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'''Newbie servers are servers where any player with a rank higher than 4 is automatically banned when they play on them'''. The first ban lasts for 1 hour but subsequent offenses extend the ban time | '''Newbie servers are servers where any player with a rank higher than 4 is automatically banned when they play on them'''. The first ban lasts for 1 hour, but subsequent offenses extend the ban time exponentially. The system does not recognize the offense until the game is completed and the game-stats saved, so sometimes a "veteran" player will play on the newbie server. | ||
Sometimes a new player will progress from rank 4 to 5 while actually playing on the Newbie Server. Although your in-game displayed rank does not update until the next time you log in, the system bases the ban on your actual rank. You could - for example - log in as rank 4, play a game and win, and gain enough points to reach rank 5. But you don't | Sometimes a new player will progress from rank 4 to 5 while actually playing on the Newbie Server. Although your in-game displayed rank does not update until the next time you log in, the system bases the ban on your actual rank. You could - for example - log in as rank 4, play a game and win, and gain enough points to reach rank 5. But you don't realize because the displayed rank stays constant, and so you start a second game. You will get banned for that second game. | ||
<font color="red">If you're rank 4 then play on the Newbie Servers | <font color="red">If you're rank 4 then play on the Newbie Servers At Your Own Risk.</font> | ||
===Goal of Newbie Servers=== | ===Goal of Newbie Servers=== | ||
Newbie servers are intended for new players to | Newbie servers are intended for new players to familiarize 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 new players who know little more than you. | ||
Another downside of Newbie Server games is the fact that most (above 90%) Newbie [[Game Controller]]s 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. | Another downside of Newbie Server games is the fact that most (above 90%) Newbie [[Game Controller]]s 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 | For this reason, it is strongly recommended 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 ludicrous demands: "Buy me a capship" when the team can't even afford to upgrade a single techbase, for instance. | ||
===Finding or Creating a Newbie Server=== | ===Finding or Creating a Newbie Server=== | ||
There is a Newbie Server set up permanently for just about each [[Cores|Core]], and they can be | There is a Newbie Server set up permanently for just about each [[Cores|Core]], and they can be recognized 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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Revision as of 05:58, 27 December 2008
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. The first ban lasts for 1 hour, but subsequent offenses extend the ban time exponentially. The system does not recognize the offense until the game is completed and the game-stats saved, so sometimes a "veteran" player will play on the newbie server.
Sometimes a new player will progress from rank 4 to 5 while actually playing on the Newbie Server. Although your in-game displayed rank does not update until the next time you log in, the system bases the ban on your actual rank. You could - for example - log in as rank 4, play a game and win, and gain enough points to reach rank 5. But you don't realize because the displayed rank stays constant, and so you start a second game. You will get banned for that second game.
If you're rank 4 then play on the Newbie Servers At Your Own Risk.
Goal of Newbie Servers
Newbie servers are intended for new players to familiarize 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 new players 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 recommended 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 ludicrous demands: "Buy me a capship" when the team can't even afford to upgrade a single techbase, for instance.
Finding or Creating a Newbie Server
There is a Newbie Server set up permanently for just about each Core, and they can be recognized 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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Alternatively 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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