Yes, you are dead.

[Under the moon]

"I am in the dark place with bridges....."

How many times have we all heard that?

The point is, most new players have no idea that they are dead, nor where they are or what they are supposed to be doing. I suggest changing the DR loading screen to say quite bluntly that "You have died, and are now in the Death Realm. You must now find your way back to the world of the living."

[zhai]

Isn't there a tutorial message when you first enter the DR (just like when you first suffer damage of any kind)? I'm almost sure...

[zorbels]

Isn't there a tutorial message when you first enter the DR (just like when you first suffer damage of any kind)? I'm almost sure...

Yes there is. 

[miadon]

Even if you stuck a huge sign saying You are dead ,blah blah... with bright coulours flashing arrows pointing to that message and a voice saying "YOU'RE DEAD!!", there will still be some people whoo will say "huh what happened, why am I here?"

[Garile]

hmm true but then again those tutorial messages are somtimes so annoyingly basic that anyone who has played these kind of games is useally blinking them away before realizing this time it did say something important

Have to say it's almost always the annoying people who didn't even notice themselves dying

[neko kyouran]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, please don't blame the game when you screw up. 

I miss him.

[peeg]

I miss him.

Me too - and still noone has told me where DaveG's gone :<

[dying_inside]

This is not the result of  general "lack of game" its the result  of human stupidity.
If we shoved a huge neon sign that followed them everywhere and was about ten miles in each direction  that read "Oi you! Your $^%#ing dead already! get it!?" We'd still be left with "omg y i her watz dis plac plz! MAH BRAIN CNT COMPUTE!"

[Quitarias]

make the entire dr's skin made of mesages "YOU ARE DEAD" and have bright yellow neon mesages pop up every two seconds
AND make the loading screen when you get out "YOU HAVE DIED AND NOW YOU LIVE AGAIN SO DONT RP IMORTAL"

[zanzibar]

The Death Guardian will give you such information when asked the right question, as will most players.  Besides, should a player always know everything?

[Under the moon]

(22:49:13) Untar says: Am I dead?
(22:49:13) Death Guardian says: You speak strangely, I'm not interested in that.
(22:49:22) Untar says: Where am I?
(22:49:22) Death Guardian says: You speak strangely, I'm not interested in that.
(22:49:42) Untar says: Is this the Deathrealm?
(22:49:42) Death Guardian says: You speak strangely, I'm not interested in that.
(22:50:10) Untar says: How do I get out of here?
(22:50:10) Death Guardian says: You speak strangely, I'm not interested in that.
(22:50:35) Untar says: Thank you. You have been a great help.
(22:50:35) Death Guardian says: You speak strangely, I'm not interested in that.

Indeed.

[zanzibar]

I'll have to try it myself at some point.  I remember him giving responses for those questions when he was new.

[Nikodemus]

He did.
But often NPCs don't remember what they once did. I suppose its because some things are tweaked and so we have unwanted effects.. Personally i can't unerstand how it is a few things are left messed up after they were messed up and arent fixed, before new things are made or messed up too.

[Kalika]

ahaha thats great underthemoon


(maybe the death guardian is jsut there to look pretty??)

  ehehhehheh...maybe it wouldnt hurt...well maybe jsut an eensy weensy bit...to give some of the npc's better erm.... conversation?

i have no attention span. absolutely none. and i remember the whole reason i stopped bothering to do quests is becuase my mind is not capable of stooping down to the level that i cna understand what the hell im supposed to do, since the npc's sure dont help much. but then again, im more about bashing heads in then i am about solving quests and waht not

* Kalika giggles and licks her paws

ahahah there is a ton of rpers on here who im sure would be more than willing to offer a few statements for consideration...

[Bartholin]

ahaha thats great underthemoon


(maybe the death guardian is jsut there to look pretty??)

  ehehhehheh...maybe it wouldnt hurt...well maybe jsut an eensy weensy bit...to give some of the npc's better erm.... conversation?

i have no attention span. absolutely none. and i remember the whole reason i stopped bothering to do quests is becuase my mind is not capable of stooping down to the level that i cna understand what the hell im supposed to do, since the npc's sure dont help much. but then again, im more about bashing heads in then i am about solving quests and waht not

* Kalika giggles and licks her paws

ahahah there is a ton of rpers on here who im sure would be more than willing to offer a few statements for consideration...

* Bartholin  listens to the crickets chirp as nobody replys to Kalika