[Quinzel]

Now that SPCA has gotten off to a great start we are ready to announce the next stage. Not only will SPCA continue the Question and Answer evening shifts in Social, they will also be adding Mentor accounts. So along with Co-adjutant accounts you will see SPCA mentors going in to Live Action Districts with the sole purpose of helping new players learn the game.

The plan is that when a Mentor or Core SPCI Member is free they will jump on one of the SPCA accounts and enter a busy district. They will announce their presence and offer assistance to any player who needs practical in game assistance with missions and learning about pledging to contacts, changing weapons, tactics and any other help they require. During the mornings (server time), mentors will focus on just playing missions and answering any questions that come up and will begin focusing more on helping newcomers as the server population increases

SPCA will also be announcing the names of the accounts (see below) that will be assisting players so that you can send them in game emails and add them to your friends lists. This will help you to see when they come online and also make it easier for you to send them in game mail to arrange a time to meet up with them.

Thank you for the support you have shown to the Team up to now and we hope this continues with this new endeavour.

Please also remember that SPCI recruitment is still open http://forums.gamers...rs-application/

SPCI continues to need more and more members with the Program extensions they currently have as well as to provide numbers for the future expansion that are being planned.

If you have any question or comments please contact Para on Para8818@gmail.com or GrnBeret2b on grn.beret.2b@gmail.com

To be a mentor you must apply to the SPCI Program by following the instructions on the SPCI Application post that is also pinned on this forum. This is the only way to firstly join SPCA and then be moved to the Mentor Team. No applications directly to GrnBeret and Para will be accepted. SPCI Members that are interested need to email Para and GrnBeret expressing this interest.

Joker
Coadjutant1
Coadjutant2
Enforcer - JMentor01
Criminal - JMentor00

Colby
Coadjutant3
Coadjutant4
Enforcer - CMentor01
Criminal - CMentor00

Obeya
Coadjutant5
Coadjutant6
Enforcer - OMentor01
Criminal - OMentor00


Patriot
Coadjutant7
Coadjutant8
Enforcer - PMentor01
Criminal – PMentor00

[KaiXI]

Yup, Han is a non-existence server

[LUST]

What I noticed with some new players: They don't know how to use chat functions such as /district...

Tutorial Zone needs a revamp.

[Issmir]

LUST, on 02 February 2012 - 07:29 PM, said:

What I noticed with some new players: They don't know how to use chat functions such as /district...

Tutorial Zone needs a revamp.

Seconded. Though I'm glad to see the SPCA is expanding, it's an excellent move.

[mcnight26]

Form name: Mcnight
Apb Reloaded name: Mcnight26 (Enforcer)
G1 account email: dreadzone26@yahoo.com
timezone: mountian zone(utc-07:00)Arizona
Bug: Fire and Brimstone
Ive been playing your game since day 1 of the closed beta I know a lot about this game and i play almost every single day ive put in a good amount of 60-100 hours a week so i please hope you pick me for a helper in teaching the new players of apb and working with you in the furture.

[ShadowNinja-Han]

how about hongkong server.....

[Ange1ofD4rkness]

mcnight26, on 02 February 2012 - 07:50 PM, said:

Form name: Mcnight
Apb Reloaded name: Mcnight26 (Enforcer)
G1 account email: dreadzone26@yahoo.com
timezone: mountian zone(utc-07:00)Arizona
Bug: Fire and Brimstone
Ive been playing your game since day 1 of the closed beta I know a lot about this game and i play almost every single day ive put in a good amount of 60-100 hours a week so i please hope you pick me for a helper in teaching the new players of apb and working with you in the furture.

Mcnight, the Mentor program is a part of SPCI ... and if you ar appying for SPCI you need to go to the link to see how to do it properly

[Binarystar]

As usual, we don't see Han in there.

[Eavy]

i m interesed by this program ^^

name : Eavy
world: obeya(EU1)
name in this world: Eavy (enforcer)
rang:195
E-mail G1 : semper.fi@sfr.fr
from France
i would like help the new player in this world

This post has been edited by Eavy: 02 February 2012 - 11:47 PM

[Jin123]

WHat so Han doesnt exist? .... my life is a lie


But with that said, they did add a Han subforums thanks g1 =D

This post has been edited by Jin123: 03 February 2012 - 02:34 AM

[xIcematt12x]

As Ange1 said, people in SPCA are made up of testers in SPCI and to join SPCI applications are sent by email.

