Mentor Project


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Originally Posted by Sir_Ralen View Post
I've filled out the application, and I thought I'd let you know that I'm happy to volunteer to mentor players on Justice or Virtue. I don't have any high levels toons on virtue yet but I am leveling there currently. This is an excellent idea and I'd like to help out.
Registration processed.


Players Guide to the Cities

 

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This sounds like a pretty sweet project. I am new to the game and have felt a little overwhelmed the last few days trying to figure everything out. I have been reading Paragon Wiki everyday and it has been helping me grasp the bigger picture (I think lol) I will join the chat channel as soon as I log on tonight. Thx for the info

@Xozak freedom server hero side


 

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This is an awesome idea.

Kudos to all that participate


"People love to talk, but hate to listen." Alice Duer Miller, American Author (1874-1942)

 

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Originally Posted by Novella View Post
This is an awesome idea.

Kudos to all that participate
Why, thank you.

We're now closing in on 100 mentors officially registered, and a few more unregistered participating in the N P C channel as well.


The current "per server" breakdown, with the top 3 in orange:
  • Champion 6 7%
  • Defiant (EU - EN) 0 0%
  • Freedom 21 24%
  • Guardian 6 7%
  • Infinity 8 9%
  • Justice 25 28%
  • Liberty 11 13%
  • Pinnacle 8 9%
  • Protector 13 15%
  • Triumph 9 10%
  • Union (EU -EN) 1 1%
  • Victory 6 7%
  • Vigilance (EU -FR) 0 0%
  • Virtue 24 27%
  • Zukunft (EU -DE) 0 0%
  • Training Room 1 1%

People may select more than one server, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.


Players Guide to the Cities

 

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Application for mentor filled and submitted.


 

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Originally Posted by Alt_AKA_Joe View Post
Application for mentor filled and submitted.
I saw that as I was updating the list yesterday, so you're already part of the aforementioned stats.

If you're in the N P C channel tonight, I'll make sure you're made moderator as well.

Thanks for joining!


Players Guide to the Cities

 

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Mentor Project Signs up 100th Mentor

As I looked into my GMail account today I noticed we had another registration, and when the spreadsheet opened before me I realized that Tog was our 100th officially registered volunteer mentor.

Folks, I can't begin to express how proud I am to see players of all ages and experience offer up their skills, knowledge and time for the benefit of other players.

This may have been a grassroots movement, but it has grown by leaps and bounds ever since the idea was introduced to the CoX community.

Well done folks.


Players Guide to the Cities

 

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Originally Posted by Stalemate View Post
As I looked into my GMail account today I noticed we had another registration, and when the spreadsheet opened before me I realized that Tog was our 100th officially registered volunteer mentor.
Does he or she get some kind of prize?


Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project

 

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I run the Retrospective SG on Virtue and we have a decent core group of experienced players. we also have an age restriction of 18+. all that being said if any of your mentors have a neophyte looking to join an SG and they fit with in the age category i am more than happy to take them and help mentor them as would my officers. i personally would volunteer to be a mentor but i have had bad experiences with the under 18 crowd so i don't think i should be a mentor with you guys but i will offer our services for any neophytes mentored by you guys. Again they must be at least 18 since discussions in SG and ventrilo chat get more than a little NC17. I am also willing to Coalition with any current Mentor SG on Virtue. PM me here or contact me via @Chroam ingame


 

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I run the Retrospective SG on Virtue and we have a decent core group of experienced players. we also have an age restriction of 18+. all that being said if any of your mentors have a neophyte looking to join an SG and they fit with in the age category i am more than happy to take them and help mentor them as would my officers. i personally would volunteer to be a mentor but i have had bad experiences with the under 18 crowd so i don't think i should be a mentor with you guys but i will offer our services for any neophytes mentored by you guys. Again they must be at least 18 since discussions in SG and ventrilo chat get more than a little NC17. I am also willing to Coalition with any current Mentor SG on Virtue. PM me here or contact me via @Chroam ingame
Since there's almost no way I, or anyone else in MP, can confirm anyone's age, perhaps you'd consider joining MP still and then propose your services from there, as you see the need arise?

Your proposals are interesting re: SG / SG coalition and that would be worth further talks, but as the project is very open-ended, there would be no official method of getting your offer out to the right people aside from either creating a lot of legwork for a volunteer, or (simpler) you guys having a rep involved to evaluate possibilities.

Since there's no obligation to take on direct partnerships with neophytes and simply monitoring the N P C channel in a consultation role is sufficient, that might work for you.


Players Guide to the Cities

 

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Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
Does he or she get some kind of prize?
The coveted 100th Mentor Project badge!

I ... herr r... made it invisible so as to ... hum ... not clash with his costume(s).

....yeah, that's it.

"Invisible"


Players Guide to the Cities

 

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Well folks, I'd like to present to you the current roster of volunteers who have registered with the Mentor Project.

There are others who have joined the N P C channel as well, but since we don't have an official record for them it's much harder to keep track of them. Still, I offer them a heartfelt "thank you" for considering investing of themselves into MP.


Current Registered Mentors

(If there are any changes to be made in your entry, please let me know)

Mentors: spread the word ingame to new players you meet! This is our best method for getting the information out to them.


Players Guide to the Cities

 

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hello im brand new to this game, and started it alone. ive managed to get a hero to level 8 so far, and im on the pinacle server (chose it at random lol) there really doesnt seem to be anyone around on pinnacle. i was wondering if i could get a mentor or if theres a more populated server i can join with people to talk to. its kind of boring playing alone. =(


 

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Originally Posted by xxzenn01xx View Post
hello im brand new to this game, and started it alone. ive managed to get a hero to level 8 so far, and im on the pinacle server (chose it at random lol) there really doesnt seem to be anyone around on pinnacle. i was wondering if i could get a mentor or if theres a more populated server i can join with people to talk to. its kind of boring playing alone. =(
Welcome!

