Please send us an email describing how far into the account creation process you were able to complete as well as the error you received.

Please verify that you are logging in with the correct password and login ID. Remember to use the email you used for signup as your login. You must set your browser to accept cookies. We also recommend clearing your browser's cookies and temporary internet files and then try logging in again. If you have already tried the methods above, check to make sure your profile still exists by finding your profile on the site. Also, look for comments you posted on your friends' profiles. If you cannot find your profile, it may have been deleted. FanIQ may delete profiles if they violate the site's Terms and Conditions. You cannot retrieve a deleted account. You can contact us here.

A. Retrieve your password by clicking here and following the instructions. You will need to enter the email address that we have on file for your account. We'll then email your password to that address.

Go to the “Profile” link at the top right corner of any page.
Click "Edit Profile” in the top portion of the drop-down menu.
Then, click the "Account Settings" tab, where you will see the option to change your email address. Once you change your email address you will have to click on the confirmation email to confirm the change.

Go to the “Profile” link at the top right corner of any page.
Click "Edit Profile” in the top portion of the drop-down menu.
Click the "Account Settings" tab, where you will see the option to change your password.

Go to the “Profile” link at the top right corner of any page.
Click "Edit Profile” in the top portion of the drop-down menu.
Click the “Sports Bio” tab, where you will see the option to change any of your personal information.

Go to the “Profile” link at the top right corner of any page.
Click "Edit Profile."
Click the "Sports Bio" tab, where you will be given the option to delete your photo and upload a new one.
Alternatively, you can follow the first two steps and then click "Top Photos" and then drag and drop your desired photo to the top box marked "Default Photo"

Go to the “Profile” link at the top right corner of any page.
Click on "Edit Profile."
Click the “Account Settings” tab.
On this page, you will have multiple options to control the types of messages that get forwarded to your external email account. At the very bottom of the Account Settings page, there is an option to deny all email notifications from FanIQ.

Go to the “Profile” link at the top right corner of any page.
Click "Edit Profile."
Click the “Account Settings” tab.
At the very bottom of that page is a link that allows you to delete your account.

A. You can't. We're trying to bring accountability to the world of sports predictions and opinions.

Our Terms of Use require that you be 13 years of age or older to be a member. FanIQ is a family site but it is also a social networking site and there is some content that is rated up to PG-13. If you are under the age of 13 and are caught misrepresenting your age, your account could be deactivated without warning.

You can change your screen name one of two ways.
Above the "Profile" link in the upper right corner of the site, click the "Claim screen name HERE" tab if it is still available.
At the top of your actual profile page next to the "My Activity" tab, click the "Claim screen name HERE" tab if it is still available.
You can also click either of these tabs to claim your current screen name.
If you make a mistake while entering your new screen name and need to have it changed, click "Contact Us" at the bottom of the site and send a message to admin.

A. You've always known you were smarter than your friends now you finally have a way to prove it. At FanIQ, we'll automatically track your head to head record for sports predictions against your friends and also the experts that you read every day. For the first time ever, you'll also get an objective measure or your sports knowledge called your FanIQ. Stop the war of the words with your friends and use FanIQ data to determine winners and losers.

Your FanIQ rating is a proprietary, OBJECTIVE measure of how accurate you are at predicting the outcome of anything related to sports. Why does the FanIQ scoring system work? It works because we've created a market system for FanIQ points where in order for someone to win FanIQ points, someone has to lose FanIQ points. The more difficult the poll (and more losers) the more points the winner(s) receive. As a result, FanIQ point leaders have literally proven they're smarter than the rest of the fans by taking their points.

A. Yes! FanIQ is free for our users to enjoy.

Absolutely not -- FanIQ is for entertainment purposes only. We include some odds and spreads because we feel that it makes even the most lopsided match-up fun to predict. We also believe that Vegas odds are often times the ultimate expert.

1.Click here to visit our “How FanIQ Works” page for suggestions and direct links to all of the fun things you can do on FanIQ!
2. Register. It's free and easy. Your FanIQ starts at 1000 just for signing up. If you make accurate predictions, it will go up. Get your predictions wrong and it will go down. You can also answer opinion polls that don't have outcome, see news links, and read articles submitted by other members.
3. Personalize your profile. Tell us your favorite teams and players. By personalizing your favorite teams, you'll be able to find relevant polls with one click, and you’ll add to your Fan Points total!
4. Answer polls. Polls with outcomes are called prediction polls. If you get them right, you'll get FanIQ points from the losers. Opinion polls are subjective and don't impact your FanIQ. You can always tell how many FanIQ points are at stake by looking under the poll introduction above the actual poll.
5. Invite your friends so you can show them you know more about sports than they do!

We appreciate your feedback -- especially during our Beta period. Please “Report a Bug” at the bottom of the site to send us a note with a description of the error and the URL. The more detail about the error that you include in your report, the more likely it is that we'll be able to help you.

