Oldf Servers For Newbies

bon_Hommebon_Homme Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17543Members
<div class="IPBDescription">come complete with helpful ADMINS!</div> Hallo Newbies!

Me and some of the other guys in our clan have been getting hit a little hard with bad karma the last few weeks. Helping little old ladies across the street doesn't seem to be cutting it. I got a speeding ticket last thursday.

Anyway, in order to set the balance right, and keep the chain letters down to a minimum, we've decided to open up one of our servers a week strictly to newbies. Every Tuesday, at 7pm PST me or one of the other guys with a surfiet of bad luck will be there as an admin, to answer any questions you guys have regarding NS and to ensure fun and fair play.

Check out the "Pick Up Games" section of this forum each monday for a current announcement. It'll tell you the when, the where and how much good karma to bring to the server.

Hope to see you guys soon! And if you happen to meet the bodhisattva, put a good word in for me eh?
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  • StoneburgStoneburg Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8174Members
    edited August 2003
    Very nice initiative. I'll be sure to send some newbies your way <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    You may want to include an IP though.
  • XzilenXzilen Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11642Members, Constellation
    Yes, yes, thank you good sir.
  • Iced_EagleIced_Eagle Borg Engineer Join Date: 2003-03-02 Member: 14218Members
    sounds like a good idea <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> BTW all you newbies... don't be afraid to tell you are a newbie and show up to a newbie only thing... I mean at one time we all were nubs but nobody thought anything of it since we ALL were..... good luck guys <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Sucky_DuckySucky_Ducky Join Date: 2003-05-04 Member: 16043Members
    <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> [Start Sarcasm] I was never a noob!!!one111!! [End Sarcasm]

    Anywho, great idea... Just learn those n00bz0rz to <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> or to <!--emo&::skulk::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/skulk.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='skulk.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> and you'll be fine... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    IP is
    om.oldf.net

    Over Medicated <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    the ips of our other servers are in my sig.

    thanx for getting the ball rolling on this one bon <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • bon_Hommebon_Homme Join Date: 2003-06-20 Member: 17543Members
    Thanks for the props!

    If any of you got lost trying to find this week's academy announcement here's a handy URL to get you there at INTERNET SPEED! It has the particulars of when and where, and most importantly: more witticisms!

    <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=43687' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...ST&f=25&t=43687</a>
  • MastodonMastodon Old Fogie Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12052Members, Constellation
    [OldF] is the only clan I personally endorse so you had better be there! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Good people, I say.
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> thanx mast <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    nice to get words of support from the friendly neighbourhood wooly mammoths. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • kuperayekuperaye Join Date: 2003-03-14 Member: 14519Members, Constellation
    you guys are doin the new players to the ns world a huge favor and i appreciate taht and i think xzilen should go cuz hes a nub =P ohh well thank you for such a good job of helpin peeps
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    obviously, we are interested in helping True Blue Newbies. soo, serious gamers who really wanna learn <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> in that spirit, the newbie tutorials are on CD-req servers.

    the very first one ever we had a grand total of 1.5 ppl! yay!! hope we helped him out a bit.

    we'll try and keep this every tuesday, 7pm PST. you need help commanding, or how to use blink properly, whatever. you swing by om.oldf.net during Newbie hour, we'll help ya out.

    Cheers!
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    another weekly newbie server night coming up tommorrow (Tuesday).

    Server- Over Medicated
    om.oldf.net

    7pm PST - whenever the new guys learned what they wanted to learn, or whenever the fogies get tired, whichever comes first <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    tonight is the night <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Iced_EagleIced_Eagle Borg Engineer Join Date: 2003-03-02 Member: 14218Members
    edited August 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Niteowl+Aug 19 2003, 05:49 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Niteowl @ Aug 19 2003, 05:49 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> thanx mast <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    nice to get words of support from the friendly neighbourhood wooly mammoths. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    LOL yes taht is the best.... i play their quite a bit so you will see me sometimes <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> you know you want to

    ingame: -[CiS]-Iced_Eagle

    yes you OldF know me

    edit: 1 hour about to go... BE THERE NEW PLAYERS!!!
  • qweazdakqweazdak Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2761Members
    Can an expierenced player come and learn how to be a commander? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • FunkaFunka Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5718Members
    yes, we have discussed having a "comm school" but wanted to see how much interest there would be for it; tonight would be a good night for trying this out i think. class begins right now (tuesday 7PM PST)! please come join and we'd be glad to help out in any way we can!
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    it seems there is no market for a newbie school in the NS community? we had a total of zero ppl come out last tuesday. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

    should we make a beginner/intermediate comm school?
    comm tips and tricks?

    come on NS community, tell us what you want in a tutorial server <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    cheers,
  • J_D_WJ_D_W Join Date: 2003-05-22 Member: 16598Members
    I wanted to come for commanding learning (i played since about 1st july) cause i "sux0r u n00bz0r c0mm4nd3z0r".
    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH at timezoneconverter.com. Stupid 2 in morning.
  • StoneburgStoneburg Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8174Members
    edited August 2003
    I made a post about this on the CoFR site, the public forum. Feel free to drop by and pimp this event.

