JOIN the [TiC] Clan  detailed Check List:

1.

READ ALL of these 9 [TiC] Clan web pages thoroughly :

About us
Join
Rules**
Clan Structure**
Required Items
Required Binds
Help us
[TiC]Clan Servers
Rcon Guidelines

(This step is VERY IMPORTANT and we will test you to make sure, that you have read them. Make sure you READ and actually study the Rules and Clan Structure page THOROUGHLY!)

(Make sure you read our Rcon Guidelines BEFORE you say or type anything about a [TiC]Clan Server .)

By reading these pages you will understand how we operate and know what to expect from our Club and what the Club will expect from you.
 

2.

Get lCQ downloaded and installed and get an ICQ # number.
(its totally free).

3.

Get Roger Wilco downloaded and installed and correctly adjusted.
(its totally free)

4.

Change your Half-Life Game Name, your Roger Wilco Name, and your ICQ Nickname to the SAME NAME, if needed.

If you use ICQ professionally (for work), and do not want to change your ICQ nickname on that account, just get another ICQ Game Name account for gaming. They are free.

If you share your computer with someone else, just put your name and the other person's name both there (abbreviate if needed, maybe use a "/" in between) for the Roger Wilco Names. For ICQ just get separate ICQ accounts to solve this problem.

You MIGHT (its totally optional)  want to get a free E-mail account at Bigfoot (or maybe a free hotmail.com account) with your Game Name, that automatically forwards your mail. The extra email account is -OPTIONAL-, but a good idea too. This will enable you to have your GAME Name in your email address which prevents confusion and it is free.)

5.

Copy down with paper and pen/pencil (or print out) all the [TiC]Clan Servers IP# numbers. See the "SERVER CHART" at the bottom of the [TiC]Clan Servers page for this info.

6.

You will need to "REQUEST" your OFFICIAL  "TRY OUT".

7.

A. Council Members will review your "REQUEST A TRY OUT" application.

B. -IF- your JOIN APPLICATION passes the initial review, THEN, in a few days,  you will be contacted and given your first interview on a temporary RW channel by a Council Member.

C. -IF- you pass that interview, THEN you will be given access by a Council Member to the "[TiC] Clan #1 Roger Wilco CHAT Channel" (getting access to the [TiC] Clan's RW CHAT channel literally makes you about 1 out of  30+ applicants.)

D. You will get a partial ICQ contact list of some of our Members and send your ICQ contact to those Members with a message announcing what the Council Member is doing.

E. The Council Member will ask you to post a message at our FORUM introducing yourself to our Club.

F. The Council Member will notify the other Council Members (by email) that you passed the interview and will post his announcement on our forum that you passed officially.

G. The Council Member will set you up a limited account in the [TiC] Private Area.

H. You will need to play in several games with the [TiC] Clan Members on several days on our Roger Wilco channel, this is so we can get to know you, and you can get to know us. We normally play on [TiC]Clan Servers. You do not have to be a Member yet to play with us, you just have to follow our Rules. We will see how well you play as part of a team on our RW. We will make sure you act like a mature, helpful, friendly, loyal ADULT. We will observe how well you FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. We will watch for your contributions to the Clan.

(Don't forget to introduce/announce yourself on the [TiC] Clan Roger Wilco Channels even to the people you don't know  when you come on or leave the RW channel.)

(You are expected to play on the SAME [TiC] TEAM as ONE [TiC] TEAM, whenever you (or anyone else) are on the [TiC] Clan RW channels, even though you are not OFFICIALLY a Member yet.)

8.

You need to install the [TiC]Clan's MANDATORY Half-Life Message Required Binds. They are used in Half-Life and all its "mods", like TFC, or Counter-Strike, etc, etc. The installation page has more info. Ask a Council Member if you need help with these binds.

9.

When a Screened Applicant thinks they have studied the Rules and Clan Structure well enough, you need to notify a Council Member to schedule a "[TiC-G] Guest Quiz". A Council Member will be covertly checking you out in games the first week or 2 or 3 to judge your character.

-IF- you seem to be someone that follows instructions well and plays well as a team and has been making a positive contribution to the Clan, a Council Member will MAKE SURE you have installed the 'Required binds' and have READ the 'About US', 'Clan Structure', 'Required Items', 'Help US', 'RULES' and 'JOIN' pages and then give you the "[TiC-G] GUEST QUIZ".

and THEN, IF you pass the [TiC-G] Guest Quiz,

he/she will make you a "[TiC-G] GUEST" and AUTHORIZED you to put the [TiC-G] tag in front of your Game Name, Roger Wilco Name, and ICQ Nickname.

(The Council Member will inform the other [TiC] Clan Members by putting a message on our Forum about giving this person the [TiC-G] tag. The Council Member will also send all the other Council Members an Email too.) The Council Member will tell the brand new [TiC-G] about the 'GUEST' Page.

The Council Member will hand out your ICQ number to SOME of the [TiC] Members.

The Council Member will give you some of the members ICQ number by sending you a partial ICQ Contact list.

The Council Member will send an ICQ to the other Council Members about you.

The Council Member will correct the [TiC] Private Area.

You can then volunteer to hold a "clan job".

After being a [TiC-G] "GUEST" for AT LEAST about a month (usually anywhere from 1-6 months) period,

-IF- and -WHEN-

all Council Members thinks you are ready for a TRY OUT, a Council Member will contact you to schedule your TRY OUT. Usually the [TiC] Members discuss this in a Clan Meetings whether they think you have earned  your TRY OUT or not. It takes the approval of all Council Members to let you in.

It might be in 4 WEEKs, it -might- be in 4 MONTHs + +, it might be never.

Not everybody that REQUESTS a TRY OUT gets one, we "screen" our Applicants and they have to EARN their way into our Club.

(We typically require someone getting a TRY OUT to previously have hosted/co-host AT LEAST several "Events" for our Clan, more is better and you should have ALWAYS showed loyalty and maturity. It shows that you are willing to put some 'sweat' into our MiGHTY Club).

11.

AFTER the first 10 steps have been completed,

--THEN-- a Council Member will give you your

OFFICIAL TRY OUT.

(The TRY OUT takes about 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours .)

12.

--IF-- the Council Member says you "PASSED the TRY OUT",

THEN you will be OFFICIALLY INITIATED into the [TiC]Clan .

(Includes Loyalty Oath to the [TiC] Clan)

A. "Do you want to JOIN the [TiC] Clan ?"

B. "Do you promise to always be loyal to the [TiC] Clan?"

THEN:

You will be an OFFICIAL Member of the MiGHTY [TiC] Clan !

The Council Member will then make the OFFICIAL Announcement that you are in the [TiC] Clan on the [TiC] Clan Forum. He/she will also send all the Council Member an email too.

That Council Member will then tell you give you your 'Security Briefing' about the [TiC] Clan SECRETS and how to guard them. You will THEN be given the FULL [TiC] Clan ICQ Contact List and the full [TiC] RW access and access to the Roster.

After you pass the "[TiC] RCON Class" you will then get the rcon passwords issued to you to our game servers.

You will then get full access to the Roster.

You will then add the [TiC] tag to your Game Name, ICQ Nick-name, your Roger Wilco ! ! !

Everyone will CONGRATULATE YOU ! ! !

You will be a PROUD [TiC] TALK is CHEAP Member !

HURRAH HURRAH HURRAH ! ! !

You will have the support from the MIGHTY [TiC] Clan Army !

You will probably be tough enough to drive nails with just your bare fist ! ! !