FanIQ opened its doors to the public on March 8 2006, after a couple months of being password protected with a small group of Illinois college basketball fans (now does it make sense why there are so many Illinois fans?). Beta means that we're still working to improve the site and we have limited content. Every week, you will see changes and improvements to the site. We value your patience and would love your feedback for how we can improve the FanIQ community. Already our best ideas have come from our Beta Testers. We're not perfect, but if you like what you see, please invite your friends and make some polls. This is your community -- we're just here to build what you want...

FanIQ’s Code of Conduct has been put in place to ensure that all members of its community feel welcome and safe to share their opinions about their favorite teams, sports and any other discussion topics. The rules are designed to be transparent and apply to all community.

Violation of the FanIQ Code of Conduct can result in the removal of a user’s account. If you have any questions about the Code of Conduct, please reach out to Help@FanIQ.com.

Moderators and Enforcement
Enforcement of FanIQ’s Code of Conduct depends on you, the members of our community. If you see a violation, flag it or report it to Abuse@FanIQ.com. It will be investigated.

FanIQ moderators are volunteers who travel the site to ensure that everyone is having fun and following the Code of Conduct. FanIQ team leaders are volunteers who patrol their individual team pages with the same agenda. Chances are if folks are having fun, they are following the Code of Conduct. Moderators will remove content and report users that violate the Code of Conduct. If you have a concern about the way something was handled, please send a private message to FanIQ at Help@FanIQ.com, or the “Contact Us” link which can be found at the bottom of any FanIQ.com page. The situation will be investigated and appropriately handled.

Forbidden Behavior
We are all here to cheer for our teams, make friends, talk sports, play games and, above all, have fun. The following behaviors prevent people from having fun and therefore are violations of the Code of Conduct. If you violate the Code of Conduct, the offending content will be removed and your site account may be closed.

Cheating
Cheating to gain points on the site is strictly prohibited. If you are suspected of any type of cheating, your account will be investigated with the possibility of account removal and loss of points. Methods of cheating include but are not limited to using automated scripts, using duplicate accounts in any way, and tagging content incorrectly for team rank.

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FanIQ practices a zero tolerance policy regarding the use of profanity, explicit nudity or personal attacks against other FanIQ members. Any content containing things of this nature will be deleted immediately; this includes but is not limited to photos, videos, blogs and links to such content. FanIQ.com is a family-friendly website and we intend to keep it that way.

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Refrain from publishing anything that is rated higher than TV-PG13. Content may be suggestive but not explicit.

This includes posts with descriptive, explicit sexual scenarios and anything of a sexual nature that would not be allowed on network television, not be seen on a public beach, or in material not sold to minors. Women in photos must be wearing tops and bottoms that are not transparent. Men in photos must be wearing loose fitting bottoms.

Language
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Words that you would not hear on Network TV (CBS, ABC, NBC, etc.), will not be tolerated. If you feel that an expletive is absolutely necessary, please use asterisks (*) to cover most of the word or phrase, or your post will be edited. If there is no way to edit the post without losing the majority of the content, the post will be deleted. Upon deletion, a private message will be sent to you to inform you your post has been removed.

Illegal Conduct
Any content depicting or promoting illegal activities will be deemed inappropriate and removed immediately.

Such content and topics include, but are not limited to, illegal drug use, excessive violence, and sexual assault. For example, reporting that an athlete was caught with drugs is allowed. However, anything that mentions illegal drugs or illegal drug use in the context that would not be seen on Network Television is not allowed. Any polls or comments referencing your or other members’ illegal drug use will be removed.

Name Calling and Personal Attacks
Attacks on other members will NOT be tolerated anywhere on FanIQ; publicly or in private.

If someone has personally attacked you, do not respond in turn. This will result in a violation by you, and your account will also be put under review.

If you are attacked by another user, please go to their profile and click “Flag Profile”. Send a message to admin with a link to the forum in which you were attacked, the name of the offending user, and copy the offensive post from the user. If you are attacked privately, please click “Report Abuse” at the bottom of the email. Please make sure to distinguish between comments and messages that are attacks and those that are not.

Not attacks:
Comments that are contrary to your personal beliefs – be it about players, teams, religion, politics, or any of the other vast topics addressed on the site. This is a site built on debate and fueled by opposing views from sports to world politics.

Attacks:
Any forum posts, shout outs, private messages, and other content that are harmful, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable to any user or groups of users on the site. You may not directly insult someone anywhere on the site; you may not call them a derogatory name nor may you insult them in any other way. Disagreement is not an insult, but threats and derogatory terms are. This includes their heritage, nationality, language barriers, cultural differences, looks, intelligence, or basically anything personal about the user.

Negative polls or blogs created about other users, named or unnamed, are construed as personal attacks and therefore will be removed immediately. We take this very seriously.

