New OTAK Hub

As I’m sure anyone who has been in the OTAK Hub in the past couple of days knows, there are some new changes in QA. We were really excited to see that some of the first people to log in were teachers and that the changes were met with enthusiasm. The students had some mixed-reactions however. One student who has been playing since April was excited. We receive lots of requests for students to be allowed into new worlds, or see a place that not everyone can.

For the students who like exploration this was an opportunity. Then some of those who had been playing longer felt disoriented and unsure of where they were in the world. Since it has been a point of pride among the kids to help newcomers, they probably felt they no longer had anything to offer other students. Everyone is “new” in a sense and has been on the same playing field for the time being. However, as the majority of the game play remains the same, such as quests and missions, they will most likely adapt to the new Hub quickly and be able to help the income students.