It's no surprise. You queued with Alai and the rest of the group, so the pubs obviously didn't know that you were new. And even if they did, it wouldn't have changed much.
The community is shit. Stick with those that you know, ignore the rest (unless they go out of their way to be nice) and you should (mostly) be fine.
I had a very similar reaction, actually.
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMOGMOGMGOMGOMGOMGOM I JUST GOT [Bulwark of Azzinoth]!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's a bit hot, don't'cha think?
Pic related.
It IS pretty hot!
EDIT: That's pretty big, I'll make it a link!
I just looked for that cute avatar of your on the last page :I
I know you didn't mean any harm, and nothing happened :3
They're so... Fragile, I don't think they were scared, maybe a bit, but I'm sure they didn't know that you came with good intentions, I'm sure that if someone that was 100 times your size came running, you'd move a bit too :3
That only makes it even more odd. Unless he was playing with Gemini, in which case the same rules apply.
"I mean, that'd suck, right? What kind of computer program forces herself onto you right in the middle of you trying to work? Haha, uh, so I'll try not to do that."
The best program.