Spamming
Spamming is prohibited on FanIQ. Any member whose sole intent is to flood the site with advertisement through comments, news posts, blogs, and pictures, or harass our members with shout outs and personal messages will be automatically removed from the site. Unsolicited messages sharing of your email address and IM account information, as well as any messages asking for this information from our members, are also not allowed.

Duplicate and Fraudulent Accounts
Duplicate accounts are not allowed. If you are found using duplicate accounts, the account with the most contributions to the site will remain. If all accounts show the same activity level, your most recently created accounts will be permanently deleted. Repeat occurrences will result in the closing of all accounts.

Other types of accounts that will also be removed:
• Any account created on behalf of an individual other than yourself.
• Any user account created on behalf of any group or entity.
• Any account used to impersonate any person or entity, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent yourself, your age or your affiliation with any person or entity.

Plagiarism
Do not copy or paraphrase full articles when submitting any content. Provide links to anything that you base your post off of. If we find that you have copied or paraphrased a full article, we will delete it immediately.

We are launching a new season of competition to make FanIQ more fun for everyone. We are introducing a new quick fantasy game, simplifying how you become your favorite team’s top-ranked fan, and improving the point system with weekly award winners.

Season Two will simplify how we identify the best fans.

“Fan” points will no longer be tracked in Season Two. Instead, we will track your Contributions and Respect for each of your favorite teams (discussed further below). These statistics will determine your team rankings in Season Two. “IQ” points accumulated in Season One will still count toward your career performance in trivia, quizzes, pick’em, and polls.

Given the changes to “Fan” Points and the focus on individual team and game rankings, Season Two will not have global FanIQ rankings or levels. Your Season One global ranking will be displayed in your profile and top ranked fans from Season One will be recognized with a special “Season One All Star” badge.

Season Two will have two types of trophies for weekly games.

You can win a trophy for being a top fan of your team that week (ranked 1-3 in the weekly team rankings). You can win a trophy for being a top game player that week (ranked in the top 10 for trivia, quizzes, pick’em, or prediction polls). Trophies are displayed in your profile.

Weekly competitions are from Sunday to Sunday (midnight to midnight ET). You can see your weekly game rankings on the “Leaders” page of the “Fun & Games” section and your weekly team rankings on the team page and your profile.

Quick Fantasy is a fast and social fantasy game that makes traditional fantasy games a thing of the past. Instead of playing one monotonous game against the same group of friends for an entire season, you can play a new game against anyone every day! Games can either be played for Cash or our new currency called Q Bucks. Challenge your friends head to head, and the winner takes the Cash or Q Bucks pot!

Q Bucks is the new currency on FanIQ. Use Q Bucks to wager in Quick Fantasy, buy gifts for your friends, or pimp out your profile with goods from the Q Store. Low on Q Bucks? Get more by winning in Quick Fantasy or through the daily login lottery, where you have a chance at winning Q$5,000 every day! Click here to learn more.

You can use your Q Bucks to buy gifts for your friends on FanIQ or pimp out your profile with goods from the Q Store. Simply go to your friends profile and click on the “Send Gift” button or to your own profile and click “Reward Yourself”.

Contributions are content you submit to FanIQ in Season Two. They include: comments, articles, hotlinks, photos, videos, polls, trivia, and quizzes. Contributions tagged with your favorite team count towards your team rankings.

Respect is Season Two’s version of Thumbs Up. If other fans think your contribution is high quality, they can give you respect. Each fan is limited to giving out 10 respect per day (2 to one user) to ensure that respect only goes to the very best contributions that day. Respect you receive for your team contributions count towards your team rankings.

For teams in select sports, your ranking is based on competition with other fans of that team. Specifically, your ranking is based on the number of your contributions tagged with your favorite team and the respect you get for them. These select sports are: NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAABB, NCAAF, and Soccer.

For teams in all other sports, your ranking is based on competition with other fans of that sport. Specifically, your ranking is based on the number of your contributions tagged with your favorite sport and the respect you get for them. For instance, NASCAR rankings will be based on competition with all NASCAR fans and there are no competitions on the individual driver level. This is done to increase competition in sports with lots of individual teams and athletes.

You are only ranked in your favorite teams.

FanIQ has created a proprietary system that awards points for each prediction poll based on the difficulty of the question. The difficulty of the question is determined by the percentage of people that accurately predicted the outcome of the poll.

The driving principal behind the scoring system is that the points are transferred from the losers to the winners. The most you can lose on any question is -.5 FanIQ points. If you get a question right, the points awarded could vary from zero (if it was so obvious that nobody predicted the incorrect answer) to a virtually unlimited amount depending on how many people you outsmarted.

