General Discussion + Mentor applications

[Submachine]

The Mentor Program is now officially back!
There is new criteria for applying mentors. There are three sections that one can apply to mentor for. The sections and their criteria are:

• PvP: Must have been involved in multiple PvP events and have achieved a top three placement in at least 3 (tournaments are included in this) Holding a PvP related staff position can substitute for the placement in events, though involvement is still a requirement.
• Deckbuilding: There will be two different types of mentors for this section
• PvP: Mentors for this section must be involved in PvP Events and have placed well in them. They must have something to show for their PvP accomplishments, like forum trophies or BL/CL logs. If BL/CL is to be used as a qualification factor, 50 games must've been played and you must've won at least half of them.
• AI/Arena: Mentors for this section must be experienced at EtG and have an arena deck level of 50 or higher
• CIA: Mentors for this section must be active in the CIA section of the forums, both posting their own ideas as well as giving feedback on the ideas of other members.
• Forums Expert: Anyone applying to mentor in this section must have posts in at least 3 different sections of the forums and know said sections like the back of their hand.They also must have been an active member of the community and have at least 200 posts on the forums. Should have decent knowledge of BB code.

If you are planning to apply to become a mentor, make sure to read over the criteria for the section you would like to apply for.

If you apply, use this format please, but with your datas:

Spoiler for Application format:

Your_UserName_Here

What I can help you with: (whatever you can help with) (more whatever you can help with here) (more helpful stuffs)

Most Active:(the time you are most active on the forums goes here)

Spoiler for PvP Mentors:

Sera

What I can help you with: Unupgraded PVP and a general idea of how Battle League works. Walking you through how you should grow your account with grinding for rares and electrum.

Activity is sporadic but I can quickly respond to PMs. Generally inactive at 16-22 GMT.

Physsion

What I can help you with: Competitive PVP strategies and deckbuilding War and Trials General forum knowledge and BBcode formatting Darkness

Most Active: GMT 0800-1200

worldwideweb3

What I can help you with: Competitive PVP strategies and deckbuilding WC, War, trials, leagues, any pvp event, you name it. General forum knowledge. AI/Arena grinding.

Most Active: Depends, but normally 1600 to 2400 GMT. But im normally at home right now, so probably more

Spoiler for Deckbuilding Mentors:

Aves

What I can help you with: Deckbuilding Analyzing the meta Grinding in the game Miscellaneous Forum knowledge

Most Active: It really varies day by day, but I'm usually on 12 AM GMT onwards.

worldwideweb3

What I can help you with: Competitive PVP strategies and deckbuilding WC, War, trials, leagues, any pvp event, you name it. General forum knowledge. AI/Arena grinding.

Most Active: Depends, but normally 1600 to 2400 GMT. But im normally at home right now, so probably more

PvP

Physsion

What I can help you with: Competitive PVP strategies and deckbuilding War and Trials General forum knowledge and BBcode formatting Darkness

Most Active: GMT 0800-1200

AI/Arena grinding

dragtom

Forum expert This text has the background color. It isn't transparent. AI-deckbuilder

What I can help you with: using SMF-code, including the mods used on this forum. Routes to 'mastering' the game. All information about game mechanics you might need. Making almost any deck idea work somewhat, and showing why they won't work as well as other decks. knowledge of just about every event on the forums.

Most active: from GMT 18.00 to GMT 23.00

Spoiler for CIA Mentors:

AD TienzuStorm

What I can help you with: Basic Guide to the Card Ideas & Art section (posting etiquette, submitting to the Levels System and showing how it works, detailed explanation of the Cygnia and FG Proposal projects and how to access it, other general things a newbie to CIA could possibly need) For more advanced Card Designers: Most any specific question about the CIA can be answered (ex: Upgrade balancing, Help in the WCs, Elemental Themes and Conceptual Design, etc.) Basically anything card related And I can also help with the Art section of Card Ideas & Art. Can help you make pretty pictures digitally. Can also offer some tips for drawing by hand if interested (although I imagine they'll be a bit limited because you can't physically see me and vice versa, but we can try)

Most Active: Mondays and Wednesdays are days you'll likely manage to catch me. If you don't manage that, then send me a PM. I check in at least once every two days, so a relatively speedy reply. Weekends are busy for me, much busier than the week days, so preferably not Saturday or Sunday.

andretimpa

What I can help you with:                             Card creation and balancing. How to make pretty pictures.                                         Most active: Varies, but I check my PMs often.

Spoiler for Forums Experts:

dragtom

Forum expert This text has the background color. It isn't transparent. AI-deckbuilder

What I can help you with: using SMF-code, including the mods used on this forum. Routes to 'mastering' the game. All information about game mechanics you might need. Making almost any deck idea work somewhat, and showing why they won't work as well as other decks. knowledge of just about every event on the forums.

