1756192819
1756192819 Conquer Club • View topic - Let's Help new players for once!
Conquer Club

Let's Help new players for once!

Suggestions that have been archived.

Moderator: Community Team

Read the post then answer yea or nay

Yea!
13
81%
Nay! (im a horse!)
3
19%
 
Total votes : 16

Let's Help new players for once!

Postby Herakilla on Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:48 pm

If we can actually reach out and help those new players we can lower deadbeating rates a little at the least! if everyone helps somehow, like say whenever they come up against a new recruit they can ask to be sure that player knows what they are doing or by answering any questions! but there is one way we can help them help themselves!

basically the "how to play" page in instructions should be expanded and given its own link seperate from instructions. you can expand it with more detailed directions, screenshots, and making it more visible. right now in order to see this first you have to go into instructions, then click on how to play. even then its just over a page's worth of words, and only words. there are people i know who will be turned off by that alone. people want to SEE something, an example of sorts. they want to get interested.

as for making it more visible, maybe a link can be made for new recruits above their games like the announcements that lack does every once and a while.

i believe that by reaching out, making the site more new user friendly, and not being so negative, we can greatly reduce amount of deadbeaters and increase our (already considerable) cache of fun, great to play with, players

importance 3-4
Come join us in Live Chat!
User avatar
Lieutenant Herakilla
 
Posts: 4283
Joined: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:33 pm
Location: Wandering the world, spreading Conquerism

Postby wicked on Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:51 pm

Great idea. Oh Laaaaaack. :wink:
User avatar
Major wicked
 
Posts: 15787
Joined: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:23 pm

Postby lackattack on Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:46 pm

Funny pole choices :lol:

I agree that we all should be welcoming and helpful towards any new recruits we come accross. I am working on a welcome video for them right now and screencasts for the instructions page are a high priority.
User avatar
Corporal 1st Class lackattack
 
Posts: 6097
Joined: Sun Jan 01, 2006 10:34 pm
Location: Montreal, QC

Postby Herakilla on Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:48 pm

another idea is to make some kinda walkthrough as they take their first 5 turns overall
Come join us in Live Chat!
User avatar
Lieutenant Herakilla
 
Posts: 4283
Joined: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:33 pm
Location: Wandering the world, spreading Conquerism

Postby GreecePwns on Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:21 pm

Herakilla wrote:another idea is to make some kinda walkthrough as they take their first 5 turns overall
Oh I have an idea. Like play against a comp in a scripted way to win? There can be a "trainer" that tells you what to do to proceed in the game chat (and don't let them do anything else). The dice will be predetermined to give the player a win, but have him play in different situations to get a hang of the game. Good idea?
Chariot of Fire wrote:As for GreecePwns.....yeah, what? A massive debt. Get a job you slacker.

Viceroy wrote:[The Biblical creation story] was written in a time when there was no way to confirm this fact and is in fact a statement of the facts.
User avatar
Corporal GreecePwns
 
Posts: 2656
Joined: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:19 pm
Location: Lawn Guy Lint

Postby Herakilla on Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:40 pm

that could work but takes a lot of effort to make i would assume and it could get a little boring too fast
Come join us in Live Chat!
User avatar
Lieutenant Herakilla
 
Posts: 4283
Joined: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:33 pm
Location: Wandering the world, spreading Conquerism

Postby deathscythe30 on Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:10 pm

Help the new recruits?

The biggest reason there are new recruit deadbeaters is because they join a game expecting it to be real time, and they find that there is a 24 hour turn time.

Make speed games for everyone and the problem of new recruits will lessened drastically.

Also, you can put a surrender button back into the game. Why this isn't there is beyond me.

This "we are the world" suggestion is laughable at best.
Private 1st Class deathscythe30
 
Posts: 78
Joined: Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:24 pm

Postby Herakilla on Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:12 pm

it has been said numerous times that surrender button would lead to heavy abuse by multis
Come join us in Live Chat!
User avatar
Lieutenant Herakilla
 
Posts: 4283
Joined: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:33 pm
Location: Wandering the world, spreading Conquerism

Postby deathscythe30 on Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:14 pm

So what if it does?

I thought the site routinely scanned for multis, or I guess that is bs...big shock.

Is there some sort of prize for having a higher ranking than someone else?

All I care about is what my score is. If you aren't going to change the 2 things I mentioned in this thread, this thread is pointless and nothing will change
Private 1st Class deathscythe30
 
Posts: 78
Joined: Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:24 pm

Postby Herakilla on Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:23 pm

deathscythe30 wrote:All I care about is what my score is. If you aren't going to change the 2 things I mentioned in this thread, this thread is pointless and nothing will change


i dont care about my score, i could throw it away. i play at this site to have a good time playing with friends and even with complete strangers
Come join us in Live Chat!
User avatar
Lieutenant Herakilla
 
Posts: 4283
Joined: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:33 pm
Location: Wandering the world, spreading Conquerism

Postby deathscythe30 on Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:18 pm

Herakilla wrote:
i dont care about my score, i could throw it away. i play at this site to have a good time playing with friends and even with complete strangers


My suggestions will increase everyone's enjoyment of this site. I'm certain that almost everyone here is more than happy to help out a new recruit if they have some questions, but they are leaving because of the reasons I mentioned above.
Private 1st Class deathscythe30
 
Posts: 78
Joined: Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:24 pm

Postby Herakilla on Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:48 am

your suggestions take away benefits of being premium which is not something lack would agree with anytime soon im guessing
Come join us in Live Chat!
User avatar
Lieutenant Herakilla
 
Posts: 4283
Joined: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:33 pm
Location: Wandering the world, spreading Conquerism

Postby superkarn on Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:14 pm

I like the idea of a screencast :) Or at the very least, a walk through with screenshots.
User avatar
Major superkarn
 
Posts: 134
Joined: Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:11 am


Return to Archived Suggestions

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users