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wolf August 14th, 2014 6:25 PM

Would you be interested in a tutor program?
 
There was some demand for a poll about this here. This poll is primarily directed towards battle server regulars who rarely battle, and if a tutor program, group, or event would help jumpstart their interest in battling. If not, would something else be more effective at that?

MoxieInfinite August 14th, 2014 6:29 PM

I wanna be tutored in GSC.

srinator August 14th, 2014 7:14 PM

There are so many great battlers on the server I would really look forward to being tutored by, I am all up for this.

acatfrommars August 14th, 2014 7:19 PM

I haven't battled OU competitively since Gen. 4, I would be up for a tutor program! :)

Bounsweet August 14th, 2014 7:21 PM

I think it's definitely one way to boost competitive battling enthusiasm. A more formal system to help ease new players into the metagame too might be more welcoming.

Professor_Jared August 14th, 2014 7:22 PM

I would definitely be interested in a tutor program, I know I'm always up for a bit of learning and possibly a bit of teaching in the future, myself.

Nah August 15th, 2014 6:11 AM

I think that a tutoring program would be a good idea to draw in new battlers and improve the ones we already have, if we have enough people who are seriously interested in tutoring people. Just don't ask me to tutor people, I'm not good enough to qualify as a tutor.

Euphoric August 15th, 2014 6:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Zekrom (Post 8401749)
I think that a tutoring program would be a good idea to draw in new battlers and improve the ones we already have, if we have enough people who are seriously interested in tutoring people. Just don't ask me to tutor people, I'm not good enough to qualify as a tutor.

Basically this. I don't see any downsides to it.

antemortem August 15th, 2014 11:12 AM

did sri just say he wants to be tutored? :|

I'm absolutely all for it.

Tsutarja August 15th, 2014 4:55 PM

I'd be all for it, especially if it means getting a head start into competitively battling.

halcyonic August 15th, 2014 5:05 PM

as long as people aren't only interested in randbats lol

yeah sure, i don't see why we shouldn't have a tutor program.

Pokedra August 15th, 2014 8:12 PM

I think the idea is good but the execution has to be there, quite simply this isn't the first time we've attempted the tutor program and the previous trials did not bear any fruit.

Mercurybro August 15th, 2014 8:18 PM

I think it will have steam to push it at first but will not last long because there are more people willing to be a tutor than willing to be tutored.

Basically the program will be crap, to put it bluntly.

Starry Windy August 15th, 2014 8:30 PM

I'm not sure if I'll be interested in battling once again, but I hope tutoring program will be great and get me started again.

Pokedra August 15th, 2014 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by littlebrother (Post 8402522)
I think it will have steam to push it at first but will not last long because there are more people willing to be a tutor than willing to be tutored.

Basically the program will be crap, to put it bluntly.

Trials will be run most likely, I agree on the fact that only someone who has played for a while and knows the metagame well should tutor. There seem to be more people interested in getting tutored to be honest.

Mercurybro August 15th, 2014 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Pokedra (Post 8402667)
Trials will be run most likely, I agree on the fact that only someone who has played for a while and knows the metagame well should tutor. There seem to be more people interested in getting tutored to be honest.

I'd go into a long argument saying why Smogon is better suited to host an apprentice program than PC's current battle server peeps are but I don't want to start a debate here. :P

Pokedra August 16th, 2014 1:13 AM

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Originally Posted by littlebrother (Post 8402677)
I'd go into a long argument saying why Smogon is better suited to host an apprentice program than PC's current battle server peeps are but I don't want to start a debate here. :P

Just because Smogon has shown to run an effective Tutor program doesn't mean we can't do a similar thing on a smaller scale here. It's not about creating a tutor program that rivals Smogon so much as it's trying to create more interest for battling on this forum. As long as the Tutors are chosen well and the people who want to learn actually listen then it should succeed, the mods will likely have to nudge the program along and keep monitoring it.

