Oreo's Guide to PIMD - the Whole Enchilada!

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  1. Welcome to...

    Oreo's Guide to PIMD - the Whole Enchilada!

    This is going to be my longest guide yet! It has all information about Party in my Dorm, from something small like hiring a tutor to the percent you lose when you drop it! I've been working on this for days, so please bump

    Table of Contents
    1. What is PIMD?
    a. Campus Chat
    2. Terms of Use
    a. Consequences
    i. How to get Unsilenced/Unbanned
    b. Guides You Should Check Out!
    3. Moderators and Developers
    a. Moderators
    i. Who are the Current Mods?
    ii. Who are the Past Mods?
    iii. What can they do?
    iv. How do I Become One?
    b. Developers
    i. Who are the Developers?
    ii. What can they do?
    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    4. Store
    a. Attack Items
    b. Defense Items
    c. Permanent Items
    d. Miscellaneous Items
    e. The Nurse
    f. Guides You Should Check Out!
    5. Dorms and Crew
    a. Dorms
    i. How Much do they Cost?
    b. Crew
    i. Different Tiers
    ii. Dropping/Selling Your Crew
    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    6. Jobs
    a. What can I Earn?
    b. Guides You Should Check Out!
    7. Clubs
    a. How do I Start One?
    b. Owners, Admins, and Members
    i. What do Each of them do?
    c. Club Chat
    d. Wars
    i. How do I Declare a War?
    ii. Different Types of War
    e. Guides You Should Check Out!
    8. Tutors
    a. How to Hire
    b. Benefits of Hiring a Tutor
    c. Tutor Chat
    d. Dropping Your Tutor
    e. Guides You Should Check Out!
    9. Profile
    a. What do I see that they don't see?
    b. Kcs?
    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    10. Awards
    a. What are all of the Awards?
    b. Guides You Should Check Out!
    11. V.I.P.
    a. Top Players
    i. Different Categories
    b. Top Clubs
    i. Different Categories
    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    12. Forums
    a. Sections of Forums
    b. BB Codes?
    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    13. Transferring Your Account
    a. How to Find your UDID
    b. With your UDID
    c. Without your UDID
    d. Guides You Should Check Out!
    14. Gifts
    a. How to Gift Players
    b. What can Gifts do?
    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    15. Resetting
    a. How can I Reset?
    b. What do I Lose/Keep?
    c. It Won't Let me Reset!
    d. Guides You Should Check Out!
    16. Bank/ATM
    a. Is There a Fee?
    b. Guides You Should Check Out!
    17. Battles
    a. Types of Battles
    b. DTW/DTS?
    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    18. Ending
    a. Other Helpful Guides
    b. Special Thanks

    1. What is PIMD?
    Party in my Dorm, commonly referred to as 'PIMD', is an online multiplayer game in which you fill up dorms with your crew while completing jobs and joining clubs to make your reputation soar!

    a. Campus Chat
    In order to post a message on Campus Chat, you need to have an item called a speaker. You can buy a speaker in the store. One speaker token costs one Extra Credits, which you can purchase from the Nurse.


    2. Terms of Use
    The Terms of Use (ToU) are the terms that you automatically agree to when you download Party in my Dorm, whether you have read them or not.

    a. Consequences
    • Silence- When you are unable to talk to or communicate in any way with players on PIMD except for on forums and your Club Announcement for 24 hours.
    • Permanent Silence- On your third silence, it becomes permanent. This means you will never be able to talk, unless you somehow convince ATA (A Thinking Ape) to unsilence you.
    • Ban- When you are permanently not allowed in the game.
    • Forum Ban- When you are permanently banned, or not allowed, to post in PIMD's forums. This will happen when you consistently break the ToU in forums.

    i. How to get Unsilenced/Unbanned
    If a mod silences you, don't chuck a spazz, mods can't un silence people. If you really think the you were silenced un-fairly, then you can email the developers at support@athinkingape.com.
    You should set the email out like this:

    To: support@athinkingape.com

    Subject: Unsilencing Me.

    Dear ATA,
    I play the game Party in my Dorm. My user name is Insert Username and I am emailing you about why I should be un-silenced.
    The reason(s) why I think I should be un-silenced are: Insert Reasons
    Thank you for taking your time to read this, I hope to here from you soon.

