DCC Beginners server hints

[The mysterious Mr. 4m]

Where can i get a list with the hint messages from the DCC Beginners Only server?

[Sxen]

Here. They were written by nil, I hope he doesn't mind.

Die honorable.

Don't drink and frag.

Don't shoot at players who are typing.
You recognize typing players by the keyboard symbols above their head.

GG is shorthand for 'Good Game'

Don't call other player cheaters without good reason.
Many players are playing this game for a long time.
Or they have experience from other games.
If you like this game and play often enough,
soon other beginners could start calling you a cheater.

If you think an experienced player
is abusing this server
tell him to leave.

Players with the perfix 'BOT'
in their nick are bots
on this server.
Unless they are Obi.

Don't know whether you are an experienced player?
If you start runs of 10 frags in a row
you should consider yourself
too experienced for the current audience
on this server.
Then calm down or leave.

If an experienced player is harrassing you
and wont listen to you,
you can call a vote to kick him.
Open the console with shift escape.
Enter 'status' to find out the id of the player.
Enter 'vcall kick # 1' to call a vote
to kick the player with number 1 for example.
Tell the others to accept the vote
by pressing f1.

Read the hints.

If you have more hints tell us.

# Pointers
Visit the nexuiz ladder at planetnexuiz.com.
You can download demos of matches
played by skilled players there.
Studying these demos
can help you to learn
how to play this game.

Start playing 1on1
if you want to learn fast.

Visit http://www.forums.alientrap.local/ for discussion, more hints and news.

Look for servers that have a good ping for you.
You can't play this game well with a ping > 100.
If there are no servers close enough to you,
cooporate with your friends to setup one.

You can open the console with shift escape.

Open the console to read past chat messages
with shift escape.

Open the console with shift escape
to enter commands.

# Voting
You can accept a vote called by somebody else
by pressing f1.

If you want to play the next map you can cast a vote.
Open the console with shift esc.
Enter 'vcall timelimit -1'.
Tell the other players to accept this vote with f1.

You can call votes with 'vcall'.
For example 'vcall chmap dm_aggressor' to cast a vote to play the map 'aggressor' as deathmatch.

# Tactics
Always watch your back.

Try to get as much armor and health as you can.

Do not just run away.
Fight back as you retreat.
Else you will easily get shot in the back.

Do not attack if you neither have a good weapon, nor health, nor armor.

Standing still is a bad idea most of the time. Ask kojn.

Explosion damage goes thru thin walls.
So beware of players shooting you thru the floor.

# Movement
Learn how to move fast by doing a jumping sequence.

You can use the laser to make big jumps.
Learn how to do it.

You can use the laser to climb up walls.
But before you try this you better learn basic laser jumping.

You can control your movement in air.
Use it to prevent yourself from falling off the map when somebody starts pushing you around.

# Weapon usage
Use the laser to push somebody around.
Aim at his feet to make him jump high.
Same goes for the mortar.

Use laser, mortar or rocket launcher in space maps to push other players off the map.
They will enjoy it.

You can turn of automatic weapon changing in the Player menu.
Learn how to swith weapons manually.
Configure your keybindings.

Choose the right weapon for the job, not just the one that the game automatically puts in your hand.

Try your secondary mouse-button once in a while.

Most weapons have secondary fire.
You trigger secondary fire with right click.


The nex gun has zoom.
You enable zoom for the nex gun with right click.

The secondary fire of the machine gun is more precise than its primary.

You can make rockets explode in midair with right click.

Electro spamming is nice.
Shoot electro balls with right click.
Let them explode by shooting into them with left click.

[The mysterious Mr. 4m]

Thanks, i better copy them before Nil comes.