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WHAT is a "Server Search Party" ?
(4-4-2000)
By: "Gaiden"
(Former [TiC]Clan Member)
 

A [TiC] Clan "Server Search Party" is when we get a bunch of volunteers together and jump on Half-Life (or other game) servers looking and asking any "Server Administrator" to host a server for our Clan. See Event Calendar for times and dates. EVERYONE (Screened Applicants, Guests, and Members) should show up for Server Search Parties. Yes, I'm talking to you!! Get your butt up and help your Clan. Thanks. Do you want to be a part of the [TiC] Clan? HELPing at Server Search Parties is a good way to EARN your way into the [TiC] Clan.

THIS IS HOW A SERVER SEARCH PARTY WORKS:

1. All the volunteers meet at the scheduled time on the scheduled [TiC] Clan Roger Wilco channel.

2. Everyone starts up Half-Life (or other game) and "UPDATES" their "SERVER LIST".

3. Everyone sorts their SERVER LIST by PING and tells everyone over the RW channel.

4. Each volunteer jumps on the servers that they have the fastest pings to. Just make sure that the Server's name does not already have a [CLAN-TAG] in its name.

5. To keep the guys at the Server Search Party from double checking the same server (and to make sure that they are actually LOOKING and not playing), have each person say the Server's name before they join it over the RW channel, and their results once they have looked.

6. When the volunteer first "LOADS" on to the Half-Life game server, there is a SCREEN with YELLOW WRITING. SOMETIMES there will be CONTACT INFORMATION for the person or people that own/host that server.

COPY down ANY info you find (email address, ICQ number, web page address, etc) and copy down the server's IP# number and port and server name.

7. Then, actually get into the game on that Half-Life server and then type in a message asking:
"Is the Server Administrator here?"
(several times.)

-If- he is really there (sometimes KIDS will lie about being the ServerAdmin), start to tell him that you are with the TiC clan and would like him to host a server for us. Be clear to say "We would like to leave the server OPEN to the public" if that is what he/she wants. We simply want him to put "[TiC]Clan" in the server's name and to get rcon once he trusts us. The server's rcon password is the prize we are after.

((( Later, we could ask him to add "www.ticclan.com" to the message of the day on the server MOTD.txt. EVEN later, if and when he is comfortable with us, he could give us rcon, BUT we will ask him that LATER. The first step is always simply to get our name on the server and to get his contact info.)))

-If- he sounds interested, get ANY contact info that you possible can (email, icq, etc), but please don't harrass/bug him though .

8. -IF- the Server Admin was NOT on the server, but you did get some contact info, simply pass ANY info you have to the "Event Leader" for that 'Server Search Party'. The Event Leader will give you credit for how many "leads" you find. The Event Leader will foward the list of leads with the names of who found which leads to ticclan@bigfoot.com . A nice clean request letter will be sent out via Email/ICQ/etc to the Server Admin with a asking him/her to host his/her/their server for our Clan.

9. If one of your "leads" pans out, you get RCON too! Help your Clan to thrive and grow, help out with Server Search Parties.

HOW do I help ?

Post a message on the [TiC] Clan Forums. YOU can HELP or you can even help CO-HOST or Host an Event.

Standard Server Search Party LETTER:

You can use this pre-written letter or write your own letter to send out to potential leads that might host a server for us. Use these to follow any leads you stumble upon.

 

Hello "Server Administrator or INSERT HOST's NAME",
would you consider running a server for the [TiC] Clan, please? We are a global friendly mature adults only Clan made up of almost 50 friendly Adult Members. If you want to help us, we would simply ask that you put the words "[TiC]Clan" in the server's name somewhere. We would also want the server to stay OPEN to the public, if possible.
Thank you .
[TiC]Clan
ticclan@bigfoot.com
www.ticclan.com

This page was originally created by [TiC-R]Gaidin 4April00. Last updated 05/30/04.