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| Issue: | Issue 8, February 2001 |  | Section: | Articles |  | Author: | Djgod |  
 Confessions of a Two-Time Newbie
 Hi peeps! Djgod here, apparently I've got to tell you about 
stuff that happened when I was a newbie, and, err ... stuff, so here goes, 
and have a nice sleep!
  
 Anyway, the first thing that happened was about two years ago 
when I first logged on. I can't remember the persona name, but I didn't 
know how to do anything, even talk. I finally went north, and all I could 
do was click that swamp button. I got bored with seeing stuff like  
has arrived, <player> has left, blah blah, so I thought, "Sod this," and 
didn't play it for another two years.
 
 When I came back on, after about two years, I finally found 
out how to talk, and got overloaded with help from Serenety and Astral. 
Then I made protector! Yay! I thought that was really great. Then I died to 
something dumb like the wyvern, and I wasn't too impressed at all. Then I 
got the message, "Astral the Matriarch tells you, 'There's an easier way to 
get to protector. Type sip dj.' " That made me happy again because I was 
now a whole level 2 again! After the usual newbie help that newbies get, I 
finally got to yeoman, and eventually warrior. At this point, I joined ERM, 
which was pretty odd at first, but really useful. After I lost a few 
warriors, I was told about the spring, which was cool, but I couldn't ever be bothered springing up to swordy. Anyway, the usual stuff continued; I 
got to hero and died to a pk. I wasn't very chuffed, so I was told about 
vowing and stuff. When I vowed, I got right up to priest, even if it did 
take ages. A while after that, I got a sorcerer, which died within two 
seconds of touching the stone. The highest levels I've been so far are 
Necromancer and Prelate, which isn't too bad.
  
 That about covers newbie stuff. The thing that I wouldn't have 
done then, if I knew what it did, was something like zw....j. I thought 
I'd try to get to the drier part of the swamp. Oh, by the way, someone must 
remind me that "secret houses" like "Barney's Underage Mercenaries" are not 
real. I still fall for that one.
 
 Well, I think you're probably all sleeping now, so I'll see you 
later!
 
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