About Even Format

Even Format is a single five-step course about starting out with large online multiplayer games, written for readers in Australia and published by LOKGROUP s.r.o. This page explains who publishes it, how it was put together, and how it is paid for.

Who publishes this site

Even Format is published by:

The course is written and maintained by the LOKGROUP s.r.o. editorial team. Pages carry no personal byline, because they are maintained as one set rather than owned by individual writers, and a name on a page would suggest an authority the page does not have. There are no instructors, no staff profiles and no qualifications claimed anywhere on this site.

What this site is, and what it is not

It is a course of five reading steps, each ending in a checklist, plus a page that gathers the checklists together. Reading it needs no account and no email address, and nothing is collected while you read.

It is not the site of any game publisher, not a reseller, not a partner of any brand mentioned, and not an official source for any product. It is not a news outlet and carries no reporting. It is not a download site; nothing here installs anything. It is not accredited training and finishing it produces no certificate, because there is nothing to certify.

How the course was structured

The five steps follow the order in which decisions actually arrive for someone new to this category. First the vocabulary and the commercial model, because without those the rest reads as noise. Then the two questions that should be settled before installation — whether the game suits the household, and whether the computer can run it. Then the registration, which is the first point at which you hand anything over. Then the first session, where other players appear. Then money, last, because it is the subject people most often meet unprepared.

Each step was written to be read in about ten minutes and to end with something to do. The checklists are the point of the exercise; the prose exists to explain why each line is on the list.

What the steps rely on

Three kinds of source, used differently.

1. Australian public bodies, linked where their material is the authority: the Australian Classification Board for classifications and consumer advice, the eSafety Commissioner for online safety guidance, Scamwatch and the National Anti-Scam Centre for scam methods and reporting, the Australian Cyber Security Centre for password and account advice, the ACCC for the Australian Consumer Law, and the OAIC for privacy. Where one of those bodies is the right place to look, the step links to it and describes only what it does.
2. General description of the category, written as guidance rather than as fact about any product. Statements about how premium currencies, season passes and randomised items usually work are written in those terms deliberately, and the course cites no studies, benchmarks or statistics, because it has none to cite and inventing them would be worse than omitting them.
3. The vendor's own material for the one product the course names. Claims about Enlisted come only from the material supplied by the affiliate network that operates our link. Where that material is silent — on price, on what is sold, on system requirements — the course says so and points to the vendor's own site rather than filling the gap.

The commercial relationship, stated plainly

This site carries paid affiliate links to the website of one game, Enlisted. If a reader registers an account through one of those links, LOKGROUP s.r.o. receives a commission from the affiliate network that operates the link. That is how the site is funded; there is no advertising on it and nothing is sold from it.

So the product named in the course is a product the publisher has a commercial relationship with. We would rather say that outright than let the course imply a selection process it did not have. The course does not rank games, does not compare them and does not recommend one, and the checklists work without reference to any product. The full explanation, including what does and does not influence the content, is on the Affiliate Disclosure page.

How the course is reviewed and corrected

The whole course is reviewed at least twice a year, and sooner when something it relies on changes — a public body reorganising its guidance, or the vendor's own material changing what it states. The review date appears in the footer of every page. Legal pages carry their own effective date.

If you find a mistake, email info@evenformat.online and describe it. We correct errors of fact when they are pointed out, and we would rather hear about one than not. There is no form to fill in and no list to join.

Accessibility and how the site is built

The site is plain HTML and CSS with a few lines of first-party JavaScript — one for the small-screen menu, one for the print button on the checklists page. It loads no fonts, no scripts and no images from anywhere else, sets no cookies, and stores nothing in your browser. It should work with text enlarged, with a keyboard alone, and with a screen reader. If something is hard to use, the same address above is the place to say so.