    By telling the truth and giving good reasons why you should be unsilenced, the devs may just unsilence you.

    b. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Here are some guides related to this section:
    Guide to Silencing, Rules and Mods!
    By: -JordanMooCow-
    Oreo's Guide to the Terms of Use (ToU)
    By: I-Love-Oreo-Pie


    3. Moderators and Developers
    Moderators and developers are the people who keep this game safe and running. When you see a player with a green name in Campus Chat or on Forums, that player is a moderator.

    a. Moderators
    Moderators, or referred to as mods and RAs, are the players assigned by the developers to help them keep this game safe.
    i. Who are the Current Mods?
    The current mods of PIMD are:

    ii. Who are the Past Mods?
    iii. What can they do?
    Moderators can do the following:
    • Silence players for breaking the Terms of Use.
    • Erase a player's status if it breaks the Terms of Use (this automatically happens if a player is silenced).
    • Request a forum ban for repeat offenders.
    • Have an excellent green name in campus chat so that every time they post there they'll be besieged with 'OMG why is your name green???' wall posts.
    • Receive lots of speakers in order to moderate campus chat
    • Emails sent by moderators to support@athinkingape.com are flagged and thus their concerns usually get dealt with quicker.
    • Access and log into forums from a PC in order to delete, lock or move threads.
    • Recommend a player to be a moderator.
    iv. How do I Become One?
    You can become a moderator by emailing support@athinkingape.com saying:
    • Your Username
    • Your Name
    • Your Age/Birthday
    • What Game You Play (PIMD)
    • Your PIMD History (i.e. when you started, etc.)
    • Your Qualities that Apply to the Moderator Role
    • What Region You Are From (USA, Asia, etc.)
    • Why You Want to be a Mod
    • What You Like About PIMD
    • Have You Been Silenced?
    • Do You Report Violators of the ToU?
    • What Have You Done to Help the PIMD Community?
    • Why You Would be a Good Moderator
    • Any Additional Information

    b. Developers
    The developers are the people who made this amazing game, and a few others.
    i. Who are the Developers?
    The developers' accounts are:
    ii. What can they do?
    The developers can do everything a mod can do, and can also:
    • Unsilence players.
    • Assign moderators.
    • Pretty much anything.

    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Here are some guides related to this section:
    Guide to Silencing, Rules and Mods!
    By: -JordanMooCow-


    4. Store
    The Store is where you can buy all that you need: from battle items to Extra Credits, the Store is you own little...well, store!

    a. Attack Items
    Attack items are used when you are battling another player. They raise your chances of winning a battle. You can use different attack items when you are fighting and dancing.

    b. Defense Items
    These items will help you defend against players that battle you.

    c. Permanent Items
    Permanent items are put into your showcase when you buy them. Some cost PIMD money, some cost Extra Credits.

    d. Miscellaneous Items
    The only Misc. items there are are Speaker Tokens. They are used to post on Campus Chat. You can earn Speaker Tokens two ways:
    1. Speaker Regeneration- You receive 5 speakers every day until you reach the max which is 25.
    2. Extra Credits- You can exchange Extra Credits for Speaker Tokens. For 1 Extra Credit, you get 1 Speaker Token.

    e. The Nurse
    At the Nurse, you can:
    This takes 15 extra credits. The amount of money you receive depends on how many dorms you have and what stats you have.
    • Get back to full strength and intelligence- This takes 10 extra credits or 1 doctor note. This cannot be used if you are already at full strength and intelligence.
    • Change your name- This takes 20 extra credits.
    • Purchases Extra Credits and Doctor's Notes- This takes real money. This is also known as I.A.P (In App Purchase). The amount differs in different countries because of different currencies.

    f. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Store
    By: LilMoo


    5. Dorms and Crew
    Buying more dorms and crew is how you get stronger in PIMD.

    a. Dorms
    Dorms are what you put your crew in on PIMD. There are 32 dorms total that you can buy.
    i. How Much do they Cost?
    Dorms vary in pricing. The price of each dorm gets higher as you buy more, making you work harder to get more,

    b. Crew
    Crew is what you put into your dorms. Your crew is what gives you your strength and intelligence that makes you stronger.
    i. Different Tiers
    There are currently a total of five different tiers. What are tiers? They are the different pricing and stats of crew members.
    • Tier 1- cost 1k.
    • Tier 2- cost 225k.
    • Tier 3- cost 16 mil.
    • Tier 4- cost 600 mil.
    • Tier 5- 10 bil.
    ii. Dropping/Selling Your Crews
    When you drop a crew member, you will get 20% of what you spent back. For example, if you buy a $1,000 crew member, you will get $200 when you evict it.

