Random person

[TwentyThree]

I was boating and saw another guy boating, then he turned around and fled
i was wearing a pumpkin hat, he was wearing a spruce cap.. im not that scary am i? D:

[SgtCayir]

Some people just don't want to interact with others.

[Freak18]

dud i saw a naked guy killing a guy n bear cape so ye i kind of dont trust peopel on river if you see some one turn around an runn caus there is 80% probability that they will kill you just caus they have nothing beter to do ...

[ValerieHallaway]

First off, take that pumpkin off your head.
Because of previous worlds where minor griefers used those hats all the time during raids and trolling, it's a universal sign that you either are an uninformed nub, or are about to go make trouble for someone.

No one's gonna stop and talk to you if you look like a dillweed about to attack someone. And even if they do, it'll likely be so they can purge you from the world or siphon information from you.

And next, be nice. Know that any interaction might get you killed, and be ok with it. Be nice even if he isn't.

[Sardte]

Godamnit TwentyThree stop being a dillweed
He's right though ^

[Moogie]

First off, take that pumpkin off your head.
Because of previous worlds where minor griefers used those hats all the time during raids and trolling, it's a universal sign that you either are an uninformed nub, or are about to go make trouble for someone.

No one's gonna stop and talk to you if you look like a dillweed about to attack someone. And even if they do, it'll likely be so they can purge you from the world or siphon information from you.

And next, be nice. Know that any interaction might get you killed, and be ok with it. Be nice even if he isn't.

Well shit, that's probably why some random sword-weilding guy came barging out of the wilds and knocked me out earlier. I've never paid much attention to H&H politics; I just like funny hats.

[Halagaz]

yep pumpkin head used to be a griefer symbol, i guess they don't need any anymore.

[graal]

Wow... I was pretty scared earlier when I met someone on the river... I kept "running" on my boat, and the guy jumped on his boat (he was on shore at the time) and started moving... I was sure he was coming for me... lol. But gladly he wasn't... and less than 1 minute later, the same thing happens again with another person. I hardly ever meet people in the game, but these 2 people really scared me (they had nice equips on, main reason why I was so scared... when they have newb equips like mine I usually stop and talk).

[Moogie]

It's smart to be jumpy like that in this game. Worry about making friends after you feel equipped enough, skilled enough, and confident enough to defend yourself if you need to. Baby-Blues/Linen-clad Newbies are nothing but cannon fodder to a large portion of this community.

The most important thing to do, though, if you do get jumped/robbed/killed... don't go complaining about it. Not ingame, and not here. I don't say this in the typical "QQ more fagget" kinda way, but more in the sense that it won't do you any good to whine about it. Because permadeath is such an important feature of H&H, many players take it as being their 'right' to wander around killing new players for no purpose or gain. They aren't cheating or being unfair in any way-- they are just being assholes. And you never complain to an asshole, because he will just laugh in your face and do it again.

Personally, it's one of the reasons I enjoy H&H so much, despite all the waiting and grinding and watching timers. It's the knowledge that, at any moment, a sword-weilding maniac might come barreling out of the trees, cut you down, and take everything you worked all those hours/days to create. That's adrenaline-pumping danger, right there. And sure, it's a real demotivator when it happens, but only for a while... you'll want to try again soon after.

[kingkay]

It's smart to be jumpy like that in this game. Worry about making friends after you feel equipped enough, skilled enough, and confident enough to defend yourself if you need to. Baby-Blues/Linen-clad Newbies are nothing but cannon fodder to a large portion of this community.

The most important thing to do, though, if you do get jumped/robbed/killed... don't go complaining about it. Not ingame, and not here. I don't say this in the typical "QQ more fagget" kinda way, but more in the sense that it won't do you any good to whine about it. Because permadeath is such an important feature of H&H, many players take it as being their 'right' to wander around killing new players for no purpose or gain. They aren't cheating or being unfair in any way-- they are just being assholes. And you never complain to an asshole, because he will just laugh in your face and do it again.

Personally, it's one of the reasons I enjoy H&H so much, despite all the waiting and grinding and watching timers. It's the knowledge that, at any moment, a sword-weilding maniac might come barreling out of the trees, cut you down, and take everything you worked all those hours/days to create. That's adrenaline-pumping danger, right there. And sure, it's a real demotivator when it happens, but only for a while... you'll want to try again soon after.

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