How to not scare away noobs?

Corsair.br · Post by **Corsair.br** » 23-07-2004 13:50

I´m a newbie and played my first two matches yesterday (all in public servers).

In the first match i play most of the game in midfield and manage to score twice (we lost for 7-5)

In the second match I played as keeper and lost 8-2 (not too bad because the statistics show i made 17 defences).

I am vary impressed by the game, too much fun!!! I wonder if there are anyone else from Brazil or South America playing DB to start a Team and a Server (the LAG is always around 160) because the servers are in US and Europe.

Cenotaph · Post by **Cenotaph** » 23-07-2004 14:08

Messy wrote: I've got my db-community + irc.quakenet.org spam-bind ready

And yeah, remember your first time scoring

The rush of adrenaline as you got killed and your weak shot let out a load of firework and a screaming crowd, after 15 minutes you have just scored against what had thusfar been known to you as the best keeper you've ever seen, you might have even got hit by a defender.

You catched a pass you never thought you would have, and after a miserable attempt or two..it finally happened $\o/$

Crowd roaring through your speakers, volume up...you slowly lift up your hands and let out a faint cheer
That's when you're sold: this game rules!

I only had that feeling when i first scored on ThaGimic $\o/$

Imaginos · Post by **Imaginos** » 23-07-2004 20:44

Corsair.br wrote: I´m a newbie and played my first two matches yesterday (all in public servers).

In the first match i play most of the game in midfield and manage to score twice (we lost for 7-5)

In the second match I played as keeper and lost 8-2 (not too bad because the statistics show i made 17 defences).

I am vary impressed by the game, too much fun!!! I wonder if there are anyone else from Brazil or South America playing DB to start a Team and a Server (the LAG is always around 160) because the servers are in US and Europe.

I remember ye. You did very well for someone trying the game for the first time. It often takes rookies a while to grasp the concept of playing positions, but that's probably because in North America, soccer doesn't have the huge fanbase it enjoys in the rest of the world. Glad you had a good time too! Welcome to Deathball!

NeGyXo · Post by **NeGyXo** » 25-07-2004 17:09

my first point was a touchdown

edit: 3 hours later i learned there were actual goals, i was so excited

rage taught me all the basics i was like this game rocks

NeGyXo · Post by **NeGyXo** » 25-07-2004 17:15

xiller8r wrote: not calling them n00bs might be a start:D

when i first started i called myself a n00b

bloodeh · Post by **bloodeh** » 28-07-2004 12:24

We spamm "boost, boost, boost!" and they dont know what we want.

We say "pass, pass, pass!" and they dont know that they should use rmb.

They join a smallcube server, volley only with 10players... They dont know to volley. If they catch the ball and want to try to pace around, they are dead after 1-2secs. So they only think, "wtf is that" and leave the game

Post by **The_One** » 28-07-2004 19:46

Hopefully the tutorial video is not far away but really there can be no excuse for not knowing how to pass. Spend a few minutes playing with bots before you go online and you'd work that out. Of course this only applies to a small minority.