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I've joined recently as a trial player and sent off my first turns for my mentor games.That was a few days ago and I've still not got any turns back when I click 'connect to server'.Is there just a delay in getting turns because the mentors are busy or is there a problem?
thanks.

Do not despair!
Of the 4 mentor games I had 2 never replied.
Try challenging someone else, I'm easy meat.
Regards Tostig,aka Gideon.

I'm a mentor. Challenge me if you wish. I'll try to help instruct you in the art of war. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Sincerely,

Trey

One of the reasons (though not the only reason) I am leaving DBAOL is the lack of response by DBAOL. I have sent at least 2 emails requesting to be put on the Mentor list because I became aware of the lack of responses by the current Mentors to challenge requests. I also became aware of Mentors teaching newbies some rather unacceptable methods of play. Who knows, if I had been made a mentor, I may have stayed in the community a bit longer since I generally like helping out newbies learn the game.

Originally posted by Ambiorix:
Who knows, if I had been made a mentor, I may have stayed in the community a bit longer since I generally like helping out newbies learn the game.

Who knows? "A bit longer"?

Let's not feel sorry for ourselves.

Support is bad; but let's get on with playing the game.

One can easily show newbies the ropes without being a Mentor - if it's something one 'generally likes.'

RIII

Originally posted by Ambiorix:
(...) I also became aware of Mentors teaching newbies some rather unacceptable methods of play.

It's when they took time to answer. By some of my opponent/companion, it looks like some of them never talk and really try to profit from error without helping and pointing the mistake!

But.. how can we become a mentor ?

I can't speak for other mentors, but I've noticed that a lot of the mentor games reported on my emails as started don't actually show up on DBAol. The ratio is about ten to one. A lot of games that are started only last one or two bounds. I have dozens of unfinished mentor games.

I had always thought that people were not following through or cancelling. Could there be a problem in the system? Is this true for other mentors?

RdT

The simple fact that the Christmas Trial Championship has apparently yet to be finished - together with the lack of updates - has cancelled any chance there might have been that I would sign up on DBAOL, at least for the foreseeable future. The mentor games I've been in have however been fairly ok; only about 2 out of 6 or 7 being unresponsive.

Originally posted by Robert de Torneberia:
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I had always thought that people were not following through or cancelling. Could there be a problem in the system? Is this true for other mentors?

RdT

You (and SunTzu) are not mentors that have to be blamed. I think that most of you are not. But all mentors do not take their job as serious or do not provide help to newbies.

Ambi wrote:

"One of the reasons (though not the only reason) I am leaving DBAOL is..."


Damn. Whatever the reason, I hate it when a tough opponent leaves.

Heck, I hate it when anyone leaves. But it is especially bad when a top player leaves.

I'll be sorry to see you go.