Anyone Notice This ?
0n0s-ZiLLa
Join Date: 2002-11-16 Member: 8909Members
Join Date: 2002-11-16 Member: 8909Members
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If you have a newbie in a game thats making you angry, don't just curse him off or whatnot, teach him the ropes. In a recent game, we taught a total-first game-newbie Likwid until by the end of the game he was an indispensable part of our team.
Don't diss newbies, they keep games alive.
But don't get upset my inexperienced players, help them to become experienced players... Give them constructive advice.
Remember, you were a "n00b" once too...
PS. "Stupidity" is not synonymous with "n00b" - some people are just plain stupid. Best tactic is to just ignore them.
The biggest noob problem, aside from constantly begging the commander for items, comes from new players evolving to gorge. The first time someone plays aliens, the first evolve they can do is gorge, and knowing nothing about the game, they decide to see what it is all about. Once I notice that we have a gorge on our team that doesn't know what he is doing, I will politely try and talk them into changing back into a skulk. Now, after I explain that the gorge is for advanced players, and that it hurts the team for an inexperianced player to be a gorge, most players will kindly say, "Sorry" and resume the game as a skulk.
The problem lies in the arrogent newbies who refuse to help the team, and decide that they want to play gorge no matter what anyone tells them. These players usually respond with messages like, "I'm just trying it out, I want to learn." Then they start getting rude, and spend the whole game as a gorge. I've lost a few games because of newbie gorges sucking up all the resources. This is a waste of my time. This is the point when I start to get furious and stop being friendly. These players have no regard for the fact that the other people on their team are there to play a game and they are trying to win. They just don't care.
I have no idea how these players should be dealt with, but if the marines have the option to boot their commander, it would be nice if the aliens had some way to force inexperianced gorges to play another class.
You can't go lerk if you have 0 hives, which isn't as big an issue anymore since you die with 0 hives *shrug*
The biggest noob problem, aside from constantly begging the commander for items, comes from new players evolving to gorge. The first time someone plays aliens, the first evolve they can do is gorge, and knowing nothing about the game, they decide to see what it is all about. Once I notice that we have a gorge on our team that doesn't know what he is doing, I will politely try and talk them into changing back into a skulk. Now, after I explain that the gorge is for advanced players, and that it hurts the team for an inexperianced player to be a gorge, most players will kindly say, "Sorry" and resume the game as a skulk.
The problem lies in the arrogent newbies who refuse to help the team, and decide that they want to play gorge no matter what anyone tells them. These players usually respond with messages like, "I'm just trying it out, I want to learn." Then they start getting rude, and spend the whole game as a gorge. I've lost a few games because of newbie gorges sucking up all the resources. This is a waste of my time. This is the point when I start to get furious and stop being friendly. These players have no regard for the fact that the other people on their team are there to play a game and they are trying to win. They just don't care.
I have no idea how these players should be dealt with, but if the marines have the option to boot their commander, it would be nice if the aliens had some way to force inexperianced gorges to play another class.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>Natural Selection</b>.
We all know this game has a very sensitive strategic environment. Personal survival is not enough, the survival of your team is essential for your own survival so your actions must be honed to put your own interest second and your team's interest first.
People that are new to the game can either learn and adapt to this team environment, or, if they continue to conduct themselves the way you describe, they will die a whole lot and eventually leave.
Adapt or die. Natural Selection.
I'll give my undivided attention to those who want to learn and I let nature sort out the rest, my time is too precious for complaining.
I call it "being nice" and it's a winning formula.
As an alien tactics are fairly straight forward. A gorge needs to get to a hive and build it and the skulks need to slow down the marines until the second hive is secured. This is very easy for a new player to understand and I would like to see that 'if your new to ns go for marines' message removed. A new player can be an effective gorge if he follows instructions.
Marines are supposed to follow the comms orders. Simple. I try to always follow orders even if I think they are wrong, at most I will suggest an alternate course of action but at the end of the day the comm is the boss. Following a bad order with the whole team is much more likely to succeed than everyone going their own way. Interestingly new players can accept this for the first half dozen games and then they (some) get cocky, start calling people people n00bs and disagreeing with everyone elses tactics thinking they know better.
I have hung my head in dispair after hearing some comms orders, resigning to the fact that we were definately going to loose because he obviously doesn't know they first thing about tactics. Dutifully following orders anyway only to be surprised that the games turned around and we've won. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
Encourage new players to join both teams. They are a good thing for the game.
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