FanIQ is where sports fans compete against others to prove their sports knowledge, broadcast to other fans their takes on news and rumors, and unite with like-minded fans to cheer their teams and root against their rivals.

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

1. Register. It's free and easy. Your FanIQ Q Bucks account starts at $2000 just for signing up!
2. 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 can add points to your Team Rank!
3. Invite your friends so you can show them you know more about sports than they do!
4. Explore FanIQ and find all of the fun things you can do; make a bet in Playbook, challenge friends in Quick Fantasy, play Trivia, take Quizzes, take Polls, or get to know our community in the Locker Room!

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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.

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Cheating
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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.

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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.

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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” tab at the top right side of the top navigation bar.
Click the "Edit Profile” link in the drop 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” tab at the top right side of the top navigation bar.
Click the "Edit Profile” link in the drop menu.
Click the "Account Settings" tab, where you will see the option to change your password.

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

Go to the “Profile” tab at the top right side of the top navigation bar.
Click the "Edit Profile” link in the drop menu.
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 click the "Top Photos" tab and then drag and drop your desired photo to the top box marked "Default Photo"

Go to the “Profile” tab at the top right side of the top navigation bar.
Click the "Edit Profile” link in the drop menu.
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” tab at the top right side of the top navigation bar.
Click the "Edit Profile” link in the drop menu.
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.
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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.

Just like real sports bars, FanIQ Sports Bars are a great place to meet your friends and other fans for a game. Get live scores, talk trash, make bets, buy virtual drinks, and win awards!

When you check-in to a Sports Bar, it means you want to follow the game that's featured in that bar. You can cheer for a team, or just check-in without taking a side (but what fun is that?). You can keep an eye on all your checked-in games on your "My Check-ins" page.

When you check-in to a bar, you have the option of cheering for one of the teams. You can do this anytime before the game is over. You can also cheer from the Sports Bar page for that game. Cheering is totally free—you'll never lose anything even if your team loses the game.

There are a few different types of bets you can make at Sports Bar. (And don't get too excited, you're not betting real money—we only take Q Bucks here.)

• Pick the Winner: This one's easy - just pick who you think is going to win the game! It's Q50 to play, your bet goes against the FanIQ House, and if you win you get your Q50 back + Q50 from the house! Remember, picking the winner and cheering for a team are not the same thing. If you like a team but you don't want to risk losing Q Bucks betting on them, you can pick the other team to win while cheering for your team. Just pick the one you think will win, and go into the Sports Bar and cheer for the team you actually like.


• Predict the Score: It's Q10 to play and you'll win at least 10x your bet if you predict the exact final score of the game.



• Bet the Spread: This is easier than it looks. The number shown in parentheses after the team name is called the margin. The team with a negative margin is considered the team favored to win. If you think the favorite team will win by more points than the number given, pick that team. If you think the underdog team will either win or come closer than the margin, pick them!
  There are just a couple of things to remember.
  First, if you pick the favorite and they win, you can still lose a spread bet if they win by fewer points than shown in the margin.
  If you pick the underdog, you win if they cover the spread (even if they don't win the game)!


• Over/Under: This one is a simple game of "higher/lower". Vegas sets a line, and you decide whether you think the total score for that game will be higher or lower than that number.

You sure can! Most bets in the Sports Bar will go to the FanIQ House, but you can also challenge your friends.

• Place a bet in the general Sports Bar area: Just click a sport in the top navigation and find a friend in your friends list. Click the "Bet" button. Once you're on the Create a Bet page, you can choose to pick a winner, bet on the spread, or choose the over/under against your friend.


• Place a bet from inside a Sports Bar: At the right side of the page, you'll see a list of your friends that you can invite to that Sports Bar. Click the "Invite" link under their picture and pick your team!

Whichever way you do it, your friend will get a notification so they can come and accept the bet. If they don't do this before the game starts (or if they decide they don't like their chances), the FanIQ House will take your bet.

Straight Pick (Pick the Winner): You lay down Q50 and win Q100 (basically that just means you put Q50 in the pot, the FanIQ House puts in Q50, and winner takes all).

Predict the Score: The amount you win for predicting the correct score can get a little complicated, but it can pay out big! It's only Q10 to give it a shot, and if you predict correctly, you'll always win at least Q100. If you guess the correct score for a game where 10 or fewer total points are scored, you'll win 100 Q Bucks. If you predict the score correctly for a game where more than 10 total points are scored, you receive 10x the total. So for example, if you had predicted the score of Super Bowl XLIV to be Saints 31 - Colts 17, you would have won 480 QBucks (10 x (31 + 17) = 480). If you correctly predict a soccer match will end in a 0-0 tie, you'll still win 100 Q Bucks. Who said math isn't fun?

Spread Bet: It's Q100 to place a Spread Bet, and you'll get back Q200 if you're right. Remember, even if you pick the team favored to win, you can lose a spread bet if they win by a smaller margin than indicated in the bet.

Over/Under: It's Q100 to place an Over/Under bet and you receive Q200 if you're right.

