When I Was a Newbie...

[Feco]

My firsts character's name was my account name, which is where this name came from.

Don't hold that against me, anyone who interacted with that character, if you even remember it.

[MeTekillot]

My firsts character's name was my account name

[brytta.leofa]

My firsts character's name was my account name

The prompt is really confusing.  It looks like it's asking you to name your character, not your account.  Especially if you don't know that accounts exist.

[NOFUN]

I played warriors

[Cind]

I only played in Tuluk for two real life years. just tuluk. i didn't even go to luir's but a few times.

because my last character lasted about a quarter of that time, i was a newbie so i was dying constantly, and i was under the impression that it was more difficult to survive in the south. like many newbies, i was obsessed with learning how to survive, and not bothering to battle the desire to explore the awesome, which is naturally a countermeasure to surviving.

[Jingo]

I was obsessed with playing a treasure hunter. Burglar scavenger.

One that discovers the mysteries of steinal or the blue caverns. But also loots noble estates in the meantime.

Locke from FF6. Garret from Thief.

[Yagii]

I killed a scrab and ate everything I got from it raw. Died from poison. Went hunting alone. Died. Walked of the shield wall, with a War Beatle hitched. Died. Told the wrong person off...died.  Ran from a Templar too, randomly. I think I figured it out now. We aren't here for a long time. We must be here for a good time.

[spicemustflow]

When I first saw someone "departing the land of Zalanthas" I thought WHAT SORCERY IS THIS! It didn't help that the guy was, in fact some sort of mage and even a mantis on top of all.

[thelinguring]

I asked for directions on the help chat and got the response find out IC. I change pages to look and see what PCs are around. Genius me, had picked a breed as my race "cause they sounded neat" so the most I was getting out of people was being told to fuck off... Except for one guy who kept propositioning me. I sighed and IRL said "Erections for directions."

[Sakra]

When I first saw someone "departing the land of Zalanthas" I thought WHAT SORCERY IS THIS! It didn't help that the guy was, in fact some sort of mage and even a mantis on top of all.

I thought the same thing when I saw someone enter the game in a swirl of dust.

[Recharge]

I still feel like a newbie..

[Karieith]

I still am a newbie.

[Yam]

When I was a newbie I put a punch of poop in a beer mug then gave it to someone to drink then they drank it and died so I took theirs stuff 

[Gunnerblaster]

When I was a newbie, I was too afraid to leave the Gaj - For fear that I would become lost, never to find my way back, ever again.

Instead, I spent 2-3 hours logged in, posturing with the NPC's.

[Dark Fate]

Two-handed was recently added in as a skill.
Also, I refused to play anywhere but Allanak.

[Wolfsong]

When I was a newbie I put a punch of poop in a beer mug then gave it to someone to drink then they drank it and died so I took theirs stuff 

My second PC (read: my second attempt to play ARM ever) was given a mug of poop to drink straight off joining the game.

[ShaLeah]

My firsts character's name was my account name, which is where this name came from.

Don't hold that against me, anyone who interacted with that character, if you even remember it.

Ditto, and I also:

Was asked by a soldier why she wasn't at morning devotions and she responded with a big, disrespectful "What's it to ya". He proceeded to take her to the gates and show her the dragon - It took months for me to realize that the Imms had animated him.
She fell in love with a fire mage who saved her by sending her to the Byn.
She was WAY too chipper and wanted to be friends with everyone.
She fell in love with a Red Robe and mistakenly thought that since they were kanking she could think of him as just a regular person.
Was killed by the Blue Robe who was also kanking the Red Robe.
Totally was in awe of Ysania.
Was infatuated with a certain Tor Warlord despite his looks.
Got a friend to get a mohawk which resulted in a desc change which I knew nothing about.


I still consider myself a newbie, especially after I come back from hiatus. I don't think I'll ever grasp everything I can from the game and I seriously don't want to. To me it's about the story much more than the mechanics. There are so many places my pcs haven't been to, so many things I'm scared of. It ROCKS.

I heart you, Armageddon.

[boog]

When I was a newbie, my first 3 characters died in the desert. My first or second walked out of Luir's with like, no armor. I think someone riding a kank rode by my toon, rode back, eyed her up and down and explained to her that it wasn't wise to walk around in the desert without a mount. She shrugged and then died by falling down the Shield Wall, I think.

[Iiyola]

When I was a newbie I put a punch of poop in a beer mug then gave it to someone to drink then they drank it and died so I took theirs stuff 

My second PC (read: my second attempt to play ARM ever) was given a mug of poop to drink straight off joining the game.

I lol'd

[DustMight]

I still consider myself a newbie, especially after I come back from hiatus. I don't think I'll ever grasp everything I can from the game and I seriously don't want to. To me it's about the story much more than the mechanics. There are so many places my pcs haven't been to, so many things I'm scared of. It ROCKS.

This is true also for myself.  After years of playing hardcore and several more part-time, I still no so freakin' little about the game.  The mystery keeps it alive.

[Bogre]

I thought the 'so and so dark-haired imp' at the Barrel was a demon sitting at the bar.

When they talked about the 'Wyverns' sitting at a table, I thought they were shapeshifters.





...Sometimes, I think my misperceptions of the Arm world were half the fun.

[musashi]

When i was a newbie I thought gurth armor was awesome, and made it my mini-quest to assemble an entire suit of the stuff.

[RogueGunslinger]

Definitely still a newbie.

[Gunnerblaster]

Think it was my 3rd or 4th character (back when I didn't know we had stats and skills), I was raided just outside of Allanak, at one of the mining deposits, by a pair of raiders. Subdued by one, the other starts attacking me screaming, "Drop your hacker!" while I'm screaming back, "I don't know how!?!"

I figured because my ranger had 90 health, he was pretty weak or something but I didn't realize it, at the time, but I was actually going to town on those pair. While subdued. With a hacker. Having never been in combat before.

I wish I knew that guy's stats.

[My 2 sids]

I didn't know about buying food or cooking so my 1st PC spent nearly every sid living off ale and travel cakes purchased from the Byn or Trader's Inn.

Also didn't realize what was meant by "see you in a few weeks" so my PC ended up accepting employment by both a blue robe templar and Borsail Lord.  ...  when they found out they cut my PC's tongue to fork it (like a lying snake)