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http://zouichi.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] zouichi.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] trans_pilgrims2011-08-30 12:33 pm

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?
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[personal profile] livestoannoy 2011-08-30 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I rather like the idea of a buddy system - having a group of newbie helpers does also sound like a good idea, but I know I wouldn't be able to have enough time to properly devote to it. But I could definitely volunteer to help out one new player, and I think if you have the buddy system combined with the Newbie Support Group, that could make a solid network to help newbies find their feet.