Conclamo Ludus

OK. I just started playing games online. And I'll be the first to declare, I'm not very good at them, but I have fun and respect the rules and don't do really really stupid things that people always bitch about.

I've got one of those funky Gamespy memberships which makes it easy to find servers and patches and all that junk.

I don't have any sense of community within the games that I play. I don't have any buddies to play with or against, no group to call home, nothing but my rifle, my pony, and me.

I still have fun, but I'm wondering if Gamers on TFP get together at all. If there are any groups to join for the games I play. How I should go about getting online buddies to play with. Stupid mistakes I shouldn't make...etc.

Any pointers?

I play:
Battlefield 1942 (and some mods)
Half-Life (Mods, CS, TF, etc.)
Halo (PC Demo)
Unreal 2 XMP (Demo)
Neverwinter Nights
Enemy Territory

Thanks...

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