Home Community Volunteers Expansion
by NorseGamer, HSM Editor-in-Chief
The Home Community Volunteer program has recently added several new faces to its ranks.
If you need to contact an HCV for assistance or answers to questions regarding Home, here is the current list of volunteers:
- Archangel825
- B00mer3177
- BanhiDancer
- BelieveInFate
- BloodRayne_85
- chaoszero14
- Conrad_Max
- DARK_JAK_911
- flacotanner
- IceCreamBandit
- Jersquall
- JVBGFR
- KarateChampChad
- LincolnFA
- Mercenary09
- MistyLear
- Mr_Lochwood
- oldcatsrock
- pasufarin
- PoisonPreed
- Secretzsquirrel
- smzany
- Sophronia
- Spider-Jew
- Tease3211
We here at HomeStation Magazine are very excited to see the Home Community Volunteer program continue to grow and prosper; as Home continues to expand, both in terms of new content and an ever-growing population, we firmly believe that the HCV program serves a very relevant and pertinent need.
Consider for a moment: how daunting was Home the first time you signed in? Unless you had prior experience with other virtual worlds such as Second Life or Entropia, the experience of actually interacting with a virtual reality interface would be completely foreign. This, of course, is made all the more daunting by the virtual keypad interface; attempting to use it to communicate in Home, when surrounded by users armed with keyboards, is a bit like Lavinia communicating with a stick. It’s just an arduously slow process.
This doesn’t even cover the unspoken social mores of Home. The social stratification of users in default clothing versus purchased clothing. Trophy rankings. Glitching the bench. On and on. We’ve all been immersed in Home for so long that we can easily forget just how mystified we were by it all when we first signed in.
To me, a user with a GUIDE beacon represents increased revenue for Sony. How many new users can a Home Community Volunteer potentially help? How much money will they be inclined to spend as a result of this extra little bit of handholding? How many people, via word of mouth, can one satisfied Home user inform?
I’ve occasionally read on the Sony forum that some people think the HCV program is pointless, or an excuse to reward nepotism. The truth of the matter is that these accusers are lobotomy patients with disordered minds. In my personal observation, having had the good fortune to interact with some of the veteran volunteers, these people put in a hell of a lot of work with no other reward than the personal satisfaction that they’ve helped improve the Home experience for other people.
Congratulations to the new volunteers who have been inducted, and we hope to see further growth and expansion of the HCV program! The Home community will certainly benefit from having such a dedicated team working tirelessly to support it.
April 12th, 2011 by NorseGamer | 6 comments
NorseGamer is the product manager for LOOT Entertainment at Sony Pictures, as well as the founder and publisher of HomeStation Magazine. Born and raised in Silicon Valley, he holds a B.A. in English/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and presently lives in Los Angeles. All opinions expressed in HSM are solely his and do not necessarily reflect the views of Sony DADC.
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I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment Norse. These people deserve the thanks of all of us in Home even if we have never had to use them, if only because they help others like me who have had to help new people as well. The more hands we have out there to guide the easier it is on all of us.
i meet the one on the picture!(flower top and lill hat!^^)He help me on the theatre to understand how win a mysterious reward some months ago…
shame on me, i can’t remember his name!…
Nice article and thank you HSM for consistant support. Sorrow, The name of the guy in the flowered shirt is Flacotanner. I an the guy in Han Solo’s outfit.
How do I become a HCV? I’m highly interested.
Hey KLCgame, check out this link for more details on the HCV program: http://community.us.playstation.com/thread/3407169
When is the next time for applying?