Another day in Noobia with Staff helping out noobs, protecting residents and this time we've been featured on another blog so we're gonna return the favor loll.

Surprises abound when you volunteer on a noobie help sim or parcel... the stories we could tell... and on this blog, we will!! hehehe

well it's probably best that you read it directly from the woman who came to Noobia...~grin~ You can check out her blog at this address:

http://stelladaurmond.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-jackpot.html?zx=478bd56ee56500ed

Elvy
Noobia Senior Mentor



Now for a brief public announcement and warning

Please be aware that many have come to Noobia to try and help newbies.  Some have great intentions in doing so... a kind heart and a wish to help others and we can appreciate that, however most of those who come to try and "help" are lacking the knowledge to do so and more than a few had less than noble intentions in offering help... (i.e. i'll help a newbie to get them eternally grateful to me and then i can guilt them to have $ex with me hehehe).  IT's why I am posting today on this topic.
We've had some residents pretending to be staff as well and when found out they have gotten their tushy banned for lying about who they are (Only those who lied though as many of them can at least point you to the online boards and offer assistance in using them which we appreciate, as opposed to telling you they are staff).

Be aware when coming to Noobia that staff members have a "Noobia Mentor" and "Noobia Senior Mentor" tag above their name.  If you can't see those group tags yet or if you suspect one was copy botted illegally, please tab one of the online boards (if the person helping you either has only a "NoobiaN" or "Noobia Resident" tag they are residents or former residents but not staff.  If they have any other tag, or they do not have an online board they are not staff... and to be sure you guys know who is, i'll list them here :)

Noobia Founder
Sumo Seda

you can probably send him a notecard inworld to tell him what an amazingly wonderful idea Noobia is ;)

Noobia Owners and Senior Mentors:
Sandy Miggins/Sandonna.Miggins (she has made Noobia the place it is now)
Angie/Angelica.Montpenier
Elvy Miggins/ElvenLady

Noobia Manager

Xamie Pixeldust/Xamie

Staff (in order of how long they've been staff)

Ali Miggins/alikakadri 
Hazel/Hazel.romano (although she had tons of experience and helps on many many other Noobie sims)
Paystreak
Helen Sexy Miggins/helen15 (she's on vacation and can't get on a laptop to put her board up yet)
Caelea

Trivia Quiz Master

Eximus (he doesn't have a tag per se and can't book you into an apartment but he IS staff and he will be happy to help with what he can)

currently we have no other staff members.  If this changes we will update the list on the blog :)

Our staff are experts in many fields aside from having a kind heart, tons of patience and a desire to help those who really need it.  That said we do not cater to alts trying to mooch an apartment and they will be dealt with accordingly for trying to rob someone of the room&board they need in order to learn in a safe and friendly environment. Sorry if this sounds harsh but we do not play mind games in Noobia and have no tolerance or patience for liars and griefers.  We prize honesty.

Now so far we've mentioned helping newbies but I want it clear that if you are older than 30 days to SL or are returning after a long time, the help is available to everyone even if the apartments are not :)  In fact we've helped a few older SL peeps lower their script count, fix some graphics or computer issues (some of our staff know more than others onthe subject and would be glad to help) and other general or specific help.

On that note I would like to say:

Don't Mess with Noobians or they'll get all helpful on your tushy...resistance is futile ;P

First days in SL and plenty of weird to embrace

My name is Paystreak people call me Pay

Like Alikakadri (Ali) I was very lucky to have found Noobia quickly - within three days of coming to SL.

I had come to SL to learn about how it operated and to see first-hand how it could be used to create financial opportunities for someone in RL. As an experienced gamer I figured that I was ahead on the curve on the skills needed to operate in a virtual world. To some degree it may have helped but right from the start I knew that this was a world that was so variable and sometimes so bizarre that for the first day I was mostly just trying to grasp the basics of moving around while surrounded by surreal input from every direction.

I have described the early days of SL like Mardi Gras on acid. The surroundings were dreamlike and the people I encountered were either just as confused as I was or obviously comfortable and operating at a level that I could only envy. For the first two days I both wallowed and revelled in this brave new world I had come to. At every turn there was something that made me wonder just what the heck I was getting into. Within hours of arriving I was lurching around Galaxy Mall in my starter avatar trying to figure out ....well.....EVERYTHING and finding lots of opportunities to be reminded just how mind numbingly different things could be here.

