Regions held''' || How many regions each team owns now.
|-
| '''Time attacking''' || Recorded eligible attacking time.
|-
| '''Time defending''' || Recorded eligible defending time.
|}

'''Regions held''' is a current count, so it has no historical period. These aggregate counts do not reveal rival teams' quiet territory locations.

Each measure is its own ranking; there is no combined Realm score. Supporting figures beside a result give context but are not added together to create the rank.

== Player rankings ==

# Open '''Player rankings'''.
# Choose the measure and time period.
# Search for a player, or choose '''Find me''' for your own standing.
# Open a player name to visit their profile where a link is available.

{| class="wikitable"
! Measure !! What it compares
|-
| '''Captures helped''' || Successful captures for which the player earned help credit.
|-
| '''Successful flags''' || Completed captures from flags planted by the player.
|-
| '''Defenses helped''' || Successful defenses for which the player earned help credit.
|-
| '''Time attacking''' || The player's counted attacking time.
|-
| '''Time defending''' || The player's counted defending time.
|}

All player measures offer '''Today''', '''This week''', '''This month''', and '''All time'''. A successful planter can appear in both '''Captures helped''' and '''Successful flags''' when they qualify for both.

=== Understand both ranking boards ===

The leading entries appear on a podium on the first unfiltered page. Further entries appear below it. Equal results share a rank and medal tier. Player names can show the display name with the Second Life username beneath it; team and player names link to their corresponding profiles where available.

'''Find me''' and '''Find my team''' clear an active search, open the page containing your entry, and highlight it briefly. If you or your team have no ranked result for the selected measure and period, the page explains that instead.

Both boards start with '''This week'''. If that first weekly view has no results, it may switch to '''All time'''. You can still deliberately choose an empty period yourself.

== My campaign: attack-alert sound ==

# Open '''My campaign'''.
# Under '''Settings''', find '''Attack alert sound'''.
# Turn it on or off and wait for the saved confirmation.

This controls only the sound your HUD plays when an enemy plants a flag in territory your team owns. The chat alert is still sent. The choice is yours alone and does not change teammates' sounds, your participation choice, or your HUD's usual sound options.

The sound choice starts on unless you change it. You can save it while opted out; doing so does not opt you in. '''Unknown''' means the page cannot confirm how it is set. Use '''Check again''' when offered instead of treating that state as off.

== My campaign: History ==

The '''History''' section below Settings shows your own completed participation and flag results. It includes attempts where you planted the flag or contributed.

# Choose '''Today''', '''This week''', '''This month''', or '''All time'''.
# Choose '''All''', '''Captures''', '''Defenses''', or '''Broken flags''' under '''Results'''.
# Search by region name if needed.
# Read a card's region, completion time, team, role, result, and recorded time.
# Choose '''View attempt''' for the detail window.

Roles include '''Flag planter''', '''Attacker''', '''Defender''', and '''Participant'''. Results can include '''Capture helped''', '''Defense helped''', '''Your flag captured''', '''Your flag broke''', and '''Your flag was repelled'''. One card may carry several results, such as both capture-help credit and a successful planted flag.

The attempt window shows '''Recorded events''' with their times and '''Contributors''' with their help result and attacking or defending time. Contributor names can link to player profiles. Longer contributor lists offer '''Previous''' and '''Next'''.

A recorded planter-death break can appear as '''Flag broken — planter died'''. Close the window with '''Close attempt''', its close button, or Escape. Your history is not a global list of every battle, and losing or breaking a flag does not necessarily earn success credit.

== Search, pages, and phone controls ==

# Enter a name in the relevant search field.
# Choose '''Search''' or press Enter to apply it.
# To remove the search, empty the field and submit again.
# Use '''Per page''' to choose '''5''', '''10''', or '''25''' entries; the usual starting choice is 10.
# Use '''Previous''' and '''Next''' to move between pages.

Changing filters or page size returns you to page one. Page navigation returns you to the list heading; contributor-page navigation returns the attempt window to its top.

On a phone, scroll the tab strip sideways or use '''Scroll page tabs''' to reach all five tabs. The participation panel is below the selected tab's content. '''View my results''' there provides another way to reach '''My campaign'''.

The selected main tab is remembered when you refresh in the same browser tab. Ranking filters and page numbers can return to their starting choices.

== Times, updates, and unavailable information ==

Dates and times use '''Second Life Time (SLT)'''. Today begins at SLT midnight, weeks begin Monday, and month views use the SLT calendar month.

While you are looking at an active region tab, it normally refreshes about every '''15 seconds'''. Rankings, historical totals, and completed attempts can take longer to appear; allow roughly '''15 minutes''' for recorded results to catch up. A team change can also take a short time to appear. During a fight, follow your current HUD state.

If information is delayed, the website says so. A failed refresh may keep the last confirmed information and offer '''Try again'''. An empty list, unavailable information, and a failed load are different states.

If a saved choice cannot be confirmed, use '''Retry''' or '''Check current setting''' when offered. Wait for the result before changing it again. A saved opt-in choice does not need to be repeatedly switched off and on because a list is delayed.

Continue with [[Realm Domination/Capturing and Defending|Capturing and Defending]] for the game rules or [[Realm Domination/Help and FAQ|Help and FAQ]] for troubleshooting.

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Ninja: Clarify gridwide play, Systemland rewards, and siege versus flag use; make player instructions evergreen

Ninja: Create Realm Domination player guide: Website Guide