After following this forum for a good while, I've noticed that most of
the "top" players complain of a lack of interest in the game or a
lack of "different" competitors. Some have posted "help
sites" or have written articles to help newer players with general
game knowledge and basic tactics. While these are of tremendous help to the
newer/unknown players, they are not going to bring these players up to the
"upper levels" of play.
     I also noticed that some of the players who post here state that they
only play in tourneys. The average/unknown players are not likely to get
the chance to play along side any of the "top" players because
they tend to travel in "elite" groups and basically corp with
players of similiar skill levels and/or only play in tourneys.
    I wonder if any of the "top" players have an interest in 
taking a corp of unknowns into a game. Basically what I am proposing is
letting some of us unknowns sign up, and get randomly assigned to one of
the "top" players. Let one of the "top" players assess
the skill level and game knowledge of the players assigned to them and
organize their corps accordingly. Maybe give 10 days on a practice game to
each corp to work out details and provide guidance and training to it's
members. Then run a game and let the battles begin, may the best corp win.
however, I wouldlike to see the CEO/Mentor only have partial turns so he
could not carry the load, so to speak.
   If this idea has been brought up before, forgive me, I must have missed
it. I'm not sure if any of the "top" players have the time,
inclination, or the patience for something like this. But, I believe
playing along side some of the "top" players and getting "in
game guidance" would be much more beneficial to the
"unknown"players than trying to read up on a tactic and trying to
implement it in a game where there are "top" players playing. So
all the talk about the game dying to lack of interest..etc.. Here is a
chance or opportunity to make an impact on some of the
"hopefully" future up and coming players. Sorry for being so long
winded....

Feral

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