MVF stands for "Most Valuable Fan." There are three MVF Awards up for grabs: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. The Most Valuable Fans are the top three Bar Points earners in a Sports Bar. (Important: you have to earn at least 100 Bar Points to qualify.)

Don't get confused—unlike Q Bucks, Bar Points can only be earned by participating in Sports Bars. And Bar Points can't be spent; they're used to decide who wins the highly coveted Most Valuable Fan awards for each game!

Check-in: Check-in to a Sports Bar to earn 10 Bar Points toward the MVF Award for that bar.

Cheer: Pick a side and you'll earn 10 more Bar Points.

Make Bets: Every bet you make on the game earns 10 Bar Points (awarded for your first bet of each type).

Respects: It is just as good to give as it is to receive Respects in the Sports Bars! Give a thoughtful comment respect, and you'll get 10 Bar Points; the person who made that comment will get Bar Points too.

Comments: Simply posting a comment won't earn you Bar Points. Your comment must earn Respect in order to help you toward your goal of winning the MVF Award. You'll get 40 Bar Points every time you get Respect for a comment, so do your best to say something smart, funny or bold!

Q Bucks are like money on FanIQ. You use them to wager in Sports Bars, and to buy more "Respect" credits if you run out.

There are a bunch of different ways to get them:

• Daily Check-in Lottery: Everyone's a winner! Check in to a Sports Bar every day and you're guaranteed at least Q25. If you're lucky, you could win up to Q5,000.


• Cheering Streak Bonus: Cheer for your favorite team two or more games in a row and go on a cheering streak. The amount of Q Bucks you earn for each check-in keeps going up every day... as long as you keep your streak going.



• Free Q100 to Top Friends: Every day, you can give a free gift of Q100 to your top ten friends. You can also receive Q100 from your friends once per day. You don't have to spend any Q Bucks to send the gift, so there's nothing to lose. Just click the "Today's Free Gift - Send to All Friends" button located on the main Sports Bar pages.


• Win them! Place your bets wisely and win as many as you can.

FanIQ has 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 “Other Games” section and your weekly team rankings on the team page and your profile.

Contributions are content you submit to FanIQ. 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 50 Respect per day (5 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 simplifies how we identify the best fans by tracking your Contributions and Respect for each of your favorite teams (discussed further below). These statistics determine your team rankings. “IQ” points you may have accumulated in Season One still count toward your career performance in trivia, quizzes, pick’em, and polls.

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

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 IQ 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.

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

For each question, you will be ranked according to how close it was compared to everyone else's answer. IQ points are awarded based on the sum of your ranking in each category with the lowest total ranking getting the most IQ 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 IQ 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 IQ points if your predictions are wrong. The number of IQ points you lose will depend primarily upon how many other people were also wrong. The harder the question, the fewer points you'll lose.

You can get to polls from almost anywhere on the site. At the top of the site, there is a navigation bar. Under the main navigation bar is a smaller sub-nav bar, in which you can find a "Polls" tab. Click that, and 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 customize 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 IQ points by looking at the "About this Poll" box on the poll entry page.

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!

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?

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.

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.

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.

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).

Polls with definitive outcomes are called prediction polls -- answering prediction polls will impact your Top 10 Award ranking and your Team Rank if it is tagged with your team. Opinion polls are subjective and don't have indisputable answers. Opinion polls DO NOT impact your ranking. 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?

This is a ranked list with an eventual outcome. Answering these polls will impact your FanIQ Team Rank and Top 10 Award ranking, 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 Weekly Top 10 Award ranking. Examples: The Top 20 AP poll, NFL Team Power Rankings, Name the Five Best Players in NBA History

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. Points are distributed to the highest point totals and deducted from the lowest scores.

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

Directly under the main navigation bar is a smaller sub-nav bar. Click “Trivia” to be directed to the main trivia page. Choose your desired sport, or all sports, 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 "Trivia" link in the grey sub-nav bar under the main navigation bar from any page.
- Click the "Create a Question" button under your picture in the black "My Stats" box.
- 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.

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” in the grey sub-nav bar directly under the main navigation bar. Then click “Trivia Leaders” to the far right.

To take a quiz, just click “Quizzes”grey sub-nav bar located directly under the main navigation bar on any page. 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.

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, you can send a bet to them by using the "Email" tab after selecting "See More Friends >>" when creating a bet in a sports bar.

You can also choose your friends to bet from your list of Facebook friends if you are connected to FanIQ through your Facebook account. You can connect through Facebook by signing in through the Facebook icon with your Facebook login information.

Another option is to send them an email manually and include this link:
www.faniq.com/user/your_user_name/connect

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 hotlinks (make sure to double check first!), you can submit this news!
>>Click Here<< to submit a Hotlink

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 hotlink and submit your news to be featured on the site!

>>Click Here<< to submit a blog or "Fan Article".

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 “Locker Room" link in the grey sub-nav bar directly under the main navigation buar on any page. Click “Locker Room” in the 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.

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