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= Account Creation =
==Registration==

Normal Registration is not available at this time. We're moving to an invite based system and are conducting interviews to hand out invites at the moment.

==I had an account with you before! It was pruned...==
====Remaking your account====
*For a limited time we're allowing pruned users who activated their forum accounts to remake their accounts.
*All you need to do is to go to your forum account's profile page and hit the link '''Remake pruned account'''
*If you forgot your login credentials and have trouble recovering your password join us on [[IRC]]
*If it's unrecoverable just follow the steps below.

==Getting invited==

====Can I just ask a friend to give me one====

At the moment: No. We're planning on implementing an invite system

====How do I get invited?====

*Right now, the only way to get invited is by passing an interview administered by site staff. These interviews are conducted on IRC, so follow our [[IRC|guide]] to find your way there.
*The Invite channel is ''' ''#bakabt-invites'' '''
*Once in the channel type '''!queue''' , other commands are '''!queueStatus''' and '''!help'''
*Wait until you are invited to an interview channel. If necessary type '''/join''' ''#channel'' (e.g. #bakabt-invite-259)
*Pass the interview.

====This Interview scares me!====

*There's nothing to be afraid of. Most of the things we ask can be answered if you read through the more important pages of this very wiki.
*Important pages are the [[Site_Rules|Rules]], the [[FAQ|FAQ]], the [[BT_Clients|Whitelist]] and the [[DO_NOT_UPLOAD|Blacklist]].
*If you had an account with us before, don't be afraid to tell us.
*If you are on private trackers, prepare screenshots of your profile page showing both the site name and your ratio (you can hide sensitive information). The interviewer may ask for a link to your profile page.
*We don't require people to be on another private tracker.
*If you plan to offer content make sure to read up on [[How_to_make_an_offer|that]]. Planning to offer something won't save a failed interview, not wanting to offer something will NEVER ruin a passing grade, so just be honest about it.

====I passed the interview, what now?====
*You sign up. Wait for the interviewing staff member to hand you a link. You can use that to sign up.
*Due to some email providers blocking us, we currently recommend using gmail or ymail. Protonmail also appears to be working.
*Hosts known to block us are Microsoft (hotmail/live) and gmx. Some users have reported others being problematic so try using the above recommended emails
*An activation email will be sent to that adress. Activate your account as soon as possible.

====I messed up and used a host that's blocking you?====
*If you're still in the interview channel, ask for help.
*If you already left the channel, join us on our support channel on [[IRC]]

====I failed, what now?====
*If you actually read through all of the above and still failed: '''Congrats, that shouldn't be possible.'''
*In general it's really hard to fail
*I mean really...
*So you still failed? Read the wiki again, a bit more properly. Check for the questions you didn't do well in. Try again the next day.