Newbie Gives Advice Based Off What Confused Him First Game

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Newbie Gives Advice Based Off What Confused Him First Game

Post Post #0 (ISO) » Mon Jul 25, 2022 9:49 am

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Hey everyone,

I just got finished playing my first game and it was a blast. However, as a new player I kept not really knowing how things worked exactly or what was expected of me and what I was trying to do, so I put together some of my thoughts on those things along with some quick step by step guides and examples for those like me playing their first games from my perspective of what would have been helpful to me as a newer player. Hope someone finds it useful.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C-J ... sp=sharing
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Mon Jul 25, 2022 11:07 am

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Very good post! I think the part about what kind of things you're supposed to talk about early game is great for new players. The whole "being too open about who you're close to" thing is also something that's plagued me, so I like to see it included.
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:14 am

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Incredibly well done. I applaud this.
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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Wed Jul 27, 2022 10:34 pm

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You poor first player. You got swapped into a tribe with Jerboa, an utter loon of a player xD (but admittedly only playing his second game)
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:00 am

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In post 3, ambic wrote:You poor first player. You got swapped into a tribe with Jerboa, an utter loon of a player xD (but admittedly only playing his second game)
You mean lucky first player :P
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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:29 am

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In post 3, ambic wrote:You poor first player. You got swapped into a tribe with Jerboa, an utter loon of a player xD (but admittedly only playing his second game)
By all accounts hes very entertaining, though.
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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:13 am

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I shall have to read this some time. Despite playing multiple games, I still don't know what to talk about at the start of any game.

What I've briefly read so far just confirms the actual reason is I don't know what to talk about with people irl either
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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:41 am

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Just saying words at random tends to be better than doing nothing.
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:07 pm

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Use a conversation generator for ideas if you want to initiate something. Irl, im not good at starting things, so i try to write down things that interest me from the news, or stuff. Eg ‘hey did you see that story in the news about the Florida man?’ I find that really helps. You saw both sides of me fighting with that when I was Lorenz.
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Post Post #9 (ISO) » Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:49 pm

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In post 8, ambic wrote:Use a conversation generator for ideas if you want to initiate something. Irl, im not good at starting things, so i try to write down things that interest me from the news, or stuff. Eg ‘hey did you see that story in the news about the Florida man?’ I find that really helps. You saw both sides of me fighting with that when I was Lorenz.
Sometimes I use a random word generator and force myself to use all of the words it puts out in order; helps when I need to make a longer message
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Post Post #10 (ISO) » Tue Aug 02, 2022 9:31 am

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This was very good.
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Post Post #11 (ISO) » Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:57 am

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Good read.

Hopefully now I will become a good survivor player!
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Post Post #12 (ISO) » Thu Aug 25, 2022 3:50 pm

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In post 11, SummerInWonderland wrote:Good read.

Hopefully now I will become a good survivor player!
One would hope :P
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Post Post #13 (ISO) » Fri Aug 26, 2022 4:19 am

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In post 11, SummerInWonderland wrote:Good read.

Hopefully now I will become a good survivor player!
If you figure out how to do that pls let me know how.
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