I'm sure there are several players on Pinnacle that will be glad to assist you. For now though, I would strongly suggest (if you have not already done so) joining the Mentor Project global chat channel. I would then suggest joining whatever active global chat channels there are for your server. Either ask on the NPC channel, or head over to the server section here on the forum.

All you need to do is enter the following command in-game:
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/chan_join N P C
Exactly like that, including the spaces in "N P C". Once you've joined NPC, you can communicate directly with any mentors that are online.


 

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Originally Posted by xxzenn01xx View Post
hello im brand new to this game, and started it alone. ive managed to get a hero to level 8 so far, and im on the pinacle server (chose it at random lol) there really doesnt seem to be anyone around on pinnacle. i was wondering if i could get a mentor or if theres a more populated server i can join with people to talk to. its kind of boring playing alone. =(
As for your server question, the lower they are on the list, the more people there are.


Goodbye. Not to the game, but the players. Goodbye. Everyone, remember to have fun. That's all I can say.

 

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Originally Posted by xxzenn01xx View Post
hello im brand new to this game, and started it alone. ive managed to get a hero to level 8 so far, and im on the pinacle server (chose it at random lol) there really doesnt seem to be anyone around on pinnacle. i was wondering if i could get a mentor or if theres a more populated server i can join with people to talk to. its kind of boring playing alone. =(
On the Server Selection screen, the servers appear in the following order:

-Last Server you logged on to
-Least busy Server
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-Most busy Server (usually Freedom or Virtue)

And remember most of the gameplay in this MMO takes place indoors in "instances", so it's not uncommon to see relatively few players hanging around or camping a spawn spot, as you might see in some other MMOs.

Players are out there though - try typing /Search in your chat line and experimenting with the drop-down menus to see some of the other heroes online at that moment.


 

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Reminder that the auction is this Sunday - neophytes, roll a toon on Justice and get it to lvl 10 to be elligibile.


Support the Mentor Project - http://tinyurl.com/citymentorproject
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If you haven't joined a global channel, you're not really looking for team.

 

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Please remove my details from this project. I no longer wish to be associated with it nor many of the people involved with it.*





SAVE CoX info:
Titan Network efforts
Saving CoX events/FB info

 

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Originally Posted by Capa_Devans View Post
Please remove my details from this project. I no longer wish to be associated with it nor many of the people involved with it.*

Um...bye?

Had my first Mentor experience last night, helping a new player find his way from City Hall to the Yellow Line to Galaxy.

Rewarding, if short-lived.

Looking forward to more Mentoring ahead!


 

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Originally Posted by Capa_Devans View Post
Please remove my details from this project. I no longer wish to be associated with it nor many of the people involved with it.*
Done, albeit reluctantly.

Note to Mentors: Disagreements with other mentors and/or neophytes need to be brought to the attention of the concerned server coordinator. Please do not take it into your own hands to subjectively lay down the law. You will have no support in doing so.

Furthermore, please take into consideration that the Mentor Project, being an open system where volunteers freely give their time to share opinions and experience, is not being filtered nor are there any plans at this time to restrict participation.

There are bound to be disagreements about various topics as well. That is by design and is intentional. The hope is that a concensus will be reached on any given topic thru the sheer number of mentors expressing themselves upon it.


Players Guide to the Cities

 

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Originally Posted by RobertoLyon View Post
...Had my first Mentor experience last night, helping a new player find his way from City Hall to the Yellow Line to Galaxy.

Rewarding, if short-lived.

Looking forward to more Mentoring ahead!
Glad to see you're already in action RL.

If you haven't yet been promoted in the channel make sure to let one of the mods know.


Players Guide to the Cities

 

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I may see about organizing some arc runs/tfs for neophytes on Freedom soon. I'll start looking into it.


 

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This is a wonderful idea! I play on multiple servers and try to lend a hand with any questions that come up in broadcast. And there are quite a few now with GoRo releasing! I just signed up to mentor. It's very random what server I'm on each day, but my normal haunts are Liberty, Pinnacle, Champion, and Triumph.


 

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Welcome RoseT.

I received your registration already but won't be ingame until this evening to promote your account to moderator in the N P C channel.

If no other mentor got to it before me, I'll get that done tonight.

And by the way, I like your suggestion to add technical expertise to the list of skills / experience and will be adding it as well.

Thanks


Players Guide to the Cities

 

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Greetings heroes, vigilantes, rogues, villains and Praetorians,

It is with great pleasure that we are announcing a special partnership between Paragon Wiki and the Mentor Project.

This partnership stems from seeing both groups of players have similar goals: to assist and help out other players, and to enable them to have readily available information when and where they need it.

Paragon Wiki needs no introduction as one of the most visited sources of information concerning the City of franchise, and is an integral part of the Titan Network. This player-led encyclopedia is supported by a dedicated team of individuals who are committed to getting all the facts, and getting them straight.

The Mentor Project came into existence earlier this year as an offshoot of a new player welcoming event. It is a relatively new undertaking, yet it has already demonstrated its usefulness by offering in-game assistance and personal tutoring for new or returning players on all servers.

Given that the Mentor Project caters specifically to a demographic that Paragon Wiki can also assist, we are converging our efforts and the Mentor Project will now offer maintenance and support for Paragon Wiki’s Players Guide to the Cities.

We take this opportunity to thank each and every single player who volunteers his (or her) time to improve someone else’s enjoyment of City of Heroes, City of Villains and Going Rogue. Our gaming community is a much more friendly place with your efforts, and for that we are all very grateful.



Eabrace, Paragon Wiki

and


Stalemate, Mentor Project


Players Guide to the Cities