Early Game (in General)

I'd just like too say I started an ncb and used a pretty basic strat, single minion fireball mage equiped with a halidon familiar. I have been fighting at about a 20% challenge bonus with really no regards too whom i am fighting just down enter down enter, and so far this strat is great.
As this is very similar too the strat directed towards new users i would just like too say the begining of the game is NOT too difficult or hard, I think the results speak for themselves.

Largest Blow 1,119
Battles Total 342
... Challenged 339
... Won 321
Winning Streak 5

HF is why

Fat chance ik, but maybe give each new user a free tattoo of there choice.

It's not that the early game is "too hard" for beginners, just confusing. Regardless, you only showed that the early game favors FB mages. I'm sure many beginners want to grab a bit of everything, buying weapons and armor, getting a 2nd or 3rd minion, and training skills they don't need.

Like Demigod says, anyone who has been in a tourney knows beginning game isn't hard - hell, nobody down there has a real strat - it's just really confusing for newbies.

It would be nice if we could come up with an easy-to-understand guide for newbies that they were introduced to, rather than a tutorial that includes a suggestion to *cringe* try FORGING and BS'ing their early weapons and armor.

Actually I believe that both of those parts have been removed. I don't think it gives a reward to bs your weapon or forge.