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Fox Gaden
Immortal Guides
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Posted - 2014.02.28 13:51:00 -
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If you would like to share your knowledge of the game with new players, to ease their learning curve, and help them find their footing so that they learn to enjoy what DUST 514 has to offer, then the Learning Coalition is the place for you! Come help us improve new player retention.
The Learning Coalition does not require you to leave your Corp or make a contractual commitment. Our activities are centred around the chat channel: GÇ£Learning CoalitionGÇ¥. To join the ranks of our volunteer instructors simply join the channel. At a minimum we would ask that you try to answer questions or requests for advice posted in the channel. If you are more motivated it would be really appreciate if you could squad up with the newer players in the channel. Many of the new players will not have mics yet, but it is very helpful for them to be able to hear how an experienced squad communicates. (You may have to walk them though activating Voice in the Operations menu.) Hearing a good squad communicating effectively will often convince a new player to purchase a mic, which will in turn greatly improve their DUST experience. The ones that do have mics can learn a lot from you in the course of a match.
Yes we do have New players! I am constantly recruiting new players for my basic training Corp, many of them only days or even hours old when they join. All my Corp members receive invites to join the Learning Coalition channel. We average 8 to 10 new players a week that way. Most of our instructors direct new players that they meet to join Learning Coalition chat as well.
Learning Coalition is not a one Corp operation. Corporate members include: Immortal Guides, Learning Coalition College, R 0 N 1 N, and Terrestrial Suppression Force. Training Group members include: The Mango Training Group, and BojoGÇÖs School of the Trades. We also have volunteer Instructors from many other Corporations, including several of the top PC Corps.
The Learning Coalition is active in all time zones, although it is more active in at some times than others. If it is not active enough in your time zone, then you have the power to change that. We have been averaging between 25 to 35 members on throughout the day.
The purpose of the channel is for questions to be asked and answered, and to help new players find squads to mentor them. We want to build a sense of community so there also tends to be a lot of friendly conversation and banter. We do ask though that you do not monopolize the channel too much. If you and a friend have completely filled the channel with your conversation, you might want to ask if anyone else in channel wanted to ask a question or has something to say. You may find that they have been holding back not wanting to interrupt.
Please do not post recruitment ads in Learning Coalition chat. You may talk about your Corp all you want once you get someone in your squad, but the chat channel is not for recruitment.
The channel is lightly moderated. We let a lot of things go, but blatantly racist, sexist, and homophobic remarks can get you banned from the channel for a duration proportional to the infraction. Excessive spamming, or derailing the conversation through trolling, can get you muted for a duration proportional to the infraction. If you wish to lodge a complaint about someoneGÇÖs behaviour in the channel, mail your complaint to Renier Gaden and explain in detail what happened.
Fox Gaden: DUST Wall of Fame, 2014
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Fox Gaden
Immortal Guides
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Posted - 2014.02.28 17:42:00 -
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Diesel Heat seeker wrote:Fox, I am active on LC channel. Scar is the member to let me know about channel. Let's squad up sometime,
You are not likely to see Fox Gaden on. I normally play Crash Gaden, my heavy.
Fox Gaden: DUST Wall of Fame, 2014
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Fox Gaden
Immortal Guides
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Posted - 2014.03.05 19:35:00 -
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ReGnYuM wrote:You pay ISK?
No we do not pay. You can try charging the new players for your services, but chances are they will accept the services of a volunteer instead. New players don't tend to have much ISK.
Hand/Eye coordination cannot be taught. For everything else there is the Learning Coalition.
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Fox Gaden
Immortal Guides
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Posted - 2014.03.05 20:28:00 -
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The changes to Damage Mods and Proficiency skills will help to narrow the gap between New players and Vets.
Hand/Eye coordination cannot be taught. For everything else there is the Learning Coalition.
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Fox Gaden
Immortal Guides
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Posted - 2014.04.02 13:06:00 -
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Recruiting from the Learning Coalition student body:
First some ground rules. Please do not post recruitment ads in Learning Coalition chat. That is not what that channel is for. However, once you have someone in your squad you are free to tell them about how great your Corp is and what your plans for the future are. If you like how they play, let them know you would be willing to accept them in your Corp if they wanted to apply. Its called Graduation folks.
The Learning Coalition is a collection of Trade Schools, Training Groups, and private tutors that help new players learn to be effective solders. We are trying to get them ready to meet the requirements of the Corps they wish to join. Some leave early to join casual or small independent Corps, while others stick around longer until their skills have developed enough to get into top PC Corps.
From my own experience as CEO of Immortal Guides, I find the average development time for a student is about 2 months. Some take longer, and some develop more quickly. It usually depends on how many hours a day they play the game. Immortal Guides has had about 3 waves of graduation since it became a Basic Training Corp in October of 2013. Although we have individuals coming and going all the time, a GÇ£waveGÇ¥ is when a group of students start to become very effective, the CorpGÇÖs weekly KDR starts to rise above 1, and then several of the top students get accepted in a large PC Corp, or decide to form their own Corp. You can pretty much tell where Immortal Guides students are in their development cycle by watching my CorpGÇÖs weekly stats.
Having members leave is part of the expectation of a training Corp, and something to be celebrated. Although students that want to stick around for casual play, or to become mentors in their own right, are always welcome as long as they want to stay. The ones who move on to other Corps though, generally remain in the Learning Coalition chat channel, so we continue to stay in touch wherever they may go. At this point some of our early graduates can practically be considered Veteran players, and they continue to help develop our new members through Learning Coalition chat. I am always proud to see Immortal Guides alumni making an impact on New Eden.
Of course not all Immortal Guides members are students. We also have highly experienced Vets join Immortal Guides every once in a while, and it is always nice to have some instructors on staff to provide their advice in Corp chat and on the Corp forum. But they are the minority. Most of my students instruction come from members of other Corps who squad with them or answer their questions in Learning Coalition chat.
I imagine the other Learning Coalition training Corps are much the same in these regards, although with some of them specializing more, there may be some differences.
Squadding with a student in Learning Coalition chat has benefits on both sides. On the one hand as an experienced player you are able to give them advice which will help them develop into a skilled mercenary. On the other hand you are getting a feel for what kind of person they are, whether they are fun to play with, whether they seem to understand their role, whether they can shoot straight, whether they are a team player, etc. If they are good and you like them, then tell them that if they applied to your Corp you would happily accept them. If they are not there yet, but they are fun to play with and showing promise, suggest to them that once they get some more practice and start doing better that they should consider sending in an application. A friendly suggestion like that can stick with a person, and when they do get good, they my choose your Corp over other prospects due to those early words of encouragement.
I do ask that if you are squadding with new players for Learning Coalition chat they you hold up your end of the bargain and try to advise the player and help them develop. Tell them if they are doing something wrong, but be understanding and encouraging. When they get good, they will remember those people who helped them along the way.
Hand/Eye coordination cannot be taught. For everything else there is the Learning Coalition.
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Fox Gaden
Immortal Guides
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Posted - 2014.06.09 16:52:00 -
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I created a new thread in the Rookie Training Grounds for the Learning Coalition.
Hand/Eye coordination cannot be taught. For everything else there is the Learning Coalition.
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