@TCB The Scar;
I do not know what kind of keys you were referring to earlier.
I have never needed keys to help a newbee, but i do remember one new player complaining about a "helper" who asked for her password, and claimed he could not help her without it, some years ago.
She refused offcourse. I do not asume this is the kind of key you meant.
The only real problem with helping newbees i have encountered is that it can be difficult to keep in touch before they have a KI.
Over time i may have lost one or two, before i could send them on their way with a few basics, but not much more. Please clarify what you meant by keys.
TCB The Scar wrote:
What I tried to say is that some people ask for help, but they don't need/want help from people which don't have the same point of view than them ;
If a newbee does not want my help, fine, no problem.
I do not think there is any requirement for newbees to agree with my point of view on basicly anything, for me to help them out.
Unless they are very obnoxious, i will help them anyway, provided they want me to.
TCB The Scar wrote:
in that way, the "to do" list only contains what they want to be done, and they looks like they are working "alone":
in that way, when the things they make will be done, the players will say "wow you've done it alone?! It's great! You're great!" ...
Some level of selfishness is expected and accepted as far as i am concerned.
Are you referring to the helped or the helper?
A helper/greeter solving puzzles for a newbee is bad, but in reality they can do it only once and end up ignored.
I have met newbees complaining about a previous "helper", made a new avvie and start afresh.
Some will have left the game for good. That is bad, but i do not think there is anything we can do about that.
TCB The Scar wrote:
It's the perfect reflect of this World ; the reflect of this rotten World.
And they do nothing to make this World better, because they are as this World is.
Some years ago, Uru was a safe place ... It's no longer a safe place ; now, it's the same place than this World: a rotten place.
The world is made by people, some are kind some are cruel.
No on-line environment can ever be "safe", but to me Uru seems better than most.