Difference between revisions of "Newb"
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Newbies are sometimes reviled or maligned in older areas. This leads to a stubbornness and an unwillingness to accept change. We have to have newbies. Not only for new people but because they remind us what was like for us when we were new, and can renew our fervor for the game we grew up loving. If you aren't recruiting, then you are dying. | Newbies are sometimes reviled or maligned in older areas. This leads to a stubbornness and an unwillingness to accept change. We have to have newbies. Not only for new people but because they remind us what was like for us when we were new, and can renew our fervor for the game we grew up loving. If you aren't recruiting, then you are dying. | ||
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===Rule on shedding Newb monicker=== | ===Rule on shedding Newb monicker=== | ||
[[MHOG]] says you will be a [[Newbie]] until you have played for half as many years as him. Currently that mark is somewhere near 13 years. Most veterans consider the five year mark to be the average time period. | [[MHOG]] says you will be a [[Newbie]] until you have played for half as many years as him. Currently that mark is somewhere near 13 years. Most veterans consider the five year mark to be the average time period. | ||
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Newbie | Newbie | ||
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| + | *[http://www.electricsamurai.com/main_page.pl?action=view_article&file=20020120154526-Guests.txt&dir=Power%20to%20the%20People Article on he care and feeding of Newbies by] [[Randall]] | ||
| + | *[http://www.electricsamurai.com/main_page.pl?action=view_article&file=20030105151439-Guests.txt&dir=General The Bottom-Feeders of Amtgard] by [[Kuma the Painted]] | ||
[[Category:Rulebook Terms]] | [[Category:Rulebook Terms]] | ||
Revision as of 01:41, 14 January 2009
n. A new player or member of the game.
Why do we need them
Newbies are sometimes reviled or maligned in older areas. This leads to a stubbornness and an unwillingness to accept change. We have to have newbies. Not only for new people but because they remind us what was like for us when we were new, and can renew our fervor for the game we grew up loving. If you aren't recruiting, then you are dying.
Rule on shedding Newb monicker
MHOG says you will be a Newbie until you have played for half as many years as him. Currently that mark is somewhere near 13 years. Most veterans consider the five year mark to be the average time period.
Also
n00b n00bie Noob Nub Nubbins Newbie
