Larry: Great post boomer! It’s about time they get recognition!
Nono recently made a post titled “How to Not Be a N00b for Dummies”. It had some good points, but it reminded me of a critical flaw in all armies, not just ACP. The post explained everything a new recruit should not do, but didn’t really explain what they should do. As an army, we need to reach out to the new recruits and help them get used to the army experience, not criticize their naivete.
What most armies fail to realize, is that after the leader, the recruits are the most important members of the army. Recruits do about 3/4 of the work and get close to none of the credit. If you went on Club Penguin after school someday, you would see a group of them on Club Penguin patrolling or recruiting for ACP. Recruits have more motivation to work hard than anyone else, because with time comes laziness and an undeserved sense of accomplishment for higher ranking soldiers. I recognized this when I was leader the last time, and I built an army around these recruits, using their work ethic to feed the progress of the army to levels no one had ever seen.
We as an army community have turned our backs on these oft-forgotten warriors. We were all n00bs once. Many of our greatest soldiers may not be where they are today if it weren’t for a few kind soldiers who showed them the way. That is what I look for in a soldier. Not just someone who works hard when everyone is watching, but someone who works hard when no one is watching. That is the mentality of the recruit, which I am trying to instill in you today. To devote everything you have to this army even when it does not benefit you. Because lending a helping hand to a new recruit will do wonders for them, as well as for this army.
So I am asking you, as the veterans of this army, that the next time a new recruit comes on chat asking where we are on Club Penguin, join them. When they ask when the next war is, tell them. Because they are not trying to bother you. They have an unbridled desire to serve the Army of Club Penguin, and it is so vivaciously expressed that it may come off as annoying at times. Instead of banning them, kicking them, or ridiculing them, send them a PC. Explain where they can find our servers on the site, how to get the uniform, even take them on a patrol. Take them under your wing and teach them what you know. Because what they really need is a mentor, someone to show them the way. We, the veterans of this army, have the knowledge to teach them, to guide them through life in the Army of Club Penguin.
Your assignment for the next few weeks is this. When you see a new recruit on chat, I want you to talk to them. Introduce yourself, and get to know who they are. Tell them how great ACP is, explain how things work, and answer their questions. Be a mentor to them, and for the next few weeks, show them how to be a soldier. Leave a comment on this post if you agree, and once you have met someone you would like to watch over, leave a comment, tell me their name and what you talked to them about. If all of our soldiers did this, ACP would be a better place for everyone. A helping hand goes a long way.
~Boomer
Oagal: As a quick add-on, I’d like to remind you that the ACP was founded by “recruits.” If those first few soldiers hadn’t have been so eager to serve the newly founded ACP, none of this would be here. Sure, many of them left later on, but that just goes to show that even a short burst of dedication can go a long way. You were all recruits once, and look at where you are now. Imagine if every new soldier got just a fraction of the respect that we veterans receive–hell, the ACP could go farther than ever before.
ACP: We started as noobs, but the dedication our early recruits turned us into the behemoth of an army that we are today.
UMA: At its hight, Pink Mafia’s UMA was enormous, and had very few ranked soldiers; they were nearly unstoppable because of the fervor of their recruits.
Nachos: Grows ten-fold whenever the sombrero is in the catalog. Why? Recruits.
Boomer: Well put Oagal, it is very very true.
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Moo
Boomer: How do you get first on everything?! xD
I agree 100%
i agree boomer so this basically means we should be a master and the other person the apprentice?
Boomer: I hesitate to use those terms, because I feel like one person being a “master” makes it harder for you to be friends, but think of it as just being a friend and mentor towards the other person, and give them a helping hand.
I couldn’t agree more, so many times I have attempted to talk to a noob before someone banned them about their behaviour, but before I can, someone has banned them, and when I they have they can’t PC me as they are banned, and when I try to add them as a friend, they are banned so I can’t, and i don’t want to unban them so to cause a stir, so its a never ending circle into a brick wall really. This is the post i have been begging to see.
Boomer: I’m glad to see someone besides me has realized this. Someone *cough*Fox*cough* banned one forever for saying “ya” yesterday…
Fox: You unbanned them right after, before I even got a chance to D:<
Yes ! Finally ! I was never helped in my n00b days. I was ignored, and I just got a higher rank with the ACPTR. Then I was more noticed. It’s almost like being racist, but not about race. Being racist about importance, thinking recruits are just noobs who need to find their own way around. I have seen very few low ranked soldiers who blended in with the rest of us, higher ranked soldiers. Such as people like Adamster97. He is on chat regularly like high ranked soldiers, and he is a great person. And Waldo Frost, and Icebaer10, and all the other soldiers who people want to ignore ! This post is rated 5 stars ! (Please note I did not call those people who I listed noobs. I have just noticed they seem to grow out of noobness real quick)
Boomer: Think of ACP as a society where those with higher ranks are wealthy and those with lower ranks are poor. It is almost like the society in India where the “untouchables”, in other words the new recruits, are practically shunned by the rest of society. We need to change this. Thank you for the personal anecdote, it really helps to explain the kind of thing we’re dealing with. And yes, I always refrain from using the word “n00b” to describe a soldier. It is almost like profiling before you even get to know them, and I would like to see all soldiers stop using the term. Wishful thinking perhaps, but I hope this post improves the treatment of all new soldiers.
