On 7/2/07, James Cameron <quozl at us.netrek.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 02:49:57AM -0400, Zach wrote:
> > I would not say that on the website, we don't want to give ourselves
> > bad press to discourage potential newbies :)
>
> I disagree.  I think we should say there how clue normally react to
> newbies, and encourage the newbies to learn how to cope, giving them the
> resources they need.  We might get newbies then who can handle the
> verbal abuse from clue.

Well I agree we should prepare them and let newbies know some netrek
players will be verbally abusive at times, but let's be careful not to
overstate the problem. A false impression could easily be conveyed and
scare off potential players.

Zach