BAH HUMBUG

***Bloo***** · Dec 24th, 2012, 8:57:35 PM

Before explaining anything, you may have noticed Nachos is no longer a member of the Battling 101 staff. I would like to thank Nachos for his service as a member of the Battling 101 staff. He was an exceptional asset to this program and I couldn't thank him enough for all of the help he provided me with. He has moved on to bigger and better things in the real world, and I wish him the best of luck out there!

In the spirit of Christmas, I'll start by announcing our newest tenured tutors. The users below have met all of the requirements for the tutor badge and have gone above and beyond their duties as teachers. With that said, join me in congratulating the following on their well-earned badge:

JabbaTheSuperModerator
Poppy
The Great Mighty Doom
yee

Wear the badge with pride guys. You have to work hard to earn this badge and you've each done so. I hope you continue to keep up the great work in our Battling 101 program. There are plenty of tutors who are on well on their way towards earning the badge as well, so don't be discouraged if your name isn't listed - we will be contacting some of you guys to give you a push in the right direction towards the badge soon. I will be giving all of our tutors a well deserved holiday break until after the first week of January. After the first week of January, Battling 101 will be operating under a new system.

These are the features of how it will operate:

Brand new forum with identical permissions to Tournament Applications and Simulator Discipline Appeals will be created, which means only the OP of the post, Battling 101 Moderators, and Senior Staff can view the threads.
Tutor Talk threads for each round will no longer be required. Tutors may still post them if they wish, in the case of an apprentice who goes missing. This will allow them to get partial credit for a round.
Apprentices will post about their experiences in the new forum. There will not be strict guidelines for the structure of each thread; however, we should provide them with information to include. This way they can form the posts as they wish.
The grade for each round will be determined by the Battling 101 Staff. This means that the experiences the apprentices post will just be a tool for determining the grade in that round. This will prevent intimidation on the part of tutors to give their apprentices good scores. Furthermore, the anonymity of the post will allow them to be more frank about their experiences. After all, we need to guarantee a certain quality of tutoring. It is in their best interest to be entirely truthful.

This is the Battling 101's staff little present to our tutors. You guys work really hard and this system looks to eliminate some of the fluffy extra work you guys are required to do, which will hopefully make tutoring all the more enjoyable. I know a lot of you guys despise nailing your tutees to send in evaluations, so you'll no longer have to do so. The new system also allows us to judge performance better than the subjective evaluation system we had in place before. While this new system will require more from tutees, it'll help us see if our tutors are doing what they are supposed to, and the burden will lie on the Battling 101 staff to evaluate a tutor's performance more adequately than what a vague evaluation could do.

Seeing as Nachos has left the program, we are appointing some new staff members to help with the system and help carry the work load seeing as it's strenuous to handle everything by ourselves. We have unanimously decided to promote the following two users as members of the Battling 101 staff:

Limitless
Harsha

Limitless is one of longest tenured tutor and has been with the program for far too much time, always putting everything he has into his lessons and tutees. Harsha is an up-and-comer who has the hard work ethic, consistency, and activity we look for in a staff member, and has been one of our most reliable and stand out tutors. Both of these guys are friendly and easy to work with, and I am looking forward to working with them both. Congratulations and join me in welcoming them aboard!

The program will be online again after the first week of January. The schedule will be updated for 2013 before then. In the meanwhile, happy holidays to all of you and your families, and rest assured that we will be working to find ways to improve this program.

Kevin Garrett · Dec 24th, 2012, 9:00:09 PM

Merry Christmas everyone!

Well deserved you guys, especially Limitless. It seems like you've been tutoring for as long as I have.

Lavos Spawn · Dec 24th, 2012, 9:14:05 PM

back to work on new year's day? *grumble*

congrats fellas, well deserved

BLOO EDIT: After the first week of Jan my boy.

