(19th Dec, 2002) - Wolfe

The helper world was rocked today by the creation of a character which appears to be entirely new to the game.

"At first, I just assumed it was someone creating an alt to spam the boards," veteran helper Jaenelle said earlier today. "But after well over an hour of play, they hadn't even managed to reach level 5."
This, in itself, would be startling enough. But, in the five hours the character has played so far, there seems to be little understanding of the importance of sitting and collecting a full set of aard equipment before attempting to level.

"It's weird", said another helper, Sasami. "I followed him round for a little while in MUDschool. He spent a good few minutes in each room, as if he were reading something carefully. Naturally this raised my suspicions, and I informed the Imms."

Strangely, even under close observation by the immortals, the character appears to be doing nothing illegal. "I had him on snoop for a good hour or more," said Terrill, "and for the vast majority of that, he appeared to be typing various commands, all starting with the word 'help'. 'Help newbie', 'Help rules', 'Help combat', and so on. I've never quite seen anything like it."

At present, the Unsupernewbie appears to have recently discovered the recall command, and is wandering Midgaard park, attempting to kill sparrows. Other players are advised to treat this character cautiously.

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