AA Player Mentoring Program

[[VET]Bud]

Members,

It is imperative that I contact the ranking member/admin at your earliest convenience concerning an effort that is growing in the forum of America's Army. Please contact me as soon as possible at [e-mail] or via PM at America's Army forum via '[VET]Bud'.

Regards,

[VET]Bud
America's Army community member since 2005


~ ADMIN EDIT, 7/27/08 -- changed title to "AA Player Mentoring Progam"; changed icon to ~ Peace

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

PM sent at AA forum, as requested. Closing the thread, at least for now.

[Peace-=Of-God=-]

Thread re-opened!

  I don't think that Bud will mind me sharing some of the content of his PM, since that was the whole point of it -- to get the word out to our members about a new AA community-involvement project. Here is the relevant part of that message:

In the General Discussion forum, forum.americasarmy.com/viewtopic.php?t=280816, this effort has the backing of the AACM and we're looking for people that are interested in mentoring new players. I would encourage those interested to contact the AACM as soon as possible using the format they have provided.

This effort will help increase AA's visibility and give clan/unit activities more exposure as well, not to mention put those groups in a positive light that could only help to strengthen their causes.

If this is something you feel your organization could get behind, please reply to the post and extend this information to your own forums and ask your members to look it over and also reply to the post. This has to be a community effort for it to succeed.

  After reviewing what it is that they're trying to do, I agree that this is a great idea, and so I'm posting a note about it here to make sure that you all are aware of it. I personally can't get involved at this point (due to my connection issues :, but I know that a lot of you have plenty of free time on your hands (at least judging by how much time you rack up in our server on any given day ), and I'm sure that some of you would be thrilled to be involved in such a project.

  If you have some free time and want to get involved in teaching new AA players the basics of the game (and perhaps include a healthy dose of "our brand" of AA playing as well , but in a positive and non-offensive way, of course ), then I would encourage you to follow this information in order to let Bud and the other AACM's know of your interest in participating:

GBGangsta wrote:

At this stage I would be interested in finding out how many people would be interested in acting as Mentors for new players within a scheme such as this.

I would stress that it will not constitute any official position but would be a unique public service we could offer to encourage new players to remain in the game.

I would ask that anyone interested should email [e-mail] with the following format.

Subject Line : New Player Mentor

In Game Name :

Map Specialty :

Hours available to Mentor :

A similar request has been made to the volunteers and once we have a better picture of the potential levels of involvement we can potentially look at taking it a step further. Please do not expect an initial response to this email as it is purely a way of calculating levels of interest. All communications will however be retained should we elect to move forwards.

  Also, if you decide to let the AACM's know of your willingness to participate if the project does get off the ground, please be sure to post here to tell us that you've done that, so that I'm aware of those helping out in this area . Thank you!
    ~ Jeff

[Hillbilly-=Of-God=- (Steve)]

i sent in an email. not sure exactly how much time ill have to mentor, with me goin off to college and all , but i think its a great idea and would love to help out.

[andrewbuddy12]

I support this program and am strongly considering sending the email. Check it out guys.

EDIT: sent email.

[Titan-=Of-God=-†]

Email: Sent.

eh why not right? share the weath of knowlege

[Skater-=Of-God=-]

lol. Sounds like a good idea. Could be fun.

[redemption]

Jul 28, 2008 10:35:06 GMT -5 Skater-=Of-God=- said:

lol. Sounds like a good idea. Could be fun.

[Hillbilly-=Of-God=- (Steve)]

GBGangsta wrote:
I want to thank you all for your levels of interest in this project.

I have taken a final count of those people that have expressed an interest in participating and forwarded a proposal to the relevant members of AGP for review.

Please feel free to continue expressing interest via email [e-mail].

When I have further information regarding this project I will post within this thread.

Pat

this is from the forum topic mentioned above in Jeff's post.
looks like this might actually go somewhere ;D

[Adopted-=Of-God=- (Aaron)]

Jul 28, 2008 10:58:03 GMT -5 @redemption said:

Jul 28, 2008 10:35:06 GMT -5 Skater-=Of-God=- said:

lol. Sounds like a good idea. Could be fun.

[Skater-=Of-God=-]

lol

[Goodness]

Hmm ,Its' a good idea,but can someone tell me how many NEW players come to this game ?.
Competition from other games is hard .
And i have to say ,if you wanna learn a game ,you just have to JOIN a clan .
Or find someone thats better and try to follow him in the game and try to shoot him wen you're in the other team .
Like i did ,a few years ago (some of you remember Patience-=Of-God=-) that was a tough guy to get ,also follow Mick (Forgiven or Marson) and many others of this clan ,you will learn routes ,and tricks ,well in Mout ;D.

