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GCC Contests
For Club Members
Only, GCC Contests!
- Information
Game Club Central holds contests for
members often. So far the prizes have
included Game Voice units and a Microsoft
Intellimouse Optical Mouse.
Soon
we will be announcing more game and
hardware contests. The GCC Contest
Page will help to keep you informed
of happenings, and the Prize
Information page will keep track
of the treasure horde.
Only Registered Game Club Central members
are eligible for contests. Each contest
will have different rules, details,
and prizes.
Contests will take on various forms
at the discretion of myself and the
staff. GCC Game Tournaments, Easter
Egg hunts, Sniper Shot, and other types
of contests are planned. All details
will be posted with each contest on
the Contest Page and in the main news
page.
- Official
Rules
The Official
Rules may vary in some fashion from
contest to contest. Be sure you check
it for each contest, as I will update
them individually.
- Winner
List
The lucky
person(s) for each event will be posted
on the Winner's
Page within 15 days of contest end.
I am hoping to make it a very nice page
with contest history and winner listings
-- still a work in progress for now.
Forums
Talk, chat,
and information in the form of good old
fashioned user to user communication.
- General
GCC Connections will help you to
keep informed with the various news/gossip,
user to user support (GCC highly recommends
that you first visit Game
Voice.com Forums first for all your
technical needs), game talk, and clan
discussion.
- Forum
Registration
Even if
you are a registered member of Game
Club Central, the member database for
the forums is separate, so you will
need to
register a user name if you wish
to post.
- Posting
All of your questions about using the
forums are addressed in the Forum
FAQ. Have fun and express yourself!
I ask for one thing in the forums --
Be respectful to my staff and to other
members/guests.
Game
Voice Profiles
Custom profiles
to maximize Game Voice performance
- Information
All of GCC's Profiles
are member-created and virus-checked
for you to enjoy. All files are compressed
using Winzip
and credited to original author whenever
possible.
- How
To Download A
Profile
Each profile
in the GCC profiles section has a "click
here to download
this profile" statement.
Simply click the link and a "Save
as" box will come up.
Save the ZIP file anywhere you wish
and note the location for later.
You may
download as many of the profiles as
you like.
- Installing
And Using A Profile
Once you have the file on your PC you
can unzip it and you will see at least
one file (something .swv). Uncompress
the .swv file into your Game Voice profiles
directory. This is normally C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Hardware\Game Voice\Profiles\
by installation default. Then you can
load the profile from the Game Voice
software.
Please see the "Using
profiles" help topic
in the Game Voice User's Guide for more
information (to access from the software,
click Help
and then select Game
Voice User's Guide). The
full User guide is ONLY available from
the Game Voice software unless you have
printed it out.
- Making
Your Own Profiles
If you would like to make a new Game
Voice profile for a game that does not
have one, click
here to learn how. If you are in
a giving mood, share it with us! Even
if we have one for that game already,
yours may be a little better suited
for someone else.
- Submitting
Profiles
Game Club Central encourages its members
to support each other by sharing their
custom profiles with the community.
Some members have done some great game
profile work! Profile submission can
be accomplished by sending it to me
here,
preferrably in ZIP format. I will try
to get it posted in a timely manner.
If you submit a profile to GCC, please
try to include a JPG or GIF screenshot
of the profile as well. This will help
members that cannot use various versions
of the profiles to be able to create
their own based on your example. If
you need a free screen capture utility,
you can click here
to download one.
- Profile
Support
The main purpose of this club is not
to run technical support. However I
do like to inform and help users and
I am placing this section here to help
you. For formal Profile support visit
the Official Game
Voice Website and their Forums.
I recommend posting your difficulties
in the "Voice
Command Troubleshooting"
forum. The Game Voice Support team is
there to help you.
The most common problem worth mention
here is when a user gets the dreaded
"File is corrupt"
message when trying to load a Game Voice
profile. This is very common and easily
explained. When a "United
States English" Game
Voice user creates a profile it is unfortunately
only usable by those that bought the
Game Voice in the US. "International
English" users are therefore
not able to use the "United
States English" profiles.
The same restrictionapplies to "International
English" created profiles
and US Game Voice users.
To solve this annoying problem simply
be careful which version you are getting.
GCC tries to keep both versions available
for members but we of course need your
help to do so.
Good luck with your profiles!
Membership
and Database
The most comprehensive
Game Voice utility. Learn how to use it
and make the most of your membership.
- Joining
Game Club Central
Game Club
Central membership has many privileges
that go with it. Online Meetings, Game
Voice database, Game Profiles, and other
features on the site are available to
members only.
When you join
us you of course agree to the GCC
Terms
Of Use and in general agree to be
respectful of members and staff. We
in turn will continue to attempt to
bring you the most exciting site, contests,
and entertainment possible.
Joining
GCC will start with the submission form.
Here you will fill in your information
such as Name, Callsign/Nickname, Location,
Etc. The Languages and Games Played
feilds are both "selection-box"
type input, to use them
simply click your selection on the left
side and then click the "Add"
button and
your Language/Game gets added to the
right side. There is also a "Remove"
button here for your convenience.
Unfortunately the way we have things
working right now we do not have a write
in section for Languages or Games. If
you would like to see a specific language
or game added to the listing please
send
me an email with the details.
Once you submit the form you will be
able to login to the club using the
"Login"
button located on the right side of
the website. Here
you will enter your Login ID (email
address) and Password and click the
"Login"
button. You can now use the site with
full member rights.
