When I Was a Newbie...

[Taven]

... what do you people mean when you were newbies?

I haven't defeated my area-newbness yet.

Just don't let me out outdoors. Ever. Then all will be well.

[Kryos]

The comment above amuses me, for I am a newb, but I know the out of doors better then the in.

My first character got insta-gibbed by a /look /kill no emote high(est) karma role within about 3 hours of making him. .  I was still in the process of typing out a say while trying to figure out these crazy ~ ! # ^ stuff.  Musta had really shiny boots or something?  This soured me a great deal, but I persisted.

Next guy survived disease, poison, tembo, pvp(once again, no role play involved and out of the blue ) and general lack of knowledge about the game in general while trying to play a hunter type and learn the lay of the land.  Lasted about 10 days played.

I can say I never did join the Byn with a character, maybe that's why I'm still a newb?

[shadeoux]

I can say I never did join the Byn with a character, maybe that's why I'm still a newb?

Just means you haven't rode off the shield wall

[Cutthroat]

I can say I never did join the Byn with a character, maybe that's why I'm still a newb?

Just means you haven't rode off the shield wall

Just means you haven't had to shovel poo to sustain a living IG.

[Fynn]

When I was a newbie (that'd be yesterday):

• I sat in the Trader's Inn and ordered a number of drinks while I listened to folks talking.
• I bought probably more meat than I really needed to.
• I learned how to use haggle.
• I figured out that I'd probably better get a job, because the money runs out quick.
• I discovered that folks don't respond to attempts at conversation unless they know you.
• Experimented with 'think' and 'emote'.

Today, I plan to:

• Sit in the Trader's Inn and drink while I listen to folks talking.
• See if I can figure out how to get a job crafting.
• Try to get someone to talk with me.

Wish me luck!

[Ourla]

Good luck!

Sounds like you're heading down the right road as far as getting a job and getting folks to talk to you.  Sometimes, I've found the best way to start making contacts is through business.  Offer your services, or buy or barter for someone else's.  If you can maintain regular commerce, everything else falls right into place.

[Fynn]

Good luck!

Sounds like you're heading down the right road as far as getting a job and getting folks to talk to you.  Sometimes, I've found the best way to start making contacts is through business.  Offer your services, or buy or barter for someone else's.  If you can maintain regular commerce, everything else falls right into place.

Thank you. So far, I've managed to fall down a pit, climb back up again, and get lost in town.

[Agent_137]

• I discovered that folks don't respond to attempts at conversation unless they know you.

dude, those were probably NPCs. Players should at least emote ignoring you and not just completely ignore you.

type LOOK TABLES in the bar. anyone actually shown sitting at a table is definitely a PC.

[Fynn]

dude, those were probably NPCs. Players should at least emote ignoring you and not just completely ignore you.

Would definitely have been nice, but they were talking amongst themselves. No worries, though - there's plenty of fishes in the sea.

[Archbaron]

dude, those were probably NPCs. Players should at least emote ignoring you and not just completely ignore you.

Would definitely have been nice, but they were talking amongst themselves. No worries, though - there's plenty of fishes in the sea.

We need more newbies like you. Welcome to Arm.

[Maso]

The kind of people you get in the Traders most tend to be of a certain 'type'. Often they are of the type that won't go round talking with commoners randomly. Plus, sometimes...if people are deep within conversation with one another it can pretty hard to then try and RP with an outsider. Think of it like RL, would you just go up to a table of strangers, who were deep in conversation, and start talking to them?

Try looking for the loners, or people sat at a bar. People sit at bars to socialise, and tables for private chats....usually.

[Dalmeth]

Yeah, the first thing I thought when you said people were ignoring you is that you're in the Trader's.  There are other taverns in the city, and you'll find more people willing to just talk.  The Gaj is the lowest common denominator (and I do mean low) in that equation, so you might try there.

[Agent_137]

The kind of people you get in the Traders most tend to be of a certain 'type'. Often they are of the type that won't go round talking with commoners randomly. Plus, sometimes...if people are deep within conversation with one another it can pretty hard to then try and RP with an outsider. Think of it like RL, would you just go up to a table of strangers, who were deep in conversation, and start talking to them?

Try looking for the loners, or people sat at a bar. People sit at bars to socialise, and tables for private chats....usually.

Good social advice, definitely. But as a an OOC courtesy, i hope those players ignoring him were giving  -feedback- in the form of emotes that they are ignoring/not noticing him. You can build a scene around being ignored as long as there is feedback.

[Fynn]

We need more newbies like you. Welcome to Arm.

*grin*

Thanks, Archbaron.

[Fynn]

Try looking for the loners, or people sat at a bar. People sit at bars to socialise, and tables for private chats....usually.

Ah. Thanks for the tip - I'll keep that in mind henceforth.

