Dev (a la XilliX):

   My castle stands upon the hill.       
   it shines of whitest bone.             
   when noobies came here noobies died.
   from them I make my home.             
   Their skulls adorn my throne.         

Noob:

   dude omfg
   wtf?
   you just pwnt my ass.
   I'm calling a ref.
   and where are the mounts?       
   and why can't I fly?           
   and which way is south?       
   and what if I die?             
Dev:

   once came nooby from nooby town, 
   the noobiest noob around.         
   he came and went in ignorance     
   until his bones I ground.         
   his cries were not profound.
   
Noob:   

   give me a longsword.             
   please give me some cash.
   I don't read a word,   
   please do a podcast.     
   and where are the mounts?
   and why can't I fly?   
   and which way is south?
   and what if I die?       

Dev:   
   
   the waypost here has warning:           
   "Dear noobies, Stay Away!"             
   and yet they tread on my dark path     
   a nooby game they play                 
   I make them rue the day!               

Noob:   
   
   Hey wanna cyber?
   where do I sell hides?
   hey, where do I mine?
   I hate reading guides.
   and where are the mounts?             
   and why can't I fly?                   
   and which way is south?                 
   and what if I die?

Dev:   
   
   Then hundreds upon thousands came     
   far too many to kill,                 
   I dug a pit to catch the lame.         
   My sign read "Blood will spill."         
   Alas the noobs came still .             

Noob:   
   
   Make me your buddy
   hey, check out my site.
   what is your email
   now where do i fight?
   and where are the mounts?           
   and why can't I fly?                 
   and which way is south?               
   and what if I die?                     

Dev:   
   
   As time wore on I wanted peace
   millions and millions dead.
   the flow of noobs would never cease
   many a forum thread
   where useless noobies said:

Noob:   
   
   Hey wanna cyber?
   where do I sell hides?
   hey, where do I mine?
   I hate reading guides.
   and where are the mounts?               
   and why can't I fly?                   
   and which way is south?               
   and what if I die?

Dev:   
   
   My noobskin coat it serves me well.
   as I make noobies cold.
   They are no aid to man or gods
   I waste no time to scold
   complaints make game devs old.

[Bridge then Primary speaker becomes secondary]

Dev:

I hate noobs too much
I pull out my hair.
This chorus won't end.
I start to despair.
No there are no mounts,
Jump this cliff to fly
and that way is south
and I'll help you die

Noob:

A pop-up came! I hit the X.
I have no one to blame.
now i'm lost. What do I do next?
this game is so hard
but i won't read a guide
I fell off a mountain
slipped and I died.

Dev:

When I lost patience for the noobs
I divined what to do.
3 letters newbies never know
placed on the hill below
my sign read FAQ

Dev:

My castle stands upon the hill.       
it shines of whitest bone.             
when noobies came here noobies died.   
from them I make my home.             
Their skulls adorn my throne.   

[Extra points for anyone who records and posts a musical interpretation]

There's nothing quite as heart warming as developers who make fun of the people using their product.

While this would have made for an amusing ditty were you a simple PK  in a game, I hardly think it is a shining example of developer professionalism or respect for those that play your game.

Oh, well. Just my opinion.

I wonder, you made the exact same post as pstruth did, yesterday, just used different words to express the opinion.

However, if you read the song and understood it, you might have figured that it is not against the entire player base of PS. It is against in n00bs in general, be it PS or any other game or application.

There's a big difference between a n00b and a newbie.

While a newbie is pretty new to something (obviously, no?) and willing to read FAQ's, settings, manual pages and what not ever documentation. A n00b won't do that, he just fires up the game/app and asks dumb questions which are answered several times in howtos, docs,...

Besides that fact that the song is humorou, it  kinda reflects how it really is. I mean, you can go to any forum or irc channel and play the typical n00b and you will get always the same reaction from the "fanbois" and the devs, be it a channel about an application, a programming language, a linux distribution or whatever...just try it out.

The song was also posted on the PS forums and was welcomed there, people expressed their opinions about it which almost always was the same: great and funny song

Cebot

Here is  how the  people  on the PlaneShift forums responded: http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=32466.0

If one will look one will see, most people take this in the humorous manner it is intended.  It is just clean fun.

Originally posted by CebotPS

I wonder, you made the exact same post as pstruth did, yesterday, just used different words to express the opinion.

Are you trying to imply something, or are you just a wondering type of person?

I guess am a wondering person :P

I like the song. And yeah, please don't take it as a PlaneShift thing. It applies to pretty much all MMORPG's, from a certain point of view. Anyway, made me chuckle. I might even go for the extra points, when I find the time.

Originally posted by Alerele

I like the song. And yeah, please don't take it as a PlaneShift thing. It applies to pretty much all MMORPG's, from a certain point of view. Anyway, made me chuckle. I might even go for the extra points, when I find the time.

Well, like I said, it is a humorous little ditty if applied solely as a gamer vs. gamer type deal. With the way conversations in this forum have been going in the past, perhaps I jumped too soon, and took things out of context; making something serious out of something which was not meant to be. If this is the case, then I humbly apologize to QueenofFools.

Talad promotes uncivil behavior.

Perhaps we can agree that it had good intentions and there's the possibility some can take it the wrong way?  I know when I first read it, I had a negative reaction to it.  My first post obviously offended someone so I appologize for wording my reaction so strongly and unfiltered.

I think part of the problem is that the things Xillix used to identify "noobs" are actually really common.  A high percentage of people who are new to Planeshift don't understand that a lot of the features aren't working, even though they're already in the settings and race descriptions.  You start off the game without having a great idea of where you are, where you want to go, and what you're supposed to do.  People are used to having automaps and access to OOC information.  The merchant system is more difficult and clumsy in Planeshift than in other games (for the sake of realism, of course).  The Death Realm confuses and frustrates many players the first time around.  And to this day, I see old time well respected players going OOC in public chat.

So really, I think we need to be very tolerant and understanding of "noobs", since Planeshift is so unlike other games.  And most of us who get so preachy were once "noobs" as well.

Difference between newb and noob.