If you have any trouble please contact
me.
- How
to Use The Database
This is probably the single most
reason you are at the club. Finding
other people with Game Voice! Many requests
were made to make this feature easier
to use and more effective, I hope you
enjoy the new features.
When you view the database members you
will first see their primary information
like Callsign, email, and location,
also a "Details"
button. In this view you now have the
ability to sort the entire database
by category.
Simply click the link for each section
to sort. For example click on "Languages"
to sort by Language. Click "Location"
to sort by Location. Such forth and
so on for all fields in this view. This
should help you find users more quickly
following criteria you set. Also
see the Search
section of this faq as it helps in finding
members with common intrests.
By pressing the "Details"
button you can view the full member
profile for that individual and get
more specific information about them.
From the view you can get things like
ICQ#, Hours of availability, etc.
- Editing
Your Profile
There
are several paths to editing your information
like Name, Email, Password, Country,
etc.
The first option is located right below
the "Logged In
As" text on the right
of the website. Here you will see your
username. If you click on it you will
be taken to the profile edit area and
can begin your updating. After adding
to or changing your profile you will
click the "Edit
Profile" button to approve
the changes.
The second option for changing your
profile can be accessed from the main
menu, "Edit Your
Profile" link, located
underneath the "GV Database"
menu.
Network
The GCC Network
is a collection of Game Voice Clan and Information
sites joined together for all Game
Voice Users.
- Clan
Sites
- Other
Sites
- Hosting
Online
Meetings
Online
Meetings are designed to bring members
together by offering you a place to schedule
games/and or chat. Below are descriptions
for each aspect of this feature.
- Display
All Meetings
This will show you currently scheduled
events up to 7 days in advance. Most meetings
created by members like you looking for
others to play games with. This may also
include chat topics if you wish.
You
will see one or more meeting, listed
by date. The name of the meeting is
at the the top, who created the meeting
and at what time/date, Game/Chat title,
and the "Details"
button.
The
"Details"
button will show you more detailed information
like meeting time/date, which game,
Passport ID/Email of creator, location
of meeting creator, additional notes,
and other players that will attend.
In
this view you may also add yourself
to the event. Simply click the "Add
to this meeting" button.
You will be added automatically to the
"Available Players".
If you wish to remove yourself you will
notice the button has changed to remove,
ckick it. Within the Available Players
section you can click on any player's
email and send them a quick note.
A
note to meeting creators: If you are
the creator of a meeting and use the
"Details"
view you will have the option of editing
your meeting details.
- Display
Meetings You Signed Up For
Clicking on this link will show you
not only the meetings you have signed
up for, but also those you have created.
It will display all of your meetings
for the next 7 days.This feature should
help you to keep track of when and where
your meetings are taking place.
- Create
a New Meeting
Selecting
this option allows you to create your
own meeting up to 7 days in advance.
Simply fill out all of the information
and click
"Submit Meeting".
Please be aware that
meetings are time sensitive. If you
make a commitment to play a game or
chat, please honor that commitment.
You
can edit your meeting at any time by
viewing the details of your meeting
and clicking the "Edit
Meeting" button. Once
submitted your changes will take place.
Your Game/Chat can be scheduled up to
7days in advance and will be removed
from the Online Meeting
List at the end of the scheduled
day. The reason for the 7 day limit
is so that meeting creators and submitted
players will not forget their meetings
and to keep the database reasonably
viewable.
Games
forming all the time, join a meeting
or create your own today!
Searching
How to use the search function effectively.
- Information
Having trouble
finiding prople in your country? Want
to find all of the Unreal Players? Your
wait is over.
You have all asked for increased search
capability, well here it is! The searching
can all be done from one box on GCC.
Please note the below instructions for
using search as it is a very powerful
tool and may take a little getting used
to.
- Using
Search
Although search is relatively easy to
use, I wanted to take a minute to explain
to you how the search engine works,
give you some good examples on the advanced
searching, and tell you about what you
will see.
The current search design matches your
input with various database criteria
to bring back 3 different search results,
"Member Game
Matches", "Meeting
Matches", and "Member
Profile Matches". This
allows one click to bring back a whole
bunch of useful information. Let's see
an example of how it works.
Take the word "Rymfax" and
type it in the Search box, hot return.
You should see the three search fields
come up for the 3 various search sections.
You may also want to do a seperate search
using a game name
"Elite Force"
for example,
so you can see how that works as well.
"Member Game
Matches" are at the
top and are essentially only used when
searching by game title. If you type
a game in the search window you will
see any and all members that have that
game in their profile.
"Meeting
Matches" are next and
will show any and all Online Meetings
that "Rymfax" is participating
in or has created.
This will also show meetings based on
your other input. For example if you
had typed a game name, it would show
all meetings for that game.
"Member
Profile Matches" is
probably the most powerful search. This
area will display almost any information
that is in the database. Here you can
type "United States" and get
all US Game Voice users in the database.
Type "Cable" and get a listing
of all members that use a cable connection.
Type in "French" and get everyone
that speaks French. The same thing applies
to almost all of the fields in the member
database.
Servers
Dedicated
Game Voice Chat and Game servers for members
only.
- Information
I will be
posting this section of the FAQ soon.
- Server
Status
- Server
Contact
I sincerely
hope this FAQ has helped answer your questions
and to help you make full use of our website.
If you have a suggestion for this FAQ,
or you would like to see something added
to it, please email
me.
Thank you for letting me babble,
`Smaug
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