Now is the time ,try it all this game is going to STOP ------ and a new version will be there ---- you begin all as newbies ;D.

[Strings-=Of-God=- (Bill)†]

Aug 1, 2008 9:58:06 GMT -5 Goodness said:

Now is the time ,try it all this game is going to STOP ------ and a new version will be there ---- you begin all as newbies ;D.

What do ya' mean we will be newbies, I still am one.

[[VET]Bud]

Staff, Members, and Guests,

August 5, 2008 will mark a historical step in America's Army, where many came together to help one player at a time. Our America's Army Community Manager has posted the following message in New Players forum, signaling the start of a journey that all of us thought may never come, and here it is! Below is his post.

"Index » America's Army - Main » New Players"



In an effort to expand the features available to our players America's Army, with the assistance of Community members, is considering introducing a new team of Mentors.We understand that there is a big gap between completing Basic Training and being able to hold your own on a Public Server and that getting lost and killed in the first 20 seconds of a round may not be that much
fun. The Mentors will be there to provide Continuation Training to enable you as a New Player to understand how the varied maps within America's Army work and enable you to have a more enjoyable time as quickly as possible.

We are looking at having one session per week focusing on a specific map where the Mentors will instruct you on how to, in their opinions, best survive both Assault and Defense. The sessions will last approximately one hour, split between the two sides of the map, concluding with a free play session to put in to practice what you have learned.

We have had a significant number of Mentors sign up to help and now we need to see how many New Players would be interested in signing up for a session.

If this is a feature that you would find useful and something that you would be interested in participating in, please make a post in this thread.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Below is an outline of how we can embrace this and help kick it off by getting the word out through word of mouth, posting, and sharing this address (below) with online players having difficulties. With as many of us that can help, these few first days may prove to be our biggest challenge, getting new players to get involved. Our best effort should be to encourage and dispell any fears these new players may have that this is anything less than genuine and authentic, and by far the best source of information, tips, and help that is available anywhere online.

forum.americasarmy.com/viewtopic.php?p=2706008#2706008

Wishing all of success,

Richard "[VET]Bud" Beers
America's Army Forum Member since 2005

May God be with you.

[andrewbuddy12]

thx a ton for the update Bud!

[Hillbilly-=Of-God=- (Steve)]

just a thought, would it be possible to post a note in the server scroller with the link to the forum thread? i think we could get a lot of people interested that way

[Skater-=Of-God=-]

Aug 5, 2008 13:15:35 GMT -5 Hillbilly-=Of-God=- (Steve) said:

just a thought, would it be possible to post a note in the server scroller with the link to the forum thread? i think we could get a lot of people interested that way

Thats a great idea. Considering a lot of new players come to our server because you only need to have basic training completed to play on it.


EDIT: Spelling

[Goodness]

What do ya' mean we will be newbies, I still am one.

.
Bill your no newbie .


And for some of you ,if you need some good spots on Mout (i have a lot of hours there) ,just ask if you need some .

All i can say is play and play and die allot thats the only way to get better ;D

[[VET]Bud]

Staff,

In an effort to bolster this project, the AACM is seeking player input, specifically how new players feel about being mentored.

forum.americasarmy.com/viewtopic.php?p=2706008#2706008

While this effort is geared towards new players, at this time, I have taken a position to sign up to receive training, to experience the process and better understand what the AACM has in mind. Certainly, I'm not asking veteran players to do the same. However, if there are recruits within your ranks, that would be willing to, it being a once in a lifetime opportunity, experience this grassroots project first hand, that would help this process move forward. By volunteering to be a player being trained, would better equip Mentors, and help identify issues in the program.

Do you think this is a plausible suggestion, and if so, do you think one or more of your newer personnel would be willing to participate in this capacity?

Regards,

Richard "[VET]Bud" Beers
America's Army Forum Member since 2005

[usvet82]

I am new to this and a bit lost and would appreciate some mentoring. I am especially interested in playing as a team rather than just running around. I’d be interested in seeing how squad tactics are done and so on. In the few games I played I got shot a lot.

They never let me have a weapon when I was in the Army so I guess I’ll get one here. Is there an armory or some system where weapons are assigned?

Where do I met a mentor? Is there a nub room?