Re: Teach. It's how we grow.

**BeSiege82** · 01-02-2009, 02:03 AM

I guess I was lucky. I came to the TG server while young in-game (about a month or less). I may have not had a mic (never needed it before) and hardly knew the maps, but I never had to "unlearn" anything. That first round I played with Crux set me on a path I'm happy to have been on ever since.[/QUOTE]

I understand that, and Crux was an early teacher for me. He is the one person who taught me how to shut up when asked...

Now that is only the half of the story...

**black_Mirror** · 02-12-2009, 12:30 PM

I see a lot of new faces and that means we must do something right with the teaching

<3 TG

**black_Mirror** · 05-18-2009, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by Arithea

They say you don't truly understand a thing until you've taught it. I believe there is much wisdom in that statement. It's very easy to make habits, create a comfort zone, and stay there. Teaching something takes us out of that bubble of the safe and known and forces us to see things from someone else's point of view so that we can help them understand what we're trying to show them.

Each time we step outside our safe zone and teach someone something, we learn something, too.

So, why am I pointing this out? Because I believe that there is more to this community than just getting out there and having fun. I believe that if we show others how to enjoy their time here as much as we do, we will increase everyone's enjoyment of our servers and our community. We will learn new things about ourselves and how we have fun. And, most importantly, we will continue to foster this community as a place where the people we enjoy playing with will always feel welcome.

How do we accomplish this? We show patience with the uninitiated, the pubbies, and the unwittingly ignorant. We take the time to welcome the new faces we see on the server and in the community and help them increase their skill and understanding of our rules and founding principles. Remember, we were all pubbies once.

In the spirit of improving our community, I challenge each and every person who reads this to take a few moments over the next few weeks and show someone the ropes. It can be a pubby in your squad; it can be someone who's new to TG; it can even be someone who's posted a thread on the forums on a topic that's already been hashed and re-hashed. And if you find yourself getting annoyed or upset, take a brief moment to remember how you found TG. Think about where you are now and where you started. Who helped you get to where you are? Who recruited you? Who explained to you why we don't let the opposing team into our uncaps? Where would you be if they hadn't taken the time to do that? I guarantee that will give you an extra measure of patience to explain to the pubby in your squad why he needs to stick with the rest of you.

In closing, I would like to thank Zoticus, MajWood, and many others for being such great teachers and influences during my early, early days at TG. Bravo zulu, guys.

See you on the field.

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Just here to quote a great post in a great topic
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**TheDarkPenguin** · 05-18-2009, 09:11 AM

Hurrah!

**Holy** · 05-19-2009, 09:26 PM

Great post. I think it's also important not just to help out those people around the TG community and server but to also go to another server, make a squad, and just give people a taste of strategy and teamwork. I think it would be cool to get some TG'ers together and head over to some other servers for a couple of rounds and do a sort of "Learn TG" squad idea with two TG'ers and the rest pubbies, and just try to encourage and teach them how to think and play tactically. Just a though. =/

**Arithea** · 05-19-2009, 09:40 PM

I know there are quite a few people around here who do just that, Holy. Problem is some servers don't take too kindly to it if you go en masse (you all get kicked for teamstacking) or if you try to poach their user base (as they see it). I would encourage you to be careful and courteous to whomever is hosting the server.

**Holy** · 05-19-2009, 09:52 PM

Indeed.

**black_Mirror** · 10-11-2009, 02:40 AM

bumpy mood O:

**Lyramion** · 10-11-2009, 03:05 AM

Needs renaming to: Teaching will drive you insane !

**SharinganTH1422** · 10-11-2009, 08:05 PM

What if you're already insane?

(P.S. Good thread, we were all noobs once and without other TGers leading and helping us and creating this community in a way that allows teamwork and fun and maturity to thrive in-game, we wouldn't have this awesome community.)

**BeSiege82** · 10-14-2009, 08:10 PM

At times I feel insane, but I have learned that it is not just teaching how you should game, but teach also it includes modeling how one should interact with others. A point of view I have come to hold within the Irregulars is that it is better to teach a player how to make a good name than it is to teach a player how to be an elite player. Better a player have a good name than a player that is very dishonoring with his skills.

In real life I know what it is like to lose one's good name, and it is not easy to repair what has been damaged. Just like real life, your name on the internet is just as important.

**Arithea** · 06-14-2010, 02:49 PM

Bump.

My thoughts on this are the same today as they were when I originally posted this. Since the 2142 community is starting to pick up again, I think it's a point worth revisiting. The ratio of non-members to members on the server has been pretty high; let's make sure those of us who are on server are teaching the non-members the ropes.

**Bert Haanstra** · 06-14-2010, 03:41 PM

Great bump Arithea.

With all the new faces it's a nice challenge to get the game to where we were a few months ago. Don't tighten the ropes to fast, because we all need some fun now and then.
And above all like you said be patient.

**Groshak** · 08-09-2010, 03:52 AM

i would love to see more "learn TG" squads again. i did it on saturday and the response was great. at least nearly the hole squad set me on their friend list, so there is a good chance, that they'll come back.

if you say: SL'ing and explaining the TG way at the same time is a bit to much for me, then just split it, and take a buddy in the squad, who could explain it while you're leading. you just need to make sure, that you got new people in your squad and not only TG or well known non-TG guys.

cheers

**xXOZXx** · 08-11-2010, 02:52 AM

Definitely agree with this bump. I will be returning to the states in just over a month now. When I return to full activity again, I will definitely be resurrecting and running my "TheTGWay" squads. As we rekindle this part of our community, we need to keep in mind that there will be several new faces. Patience and guidance is crucial when dealing with these new potential TG'ers.

xXOZXx

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