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Well, if the press and Developers can be believed, Metagame and Community Warfare are close. Twelve man units will be a reality. The Big Show is upon us.
Just a suggestion to all you folks who want to raise armies to conquer the Known Universe; please offer some real info and take a proactive stance in hiring. My Mom was a Real Estate Agent. She put a sign on her car that said, if you bothered to read it, (it was on the SIDES, not the back...) that she was, indeed, a Real Estate Agent. She drove many hundreds of miles and many hours with these signs telling all the Known World of her truly BEING a Real Estate Agent.
No one cared.
So you have a group. Great. There's plenty more out there, and we only have so much time to find one and get into Big Stompy Mechs. I myself tried a couple before settling on this lot, and they aren't any great shakes in recruiting. Here's a few tips;
1. Remake your video. Drop the endless "we shoot guys and guys die and therefore we RULE!" clips and show some in-game, audio-included clips of how You, and Only You, can surpass all the Pugs to reign Mech-death upon the unwashed and unworthy. Nobody cares if once you killed a Jenner; you probably lost the match anyway. It happens. Heck, I'VE killed a Jenner and I still suck at this game. Show us video of how a TEAM, YOUR TEAM, works to win matches.
2. Tell us not how many millions of members flock to your banner, but how many are ACTIVE at whatever times you play. Having 200 members is "keen" but if no one in online, I will have to pug, and unaligned folks do that now.
3. Training. If you can't do it, find resources online to do it for you, but help those of us who suck to reach your level of gameplay. If we want to play but die and lose, we'll go elsewhere. If you want more players, get everyone in the game and make a TEAM, not a cheerleading squad on the bench for the Superstar Clique. Only 8 of you and you don't want to play with the rest of us? Why bother to recruit in the first place??
4. Active Recruiting. Someone gives you a comment in-game, liked your style or strategy, why not PM them?? Shy?? Think they'll shun you for overly-aggressive tendencies?? Maybe. But maybe you'll get a player. You are recruiting players, right? If he's with another team, he may be the shot you needed when one of yours was out with some overinflated CDC-sponsored Disease.
5. TALK to the folks. They showed interest; don't just foist them off with a "go to the website download the server see ya in game" bull. One fellow from the Marik server bothered to stay in the Uplink area, that empty void where first timers are spawned. He greeted folks. He answered questions. If I weren't with these Fine Fellows I'd be in his group; he actually WANTED to be recruiting. Tell folks you'll see them at a certain time, and grab them from the Uplink area. NEVER let a guest linger in the game server; he can and will get bored and move on. Oh, and that line, 'Just jump into any drop!" is, as we all know, BULL. Some of your teammates are less than amiable. Some are downright rude. No interested, potential teammate wants to meet them when they're raving because their Perfect Uber-Death Mech just got fried by two one-legged Ravens....if they bother to join at all. Between matches, check the Pub/Bar/ready room and go talk to candidates. Drop out for a while if it gets them in-game. Run a few pugs with them. Or enjoy yourself with your old buddies and retain the Selective Exclusive status all small, elite, fool-on-the-hill groups share with others of their ilk. Chances are we'll only see you in Tournaments anyway.
6. Never refer to the "forums". NEVER defer questions or comments to the "forums" unless you have an active "search" feature or don't mind the applicant wandering off to find someone who wasn't raised in an ATM with a recorded message center for parents. If we wanted to spend time in the library trying to find specific answers, we'd be researchers and get paid. We're here to play; make answers concise and available. Make asking them free of snide or rude commentary. If you were that smart and had that much time you'd have a "search" feature, an updated FAQ and archived files. If potential candidates were that interested in your Scholarly Lore they'd offer to buy the book you haven't printed. Just answer the questions politely and get the game rolling...
7. Embrace the abilities of the Newbie unless he/she is intolerable and until you can politely show him/her the Error of their Ways and the Correct Path to Team Supremacy. You're the Boss, You have the Vision, now guide them with your Awesomeness to the One True Path, remembering their parents told them THEY were the inheritors of Ultimate Truth and Wisdom; they will naturally need some subtle guidance from you, The One TRUE BEACON OF THE faithful. Given the opportunity, you KNOW they will come to see your AURA reigns Supreme...
There's probably more, but I've gone on enough. Heed and perhaps you shall reap the many unaligned souls waiting to rally behind your banner; ignore me at your peril. I may be wrong but Mom didn't listen and look what happened to HER....
-ignatz22
Newbie
Not-so-hot player
STILL searching for the Answers
Edited by Ignatz22, 12 May 2013 - 11:29 AM.
