Who, Why, Where?

[Elros]

Even if you just roleplay picking your nose before logging off, that is better than nothing.

Ooooo!!! An idea! Thanks, Eros!

Seko does that a lot. It makes people go eww.

Yeah I bet it does.

[Chris]

if someone doesnt read the rules when they start, spawns, grabs a bunch of stuff, gets imprisoned or killed, they'll probably quit. Of course, we can't just let them off the hook, but we gotta think about that.

I heard something about a tutorial in the works. But even just a few lines of advice at spawning might help.

1961-0: Suggestion 5: Don't expect a response right away. Play a little, log out, and check back in a few hours.
1961-0: Suggestion 4: Don't hit any people. Don't hit any animals unless the town laws permit it.
1961-0: Suggestion 3: Don't take anything on the ground without asking first.
1961-0: Suggestion 2: Read the notes on the ground. Look for a note about the town's laws.
1961-0: Suggestion 1: Introduce yourself by telling people your name.
1961-0: You are outside in an area of hills , There are 7 types of resources which can be gathered and you can see 19 animals
1961-0: You are carrying nothing
1961-0: There are 15 vehicles or buildings around you
1961-0: And 12 other people in the location
1961-0: On the ground there are 24 objects, 9 of these are notes
1961-0: You can see 21 projects or activities of which 9 are being worked on

[sanchez]

GreeK was working a while back on a tutorial in Polish here, which would be a nice model to translate to other languages: http://www.cantr-greek.yoyo.pl/tutorial.php

[mtm21]

Looks great.. Too bad it isn't in english yet

[JG]

I second that!

[Elros]

Woah that is awesome! We need an English one!

[DylPickle]

Yeah that is real cool

As for keeping the game alive, I think Elros has the right idea. Active players who check their accounts often simply need to try to keep their Chars alive and just -doing- something. Even if it's doing nothing, you can still show it, in a way