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Are there people who can teach you to play a game?

grommet

grommet

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I have Elite Dangerous. For months I have been trying to learn how to play it. It is very complicated. Is there a way to find someone to help you learn how to play a game? Do some people offer tutoring? I have tried so hard but I do not know what to do.

Thank you
 
Sorry. The last games I played were military battle simulations. My specialty was armor and was at my best with the T -34/85s and good troops and transport, using combined forces. Totally analog.
 
Youtube tutorials can help with some games. The ogre guy on Zelda Twilight Princess...Gah! I had to look it up.
 
A couple options:

1. Tutorials.

2. Ask a friend. Typically the only way to get “tutoring”.

3. Hit buttons and just poke things till you figure it out.


That’s it.
 
If youtube tutorials aren't doing the trick and I don't have anyone to ask, I just kind of like to fail forward and learn from my mistakes until I get some kind of understanding.

YMMV of course, but it'll work itself out if you've got the time :)
 
If it's a popular game, perhaps you can put an ad out on craigslist or some other similar website, looking to hire someone to teach you?
 
Misery said:
A couple options:

1. Tutorials.

2. Ask a friend. Typically the only way to get “tutoring”.

3. Hit buttons and just poke things till you figure it out.


That’s it.
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I think you are right but it is very hard. I have been doing the third thing on the list and I have had to start the game over several times. It is a good feeling when I figure something out that I could not but it is also close the the frustration that makes me quit playing for a long time. I just want to play.
 
SL!ME said:
If youtube tutorials aren't doing the trick and I don't have anyone to ask, I just kind of like to fail forward and learn from my mistakes until I get some kind of understanding.

YMMV of course, but it'll work itself out if you've got the time :)
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Yes, I have been doing that and it may be the only way but it sure is hard. If it were too easy I think the game would not feel so good to play but it has been hard enough many times that I stopped playing. I have heard of the "rage quit". I have felt that. I will have some new Youtube tutorials cued up and I will try them. If I could just figure out a couple of basic things I would be glad I think to learn the rest as I go. Understanding how to use the map it very difficult for me and plotting a course. It keeps saying I do not have enough fuel, things like that. I really hope I can learn to play it better because I like it so much.
 
Fino said:
If it's a popular game, perhaps you can put an ad out on craigslist or some other similar website, looking to hire someone to teach you?
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What do you think would be similar to Craig's List? I do not know a place to look.
 
grommet said:
What do you think would be similar to Craig's List? I do not know a place to look.
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Okay, no offense meant to the one who gave this advice, but this one here is a huge no-no. Dont… dont do this.

This is a spectacular way to get scammed, or to get someone who THINKS they can help, takes your money, finds out they can’t help, and keeps the money anyway because of all the time they spent. Or other things may happen. It’s a world of possibilities.

On top of that, most people ain’t exactly patient about teaching others something. Even when autism isnt part of the picture, most people will only genuinely “teach” someone something directly if that someone is a friend of theirs. Particularly with something like this.

That’s why I said “ask a friend”.

There are places where you can ask basic QUESTIONS, like Discord or Steam’s forums, but A: sooner or later you’ll run into jerks, and B: they can only give you very tiny bits of advice at a time. And who knows if that advice will be helpful.

A big complex game like Elite? Either a friend teaches you directly, or you read/watch a guide. That’s seriously your options. And note that when I say “read/watch a guide” what I actually mean is “several guides” while hoping that any given one is both accurate and well made (it ain’t helpful if they’re outdated, and many guides are)

Do either of those two options while using Discord to ask any basic questions that may come up.

There’s a lot more I could say about this one but I’m going to stop there.
 
Misery said:
Okay, no offense meant to the one who gave this advice, but this one here is a huge no-no. Dont… dont do this.

This is a spectacular way to get scammed, or to get someone who THINKS they can help, takes your money, finds out they can’t help, and keeps the money anyway because of all the time they spent. Or other things may happen. It’s a world of possibilities.

On top of that, most people ain’t exactly patient about teaching others something. Even when autism isnt part of the picture, most people will only genuinely “teach” someone something directly if that someone is a friend of theirs. Particularly with something like this.

