About Communities

Communities are places where you can find players who have similar interests and preferences. Within a Community, you can play games or have parties with other Community members, or talk about your shared interests.
You can create a new Community or join a Community that already exists.

Community owners and players who can join

Owner

The owner is a player who creates a Community.

Moderator

A moderator is a player who can act on the owner's behalf to approve requests to join a Community or post messages of the day. The owner can select any member from the Community to become the moderator.

Member

A member is a player who joins a Community. When creating a Community, the owner selects which players can join and become members.

  • Anyone
    Anyone can join the Community.
  • By Request Only
    Only players approved by the owner or moderator can join the Community.

Creating a Community

1.
Select (Friends) from the function screen.
2.
Select (Communities).
3.
Select [Create Community].
4.
Adjust settings such as a name for the Community and players who can join the Community.
5.
Select a game that your Community will focus on.
6.
Select an image and background.
7.
Adjust settings such as time zone and language.
After you have created the Community, you can select players that you want to invite on the screen that is displayed, and then send invitations to those players.
  • Sub account users cannot create Communities.
  • To delete a Community, select (Community Settings) > [Community Management] > [Delete Community].

Joining an existing Community

1.
Select (Friends) from the function screen.
2.
Select (Communities).
3.
Select [Discover Communities].
4.
Select the Community that you want to join.
5.
Select [Join Community] or [Request Membership].
If you select [Request Membership], you can join after the Community owner or moderator approves your request.

To leave a Community, select (Community Settings).