    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Guide to the Crews and Dorms of PimD
    By: _Warrior


    Jobs
    Jobs are one of the many ways to earn a little extra cash on PIMD. They only cost you energy!

    a. What can I Earn?
    While doing jobs, you can earn money, Extra Credits, and Doctor's Notes. The more jobs you complete, the more money will be given out for each success, and the more you have to do. For each job, there is a 2% chance you will earn an Extra Credit. When you complete a set of jobs, you get a certain number of Doctor's Notes. Woah!

    b. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Guide to the Jobs of PimD
    By: _Warrior


    7. Clubs
    Clubs are groups that you can join that can have up to 100 members.

    a. How do I Start One?
    In order to start a club, you cannot be in one.
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    b. Owners, Admins, and Members
    Owners, admins, and members are the three different types of "jobs" you can have in a club.
    i. What do Each of them do?
    Owners- they can make members admins and owners, disband the club, edit the club homepage, declare wars, forfeit wars, accept/reject wars, change the club announcement, give titles to anyone in the club, and accept, reject, and remove members and admins.
    Admins- they can edit the club homepage, declare wars, forfeit wars, accept/reject wars, give titles to only members, change the club announcement, and accept, reject, and remove only members.
    Members- they can leave the club.

    c. Club Chat
    Club Chat can be found when you tap the bottom of the screen, and then press "Club" in the top middle. You must be an admin or owner to change the club announcement (CA), but everyone can post on the club chat for free.

    d. Wars
    Wars are fights between two clubs that can last 12, 24, or 48 hours. The winner of the war gets War Plunder, or the cash they receive.
    i. How do I Declare a War?
    Remember, you can only declare a war if you are an owner or an admin.
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    ii. Different Types of War
    There are three different types of war:
    • Food Fight- A 12-hour war that has a 4-hour starting period.
    • Dorm Raid- A 24-hour (1 day) war that has an 8-hour starting period.
    • War- A 48-hour (2 day) war that has a 16-hour starting period.
    • Locked Roster- Any of those three wars can be locked. This means that once the war starts, no one will be allowed to join in.
    • Unlocked Roster- Any of those three wars can be unlocked. This means that once the war start, players can join in at any time.

    e. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Guide to Admin/Owner Duties
    By: _Warrior

    Ultimate Club Guide!
    By: -JordanMooCow-

    The PIMD War Guide
    By: -Zeuss-


    8. Tutors
    Tutors are players hired that give strength and intelligence bonuses to you.

    a. How to Hire
    To hire a tutor, you go to any player's profile (that you can afford), and click the "Hire" button.

    b. Benefits of Hiring a Tutor
    The benefits of hiring a tutor include:
    • Enhancing your strength and intelligence.
    • Can be sold to make a profit.
    • Increasing the amount of money you gain from winning a battle.

    c. Tutor Chat
    Tutor Chat can be found when you tap the bottom of the screen, and then press "Tutor" in the top right. When you post, that post goes to your pupil (the person that hired you last) and all of your hired tutors.

    d. Dropping a Tutor
    The amount that you receive from dropping a tutor is 60% (that's 60% of the value you purchased them at, not 60% of their current value). Also, there is no infinite money loophole. Tutors drop in value after they are dropped, but their value is higher than the refund amount.

    e. Guides You Should Check Out!
    The Basics of TUTOR BONUS!
    By: -Kanye-


    9. Profile
    Your profile is where all of your stats and information on your account is located.

    a. What do I see that they don't see?
    On your profile, what only YOU see is:
    • Items
    • Defenses won/lost in all attacks
    • Eavesdrop attacks won/lost
    • Prank attacks won/lost
    • Strength/Intelligence bonuses
    • Options

    b. Kcs?
    A lot of people ask: what does "kcs" mean? K=thousand, CS=combined stats. So, kcs means your strength and intelligence bonus combined.

