How do I 'ping' someone? I haven't heard the term before. but then again it's been a couple months since I've been in the forums. Can someone help me out?

Simply add a @ before a username will ping this person. They'll get an event telling them that someone mentioned them on a thread :)

Oh that's simple enough. slaps forehead I feel intelligent now haha. Thanks guys! :D

~ I'm not surprised that you didn't know about it before, since you've been away for a bit. The pinging system was just added a couple weeks ago. It's great for the advertising forums and stuff :D