Fed II Star - March 19, 2006

STAR CHAMBER
by Freya

Breaking the Ice

There you are, a newbod in a new Fed II DataSpace. You want to meet people, make friends, role-play, find out what it's all about. So you say hello on the Sol comms and the players, basically a friendly lot in Fed II, welcome you and offer you assistance.

Do you:

a. Tell them you don't need help since you used to play 10 years ago in the other version and know everything already.
b. Start asking where everyone is, are they sleeping, where's the role-playing.
c. Start asking how to do everything, asking for exact detailed answers, complaining about how much work there is to do before you can do anything fun.
d. Return a friendly hello, listen to the conversation on the comms for a bit to get a feel for this new DataSpace, and then start to figure things out using the quick start guide and other help available.

Oh c'mon, boys and girls (or equivalent)! We all know the answer is D.

So, if we are all so clever, and we all know that everyone in Fed II is very, very smart and all the girls are beautiful and all the boys are tall and muscular and all the kids are above average... why oh why do so many people pick A, B, or C instead?

Rather than a long homily to spoil your Sunday, let me just ask you to think a moment about how you socialize in Fed II and how you think a newbod can best join our community. And then, I'd like you to send your suggestions to me at feedback@ibgames.com.