24 awesome stews, three walloping diamonds (for $$$), three gurly drinks, 24 creamy martinis, a note explaining some things (given they didn't have a greeter) and a pick.
A bag with some seeds, a watering can and a hoe, some honey and lots of sammiches.
It's nice to figure out things for yourself.. but it gives a sense of community when you walk in and someone's like, "Here, this is to help you!" without expecting anything in return. It's like being welcomed into a large family.
I think figuring stuff out yourself is a key part. I'd say, just a bag of food to help keep you going through those early levels. Perhaps a game show ticket too, just for fun.
I'd rather give them a couple of big bags and maybe a couple of emblems. Everything else is just fun to find for yourself really. I'm not sure about the emblems. I know my first ones took me a while to get so I'd probably have appreciated being gifted some.
When I was a newbie, I kept on seeing people had dumped emblems in front of shrines, but I never wanted to pick them up in case someone was coming back for them. Looking back on it, I probably should have just yoinked them, as numerous times I'd see the next person walk past and the emblem vanish, I'm fairly sure most of them were just freebies.
When my brother started I gave him a bag. It just had some meat and some food. I also put some butterfly lotion in there too. Not too much, just a little bonus.
I agree with Dopiaza, figuring things out for yourself is important. But a note saying "You get Salt by grinding Allspice" would be helpful.
As a newbie I was giving several awesome stew by one FS friend and an 80 pack of milk from another. I did not use these up right away but kept them as emergency supplies. I went ahead like I didn't have them as much as possible, but they were really helpful a number of times while I was getting on my feet.
The other thing I was given early-on was a house tour, during which I was invited to pet/harvest all the trees and piggies. That was a huge help as well, plus I got an idea of what a house was for and how it could be helpful.
These were all really a great help and I appreciate the friends who provided them.
I might just include a small bag with fun but nonessential things... random kindness, a couple gameshow tickets, a couple race tickets. I agree that part of the fun is building your own empire from the ground up, lol.
I might also include a note with some good info, or maybe just link to Siha's profile: www.glitch-strategy.com/wik...
Cause there's so much good info linked there... including info about salt and papers... hey I never noticed the wordplay there heehee
A bag with 10 notes inside. The laat note would be the most important: www.glitch-strategy.com. the others would be little tips, like, before doing quest (wtf it was called), check that there is a skill that can use 997+ points of favor. Others would be trifling maxims, like, don't take the Glitch grind too seriously; it's not a very competitive game. Balance with tips like, don't be afraid to auction! With a link to a price guide -- even at low level, a hallowed shrine powder can save you lots of monies.
Well I don't know that I would give anything, I received nothing and just played and learned.
The experience was good, I didn't go to hell and made my way just fine, and really learned alot on my own. The first house I bought was a tree house and now I have a 30K home that
I just love. But I have to agree with the few who said they woundn't give much at all, It creates
a sense of confidence and it also made me begin to socialize early on if not anything but to ask some questions. It was a good experience and I didn't feel that there was anything that
I couldn't work towards myself. Now on the other hand, since I do have a nicer house and currents to spare I have many times over given noobies stuff, food, drinks, music blocks,
etc. and there appreciation was quite overwhelming in most cases. But all in all I don't think it is too hard to work on leveling up and gaining things you need without having to be given things. I hope I don't sound stingy because it's not that at all, it was just fun and you have to
accomplish those early stage things to make the later on things more meaningful. IMO.
My bag would have three items: a TP script to my place (so they can come over), a game show ticket (so they can have a bit of random fun), and a random kindness (to encourage them to make new friends).