You earn FanIQ points a multitude of ways. Fan points are earned by submitting quality content and generally being active on the site. To see a list of ways to earn points, click “About points” in your FanIQ Points details box at the top right of your profile page on both your Bio and Activity pages. IQ points are earned by playing sports trivia, taking sports quizzes, playing pick’em, and taking prediction polls. Together, these make up your FanIQ points.

There are two types of polls on FanIQ -- opinions and predictions. Opinion polls are subjective and don't have correct answers. Predictions have outcomes and will result in winners and losers. While FanIQ will track your responses to all your polls, only your predictions impact your FanIQ.

For prediction polls, points get distributed from the losers to the winners. This automatically adjusts the point value of each poll based on the difficulty of the poll. If an underdog wins and there are a lot of losers then the fans that picked the underdog will get up to the maximum of FanIQ points available on the poll. For example, assume Duke is playing a Division 3 team. Fans who select Duke might not get any points even if Duke wins because nobody picked the Division 3 team. If a fan does pick the Division 3 team and Duke goes down in a monumental upset that fan will get a ton of points.

At FanIQ, we don't believe in letting fans "get lucky" and bet all of their points on one prediction to go to the top of the leader board overnight. The FanIQ scoring system works because people with high FanIQ's have literally taken points from other fans over an extended period of time.

You will lose FanIQ points if your predictions are wrong. The number of FanIQ points you lose will depend primarily upon how many other people were also wrong. The harder the question, the fewer points you'll lose.

Of course, the one exception to this is that your FanIQ can never drop below 1000.

Because if you're smart enough to sign up with FanIQ, you're at least as smart as the average fan.

The number of questions determines the number of FanIQ points awarded/deducted.

For each question, you will be ranked according to how close it was compared to everyone else's answer. FanIQ points are awarded based on the sum of your ranking in each category with the lowest total ranking getting the most FanIQ points.

A prediction contest is a series of multiple choice questions with a tiebreaker. Each question in a prediction contest needs to have a definitive outcome. Entering prediction contests will impact your FanIQ.

The poll creator assigns a point value to each question. Your sum total of points is compared with everyone else's using the tiebreaker if necessary. FanIQ points are distributed to the highest point totals and deducted from the lowest scores.

We rely on our members to help us maintain accuracy. Go to the Poll Results page of the poll that hasn't been closed. Directly under the poll, click on "Flag" You will then be able to send a "gentle reminder" to the poll creator and the administrator. Please be sure to be tactful in your message to the poll creator, as it is probably an innocent mistake and the member may not be aware of any wrongdoing.

You get FanIQ points added if you get our predictions correct. You get FanIQ points subtracted if you get predictions incorrect. The sum total of these gains or losses over any given time period equals your net FanIQ points. Net FanIQ points are also used to rank your performance in a specific team or sport.

The size of the list determines the number of IQ points awarded. IQ points are distributed to the fans with the highest rankings and deducted from folks with the lowest rankings.

In game polls, you select the "straight up winners." FanIQ points won or lost depend on how many fans you beat. If you pick the favorite, (defined by 50% or more selecting), you can win or lose IQ points per game.

If you pick the underdog, you'll still lose IQ points if you get it wrong but you still have the potential to win some IQ points per game. If the underdog wins, FanIQ points that were lost by fans selecting the favorite get distributed to the people who picked the upset.

In Vs. Spread polls, point spreads are used to even the odds of a particular sporting event. Each team has points either added to its score or subtracted from its score to determine which team is a winner. The point spread is also known as the line.

In some games, two teams are evenly matched. When this happens, the point spread will be a "Pick'em". Neither team will receive or give points. In this case, just pick the winner.

In Over/Under polls, you're trying to predict the total combined score of the two teams.
IQ pts are awarded for each correct answer and deducted for each incorrect answer.

To make comparisons among players easier, FanIQ groups you with players who have earned a similar amount of points as you. Everyone on FanIQ starts out a Rookie until they have 1,010 points. From there, the points needed to level up get progressively higher until you reach FanIQ Living Legend status with 5,000,000 points. To see a list of levels and the amount of points needed to rank up, click the “About Points” in the FanIQ Points box on your profile page. After you’ve reached the maximum level, you can still earn points and be ranked among your FanIQ peers. To see where you are ranked in FanIQ, look at the top right-center of your profile page in the “Level” box. Each type of points has its own ranking; you will be ranked in Fan points and IQ points each as well as a combination of the two.

To recognize outstanding achievements, FanIQ distributes awards to fill your card's trophy case. In general, stars are awarded for community contributions, medals for daily winners in various categories and trophies are awarded for weekly or longer term achievements. Click here to view trophies and awards and how to win them.

You can get to polls from almost anywhere on the site. At the top of the site, there is a navigation bar. Hover your mouse over the “Fun & Games” tab and click “Polls” to land directly on our polls page. View all of the polls on the main page or view polls for each individual sport by clicking that sport in the top navigation bar directly under the tabs. On the sports and team pages you can also find a Polls tab that will take you to polls for that specific sport or team. You can also custom the way you see the polls once you get to the polls page.

