07-05-2016, 11:11 PM
A Student wants to trial. Said Student asks "What do I need to make in order to get accepted into the Build server?" The response to this question is almost always to be an ALU or an adder/subtractor pair. This implants an idea in said Student's mind that that is all that is required of the individual in order to get accepted into the Build server.
While not necessarily wrong, this begins to become an incredibly tedious task for the Staff to assess individuals, especially when almost the same exact thing is built trial after trial. Not only that, but it also gives the individual applying the "minimal requirements" to get in. This often times turns into more difficult Testificate conclusions as "just barely" is hard to assess sometimes.
In an effort to reduce the "just barely" and to make trials easier to conduct, there will no longer be any minimal requirements set by the Staff team other than the obligatory understanding of logical functions, such as OR, AND, XOR, etc. and other basic computational concepts such as logical circuits and the like.
This will take some of the weight off of the institutionalized system and put that back on the individual Staff member's assessment of the Testificate. Staff will conduct the trial as normal, assisting the Testificate where he/she needs help just as usual. That same Staff member will ask questions regarding what was made and will proceed to ask other questions confirming one's understanding of basic binary, logical manipulation, and other such computational aspects of Redstone.
Will this lower the "standards"? It is quite likely. Hopefully the Staff will apply their individual thoughts and personal opinions more often with Testificates and accept new players based on their own thoughts.
While not necessarily wrong, this begins to become an incredibly tedious task for the Staff to assess individuals, especially when almost the same exact thing is built trial after trial. Not only that, but it also gives the individual applying the "minimal requirements" to get in. This often times turns into more difficult Testificate conclusions as "just barely" is hard to assess sometimes.
In an effort to reduce the "just barely" and to make trials easier to conduct, there will no longer be any minimal requirements set by the Staff team other than the obligatory understanding of logical functions, such as OR, AND, XOR, etc. and other basic computational concepts such as logical circuits and the like.
This will take some of the weight off of the institutionalized system and put that back on the individual Staff member's assessment of the Testificate. Staff will conduct the trial as normal, assisting the Testificate where he/she needs help just as usual. That same Staff member will ask questions regarding what was made and will proceed to ask other questions confirming one's understanding of basic binary, logical manipulation, and other such computational aspects of Redstone.
Will this lower the "standards"? It is quite likely. Hopefully the Staff will apply their individual thoughts and personal opinions more often with Testificates and accept new players based on their own thoughts.