By the way for other noobs... In case they search and find this thread:
phase 1 - melting the crack (tip pipe slightly upwards so your rock doesn't fall out, rotate pipe slowly while alternately applying and removing flame so the liquid is evenly absorbed... Once some of the rock is liquified... You'll hear some crackling as water is released... Then hold the pipe level so the liquid doesn't run thru your choreboy and down the pipe)
phase 2 - smoking the liquid (freebase?). (hold pipe level, apply flame to end of pipe and suck gently.. If you see smoke flowing thru the pipe you're in good shape.. Otherwise your rock probably hasn't melted.. You should get average 3-6 hits off a dime depending on the size of the hit.. More than that and you probably aren't taking large enough hits or got candle wax instead of crack.. Another giveaway that you got fake shit besides it not getting you high is the rock not making a crackling sound during phase 1. Also if your lips/tongue don't get numb it ain't real.)
allow the pipe to cool between hits because the numbness will prevent you from noticing that you are burning the fuck out of your lips.
after smoking all the liquid freebase present in your pad (eventually you should stop getting much/any smoke), allow the pipe to cool and use your chopstick to gingerly push the chore to the opposite end of the pipe. This should grab any smokeable freebase that dripped down the pipe.. It's important to do this step with a cool pipe since otherwise the hot chore wil vaporize the freebase on its way thru the pipe and you'll lose it.
Finally, the most important tip: be fucking careful.. The higher you get I find the harder it is to be aware of things like chest pain or a racing pulse or your heart fixing to explode, not to mention the risk of sudden seizure without warning... So take it easy (easier said than done).
I'm typing this little faq on my phone so I will clean up the editing on my PC when I'm not so high