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New to Hawken_ How were you treated as a "newbie"_


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Poll: Is Hawken "newbie" friendly_ (176 member(s) have cast votes)

New to the game_ How warm was your welcome_

  1. Great game and community, I feel like part of the family! (39 votes [21.55%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 21.55%

  2. The game is challenging, but players are tolerant of my mistakes and friendly enough. (60 votes [33.15%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 33.15%

  3. Community seems indifferent, neither loving nor hating newbies. (63 votes [34.81%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 34.81%

  4. Feels like I'm intruding on someones fun, tolerated but not welcome (13 votes [7.18%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 7.18%

  5. Fairly clear I'm not welcome here, flamed in chat and targeted on the field (3 votes [1.66%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 1.66%

  6. Change the name from Hawken to Ganken! "Noob" hate is rampant! (3 votes [1.66%] - View)

    Percentage of vote: 1.66%

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#61 Whackjood

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Posted March 20 2014 - 03:46 PM

So far I've encountered friendly feedback from other players. But I don't know how much of this is people being generally friendly to a newbie or me starting off with the technician.

#62 Desert_Fox2

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Posted March 20 2014 - 04:35 PM

View PostOmegaNull, on March 20 2014 - 02:54 PM, said:

I just mow people over and then critique.

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#63 OmegaNull

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Posted March 20 2014 - 04:36 PM

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#64 XyXly

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Posted March 20 2014 - 04:44 PM

It seems to me people are experiencing entirely different spectrums. Most of the games I play, people are quiet and may or may not do the objective. In a few games, where people were actually talking, they weren't raging or anything, just chatting, and now on the forums I'm hearing about people saying anyone is good has an OP mech and that there's a lot of spamming, which I have yet to see.

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Posted March 20 2014 - 04:47 PM

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#66 Desert_Fox2

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Posted March 20 2014 - 04:50 PM

View PostXyXly, on March 20 2014 - 04:44 PM, said:

people saying anyone is good has an OP mech and that there's a lot of spamming, which I have yet to see.

No no no. A good player makes the mech OP.

There was someone/something that spammed a bunch of threads with links and text to who knows where. They are pretty annoying, but when I see them I just hit the big res X in the top right hand corner and problem solved!

#67 XyXly

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Posted March 21 2014 - 12:50 AM

View PostDesert_Fox2, on March 20 2014 - 04:50 PM, said:

View PostXyXly, on March 20 2014 - 04:44 PM, said:

people saying anyone is good has an OP mech and that there's a lot of spamming, which I have yet to see.

No no no. A good player makes the mech OP.

There was someone/something that spammed a bunch of threads with links and text to who knows where. They are pretty annoying, but when I see them I just hit the big res X in the top right hand corner and problem solved!

I see it now, it's pretty big

#68 OmegaNull

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Posted March 21 2014 - 04:59 AM

View PostDesert_Fox2, on March 20 2014 - 04:50 PM, said:

View PostXyXly, on March 20 2014 - 04:44 PM, said:

people saying anyone is good has an OP mech and that there's a lot of spamming, which I have yet to see.

No no no. A good player makes the mech OP.

There was someone/something that spammed a bunch of threads with links and text to who knows where. They are pretty annoying, but when I see them I just hit the big res X in the top right hand corner and problem solved!

Hm.. OP You you say_

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Actually, I just had my ass kicked by a new player. He has been only playing for about 4 weeks but has tons of experience in FPS. By good, I mean good. This is coming from someone who has played every day for a year and seen just about all top players.

You never know who you may fight and who it may be. It is the pilot that makes the mech strong.

Also, I love newbies, but only if they want to learn. I am more than happy to give them things to work on and get better. Its fun teaching. :)

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Enjoy your Pain and Suffering as I tear Limb from Limb. Prepare to meet your Final End.

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#69 Desert_Fox2

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Posted March 21 2014 - 05:26 AM

View PostOmegaNull, on March 21 2014 - 04:59 AM, said:

View PostDesert_Fox2, on March 20 2014 - 04:50 PM, said:

No no no. A good player makes the mech OP.

Hm.. OP You you say_

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Actually, I just had my ass kicked by a new player. He has been only playing for about 4 weeks but has tons of experience in FPS. By good, I mean good. This is coming from someone who has played every day for a year and seen just about all top players.

You never know who you may fight and who it may be. It is the pilot that makes the mech strong.

Also, I love newbies, but only if they want to learn. I am more than happy to give them things to work on and get better. Its fun teaching. :)

No, I meant that the mech isn't OP. A good player makes a mech seem OP. I see that you do agree with me! lol

Yeah! That guy is incredibly good. I have never once in all the games I have played seen someone that good that soon in a game. Some of his tactics need to be refined, but once they are he will be practicably unbeatable by anyone who isn't at least 2400 mmr.

#70 Evermillion

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Posted March 22 2014 - 07:42 PM

i've had it quite good actualy, i might have had to start a conversation a little bit but i actualy got praised once as well, the community is accepting towards new people if you find the good apples between the bad ones, toxic players dont tend to talk a lot and usualy flame around the words "noob" or "gtfo" but if you ignore em and dont talk back to them they'll quickly stop in most cases

i wonder if the people from my first match ever find this post and remember me, i would love to play with them again
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