When I Was a Newbie...

[Whiran Luck]

I made a half-elf either burglar or pickpocket very long ago, because I had spent a while playing fantasy muds and half-elves were 'cool'. I spent two days writing up the description/background, researching, reading the old descending-thread GDB, helpfiles, what-have-you. After getting lost, and somehow finding my way to the Gaj, was delighted to run into actual people-- who shunned me for the half-elf I was and ended up befriending an elf who gave me a cloak. Met some people from the Byn who thought I'd do great at it, and gave me directions to the Byn compound. Unfortunately, I must have taken a wrong turn into the rinth because something hideous backstabbed me and killed me in one hit, when I had played just over the 24 hour newb res. It made me sadface.

[HTX]

Back when I was newbish, I remember having a character out spam obsidian mining (*cringe*)... then a staff member animated a beetle and started attacking me. I got knocked down into negative HPs, and the bug started munching on me, but just before the beetle got to my character's brains the gate guards came and saved my character's arse. Then my character stumbled to the Gaj and after that sat around, telling whoever would listen about that time he got munched on by a beetle.

This was back before the request tool I believe, so it was a bit of a pain to send staff kudos... doubt the imm in question even remembers the incident. But to the staff member who tried to munch on my character's brains: thanks, it was a lot of fun.

[domwriter]

Back when I was a newbie I:

• Thought wisdom didn't matter too much when it came to skills.
• Trusting an Elf was a "good idea".
• Spoke to 'Nak Templars like they were commoners... that changed fast.
• Thought the worms in the Salt Falts were friendly.

Needless to say, coming from a background of never playing a MUD or any other online game I grew up fast. Few years later and I'm -still- learning new things.

[Spice Spice Baby]

When I was a newbie I once ran screaming to a noble about a psionicist because a foreign presence contacted my mind and I'd read that psionicists were bad.

[KinderedSpirit]

When I was a newbie, I somehow ended up kissing soldiers I was trying to kill. 

[DustMight]

Do ya'll remember static ldescs?

like "The blah-blah man stands here confidently." and that's all you got your entire life?

[Old Kank]

Do ya'll remember static ldescs?

like "The blah-blah man stands here confidently." and that's all you got your entire life?

I'd forgotten about those.  I always felt pressured to write a good one.

[SMuz]

When I was a newbie I once ran screaming to a noble about a psionicist because a foreign presence contacted my mind and I'd read that psionicists were bad.

When I was a newbie, a psionicist played around with the mind of my character and I thought I was missing out on some contacting syntax. Heck, I hadn't even discovered the thinks and feels yet

[MarshallDFX]

I didn't know that furniture was sometimes contained in the room description.

[AJM]

I didn't know about the 'hit' command yet, and typed to 'kill' in an innocent bar fight.

[Is Friday]

I didn't know about the 'hit' command yet, and typed to 'kill' in an innocent bar fight.

I had a knee-jerk reaction to type "hit citizen" when said citizen emoted punching at my character. The worst part was that I was playing a militia character at the time.

[KankWhisperer]

Would rob the orchards in Tuluk religiously..I thought it was ok because I seen other players in there constantly.

Fell for the old sleep to get move back advice from someone in the orchard..

Decided to fight a jhozal at 0 days on the edge of the shield wall..fleeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Would tank tembos with my burly dwarf merchant. Defense code must of really been whack back then.

[solera]

Would rob the orchards in Tuluk religiously..I thought it was ok

You mean it's not OK?
Years of IC experience has let me down here.  What a noob!

[askaran]

My first character started in Red Storm because I thought it sounded cool.. Wasted all of his money on a Maar shortbow not yet realizing that in an RPI you needed to buy arrows to use it.... Fought a scrab with my bare hands because I thought I could win... Barely escaped and then was promptly escorted to 'Nak by a Pc by the name of... I think Fletcher.. I just remember he recommended I join the Byn and that he had Really cool mutton chops..... Also my first byn Sergeant, was Sergeant Raken who at the time and even now I think was a badass.. remember being sad when I heard about him getting eaten by tarantulas who at the time I thought where the size of normal tarantulas... had yet to read Help Animal life.

[shadeoux]

I didn't know about the 'hit' command yet, and typed to 'kill' in an innocent bar fight.

I've seen veterans do this so don't feel bad,

[hyzhenhok]

When I was a newbie, I died to an unarmed hobo in the 'rinth.

With three characters in a row.

[RogueGunslinger]

Not all dirty, weaponless, disheveled people are hobos in the rinth. In fact none of them are, they're all secret assassins.

[Is Friday]

Not all dirty, weaponless, disheveled people are hobos in the rinth. In fact none of them are, they're all secret assassins.

You can't codedly roll anything other than assassin guild if you start in the rinth.

[spicemustflow]

Not all dirty, weaponless, disheveled people are hobos in the rinth. In fact none of them are, they're all secret assassins.

You can't codedly roll anything other than assassin guild if you start in the rinth.

Haha, so it would seem. But my longest lived rinther was a pickpocket I think. The shortest was a 'badass' warrior. The less I try to fight, the longer I live.

[Pale Horse]

Haha, so it would seem. But my longest lived rinther was a pickpocket I think. The shortest was a 'badass' warrior. The less I try to fight, the longer I live.

Hmmmm....Could be a reason for this 

[hyzhenhok]

Not all dirty, weaponless, disheveled people are hobos in the rinth. In fact none of them are, they're all secret assassins.

You can't codedly roll anything other than assassin guild if you start in the rinth.

Haha, so it would seem. But my longest lived rinther was a pickpocket I think. The shortest was a 'badass' warrior. The less I try to fight, the longer I live.

Everyone knows that a 'rinthi warrior needs to spend some time up north grinding on skeets and gortoks. Otherwise he'll get owned by the hobos.

[Aaron Goulet]

When I was a newbie I once ran screaming to a noble about a psionicist because a foreign presence contacted my mind and I'd read that psionicists were bad.

Something similar...  As it turns out, however, it was a psionicist in my particular case, but I didn't figure it out until I was already playing my next character.

Also, when I was a newbie, I thought that "being the best <insert profession here> in the Known World" was an original dwarven focus.

Everyone knows that a 'rinthi warrior needs to spend some time up north grinding on skeets and gortoks. Otherwise he'll get owned by the hobos.

Real 'rinthi warriors hone their skills on soldier NPCs.

[Kassindra]

I didn't know about the 'hit' command yet, and typed to 'kill' in an innocent bar fight.

Did that on my first PC.

[jcljules]

I didn't know about the 'hit' command yet, and typed to 'kill' in an innocent bar fight.

Did that on my first PC.

I did this on my second PC and died. I got a good account note for 'diving right back in with a new character without complaining,' though.

[spicemustflow]

I did this on my second PC and died. I got a good account note for 'diving right back in with a new character without complaining,' though.

They give a good account notes for that? I should have the sorcerer karma by now!