This is great Boomer !
This speech made me cry. It is also very much true. When I was a recruit, I liked to ask people the same things like when a battle was, or where we were. Good job, Boomer.
Boomer: Thanks, and I apologize for this type of treatment that went on in this past, but things will change, starting now.
Batin: xD Boomer you sound like Obama.
Boomer: Yes we can Batin, yes we can 😉
i agree ever since i been in nachos i realized this because i always was a not even a corproll but a always did know i worked harder then some great gob bommer this will change recruits life
Boomer: Thanks, and I really hope so.
I agree with this post 100% When i see a new recruit on chat and if they are being called a noob I would pc them and explain how things work and everything they need to know. I will complete this assignment whether I like it or not. I was glad to see someone finally posted something related to this.
~General, Snowballpink
Boomer: Thank you very much =P
well……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… again a leader gets all the credit……………………………………………………………. i was trying to get aka to stop. and i was trying to say this…………..
Excellent post Boomer, and I will take your advice. I cannot come onto chat and start now, because I am leaving for ice skating in the next 5 minutes.
I agree 🙂 I’m reading to let out my hand, for someone to grab on!
bommer i will try my hardest to help out recruits roger out!!!
I agree, Some people have been banning noobs when they are just trying to help. I hope this post like changes it cuz it I don’t think the noob would ever try and help again if he/she gets banned.
THANK YOU PEOPLE ON CHAT NEVER LISTEN TO ME! EVERY VETERAN NEEDS TO READ THIS!
Boomer: You’re very welcome, and I’ll make sure things change starting now.
That meant to be me
Most of the Recruits should go to the Boot camp,its their best way to learn,and earn a good rank.
-Matre10
i agree so much, Boomer. I remember when I was new to armies, it was cool to know someone cared enough to help me along for awhile. I thought it was so cool to just know that I had someone who cared. I will totally be helping other soldiers more, It means a lot to them, I would know.
I, indeed was brought into the ACP by total n00bs 😀 I was waddlin’ around on breeze when I saw some green penguins named the ACP. Their names were Zeekyzeek, Omc, and Amno. I’m sure none of you know any of them xD
Boomer: Actually I remember Zeekyzeek and Amno, I don’t think Omc was ever ranked, I have like a photographic memory for the names. xD
I Defenately Agree Boomer Its About Time PPL Showed Respect!
OMG Boomer awesome post dude
back when i was a recruit nobody listened to me on chat except Aber and Ctar and i think when i joined ppl were like nicer to new recruit like me at the time.
Ahhh, but the members are the ones that recruit the recruits. Without them there would be no recruits.
It’s the chicken or the egg senareo.
Oagal: Its a scenerio where only one good chicken out of ten lays all the eggs, and the rest of the chickens use them to make Eggs Benedict
Boomer: It’s like the middle ages when all the peasants and tenant farmers farmed the land, but all the food and wealth went to the upper class who made up just 10% of the population. Armies feed off of the recruits, and it’s about time they start getting some credit too.
i have always thought about this i agree 100%. next time i see a “n00b” or recruit i will teach them all about acp 😉
As I agree with helping the “recruits” find thier way, it is hard to tell when they need help. Plus, if were so big then shouldn’t we have troops ALWAYS spread out on our servers? Plus, patroling can be done in five seconds by only one soldier. This post and Nono’s post also doesn’t help too much because the “recruits don’t know anything about the site, they honestly just care about the chat. I remember when I was a “recruit” I couldn’t find out what was going on unless I was on chat, which is why theres needs to be… well nothing different actually but just more noticable to the newbies.
hey ppl its me u can find meh on chat sometimes anyway boomer this post is dumb sorry but it is
Boomer: It’s unfortunate you feel new recruits aren’t worth your time, you’d do well hope I don’t remember this come promotion day…
I agree to this (I might just have re-joined, But meh, I know my way around)
I really agree with you Boomer, everyone started out as a low rank then eventually got promotions until they could be leader or something, so these new recruits might be the future leaders of ACP!
we need to help train more people when new soldiers come on we need to treat them with respect and then they will like us more and if they know nothing about acp we could give them a short history lesson about acp or something like that so they get a better idea of what acp is and used for
Hickory Tree- No, this post is exactly what people need to get motivated to be more kind to recent recruits. It is not a stupid post.
i agree with myself lol but i dont think this is going to turn out well because recruits are going to get alot of promos and then ppl are going to quit then the hole acp will quit and aacp will start a year after and we will be all banned and and and and and and and and every army will be banned and cp will be shut down from bots and walruses and more bots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
breeths realy hard (shock)
Sheesh, way to over-react! Calm down. Nothing like that will happen!
