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Mod Josie:

--- Quote from: Mr.Disaster on September 20, 2014, 07:01:10 pm ---Also I thought that maybe we should create a Teacher status for player - something between regular player and a CA - he could join low lvl matches but only as spectator and he could teach the youngsters.

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--- Quote from: macmacnick on September 21, 2014, 01:01:40 am ---There are players with the 'teacher' permissions, who are not CAs.

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Indeed, macmac, there are!
There was a teaching initiative not dissimilar to the one you are now proposing. Sadly the movement got a little lost a few months ago and now the events that used to be held aren't really happening. Nowadays the teachers sort of ad lib their way into lobbies to try and help. I've been guilty of doing this myself from time to time.

I would definitely suggest that it would be a good idea to try and rekindle this movement, especially considering all of the new things set to be arriving in the game in the not too distant future!

Hoja Lateralus:

--- Quote from: macmacnick on September 21, 2014, 01:01:40 am ---There are players with the 'teacher' permissions, who are not CAs.

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Well I didn't know that :) I'd really like to know how it works and how someone can become a teacher.


--- Quote ---However, I disagree with you on part regarding the guides.
We have a whole section on forum dedicated to it and yet it appears to be not quite effective.
Besides, human interaction is a key in education. Information is much better perceived from the teacher of flesh and blood rather than from a wall of text.
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Yes, but I actually try to make some guides official and into the game as tutorials. I think the three we need most at the moment are "UI Tutorial" , "Game Modes Tutorial" and "Ammo tutorial".

JinxedHatesYou:

--- Quote from: -Muse- Jacob on September 21, 2014, 05:25:50 am ---
Indeed, macmac, there are!
There was a teaching initiative not dissimilar to the one you are now proposing. Sadly the movement got a little lost a few months ago and now the events that used to be held aren't really happening.

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Can I see the threads, logs, screenshots or any other historical data on this organisation?
One who ignores the history is doomed to re-live it. And this is not quite an intention.

What were the reasons of them being "little lost", which events they hosted and who led the initiative?

Sprayer:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/GOIO_Training

This group is/was for trainers and rookies to organize training events. We were loosely coming together twice or thrice a week hosting training matches, as stated earlier, us teachers have permission to join and create novice lobbies so that was helpful in that. During peak times, that is after each sale, those matches were quite well frequented. However, many teachers retired from Guns of Icarus and we failed to recruit new ones. Besides, it seemed like less and less rookies were interested in training matches as both the number of participants as well as the overall number of novice lobbies decreased overall, not just in between sales.

Mr-Griffo:
I like the idea jinxed. In fact I think it should be more than just a clan and have a button like wanted that takes them to "flight school" (or whatever the name would be) where they can see when lessons and demonstrations are next due to take place. A brief outlining of what the lesson entails and perhaps an incentive such as successful completion of a lesson could earn you points toward a badge or small cosmetic reward.

The main difference with having it found by the student, they are already in a correct state of mind to learn. If instead they are already trying to play a game and someone is saying "hey that loadout doesn't work etc etc", even if it's done with politeness it will get the newbies back up. I know this is not always true just a common occurrence.

It really would require some dedicated people to teach. Dedicated friendly good teachers and public speakers with very importantly good timekeeping. Its no good saying there will be a lesson at X O'clock on Xday If the teacher doesn't show or is late.

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