[Para8818]

ShadowNinja-Han, on 02 February 2012 - 08:50 PM, said:

how about hongkong server.....

HongKong Server is not under the same juristiction as the NA and EU Servers. This is why it is not included. Sorry

[regnessem]

Too Little Too Late.

I suspect most of your prospective players bolted shortly after launch, due to your inability to predict the core community handing these new players their virginity.

Its a brilliant idea, and a suitable expansion to what is at worst a vaugely useful help system.

But two people per server?

good luck with that enrolment system.

Too Little Too Late.

[WithoutEffort]

So, admins thinking, "Trololol" ?

I feel like you guys don't even use the testers.
Last patch is clearly broken. Spoke to several testers, One of them said, paraphrased, we report problems, admins say they will fix them, and then it's released and the problems are still there. Been several patches that were released that broke the game.

[Revoluzzer]

Oh mommy, Crims get double-0 agents!

[broke™]

I find this a bit, cumbersome tbh.

I'm sure many a player are willing to show nublets the ropes of APB, but why make them jump trough hoops just to do that?

Better yet, why accounts? why not have clans flag themselves as "mentor" clans? New players get a list of such clans, and such clans are kept an eye on by SPCA. It's in the nublets best interest to quickly find a group of players to frequently play with, its how APB is best played, let them ask questions in clan-chat and shown around by its members, let veterans give some advice on tactics, do's and dont's etc...

I applaud G1 are working towards helping them padawans, but this mentor thing? Too much hassle if you'd ask me.

[Technizium]

Working for free... testing the game by generosity G1 must be out of tips.

[Coreldan]

broke™, on 03 February 2012 - 10:17 AM, said:

I find this a bit, cumbersome tbh.

I'm sure many a player are willing to show nublets the ropes of APB, but why make them jump trough hoops just to do that?

Better yet, why accounts? why not have clans flag themselves as "mentor" clans? New players get a list of such clans, and such clans are kept an eye on by SPCA. It's in the nublets best interest to quickly find a group of players to frequently play with, its how APB is best played, let them ask questions in clan-chat and shown around by its members, let veterans give some advice on tactics, do's and dont's etc...

I applaud G1 are working towards helping them padawans, but this mentor thing? Too much hassle if you'd ask me.

I don't quite agree with your way, but I too think it would've been better just implemented to the players directly some way. EVE had a pretty decent system with it's help chat.

[Ange1ofD4rkness]

broke™, on 03 February 2012 - 10:17 AM, said:

I find this a bit, cumbersome tbh.

I'm sure many a player are willing to show nublets the ropes of APB, but why make them jump trough hoops just to do that?

Better yet, why accounts? why not have clans flag themselves as "mentor" clans? New players get a list of such clans, and such clans are kept an eye on by SPCA. It's in the nublets best interest to quickly find a group of players to frequently play with, its how APB is best played, let them ask questions in clan-chat and shown around by its members, let veterans give some advice on tactics, do's and dont's etc...

I applaud G1 are working towards helping them padawans, but this mentor thing? Too much hassle if you'd ask me.

You also have to realize it's alot easier to monitor a few people instead of a whole clan (an interesting idea, but I feel that would be alot of work to monitor a clan, not to mention all it takes is one wrong member)

[NSJDawg]

Most of the SPCT members are very motivated, SPCI even more so. The work and hours they have put into this is now probably more than they have put into playing on live. This group of people not only has a passion for APB, but a deep rooted sense of commitment to the game, and they really put in the effort to test the patches before they come out. Between what you would call focus testing, and writing out the reports, there is a lot of time spent on just testing. Now, add the SPCA to the mix, those guys spend a couple hours a week helping out new players find their way in APB. While it is not a tutorial, in my eyes its much better, its one on one contact with players who know the game inside and out, and they are putting forth the effort to help those who don't. The mentoring program is even more in depth, giving new players a chance to see how the game is played and be taught the many intricacies that make up APB:R, and avoid being just thrown into action with little or no knowledge of what they are doing. This will increase retention of new players, as they wont feel like giving up in the first 10 minutes.

Congrats to the SPCA group, your hard work is paying off!