Hey there from Inferno land. For those who are signing up with new trial accounts, please remember to read the manual. Unlike Gemstone, your *really* need to read the official documents of Inferno if you expect to enjoy your time in the game.
Here's some pages you should check out, to get you to the most important parts for new players (the entire manual is terrific but it's HUGE!):
Roleplaying in Inferno
Newbie Guide
Quickstart
Races
Alignments
History
Skills (and when you see the ones that interest you, click on those links and read further for mechanics info)
In addition, you can check out www.kasira.com as they have an incredible GS-to-Inferno transition page with tips on how to adjust to a whole new world with entirely different mechanics and roleplay. There's also a bulletin board forum there just for Inferno fans (and for the curious too!), you can post questions on how this works and why this happens etc. etc. and the players (and sometimes Admin) will respond.
We veteran players LIKE helping newcomers and will sometimes spend hours in the OOC area doing just that. But we get really frustrated when we try to help someone who isn't willing to help themselves. So please please please, read before you even sign up for your trial account, and read some more before you log in for the first time.
Thanks,
Roberta
UID Ephemera and Baglady if you see me in the OOC area!
reg