Zeffy August 16th, 2014 3:31 AM

I'm completely fine with a tutor program. However, I don't think PC has the capacity to hold one-on-one tutoring programs at the moment--especially if there turns out to be a large number of tutees. I suppose we could do a "classroom" method wherein one tutor handles a respectable amount of tutees. Still, that's time consuming on the part of the tutor unless he/she manages to get all the tutees on at once, which is a rather difficult feat by itself.

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Originally Posted by littlebrother (Post 8402677)
I'd go into a long argument saying why Smogon is better suited to host an apprentice program than PC's current battle server peeps are but I don't want to start a debate here. :P

You're not wrong there--PC's battling community barely has enough people, let alone ones who are considered respectable battlers. However, PC's community is much, much more close-knit than Smogon's and is considered more friendly overall. It's just a matter of choosing the right tutors.

Pokedra August 16th, 2014 4:02 AM

I doubt the program will be a massive hit right off the bat, we'd have to start small. Say 5 tutors (DA, wolf, karp, Anti, Vance) and 5 tutees and have the program run for a duration of time. Then move into another phase and increase the amount of tutors/tutees.

Mercurybro August 16th, 2014 6:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Pokedra (Post 8402723)
Just because Smogon has shown to run an effective Tutor program doesn't mean we can't do a similar thing on a smaller scale here. It's not about creating a tutor program that rivals Smogon so much as it's trying to create more interest for battling on this forum. As long as the Tutors are chosen well and the people who want to learn actually listen then it should succeed, the mods will likely have to nudge the program along and keep monitoring it.

Sure, it would be good for about a week, two weeks maybe, but interest will die down fast after that. You can bet on that happening because if it's effective, people will learn fast and only a few new people will ask every once in a while to be tutored. If it's not effective it will be because horrible time zone conflicts or real life issues will get in the way.

You've got to realize that very few people get into competitive battling because they want to learn how to battle. But a whole lot more get into it just to battle and have fun and they will learn how to battle along the way. The problem is and always will be when people get on and whether anything will be happening when they do get on. A tutoring program isn't going to fix that by itself, and I honestly think it's just going to suffer unless people stick around more.

pokem0nprincess August 16th, 2014 6:19 PM

As someone who has never even battled in the in-game competition areas, let alone with other players, I'd love to be tutored as a complete beginner to competitive play.

Dark Azelf August 17th, 2014 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Pokedra (Post 8402829)
I doubt the program will be a massive hit right off the bat, we'd have to start small. Say 5 tutors (DA, wolf, karp, Anti, Vance) and 5 tutees and have the program run for a duration of time. Then move into another phase and increase the amount of tutors/tutees.

Yeah...about that....lol. :/

pixie^.^forest August 17th, 2014 8:23 PM

i can benefit from this so yeah, i'll be lookin forward to being tutored .

Synerjee August 21st, 2014 9:26 PM

Despite what others say about it not able to sustain long enough, I wholeheartedly agree that a tutor program would indeed be very useful in order to get more people interested in competitive battling. The way I see things, all tutees wouldn't have to be on the server simultaneously in order to be tutored. A specific one tutor to a specific one tutee ratio is not entirely necessary. Whenever they come on, they can approach any tutor that happens to be on (or wait until they do), and the tutor can then give them tips and strategies regarding whatever they would want to learn about battling. This way, they can learn at their own time and pace without hindering other users. My two cents.

Bounsweet August 21st, 2014 9:58 PM

I was scanning through the thread and was about to say that it shouldn't be limited, but Autumn Reverie pretty much nailed everything I was about to suggest.

If it were more open ground, it would be much easier to manage. It should be "log in, catch whichever tutor is online, and ask them" rather than assigning tutors to tutees. From experience, I've found that people who are really interested in getting into competitive battles can have a lot of questions to ask, and will ask as they progress into their comfort zone. It's case by case, though.


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