Too nice can be a problem. Aardwolf has problems with people who have learned to do nothing by themselves because others are too nice and do everything for them. When suddenly they are asked to level on their own or find their own equipment, they don't know how to. For this reason the Newbie Helper guild has rules and regulations that they themselves must adhere to, both for the good of the helpers and the newbies. The helpers are just players, so it is not in their interest to spend time constantly spelling newbies up, finding them equipment, etc. Instead they are to explain to newbies how to do things on their own. Helpers are not allowed to give newbies spellups, equipment, lead them around, etc. They are allowed to do corpse retrievals (but they are encouraged to let the newbie lead the way back to the corpse, and just take out the agressive things). The helpers also answer questions immediately. Since aardwolf has a small but dedicated imm staff and has MANY new players starting up everyday, they need the player help to get things done. The general motto when working with new players is 'teach a man to fish and he eats for life, give him a fish and he eats for a day' or however that quote goes. :) I think this is fair practice to teach players that while others are helpful, they need to be somewhat able to do things on their own.
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Jaenelle
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