how to get newbies to stay ..

[AfterThought]

Originally Posted by stevevenom

ok , i had this idea months ago but nothing was done , so here we go again with the sane idea but with improvements . problem is , newbies join , and either find the site too complicated OR do a couple of battles and get sniped by more experienced mambers and leave or dont battle anymore as the disheartened . so here is my solution .

1 . every new member gets a wecome e-mail , but with the addtition of sections on how to vote , how credits work , and hints on how to battle . maybe give them 10 free credits so they can see how voting works , and let them vote on other newbie battles.

2 . change the unranked arena to a newbie league . they would have to do 10-20 battles to progerss to the basic league UNLESS they show they have some skill , or mods could check battles and promote those with with talent OR newbies that may be alts of existing , more experienced members .

3. hold a newbie tourny every 3 months or so - would give genuine newbies a chance of a title similar to roty , but held more often so would give them something to aim for .

4 . get mods/experienced battlers to vote on their battles and give them positive advice , along with where they can improve . some voters just basically say ''your shit'' which is no way to get people to stay as i discourages them from doing more battles if all they they get is negative comments all the time .

Fuck with those 3 ideas. I think the idea of havin to complete a certain amount of battles (maybe make em 5) to get promoted to basic league is dope. Coding wise we can have a "Beginner" or "Newbie" usergroup that doesn't allow new members in the basic arena right away. Thing is, in order to do that we have to make the basic arena have an advantage that these new cats would want, clueless atm. Cool idea tho.

[AfterThought]

Originally Posted by stevevenom

ok , i had this idea months ago but nothing was done , so here we go again with the sane idea but with improvements . problem is , newbies join , and either find the site too complicated OR do a couple of battles and get sniped by more experienced mambers and leave or dont battle anymore as the disheartened . so here is my solution .

1 . every new member gets a wecome e-mail , but with the addtition of sections on how to vote , how credits work , and hints on how to battle . maybe give them 10 free credits so they can see how voting works , and let them vote on other newbie battles.

2 . change the unranked arena to a newbie league . they would have to do 10-20 battles to progerss to the basic league UNLESS they show they have some skill , or mods could check battles and promote those with with talent OR newbies that may be alts of existing , more experienced members .

3. hold a newbie tourny every 3 months or so - would give genuine newbies a chance of a title similar to roty , but held more often so would give them something to aim for .

4 . get mods/experienced battlers to vote on their battles and give them positive advice , along with where they can improve . some voters just basically say ''your shit'' which is no way to get people to stay as i discourages them from doing more battles if all they they get is negative comments all the time .

Fuck with those 3 ideas. I think the idea of havin to complete a certain amount of battles (maybe make em 5) to get promoted to basic league is dope. Coding wise we can have a "Beginner" or "Newbie" usergroup that doesn't allow new members in the basic arena right away. Thing is, in order to do that we have to make the basic arena have an advantage that these new cats would want, clueless atm. Cool idea tho.