Bloo
Banned deucer.
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:
These are the features of how it will operate:
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:
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.
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
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.
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
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.