Salutations!

[Basilica]

Hello, from another new player that might be out and about on ALFA at some point. Will probably continue lurking for a bit more before settling on a character concept, but hope to be around in-game at some point!

[Zelknolf]

Welcome!

And good luck on your second character. :3

[Basilica]

Forewarned is forearmed; the intent is to avoid killing the first one off too quickly! That's what they say, anyhow, we'll see how it works out in practice...

[Zelknolf]

The trick is to make friends, and to not pick fights unless you're with those friends. It's very hard to die in a good group; it's very easy to die alone.

[dergon darkhelm]

It's very hard to die in a good group; it's very easy to die alone.

I think that advice will replace "good luck on your second character" as my new standard greeting.

[hollyfant]

Welcome to ALFA, find some friends so you can all die together!

...

You know, it doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

But welcome aboard anyway, regardless of when, how or even if you die.

[Aitana]

Welcome to Alfa!

Look forward to seeing you in game.

Aitana

[CloudDancing]

We have lots of advice columns for new players I think reading every one you can is best.

1. Don't get too attached.

2. You may get really excited and that is great. If you are suddenly flooded with ideas, make sure to check the forums as these things probably are discussed a plenty and entirely.

3.Find a server with players in your time zone. MS has a Euro core and a USA core. TSM has an Aussie DM right now and a Euro-late night once-a-week Dwarf campaign. BG has EST coverage and PST evenings coverage.

4. USE our MIRC/Mibbit chat as much as you cant. Its the best way to connect with players during off times. It always has someone on too.

5. Expect to spend some time learning and/or proving yourself.

6. IF you come from other servers, Alfa is a ROLEPLAYING server. It does not focus on ONE aspect of life in Faerun like on a social server or an arena server; it expects you to cover them all while playing your character. Party chat is used for IC communications here. As well we don't normally send OC tells to players to attempt to get them to do things for us and with us in character.

***Note: A proviso to that is that our servers are HUGE tracts of land. It is easy to get lost w/o a Dm. Asking for directions is not a bad thing and subs for what an NPC would do. As well if you want to meet other players, a simple tell to your location is good. It's simple politeness. If you don't show up or attempt to play with others, it will be assumed you WANT to be alone and Rp alone.

7. Please keep your language in character. As any person in reality might assume, that person across the way might be a priest or a teacher or a very pious clean living person. If you swear or attempt to grope them IC or not, they might just have a sword behind their back and within their right to hurt you or worse shun your character. Try to be authentic but also think about what your goals are in social interations and use a NAUTRAL progression that your character would know and use.

[Basilica]

Thanks for all the welcomes! The IRC chat seems to tend towards asleep on the weekend so far, but I'll continue lurking

For characters involved in campaign player groups, are these generally only played with their associated campaign members and not the rest of the world? (i.e. only on campaign night)

[Zelknolf]

That really depends on the group and the players. There are certainly some people who log on only on campaign night for the duration of the campaign, and there are people playing in campaigns who also log on for random RP during the week, and there are people who just play without any regular DMing. Can generally find people playing on any given day during U.S. evening hours, though finding game during Eurotime is trickier (especially on weekdays, when you can't lure we yankees on in the morning).