Sep 3rd 2013, 4:21:52
Hi alliswell.
If you do sign up for the upcoming round on the primary server, I'd also echo Rockman's recommendation. Find a good teaching alliance and play on the alliance server as well. This game is pretty simple to be decent at if you take the time to learn some of the very basic concepts. If you don't learn the basics first, any server can prove to be frustrating for a new player, as you're likely to suffer a lot of attacks from players looking to take your land (referred to here as "getting farmed")
LaF, MD, LCN, RD, TIE and Omega are all alliances that have long been established, have good to great tag protection, and are not currently at war with anybody. There are also smaller tags which are friendly and fun, and would be happy to have you I'm sure (including my favorite, ICN) but I don't know whether they have the same ability to protect their members.
Good luck, and welcome!