D14: Plans for Education Growth
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by Jacob Ferguson
I figured it may be a good idea to present my plans if Cthulhu is so graced with the presidency, as to what I will do as Education Secretary. It would be my goal to present all players who join the eUSA (either new, returning, naturalized or otherwise) with an article or direct message explaining the tasks they can do each day or week to better their characters and improve their station.
I will note the important tasks they should consider doing in each level bracket to keep moving up like two clicking early on, buying a house, getting a job, working overtime, working as a manager, air combat, fighting in resistance wars for freedom fighter, and eventually supporting resistance wars to get Resistance Hero badges and the gold that comes with them.
I'll also present the political system (after I've had a chance to delve into it for at least a few days) and explain all of the position opportunities, even outside of the supported set in the game, that are open to interested parties. I'll explain parties, elections, and campaigning and how the system works, with more detailed explanations as I learn.
This will all be sent in messages, either as plain text or as a link to an article in the CLA. I will honestly probably write an article with all of the important things to do in each level bracket and link them to it in direct messages, but I will do my best to ensure that new players are presented with all the material they need to be successful early on in their careers, with hopes that it makes their early experiences with Erepublik easier and helps them stick around to make our country grow and grow stronger.
Elections are drawing nearer, so if this sort of educational boost for new players sounds like a solid plan, please consider a vote for Cthulhu. He and Dinnyin have graciously tapped me as their intended Education Secretary, and I hope to make them proud. The concerns with Cthulhu's activity are sound, but his intention to make right those issues, and surround himself with active and skilled staff make him a solid choice.
As always, if you have advice or recommendations for new and returning players, please leave them in the comments below. Let me know what you think of this plan and if you think anything can be tweaked, and also, let me know if there's anything more I should mention in the intro article! The more information our citizens are armed with, the more engaged they're likely to be in my opinion, and the more our population can grow and maintain its strength.
If you liked this article or any other articles in the CLA, please vote, subscribe and comment. Every bit of support helps players like me stick around to enjoy this world with you.
~JF
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These are admirable goals. The main tool for new citizen engagement is usually the 'new citizen message' which is drafted and revised by the government. This a good starting tool to point people to good resources but it does lack the multiple-touch aspect of good engagement. I'm glad you're already getting a start in government, and hope that you'll remain this passionate about education and new player engagement. Don't burn yourself out trying to hit every single newcomer with personalized messages if it becomes too much of a chore. Try to find the right balance! Maybe interview some of those new players every couple of weeks and see what engagement is working vs. what isn't.
At the rate we gain new citizens right now, I am not concerned with burnout, and more optimistic at the prospective new minds we can get into discussions on how to better this country. If it gets to the point where the growth is unsustainable for me to message each person, then I may look to offload that communication to the new citizen message or to a single non-personal article, but until then, I'll look to try to at least message each person and speak to them by name, and give them the appropriate information. Most of it will be templated anyway, but I can modify to fit the person's level and abilities until that becomes an issue.
And now that I say that, I realize that there may not be an easy way for me to see all the new players' names or accounts. So I will dig more on how to best achieve that, but I may need to make a generic new player article that can be linked in the new citizen message.
The biggest issue I have found with new players is retention, the join, stay around a month or two, then die off. Most never make the transition to long term players.
The best way I have found to identify new players is to check div 1 battle history and look for the guys making really weak hits in ground battles, these are usually legit new players.
Wow, very good.
Very good. o7
Good stuff!
Voted and endorsed!
At first I misread CLA as CIA and I was all like omg!! Oh My G!!! OMG!!! OOOOOMG!!!!!! it's another deep state Jedi Council / Unity Council elite plot-trick to hammer all the fun out of the game and empower the whales to get even whalier and.... then I realized I'd probably just put too much salt on my potatoes at dinner and also "CLA" refers to the name of Jacob's excellent paper, so never mind. Good stuff.
o7
I have been out of the loop for a long time and would appreciate this engagement.