I vividly remember standing in the mall looking at a box labelled “Box of c*cks” and thinking “ok I know what they are but why are they in a box,.... in a mall.... and who would want to collect them??”

It’s my own fault really. There is ample info about SL on the net and some great starter learning places. I was even shown some of them in the getting started intro that came up when I first signed in. I could have saved myself all sorts of confusion but oh nononono not me, I was just gonna jump in blind and see where it all lead.

Where it lead was me trying to figure out how to get anywhere but between the start point and the place I ended up by tapping a board. I could go back and forth between about four places – a start point –a mall –another empty store that felt like I was in some sort of apocalypse movie where I was the last person on earth and a beach where naked people ignored me until I got like three people trying to chat to me about the most intimate of stuff. I did not understand the land mark system or tps or how to find new ones but I knew that sl had to be bigger than that! By a fluke I discovered flying and thus for maybe an hour began a cross SL trek of the most awkward kind. Fly really high look down and fly then land someplace new. Fly drop repeat. I was getting places ....slowly. No rhyme or reason. No direction. I figured that there had to be easier ways but I was in a hurry to just discover so off I went. Then I discovered the map and zooming in and out and now I could zap to places using the map. WOW now I was really getting the hang of this SL thing!

I had no idea how to check on the places I was headed so every new poof was a doorway to ...something. I had no terms of reference for a lot of it. Welcome to the Neko club? What the heck is that? Who cares ..next!!!! Vampires?? They got vampires here??!!! Yikes!! NEEEEXT!!!! Another beach – what is with all these beaches and naked people???? Neeeeext! Well maybe not in a big hurry – maybe one drink ackkkk! Nexxxt!

By my third day I had seen a lot of stuff that made no sense and I was busy adding to that pile when I struck disaster. In a attempt to zap to a new place I got stuck hanging in mid air. I could not move, I could not see the ground, I was in limbo. I hung there trying things and other than discovering new ways to move my cam around me I was going nowhere. As I hung in space I noticed a flashing tab on my chat box. I had used chat maybe three times talking to people or trying to but the flashy light was new. What the heck may as well push it, I wasn’t going anywhere anyway.

A new window opened and the words, “Hello are you ok?”

Yikes? Where were they broadcasting from? How did they see me? Was I trespassing and in trouble?

I replied that I was stuck and could not move and a very patient person talked me through accepting a tp and getting out of there.

I had been found and saved by a member of Helping Haven. He got me to the ground in a sim where nobody was speaking English and after some initial difficulty in communication he figured out I was new (as if THAT wasn’t obvious) and had no clue (also obvious). He took me to Helping Haven and the people there were absolutely fantastic. Helpful and kind and very tolerant of outright dumb. They did not comment about what I had done to my avatar in an attempt to customize it when I discovered I could play with appearance sliders. I should not have played with the sliders..............really.

Nevertheless my Frankenavi was not made fun of and I got some great help. As I wandered around on their parcel grabbing free stuff I didn’t know how to use and reading things that were over my head I came across a sign that said “First home in second life – free”, and I thought well I have no idea why I might need a home but I could be hanging out here awhile so why not, and I took that tp to Noobia. It was late at night and I landed in an empty hotel lobby.  A sign there explained that new people under 30 days could get a free apartment for 2 weeks. Sounded good – no idea why yet but hey it was free and I had an inventory bulging with free stuff so more free couldn’t hurt. Plus two whole weeks! Man I would have everything figured out in two weeks noooo problem. I was not sure how I was supposed to get this apartment so I stood there........hmmmmmmm......... maybe if I read the sign again.... but harder??? After awhile I followed my usual procedure in sl and just wandered around looking at everything, taking anything free that was not nailed down and generally poking at stuff. I came around a corner and found a bunch of pictures on the wall and figured out that it was a contact system for staff. I picked one that had a picture of a pretty girl who had a nice vibe and tapped a board that would change my life. She answered me!!! I asked about the apartment and she said she would be there to help shortly. I waited for a minute and then ...wow ....in walked a cute girl with wings (very attractive in an angelic sorta way) and elf ears, 3 days into sl and it did not phase me a bit – on her they were perfect***. This was my first time to meet Elvy, one of Noobia’s hard working volunteer mentors and a person who would become a big part of my sl life.