[Fynn]

The Gaj is the lowest common denominator (and I do mean low) in that equation, so you might try there.

*nod*

Will do. Thanks!

[5 day lifespan]

• House Kadius ruled the world (Ysania, Berlian, Eldor, Boad, Cringe, et al.)
• Gemmers hung out in the Sanctuary
• I grunted so much with one of my Bynners that Lord Templar Ihsahn Kasix of the Blue cut me down on the spot.
• I used to cut and paste my combat exploits into IRC..."Duude, I just brutally slashed a duskhorn on the aaaaaaassss!" 

One of these listed characters is my RL friend who got me into the game.

When i was a Noob, Isahn was Red, and my second character followed him into the sewers with the Byn.  I got lost.  And I saw horrible things.
My first character made it past 5 days.  None have come close since.  granted i HAVE had a 6 year hiatus, so i am SOMEWHAT excused but still... I still kinda suck.

[spicemustflow]

I still kinda suck.

[Sephiroto]

Sergeant Saitoh, I believe, was the hunch-backed one...or was his player's handle Saitorr...or both? Damn, that was a long time ago, hehe.

• The hunch-backed guy was Iltrin, played by Saitorr.  One of my first characters tried to shit on him in the Gaj, but Iltrin pointed out that I didn't emote pulling down my pants.  So, my character shat himself instead.
• The athletic, pony-tailed man gave me 100 coins because I was a hopless n00b.
• I got locked in Arjan's (spelling?) compound off Miner's or Stonecarver's.  I remember he had a forked beard.
• I loved my serrated bone longsword and shortsword.
• I repaired gith armor and wore it.
• I ran into the 'rinth fighting NPC's then fled with about 2 hp.  I slept/woke/slept/woke/slept....etc. in the Whiran temple for about 5 minutes.  Then ran around the Bazarr with about 10hp selling forked daggers and then (I think) eventually got thrown in jail for attempting to sell militia weapons.

[Vessol]

When I was a newbie, I thought Templars would be crueler-ordering executions of people who accidentally bump into them. This at least is the impression my friend who got me into playing told me.

[Ourla]

When I was a noob I thought you could only forage once in each room.

[audrey]

I tried to kill random NPCs with a 0-hour character, using the free respawn to figure out how tough they were. I got whipped to death by one

I was so determined to make anti-stereotype characters that I'd make a character of the wrong guild and join a clan which doesn't use the skills at all. Since I was still a newbie, everyone was really nice and mean to me at the same time for not having skills.

Had a lot of very emotionally intense RP. Got hunted down in both cities before (and killed by soldiers in both). Stored one, and almost stored another because I'd OOC cry from the tough RP, but decided to see how it'd work out and did some awesome things with no skill.

Shared OOC information and got banned. At least it's not as bad as getting banned from another MUSH for ignoring consent rules

[Bushranger]

When I was a newbie I looked at the thing on the road, that my then mentor, a Mul named Flower, had told me 'Don't even look at it' and promptly got my butt kicked into single digit HPs until Flower killed it.

Sometimes I miss those things, but then I kick myself and realise how awesome the game is today and how long it has held my attention.

But I would still like to see the thing again, but used very rarely!

Edit: Does anyone else remember those things?

[Lizzie]

I'm not sure which thing you're talking about, but I remember the Mul named Flower! He was watering a plant in the tablelands when I met him. I wasn't a newbie though.

When I was a newbie, I had lots of experience in diku-type games, a little with mush-style roleplay, and I'd played another RPI before. So I was very comfortable with the code, syntax, commands, help files, etc. etc. Emoting was clunky for me because of all the variables but I got used to it pretty quickly. But, I didn't learn where the waterseller was until around 2 weeks after I had my first character, because she was clanned the day after I created her and the clan provided water.

I didn't remember at first, that commoners can't read or write, and I think I made the typical noob mistake of asking "where do I sign?" when I was offered a job. I had no idea honey was green, and to this day I never asked in-game or read out of game HOW honey came from kanks.

I thought erdlus could fly. Whenever I saw a greth, I imagined it as a feather duster with feet. My character could craft, I was in a crafting clan, but I wasn't hired to be a crafter, and so I was afraid to use up all the materials and could never find my boss. So mostly I just putzed around being bored and frustrated and "snuck" a crafting session every once in awhile just to keep from ripping my hair out.

[Bushranger]

I was a newbie for the first two or three years of playing and it was really my mentorship with Flower that helped set me on the path out of that! This was  in answer to an old, old forum post asking for an apprentice on the GDB to start in Red Storm (Also the beginning of my infatuation with that village that has continued through the redesigns and map changes)

I too didn't realize honey was green though and only learnt that about a year before kanks were phased out!

Edit: The thing I'm talking about looked like one thing, but when you looked in it you found out more than you really wanted to know about it.