Tutoring to extend the player base?

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Hi everyone.
(I'm posting this in 'General' because I hope more people will see it there^^)

Ok...this a suggestion to try and counteract the big problem with Demigod Multiplayer: that the player base is so small and kind of 'elite' and the game is so hard to get into. Which often results in the few new players joining a server where they get kicked so the game doesn't get unbalanced. Those people rarely play more than a few games before they get frustrated and quit. Even when they're playing with other noobs they still won't really belong to the...accepted player base I guess.

I think I've seen a lot of new players hosting games lately, though. And maybe we could support them more than only being nice and polite to them by starting some kind of tutoring program. If there are enough experienced players ready to participate in this, we could open a thread in the forum where people can sign up for the program. Then they could organize themselves with their tutors and arrange their games.
This would be nicer for new players who don't have to wait ages until someone with <50 games comes online and the learning effect is always greater when playing with someone experienced who can give you advice. Personally, I also think the latter is very enjoyable.
If any one of the active players sees a noob hosting a game, he could tell him in-game how to find that tutoring-thread and tell him to sign up for it.

I guess that covered the most important things. What do you think? Would you volunteer as a tutor? If you like the idea, spread it around (I don't know how many people actually use the forum anymore) and text people who you think might be interested in teaching others.

 

Demigod isn't dead as some people say. I think if more players work toward helping and 'recruiting' new players, that might not work wonders but make the gaming experience (/the lobby experience) more enjoyable on the whole.

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

i like the idea but i think it came a few YEARS too late :D

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

Everything you need is in the forums.

Maybe at some point one of us will go through it all and compile it into one good guide and try to get it stickied.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

I'm a good teacher and would be willing to be a mentor. If someone who'd like to be an apprentice reads this, write me a message INGAME, since I don't check the forums often. Just tell me when you got time, I've plenty of it.
To add me ingame, press CTRL+TAB, click on "friends", "add friend" and type "Favodar". Wait a few secs until my name appears, double click it, and the message box opens.

I guess this is pointless effort and no newbie is gonna read this EVER, but.. I tried. :P 

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

How does the old saying go? Beating a dead horse wont bring it back to life? 

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

Yeah well, sry reggird, I only started playing last year and I just wanted to share the idea here :P

You mean like pacov started doing, ORION? Yeah, that's really useful, but I still think it's more fun learning in-game with actual players. I might look through the forums for guides but I don't how much time I'll find for that in the near future.

I think I was referring to you in my last paragraph, ZEX :D I think what I'm also talking about (in case people read this thread) is to be encouraging new players in general, instead of just "kick the noob". And btw, I don't think your analogy fits ;)

If only 10 new people stuck with the game, that would be like... 10% more players! And twice as many players as there are now would probably be enough to be able to find a game most of the time -> massive improvement imo. Maybe that's one of the few cases where I'm being optimistic, but whatever.

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

About this time last year I found myself determined to personally tutor a bunch of noobs. So when one turned up I would establish they spoke at least some English and then give them a try on my team.

 

Frustratingly I found that about 80% of them would die three times and rage quit about 3 or 4 minutes in, which sort of killed my enthusiasm. Other winning behaviour would be me carefully explaining that we need to buy Fortified Structures and Currency and they would just become abusive if I asked them to get anything from Citadel. Its hard to train anyone when they just rage quit and/or refuse to engage or learn their role. As such I rather gave up on new noobs.

 

That said I am a sucker for good manners, if a player is willing to be polite, accept a little instruction from someone who clearly knows the game infinitely better than them I will happy tutor them or just be on their team so they gain experience. There is for example a mate of one of the better players who comes on every so often, lovely guy, utterly crap at demigod. But he is perfectly pleasant, so I will happily(ish) lose games all night with that person.    

 

Conversely some players think it’s OK to be rude angry and abusive, so they can find someone else to go on their team, I won’t.

 

But certainly, for any of you who are capable of maintaining a fairly basic level of civility and if you find a noob who is able to do the following 1)Take basic instruction 2)NOT ragequit 3) NOT be rude, then I will be fine with adding to your team even if it is an obvious loss, so that player can develop a bit. If you actually manage to find any new noobs that can fulfil all of those demanding requirements then superb and well done. 

Reply #8 from Demigod Forums Top
This idea is very good at least some try for keeping demigod alive