That’s why I said “ask a friend”.

There are places where you can ask basic QUESTIONS, like Discord or Steam’s forums, but A: sooner or later you’ll run into jerks, and B: they can only give you very tiny bits of advice at a time. And who knows if that advice will be helpful.

A big complex game like Elite? Either a friend teaches you directly, or you read/watch a guide. That’s seriously your options. And note that when I say “read/watch a guide” what I actually mean is “several guides” while hoping that any given one is both accurate and well made (it ain’t helpful if they’re outdated, and many guides are)

Do either of those two options while using Discord to ask any basic questions that may come up.

There’s a lot more I could say about this one but I’m going to stop there.
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Thank you very much for this advice. I did not think about those things. I keep forgetting the internet is not safe.

I tried joining the discord server but I am confused. I have an old account but it says I must verify the account. I try that and it says that account is already taken, but it is my account. Until I figure that out it says it will not let me send messages.

I have several Youtube videos for beginners cued up. I will study them carefully and slowly, maybe that will teach me what I need to know.
 
Yeshuasdaughter said:
Does your town have a nerdy D&D type board game store? The geeks there would love to help you learn to play your videogame- for free. They might even start up a multiplayer guild.
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I do not know. I try not to socialize, I do not do it very well but I think your advice is good.
 
I have looked online at companies that sell tutoring services for help learning to play a game but they are too confusing for me to understand. It is worth it to me to pay, I want to play Elite Dangerous. The youtube videos are hard for me on my own. I need help. Can anyone tell me how to use an online company to hire a game tutor?
 
grommet said:
I have looked online at companies that sell tutoring services for help learning to play a game but they are too confusing for me to understand. It is worth it to me to pay, I want to play Elite Dangerous. The youtube videos are hard for me on my own. I need help. Can anyone tell me how to use an online company to hire a game tutor?
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Dont... dont do that.

You're paying for something that is going to be very... wobbly at best, or a scam at worst. Or very, VERY drastically overpriced even if you find one that works. And yes, I went and had a look just now to see what you meant. None of this is even remotely trustworthy. I've been in this hobby since the primitive days and even I'd never once heard of such a "company". The more I look, the more red flags I see with this concept and the "services" offering it to you. Heck, some of these "tutors" are actual kids.

And even if you find someone who isnt trying to eat your wallet (and who also isnt just ASSUMING that they are the expert when they actually arent), that doesnt mean that A: they'll finish the job, or B: that they can at all deal with someone who has autism. And if B happens, you'll both just end up frustrated and time & money gets wasted. Dont expect any of these people to take their time and be considerate of someone on the spectrum. Even if they advertise as being so. On top of that, the longer it takes, the more it's gonna cost ya. Even if it works this is likely to cost you HUNDREDS. Or more. And even then, they might not REALLY teach you everything you need to know!

On top of all of that, this sort of thing is inherently difficult to teach. I've written actual guides myself before, for games that arent as bloody complex as that one, and even if the complexity is lower, REALLY writing an effective guide is incredibly difficult and very, very time consuming. Imagine how hard it must be to get genuinely skilled at just teaching anyone who pays you in a situation involving dynamic communication, with the need to adapt to the person being taught.

...Also seriously, what kind of jerk charges someone else to teach them a bloody video game? Answer: the sort who is hoping to make a quick buck and/or take advantage of someone.

And all of this for a game notorious for being abnormally complicated (which is why it would literally cost you hundreds even if it DID work). Which is something I warned you about, as I recall. You jumped in the very deep end without learning to swim first. Of course it's super difficult now. This is what I said would eventually happen with this game (and frankly it happens to a LOT of players who try it).

Like I've said before: Ask an actual friend (as in, someone you trust who aint gonna freaking charge you to help with a video game) for help directly, use written/video tutorials, or just poke things in-game and explode a lot until stuff makes sense. Or play something else and, I dunno, work towards this one later.

Those are really the only options. Even long-time gamers like myself have to put in lots of effort to learn something major like this. There's no magic quick solution and money aint gonna solve it.
 
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