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Supposedly the 1.1 patch fixed the need to do this; but just in case these are the ports that need to be forwarded in your router/firewall to play borderlands online:
6500 (TCP/UDP)
9989 (TCP/UDP)
7777 (TCP/UDP)
28900 (TCP)
27900 (UDP)
28910 (TCP)

And you need a gamespy ID to be friends to playtogether.
Gamespy can't decide if my ID is Galedrid or Kingshand, but it shoudl be galedrid. Alternately try lordoptimusprime@hotmail.com if it doesn't let you friend galedrid or kingshand

How to change FOV:
>> my documents\games\borderlands\willowgame

open willowinput.ini
add
Bindings=(Name="F9",Command="FOV 85",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False)
Bindings=(Name="F10",Command="FOV 90",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False)
add it amongst the other bindings, change the fov to whatever you want and switch it by the corresponding keys

85 is the native FOV. You can change the 90 in the second binding to whatever you want. Just hit F10 to make it 90, and F9 to revert it to normal. You have to do this every time you play, but it's not that big of a deal. I played the whole game in the normal FOV and never even noticed; but I do have to say I like it at 90 better.

I use a different PC for vent but if you use the same one you play borderlands on you'll want this:
How to turn off In-Game Voice Chat:

>> my documents\games\borderlands\willowgame
open willowengine.ini

find bHasVoiceEnabled=true