Cuz ACP is awesome!!!!
how do you no the future?!?…
ARE YOU GOD OR SANTA OR MY STRIPER FOR A TEACHER
Boomer: No comment (ono)
Fox: Erm..
that was a good post boomer!
Brigadier General~Happyman444
I agree Boomer. Noobs that have never been in an army don’t know how they run. I was recruited by Mimy67 in school 😐
Boomer: Ironically enough, I can remember the name Mimy67 too lol
I was recruited by Google. 😆 I was searching CP and i saw a site named “Army of Club Penguin” and I’d seen it before, so I checked it out. Plus I had seen ACP vs UMA in the dojo before, so I was like, “oh, so this is the legendary ACP”. idk when it was that i saw ACP vs UMA tho…. Does anyone know when they had a battle, oh, maybe 2 1/2 years ago?
sorry bommie i was drunk
i had to mutch wat do they call it oh ya qine oh no there i go again XD
i was recruited when a battkle was going on,all the acp soldiers where shouting search acp army of cp do i did and i joined,and thx for makeing me a Stg i was waiting for five months!
by the way how do ranks work,everybody realy only listens to the leader of acp,but rank do come in handy.
sometimes…im not sure!
Bubble- there was a post yeasterday or the day before, and u r supposed to listen to the higher ranks.
-Reposted by Boomer-
I don’t think he was criticizing them, I saw it as kind of a training seminar. It’s like training little kids to do stuff, talk, walk, and ROCK THE WORLD FOR THE REST OF ETERNITY *Fox’s rock star obsession kicks in*
Well put Boomer we all did come from being N00b.
lol fox and bommies
wow fox, very impressive…..
BOOMER HELP ME BFAN BANNED ME FOR YELLING AT HIM FOR BNNING PPL HELP ME ON CHAT PLZ SOSOSOSOS!!!!!!!!
PLZ HE IS BANNING PPL
We should so start a “N00b Rights Activist Club” because n00bs are people too. Go Boomer and Oagal 🙂
That was the most inspiring speech I have ever heard. I guess I just might be a hard worker…I am going to patrol soon. That speech was beautiful!
Thanks! All should read
Wow your right…. that’s so deep duuude. Hey Boomer or any other army leaders do you have any advice on how being a good leader.
i luckily never got the n00b treatment cos boomer recognised me from teh start and i got promos!!!!
but still nobody goes on cp even if i tell them looks like u need a golden pawn
good example there with bubbahanson1
BOOMER HELP ME BFAN BANNED ME FOR YELLING AT HIM FOR BNNING PPL HELP ME ON CHAT PLZ SOSOSOSOS!!!!!!!!
he probably didnt know
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Yeah that was a dumb comment. Again, I loved the speech it is inspiring.
I 100% agree! If we don’t teach the n00bs what we know what will happen when we are gone? We haven’t left much instruction in writing so we best do it in person.
Boomer: Exactly. They will be the future of this army, and we need to make sure they are prepared when we are gone.
I 90% agree…. everything about respecting n00bs is totally right. I remember when I was a n00b… happpy days. Obviously people were mean, but… I’m glad it’s changing. I won’t repeat my treatment when I was a n00b on the n00bs of today.
I still think we should be centered on acp chat though. That’s how I feel, because I love the feel of acp chat, because effectively you can do more on there.
Twingy
Finally! If only there was this post 6 months ago! Once again, I am Waldo Frost. 6 months ago, when i was corporal I was always kicked and guested for no reason! Everyone called me a n00b! I AM TALKING U U CHASE AND SONIC! U HAVE NO RIGHT TO CALL ME A NEW RECRUIT JUST BECAUSE I CHANGED MY AVATAR! ALL OF U CLAIM THAT I JOINED ACP 2 MONTHS AGO! THAT MEANS U WADDLEGIRL! AND CHASE ALL CONONEL AND UNDER DOES NOT NESSERSARILY MEAN THEY R N00BS! NEW RECRUITS ARE NEWBS AND SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT! N00BS ARE JUST FREAKS WHO WANDER THE EARTH HAVING NO LIFE! This might seem unfair but if Sonic was de-modded i might throw a party.
Certainly, this an excellent idea, but there have been countless such efforts. I hope you encourage implementation among ordinary soldiers. You do an excellent job yourself Boomer, and so has most other leaders, past and present, but doing this requires a certain amount of patience…
Best of luck with your efforts.
~Jedi
i agree, and once u rlly get to know some of them they arent rlly n00bs they just want to know whats going on to be a better soldier, ive taken killer548 or something like to be my apprentice.
FRUM THE FUTURE!!!