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Liam Kincaid ([personal profile] firstofitskind) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh_ooc2020-07-27 07:43 am
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Big Siblings!

Big Sibling Program

New students need old volunteers to help them get settled in, right? Right. So, we need IC student volunteers to pair up with incoming students and help them adjust to Fandom's little quirks. (And by 'little quirks' we clearly mean 'their fellow students turning into monsters' and so forth.) The idea behind this pairing is for the new student to have at least one person they can go to if they're not settling in too well and to ask questions and generally get answers that don't suck. OOCly-speaking, the big sibling's player should be available to help out the little sibling's player. Sometimes minimal help is needed as the little sibling will be a current player (or super duper fast at getting into the flow of FH) but if the player is new, you will act as their liaison and mentor while they get settled into the game. You need to be available OOCly to answer their questions, guide them in the right direction while they get used to the game, and hold their hand so they're not overwhelmed. Not literally, unless you have USB hands, which would be kind of awesome, actually.

Buddy System

This is the teacher version of the big sibling program. The idea is that you currently play a teacher or administrator, and your character is willing to show a new teacher/faculty member the ropes of living and teaching in Fandom. ICly your character will be there to answer any questions and take the poor teacher drinking after their first week (knowing these classes, the students might need it more). OOCly, if the player is new (or new to teaching) then you'll be on hand to provide answers to their questions, help them out and generally guide them while they get used to the game and/or RP teaching.

Please volunteer if you fit the following:


Your character won't be antagonistic about helping out someone (ICly, your character can be signed up against their will, but, please don't sign up if they're not going to be helpful to a new student or teacher).

You have the time to field questions from a newbie, and your character will be around consistently for the first few weeks of the semester (for the record, newbies arrive Saturday, August 29th).

You're genuinely willing to help. This game is still pretty big. It can be intimidating at first. Having someone who's a friendly face in the crowd helps new players out a heck of a lot, but being assigned to someone who disappears or isn't willing to help takes a lot of the fun out of starting up.



So, after reading all that, if you think you're up to the job and you think your character will be helpful to a new student or teacher character, use the OCD threads below to sign up for the appropriate job! Please sign up in the appropriate thread of this post by 11:59 p.m. Pacific, Thursday August 20th if you're interested!

As always, if you have any questions you don't want to ask in the post, please contact the admins and we'll get back to you as speedily as possible!
seriesofbaddecisions: (Default)

Re: I wanna be a big sibling!

[personal profile] seriesofbaddecisions 2020-07-27 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Sabine always!
howareyanow: (have a cupcake.)

Re: I wanna be a big sibling!

[personal profile] howareyanow 2020-07-27 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's stick some poor sod with Wayne XD

With Astridnas first choice back-up and Freya in, too, if still needed!
canlendanear: (Default)

Re: I wanna be a big sibling!

[personal profile] canlendanear 2020-07-28 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Alara can be a big sibling!
thishouseishaunted: (oh my god!!!!)

Re: I wanna be a big sibling!

[personal profile] thishouseishaunted 2020-08-21 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Mae is so bad at big sibbing, but will try her best anyway!
mylandmyrules: (Default)

Re: I wanna be a big sibling!

[personal profile] mylandmyrules 2020-08-22 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Nell would be a big sibling.
badassprodigy: (Default)

Re: I wanna be a big sibling!

[personal profile] badassprodigy 2020-08-22 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Wrong account, and while Eleanor would be horrible at a big sib, I'll temper her nuttiness to help a new character.
throughaphase: (Default)

Re: I wanna be a big sibling!

[personal profile] throughaphase 2020-08-22 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Wrong account but you can have Alexis too if needed! God help you.
somethingwithturquoise: (boo yah!)

Re: I wanna be a teaching buddy!

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2020-07-27 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Summer is totally down to be a buddy, she's, like, an expert at this teaching thing now!

With Amaya, Shunsui, and Rosa, in that order, as extra if needed!
throughaphase: (Default)

Re: I wanna be a teaching buddy!

[personal profile] throughaphase 2020-08-22 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
And you can have Kitty!