    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Oreo's Guide to Your Personal Profile
    By: I-Love-Oreo-Pie


    10. Awards
    Awards are achievements for reaching a target. There are a total of 15 awards.

    a. What are all of the Awards?
    The awards on PIMD are:
    • Bookworm
    • Campus Leader
    • Club President
    • Club Promoter
    • Couch Surfer
    • Dance Pro
    • Dweeb Protector
    • Fighter
    • Humanitarian
    • Prankster
    • Resident Advisor
    • Sleuth
    • Student Grapevine
    • Teacher's Pet
    • Work Addict

    b. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Oreo's Guide to Awards Version 2.0
    By: I-Love-Oreo-Pie


    11. V.I.P.
    The V.I.P. list are the leaderboards that show you the top 50 players and top 50 clubs in different categories.

    Top Players
    i. Different Categories
    Overall- the top 50 players that are the overall strongest.
    Fights Won- the top 50 players who have won the most fights.
    Tutors- the top 50 players who have the highest sum of tutor values.
    Valuable- the top 50 players who are the most expensive.

    b. Top Clubs
    i. Different Categories
    Strongest- the top 50 clubs that have the strongest players.
    Cash Won- the top 50 clubs that have won the most plunder from wars.
    Wars Won- the top 50 clubs that have won the most wars.

    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Currently, there are no guides on V.I.Ps.


    12. Forums
    Forums are a place where the community can talk together and create threads in a selection of topics.

    a. Sections of Forums
    The following are the sections of Forums:
    • Rules of Conduct- a place where only the developers can post.
    • Questions/Feedback- a place where everyone can ask questions and give feedback about PIMD.
    • News- a place where only the developers can post.
    • Strategy- a place where everyone can post strategies of PIMD, such as making money.
    • Clubs- a place where everyone can post about clubs.
    • Wars- a place where everyone can post about wars.
    • Other PIMD Discussion- a place where everyone can post about anything PIMD that doesn't fit into the other categories.
    • Fan Fiction- a place where everyone can post stories they've written that doesn't show up on Active Topics.
    • Off Topic- a place where everyone can post about something that doesn't relate to PIMD (as long as it follows the ToU )
    • Best Of- a place where all of the voted best threads go from any section.
    • Active Topics- a place where the threads with the most recent posts from any category (except for Fan Fiction and Best Of) go.

    b. BB Codes?
    BB Codes are codes used on only Forums of PIMD. They vary from underlining to size.

    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    The Guide to Forum Behavior
    By: -Zeuss-

    Ultimate BB Coding Guide!
    By: -JordanMooCow-

    BBcodes: Color and Size and both!
    By: iPBM


    13. Transferring Your Account
    Get a new iPhone/iPod/iPad? Do you want your old PIMD account on your new device? Read this

    a. How to Find your UDID
    To find your UDID, follow these steps:
    1. Connect your device to the computer.
    2. In iTunes, select your iPhone/iPod/iPad from the Devices list.
    3. Select the Summary tab.
    4. Click on "Serial Number". It should change to your "Identifier", which is your UDID.
    5. There you go!
    b. With your UDID
    If you do have both of your UDIDs, then you can go to http://www.partyinmydorm.com/transfer/ and follow the instructions.

    c. Without your UDID
    In a case that you do not have your old device's UDID (i.e. if it were lost or stolen), don't worry!
    Email device_transfers@athinkingape.com. Please note that this isn't the support email. In the email, you must include:
    • The account name
    • The last time you logged in
    • When the account was created

    d. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Transferring Your Account With or Without Your UDID
    By: Demon_Bunny


    14. Gifts
    Gifts are something that can be sent from one player to another.

    How to Gift Players
    First, go to a player's profile. Once there, press the "Send Gift" button.
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    Next, choose which gift you want to send to that player.
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    Lastly, write any message that you want! (as long as it follows the ToU )
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    Now wait to see if you gift is accepted! If it's rejected, then you get your money back!

    b. What can Gifts do?
    Certain gifts can give the person you're giving it to stat bonuses. Currently, the only gifts that give stat bonuses are Frank's Tank and the Shutter Shades.

    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Ultimate Guide to Gifts V1.0
    By: Webboo


    15. Resetting
    When you want to just start fresh on PIMD, you can reset! All of your money and stats go back to zero. Please note that if you are silenced, you will not be unsilenced if you reset.

    a. How do I Reset?
    You can reset by going to your Profile on the home page. When at your profile, scroll down until you see this button:
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    After you press that, it will give you two warnings that tell you what you will lose. Press "OK" to both of them, and then it will ask you to reset PIMD.
    Voila!

