I've been working on a draft...so far here is what I have
Welcome to the Tribe of Judah. In an effort to strengthen the ties between our members this guide has been put in place to give new members a starting point to get involved with ToJ. We will cover several topics in as brief ammount of time as possible.
I. A Note About Unity
II. Finding Fellow Members
IIa. Through Instant Messaging
IIb. In Game
IIc. In The Forums
IId. Internet Relay Chat
IIe. Steam's Friends Feature
III. What is ToJ/Christian Gamers Alliance, how do they relate to eachother?
I. A Note About Unity
In an effort to promote unity and a sense of kinship among members of the Tribe of Judah, we ask that you prefix any name that you use in a game with ToJ | PlayerName. This helps us identify new members, and it helps new members identify current members.
II. Finding Fellow Members
In this section we will cover how to locate, among other species of ToJ'ers, the elusive Tek7 using a variety of mediums.
IIa. Through Instant Messaging
The complete list of ToJ member names and Instant Messenger names, including Yahoo!, ICQ, AIM, and MSN is available at <a href="
http://www.toj.cc/members/roster.cfm">http://www.toj.cc/members/roster.cfm</a>. You'll notice at the top you can narrow the list down by chapter and even sub-chapter. This is very useful for finding a <a href="
http://www.toj.cc/members/roster.cf...C&intChapter=1&intSubChapter=4">CS Server Admin</a>.
IIb. In Game
A simple click to search for ToJ members is all that is required. Navigate to <a href="
http://www.gametiger.com/search?sTy...mitButton=Player+Search&count=50">this location</a> and you will find a list of all ToJ members that are online in a variety of games including all Half-Life Mods, BF1942 and UT2K3. To locate ToJ members on Battle.net you should be in channel Public Chat Christians. If nobody is there, the bot in there will respond to the command !allseen, which lists the last people seen in that channel.
IIc. In the Forums
You can view the complete memberlist for the forums <a href="
http://www.cgalliance.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=Members">here</a>. If you wish to speak with ToJ members only, we have our own set of forums as a sort of subsidary of the Christian Gamers Alliance, located <a href="
http://www.cgalliance.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi?act=SC;c=14">here</a>. We strongly encourage all ToJ members to make use of the <a href="
http://www.cgalliance.org/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi">main CGA system</a> of bulletin boards.
IId. Internet Relay Chat
Internet Relay Chat is the oldest form of internet communication, it is what effectively allowed people to pioneer the internet very quickly. Its prestige is exceeded only by its resilliance, given it is still a viable means for communication, and obviously my favourite. To connect to an IRC server you need an IRC application. My recommendation is to use <a href="
http://www.mirc.com">mIRC<a/>. It may seem confusing at first, I (QuePasa) can walk you through the steps necessary to connect to the proper server and channels if you get confused by my directions. For my own sanity I will do my best to decribe in detail what must be done. To set it up so you join gamesnet and go in to channels #toj and #cga follow these steps. By the way, you can use it for more than 30 days...it just nags you with a registration page every once in awhile.
1. When you first start mIRC you will be prompted with the options page. Enter in whatever you wish in the desired fields, most important are the nickname and alternative fields.
2. Now select "Servers" from the left hand selection tree. Open the top scroll down menu and locate and click on gamesnet. Under the second scroll down menu select the location you would most like to connect from, east or west. FYI it doesn't matter that much, chatting takes so little bandwidth and your message hitting the server 50 ms sooner doesn't make much difference, unless theres a trivia bot running.
3. Now select "Options", which is right under "Servers". Check the "Connect on startup" box and the "Reconnect on Disconnection" box.
4. Click on the "Perform..." button. Check the "Enable perform on connect" box. To the right of the drop-down menu hit Add. Locate and add gamesnet. Make sure that it is the active Network in the drop-down menu field. Now type the following in to the large text box in the perform on connect window. "/join #toj,#cga" without the quotes. Hit ok. Now close and restart mIRC.
5. You will be prompted with the options screen again on next startup, you may just close it. In 5 seconds or so you should be IRCing away in #toj and #cga.
IIe. Steam's Friends Feature
With the advent of steam, I feel this is a necessary measure. To add someone to your friends list you must be in a Counter-Strike 1.6 Steam-Powered server. Then while in the game hit escape and click on Player list. You should see an option that will allow you to scroll down and select someone and add them to your friends list. I cannot go in to much detail about this as I have not totally tested it out yet.
III. What is ToJ/Christian Gamers Alliance, how do they relate to eachother?
The CGA works a lot like the United Nations, it is where many christian based organizations, not just gaming teams meet. Although most if not all have something to do with gaming. A simple browsing of the forums will show you how many different organizations belong to the CGA.
