A good day to all space-faring folk!

 

This summer we are going to organize Showing Rookies the Ropes (SRTR) for a second time!

 

Grouping up

If you don't know, SRTR was an event last year, held on the 27th of August on The Red Eclipse, during which Rookies (players new to GSF) could group up with Veteran players in order to learn GSF. Using in-game groups and Mumble, the Rookies could ask questions and get advice from someone with a lot of experience playing GSF. We are aiming for the same type of event this time, with a few changes give last year's experience.

 

Differences from last year

While a lot will remain the same compared to last year, we are changing some things in the hope of giving everyone a better experience. First of all: we are shortening our time window to only accomodate European players (the European afternoon and evening), given the lack of interest from American Rookies last year (If anyone wants to do a linked event on an American server on the same day, feel free to send me a message). In addition, we will start off with only four Veterans, and increase this as we get responses from Rookies and other players, to prevent empty groups.

Also, we will limit our advertising time to two weeks, but we will still be advertising on starter planets, Odessen and both fleets as @Eudoxia#5452 recommended to us last year. We are also internally discussing the option of providng a Discord server in addition to the Mumble server that will be provided for communication.

Last but not least we are looking to also have at least a single group flying on the Republic Faction to also accomodate players who only have GSF characters there.

 

Veterans

We are looking for experienced GSF players willing to help out Rookies in a group during the event. Just like last year, signing up through the website, of which the address remains unchanged at https://www.showingrookiestheropes.tk, is required for Veterans. We also expect all Veterans to be willing to use voice communication, but it's not required if there are not Rookies in the group that want to.

 

Rookies

Truly anyone willing to learn about GSF is welcome as a Rookie (though it's not recommended if you have a more than average amount of experience already ). Signing up through the website is preferred (only character name, faction and a short description of your experience with GSF are required), but just like last year it's still allowed to simply show up during the event, then we will try to find you a spot as we go along.

 

Time and place

We are looking at Saturday August 19 from 2PM to 8PM UTC (4PM to 10PM CEST, 10AM to 4AM CEST) currently. The event will be held on The Red Eclipse server, both factions this time.

 

Spreading the word

We are looking to start advertising two weeks in advance of the event, both in-game and on the General Discussion forums as well as on Reddit. In-game we are hoping to cover the Fleets, starter planets and Odessen in order to reach as many people as possible. In addition, we will be posting messages in the `/ops` of a GSF game after each match. If you would like to help us out be contacting people on other servers or letting people know within your guild, that would be truly awesome.

 

TL;DR;

What? Showing Rookies the Ropes: grouping up with Veterans to learn GSF

When? Saturday August 19, 2PM to 8PM UTC

Where? The Red Eclipse, both factions

How? Sign-up on https://www.showingrookiestheropes.tk

 

Final thoughts

While the new forum topics opened by Eric Musco on the GSF Forums have opened up a whole range of discussions worth having about the current state of GSF and how it could be fixed, we should not stop doing things to keep GSF up and running (and possibly improve it). This is our small part in that mission. Flying must be fun, for everyone.

 

The SRTR Organization

RedFantom, Yellowbird and Nightmaregale

I suggest recording at least some parts to use them as a beginner guide

I suggest recording at least some parts to use them as a beginner guide

I wholly support efforts like these learning events.

 

In case you haven't seen them, I have a number of beginner-level tutorial GSF videos at GSF School on YouTube that new pilots would benefit from watching:

(tons of info and practical application in action in this one)

 

Getting instruction in-game is going to help a lot too, so I encourage people to check out this TRE event!

 

- Despon

Edited August 4, 2017 by caederon

Today i got the 1000 match achievement, but never pressed "s" for even once. I am definitely signing up on this one as a rookie

Thnx for the links Despon

Just a reminder, Rookies are still welcome to sign up! For now, it seems like we have enough Veterans. If you're not sure about signing up, drop by our Discord.

Any ideas how to combat mouse sensitivity?

Any ideas how to combat mouse sensitivity?

 

From https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/14206/windows-7-change-mouse-settings for Windows 7:

 

1- Open Mouse Properties by clicking the Start button The Start button and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type mouse, and then click Mouse.

2- Click the Pointer Options tab, and then do:

3- To change the speed at which the mouse pointer moves, under Motion, move the Select a pointer speed slider toward Slow or Fast.

 

In addition to your OS supporting mouse speeds, your mouse driver may also offer mouse speeds, in some GUI specific to your mouse driver. In addition to that, your mouse may offer a configuration option as a button or slider, and many mice are available to switch between difference sensitivities on the fly for pretty much this video game specific purpose. Pretty much any of the Logitech gaming mice have the ability to save presets and switch between them with your thumb, and I am sure their competitors offer similar as well.

 

You may also be able to set up some kind of software that changes it based on a button press, if setting it in Windows is not good enough for some reason, and the driver doesn't have it, and the mouse doesn't have it.