Want to play the game 'by the book' - forget it! - well okay, here is some stuff that might set you on the right track.

A general resource is this Player's Manual (very much updated from the portal version[1]).
Very useful to understand whats written on forums, this wiki and the UBB is this list of Common Terminology
and then there is all the stuff below (to which you can contribute and edit)

General Guides	Color Guides
Beginner Guidance Portal Startup Guide also: Help EDIT this version! Portal Tutorials Researching for dummies Mike Clough's Strategy Guide	Ascendancy - White Sirhatter’s White Guide Maerlyn Style White DL_Snake's Ascendant Guide
Advanced Guidance Topian Early Ranking	Eradication - Red Alzorath's Eradication Guide Azreal's Red Guide
Game Mechanics Alzorath's FAQ v0.3 Bane's Book of Formulas Ronin's War Formulas Favour from Gods Understanding Stacking	Nether - Black Alzorath's Nether Guide Sabre Nether Guide DOLZero's Devil Guide Seraph's Devils Guide The Only Guide to Nether You Will Ever Need Broke and Butter's Battlelust Battle Guide
Tools or Calculators Lonectzn's Stack Calculator Geld Optimizer Applet	Phantasm - Blue Alzorath's Phantasm Guide
Other Information	Verdancy - Green Roxton's Tips for Verdant Simple Verdant Guide Sir Hatter's Green Guide for Apprentice Server Verdant Stacking in UBB Hall of Sages Incomplete: weaver's complete guide to green rushing

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GalaxyNet IRC

Guidance to help you set up a connection to the Galaxynet IRC network, and channels such as #reincarnation.

Guides