Should AChat have mentors?

I do know that New guest advisers/guides/mentors exist on other sites so the idea deserves some merit of consideration. However if such is created, the reality is AChat would need to create a special Avatar and profile for the volunteers which shows on ALL search lists in the top position. You certainly wouldn't want that label on you if your intent is for intimate play. There needs to be a separation between the roles.

A new guest  mentor should be accessible at all times… in essence they will find themselves thrust into the role of host/protector/moderator of the game. (Whether or not the intent of the position is made that way). Achat may want to consider the potential of policing powers in such case.

Just my thoughts on the matter

I am personally indifferent to the suggestion at this time, due to the fact I don't see the huge volume of players on necessary for it at this time. Yet as AChat grows,… it should be considered in the scheme of things.

i said no , because if achat have mentor (i suppose that it mean sponsors or something like this) , the outfits or rooms with the logo will obligatory be more pricy 

oh so nothing to do with sponsoring lol 

With so many different countries and time zones in AChat arranging a mentor for newer members could be a real nightmare, but it may help. Hell there are older members, like myself, who could use a mentor lol. Course with some a mentor could be mistaken for a arranged playmate so there are the downsides. Honestly I'd rather have a few people online acting as GM's instead to answer questions and deal with the daily “this person is being an asshole” problems.

I'm sorry, I think it's possibly one of those ideas that came like a light bulb, but when looked at, you realise it just isn't either practical or desirable.

A bit like politicians……….

Anyone who wants to be a mentor definitely shouldn't be allowed to be one!

Who is watching what they are teaching? Who could police it?

How will anyone know what the newbie wants and maybe just stereotypes their own fantasy outlook onto them?

I have said before on different posts, I talk to many newbies every week and rather than ignoring them immediately I do try and teach them site etiquette which will give them more chance of succeeding in meeting the people they want to.
Doesn't always work, my ignore list grows every week and I wish someone had explained the site to me when I first arrived, but a mentor? no.
And I certainly would not want the job, which takes me back to what I said above…. who would and what motive?

There could be easily findeable guidelines for newbies, that would be the way to do it. Why don't we have a “Beginner's handbook”?
Mentors/masters/mistresses/doms/dommes/abusers………………..
See the trail?
Mentor A's charges become Mentor A's house/faction/fraternity……………………….

No, leave it alone!

Azrielle, if you don't wanna use a programm but real peoples, we need a lot of them to cver all the day and several languages. i can presume 4 or 5 peoples for any language is a good start, but this mean they get fullfilled whit messages when they are online and even when they are not, probably.

I know a programm is not the best solution, but probably is the only one reasonable to have it working 24 hour everyday. The game guide on the forum is a wonderfull idea, but something visible (dunno, maybe a short video!?) sometimes can help more, so it can be something to think of too.

Those are some opinion, just an hint…….crap, how it will be usefull in this case have an open chat to talk about it directly all togheter!

I agree with Blue and Azrielle on this, there's no need for any mentors. As it is people get help anyway and I think new users can get a more diverse introduction which will help them make up their own minds about things.

If, on the other hand mentors where to be introduced I want the mentors to have specific mentor accounts with restrictions lilke:

• A boring unisex uniform.
• Can't make spouses, lovers nor friends.
• Any person they talk to with their mentor accounts wont be contactable with their normal accounts for 48 hours.
• Any person they room with as mentors shouldn't be contactable for even longer with their normal accounts.

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In essence I don't want a mentor to draw any benefits from the status at all other than to be recognized and get a good chance to help people while in their mentor account.