Only polls with definitive outcomes where there will be winners and losers qualify for FanIQ points. These polls are called prediction polls. You can always tell if a poll qualifies for FanIQ points by looking at the "About this Poll" box on the poll entry page.

This is ranked list with an eventual outcome. Answering these polls will impact your FanIQ rating depending on how you score versus everyone else who enters. Examples: What will the 1-8 play-off seeding be in the Western Conference in the NBA? Predict the first round of the NFL draft in 2006. Predict the leading rebounders in the NBA in 2006.

This is a subjective list without an outcome. Answering these polls will not impact your FanIQ rating. Examples: The Top 20 AP poll, NFL Team Power Rankings, Name the Five Best Players in NBA History

You can only change your answers in the Predict the Score contest (Pick’Em) up until game time for that game. To change your pick, simply click and drag the score to reflect your new pick. As for any other poll, you can’t change your answer once it is submitted. Answer questions with caution as once you answer a poll; you have to live with it forever. Still think sportswriters have an easy job?

Most of our polls are created by our members. If you create a prediction poll that has an outcome, you must come to the site and score it within 24 hours of the outcome. We take predictions very seriously at FanIQ so if you’re not going to close the poll in a timely and accurate manner, please do not create a poll! Members who create polls but do not close them accurately will be issued two warnings – after that, they will lose privileges and/or have their account revoked.

At FanIQ, the person who creates the poll also closes the poll. If you create a prediction poll that has an outcome, you must come to the site within 24 hours after the outcome of the event and make sure it has been scored and scored correctly. Often polls will be scored by the moderators of FanIQ, but it is ultimately your responsibility to make sure your poll is scored correctly. Remember, if you’re not going to close the poll in a timely and accurate manner, please do not create a poll!

Click on the poll that you've created. On the poll entry page above the question there will be a green button "Score Poll." Click on this button and carefully enter the correct answers.

Click on the poll that you've created. On the poll entry page above the question there will be a green button "Edit Poll" Click on this button. Towards the bottom of the page click on "Has the outcome happened and the poll is ready to be scored" Click on this and then change the outcome date to before the outcome was known (to invalidate people who already had the right answer).

Go to the poll and send a note to the member (and administrator) reminding them to score the poll. If a poll still remains open after twenty four hours, the administrator may choose to score the poll himself or he may opt to just cancel the poll which will eliminate all related statistics. We take predictions very seriously at FanIQ so if you’re not going to close and score the poll in a timely and accurate manner, please do not create a poll! Members who create polls but do not close them accurately will be issued one warning – after that, they will lose privileges and/or have their account revoked.

Polls with definitive outcomes are called prediction polls -- answering prediction polls will impact your FanIQ rating. Opinion polls are subjective and don't have indisputable answers. Opinion polls DO NOT impact your FanIQ. Examples of prediction polls: Who will win the NL MVP award? Who will be the first coach fired in the NFL? Who will win the 12/12/05 game between the Celtics and the Lakers? Examples of opinion polls: Who is the best player in the National League? Who is the worst coach in the NFL? Why did the Celtics lose to the Lakers on 12/12/05?

At FanIQ, members hold sports "Experts" honest by answering polls on their behalf and submitting URL links to the relevant articles. Assuming the article is online, each expert prediction includes a link to the article that contains the prediction.

Just like we track your W-L record vs. your friends, we also track your record vs. any expert predictions that have been entered into the FanIQ database. If you've entered a prediction poll and you get it right and the expert gets it wrong, it’s an Expert Win.

For individual experts, FanIQ compares the Expert's prediction to the Fan Consensus. If both parties are right or wrong, it is a tie. Only expert predictions that are verified by FanIQ (usually via a link) count towards the expert's W-L-T.

Our definition of an expert is someone who makes their living covering sports. The experts that we track on the FanIQ site are in no way affiliated with our site. FanIQ is simply linking to their predictions so that we can review them for accuracy.

At FanIQ, we take our predictions very seriously. If you notice an inaccurate prediction, please click on Report an Error next to the expert's pick in the Breakdown section of the poll results or in the Experts Picks and Results section.

When you follow a fan on FanIQ their comments and the content they submit will appear on a new feed on your home page. Follow fans on FanIQ submitting the best sports news, commentary, and games!

You can start following a fan you find interesting by clicking on the “follow” link in their profile or where you see (+) icons by their screen names.

If you stop finding interest in their comments or the content they submit, you can simply stop following through the “stop following” link in your home page feed or this link on their profile.

When someone follows you, they think you are writing or submitting great content and want to know when you have posted new content. If you do not want people to be notified when this occurs, you can set your preferences in account settings to manually approve users who request to follow you. To do this, click “Edit Profile” located under your default photo on your profile and then “Account Settings”. Once you have clicked the “Account Settings” tab, scroll to the “Privacy Preferences” area.