Most active: from GMT 18.00 to GMT 23.00

Discord

What I can help you with: Almost anything about the Forum: basics, advanced, everything you want to know about this lovable community. Some tactics and strategies of the game, how to make balanced decks. All types of BBcode. from tables to desc and more. Balancing card ideas. How to have fun in PVP How to rap successfully. Someone who'll listen when you need it.

Most active: Don't know. But alot and enough if you're ever up for a talk or a friendly duel. If I'm ever not on, I'll get to my inbox as soon as I can.

Physsion

What I can help you with: Competitive PVP strategies and deckbuilding War and Trials General forum knowledge and BBcode formatting Darkness

Most Active: GMT 0800-1200

[dragtom]

Is it a (practical) problem to have multiple apprentices?

[Submachine]

Is it a (practical) problem to have multiple apprentices?

No. Apparently 1 Mentor can have multiple Apprentices and vica versa, 1 Apprentice can have multiple mentors. This is the thing that I wanted to change, so things are much more flexible.

But still, just because I'm the moderator here, it doesn't mean I'm a leader or something. All the other people's opinion counts, so if you think someone should be done better, feel free to suggest it here.

[MyNameIsJoey]

ji412jo

What I can help you with: Deckbuilding: From monos to rainbows, how to be effective PvE: What to grind when and why PvP: Restricted. (If you are looking for unrestricted PvP, you are better off with another mentor. I'm not bad but there are better people out there) Showing you the ways around the forum, chat, tools (If you want to know about wiki, again you better go with someone else) introduction to events and tournaments. Specialization:Darkness Speak French

Most active: from now until later. Seriously I'm pretty active at all times and I cannot really tell you a specific hour.

amidoinitrite?

[dragtom]

dragtom

What I can help you with: using SMF-code, including the mods used on this forum. Routes to 'mastering' the game. All information about game mechanics you might need. Making almost any deck idea work somewhat, and showing why they won't work as well as other decks.

Most active: from GMT 17.00 to GMT 23.00

[treebeard xiii]

treebeard xiii

What I can help you with: using deck code, forum tools and forum BBCode to an extent how to find what you are looking for; who, where and when to ask rainbow decks, introducing the Quanta Index and the balance of cards I have a tendency to spot unusual combos and weaknesses of those combos beginners insight into the world of competitive play Specialization : rainbow decks however I can turn my hand to most deck archetypes just some better than others

Most active: gmt noon to gmt midnight but I can be flexible

hope this isn't too specialised I like helping newbies get where they want to be or direct them to the person in the best position to help them.

[ddevans96]

Spoiler for Unfinished:

ddevans96

What I can help you with: Basically anything, to some extent

Most active: from GMT 18 to GMT 6 - less so from GMT 14 to 18, and GMT 6 to 8

I'll work on this more shortly.

[RootRanger]

RootRanger

What I can help you with: Competitive deckbuilding for tournaments, leagues, and events. Using the EtG Simulator for deck optimization. Come to me if you're serious about become a top PvP player like myself.

Most active: Depends on the day of the week. Just PM me to work out a time.

As a side note, I've noticed there are a few people interested in being mentors, when they would actually probably be better off as being apprentices. Designing a lot of decks that you think might work in PvP is NOT the same as actually entering tournaments, leagues, and events, and winning them. I don't want our mentors misleading apprentices into thinking their Skeleton + Fallen Druid deck is actually going to work. We need quality mentors over quantity.

[Submachine]

As a side note, I've noticed there are a few people interested in being mentors, when they would actually probably be better off as being apprentices. Designing a lot of decks that you think might work in PvP is NOT the same as actually entering tournaments, leagues, and events, and winning them. I don't want our mentors misleading apprentices into thinking their Skeleton + Fallen Druid deck is actually going to work. We need quality mentors over quantity.

That's a good point, but currently we have no filter for joining as a Mentor. Can I assign you to create a minimum requirement, or to be our Mentor Checker? ^^

[andretimpa]

   

andretimpa

What I can help you with:                             The forums in general (how to be a noob and not look like it). The CIA. From card creation, balance to the art itself (just tips and guidelines, I'm not   doing the work for you ). openEtG (fan made spin off game).                                         Most active: Varies, but I check my PMs often.

[Submachine]

Wow, fix that table. xD Well you won't be the one who will help them with Forum BBCode, it seems. ^^"

Edit: Hm, I like that you added CIA. I was just thinking about that we should find someone too who can help balancing new players' card ideas, because that's a very popular place.

[andretimpa]

Wow, fix that table. xD Well you won't be the one who will help them with Forum BBCode, it seems. ^^"

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I kept deleting the [/list] in the end, when it was a run away [list] in the beggining.
I thought of adding "grilling card ideas" as a specialization, but I thought noobs may not get the joke.