Conduct towards a new player last night

[KubeDawg]

Originally Posted by AfterShock

The idea that 1 clueless guy on your team can take an important team objective and take it somewhere dumb, is a fundamental flaw in CTF and AvD

Never fear, soon a new gamemode shall defeat this evil problem and make pubs newb-friendly again!

Add distance to objective icons, or even paths for those who don't know what halls to follow.

Also, if admin not present, you could always make a plugin to kill the person with the flag who's inactive for a certain amount of time.

[v3rtigo]

You could also make it clearer to them that THEY have the flag. Even I occasionally miss the icon or vox.

Also give the target icon some more meaning. I think it only displays a crosshair-ish thingy right now? If you put some text somewhere on the screen or near the icon telling them what is of utmost importance for them to do right now, they should get the picture a bit quicker.

[mervaka]

Originally Posted by Ihmhi

One thing we really need - and this is a definite on the P.R. and gaming front - is to get new asses in front of FF. People who've barely played FPS games, much less Fortress games.

i disagree. they're not our target audience. people need to get to grips with FPS, then team FPS before getting into fortress play.

i'd say we need to chase after people who were brought up playing on different FPS engines, like down the quake/UT lines.

[CaLeB-]

Yeah man, we shouldn't be a holding a newbie's hand throughout the whole gameplay when we can get experienced FPS players.

[KubeDawg]

What about some kind of mini map, that shows the cap points in relation to your current location, along with different floor levels? That'd certainly be more useful than the current simple overview of each map.

[EquilibriuM]

Originally Posted by KubeDawg

What about some kind of mini map, that shows the cap points in relation to your current location, along with different floor levels? That'd certainly be more useful than the current simple overview of each map.

I agree a mini map would be much better, and actually be useful to beginner and expert.

[~kev~]

Originally Posted by CaLeB-

Yeah man, we shouldn't be a holding a newbie's hand throughout the whole gameplay when we can get experienced FPS players.

I am pretty sure that at one time you were a newbie, and someone helped you. So let us return the favor.

[Circuitous]

Originally Posted by ~kev~

I am pretty sure that at one time you were a newbie, and someone helped you. So let us return the favor.

He's referring to gearing the entire game experience towards getting people who've never even played an FPS to like Fortress Forever. It's a lost cause. We should be focusing on people who already understand FPS games.

That's his point. He's not saying to hate on newbs or deny them access, just don't gear the entire game to them.

[~kev~]

Originally Posted by Circuitous

That's his point. He's not saying to hate on newbs or deny them access, just don't gear the entire game to them.

Understood - my apologies for jumping to conclusions.

[Iggy]

...and lets not forget;

Help out newbies when you can.

[פֿяαιп βαмαgεפ]

Originally Posted by Iggy

...and lets not forget;

Help out newbies when you can.

THIS IS IMPORTANT

[Rawh]

Originally Posted by Shadow00Caster

I usually start verbally abusing n00bs after 20 minutes of EVERYONE telling them what to do and the dumbass still managed to run in a circle for 20 minutes. But Pre-20 minute mark, I try to help.

I lol'd