Quote Originally Posted by xenosuke1 View Post
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People who sneak into parties under the false pretense of knowing the fight because they're afraid they'll be kicked are kind of shooting themselves in the foot. You're even more likely to get kicked if you lie about knowing the fight when it becomes immediately apparent that you don't. I've never kicked someone for saying they didn't know the fight, but I have no trouble removing someone from the party that lied to my face and caused a wipe because they didn't know what they were doing and weren't honest about it.

It's a two-way street. More educated player should be more willing to teach newbies, but newbies should be more willing to ask for assistance. I can't read minds and if I ask if everyone knows the encounter and they all say yes or don't respond at all I'll assume they don't need an explanation.