You can also remove users from following you on new “Fans Following Me” page linked from your profile. Click “Remove” under their picture. This blocks them from following you.

To invite friends, go to the “Invite Friends” page linked from the drop down in the Community Tab.

Invite friends so you can follow what they are saying about the hottest sports news and challenge them to polls and quizzes.

Written for fans by fans. FanIQ Fan Articles will publish the best forum posts, news links and polls, while always taking on the experts.

To become a featured FanIQ writer, simply post a personal blog or a write-up with a news link or video. Each day, we'll choose the best submissions and publish them in FanIQ Fan Articles.

The posts that will get published:
- Topics that appeal to a wide audience and are timely
- Taking on the experts from the major sports sites. Post a critique of an expert's opinion with a link to the article.
- Topics that stimulate discussion and have creative headlines
- Posts with interesting photos (use the >Advanced formatting feature)
- We also love links to other intelligent blogs or interesting articles.

There are thousands of posts on FanIQ so don't be disappointed if your post is not selected.

If you would like to become a regular contributor to the blog or have additional questions, please Contact the Editor.

Your post will be seen thousands of times and it will enable you to "go on the record" about the sports you love.

There are over 100 million blogs on the Internet. If you've ever tried to start a sports blog, there are a couple major problems:
1) Attracting readers
2) Time intensive to post regularly while you build an audience

FanIQ solves these problems by allowing you to leverage our built in audience of sports fans and also letting you post as your time allows. We want to choose the best articles each day for our own audience. Our secondary goal is to get other sites to link to our best articles.

If you're passionate about sports and have always wanted to write about them, FanIQ is an easy way to become a sports writer.

If you see something while browsing sports news that has yet to make its way to FanIQ scoops (make sure to double check first!), you can submit this news and earn 500pts for a scoop!
Hover your mouse over “Profile”.
Click “+ Hotlink” in the Profile drop menu.

Copy the link of the article and write your own thoughts on the news in the “Your Take” box. There are also options to submit a poll with your scoop and submit your news to be featured on the site!

On the right side of your Homepage and Team Pages are scoops from around the web. On your Homepage and Team Pages you will find an array of news in all different sports on FanIQ, as well as your favorite sports and athletes. You can edit your favorites as often as you like! You will also find latest news in team leagues at the top of the page.

To upload a photo to FanIQ, you must be a member of the site. If you're a member, uploading is easy! Just visit the photo submission page to get started.

Once you're there, you'll see 5 steps you must complete.

The first is choosing the photo you want to upload. Simply browse to the location on your computer where this photo is stored, select it and click "Okay".

In step 2, you need to give your photo a caption. The caption is just a simple description of the photo. For instance, if you uploaded a photo of yourself at a Chicago Bulls game, a good caption to choose might be "Watching The Chicago Bulls Play The Indiana Pacers". Anything you think other fans might like to know.

Step 3 is where you let us know what sport (and, optionally, team) this photo depicts. We encourage you to upload sports related photos, and to be as detailed as possible in your sport and category choices. To continue the Chicago Bulls example from above, you'd want to select NBA as the sport and Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers as the team. If the photo doesn't involved a particular player or team, that's okay! Just make sure you select "No" for the question "Does this photo involve a specific team?". If this is a personal photo, we ask that you choose the "Locker Room" category. If you're not familiar with Locker Room, you can read more about it here.

Step 4 is completely optional. If the photo you're uploading matches any one of the descriptions (we call the "Tags") listed on the page, just select the checkbox next to that option. Tags are just a convenient way for people to find other similar photos.

Step 5 is the most crucial in the process. We have terms of use on the site, and it's up to you to make sure this photo complies with these terms. FanIQ is for fans of all ages, and, as such, we ask that you don't upload photos that are inappropriate for anyone under the age of 13.

Once you've completed all these steps, there are two options: "Submit Photo" and "Submit and Share". "Submit Photo" simply uploads the photo to the site; "Submit and Share" also uploads the photo, but, additionally, you'll be taken to the "Share" page where you can let friends and family know about the photo.

We allow members of the site to "collect" photos that other people have uploaded. Have you come across an image in the Photos section that you love? Just look for the "Add To Your Collection" link, click it, and the photo will be added to your collection.

To view your collection, simply visit your profile page, find the "My Photos" section and click on "View My Collection".

Want to remove a photo from your collection? Just visit your collection page and click "Delete From Your Collection".

To upload a video to FanIQ, you must also be a member of the site.
You must use videos from YouTube, as no other format is accepted. Just visit the video submission page to get started.

Once you're there, you'll see 4 steps you must complete.

First choose a video you want to upload. Copy and paste the URL provided by YouTube (not the embed code) into the box in
Step 1.

