Newbie game

NOTE: With the release of R4 any server with the word "Newbie" contained in the game name is monitored by the ASGS system in the same fashion as the regular newbie servers. Do not create a game with "newbie" in the game name or you will be subjected to the autoban (if over a rank 4).

Newbie servers are servers where any player with a rank higher than 4 is automatically banned when they play on them. This ban lasts for 24 hours and comes into effect next time the person logs on using ASGS. Since the punishment isn't instantaneous, sometimes a veteran player will play on the newbie server.

Goal of Newbie Servers

Newbie servers are intended for new players to familiarise themselves with the game controls, ships, and techpaths. Since everyone playing on Newbie Servers is new, there is very little strategy or skill present and it is highly recommended that players start playing on the Main Servers as soon as possible to learn what the game is 'truly' like. Any 'strategies' you do learn on Newbie servers have probably been developed by other newbs who know little more than you.

Another downside of Newbie Server games is the fact that most (above 90%) Newbie Game Controllers choose extremely high money settings so they can 'play with all the toys'. These settings are used very rarely in mainstream games because players wish to play the game seriously - expanding, running, and defending your economy while disrupting the enemy's is a major part of an Allegiance game. Using high money settings knocks this aspect of the game out the window, and both teams can get every single technology path and play around with "super-ships", instead of working together and making the most out of the single techpath they can afford.

For this reason, it is strongly reccomended that you stop playing on Newbie Servers once you have gotten the hang of the controls and faction differences. To continue playing gives new players unreal expectations of how a game of Allegiance is played, which they bring into the main games and annoy all the other players with their ludricous demands: "Buy me a capship" when the team can't even afford to upgrade a single techbase, for instance.

Sometimes a new player will progress from rank 4 to 5 while on the Newbie Server, and get snapped by the autoban. Very little sympathy is given to these players, as in the admins' eyes you should have stopped playing there a long time ago.

Finding or Creating a Newbie Server

There is a Newbie Server set up permanently for just about each Core, and they can be recognised in the games list by the blue 'Zone Game' symbol on the left of their name, as well as the title "Newbies".

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Also, any normal server can also be set to 'Novices only' in the Games Settings by the Game Controller. This will only allow players with a rank less than 7 join the server. Note that games set up in this manner are not automatically monitored by ASGS like the normal newbie servers.

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