My sl adventure was truly about to begin.

***If you are not yet familiar with Second Life and elf ears and wings seem strange to you, oh lordy are you in for a treat when you come here! Trust me in two weeks you won’t blink an eye as you stand around chatting with a 12 foot tall demon, a 3 foot chinchilla, a talking horse, a sorta human with what look like cat ears and a wagging cat tail, a loin clothed barbarian princess, and assorted lol “normal” people.  Please refer to my assessment made in the early part of my post...Mardi Gras.......on acid.......govern yourself accordingly.

hey :)

I'm alikakadri... or as i'm known in SL right now ali.

I guess you might say that I'm one of the lucky ones as SL noobies go.  I found Noobia almost right away and didnt meet with any issues other than the regular being a noobie stuff.  Maybe because when I was new some of the Noobia staff would roam around the landing zones and point those who wanted help learning in the right direction.  I was brought to Noobia shortly after I landed in SL and I haven't looked back. Too many places I visited since were unfriendly although I have left Noobia from time to time to explore I always come back.  Noobia is and always will be my home.

I look forward to sharing the daily weird with you guys <3

Hi!  I'm Elvy. Welcome to my new blog.

This is a big part of my sl journey that I want to share with you. but i won't be the only one posting on here.  See, i asked my friends Alika and Paystreak to blog with me so sometimes they'll post stuff too!

Here's a little bit of background to get to know me.

I came to SL (that's Second Life) over a year ago.  An online friend had mentioned it a year before...yeah i know! a year to think about it before joining... but eventually i joined out of curiosity.  For 2 weeks I roamed SL with terribly messed up graphics and very little in the way of help.  I was greeted by a nice guy named Rocko who gave me a tiny bit of help... the first kind soul in a completely alien virtual reality.... I was too confused to retain his full name and didn't know how to save landmarks.  Blinded by a landscape of gigantic pink and purple blocks (that's how bad my graphics were) and the occasional basic landscape when one did load I tried exploring a bit.  I thought about quitting a lot but....something.... kept me coming back.... and I found Freebie Galaxy.... everyone ends up at FG at some point if they explore SL... there i found a 2nd good samaritan in the form of a Vampire King who warned me about bites and told me about the garlic necklace... armed with the only thing i knew: doing searches, i looked for info on the garlic and found those who preach by it.  I sent a msg and got sent one with instructions.  I'd already found one poor soul of a newly bitten avi who had asked me if i would let him bite me.... and i had refused.  it was lucky of me that it was not one of those who know what they are doing and prey on noobs that i had met... he went on his way and did not bother me...i now wonder what became of that one who was one of so many avi's who get bitten early on and not told what they get into (bloodlines)...left to fend for themselves and learn on their own (struggle would be more accurate)
i found a club i liked (closed now) and hung around there until someone made an alt and griefed it and all noobs were blocked from going.  in a way it pushed me to search for noobie friendly places and 2 weeks into my SL experience I found Noobia.

What happens after that is that my entire SL experience changed. It improved ten folds and became my home.  I found I belonged there, in Noobia.  The place and the people that made/make Noobia what it is are difficult to explain if you haven't been there.  The people are amazing (unless you're a liar and a trouble maker) and somehow Noobia has become a special place where the more time you spend there the more you find yourself.  It is beyond a virtual world.

So my journey in Noobia began with meeting Sandy along with a couple of the residents who lived there at the time.  Sandy, although I didnt know it at the time, is Noobia's owner.  We became fast friends confiding in each other and she helped me with so much that I could never hope to repay her for it all, including rescuing me from terrible graphics!

the rest i will explain later as time passes but eventually i was asked to become staff... and accepted... how could i refuse to help people when i'd been helped so much and i love to help anyway??

my Noobia journey began...