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Speedly has a good point about egos of good players affecting their game. That would be a whole other aspect of the discussion, and would certainly qualify as a bad attitude if not kept in check.
Elitism is something that has prevented many players from learning the game due to fear of asking questions.
Sometimes I do wish people to ask more questions and willing to take quite direct criticisms. Some people that has dealt with me when I am bad mood... knows what I will say when I see something I do not like in the game when I am bad mood >< I can get really blunt and direct.
I admit I have shown egos in the game sometimes. Sometimes a lot of players (more senior ones) just do not want to deal with new players. They think it is "wasting their time" for stress and less fun. I try hard not to do that, but sometimes I do have given in to that.
I think it is best for new players not only willing to ask questions, but also willing to find the answers themselves. Sometimes you really wish people will be able to just come to Alla to look up some really basic information about quests and items.
In the end, I think both new and senior players should step back a little bit. Do not expect to be helped while trying to help yourself is the best way to approach a problem. When FFXI came out, all the new JP or NA levels 1 have absoltuely no clue what to do. They figured it out -- and possibly with the hardest way. I want people to think about that when asking people for help. And also I want senior players to remember days that they got helped through things.
If you keep remembering the days you got helped, and the days people were trying to first kill Shadow Lord or Genkai I... your game will be much better.
Edited, Wed Mar 15 09:35:15 2006 by scchan
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