Taggart Transdimensional are influential? They're the biggest Ayn Rand fans I've ever heard of in the game, but I wouldn't go so far as to they they're "worshippers".

Rookie Help is supposed to have veteran players willing to offer advice and answers.

FYI if you want actual help, do some research on newbie friendly corporations.

Well here is the problem. You are kicked after 30 days. So the only vets you will ever see there are guys starting up an additional new account. And after 30 days they are kicked again...

As a new player (subbing just a few hours ago), it's absolutely mind boggling how unfavorable seeking help is.

To my understanding, and based on the advice of a GM who randomly contacted me a few days ago during my trial, Rookie Help is supposed to have veteran players willing to offer advice and answers. Had I known otherwise, I'd never have wasted a moment of my time.

My experience is the opposite. If no one answers your question ask again, ask in Corp, ask in E-UNI. Maybe you didn't get answers because you asked about a useless, rarely used game mechanic. The Help channel is great too, especially when Keith Eaton is on..

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Case and point: I posed a question about obtaining shares in my corporation. It's owned and controlled by a real life friend who is currently unavailable for me to ask him how to go about doing it. Instead of getting an informative response, I received something to the effect of "it's a scam, they're not worth it, they're not what you think they are".

If you just subbed a few hours ago then why are you concerned about corp shares. TBH you should be doing the tutorials and learning the basics of this game not trying to figure out corp mechanics. Or op is trolling and or was made fun of on the rookie chan.

Exactly.

Wow.. a whole lot of wild speculation in this topic.

Everything ranging from "I'm not a new player" to "I'm trying to steal a corporation".

Pro-tip: read the first post thoroughly before posting gibberish.

The corporation I wanted to obtain shares in is newly started by a real life friend, who has been bugging me to join Eve for years. My wife and I decided we'd give it a shot, so here we are. My reason for obtaining shares? To invest in the corporation. The CEO is the very same friend who invited my wife and I to this game -- who also intends to make me a Director once I have a better grasp on the game. So no, I don't intend to "take over".

Bottom line, this topic has nothing to do with my background or the dimwitted character assassination attempts by some of you. I commented on the general toxicity of Rookie Help, nothing more.. nothing less.

I apologize if an opinionated topic is somehow offensive. Last I checked, that's what forums are to be used for.

Actually, the CEO has plans to pay dividends on manufacturing jobs to those who own shares in the corporation.

Others may do it differently, but this is a friend that I've known in real life for many years. Why are some of you so adamant about how shares allegedly do or do not work, when I'm telling you how my CEO intends to make them work?

If anything, the responses here prove that posters are more inclined to offer an unwanted opinion than an actual answer.

Corporation shares are usually used in EVE to destroy or take over a corp which is why you received the bad karma. It is best not to touch the corp shares at all or for the CEO to keep a tight hold onto all of them.

As a new player (subbing just a few hours ago), it's absolutely mind boggling how unfavorable seeking help is.

Never mind how quickly questions are buried in Rookie Help, I can tolerate having to pose the question a few times until it's addressed. My concern is that apathetic approach the (moderators?) take to controlling the channel in regards to trolls and useless responses.

Case and point: I posed a question about obtaining shares in my corporation. It's owned and controlled by a real life friend who is currently unavailable for me to ask him how to go about doing it. Instead of getting an informative response, I received something to the effect of "it's a scam, they're not worth it, they're not what you think they are".

Not only was the "answer" not relevant to what I asked, but it was nothing short of an ignorant opinion line that didn't offer anything of substance. I replied with "I didn't ask for an opinion, I asked for directions on obtaining them". Moments later a bounty was placed on my head by the player who apparently didn't like that I didn't care for his opinion.

How is this anything but a deterrent to continue playing? I only tried to seek a simple answer as the Wiki contains zero information on obtaining shares, and wind up having a bounty and still no answer.

Bottom line, I never knew that the rumored toxic nature of this community was really so bad that new players are trolled and harassed in Rookie Help.

Now, just because you don't like the answer and/or it doesn't benefit what your RL friend (who none of us know), does not mean you should begin to berate the posters in this thread. This is GD if people think you are being rude or flippant with their genuine attempts to help, the will turn full troll.

The point you fail to see here, is that despite outlining that the corporation is under the control of a personal friend, I've received several responses insinuating that I have malevolent intentions, or responses telling me to forget about shares.

If I call a car dealership and ask them what the color of the floor mat is in a car I may be interested in buying, do you think for a second they'll say "it's not important" or "you must be thinking of stealing it"?

The Wiki outlines what shares are for, not how to obtain them. The CEO (my friend) asked if I wanted to invest a bit of money back into the corporation when I mentioned donating to it, and explained that any shares I own will earn a return investment as the corporation expands and produces. I didn't post in the Rookie Help channel (or any other channel) for opinions; a simple "he needs to hand them out to you himself" would have sufficed.

Even more dumbfounding is that I never opened this topic to ask for help, I had the answer well before I posted it. This topic was created solely to offer my opinion on my perceived value of Rookie Help and how much of a deterrent it likely serves for other players who shared similar experiences. Instead, an overwhelming majority of the responses here have been ridicule and dictation of how I should play the game.

If you're willing to purchase my subscription time, I'm willing to consider playing this game how you think I should be playing it.

Even more dumbfounding is that I never opened this topic to ask for help, I had the answer well before I posted it. This topic was created solely to offer my opinion on my perceived value of Rookie Help and how much of a deterrent it likely serves for other players who shared similar experiences. Instead, an overwhelming majority of the responses here have been ridicule and dictation of how I should play the game.

If you're willing to purchase my subscription time, I'm willing to consider playing this game how you think I should be playing it.

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And this, fellow capsuleers is why it's just not worth helping a newbie. Offer up opinions, suggestions and guidance and they act like a petulant child. I'll leave the rest to wolves of GD.

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