I think that depends on the player. I usually help newbies who are willing to listen. but the retards/noobs..I just ignore them, you can't help them anyway.
I help the ones that ask. The others, i give some clues and the benefit of the doubt for about a minute and if they dont react just ignore them.
i just do unto them as i would have them do unto me. e.g. I vote for them as comm, listen to whatever they say, and under no circumstances vote them out of the CV. I also assist them in their griefing endeavors as much as possible.
That's interesting. I was expecting replies like "I rage at them for 2 hours and then get them banned when they accidently drive a light tank into the water."
That's what they do, this is people telling the stories about the one time they were in a good mood and were nice to a noob.
I ignore them unless they ask if there's something specific they must do. Really you're playing on a team with 3-8 people you know, and the rest idiots.