    <a href='http://www.cofrbbs.net/viewtopic.php?p=195897#195897' target='_blank'>Link</a>
  • noobynooby Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15717Members
    I only just found this so I'm now keeping my eyes peeled for next session. It's the time conversion beats me.
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    edited September 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Stoneburg+Aug 30 2003, 05:52 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Stoneburg @ Aug 30 2003, 05:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I made a post about this on the CoFR site, the public forum. Feel free to drop by and pimp this event.

    <a href='http://www.cofrbbs.net/viewtopic.php?p=195897#195897' target='_blank'>Link</a> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    thanx for the pimpage my lone avocado tree by a small indian village with hentai tentacles <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->


    anyhoo, yes, so, this Tues and Thurs, 7pm PST, barring RL issues and events, we'll have a nice comm session, getting familiar with the interface and stuff. no real games though.

    somewhere in our OldF forums we have some basic curriculum outlines for this, i'll dig em out and post em.
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    so we'll more or less do this, outline courtesy of bonHomme:

    Comm Chair basics:

    a. Commander Essentials
    -Communication
    -Dealing with difficult players

    b. Interface Basics:
    -Moving around the map
    -Selecting Players / Structures
    -Selecting Groups of players / Structures
    -Assigning waypoints / orders
    -Assigning squads, giving squads orders
    -Focusing on Alerts

    c. The Tech Tree
    -Building basic structures.
    -Upgrading structures.

    <addendum by Niteowl>
    d. General Ideas About Pub Comming and Softskills
    -Importance of a few squad leaders
    -Prolonged war: Handyman is KEY
    -Loosening the grip: how select rambos can organize your force
    -Flow Like Water: taking lead from the ground, and when
    -Anything else i can attach a fancy title to <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • noobynooby Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15717Members
    edited September 2003
    Oooh looking forward to it, now your on which zone I'm back from your zone I think. Bugga this time zone stuff is confusing.

    How does this posting area fit with your server area, here it's 1946 hours or 7:46pm Friday the 5th September.
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    ah, nice to see interest about it. but no one seems to show up? i'm there pretty much every tues, thurs, 7pm PST, for about 20 minutes (on an empty server, come on guys, it's pretty painful). if no one shows, i'm outtta there. if ppl show up, i'll help for as long as i can <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->

    but so far, we've had ONE person come to our newbie sessions. aargh <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->

    but we'll keep trying to get this going.

    soo, if you are on EST, soo, ontario, new york, ohio, that sorta thing, just count 3 hours FORWARD..
    so 7pm PST is actually 10pm EST.

    we are, well, i am quite flexible on this. if i'm on IRC, just ask for a little session. for a full rundown, or just on a few niggling questions that got you stumped. our IRC chan is #oldfogies on gamesnet EAST. usually weekends late at night or afternoons, or weekdays at night.

    i am by NO means a uber leet comm or anything, but i know the basics of the interface and such, and some tricks on trying to keep pub rines in line.
  • noobynooby Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15717Members
    Yes interest is good, but my problem is I'm on Australian Eastern Standard time, was why I put my current time to see the difference from the server but it was 13 or so hours difference. I'm trying to find the difference to the game server to mine, now. Will see you there.
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    tonight's the night, 7pm PST, there should be a fogey there to help ya out. if not, go to #oldfogies on gamesnet east and grab one of us.

    om.oldf.net
  • noobynooby Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15717Members
    Went to site and it won't let me connect tried often?<!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo--><!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->? and it was empty as well.
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    hee hee, can you see my sig? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • noobynooby Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15717Members
    yes and I try again then. hehe
  • ARES-SparksARES-Sparks Join Date: 2003-09-10 Member: 20716Members
    Just a note to say thanks to "oldfogies" for hosting the noobie session. I was able to join the server last night for my first time in playing NS and it was quite an experience! Thanks to the 6-10 people that showed up last night, it seemed to be a lot more of game play than training..... but that was good. Nothing like OJT to get you into the swing of things.

    Started as aliens and got some good tutoring from Niteowl on the basic building and upgrading, and later on was switched to the Marine team. It seemed to me that the alien side is easier to learn than the Marine side. I was having trouble finding the waypoints on the screen, but finally saw the intensified blue circle on the sacreen where to go. Sorry if I was sluggish in getting there. Got to learn the paths in the map !!! Are the waypoint assignments displayed in the overhead map? Saw the 'goto' ? arrow (upper right corner) on the map. Is that the direction to head for?

    Definately have to try this again. Got somewhat overwhelmmed by all the screen information and think I have to try practiceing a little bit more offline to get used to it, but I'll be back again (oh, no!).

    Great time!! Thanks again "oldfogies"!!!
  • NiteowlNiteowl Join Date: 2002-09-04 Member: 1274Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    heya, great to have ya <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    see? there IS a place to learn NS all you new players!! om.oldf.net, every thurs and tues, 7pm PST <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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