Death To Newbiekillers!

[ 22] Tynian: To mortals: Re: DEATH to newbie killers!
Sun Oct 21 15:35:34 2001
To: all
The following note was posted to Immortals.  I have removed the 'Immortal'
information.

I have clearly stated on the idea list and elsewhere that attracting and
retaining new players is essential for TFC's welfare.  I invite you to
read two idea posts, and particularly my annotations: Qithlorien: with
recent pk modifications, and Orpik: Online statistics (try 'idea last
10').  The annotations summarize important sentiments. 

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If an Immortal notices a PK of someone that is levels 10-14, and a god+
is online, bring it to their attention.

God+'s: If, in your opinion, the killers are "professional"
newbie-killers, feel free to kill them.  I regard such PKs to be in direct
opposition to my goal of bringing more players to the game. 

FYI, I killed WarMachine and Magus this afternoon.  They teamed up and
killed a level 10.  An mstat of WarMachine yielded a well-armored dual-
class with <lots> in svs, which told me all I needed to know.

I became vis and explained on gossip why they died, and that their corpses
were up for grabs, free of any protection (they both recovered their
stuff).  This raised questions as to whether other newbie-killers had
been slain.  My stance is that it is a game of russian roulette.  They
may be caught or not.  In addition, since we cannot tell the difference
between "true" newbies and others that have a newbie character, it will
be assumed that all newbies are 'true' newbies.

Those that have been preying on lower levels have experience.  I contend
that their harrassment, which is in direct contrast to my goals, is not
'fair' or 'right', so I am not entertaining any complaints from these
newbie-killers. 

Tynian.