This happened about five months ago but it was an interesting enough experiment to merit an article. It’s not every day that you find people doing wonderful things in the game, but that is exactly what Hemi and Burger (aka Scarlett-X) were doing!
\n“Burger-Hemeow School for Kittens Who Want to Get Stronk but Don’t Have the Proper Resources and Require Assistance (B.H.S.K.W.W.G.S.D.H.P.R.R.A, yes, the abbreviation does suck.)”
\nTo figure out what exactly they did, I decided to sit down with Hemi and Burger, who gave me a detailed rundown!
\n\n\n“We made a thread on the forums requesting “applications” for the month-long kitten training program.
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\nThey application consisted of a quiz we made with a variety of game questions. We picked the ones who looked active, needed the most help, and put thought into their reply.
\nWe picked four. One turned out to be a multi, another ran off with all the free shit we gave and the third quit midway because her parents didn’t like her being on the internet.”
Hemi and Burger spent a month teaching their ‘kittens’ to play TORN, giving them daily as well as weekly lessons on different TORN topics alongside some homework. Kittens also had to do assignments and present it, so Hemi and Burger could see if they were actually learning.
\nInitially, there were 18, of which only 4 made it. Turns out players that were highly active, eager to learn with a genuine interest in the game, respectful towards others, would stick around for 30 days and more importantly, had good sense of humour weren’t easy to find! Who would have thought?
\nMost of the questions Hemi and Burger asked were trick questions.
\n\n\nThe two that lasted the month were really active and eager to learn, one is still playing actively and making that dough. The other’s donator pack expired and she refuses to fly for money, so she doesn’t play anymore. This is making me want a second round. >.< We also had a detention room! When we suspected one of being a multi, we put her in the detention room and even made her confess.
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