[Anti-Deadbeats] CC Welcome committee

[Twill]

Concise:
• CC Welcome committee:
  A group of people who are automated into a system which sends a PM to every new player from a random member of the group. It is intended to improve the "mentor" programme
Expanded:
• If we could code a system which pooled a group of people and automatically sent a PM (which each individual could write and would auto-generate the names etc) to every new signup, we could essentially offer a very advanced "welcome committee" to walk people through the first few games so they don't feel lost and deadbeat as much.
• The group would be based on opt-in with approval and would be subject to rules (ya can't flame a newbie - doesn't encourage them to stay ya know)
Upsides
• Decrease in deadbeats (I think)
• Get more people involved in the community side of things
• Give people a network of friends
• give more structure to the "mentor" thread we have now.
Downsides
• We have lots of new signups every day. I don't know how flooded each team member would be with PMs...obviously the more people we have the fewer you'd get....

If you don't know that deadbeats are a problem, then you've been living under a rock
Networks of people - someone whos name you know - is the single greatest binding force a site can have in my opinion.
Community is great.

Priority: Low
Possibility: not before phpBB3, maybe not at all. Don't hold your breath.

This is not an official to-do, this is me, as a member suggesting this. I'd love feedback

Have a good one
Twill

[soundout9]

I'd sign up

[jennifermarie]

sounds cool...i'd sign up (too bad we didn't have this when i joined)

[rebelman]

I'd sign up

seems to be a lot of these guys drifting into chat lately and they usually get a friendly greeting there and are walked and talked through their inital steps there. I also have volunteered to jon them in one of their first games so i can talk them through it