Nexuiz School/Class Poll

[BattleBabe]

Some time ago, I was part of a clan that tried to excel at CTF and succeeded to a degree I had not anticipated. While part of that clan I volunteered to run training sessions so that others could perhaps learn how to defend flags and shoot the various weaponry we had on-hand.

More recently I ran a "school" once a week in an rpg game I enjoyed playing. I would drop into the pvp arena, ask for people new to pvp to join my & my friend's groups, then teach these new people the art of pvp play as best we could manage for a few hours. The school was relatively successful and we even won some games. Most of all it was fun alot of the time.

I found myself thinking recently that with such an influx of new players perhaps it would benefit others if an informal gathering of people were to meet once in a while to teach these new players how Nexuiz is done. As far as I am aware there is nothing like this set up as of now and I wondered what others thought of the idea.

I have intentionally left the time frame, for the day in question, undetermined as I realize that some days people will show up & other days they will not. Equally I'm sure some days would have this gather last an hour and at other times perhaps a few hours or longer.

BB

[[-z-]]

I've begun creating tutorial videos on basic movement and plan on doing weapon strategies and CTF next. I think a combination of these tutorials and your classes would do wonders for the community as people will be able to enter the class with at least ~some sort~ of knowledge.

I think a weekly class would be nice. Let me know if you need help.

[Mirio]

i can be one of the teacher... i think i am good in ctf

[Psychcf]

One time I was playing ET:QW with my clan (different clan from TSA), and we paired up with assault rifles, and learned to firefight pretty well... One guy would throw a grenade, when it exploded both of us would start shooting at eachother. Just an idea...

[[-z-]]

One time I was playing ET:QW with my clan (different clan from TSA), and we paired up with assault rifles, and learned to firefight pretty well... One guy would throw a grenade, when it exploded both of us would start shooting at eachother. Just an idea...

"team tactics"

[nexbender]

I take time out a couple nights a week to show newbies the ropes (movement, tactics). I really can't commit to any sort of schedule because of work and personal stuff. However, I will gladly refer the newbies to you folks here on the forum for "classes" rather than teaching them myself.

[AceOfThumbs]

Every week would be great, but it might be hard for some that would be willing to teach to stick to a schedule. The times I would be able to teach would vary pretty wildly.

It might be nice to have a web page where volunteers can post the days/times/servers/subject/teacher where they will be training. This would leave the scheduling a little more freeform and might encourage more to volunteer. For example:

Nexuiz Training
Date: November 15, 2007
Time: 12:00 am GMT
Server: Training Server 1
Subject: Movement basics, laser jumps, bunny hopping
Teacher: AceOfThumbs

It would be good to list a GMT converter so everyone would know what the time was in their zone. For example, http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc

Also, a server set up just for the training would be nice so it wouldn't conflict with regular players. Any server admins want to volunteer?

The domain name nexuiztraining.com is available. It would be nice to be able to say in a game "go to nexuiztraining.com to get hands-on training". The domain name can be pointed to a forum thread so there wouldn't be any extra work to set up the scheduling.

[Psychcf]

aww, do I have to do another site? just kidding, I'd be glad to unless someone else takes the job...

Anyways I think it would be great if we got some intermediate to advanced classes going. We could get some of the better players on to help with topics like strategy and movement prediction for one on one matches.

[[-z-]]

Also, a server set up just for the training would be nice so it wouldn't conflict with regular players. Any server admins want to volunteer?

The domain name nexuiztraining.com is available. It would be nice to be able to say in a game "go to nexuiztraining.com to get hands-on training". The domain name can be pointed to a forum thread so there wouldn't be any extra work to set up the scheduling.

I was actually getting towards this with the whole Nexuiz Ninjaz 'dojo' thing. Dojo is experiencing packet loss however, so it isn't the ~most suitable~ server. However, if no one else can volunteer a server, it's definitely a good fallback.

That fact aside, if you guys are interested in helping out with the whole 'ninja training' thing, I'd be happy to code and host a nice back-end for such a service.

[The mysterious Mr. 4m]

meanwhile, feel free to use OUNS