In Step 2, you need to give your video a title. The best titles are off-beat and eye catching - something that you think will grab member's attention. After the title, you can add a description of the video. Just make sure not to violate the Terms of Use or Code of Conduct; no expletives, sexually explicit material, or other such offensive material.

Step 3 is where you let us know what sport (and, optionally, team) this video depicts. We encourage you to upload sports related videos, and to be as detailed as possible in your sport and category choices. For example, for a New England Patriots game video from when they played the Indianapolis Colts, you would select NFL as the sport and the New England Patriots and Indianapolis as the teams. If the video doesn't involved a particular player or team, that's okay! Just make sure you select "No" for the question "Does this video involve a specific team?". If this is a non-sports related video, we ask that you choose the "Locker Room" category. If you're not familiar with Locker Room, you can read more about it here.

Step 4 is the most crucial in the process. We have terms of use on the site, and it's up to you to make sure this video complies with these terms. FanIQ is for fans of all ages, and, as such, we ask that you don't upload photos that are inappropriate for anyone under the age of 13. If you fail to meet these terms, your video will be deleted and you will be notified. If you are a repeat offender, you may lose your video submitting capabilities.

Once you've completed all these steps, there are two options: "Submit Video" and "Submit and Share". "Submit Video" simply uploads the video to the site; "Submit and Share" uploads the video, but, additionally, you'll be taken to the "Share" page where you can send your video to your friends..

We allow members of the site to "collect" videos that other people have uploaded. If you find a video that somebody else has uploaded in the video section that you would like to have in your own collection, just look for the "Add To Your Collection" link, click it, and the video will show up in your profile videos.

To view your collection, simply visit your profile page, find the "My Videos" section and click on "View Collection".

Want to remove a photo from your collection? Just visit your collection page and click "Delete From Your Collection".

All athletes need a place to get ready for games; as well as a place to rest and hang out with teammates. At FanIQ, so do our fans, and that's why we have the Locker Room. The Locker Room is the place where fans hang out to talk about the world outside of sports. Get to know other fans. Share interesting articles, fun photos, and even seek advice. Anything goes... as long as it’s PG13 (FanIQ is for fans of all ages-no disrobing please). In the Locker Room, you will find topics on anything from Television and Movies, to Politics, to Food and even Other Fans.

Go to the “Meet People” tab on the top navigation bar and click “Locker Room” in the Meet People drop menu.

Most of the Locker Room is made up of polls asked by our users about many things, even sports! If you intend to create a poll in the Locker Room, there are a few things you should remember:

- Polls can be about anything you wish to discuss with fellow users, but they MUST adhere to the FanIQ Code of Conduct, or they will be removed.
- Locker Room polls must be "Subjective" only. What this means is that you may not assign prediction points to Locker Room polls. If you would like to ask questions that have correct answers and give points, you might consider our Trivia or Quiz sections.
- Duplicate polls are not allowed. If you create a poll that is exactly like another open poll or poll series, it will be removed.
- Please make sure to assign your polls close dates within 60-90 days after opening. This helps keep the Locker Room clean and uncluttered, and it gives other users a chance to ask the question later! If the poll remains active as the close date is approaching, you are welcome to edit the poll to extend the date.

Any points you earn submitting content in the Locker Room earns you Fan points that count toward your FanIQ Total. However, points that you earn in the Locker Room Quizzes and Trivia do not count toward your FanIQ. These points rank you among your peers in the Locker Room only, and are “just for fun”.

To play the game, mouse over “Fun & Games” in the top navigation, and click “Trivia”. Choose your desired sport, or just leave it on the defaulted “My Favorites” to answer questions about your favorite sports. The clock will stand at 10 seconds for your first question and subsequently count down from 24 each question after. Just read the question or study the picture and choose an answer! The faster you choose a correct answer, the higher your score will be; your points for a correct answer will vary from 10-24 points depending upon how quickly you answer the question.

After you've answered the question, you will immediately be shown whether you answered correctly or not and a percentage breakdown of how other fans have answered. If you answered correctly, your score will be shown and how the time in which you answered compares to the top fans. If you answered incorrectly, you will be shown the correct answer as well as a fan comparison percentage.

- Go to the "Fun & Games" tab on the navigation bar from any page.
- Click "Trivia".
- Click the "Create a Question" button under your picture in the black "My Stats".
- Choose the correct format of the type of question you wish to ask.
- Add a relevant photo to your question for it to be eligible for higher ranking!
- Select the correct sport, and team if relevant, that your question is about.
- Type your correct answer in the top text line.
- Type 3 believable incorrect answers in the following text lines (except for T/F questions).
- Add an explanation about the answer, or a fun fact in the Explanation Box for your question to be eligible for higher ranking!
- Pay close attention to the tips at the side of the page to earn the highest rating for your question.
- Click "Create Question" at the bottom of the page to submit.
- Carefully check your question on the preview page to make sure there are no misspelled words or typos, and that the correct capitalization is used.
- Submit your question.

