Armagetron Academy/Mission Statement

Armagetron Academy: Mission Statement

Goal
Serve the Armagetron Advanced community, specifically the fortress and sumo communities, by encouraging the growth of a player population that is receptive and supportive of new players. Implement servers and tournaments thats are community supported and also provide cash prizes.

To-Do List
Subject to change


 * Serve the larger Arma community
 * Recruit people to Arma
 * Encourage and support new players
 * Provide proper fort and sumo client settings (cockpit and camera settings)[I don’t make too many changes with cockpit. Maybe this is something more applicable to client version 4? I use the cockpit of someone else (have to look whos). I have my own camera.]
 * I also changed the font and font size because I play at high resolution.
 * There are enough settings out there, I guess. We need a tutorial for new players how to install them.
 * Provide video tutorials
 * Host servers
 * Pickup
 * Sumo
 * Flower Power Sumo
 * 4way fort
 * Fort


 * Host tournaments (possibly with cash prizes)
 * Single day tournaments.
 * Leaderboard tournaments. (Player(s) with top score(s) over a week or month get a prize or other form of recognition.


 * Encourage senior members to mentor newer players
 * Senior members will have a modified tag that indicates their willingness to help new players.
 * As part of initiation as a senior member, the person shall agree to uphold the community’s values.
 * Independance of clans (People don’t have to leave a clan or team to be a community member)
 * Have optional tags that people can wear
 * Host teams for tourneys

Signs of Success

 * 20 new players in the community
 * More pickup matches being played simultaneously
 * Some servers online
 * At least one monthly sumo tournament
 * Some donations that support servers and tournaments.

What a new player will experience. (In order)

 * Individuals will go to a simple and recognizable url (arma-academy.net / armacademy.net)
 * The main page of the site will list these topics in order:
 * What is Armagetron Advanced? (This should be a youtube video)
 * Why should you play Arma?
 * Free
 * Action packed
 * Works on most computers
 * Community oriented
 * Tournaments
 * Prizes
 * How to get started playing. (This will be a series of videos)
 * Game physics
 * Client Settings for turning, glancing and camera
 * In depth turning key layout and strategy.
 * Advanced settings for console commands and autoexec.cfg files
 * Fort strategy (This could be one long video or another series)
 * Sumo strategy
 * How to support the community
 * Providing financial support to host servers and tourneys
 * Becoming a senior member
 * Be a mentor and role model for new players.