Well ... I saw 4 different PM/GMs on and no one.. NOT A SINGLE ONE.. Dropped any kind of newbie anything in my lap. Instead, I got told by another player that I had to go ask an admin for it, and to ask each individual admin because they all give sommat different out, and I sat in an area where an admin popped in and gave a player stuff. I quit my first character and gave it away, and after talking to Damage got my gift on a new character, and watched him try to keep up with giving them out to players that I brought to the game as well as other players. It was then that he asked Wrathandchaos to help, so that it would load as PP.
No *ADMIN* character rolled out a welcome carpet for me or any of the several people I brought along, EXCEPT Damage. Yes, La.. gah too lazy to look and see how thats spelled, you chatted with me with your player character, but seriously NO admin welcomed me or gave me crap til I had to get pissed off about it. And that's sad. Players shouldnt be put in that position for several reasons.. Its uncomfortable.. Some players end up having to wait or not get their stuff at all, and it CAN appear even when an admin is giving all the same thing, that it's someone cheating and it makes players feel as if they may be cheated .. or may being played as "a favourite".
So unless you're prepared to call some other players outright liars... Why were certain people having to hit up EVERY admin member to get a total set of crap? You surely never asked me with your admin character if I had been given anything.. nor did any other admin logged in. Only yesterday did Damage broadcast on several occasions, that anyone who had not received a newbie pack to whisper him. And that.. has nothing to do with who codes or owns or hosts anything. That has to do with people doing their jobs and BEING FAIR.
Cheers :)