Library and new players

Kaila Galathil Travinus · Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:51 pm

Right now though if a new player goes anywhere but Trolls Bane there would be no one to RP with except other new players who also didn't know what to do unless other PO are going to start going to these towns.

pictures Kevin looking for beautiful females on the newbie island and grins

Korm Kormsen · Post by **Korm Kormsen** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:54 pm

stating that, you still seem to think, that even with more players all life in illarion will be centered between shop and tavern in trollsbane.

look around, may be, you will notice, that there are some players, who dont like to stay in this little area to cyber and call it roleplay.

Mr. Cromwell · Post by **Mr. Cromwell** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:19 pm

That's the kind of elitism that we need to see more! Go get them, Korm!

WickedEwok · Post by **WickedEwok** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:22 pm

Korm actually is right

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:41 pm

WickedEwok wrote:Korm actually is right

Actually no. Korm isn't right at all IMHO for many reasons... well like 2... but you get the point.

1. It's traditional to hang around in Troll's Bane. It always has been *the* way to pick up rp.

2. Basically: When 0-20 (20 on a quest. 0 in the morning on a weekend) people would be online on average last year, we all stayed in Troll's Bane and could rp with each other. The other day 50 people were online and I couldn't find ONE person to rp with. Not one. It's flippin' ridiculous. Course that is about to change... well not "about to" change so much as... "will change over a huge period of time". Oh yes and my "up until the new year's resolution" is to rp every single post. See general board for reference.

NEED... APPLE BOARDS... HAMMERS.... SHOVELS...

Foams at the mouth and runs off into the bushes rabidly.

Kevin Lightdot · Post by **Kevin Lightdot** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:49 pm

Lots of people have left tb lately, I found that to, TB used to be the only poulated place, yes because there where to few people. People moved away from TB to get away from the noobs and such I guess, and naturally because we now have enough players to populate other places.

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 4:53 pm

Kevin Lightdot wrote:Lots of people have left tb lately, I found that to, TB used to be the only poulated place, yes because there where to few people. People moved away from TB to get away from the noobs and such I guess, and naturally because we now have enough players to populate other places.

MULEAC OT EMOC

Sniggers as he writes his SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE!!!

Kevin Lightdot · Post by **Kevin Lightdot** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:04 pm

*shrugs and goes to find beautifull females, cracking a whip*

Ooh, greetings miss Kaila! What a pleasant time.
Oh this? No no, just testing if it was still okay, and it is.
*tosses it away, hitting a random cat*
He he he... now, wanna come inside for... a cup of tea?

Korm Kormsen · Post by **Korm Kormsen** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:16 pm

alex,

1. It's traditional to hang around in Troll's Bane. It always has been *the* way to pick up rp.

forget your streetgang traditions!

2. Basically: When 0-20 (20 on a quest. 0 in the morning on a weekend) people would be online on average last year, we all stayed in Troll's Bane and could rp with each other. The other day 50 people were online and I couldn't find ONE person to rp with. Not one. It's flippin' ridiculous. Course that is about to change... well not "about to" change so much as... "will change over a huge period of time". Oh yes and my "up until the new year's resolution" is to rp every single post. See general board for reference.

just move Sir Elderberry's ass a little, and you find other chars!

-----

i don't pretend to be an exellent roleplayer.
but your (and other's) descriptions of the "old and traditional" roleplay seems to me like a group of primadonnas.
i personally find it more interesting to be one of the background ballet.
the more or less ordinary person living on this island.
and there are others, who seem to think similar.
so, if you primadonnas just step down from your clouds, you ma notice us down at ground level.
you should really try. because we are more and more every day.
come, and roleplay with tjalf. you will hear a lot about last years harvest, and similar. 'cause for me, that is roleplay too.

MULEAC OT EMOC

well, without latin knowledge, i would think, you try to express, that you are an emotional mule...

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:21 pm

It's not Latin, it's english written backwards.

And let's compare something:

There is an amazing government. You are not born at this period of time. The government falls to a crap one. You are born into this and it is all you have ever known.

That doesn't mean the ones who've experianced the original government should just say "Oh well, doesn't matter if the country's s*** now"; aren't we allowed to reminisce and/or complain about the newer, terrible government; having seen the old, brilliant one; reguardless of you being ignorant to it?

