Policy Discussion: Newbie Games

[Mr Stoofer]

I think anywhere from 2-5 ICs is fine - the priority should be to keep the queue moving and reduce the waiting time as much as possible.

I understood that Norinel varied the ratio so as to achieve this and I support that.

I don't see much evidence of IC players dominating games but then I would if I could...

[Mr Stoofer]

But if we do 2 advisors, we're practically back to square 1 - the same problem of having too few IC players...

... and you'll find it harder to get IC advisers than IC players.

I say: don't patronise newbies with advisers and the like. I would have hated it and it might well have put me off.

Throw them in at the deep end! It didn't do us any harm.

[Mr Stoofer]

And patronising them will only increase that.

[Mr Stoofer]

Couldn't agree more.

[Mr Stoofer]

Who here wishes they had had an IC adviser in their first game? Not me.

[Mr Stoofer]

^^good posting.

[Mr Stoofer]

Has anyone yet said that they wished that they had had an IC adviser?

[Mr Stoofer]

It's not the difficulty of the game that gives rise to the requirement.

Not everyone is good at/capable of modding. Newbies are our future. We should not entrust these precious items to people who have not proved that they are capable mods.

[Mr Stoofer]

Only just saw this. FWIW I strongly agree that there should not be a third category of "Very New Newbie" who gets priority over "Newish Newbies".

[Mr Stoofer]

Nah, voidy, the long newbie queue is not a bad thing.

As Flaymeister has already said somewhere else, games on this site take so long, that anyone who can't wait a week or so in the Newbie queue is not going to be able to cope with games here anyway...