Each Player who wants to takes a newbie under their wing, and protects them and shows them the ropes for 3-6 months until that person knows what they are doing.
Have a specific section of the forum made for applicants to apply for a mentor
Awards can be determined but would need to be highly maintained by feed back and goals achieved in game
Just my 2c and adaption on a legends idea
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[/spoiler]buck wrote:Adopt a Newbie. Each Player who wants to takes a newbie under there wing, and protects them and shows them the ropes for 3-6 months until that person knows what they are doing.
Have jason send a link in an e-mail/ Ingame PM to all new people to a specific place on the forum where they can find themselves a "protector" (The established players would have to adhere to a set of rules that could be made later, such as respectful conversation ability and so on) . Then we would get every major alliance ingame to agree that for the best interests of the game these new players should be dealt with impartially and so if they happen to hit the wrong person once or twice, or happen to lose there rag due to being so far behind and so on, there consequences would not be "quit game threatening" . For offering there services and to increase membership, the established players who are looking after the newbs would be given a yearly Gift, Such as an extra planet slot, or a lump sum of naq , or an extra MS tech level, the possibilities are pretty endless.
Now if you are all that concerned you will go about improveing that idea and implimenting it.
Problem Solved, we can all stop complaining and start solutioning!