Recruit bootcamp

The Art of Warfare Quake Wars Division Boot Camp Manual 2.4 Recruit VersionProperty of The Art of Warfare—TAW

Welcome to TAW!

The purpose of the boot camp is to give new members an idea of how TAW works, of what is expected of them, and also of what our organization has to offer.

Table of ContentsTEAMSPEAK.......................................................................................................................................................2

Setting Push-to-Talk.......................................................................................................................................2Turning Off Sound Notifications.....................................................................................................................3When and How to use Teamspeak in TAW....................................................................................................3

TAW MISSION STATEMENT................................................................................................................................4TAW ACTIVITIES.................................................................................................................................................4

Battle for Earth..............................................................................................................................................4Training Seminars..........................................................................................................................................4Public Servers................................................................................................................................................5

TAW CODE OF ETHICS........................................................................................................................................5No Cheating, Glitching, or Exploiting.............................................................................................................5Moonlighting.................................................................................................................................................5Alliances.........................................................................................................................................................5Participation..................................................................................................................................................6TAW and Real Life..........................................................................................................................................7Conduct.........................................................................................................................................................7TAW [at]theartofwarfare.net E-Mail Address................................................................................................8Suggestions & Complaints.............................................................................................................................8Server Funding...............................................................................................................................................8TAW shop......................................................................................................................................................8

TAW Organization..............................................................................................................................................8Ranks.............................................................................................................................................................8Medals & Badges...........................................................................................................................................9

IN-GAME SETUP...............................................................................................................................................10TEAMSPEAK ACCOUNT.....................................................................................................................................11Supplemental Information...............................................................................................................................13

TAW.net QW Division Page..........................................................................................................................13TAW.net QW Roster....................................................................................................................................13TAW.net Black Pages...................................................................................................................................14

QUAKE Wars DivisionBoot Camp Manual v2.4Property of The Art of Warfare - TAW

Helpful links.................................................................................................................................................14

TEAMSPEAK

Setting Push-to-Talk

Make sure you are using Push-to-Talk, set to a non-character key.


Turning Off Sound Notifications

Make sure that you have all sound notifications disabled. To do this, uncheck all boxes in Settings → Options → Sound Notifications.

When and How to use Teamspeak in TAW

Members are required to be on Teamspeak when playing Quake Wars at all times.

It allows you to request open slots on full TAW servers, talk to other members, and organize scrims.

Changing ChannelsCheck in when joining a channel: “Makron checking in”Check out when leaving a channel: “Makron checking out.”

Asking to SpeakBreak: “Makron break.”

Requesting Radio SilenceClear Comms/Channel (used by leaders)


TAW MISSION STATEMENT

Honour, friendship, loyalty, fair play, and respect are the ideals promoted by TAW.

Fun! We want to have fun playing the game.

TAW ACTIVITIES

Battle for Earth

Battle for Earth, often abbreviated BFE, is a claninternal tournament that is carried out inseasons.

All members are drafted into platoons and battlefor victory and points over vanilla and custommaps.

Experience organized team play, a wide variety ofcustom maps, new strategies every match dayand intense battles for the campaign victory.

Participation is mandatory for all members.

There are two battalions in TAW QW and eachhas its own BFE. While you are required to play inyour battalion’s BFE, you are always welcome toparticipate in the other battalion’s tournament asa floater.

Fun is paramount!

Training Seminars

Training Seminars are offered by the Training Instructor Staff of both battalions.

NA Battalion: Thursdays 2100 ESTEU Battalion: Thursdays 2100 GMT

They allow you to acquire new skills and to improve on your area of expertise.

Benefit from the experience and knowledge of other players, learn about custom maps, and obtain the skills necessary to earn TAW proficiency badges.

Further information can be found in the Quake Wars : Academy channel in Teamspeak.


Public Servers

We have 3 public ranked servers, two for the NA and one for the EU

Unranked public servers running custom maps and mods

Our public servers are there for everyone to have fun, and they are the place where we recruit new members.

TAW CODE OF ETHICS

No Cheating, Glitching, or Exploiting

TAW takes cheating and accusations of cheating very seriously.

We do not tolerate any of our members taking part in cheating, glitching, or using exploits.

If you come across anyone doing so, do not accuse that player of cheating. Instead:

Spectate them (F7)Make a demo (F12) / take screenshots (F11).Present your evidence to your chain of command staff. They are the ones who can do something about it.

TAW Official Cheating Policy

Moonlighting

As a member of the TAW Quake Wars Division you are not allowed to be a member of any other clan, team, or organization that supports Quake Wars or any other games supported by TAW.

Alliances

TAW does not maintain alliances with other clans, teams, or organizations.TAW Official Alliances Policy


http://taw.net/taw/policy.aspx#2.1-S2


Participation

There are two mandatory practices per week - Sundays and Tuesdays - that you are required to attend.

You need to be in the battalion’s HEADQUARTERS channel on time. Screenshots are taken to account for the presence of members.If you cannot attend a practice or arrive too late for the screenshot - which is always announced before taken - you need to fill in the excusal form. The excusal form is available in the following locations:

Click on this link and bookmark/favourite it.

