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trans_pilgrims2011-08-30 12:33 pm
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Newbie Suggestion
So I was thinking about how to make newbies feel more welcome in-game, and I had an idea.
How about a group of players already in the game that volunteer to help out? OOCly, they could help with a lot of soft gestures, like:
* Making sure newbie open posts don't sit around untagged.
* Volunteering to tag around in the podpop posts.
* Helping to create an index of newbie posts during podpop, pretty much like what Pixle did with the most recent meet and greet.
Additionally, how about a buddy system? People could volunteer themselves to help newbies:
* OOCly by contacting their newbie via AIM/Plurk/etc to say hi, answering basic questions
* ICly by offering up their characters to help them get a head start on CR.
I think the buddy thing would lend itself to more of a signup system, where a new player who's interested in having a buddy to talk to can be paired up with an older player who volunteers.
It's sort of like an OOC welcoming committee. Thoughts?
ETA: Okay, since a couple of people have expressed interest, let me get together a proposal email to give to the mods. I'll also work on a post we can put up for newbies around podpop, and run that by everyone for suggestions. AFAIK, everyone is good for helping at least one newb, right?
How about a group of players already in the game that volunteer to help out? OOCly, they could help with a lot of soft gestures, like:
* Making sure newbie open posts don't sit around untagged.
* Volunteering to tag around in the podpop posts.
* Helping to create an index of newbie posts during podpop, pretty much like what Pixle did with the most recent meet and greet.
Additionally, how about a buddy system? People could volunteer themselves to help newbies:
* OOCly by contacting their newbie via AIM/Plurk/etc to say hi, answering basic questions
* ICly by offering up their characters to help them get a head start on CR.
I think the buddy thing would lend itself to more of a signup system, where a new player who's interested in having a buddy to talk to can be paired up with an older player who volunteers.
It's sort of like an OOC welcoming committee. Thoughts?
ETA: Okay, since a couple of people have expressed interest, let me get together a proposal email to give to the mods. I'll also work on a post we can put up for newbies around podpop, and run that by everyone for suggestions. AFAIK, everyone is good for helping at least one newb, right?
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Also, as a newb last time around I really loved the index of newbie posts. The meet and greets get so huge sometimes it's easy to miss some. :)
Sign me up for IC stuff, for sure. The Master loves tagging new people who have no idea what's going on yet. And organization. I love those tasks.
I'm not quite comfortable with answering OOC questions yet... still finding my feet. Maybe next podpop.