[Morganza]

I've been sending the following letter, or variants on it, to new members, especially if they are new to Yarolds.

Feel free to suggest improvements (link to the HAT tutorial? more info about IRC and FireFox? Link to the Mob forum?)

I am especially interested in suggestions from recent joiners, things that you wish you had been told at the beginning.

[edited to add the direct forum link, rule 0, and a few other bits.]
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Subject: Welcome to the Mob!

We're happy that you chose us.

There is a lot of information in our forum at http://yarold.eu/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=59 ; the basic rules are:

0. We expect our members to click as many links as they can (especially from our dynasty and our allies), every single day. (We realize, of course, that sometimes Real.Life takes priority.)

1. Try to click enough links to stay in positive credits. (This is hard when you are new. There are a lot of FireFox plugins that make it easier, notably Snaplinks ) If you are new to Yarold's, the basic formula is:
a. Only have one game link
b. Don't display it in Main, only to your dynasty. (Once you are a VIP, you can also hide it from History.)
c. Every time you visit Yarolds, click all the links available in the Dynasty Exchange, both tabs in the History, and in the main link exchange.

2. Extra links are available, even if only for a short time, at 12:00 , 18:00, 00:00, and most notably 06:00 server time (the text block at the bottom of the page shows that.) These are called "happy hour" or "happy time". Some of our allies show their extra links at other times, though.

3. Be careful to do the Human Awareness Tests (HATs) when they show up randomly. After you've done ten of them, you will get a CARE percentage calculated from them; if your CARE gets too low you won't be shown links that require an action (like clicking "doorgaan" or "Mai departe" or "next step")

Feel free to ask questions of any shogun, the kampaku, or the emperor. You can also join us in the IRC channel #mmc on irc.magicite.net -- some suggested clients are also in the forum.

Have fun, and happy clicking!
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[Carthasis]

Maybe include a direct link to the Dynasty FAQ (http://yarold.eu/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5280) and suggest to have a look at the useful tools sections in particular - because if you use snaplinks without say, flashblock it might well crash your browser...