There are more teams lerking communityl4d.com and l4dforums.com than there are teams on Gamesurge and Quakenet combined. The community is there. So many teams are scriming w/out a config on their server simply because they have no idea how to get invovled. Many teams are finding scrims through steam friends. They'll bump into another player or members of a team, and schedule a time to play by adding one another to their friends list. Lets fix this right now.

There is no need for any special scrim mod, or specific means or methods to incorporate these "lost" teams into the steadily growing community. We just need to get them on IRC. Here are your directions for those of you who are unaware.

Go to www.mirc.com - download and install the client - once installed, a box should pop up after you press "continue" on the advertisement...follow the prompts to fill in the proper fields (name/email/etc) and find the "servers" tab under your options on the left. The L4D USA community mainly resides on Gamesurge. Once you've clicked servers, a list of server folders will appear. Scroll down until you find Gamesurge. Double click the folder and double click "random server". Once finished, click on connect on the left side, and then click the actual connect button. Let it connect you and proceed to type /j #l4d. That will put you in the main Left 4 Dead channel. Other channels include: #l4dscrim #l4dpug #scriml4d. Type /j in front of any channel name and it will join you ("j" for join).

Once you are in these channels advertise for a scrim. Type "4v4 your/our server NoMercy/BloodHarvest" and keep an eye out for another team doing the same thing. If you dont have CAL.cfg on your server(s) I would recommend looking for a "4v4 YOUR server NM/BH".

Good Luck! We hope to see some new faces!

Thanks MikeG. Jbob already wrote an article regarding IRC here:

http://communityl4d.com/commentary/l4d-leagues-and-tournaments/how-to-the-l4d-irc-network.html

You can link that on other forums if you would like.

Ahh, didn't see that. None the less, another post can't hurt. Mine is much smaller and hopefully an easier read :o LOL. Still, hope to see more faces.

also to you new to irc , mirc 'expires' after 30 days, but it will still work, you just have to wait a few seconds after opening for the continue button to bold.

also to you new to irc , mirc 'expires' after 30 days, but it will still work, you just have to wait a few seconds after opening for the continue button to bold.

the trick to get you to buy it.

Also, if you start up mirc enough times, it'll sometimes give you a link to buy mirc for half price if you're interested in buying. I've had it bookmarked for a few months now and the link hasn't expired.

if you wanna get rid of the little "register ad" just msg me on irc :)

if only it were this easy...

I see how it is mike, tryin to steal all my thunder.

if you wanna get rid of the little "register ad" just msg me on irc :)

i would but your not idling #stfugaming :O

im in #l4d though, as well as the channel in my sig