www.whyville.net Jan 9, 2004 Weekly Issue



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A Day In The Life Of A 'Newb'

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Hello, my name is Newbert Bogert, New B. for short. I just came to Whyville five days ago to explore the great wonders of this beautiful site. I thought everything was going to be great when I first started chatting. However, there are others who think differently.

I came to Whyville in hopes of meeting nice people who are just like me. Some of the first people I found some looked really cool with all their great face parts. Now, see, I don't know very much on how to earn clams, so I thought it would be nice to ask some of my fellow Whyvillians for some friendly advice.

I asked a very interesting-looking person for some advice first. The response I got was none-too-friendly, though: "Get lost newb! We don't want you here, dork!"

Well, I guess that was just the wrong person to ask. I walked (or floated?) up to a friendly-looking person to ask what the name of their very nice-looking eyes was.

"Why would I tell some weird newb??" she yelled. "Go away! Newbs are so gross!" Now, my hopes were pretty down. I felt pretty disappointed in my fellow Whyville peers by then. I didn't know what to do, feeling that everyone in this place was rude.

"Hello, fellow Whyvillian!" I suddenly heard. "Welcome to Whyville... you look like you need help." I saw a very awesome looking character, and I realized that the character was talking to ME! I was really excited by this. We ended up talking and we became fast friends.

Now that I consider myself an "oldbie," I feel it is my duty to treat other "newbs" with respect, because I know how hard it is to be the new kid in town.

I sometimes watch how people make fun of the newbies, and I feel that it's really hard for them to make friends if no one likes a "newb". All I can ask from my fellow Whyville peers is, help out a newbie, because we all were newbies at one time. We all know how hard it was to make friends with the "oldbies."

Good luck all you wonderful newbies! Don't worry, your time will come, too!

 

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