Novice Network Woes

[LineageRazor]

Keep at it. When mentors become mentors, they are given privileges - and they are warned that abuse of those privileges can result in those privileges being revoked. I wasn't able to find a screenshot of the relevant text, but I found this in the 3.2 patch notes from when the Mentor system was introduced:

In cases of spamming or harassment, a mentor can kick another mentor or a new adventurer from the Novice Network channel. Kicked mentors cannot return for three hours, and kicked new adventurers for thirty minutes. Please be advised that, in doing so, your name, the name of the player being kicked, and the reason will be displayed to everyone on the channel.
* Customer support will be notified when a player is removed from the Novice Network. If your decision to kick a player from the channel was found to be inappropriate then you may face punishment.
* Mentor privileges may be revoked for repeated infractions.

When you speak to the GM, remind them of this and ask them how, exactly, these privileges are to be revoked if GMs have no power to do so? Ask who DOES have the authority to revoke the privileges, and ask to be redirected to speak with them (a senior GM, perhaps?).

[Aldora]

I once said on the official forums:

There are bad apples in every community, but for every bad apple there are a hell of a lot more apples that make a pretty damn fine juice when mixed together. Aren’t we all thirsty and crave for such a juice?

The thing is, every bad apple you come across in a community can give sour (after)taste to that same juice. You can't really tell it's there unless you've had a taste of it yourself. Depending on the taste, it can ruin the experience for you completely.

If you come across such people in game, depending on their positions and their attitude, you can either ignore it or report them for it. When you as a player enlist yourself to become one of the mentors within the game, you agree to the following rules:



The most important part of these rules is that the person has to show the proper attitude and be an example of player etiquette within the game. This goes beyond the notion whether or not the Novice Network can be used as for:

• Providing new adventurers with the information and help they need.
• Discussions about the game in general.
• Idle banter about anything but the game.

As long as both the new adventurers as well as the mentors behave themselves in a proper fashion, the subject within the Novice Chat shouldn't be a problem. However, if they mentor goes about berating or insulting people, then they are not an example of proper player etiquette and thus are unworthy of the title "Mentor".

A GM can very well act upon such behavior and strip the person in question of it's "Mentor" status.

Being a Mentor doesn't mean that you get to wear a shiny crown next to your name and tell people how they should play the game, while looking down upon others and berating/insulting them in the process. When i first joined the Mentor system, i noticed such behavior as well as mentors inviting RMT's into the Novice Network. Due to this, i revoked my status as a mentor, but still teach people what they can expect while running the dungeon and give them advise on how to handle certain mechanics or class/job abilities.

Sure, i don't have access to the Mentor Roulette, but i don't really care much for that. I meet new adventures during my daily routine of running roulette's and other instanced content. I still get to help them out by explaining mechanics and that's good enough for me.

So, in short; While i'm pretty much open minded when it comes to the topics people can discuss in the Novice Network Chat, rude and improper behavior should not be tolerated in any sense of the word.