KG: Future apprentices fear not, reading is not being taught in this program :)

i got an 800 on my reading sat gtfo salty mods >:|

MikeDecIsHere · Dec 24th, 2012, 9:35:34 PM

All extremely well deserved. Congrats guys!

Lady Salamence · Dec 24th, 2012, 10:34:04 PM

well deserved, harsha, i remember you from before you got ~~super~~mods, even before you started contributing

TH for life! now where is trititititiititlotune or w/e his name was

Superpowerdude · Dec 24th, 2012, 10:51:24 PM

Grats people and merry christmas very proud of my boys TGMD and Harsha

***Iconic**** · Dec 24th, 2012, 10:58:15 PM

my lil protege harsha continues to rise up the ranks . . . . . what a guy. grats to limitless for the promotion and the other tenured tutors for getting the prettiest badge on smogon

Eos · Dec 24th, 2012, 11:09:22 PM

Congratulations guys! What a great badge really. Spending time to help out others. Goes along with the holidays quite nicely, eh?

Happy holidays :-)

**dragonuser** · Dec 24th, 2012, 11:29:57 PM

congrats guys!

Honus · Dec 24th, 2012, 11:38:42 PM

congratulations harsha, you've come a long way nigga

Poppy · Dec 24th, 2012, 11:44:25 PM

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Novaray · Dec 25th, 2012, 12:02:34 AM

Congratz guys and happy holidays!

**Jirachi** · Dec 25th, 2012, 12:12:33 AM

congrats to everyone!

except harsha of course, he sucks

**Furai** · Dec 25th, 2012, 12:38:42 AM

pffffffft poppy got the badge

grats guys~ jirachi is a shit, harsha is a cute

BKC · Dec 25th, 2012, 4:03:48 AM

congrats to everyone except harsha. fuck harsha.

jk gj boy

***Delko**** · Dec 25th, 2012, 4:34:03 AM

Grats n_n

Merry Christmas !

Alexander. · Dec 25th, 2012, 4:47:02 AM

Congrats and Merry Christmas! =)

Ojama · Dec 25th, 2012, 6:13:05 AM

Congrats guys

ala · Dec 25th, 2012, 6:20:52 AM

grats guys :D

Sayonara · Dec 25th, 2012, 9:06:47 AM

Well-deserved, congrats guys! =)

Trinitrotoluene · Dec 25th, 2012, 12:21:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Iconic

my lil protege harsha continues to rise up the ranks . . . . . what a guy. grats to limitless for the promotion and the other tenured tutors for getting the prettiest badge on smogon

Don't mind if I steal this post.

**Pocket** · Dec 25th, 2012, 2:07:06 PM

Congrats all-around! Toast to Poppy, my phenomenal Uber tutor, and Harsha for just being a good leader ;)

undisputed · Dec 25th, 2012, 2:48:43 PM

congrats to yee

Jukain · Dec 25th, 2012, 2:50:33 PM

congrats to everyone!

harsha :D

**Solace*** · Dec 25th, 2012, 3:56:55 PM

Usher in the new era -- Harsha and Limitless.

