In light of the recent mentor program revamp, I was just trying to get some insight from you lot as to whether or not you'd be interested in having Sandbox mentors. I'll encourage you not to troll the poll because this is something we're actually considering, given that there have been a few applications handed in. I'll leave a cheeky little poll up for you to vote on, but I would appreciate any suggestions in the comments section of the thread regarding a Sandbox mentor program.
This is basically what they need. But seriously, Sandbox isn't the lobby for serious play, and we kinda make our own mentors here. You learn the ropes from veterans when they are to you as a noavi, or by consistent play. You can't really teach someone how to play sandbox, because we don't exactly have an approved play-style.
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if we're being honest with ourselves, this mentor program has nothing to do with learning how to play sandbox. I think it's got more to do with getting noobs to feel a bit more comfortable in this wacky hellhole pit of a lobby.
it'd be nice if you could instantly find a circlejerk to hang with though in practice I'm not quite sure if that's how it'd play out
if we WERE to teach anyone anything with this mentor program though, I'd be interested in learning how to make awesome setups. closed role is fun and all, but we have all these fun roles and we hardly do much with 'em ._.
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Definitely not a bad idea! We can teach the newbies all the wonderful ways to r00s. I'd offer to give mentorin' a shot, but I'm a jerk and always multi-task when I'm on EM (´xωx)
Are mentors meant to teach people to not care about sandbox games? I could do that. What's the salary? I can be payed in Reese's Pieces if money is an issue.
This is another reason why sandbox (the 12p setup) needs to become ranked asap. I imagine a world where every once in a while a ranked sandbox game pops up and you can join and actually play competitively, new gameplay strategies would arise. If you disagree with this give me 1 example why 12p couldn't be played competitively. Reports would actually become valuable. Sandbox would become 100x more enjoyable.
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05:45 deriding not content to troll only our forums but also our games 05:47 deriding sirius plz
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Sandbox mafia actually ain't bad, to be honest. Although game mechanics definitely take a certain precedence, just for like 10 people dying N1 sometimes and because a lot of people just play for lulz not actually trying to hammer out the truth, it's still got its quirky good bits, the idea of getting your mind moving with the possibilities of a greater variety of roles isn't anything to be scoffed at anyway. Dunno why you'd really need mentors though. Dunno where they'd fit in what with how easy-going the games are, and dunno how or why you'd change that. Let me click my damn role to know what it is besides giving myself eye strain having to squint at some screen trying to figure it out from the learn page though. Anyway, that is my two cents for no reason really.
I think this is a great idea b/c, aside from learning to play, new players also can make friends right away!
I think at first it can be intimidating to play in Sandbox when most regulars are, if not friends, then at least familiar with each other. Mentors could give new players a foot in the door and help them feel more confident joining the community! It might also give new players visibility because tbh most new faces kind of fly under the radar. This isn't their fault really. It's just that, generally, you notice your own friends first and maybe new players feel embarrassed or shy to break in on that?
A mentor doing something as simple as introducing their new player in pre-game not only lets other players in-game notice them, but also it gives the new players an identity - something other than an anonymous unfamiliar icon. Example: "Hey guys, this is Joe! He's new, so pls help him out and say hi if you see him :]"
Also, if you're a new player reading this, a great way to start meeting people is, during pre-game, you say something like: "Hi, I'm Joe. Good luck & have fun, everyone!" Friendliness is A++ in lots of ppl's books!
