Now I understand how there was just new people added to the Event Staff, however I propose a new group for those that are new players to help bring in fresh faces towards FFR.
I first thought of this idea, when I realized that since I signed up in September 2014, there has been very few people that have joined the site since then, and many new players sign up only to leave a week later.
How do we as a community get new players into FFR? I propose a new group into the Event Staff called the "Newbie Event Staff". What the Newbie Event Staff would do, is be in charge of finding new players to liven up the community as a whole. I believe that one of the main problems that we see in new players is their unwillingness to stay in the community, thanks in part to the large gap in skill levels found throughout the site and how many of the active players on this site have been around for 5 years or more. Joining into a new community where all you see is all these high skilled players who have been here for possibly even a decade can be quite intimidating to a new player of the D1 variety.
That's why the proposed Newbie Event Staff will consist of players that are in Divisions 1, 2 or 3 and have been on the site for less than three years. Their job - on top of finding new players - will be to hold events for all of these new players to get them accommodated to FFR before they start partaking in the normal events found on FFR, such as User/Official Tournaments.
I feel that the Event Staff and the Newbie Event Staff should be two separate entities. The normal Event Staff can continue doing what they are doing. The Newbie Event Staff should be only to help new players get used to FFR. While it isn't intended, when I first joined the site, it was hard for me to get used to the community, knowing that there was much better people than me and have been on the site for a very long time. That's why the Newbie Event Staff should be made of newer and lower level players only. It bridges the gap for these new players to not feel hesitant about joining the site as they now know they can have a group on the site to turn towards for help integrating themselves into the community.
I'd love to hear some feedback about what you guys think about this. I also realize that "Newbie Event Staff" might not be the best name for the group, but I am terrible trying to name new groups.
I first thought of this idea, when I realized that since I signed up in September 2014, there has been very few people that have joined the site since then, and many new players sign up only to leave a week later.
How do we as a community get new players into FFR? I propose a new group into the Event Staff called the "Newbie Event Staff". What the Newbie Event Staff would do, is be in charge of finding new players to liven up the community as a whole. I believe that one of the main problems that we see in new players is their unwillingness to stay in the community, thanks in part to the large gap in skill levels found throughout the site and how many of the active players on this site have been around for 5 years or more. Joining into a new community where all you see is all these high skilled players who have been here for possibly even a decade can be quite intimidating to a new player of the D1 variety.
That's why the proposed Newbie Event Staff will consist of players that are in Divisions 1, 2 or 3 and have been on the site for less than three years. Their job - on top of finding new players - will be to hold events for all of these new players to get them accommodated to FFR before they start partaking in the normal events found on FFR, such as User/Official Tournaments.
I feel that the Event Staff and the Newbie Event Staff should be two separate entities. The normal Event Staff can continue doing what they are doing. The Newbie Event Staff should be only to help new players get used to FFR. While it isn't intended, when I first joined the site, it was hard for me to get used to the community, knowing that there was much better people than me and have been on the site for a very long time. That's why the Newbie Event Staff should be made of newer and lower level players only. It bridges the gap for these new players to not feel hesitant about joining the site as they now know they can have a group on the site to turn towards for help integrating themselves into the community.
I'd love to hear some feedback about what you guys think about this. I also realize that "Newbie Event Staff" might not be the best name for the group, but I am terrible trying to name new groups.
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