Dec 24th, 2012, 8:57:35 PM	#1
*Bloo* mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix Administrator** Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,455 Mentor	BAH HUMBUG Before explaining anything, you may have noticed Nachos is no longer a member of the Battling 101 staff. I would like to thank Nachos for his service as a member of the Battling 101 staff. He was an exceptional asset to this program and I couldn't thank him enough for all of the help he provided me with. He has moved on to bigger and better things in the real world, and I wish him the best of luck out there! In the spirit of Christmas, I'll start by announcing our newest tenured tutors. The users below have met all of the requirements for the tutor badge and have gone above and beyond their duties as teachers. With that said, join me in congratulating the following on their well-earned badge: JabbaTheSuperModerator Poppy The Great Mighty Doom yee Wear the badge with pride guys. You have to work hard to earn this badge and you've each done so. I hope you continue to keep up the great work in our Battling 101 program. There are plenty of tutors who are on well on their way towards earning the badge as well, so don't be discouraged if your name isn't listed - we will be contacting some of you guys to give you a push in the right direction towards the badge soon. I will be giving all of our tutors a well deserved holiday break until after the first week of January. After the first week of January, Battling 101 will be operating under a new system. These are the features of how it will operate: Brand new forum with identical permissions to Tournament Applications and Simulator Discipline Appeals will be created, which means only the OP of the post, Battling 101 Moderators, and Senior Staff can view the threads. Tutor Talk threads for each round will no longer be required. Tutors may still post them if they wish, in the case of an apprentice who goes missing. This will allow them to get partial credit for a round. Apprentices will post about their experiences in the new forum. There will not be strict guidelines for the structure of each thread; however, we should provide them with information to include. This way they can form the posts as they wish. The grade for each round will be determined by the Battling 101 Staff. This means that the experiences the apprentices post will just be a tool for determining the grade in that round. This will prevent intimidation on the part of tutors to give their apprentices good scores. Furthermore, the anonymity of the post will allow them to be more frank about their experiences. After all, we need to guarantee a certain quality of tutoring. It is in their best interest to be entirely truthful. This is the Battling 101's staff little present to our tutors. You guys work really hard and this system looks to eliminate some of the fluffy extra work you guys are required to do, which will hopefully make tutoring all the more enjoyable. I know a lot of you guys despise nailing your tutees to send in evaluations, so you'll no longer have to do so. The new system also allows us to judge performance better than the subjective evaluation system we had in place before. While this new system will require more from tutees, it'll help us see if our tutors are doing what they are supposed to, and the burden will lie on the Battling 101 staff to evaluate a tutor's performance more adequately than what a vague evaluation could do. Seeing as Nachos has left the program, we are appointing some new staff members to help with the system and help carry the work load seeing as it's strenuous to handle everything by ourselves. We have unanimously decided to promote the following two users as members of the Battling 101 staff: Limitless Harsha Limitless is one of longest tenured tutor and has been with the program for far too much time, always putting everything he has into his lessons and tutees. Harsha is an up-and-comer who has the hard work ethic, consistency, and activity we look for in a staff member, and has been one of our most reliable and stand out tutors. Both of these guys are friendly and easy to work with, and I am looking forward to working with them both. Congratulations and join me in welcoming them aboard! The program will be online again after the first week of January. The schedule will be updated for 2013 before then. In the meanwhile, happy holidays to all of you and your families, and rest assured that we will be working to find ways to improve this program. Last edited by Bloo; Dec 24th, 2012 at 11:55:10 PM.

Dec 24th, 2012, 9:00:09 PM	#2
Kevin Garrett is a competitor Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,237 Passaic County, NJ	Merry Christmas everyone! Well deserved you guys, especially Limitless. It seems like you've been tutoring for as long as I have. __________________

Dec 24th, 2012, 9:14:05 PM	#3
Lavos Spawn our state of zen Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2,160 Mentor	back to work on new year's day? grumble congrats fellas, well deserved BLOO EDIT: After the first week of Jan my boy. KG: Future apprentices fear not, reading is not being taught in this program :) i got an 800 on my reading sat gtfo salty mods >:\| Last edited by Lavos Spawn; Dec 24th, 2012 at 10:17:41 PM.

Dec 24th, 2012, 9:35:34 PM	#4
MikeDecIsHere Laying the Groundwork for the Pound Work Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,831 Staten Island Mentor	All extremely well deserved. Congrats guys! __________________

Dec 24th, 2012, 10:34:04 PM	#5
Lady Salamence radda radda Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,279 ROFL ROFL ROFL	well deserved, harsha, i remember you from before you got ~~super~~mods, even before you started contributing TH for life! now where is trititititiititlotune or w/e his name was __________________ oh dear [sigpic] broke

Dec 24th, 2012, 10:51:24 PM	#6
Superpowerdude A Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 907 Australia Mentor	Grats people and merry christmas very proud of my boys TGMD and Harsha __________________ #ratemyteam \| Smog Work\| Rater Of the Week \| RMT \| Dogbirds Join #dogbirds on irc!!!

