Unless you are in a highly competitive clan, it can be difficult to make progress in terms of Warlight skill. Competition is a great way to learn, but even if you have access to all of the ladders, you might not be completely aware of the mistakes you are making, and how to correct them. I have experienced this myself. To address this issue, I would like to create a mentorship program, using this thread.

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Here is how it shall work: on this thread, you can request that you be a "student" and/or "mentor". The names of available mentors will be posted on the top of this thread. To ensure quality, I will attempt to use good judgment when accepting new mentors to the list: people with very low 1v1 skills, or with questionable English fluency, will not be added to the list. The job of a mentor will be to play with some of the students and to preferably teach actively; to provide decent teaching and to further the knowledge of the student(s); and to not troll. If these requisites are not met, I will remove them at my discretion.

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Strategic 1v1 is probably among the best templates to use because of its versatile nature. Consider using strategic 1v1 with no fog, occasionally, as it might help in explaining the theory behind starting picks, situation awareness, and tactics.

Strategic 2v2 is also a good idea, or perhaps some of the seasonal templates. Other than that advice, mentors may use whatever template they desire.

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Available mentors:


Headless Chicken (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=666001590) *beginners
Kasparov
NostanceTD (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=3929162167) *mostly beginning players and intermediate
Blortis (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=137402733)
Apollo (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=2910144747)
Good Kid (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=2529731725) * specifically teaches strategic 1v1
gk (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=8011531559)
Darkpie (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=9827687606) *only after September 1st


Intermediate/advanced level students only:
Master of Desaster (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=2214950915)
ChrisCMU (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=999878954)
Namib (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=9123874507)* is teaching the art of using only 3 picks

Please contact me if you wish to join this list.

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Current list of students:

sound_of_silence (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=3014408208)
NostanceTD (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=3929162167 )
MysteryManBall (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=4429187317)
Blortis (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=137402733)
{DARK} That Guy (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=4317506172)
Lion (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=1125420935)
Hermes (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=9335738282)
Ehrmantraut (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=8730228376)
Baka (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=1132452726)
Ranek (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=774438035)
AlterEgoist (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=794598733) *good luck with that
Tactical Incursion (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=9733643221_
Fatima (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=8316859422)
Storman (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=1033792501)
NostanceTD (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=3929162167)
Lackadaisical (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=3131555206)
julii (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=4135592034)
Headless Chicken (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=666001590)
TheBest_MD (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=548717047)
Imploder (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=2815881504) *strategic 1c1 picking
Cameron_13 (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=8032494223)
GoldenBullet (http://warlight.net/Profile?p=4436438182)

Please contact me if you wish to join this list.

Edited 9/8/2014 02:58:57

How are you suppose to teach students to not to troll?

The mentors are not supposed to troll. I had thought that this was the obvious meaning implied in the sentence, but thank you for clarifying it.

kasparov the best way to improve is asking your opponent after for example a ladder game, if he could analyze your moves and picks fastly and tell you what you can improve. i did it also like that and i'm always analyzing games if someone asks me for it.

I do that too, mod. However, sometimes it is difficult to find opponents willing to analyze their games, etc, and I hope this thread can be of value. :)

The other problem is you have to be fairly good to get opponents on the ladder who are worth asking to analyze the game. If you lose to someone rated 1600 and ask them why, that might nit be very insightful.

Good Kid is right. I am willing to help decent players learn other templates but they have to be solid first.

Strategic 2v2 is also a good idea

I heavily advise against that, bad templates will enforce some bad habits. Strat 1v1 (reduce luck to 0%)+ europe 3v3 is my recommendation. Also there are dozens of hours of old wargaminglive events on twitch, we have done a lot of analysis during 90+ weeks and almost 200 events.

As far as analysis goes, external perspective is always a good idea, but you always have to focus more on your own analysis. If your analysis is objective and you focus on eliminating your mistakes, you will see progress quickly.

Want me to add you to the list of mentors, Chris? I'll mention that you require that students need to be skilled players already, and that you have the right to accept or refuse to teach.

I'd like to learn

I'd be willing to help someone with strat 1v1. I'm far from the best but I can teach the basics. It would also be nice for me to learn some of the finer points if anyone is interested in helping me out.

@MysteryMan and Blortis: Awesome. I've updated the thread.

If I have time later this evening, I'll set up a 1v1 game vs. me. It'll be multi-day, so there won't be any rush to make moves.

I used to be in LEA but I stayed for 2 weeks because of communication complications


I know little knolege of tough competion

I am aware of this, yes.

Strategic 2v2 is also a good idea

I heavily advise against that, bad templates will enforce some bad habits. Strat 1v1 (reduce luck to 0%)+ europe 3v3 is my recommendation. Also there are dozens of hours of old wargaminglive events on twitch, we have done a lot of analysis during 90+ weeks and almost 200 events.

As far as analysis goes, external perspective is always a good idea, but you always have to focus more on your own analysis. If your analysis is objective and you focus on eliminating your mistakes, you will see progress quickly.

Thanks for the advice, sze! If I read your message correctly, you're implying that strategic 2v2 is among the bad templates that enforce bad habits? Pardon me if this is an idiotic question. I always thought that strategic 2v2 was close enough to strat. 1v1 that many rules of expansion and starting picks were similar enough that playing strat. 2v2 with a person new to Warlight would be beneficial to them--teaching not only the intricacies of Medium Earth but also good teamwork.

I could use a little bit of help.

Yes Kasperov. I think you need different tiers. Like people who can help someone with beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, and the particular template.

I can help with intermediate on Europe 3v3.

Teamplay and 1v1 play have some common ground, however on an idea level they differ quite a lot. Strat 2v2 has many disadvantages as a template, the biggest one being only 2 starts per player. That increases the number rock-paper-scissors scenarios dramatically during the picking stage and most high level team games have a much stronger emphasis on map control/map balance. Strat 2v2 is a far cry from both its 1v1 sister and most competetive 2v2 templates. For team games 3v3 games have proven to be most balanced, that is why I suggested Europe 3v3, but any more balanced no-cards template would be beneficial to anyone who wants to understand teamplay.

I would like to be ChrisCMU's student :)

I currently have a tutor but I am all for hearing a second persons opinion. ChrisCMU, would you mind helping me? I would prefer a 1v1 template :P