Questions are reviewed and given an official FanIQ rating by the trivia moderators. Questions that are completely filled out and receive high scores from users are rated by moderators before other questions. The higher the question's official rating, the more frequently it appears on the site and the more fan points it receives (+1 point every time it is answered).

FanIQ Trivia is created for the fans by the fans. Because there is open question creation, there may sometimes be inaccuracies that are beyond FanIQ's control. The FanIQ team relies heavily on the Trivia users to report bad questions so that we can get these inaccuracies fixed as soon as possible. Please make sure to report a question only if it is inaccurate or inappropriate.

If you see a question that is inaccurate or inappropriate please click the red “Report a bad question” link at the right of the unanswered question or at the bottom of the answered question.

If the Trivia game is not working properly for you, please click “Report a Bug” at the bottom right of the question box. Make sure to include as much detail as possible when reporting a bug to make it easier for site engineers to identify and correct the problem.

You can be a Trivia Leader by answering more correct answers more quickly than other fans! You can also be one of the leaders by submitting as many great questions as you can. To see the Trivia Leaders, first go to “Trivia” from the “Fun & Games” tab in the top navigation bar. Then click “Trivia Leaders” to the far right.

Only points for sports trivia count toward your FanIQ total. Points for correct answers in Locker Room trivia and quizzes do not count toward your FanIQ total and are "just for fun".

To take a quiz, just click “Quizzes” in the “Fun & Games” tab in the navigation bar. You will be directed to the Quizzes home. Find a quiz that looks like fun, and click the title to open the quiz. The clock will start at 10 seconds on the first question and count down from 24 each question after. Then just answer the questions! The faster you complete the quiz, the higher your score will be; your points for a correct answer will vary, depending upon how many questions are in the quiz, how quickly you answer all of the questions, and how accurate your answers are. You can go back to any question at any time by clicking the numbered box at the bottom of the question box. After you've finished the quiz and received your results, give the quiz the rating you think it deserves, and navigate to the Quiz homepage for other quizzes.

After you've finished the quiz, you will immediately be shown your results. The quiz in its entirety will be shown, and the answers which you got right will be shown in green. If you did not answer a question correctly, your answer will be red and the correct answer will be green. Your score and accuracy results will be shown under your picture to the right of the quiz, in the “Your Quiz Results” box.

Click the red [Create a Quiz] button at the left of the Quizzes page. Once you are directed to the quiz creation page, you must name your Quiz and give a short description of what type of quiz it is. You can choose for your quiz to be Public or Personal. Public quizzes may be featured on the home page or top charts; Personal may not. From there, you must choose a sport. If your quiz is about anything other than a specific sport or team, please use the “Locker Room” category. After you choose your sport, you will have the option of tagging it with a team, player, or other Locker Room subcategory, such as; movies, music, people, or even FanIQ! After each question, you are given the option to save the quiz for later, activate the quiz, or add another question. Please make sure your title, description, questions and answers are accurate and carefully written. Watch closely for typos and misspelled words. All questions, answers, and pictures must adhere to the FanIQ Code of Conduct or your quiz will be flagged and either changed or pulled by FanIQ.

FanIQ Quizzes are created for the fans by the fans. Because there is open Quiz creation, there may sometimes be inaccuracies that are beyond FanIQ's control. The FanIQ team relies heavily on the Quiz takers to report bad questions so that we can get these inaccuracies fixed as soon as possible.

If you see a question that is inaccurate or inappropriate please click the red “Report Inappropriate Quiz” link at the left of the unfinished quiz or by using the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of the page at any time.

If you see a question that is inaccurate or inappropriate please click the red “Report Inappropriate Quiz” link at the left of the unfinished quiz or by using the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of the page at any time.

If the Quizzes are not working properly for you, please click “Report a Bug” at the bottom of the page. Make sure to include as much detail as possible when reporting a bug to make it easier for site engineers to identify and correct the problem.

The quiz that was mentioned in your invite is most likely referring to the Sports Personality Test that you are prompted to take in the middle of the signup process. You can get to it from your profile page at the bottom of your My FanIQ Statistics box where it says "Take the FanMatch Test". If you already filled it out when you signed up for the site, you can see your results at the bottom of your My FanIQ Statistics box. To see how you compare to another member, go to their profile and look above their default picture.

If this is not the quiz to which you are referring, your friend challenged you to one of our user created quizzes. Simply go to the "Fun & Games" tab and click “Quizzes” At the top of the quizzes page will be a box of quizzes your friends have shared with you. Click and play!

Only points for sports quizzes count toward your FanIQ total. Points for correct answers in Locker Room quizzes and trivia do not count toward your FanIQ total and are "just for fun".

Visit our User Experience Forum >>here<. We'll be glad to help you!