Dec 24th, 2012, 10:58:15 PM	#7
*Iconic Super Moderator** Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,784 Canadaland Mentor	my lil protege harsha continues to rise up the ranks . . . . . what a guy. grats to limitless for the promotion and the other tenured tutors for getting the prettiest badge on smogon __________________ ◠‿◠

Dec 24th, 2012, 11:09:22 PM	#8
Eos is a sloth Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 733 Michigan	Congratulations guys! What a great badge really. Spending time to help out others. Goes along with the holidays quite nicely, eh? Happy holidays :-) __________________

Dec 24th, 2012, 11:29:57 PM	#9
dragonuser If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy? Moderator Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,279 Mentor	congrats guys! __________________

Dec 24th, 2012, 11:38:42 PM	#10
Honus Initiative Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 700	congratulations harsha, you've come a long way nigga __________________

Dec 24th, 2012, 11:44:25 PM	#11
Poppy SYMPTOMATIC OF A GREATER ILL Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,420 brisbane	YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE __________________ erotically erudite

Dec 25th, 2012, 12:02:34 AM	#12
Novaray i am happy Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,136 that's just the saddest lie Mentor	Congratz guys and happy holidays!

Dec 25th, 2012, 12:12:33 AM	#13
Jirachi No excuses. Moderator Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 975 #27 Galchenyuk Mentor	congrats to everyone! except harsha of course, he sucks

Dec 25th, 2012, 12:38:42 AM	#14
Furai standing in the eye of the hurricane Moderator Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,082	pffffffft poppy got the badge grats guys~ jirachi is a shit, harsha is a cute __________________ *#gohard* \| Wolfpack (Ubers RMT)

Dec 25th, 2012, 4:03:48 AM	#15
BKC Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,218 far away from the sun	congrats to everyone except harsha. fuck harsha. jk gj boy

Dec 25th, 2012, 4:34:03 AM	#16
*Delko at the end of the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box Super Moderator** Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,962 Belgium Mentor	Grats n_n Merry Christmas !

Dec 25th, 2012, 4:47:02 AM	#17
Alexander. Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,126	Congrats and Merry Christmas! =)

Dec 25th, 2012, 6:13:05 AM	#18
Ojama If just for one day I wish I could disappear Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,368 Too close to see	Congrats guys __________________ Smell ya later

Dec 25th, 2012, 6:20:52 AM	#19
ala a Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 3,967 mercinary	grats guys :D

Dec 25th, 2012, 9:06:47 AM	#20
Sayonara into the new world Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 717	Well-deserved, congrats guys! =)

Dec 25th, 2012, 2:07:06 PM	#22
Pocket Bakuman ;< Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,166 Bergenfield	Congrats all-around! Toast to Poppy, my phenomenal Uber tutor, and Harsha for just being a good leader ;)

Dec 25th, 2012, 2:48:43 PM	#23
undisputed The greatest oak was once a little nut that held its ground Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,030 Came by a fork in the road, and went straight	congrats to yee

Dec 25th, 2012, 2:50:33 PM	#24
Jukain rip numeros Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,685 somewhere could be anywhere Mentor	congrats to everyone! harsha :D __________________ C&C Work \| 1k RMT \| Contribute! \| VM for an OU Rate! \| gp member: vm/pm for a check \| previously pokemon0078 / aka jew-cane

Dec 25th, 2012, 3:56:55 PM	#25
Solace* i was born to save the doctor Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,972 i love #thatPOWER Mentor	Usher in the new era -- Harsha and Limitless. __________________ when ppl are like ‘the new pokemon are so unoriginal and dumb’ im like?? ? ? celebi was a flying onion