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Upon starting the game, you will be prompted to set a name, afterwards it will ask whether you want to play the tutorial map - it is recommended you do so. It will show you how to do basic movement with some visual aid.

From the main menu, click on Play and then select a server, it is recommended that new players join Novice servers. The default filter already has the word Novice on it, so you will only see those.

Note: It is common to refer to a player physical character as a tee, so this guide will do so starting from here.

Basic controls

Move left and right with A and D, and jump with Space.
Aim with your mouse - note that your cursor inside the game is locked to a large circular region around the center of the screen.
Hook with right click. Hooking allows you to hook onto hookable tiles or other tees.
Fire/use your current active weapon with left click.
Emote with ⇧ Shift. Most of the communication in DDNet can happen without even chatting, as tees often use the Pistol to signal where to go and express how they feel about a map part using emotes, such as the tear drop emote for a faily part.

Main Mechanics

Hook

TODO: A short overview of the hook, and link to the hook page.

Freeze Tiles

TODO: A short overview of the freeze tiles, and link to their page.

Jumping

TODO: A short overview of how jumping works

Weapons

TODO: A short overview of all the weapons, linking to their page.

Basic Techniques

TODO: A short overview of the most basic techniques that will be useful early on, such as hammerfly, hammer throw/run.

Personalizing your tee

TODO: A short overview of how to change one's skin, name, clan, laser color, etc.

Get in touch

TODO: Link to places where the community is active, such as discord.

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-Upon starting the game, you will be prompted to set a name, afterwards it will ask whether you want to play the tutorial map, it is recommended you do so. It will show you how to do basic movement with some visual aid.
+Upon starting the game, you will be prompted to set a name, afterwards it will ask whether you want to play the tutorial map - it is recommended you do so. It will show you how to do basic movement with some visual aid.
-From the main menu, click on ''Play'' and then select a server, it is recommended that new players join '''[[Ranks_and_Points#Points|Novice]]''' servers, the default filter already has the word Novice on it, so you will only see those.
+From the main menu, click on ''Play'' and then select a server, it is recommended that new players join '''[[Ranks_and_Points#Points|Novice]]''' servers. The default filter already has the word Novice on it, so you will only see those.
 {{note|It is common to refer to a player physical character as a '''tee''', so this guide will do so starting from here.}}
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 === Basic controls ===
-* You can move left and right with {{key press|A}} and {{key press|D}}, you can jump with {{key press|Space}}.
+* Move left and right with {{key press|A}} and {{key press|D}}, and jump with {{key press|Space}}.
-* You can aim moving your mouse around, note that your mouse inside the game is locked inside a circle around the tee.
+* Aim with your mouse - note that your cursor inside the game is locked to a large circular region around the center of the screen.
-* With right click you can use your hook, it allows you to hook onto '''hookable''' [[Tiles|tiles]] or other [[Collision#Tee Collision|tees]].
+* Hook with right click. Hooking allows you to hook onto hookable [[Tiles|tiles]] or other [[Collision#Tee Collision|tees]].
-* With left click, you use your current active [[:Category:Weapon|weapon]].
+* Fire/use your current active [[:Category:Weapon|weapon]] with left click.
-* With {{key press|Shift}} you can open the emote menu, most of the communication in DDNet can happen without even chatting, tees often use the {{Pistol}} to signal where to go and express how they feel about a [[Drag Part|map part]] using emotes, such as the tear drop emote for a [[Common_Terminology#Faily_part|faily part]].
+* Emote with {{key press|Shift}}. Most of the communication in DDNet can happen without even chatting, as tees often use the {{Pistol}} to signal where to go and express how they feel about a [[Drag Part|map part]] using emotes, such as the tear drop emote for a [[Common_Terminology#Faily_part|faily part]].
 == Main Mechanics ==