question, are there qualifications to being a veteran matched up with someone? like perhaps a certain amount of time that they've been in the game and/or amount of missions they've been on?

cool idea! now if only my character were actually useful for anything this

There are no hard requirements! It's not like some places of employment that demand you have X experience or Y degree.

If your character has only been here for a month but is eager to help, running missions already, that kind of thing - go for it! The most important qualification is that they would want to be a veteran.

sweet thanks :3

fjdsk I was thinking of asking the opposite question, because my only character's been in the game for over half a year now and has little to no qualifications as a veteran. xD

(probably won't sign her up, but it was a thought, lol.)

I definitely have the opposite question, were you wanting to keep it to just fresh apps or can being in game a month or so still count as new enough? :x

new can be any character that feels like they want a buddy!

it's definitely not just for new apps

the same goes for vets -- any character that feels like they could do it

Yeah, I almost put in a note under newbie notes for that specific case - lemme add that!

Oooh, this is a cool idea!

Too bad I'm not sure Hitsu would IC-ly volunteer for it.

A case could sort of be made either way for him.

See the bottom disclaimer now, tiny nacho

Thank you! I just didn't want to like- snag spots from completely fresh characters if that was more what you were aiming for.

wow i thought you were calling misty a tiny nacho, like, fondly

i missed that was someone's display name

^^^^^

what an adorable pet name

I kinda wondered at first if it was a reference to my character, since he is, y'know, tiny.

i considered that one as well

there were just so many options

Oh, that's a great idea!

0u0 Glad signups are trickling in now- I was worried when I only got one response in town hall

The current count is 8 veterans plus 2 new folks

Our ninth veteran! ^V^ One more and we will be in the double digits, keep it up 0u0

i come bearing a terrible newbie and a terrible vet, i'm so sorry

you guys should think about linking this in the acceptance notice to let new people know about it

i'd put this emote in there too

it's already there! both the link and the horrible emote

If you haven't, you could see about putting something up at the intro log, either with the welcoming committee or otherwise, too. Just to give people an easy IC way to jump in, if they want.

fabulous

We have 10 thank you dragon

it possible to ICly volunteer someone without... knowing... their name?

Define... that..........................

Sooner or later, someone's going to be all, "That hooded jerk with the knives needs to learn how to use a microwave so he doesn't set the base on fire."

...my character doesn't give his name out a lot.........

Other question: is there any sort of permanent IC contact for anyone who wants to get in, or will it just be the network post you make? (I am updating the newbie guide)

...and he probably wouldn't ICly volunteer ahahaha e.g. TRUST NO ONE

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM NOT YET... should I make one.............

idk, if you want to? It might be easier to have a centralized place for people to ICly contact you but I guess the DITR post would work as well, I just need to know where to link

(Cause I think the DITR post has contact)

Or I mean. ICly contact wrt this program.

Ah just to me it didn't seem very necessary to have IC signups threaded out due to the sheer volume

Yeah but people might want a way to ICly get involved, and also it would be easy to link to anyone ICly intereste who wants more info.

hmmm... you might be able to like provide a field for newbs and vets to met, with no central character face

that way you don't have to worry about any one coordinating person to get overwhelmed, but people who are interested in threading it could do it

i could do a mod account comment to facilitate that and make it look more ~official~

my grammar is great today

Since you're making a post this month but what about after that? Unless you're going to make one every month? I don't know, I'm just wondering where to direct characters from the guide if they want a mentor.

oh yeah a good question — would this be a recurring post, or should we always use this particular one?

because if it's recurring we could make it its own tag, and link to the tag in the guide

Yeah that's what I mean

oh i meant that of lenga, not of you, i was just echoing/rephrasing

i really seriously feel like i'm losing grasp of english here omg WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME

someone reboot me real fast

might help

force quits u

But yeah if you're going to make a recurring network post or just reuse the same one, either is fine.

I just don't want it to fall to the wayside because people don't know how to get their characters involved

yeah

If it helps, the context is that I was adding a question to the guide along the lines of "I'm new and want to help but don't know what I'm doing, what do I do?"

"Well there's a program here to pair you up with a vet, here's how you get involved."

So whether it's... a permanent post, a recurring post, Kanaya's direct mailbox, her DITR mailbox, a list of reps for the program, w/e.

Just an IC lead for anyone who needs it