Just below the "New Topic" button you clicked to post this thread is a list of stickies, of those you could select from is one titled "A Plea to All Newcomers" by Oltecs. The guy spent a lot of time answering your questions before you asked them. Do him a favor in return and check out his work.

Here's a quick link:
http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=11888

He has several links to threads that for all intensive purposes answer your questions nearly in the order you asked them. After you've gone through those, and you have questions on specifics feel free to ask. I understand the search feature on the forum can be quite frustrating at times, but you should always give it a shot first.

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