Kaila Galathil Travinus · Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:23 pm

Kevin Lightdot wrote:*shrugs and goes to find beautifull females, cracking a whip*

Ooh, greetings miss Kaila! What a pleasant time.
Oh this? No no, just testing if it was still okay, and it is.
*tosses it away, hitting a random cat*
He he he... now, wanna come inside for... a cup of tea?

eyes widen and backs away from Kevin's whip quickly picking up the cat to protect it all the while shaking her head "Uh, no thank you, I don't believe I want any tea today"

If new players are going to continue in the library, perhaps the first and only book they can get, for a certain number of hours is a brief description of how to do ooc, and what kind of rp is expected in the game?

hides on the second floor to study still holding the cat until she can figure out if the first floor is safe to walk through

Avalyon el'Hattarr · Post by **Avalyon el'Hattarr** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:27 pm

Or a book that says:

"Press these keys and read newb! F1 + ESC "

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:27 pm

Kaila Galathil wrote:
Kevin Lightdot wrote:*shrugs and goes to find beautifull females, cracking a whip*

Ooh, greetings miss Kaila! What a pleasant time.
Oh this? No no, just testing if it was still okay, and it is.
*tosses it away, hitting a random cat*
He he he... now, wanna come inside for... a cup of tea?
eyes widen and backs away from Kevin's whip quickly picking up the cat to protect it all the while shaking her head "Uh, no thank you, I don't believe I want any tea today"

If new players are going to continue in the library, perhaps the first and only book they can get, for a certain number of hours is a brief description of how to do ooc, and what kind of rp is expected in the game?

hides on the second floor to study still holding the cat until she can figure out if the first floor is safe to walk through

Yes; because EVERYBODY reads the books, don't they?/sarc

Noobs won't even know how to read page 2. Some won't even know how to read! The latter ((as in EVERYONE)) won't give a crap about books.

Walks off rolling his eyes.

Korm Kormsen · Post by **Korm Kormsen** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:29 pm

alex,

you really are an ***** (no personal insults - Arien)!
i am 54 you are 14 or so, and you tell me, that the good old times were better!!!
just think about, how you hate this type of speech from your elder relatives.
your avatar seems to infect your brain with alzheimer!

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:36 pm

Korm Kormsen wrote:alex,

you really are an idiot!
i am 54 you are 14 or so, and you tell me, that the good old times were better!!!
just think about, how you hate this type of speech from your elder relatives.
your avatar seems to infect your brain with alzheimer!

I was being metaphorical, with the old government being illarion a year ago, the new government being illarion now and birth being time of first play

.

Korm Kormsen · Post by **Korm Kormsen** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:54 pm

forget it!
you seemingly didn't even get my point

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 6:04 pm

Korm Kormsen wrote:forget it!
you seemingly didn't even get my point

I actually don't mind my elder relatives proclaiming their love for the good old days; they're right; our world's terrible. So I take it in and listen to them.

Taeryon Silverlight · Post by **Taeryon Silverlight** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:50 pm

Avalyon el'Hattarr wrote:Or a book that says:

"Press these keys and read newb! F1 + ESC "

Maybe that sounds stupid now, but there are some people who don't have the acrobate reader and can't open the manual (I, myself never read it

)

Avalyon el'Hattarr · Post by **Avalyon el'Hattarr** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:54 pm

That's why Taeryon is such a crappy char!! nah, just kidding, i love him

Taeryon Silverlight · Post by **Taeryon Silverlight** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 7:56 pm

Avalyon el'Hattarr wrote:That's why Taeryon is such a crappy char!! nah, just kidding, i love him

sais the po of the mage with the "Astmathic-grandma-snickering"

nah, just a.. hm what ever

Kevin Lightdot · Post by **Kevin Lightdot** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:14 am

Taeryon Silverlight wrote:
Avalyon el'Hattarr wrote:Or a book that says:

"Press these keys and read newb! F1 + ESC "
Maybe that sounds stupid now, but there are some people who don't have the acrobate reader and can't open the manual (I, myself never read it )

Acrobat reader comes with just about every windows computer, and has for god knows how long. 0.o
And it's free...

