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Helpers are granted special privileges and commands to allow them to better locate and help new users in the
game. Once you have been granted the privileged status as a Helper, you may proceed with using the special commands
granted only to Helpers. All Helpers are required to read this web page before beginning to help players.
Locating new users
New users are known as "Newbies". At the time of this writing
a newbie is specifically defined by the computer system
as anyone with less than around 2000 total points.
This threshold number may be adjusted in
the future as is needed.
Locating new users from "Find a Friend in Games"
To locate newbies you begin by logging in and accessing the ViewWorlds screen which shows the "Worlds available".
From there click on "Find Friends in the Games". From the find friends in the games screen you will see:
You are a helper. Find Newbies
Only helpers are given the ability to find newbies.
Click on Find Newbies and a search will be done through all the games, and if newbies are located their name
and current game location (i.e. World_1, World_2 etc... ) will be revealed to you.
Locating new users from inside a world
Select a world containing newbies and enter it. You
will see a "Newbie" button
located next to the move control as shown below.
Click on this button and the 1st "Newbie" will be located in
the game you have entered and you will be teleported
to his/her location where you may offer help. Size rules
still apply, so a wolf will not be able to enter a Blue
Bird's nest. Once you arrive you can ask how things are
going and offer to help. Please do not discuss the privileged
commands that help you locate newbies. This
information is to be considered confidential. You can
help newbies by teaching them how to better play
the game and answering their questions. And you can
help newbies by showing them that one
of the benefits of playing in multi-player computer
games is that there are other real people in the game.
Even if a player doesn't want help, just showing up
to demonstrate this can be a big benefit.
The game console "Newbie" finder button which is located next to the move control will only take you
to an individual newbie one time per game connect. So if you press it again, it won't take you back to the same
newbie again, unless you quit the game, and come back in later, which will reset your "Newbie" locator.
Each time you click on the "Newbie" finder it will try to take you to a newbie that you have not yet
visited. For example if there are 3 newbies in a game world that you enter, say newbies Fred, Sally and Hal. Your
first click on the "Newbie" button may take you to Fred. Your next click on the "Newbie" button
may take you to Sally. Your next click on the "Newbie" button would take you to Hal, and your next click
on the "Newbie" button would indicate there are no more newbies to visit.
Other Helper Privileges
If season restrictions are in place helpers are granted the ability
to enter any world, during any season so that they
may more easily get to new users who are scattered
about the games.
In addition Helpers are allowed to play any animal in the basic or advanced
game so that Helpers can assist in play testing of
all aspects of the game. If helpers are testing advanced
game animals it is expected that the helper will provide
feedback on their experience with those animals.
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