Go to the Quake Wars Division pages on taw.net. (To find it go to taw.net, hover your mouse over the Units tab, click on Quake Wars). Then click on the Excusal/Info tab.

If you fail to make it to a practice and do not send in an excusal, you will receive an AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave). After three AWOLs you will be discharged from TAW.

You will receive external participation credit if you attend Thursday’s trainings or float for the other battalion. Make sure to be on time for this screenshot as well. Trainings on Thursday start in the ACADEMY channel.

TAW Official Participation Policy



http://www.taw.net/

http://taw.net/taw/division.aspx?div=QW


https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dHMzTTEzLW8tclFHWHJsR3FfY1dUVEE6MA#gid=5

TAW and Real Life

We appreciate dedication and commitment by our members.

TAW respects the real lives of all its members.

Members can send in excusals for absences and can request to be put on leave for a period of 30 days. Additional 30 days can be granted by the division staff in special cases.

In the worst case, members can request discharge from TAW.

TAW Official Dedication and Real Life Policy

Conduct

TAW members treat each other and non-members with respect, regardless of rank or position.

Wearing the TAW tag makes every member a representative of our clan. Respectful behaviour is expected of all members in Teamspeak, on the forums, and whenever playing.

We do not tolerate inappropriate or abusive language in Teamspeak, on any forums, or on any servers.

While we encourage our members to recruit new players into TAW, we do not recruit on servers other than our own.

All members should respect the person leading an event and follow their instructions.

WEAPONS RED is the condition all members are in ‘during warm-up’ in practices.Weapons Red should be maintained during trainings unless otherwise instructed.It means no distracting the attention of other players in the game, so that instructions can be given and understood. This includes:

Do Not Shoot. Do Not Enter Vehicles. Do Not Call in Deployables. Do Not Leave Your Territory (The area marked in green on the map). Be Silent - unless specifically instructed otherwise.

TAW Official Conduct Policy




TAW [at]theartofwarfare.net E-Mail AddressEvery member of TAW receives an e-mail address. E-mails sent to callsign[at]theartofwarfare.net will be redirected to the e-mail account the person signed up with. E.g. [email protected]

Make sure to always sign your e-mails with your call sign.

Suggestions & ComplaintsMembers of TAW are encouraged to offer suggestions at any time. Everyone is welcome to do so on our forums or in Teamspeak.

However, our communications platforms are no place for complaints, and certainly no battlefield for personal differences. If you have a problem, inform either your platoon leader or a battalion staff officer in private.

Server FundingMembership in TAW is free. However, we alwaysappreciate donations to support funding our servers. The Donations Page can be reached via the Supporttab on the TAW main page.

TAW shopTAW has its own online shop that offers highly fashionable Clothing, Mugs and Buttons/Badges. Goods are available from TAW and specific divisions. Purchasing merchandise from the TAW shop is another great way to make a donation to TAW and its divisions. If you buy something from a specific division, then the donation goes to that division.

TAW shop: http://taw.net/taw/position.aspx?id=tawshop

TAW Organization

RanksWe are all equal in TAW! You do not need to address anyone with “sir” or their ranks.

The military ranks in TAW show the responsibilities of members and usually go along with certain functions.

After 4 practices, every recruit becomes a private first class and a full member of TAW with access to all forums and the Black Pages. Until then, recruits are probationary members; during this period it is not possible to request leave.

We encourage members to step up to higher positions and to accept greater responsibility within TAW.

Promotions are awarded for good attendance and performance. Ranks higher than Sergeant can only be attained by accepting a function.


http://taw.net/taw/position.aspx?id=tawshop

http://vault.theartofwarfare.net/donations.htm

TAW Positions Page TAW Ranks Page

Medals & Badges

Medals are awarded for achievements - such as winning our internal tournament - Battle for Earth.

Proficiency badges can be earned by taking tests. If you want to take a badge test, inform your TS to arrange a time.

For a full list of medals and badges see http://taw.net/taw/awards.aspx

Note that not all badges apply to Quake Wars or are available for testing.

The Quake wars badge tests can be found in the Academy channel.


GENERAL RANKSSENIOR OFFICER RANKSColonel (COL)Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) min DCOFFICER RANKSMajor (MAJ)Captain (CPT)1st Lieutenant (1LT) min CO2nd Lieutenant (2LT) min XO/SOSENIOR NCO RANKSSergeant Major (SGM)Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGS)1st Sergeant (1SG)Master Sergeant (MSG)Gunnery Sergeant (GSG)Staff Sergeant (SSG) min PL/HDI

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER RANKSSergeant (SGT) min SL/FLCorporal (CPL) min DI

ENLISTED RANKSLance Corporal (LCP)Private First Class (PFC) full memberRecruit (REC) probationary member

http://taw.net/taw/awards.aspx

http://taw.net/taw/ranks.aspx

http://taw.net/taw/positions.aspx

IN-GAME SETUP

Now download the taw.cfg. Link:For windows users (except windows 7): taw.cfgFor Linux and windows 7 users: taw.cfgFor Mac users: taw.cfg

It normally saves in the right location. If it doesn’t then just use the following locations:

Windows Vista / 7: \Users\*USERNAME*\Documents\id Software\Enemy Territory - QUAKE Wars\base

Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\*USERNAME*\My Documents\id Software\Enemy Territory - Quake Wars\base

Mac OS X: /Users/*USERNAME*/Library/Application Support/ETQW/base

Linux: /home/*USERNAME*/.etqwcl/base

Start up the game in vanilla and add all TAW servers to favourites, then join on a TAW vanilla server.

