Venture-Captain, Georgia—Atlanta
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Happy New Year to all.
As we start the new year, the Onboarding Committee is asking for your help. Specifically, we need your feedback.
We're asking that you think about what would help you onboard new players, GMs, VOs, or lodges today to PFS/SFS and what tools would have been helpful to have when you first started with PFS/SFS. Our focus currently is on PFS2, but we will be using this feedback and what we learn to guide us in creating tools for SFS2 as well. To that end, please take a moment to fill out the anonymous survey we're using to capture feedback.
This community input is crucial to giving us direction on what we should be working on in the eyes of the people for whom these tools are being created.
We thank you in advance for your time and for participating in this community survey.
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Venture-Captain, Georgia—Atlanta
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Because of some of the answers given on the survey so far, I need to make clear what we're asking is what the Onboarding Committee can offer as far as tools. The Onboarding Committee is a group of Venture-Officers putting tools together to help bringing new players, GMs, Venture-Officers, and lodges into the Organized Play program. Asks for specifics from Paizo regarding product offerings/pricing/VTT support are not within our scope or our ability to provide.
Venture-Agent, Colorado—Denver
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You should have specified that in the original post and/or your survey.
Since I'm a mechanic, your definition of "tools" is obviously quite different from mine.
In my 13 years of PFS, I have never heard of this "Onboarding Committee."
So, uh, what do you mean by "tools"?
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Venture-Captain, Georgia—Atlanta
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You should have specified that in the original post and/or your survey.
Since I'm a mechanic, your definition of "tools" is obviously quite different from mine.
In my 13 years of PFS, I have never heard of this "Onboarding Committee."
So, uh, what do you mean by "tools"?
Extremely fair feedback, so let me address what I can here.
There are a number of VO committees/task forces that exist on a volunteer basis (the list was under Volunteer Opportunities on the old OPF website). Each committee has a specific directive they work on.
The tools we'd be talking about are community tools to help bring in new players, GMs, VOs, and Lodges. Whether the tool is to point to existing things in the world by compiling links in one place or by the creation of a guide or handout that can be used to help navigate through PFS/SFS. One item that was being worked on of late was an update to the GM 101 document.
I hope that helps. If not, feel free to reach out to me and we can talk through it.
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Venture-Captain, Washington—Seattle
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I feel strongly that they should allow more online lodges to qualify as RSP supported locations. [...] it really feels like Paizo is picking and choosing winner Discords
RSP status is not determined by Paizo. Your Regional Venture-Coordinator is the person that approves all requests for RSP in your region. Speak to your local VO if you have questions about this or other aspects of policy in your region.
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Venture-Agent, Colorado—Denver
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Extremely fair feedback, so let me address what I can here.
There are a number of VO committees/task forces that exist on a volunteer basis (the list was under Volunteer Opportunities on the old OPF website). Each committee has a specific directive they work on.
The tools we'd be talking about are community tools to help bring in new players, GMs, VOs, and Lodges. Whether the tool is to point to existing things in the world by compiling links in one place or by the creation of a guide or handout that can be used to help navigate through PFS/SFS. One item that was being worked on of late was an update to the GM 101 document.
I hope that helps. If not, feel free to reach out to me and we can talk through it.
It does help. Thank you for the explanation! So, online tools & such.
Handouts & guides that can be used to help navigate through PFS/SFS would be quite useful. Many of my new players are overwhelmed with all of the rules & regulations of getting involved with PFS.
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I feel strongly that they should allow more online lodges to qualify as RSP supported locations. [...] it really feels like Paizo is picking and choosing winner DiscordsRSP status is not determined by Paizo. Your Regional Venture-Coordinator is the person that approves all requests for RSP in your region. Speak to your local VO if you have questions about this or other aspects of policy in your region.
To me that's kind of the issue given online play is often NOT regionally based? I play with people all over the world and the whole regionally based rewards for playing online seems like it could use an overhaul?
I understand that the VCs/VO's determine the RSP status but ultimately it IS determined by Paizo because Paizo off-loads that part of the programs/society play TO the VCs/VO's so presumably Paizo could ultimately influence how the RSP status is determined/distributed.
My point is that why not treat all DM'ing equal in an effort to get more people to DM if that's the ultimate goal?
I understand wanting to offer incentives for people running cons or special events but that's not how the RSP system is working on a daily basis when it's applying to daily play as well.
One of the original goals of the RSP was to help physical locations recruit new GMs. That (rightly) expanded to online a few years in. I'm not sure how determinations are made about which online lodges get RSP, but I assume there is an opportunity for any lodge to apply and be considered.
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Online lodges can apply for RSP. Online games run by other lodges can be covered by that regions RSP.
Personal online games, just like personal in-person games, do not qualify for RSP.
The recent changes that allow lodges to use a single event code for a year and still receive the RSP benefits, may see more lodges applying. That is up to each lodge to decide.
To me that's kind of the issue given online play is often NOT regionally based? I play with people all over the world and the whole regionally based rewards for playing online seems like it could use an overhaul?
Which region would an online server based on providing international play fall under, I wonder.
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To me that's kind of the issue given online play is often NOT regionally based? I play with people all over the world and the whole regionally based rewards for playing online seems like it could use an overhaul?Which region would an online server based on providing international play fall under, I wonder.
https://paizo.com/organizedplay/regions
Online
(Non-Geographical)
Regional Venture-Coordinator:
Jesse Davis