They use it as an opportunity to teach rookies about the risks and rewards in EVE and give them tools to prepare themselves to survive, or at least mitigate risk, in these situations. In the event of war decs, the University runs intel to keep players advised of war target locations, run fleets to fight war targets, and let new players enjoy some high sec fighting. If they lack the expertise or time, then posting it on EVE University's forums will bring it to the attention of someone to fix it.Īs with many other aspects of the University, it depends on volunteers who are willing to give back to new players.Īs with any high profile organization, EVE University can be the target of other players. If someone sees something wrong, they will step up and fix it themselves. Of course, the workload is far too much for just a few, and the bulk of quality assurance is done by membership or alumni. It is a distributed effort, with several people who volunteer to oversee it. It is used to document as much as possible for new players before they jump into things. One of EVE University's most useful resources is its wiki. Different campuses will run classes that compliment their focus, as will teachers. They choose what topics they feel are in need or what they would like to teach. Since all classes are taught by volunteers, a lot of the class topics are picked by the teachers themselves. When the University has a specific need, either through student feedback or management observation, the teaching department is asked to focus on a specific area. The University has a large number of schedule classes which can be found on their official calendar. Those fleets wound up being some of the most popular they'd ever had and the attendees learned a massive amount of information. For example, Shadoo from Pandemic Legion approached the University to FC a few fleets. While many alumni come back Luckily the University has made some connections with other corporations, where their players will come in to teach a class or lead a fleet, which is a great chance for new players to be exposed to different aspects of the community. They always need more teachers to come and share some aspect of EVE. The biggest difficulty is finding volunteers to help new players. The entire corporation is based upon players helping each other, with official leadership being there to set direction and provide a foundation. While someone 3 months in will not know all of EVE, they likely have learned enough about one segment of EVE to help someone with no experience get started. Any player can teach a class, run an event, or be a resource.
If counting players who help one another, then everyone can be staff. If you only look at people with specific titles, such as recruitment officers or official teachers, it would be well over 100. It is impossible to determine how many total staff the university has. There is a CEO with 7 directors who oversee a specific aspect of operations with several managers beneath them. Staff have exactly the same access to ISK or items as any player in the corporation. They've also recently begun holding the majority of their classes on a public Mumble server, so anyone can log in and participate.ĮVE University is entirely run by volunteers with no one receiving any pay or compensation. They currently have groups operating in high sec, low sec, 0.0, and wormholes so that players can experience the basics of every sort of space in EVE. Their classes have changed and they continue to add specialized programs to introduce people to different areas of EVE. They've added additional services that serve the entire community, such as their wiki. They've gone from high sec to 0.0 and back to high sec. Over the years, they have continued to evolve to better serve new players.
The greater EVE Community has always been supportive, but like any other group it has always had detractors. He wanted to create a place where people could help each other in a game that had a challenging learning curve. Over the years, thousands have come through their ranks and their influence can felt throughout the game.ĮVE University was founded on Maby Morning Maniac as a way to help teach new players about EVE. One of the oldest and most respected organizations is EVE University. Several groups of players have taken it upon themselves over the years to help rookies learn about the intricacies of EVE, get their pods cracked, and make EVE Online their new home. But we were not the first people to take on this task, nor are we even the best.
#EVE UNIVERSITY MUMBLE SERIES#
Recently the EVE Community Team began running a series of seminars to help teach new players about the game.
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