well i haven't seen a thread about this on here, but this program has been going around the competitive community (cal/twl, etc) for a good number of months, and i just thought you guys might like to know about it ;)
www.xfire.com)
its a small download, and updates are usually released every other week.
basically its a non-gay version of aim which lets you see where other people are playing and who they are plaing with.
user-defined display names (like msn)
will not kick you out of a game when messaged
automatically get server info, including ping, name, map, and who is playing
low impact - very little bandwidth needed and small memory/cpu footprint
friends of friends - if some of your friends aren't on, then you can see those that are playing and are on their friends lists, without them seeing/harassing you ;)
oh yeah its free.
anyway my username is rumor (display name mR.iLgNeR) if you wanna add me.