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Before I get yelled at by 5 different people telling me this belongs in ____ section because the word 'Project' is in the title, this is not project page, at least not yet. I'm not sure if I am going to start an entire project for this idea and recruit people yet, I'm just getting my idea out there, which I thought of about an hour ago.
So say you're 7 minutes into a game of Survival Games, and you are on your chest route, already clanging away in chair or iron, and you spot a player picking away at some tier 1 chest in a tree, donning some leather armor and not much else covering their Steve skin. Now before you kill him, you decide to /record him to see how many points you'll be getting.
See this. What do?
Rank: Regular
Points: 45
Game Rank: #75411
Games (Round/Total): 0/52
Kills (Round/Total): 1/5
Chests (Round/Total): 5/21
Lifespan (Round/Total): 20:14 / 4h29m44s
"Alright, 5 points when I kill him, not really too much. If he run, I'll let him go and just get back to my chest route."
You lunge at him and give him a whack with your stone sword, and he runs off. Normally. No jumping, just slow running. You Jump-run to him and finish him off. Congratulations: you are now the proud owner of a leather tunic, 5 points, and the blood of the noob on your hands. At one point, all of us were that noob, having no idea what or how except memories from the Hunger Games movie, which were of little to no help, just playing this for the fun. We didn't know tricks like running jump, what to have in the inventory, how to PvP, how useful the FnS is, what chests are good and which are average, and would occasionally starve.
What this player needs is a tutorial. If only there were someone in the beginning who'd shown us the ropes.
So where I'm going with this project is if you see a newer player in the lobby whose stats/chat show they aren't doing too hot, offer to team with them (or if this becomes an actual project, offer them a New Foundations team and explain this is going to be a tutorial). Now you probably want to do this over Skype as you will have a lot to explain and there's no way you can type everything out without getting killed mid message. Take this player along with you on your journey. Teach them your ways: what chests you go for, tier differences, what to do at spawn, where to go and not to go, how to use some items contrary to what Notch intended them to be used for (like fishing rods), what to do when under siege, etc. Explain to them features in the game like Deathmatch and chest restocks. Guard this player as well as yourself. Make it to deathmatch and teach them what to do. If you can allow yourself to, let them win the match, but still put up a slight fight to challenge them. Explain what hub is.
These are just some of the many things that a new player needs to learn, and this project aims to recruit experienced players to help out those in need of assistance.
Afterwards, ask them what they thought of the tour and if they have lingering questions. If both of you are in the mood, play another game with them.
I know there are some experienced players out there who do this already, and this post is an attempt to implore more people to help out the community.
I suggest you try this out (in kinda of a beta for the project) and comment whether you think this is effective and useful.
So what do you think? Leave replies to this post with questions, amendments, or feedback.
So say you're 7 minutes into a game of Survival Games, and you are on your chest route, already clanging away in chair or iron, and you spot a player picking away at some tier 1 chest in a tree, donning some leather armor and not much else covering their Steve skin. Now before you kill him, you decide to /record him to see how many points you'll be getting.
See this. What do?
Rank: Regular
Points: 45
Game Rank: #75411
Games (Round/Total): 0/52
Kills (Round/Total): 1/5
Chests (Round/Total): 5/21
Lifespan (Round/Total): 20:14 / 4h29m44s
"Alright, 5 points when I kill him, not really too much. If he run, I'll let him go and just get back to my chest route."
You lunge at him and give him a whack with your stone sword, and he runs off. Normally. No jumping, just slow running. You Jump-run to him and finish him off. Congratulations: you are now the proud owner of a leather tunic, 5 points, and the blood of the noob on your hands. At one point, all of us were that noob, having no idea what or how except memories from the Hunger Games movie, which were of little to no help, just playing this for the fun. We didn't know tricks like running jump, what to have in the inventory, how to PvP, how useful the FnS is, what chests are good and which are average, and would occasionally starve.
What this player needs is a tutorial. If only there were someone in the beginning who'd shown us the ropes.
So where I'm going with this project is if you see a newer player in the lobby whose stats/chat show they aren't doing too hot, offer to team with them (or if this becomes an actual project, offer them a New Foundations team and explain this is going to be a tutorial). Now you probably want to do this over Skype as you will have a lot to explain and there's no way you can type everything out without getting killed mid message. Take this player along with you on your journey. Teach them your ways: what chests you go for, tier differences, what to do at spawn, where to go and not to go, how to use some items contrary to what Notch intended them to be used for (like fishing rods), what to do when under siege, etc. Explain to them features in the game like Deathmatch and chest restocks. Guard this player as well as yourself. Make it to deathmatch and teach them what to do. If you can allow yourself to, let them win the match, but still put up a slight fight to challenge them. Explain what hub is.
These are just some of the many things that a new player needs to learn, and this project aims to recruit experienced players to help out those in need of assistance.
Afterwards, ask them what they thought of the tour and if they have lingering questions. If both of you are in the mood, play another game with them.
I know there are some experienced players out there who do this already, and this post is an attempt to implore more people to help out the community.
I suggest you try this out (in kinda of a beta for the project) and comment whether you think this is effective and useful.
So what do you think? Leave replies to this post with questions, amendments, or feedback.
