it tarnishes your reputation.
hehe...didn't know I have a reputation to loose. I'm neither a very good roleplayer nor someone who plays for more than just his own fun. So I couldn't see how i earned myself any reputation.
i used to hold you guys in high regard, now i'm not too sure you should even be part of the osp (i think that's it).
Can't say much more than Lhaa here. There are for sure much better players for this out there...people who organize some events for
all PS players each month...some dueling on the plaza comes to my mind there. And of course people who keep silent about things that upset them.
the point of this thread is that the players now (doesn't matter if they were or weren't like this in the past) are unwelcoming to new players who don't know how to rp. no one gives a crap about the "golden generation" anymore. akaiddo, for some reason, was comparing the generations as a theme to his post, but he didn't seem to realize that's irrelevant.
Sorry, I don't think I can agree here. When I started there wasn't a tutorial, the winch got just in place and players were in a way really lost when logging in the first time. I still remember that it took me more than a week to find the help channel not empty when I had a simple question. Nowadays the help channel is populated most of the time (at least during my online times) and the people there don't have the slightest problem, to help others OOCly. And I see it the same in game, maybe just not in main chat. What people see are mostly just the IC answers to anyone looking for the platinum mine or seeking help for a quest. Of course chars answer ICLy only to what they know. But the OOC tells are not seen by anyone. But of course there are some problems with this approach...at least how I do it. It happened pretty often lately that someone looking for help came by, asked and I still had to finish a longer line for another players. After posting the line in main I started to write an answer for the new player only to delete it again shortly before finishing it because the new player ran off. I can understand that waiting two minutes to even get recognized is a bit too much...but I am a slow typer. I tried to cope with this by at least a short greeting to show the new player that he is not ignored, but this doesn't always work. For the example of Akkaido...I really see no problem with a [No OOC in main without brackets] followed by some explanation in tells. In fact I think this is a pretty good way to handle it in my view. It makes sure that nobody gets annoyed by the new player and also helps the new player first to understand about the OOC in main and second by allowing him to ask all kind of stuff in tells without the need to bother about IC/OCC.
You don't frequent the same parts of PlaneShift as I do. When 0.5.00 was pre-released, I worked my furry butt off to get it working on my PC, and started reporting and helping with bugs. I took time out of my RPs and my time with my Clan to make sure this release got out as soon as I could help it. I'd call that contributing to the community, and the markets are on the way, along with other less-public events, it takes more than one person to build these things. And the Alliance is getting stronger, more people are joining.
Join a guild. I prefer to invite newbs quickly and make them feel involved, and if they stop playing anyway, to then remove them after an inactive period, than to be picky about recruits.
Nobody said you don't help new players...but it seems as if you think your way of helping is the only right way and that all others don't do anything at all. I guess it's hard for you to imagine that there are players who help everyone, even if he/she/kra doesn't join your guild. Or maybe even help players through the tutorial of which they haven't the slightest clue if they are enkidukai or will stay for longer in the game. Or what kind of players they are...Roleplayer, PLers...something between. There isn't only one way helping the others, but assuming that others don't help just because you don't like their attitude in the forums is...poor.
Note that there was a good five-ten minute awkward silence on my part upon entering the Den. I felt rather coldshouldered OOC, and then the smirk just made me less comfortable.
Yes there was...if I remember right you stood near the door for some time. That silence happen with all people who come in and stay near the door at first. It's a mechanical problem, the saying range is a bit...confusing. Most of the time a person standing on the elevation at the door doesn't hear what is said at the bar...but this is not always the case. So we started to only greet people who came down there...just to not get any confusion. It happened too often that we greeted someone and the people at the bar went along with it while the greeted person didn't even realize it.
And the term nazi should not be used lighthearted. Maybe it isn't understood that way by a lot people nowadays, but there are for sure still enough who get offended by it.
Edit: Typos
