B.T.B. Enterprises has been building something we call B.T.B. City. It is a 16 res complex in a 4x4 area. The residences include things like museums, an event centre, a shop, etc. B.T.B. Enterprises has always thought helping and aiding the new players of EMC is an important task. Originally, we did not plan on presenting this building until the grand opening of B.T.B. City along with the other buildings; however, due to May being New Player Awareness month, we have decided to focus on this project. History of the New Player Facility The New Player Facility was first designed and built in 2016 by benthebobjr. It was nearing its official opening date when he was banned from EMC. Only a few people could see the New Player Facility from the inside. A small number of screenshots were taken inside the building, making it hard to recover the exact design. However, there were plenty of screenshots taken of the outside of the building. The new building is slightly smaller than the previous version. Components The building consists of 5 floors: · Lobby – Floor 1 · FAQs by New Players – Floor 2 · More FAQs – Floor 3 · Recommended Shops and Free Items – Floor 4 · Public Facilities – Floor 5 The lobby will include access to the teleportation room like the previous New Player Facility. Both FAQ floors include boxes with the sign reading the question and a button that, when pressed, gives a message with the answer. The previous building could fit 40 questions on one floor, so we estimate there will be 80 FAQs in the final version of this building; however, we need your help! We can think of some of the questions new players may ask and want the answers to, but we cannot think of all of them without help from the EMC community. B.T.B. Enterprises asks you to help with the New Player Facility! Comment on this thread, pm BTBEnterprises on the forums or contact benthebobjr in game and suggest some of the questions you see new players ask when they join! Example: ‘Can I join a town?’ The “Recommended Shops” floor consists of residences that we consider to be the best shops, attractions, public facilities, and more, on SMP9. There will also be a label for the specialty of shops. Example: ##### specializes in wooden items and ##### specializes in enchanted tools. The recommended shops floor also includes free items for new players to help them get started. These items would consist of tools, armor, weapons, food, torches, and some building blocks. There will also be free dirt in another section. Note: We will monitor all our transactions and anyone that purchases from these free chests that have been on for more than 30 days (and don’t fit into the /newplayer command) will be res banned as a violator. We could also use your help with recommending shops, attractions, public facilities, etc. They must be on SMP9 since the New Player facility is located there. They will also be looked at by B.T.B.E. employees to decide on whether we would recommend the res to new players. The “Public Facilities” floor includes an enchanting table, a crafting table, furnaces, anvils, and villagers for trading. Why build a New Player Facility? Players leave and join EMC everyday. The more players that are active on EMC, the better EMC is as a community. A lot of the time I see players complete the tutorial and then disconnect, never to return. Perhaps they complete the tutorial, ask a question in chat, and when no one answers they leave. It is disappointing to see the EMC community, one of the greatest communities in gaming (opinion), blatantly ignore a question on occasion from an inexperienced and potentially confused player. I’ll admit I have done this before; however, with the New Player Facility, I plan to make sure no one has to do this again. The hardest decision a player will make on EMC is whether to stay or not. Everybody is going to have questions. If you join a new server with a complex community and many features, you are certainly not going to know everything. You might know only the basics, possibly even forgetting some of that information. The New Player Facility will be one way to answer the questions that new players ask, even if you do not know the answer. Example: New Player: “Hey can I join a town?” Experienced Player: “There aren’t necessarily towns on EMC. If you want a more detailed explanation or have any other questions do ‘/v 19405 to get to the New Player Facility” Of course, everything the New Player Facility offers is typically limited to SMP9 new players. I highly doubt anyone would send an smp1-8 new player to smp9 to have their questions answered. That is why I highly encourage the people of smp1, smp2, smp3, smp4, smp5, smp6, smp7 and smp8 to work together and build a new player facility on each of the servers (there may even be one on a different server already – if so, that’s great!). Feel free to use our design if you like. Helping new players should be one of our key focuses as EMC players and members of the community. Even though May is the month EMC dubs New Player Awareness Month, we should be acting like every month is New Player Awareness Month. Donation Information You can make donations of 3k to B.T.B. Enterprises at 19723. You will get a limited edition B.T.B. City decoration head. You can also pay B.T.B. Enterprises if you wish to donate a different amount by including the word “donation” in the payment information. Any payment donations over 3k will be mailed a B.T.B. City limited edition decoration head, and any donations over 5k will get a thank you sign on the second floor of Skylark Tower (Our HQ – 19723). Donations will be put towards the entire B.T.B. City project. If you want to donate to a specific residence (e.g. New Player Facility), add that to the payment information (e.g. “Donation: New Player Facility”). Your donation sign will then be in the New Player Facility lobby as well and all your donations will go towards completing and maintaining the New Player Facility. ~benthebobjr and K_Kick contributed to this thread. The New Player Facility is located at 19405 on smp9. It is nonprofit.
Sounds like a great initiative! I'm only wondering how people will actually find this residence; it would probably take a lot until people would actually know of this residence enough to point new players towards it like in your example. But I think this has got potential!
607 is still right in the sense that people won't come if they don't actually know what they are looking for. A help residence isn't exactly the first thing new players will think of, but I think we can work something out eventually
We are nearing the end of production on the New Player Facility! Although we still need questions for our FAQ section. B.T.B.E. is asking you to comment as many questions you think new players would ask. Doesn't matter if anyone suggest them already or if they are maybe not as frequently asked, we will be going through and narrowing it down to 80. ~Benthebobjr B.T.B. Enterprises
What is there to do? Can I join a Town? How do I TP to someone? How do I give someone build? Where do I get stuff to build? How do I make a group? How do I make money? Is there any staff on? How do I find my friend? Where can I PvP? Do farms work in town? How many animals can I have (on my plot)? How do I set my TP to my home? Is smp8 all cake? or? Hope this helps, there's a ton more lol -ET