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:20 am

Kevin Lightdot wrote:
Taeryon Silverlight wrote:
Avalyon el'Hattarr wrote:Or a book that says:

"Press these keys and read newb! F1 + ESC "
Maybe that sounds stupid now, but there are some people who don't have the acrobate reader and can't open the manual (I, myself never read it )
Acrobat reader comes with just about every windows computer, and has for god knows how long. 0.o
And it's free...

I couldn't open pdfs, I had to download it.

I read the manual before I played the new client. Because I couldn't play the new client as I wasn't allowed online.

Jenna de Grey · Post by **Jenna de Grey** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:38 pm

AlexRose wrote:

Noobs won't even know how to read page 2. Some won't even know how to read! The latter ((as in EVERYONE)) won't give a crap about books.

Walks off rolling his eyes.

Excuse me, I have been playing Illarion for four days now and have read every book in the library. Let me remind you in case you don't remember that you, too, were once new to this game. Try to be a little nicer and maybe you will have more people to rp with.

Skaalib Drurr · Post by **Skaalib Drurr** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:45 pm

Fairies start in Vanima, not trollsbane. and there is no lizard city, just a temple.

Kevin Lightdot · Post by **Kevin Lightdot** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:47 pm

Jenna de Grey wrote:
AlexRose wrote:

Noobs won't even know how to read page 2. Some won't even know how to read! The latter ((as in EVERYONE)) won't give a crap about books.

Walks off rolling his eyes.
Excuse me, I have been playing Illarion for four days now and have read every book in the library. Let me remind you in case you don't remember that you, too, were once new to this game. Try to be a little nicer and maybe you will have more people to rp with.

Amen.
But we've had a wave of newbies, and some people just don't expect any good players to pop up, it's not the way it should be, but it happens..

And it's just Alex, he's not to noobfriendly even though he was once the greatest noob around.

Wyrda · Post by **Wyrda** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:53 pm

I have been playing for about a week and i think i have been doing a pretty good job. I have made a lot of friends and i am helping the development of a new guild.

Rainny · Post by **Rainny** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:48 pm

Alex is our community whipping post. we beat the crap out of him when he says something stupid. Alot of new players come up to my characters who normally, because of their RP story, wouldn't bother, but, I help them anyway. Alex on the other hand, sends them to the trolls, or tells them stupid stuff that will ruin their fun. End of case

Vorg · Post by **Vorg** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:36 pm

I would say the shop/cross.

The cross purely so that once ive been clouded i can pummel a new player and get some new armour :p

And the shop as it is the social high point of trollsbane, so put the noobs in a area where other player are likely to be.

And after reading the thread a bit more and having quite a chuckle.

Kormy

Yes people roleplay in other areas, but would it not be prudent to give the new players access to NPC's which sell most the items they need to get started. So that they themselves, or another character can set them on thier way.
If i noob started in Varshikar im afraid he would die from ogres or scorpians. If in Greenbriar they would get set upon by female tailors and thier barrage of shoes :p. And in Vanima they would have to listen to Damian preach the meaning of life. And even worse kallahorn, they may decide to join the knighthood :p

Korm Kormsen · Post by **Korm Kormsen** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:46 pm

Vorg,

i wasn't very impressed by your statement, till i read this:

And even worse kallahorn, they may decide to join the knighthood :p

then i understood the point, you are stressing.
really nobody should do that. not even to newbies.

greets,korm

AlexRose · Post by **AlexRose** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:10 pm

Kevin Lightdot wrote:
Jenna de Grey wrote:
AlexRose wrote:

Noobs won't even know how to read page 2. Some won't even know how to read! The latter ((as in EVERYONE)) won't give a crap about books.

Walks off rolling his eyes.
Excuse me, I have been playing Illarion for four days now and have read every book in the library. Let me remind you in case you don't remember that you, too, were once new to this game. Try to be a little nicer and maybe you will have more people to rp with.
Amen.
But we've had a wave of newbies, and some people just don't expect any good players to pop up, it's not the way it should be, but it happens..

And it's just Alex, he's not to noobfriendly even though he was once the greatest noob around.

I'm just being practical. I personally have never come across someone who knew how to read books without having been taught. I myself needed Marie to tell me this. Of course there will be the odd exception; I'm not calling n00bs stupid for this, it's not one of the easier things to work out.

And @Rainny. Do you mean me or a character called Alex? Cos I've never sent someone to trolls, I just explain the rules & commands then let em go.