Novice Network is in dire need to change

[Mikki]

I'm not in the novice network but my friend who is a mentor is and he sometimes tells me about the ridiculous things mentors are saying. Once they were talking about doing erp or something. ...lol. Sad, considering this server was a preferred one for awhile so we have a lot of legit new people coming in who had never played the game before and the game recommended the server so they picked it.

I think there needs to be a higher bar for being a mentor though. I think it's really sad when I see mentors on DF saying really nasty things to people who mess up or don't know what they're doing. They are representing the company, whether SE realizes it or not. If I were a new player and saw these mentors and learned that they were awarded this title by SE themselves, I would be pretty confused to see them behaving in such a manner. Frankly, I'd probably question if I wanted to play a game where even people who are supposed to be representative of the company were so toxic.

I realize that us as seasoned players don't give mentors that much credit, since we understand how easy it is to get the title. However, new players might not and therefore might see them around a similar level to GMs but with less power. You know?