Posted by delaclos on May 9, 2000 at 21:31:43:
In Reply to: On the topic of an FAQ. posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on May 9, 2000 at 18:15:08:
> The idea of an FAQ has been tossed around before. Personally, I think it's a good idea. While Forum Search is better for the more initiated players (there's 250+ pages of just subjects between the three boards.. it's really a library by now, if not a somewhat polluted one), a solid list of starter questions would be a valuable tool for helping turn newbies into midbies in no time. It will not be a hand-holding guide, but it should include a lot of useful information. The trick: keeping it short enough that people will actually read it, yet comprehensive enough to make it versatile. Referencing posts on this forum will help a lot with keeping it short.
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> I'm aware of the Official FAQ on the official page (see links), but I think there are a lot of areas it doesn't touch on that often confuse new players. It answers several of the most important questions in a great deal of depth, but my opinion is that it lacks breadth. (It was also the work of two people, whereas the Forum readership could potentially throw a lot more bodies at it, with the added benefit of being able to refer to existing Forum sources.)
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> Also, anything the IMMs have declared (or will declare) off-limits (which includes the stuff covered by written and unwritten Forum rules) will be out of the FAQ without question. I'm willing to take requests on "forbidden topics" from both IMMs and players, though players may get vetoed by whoever ends up editing the thing.
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> What do you think? I would appreciate hearing from the community before trying to round up the volunteers necessary to slap this together. Send me email (address above... thanks Gabe!), or just post your thoughts here.
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> -PB