    What do I Lose/Keep?
    When you reset, you will lose the following:
    • Your crew
    • Your rented dorms
    • Your money
    • Items from the store
    • Your avatar can be changed
    • Your name can be changed
    • You leave your club
    • Your pupil drops you
    • Tutors you owned
    You will keep the following:
    • Unspent Extra Credits
    • Unused Doctor's Notes
    • Unused Speakers
    • Achievements
    • Wall posts
    • Forum posts
    • Any followers, people you follow, and BFFs

    c. It Won't Let me Reset!
    If you try to reset, and a message pops up saying that it has been disabled, don't worry! There is one way to get it to work:
    Email support@athinkingape.com stating:
    • Your username
    • Reason you're emailing (you can't reset)

    d. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Oreo's Guide to Resetting Your Account
    By: I-Love-Oreo-Pie


    16. Bank/ATM
    The ATM is a banking system where you can withdraw money and deposit money. It also shows you how much money you have in hand and in the bank. No one can take your money from the bank.

    a. Is There a Fee?
    The ATM charges 20% for all deposits, but when you withdraw your cash, there is no banking fee.
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    b. Guides You Should Check Out!
    There are currently no guides on the Bank/ATM.


    17. Battles
    Battles are attacks that mainly use strength. In PIMD, they are a common form to make lots of money. Farming, which is when you hit one person five times or more in a 24-hour period, is what a lot of PIMD players do.

    a. Types of Battles
    When you battle, there are four ways to choose from:
    • Fight- a type of attack using mainly strength.
    • Dance Off- a type of attack using mainly intelligence.
    • Eavesdrop- a type of attack that shows you what crew your opponent has, and what chance you have of winning.
    • Prank- a type of attack that lowers your opponent's energy and/or destroys items.

    b. DTW/DTS?
    Most of you have probably heard someone say "That person is DTW/DTS!" Some of you were probably like, "Boy, whatchu talkin bout?"
    DTW stands for "Defender Too Weak", which means you are either too strong to attack that person, or that person is pinned.
    DTS stands for "Defender Too Strong" which means you are too weak to attack that person, or they are pinned.

    c. Guides You Should Check Out!
    Bunanza's Guide to PimD Battles v2.1
    By: BunanzaTheBunny

    Epicly's guide to battles
    By: -Hearts-EpiclyIsaac_LuvsZoey


    18. Ending
    Alas, it's now the end of the guide.
    BUT WAIT!
    There's more

    a. Other Helpful Guides
    Here are some guides that I have not listed but are extremely helpful:

    ABC's of PIMD
    By: -Zeuss-

    POST QUESTIONSABOUT PIMD HERE
    By: _Warrior

    Frequently Asked Questions v. 1.1
    By: _Warrior

    All Incompassing Guide to PIMD
    By: GITB-J3lackJ3ird


    b. Special Thanks
    I want to give a special thanks to DarkRose1908, -Zeuss-, OliviaAnna, Spiny, and Cookie0024 for helping me out a bit with the Moderator section of the guide.
    I also want to especially thank -Zeuss- because I used his "ABC's of PIMD" guide for all of the definitions on here

    And now, that is finally the end of this extremely long guide.

    Please bump, I've worked for days on this

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    Julian, OhhMyFaerie and KweenBeean like this.
  2. Great job! 
     
  3. 



    But you forgot Blackbird... 
     
  4. I thought I'd your gift was rejected you lost the money? 
     
  5.  Fabulous.


    Ps. Did you forget to cover the gift one? I can see your money. Or what money you had. Or what you had out. Kittehs.
     
  6. Blackbird isn't on there?

    I could've sworn I put him on there...
     
  7. Enchilada? Lmao

    Great guide
     
  8. It means everything

    Thanks
     
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  10. Hmmm. There's a BB Code issue... Redo it now!
     
  11. Dumb J3ird switching to kaw ._.
     
  12. What's the BB code issue?
     
  13. Moderators and developers. Olivia has in front of her name.
     
  14. Oh. Because that messes the whole thing up
     
  15. Yes. It's ruined. Try again. 
     
  16. it makes me wonder why oreo wants to keep her cash value a secret...
     
  17. It's because I've got so much. Duh.
     
  18. Just popped in to Check forums for 5,

    When a Wild Guide to everything on PimD appears! This should be Stickied 

    Great Guide Oreo! 

    You Gave me some Ideas 

    If you can read this, I don't mean to Hurt Anyone But I swear there's some of my Information in this and I didn't get Credit  I don't really Care 
     
  19. I can't read what's at the bottom