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Buddy system for new residents
Ingrid Ingersoll
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Join date: 10 Aug 2004
Posts: 4,601
07-13-2006 06:47
After reading this thread, and so many like it, I think there should be an opt-in buddy system for new players which would facilitate new residents to make friends. The buddy system could include a few things:
  1. The new resident’s calling card list or friends list could automatically have one or more names of people who started on the same day. Since most new users don’t know how to use the chat tools, perhaps the system could prompt a dialogue between the buddies automatically and they can chose to carry on a conversation from there or not.
  1. A new resident will automatically be part of a group of people who started on the same day, (or perhaps the same hour depending on how many new users are flooding in). Again, perhaps the system could automatically send out a group IM a few times over the period of a few weeks, inviting them to all meet at a specified location so they can mingle with others who are also exploring and learning.
  1. A new resident’s FirstLand plot would be located next to the FirstLand of those people who are on their buddy calling card list. I’m not exactly sure how this would work since not everyone chooses to go premium, but having neighbours who are familiar would enhance the experience of land ownership and perhaps even encourage them to acquire more land down the line.
and here's a link to the discussion about it:
http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=119898&page=1&pp=15
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JohnnyDept Clancy
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Join date: 15 Jul 2006
Posts: 21
07-16-2006 11:42
About a Buddy system, we actually have one at work in RL. Here is how I see a buddy system work: Players that are a premium member (otherwise you'll have to many dummy accounts), can opt to become a buddy for a new player. When they do, and they spend at least 2 hours with this buddy (which could be easily tracked through scripts), they receive X amount of Linden Dollars from LL. It's a win win situation for all 3 parties! Linden Lab would win because new players are more likely to stay (now most players only play for one day because they don't know what to do), new players FINALLY know what Second Life is all about, and the premium member received some money for doing so. Linden Lab, this is something you guys really need to consider!
Johnny