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madpeople wrote:QUOTE (madpeople @ Mar 2 2007, 05:33 PM) what i don't get is, why a 2 and not a 1
if you were doing it to hurt the rating, a 1 would have worked better, and i don't think anyone here ever rated a game as being that bad :/

It was 2 because I was feeling kinda bad about it and it was enough to lower the average.

Thanks Spawn /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />

Shows that some of our fear- and hate-mongering was misplaced, anyway. Best of luck to you Flander.

Hey Flander, who are you on Dom? And your callsign in Allegiance? It'd be cool to see a familiar name in-game.

My callsign's eRush. Rush from the Dom boards.

Ah, cool, so you're eRush.

<-- has flown with you.

Dabby wrote:QUOTE (Dabby @ Mar 2 2007, 08:22 PM) Hey Flander, who are you on Dom? And your callsign in Allegiance? It'd be cool to see a familiar name in-game.

My callsign's eRush. Rush from the Dom boards.

eRush?

*smacks oneself for not realising....*

I thought I recognised the way you post.

Spawn /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />

...SP4WN, you do know that your sig scrolls off the screen and does not conform to size requirements?

Here, I fixed it for you /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

Greator_SST wrote:QUOTE (Greator_SST @ Mar 2 2007, 10:58 PM) ...SP4WN, you do know that your sig scrolls off the screen and does not conform to size requirements?

Here, I fixed it for you /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

Scrolls of the screen? looks fine to me?? As for the size, have you seen the size of some of the sigs atm, especially some srm ones, mines not nearly as big /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

Spawn /ninja.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ninja:" border="0" alt="ninja.gif" />

Anyway gettin rid of it soon gotta sort my Stargate Worlds one out /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />

Yeah Immz, I know /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> you also helped fix a problem with my pc, and taught me how to use sidethrusters /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />

Froggy wrote:QUOTE (Froggy @ Mar 1 2007, 07:26 PM) Are you serious? otherwise............................ bah nevermind!

-Froggy

Yeah, I am. Is there something that is bothersome about this?

I don't know how many new players we get on an average month. I don't think this is a secret, but I just don't know how to get the information. I assume Pook has it and I guess I am hopeful he will share the info, as it would help either shoot down my theory or reinforce it.

Pook says that retention is a problem. I don't doubt it. Outside of more vet folks saying STOP THE STACK, and getting flamed for defending auto balance, I am not sure what else to do. I have tried working individually with new players and giving them some in game directiions, but I don't think this is enough.

Cadet is a GREAT, EXCELLENT< STUPENDOUS AND WONDERFUL program. I am a graduate. I recommend it to every new player I chat with. My hypothesis is that there is a 'free fall' period where newbies are overwhelmed by things. If we can do something very early to get them to stick around and go through cadet, that would be great.

Pook suggests killing the stacking would probably be the best solution. I agree, adn I will personally climb up on a soap box in the lobby chat to decry the stack. If there is a more effective strategy I can use to defeat the stack, let me know.

But is there anything else we can do, like handhold newbies and give em some survival skills? Are there vets who would be willing to help train the newbies each day on a newbie training server? Is there some other way to formalize this type of thing. Or is it best to remain informal in our retention effrots? Does this informal approach contribute to our low retention rate? Is there a history to newbie traning efforts?

I am asking these questions seriously.