I want to welcome all the new players!
Here is the status:
1. An uneasy peace is going on! Those with high scores have worked a long time to produce a group of players that do no trounce on new players. So proceed with caution.
2. The System Administrator does have a few planets which are to be left alone. If the planet is owned by the System Administrator- do not take or attack!
3. Censorship is practiced! So keep both private and public posts G rated!
We know it takes awhile to get the hang of probing and other parts of the game. So feel free to ask.
This game is meant to be enjoyed! So enjoy!
Awards are given each month- try to be in the top of what ever group (it is by time playing).
Vote! On the home screen there are links to vote at sites that promote gaming. This generates credits that can be used for game up-grades (purchased per calendar month) or used to buy supplies off of the market.
Market is not part of the tutorials.
There is a battle zone- the first fifteen spaces from 0:0:0 are where you will find warp. (+/- 15:+/-15:0). The planets within the first 100 units of 0:0:0 can not be obliterated or abandoned. They are all most all 20's (they should be all 20's). (+/-100:+/-100:+/-100)
Good hunting

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I found a new player... 13:16:48 | Lakamar Sinji has found the planet of GirlsxxxPali.

I have extended a PM to offer help but already looks inactive...

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All we can do is continue to pm them and see what happens.

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I've pmed 3 who actually started on missions and none have replied. One was Aleccia who happened to make a post on the forums afterwards. But she never responded to pm, nor to her forum post. Nor has she been in the news anymore since making that post. The universe is becoming littered with noob systems that never even tried. I loved Nim's push for recruitment, but of all those hundreds of people who've given SL a shot, not a single one has actually stuck around past 22 points. I saw Omega1 in the news earlier but he also stopped @ 22 points.

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After 22 points you have to probe, which is the hardest thing to grasp as a new player, in my opinion anyways.
You've captured two spc planets, killed one ship and colonized three greens and then you have to actually search for planets with probes which if I recall correctly is not well explained in the training mission, maybe it's the wording or people just not understanding how to know where to send the probe, either case it seems to be easy and bam, you hit a wall, probing incorrectly is extremely costly in gold for a new player and waiting a day or two for more makes it very easy to lose interest in a game even if you would normally like it.

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#remove probing mission.

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#Create and embed a probing training video/example.

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#PayRoStoprobeforyou

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JR Scovill
Future SL Ruler
Reaper Of Souls
Reaper Of Souls2
ReaperOfSouls90
RosReborn

That wouldn't help new players in the newbie arena..?

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Loyal as any dog.

Too easy, enter the real arena and give me your coords

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Previous Aliases:
JR Scovill
Future SL Ruler
Reaper Of Souls
Reaper Of Souls2
ReaperOfSouls90
RosReborn

Yeah - I think probing should possibly be an advanced technique, which they can learn as they go; even many vets do little of it. I'd've liked probing to be more useful in the meta-game, but since it seems to be harming conversion, I agree that I should move learning it elsewhere, or perhaps pre-populate coordinates for a single system or something.

More generally, I've seen successful game designs have smaller, easier wins more frequently for beginning players, followed by a decrease in speed after the first day or two as power rises. I'm not quite sure how to implement that in SL though, unless planets have a quality or something; but then the growth rate of bigger players would still be beyond something new players could match. Something about logarithms maybe.

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