I never realized how noobish I was until I read this thread... then, I remembered...
My first character was a froob NT. I was in th Arrival Hall, trying to decide what side to be. I decided to be neutral, because I didn't want to get involved with the conflict..
Anyway, I thought you had to go through the Jobe exit at the Arrival Hall in order to be neutral. So many times I tried to go through, each time getting the "You need to have the Shadowlands expansion pack to use this feature!" message. I was a bit angry, until I decided to go through the other exit.
So, now I was on noob island. It took me a day and a half to level to five. I was also stuck on the beach part of the island, because I though that if you go past the brown tunnel you leave the island and anyone can attack you.
I also did not know how to use nanos. So, i went a few levels as a nanoless nanotechnician.
I then went on to meet another newcomer who was my level. We teamed and he accidentally used a nano. He told me it made 'fireflies'.
Eventually I learned that the brown tunnel was not bad, how to use nanos, and how to get off Noob Island. When I was off, I was stuck talking in vicinity. I didn't know how to switch channels. While I was stuck in vicinity, the friend of mine from earlier somehow switched to OT Shopping 1-50. I wanted to know how he got to that channel, and he wanted to know how to get off. It took a while, but we finally figured out how channels worked.
The scary part, I went on with this character to found an org... still my current org