How do YOU Treat new PR Members? :D

[TomDackery]

All the "be nice to the new guys" is cool and stuff, I do it sometimes myself.
But really, what is a new player really for? Yes, that's right... Human Shields.

[Redamare]

HAHAH YEA HUman shield or Door tester walk through that door ( BOOM ) nade trap " OK its safe to enter Now "

[Zulnex]

I always try to help as much as I can if I see that they display a positive attitude and willingness to learn.

[Slightchance]

I got my friend into this game and set up a training squad on a training server to teach infantry and vehicle tactics. The squad filled up quickly with mostly new or newer players. We practiced tactics like suppression and messed around with all of the kits, then we moved on to vehicles as well. We were on for almost 2 hours just learning, and contrary to popular belief people seemed genuinely interested in learning.

Training servers worked well, and my friend and I went on to playing a round on Kashan and we did quite well I might add, until punkbuster kicked him for some heartbeats or connection packet error...

[=XE=Grimm]

Help them out and keep them away from anything that flies.

[hobbnob]

As a new player myself i think it's great that the decent players of pr still stop off on the training servers every now and then and help us out. For example a few weeks ago i went in a build squad to get used to finding out where things should go in an FOB etc. We must have spent at least an hour just driving around in a convoy of trucks till we found a good high spot, then setting up all the raw materials then started building, then simply looked at it for a couple of minutes and went off to do it again.

[Cpl. Mallard]

Although I did the same when I was new, I try my best to hunt down and kill/tk the new guys that flip choppers over on the carrier deck.

[Snook]

Although I did the same when I was new, I try my best to hunt down and kill/tk the new guys that flip choppers over on the carrier deck.

On my first time flying i never flipped it... I was asking this guy where he wanted to go and looking at the map bewildered to where he wanted to go.

I finally found it and proceeded to fly into the ground, good fun! I did last about 30 seconds in the air so i was quite impressed... kind of.

[ViperHummel]

Don't forget the manual is a good resource on how the game works. It doesn't always mean its how you play the game. Words tell how, they don't show how. Walk through talk through, soldiers.

[W4lt3r89]

Although I don't squad lead that much, from time to time I have met my own share of the newcomers into Project Reality.
At those times I ask few things like do they know how the medic system, yadayada work's through by reading the manual, if they took the medic / Automatic Rifleman kit. If they haven't, I suggest them to read it through since it teaches a lot about the gameplay and give the kit to another squad member that is likely to be a bit more experienced in PR.

But other then that, it's mostly just few hints and tips that might cross my mind during the fire fight and some of them grasped the idea in them.

It's always nice to see the "newbies" but bit disheartening to see the "noobs".

[H.sta]

I like the fact that most realism -Clanmembers decide to help, instead of the "read the manual" thing everyone says

all the clans i have been in just drop what they are doing and help the new guys, last week i spent five minutes explaining to someone why it was not a good idea to take the sniper kit.

i think i pissed of my Turkish squadmate though... sorry whoever you were, but i think the newcomer learnt something

like: hard to find a squad that wants you if the first thing you say is "how do i get a sniper kit"

i am a bit more angry about the fact that almost every single reply from a non realism clanmember was "RTFM"

[ludwag]

I LOVE to see new PR members and help them. It makes me think about my first days of PR, and what kind of help I would have wanted. So I try to help them as much as I can and tell them a little bit about the different servers and communities mainly. Because people that don't have a community usually don't play pr for very long.

So when you help them, tell them that. That they should join a clan with a forum or something.

[Herbiie]

Badly - like everyone else

Only kidding.

I try to keep them away from anything that needs skill, gunning, flying, LAT, HAT, Grenadier, Medic, etc.

I try to convince them to go Rifleman so they can get to grips with the game first

[Rudd]

I try to convince them to go Rifleman so they can get to grips with the game first

good advice

[Shaihuluid]

Whenever I get a new PR member on my squad I attempt to treat them the best I can and explain everything, but invariably want to kill/kick them by the end of the map for picking 9000+ sniper/pilot kits and then blowing up the team with a rocket by mistake. Just say no, seriously!

[boilerrat]

I make sure the person read the damn manual or i'll kick them.

I read it, nobody can understand PR 100% as soon as they start.

[gazzthompson]

over the last few years my patience has been exhausted. so i have very little patience for new players unfortunately and it normally results in kicks. but that not exclusive to new players, i find myself kicking players at least once a game.

[master of the templars]

"whats the shovel for"
"burying your poo on long missions"

a few mins later

"why is my screen red"
"You need to poo, take out your shovel"

Then laugh at the new guy running around with shovel out under enemy fire

[sniperrocks]

"whats the shovel for"
"burring your poo on long missions"

a few mins later

"why is my screen red"
"You need to poo take out your shovel"

Then laugh at the new guy running around with shovel out under enemy fire

WOW NOW THAT IS MEAN!!!
I try to treat as best as I can....well, I'm pretty new myself so...
But some squadmates get irritated pretty easily

[Hunt3r]

I only help them if I'm not busy myself.