Now open the console by pressing [CTRL]+[ALT]+[~] or [CTRL]+[ALT]+[§], and type in “exec taw”

This will adapt all settings to TAW standards and print the userguid in the end. Copy the userguid and past it in Teamspeak.

Now bind a key to each type of voice chat, none of which being the Teamspeak push-to-talk key.

Once the keys are bound, enter “writeconfig myconfig” in the console.

Go to a Pro server and to a TA server where you should run myconfig.cfg by entering “exec myconfig” in the console.

Send in-game friend requests to the CO and XO of the battalion (your DI will tell you who these are). The message should be “New Recruit.”

If you have problems with auto-downloads you can get the missing files here: http://bravehardt.com/TAW/Quake_Wars/Custom_Maps/base/


http://bravehardt.com/TAW/Quake_Wars/Custom_Maps/base/

http://bravehardt.com/TAW/Quake_Wars/SmokeScreen/configs/TAWconfig-OSX.dmg

http://bravehardt.com/TAW/Quake_Wars/SmokeScreen/configs/taw.zip

http://bravehardt.com/TAW/Quake_Wars/SmokeScreen/configs/taw.exe

TEAMSPEAK ACCOUNT

Now go to the TAW main page and sign in.

Now mouse-over the Member tab and click “Generate Teamspeak Token.”

You should receive a private message on the TAW page and an e-mail notification of thesame. The data included in this message with a private TS token.


Entering your TS token

Make sure your TS nickname is correct: callsign [QW #]

Save the TS nickname in the bookmarks (Ctrl+B)


Supplemental Information

You can read through this section of the manual at your own leisure. It should help you to find out where you can obtain information and how to resolve common problems.

TAW.net QW Division Page: http://taw.net/taw/division.aspx?div=QW

Over the Units tab you can reach the page of the Quake Wars Division on taw.net. Under “ETQW Info” you can find basic information on our division. The most useful feature is the match countdown. It shows how many days and hours are left until the next practice of either battalion. Under the “Events” tab you will find the current scores of the BFE and possible other events. The “Calendar tab” offers more detailed information on the current tournament, for

example the schedule of campaigns, the scores of past matches and more. The Calendar tab also hosts booking forms for requesting one-to-one training sessions from Training Instructors. The “QW Team” tab contains all the information on who is currently in what position and also which members are currently assigned to which platoons. The “Hall of Fame” contains the names of members and platoons who have won past Battle for Earth seasons and also a memorial section. Under “Info/Servers” you will find the Excusal Form and some information on our servers as well as another link to the donations page.

TAW.net QW Roster: http://taw.net/taw/roster.aspx?unit=QW

The Info tab/Rosters link leads to a page with one banner for each division in TAW. Clicking on the banner of the QW division will lead you to the roster of all its members. You will find the name, rank, function and country of each member of the division. By clicking on the name you

can reach the profile page of each member. It contains more specific information on the member’s function and also all the medals and badges the member has earned. Further, there is a link to the e-mail address of each member, just in case you are not sure how it’s spelled.


http://taw.net/taw/roster.aspx?unit=QW


TAW.net Black Pages

Note that you will not have access to the Black Pages until you have been promoted to the rank of private first class. While the Black Pages serve mainly administrative functions of the staff, they also contain information that is interesting for regular members. If you step up to a function in TAW, you will get to use the Black Pages regularly, for example as a Drill Instructor to grant Teamspeak access to new members. You can reach the Black Pages via a link in the members tab.

Note that you will have to login separately from your login on taw.net. The second login requires you to add underscore TAW (_TAW) to your callsign. The password is the

same as the one for the regular taw.net login. If you are having trouble logging in, try changing your password in your profile on taw.net. Most of the time that resolves the issue as you password for the Black Pages will be changed as well and should thus be accepted afterwards.

Helpful links:

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Tweak Guide

Advanced Scripting and Configuration Guide

GTactix - Tactical Planning Software

TAW Player Stats on Public Servers

TAW Staff Duties and Responsibilities

Setting up Teamspeak 3 for TAW - Video Guide

Setting up Teamspeak 3 for TAW - Written Guide


http://tawu.theartofwarfare.net/TS3%20Admin.pdf

http://vimeo.com/16478850

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AkUPoKqn0BtHdDU2VVVlbWxBdkhCV2FOLW1DdjVZUGc&hl=en_GB&authkey=CLehw4cB#gid=0

http://etqw.splatterladder.com/?mod=claninfo&idx=165

http://gtactix.com/

http://www.mattc0m.com/etqw/scripting.html

http://www.tweakguides.com/ETQW_1.html

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