No one said anything about Elitist, and no one said anything about joining a club. If I have my way, ALL Fredders will be welcome. Not just the ones who can teach. As far as it goes, the tests are really only for one thing........quality assurance. It isn't an entry exam into anything. It just lets the instructors know what areas an individual needs help with. There will be no flaming of individuals, there can't be a political agenda, because there are no politics. Flat out it is simply a place to learn fredding at basically whatever Pace you can manage. The only reason for the testing at all is to make sure that a would be fredder knows what he is doing. Less headache for the mod leader,
less headache for the fredder. I'll tell ya when fred starts giving me a headache i put him away.
And no one has to sit through everything, you can elect to test out, or not to be involved and learn fredding by watching the forum. The thing is, no matter what happens, we will be there. The staff will be ready to teach, and ready to learn. Or simply ready to send out another tip/trick thread.
Oh and as far as it goes, to ensure that we stay in a non elite mindset, if my student isn't learning, it's my fault. I will be responsible and accountable, as will my instructor who teaches me if I am not progressing.
The first step in all of this is the creation of the Books. We have split (generalized splitting) fred into topics which will build on each other. These will also be divided into smaller more manageable lessons. So as not to overwhelm the person learning.
Something else we are doing is setting up a demo mission text for fred2. Hippo can tell you that while fred 2 is more comprehensive, Fred 1 walks you step by step through building a sample mission. It helps to see the practical aplication of things that the tutorials talk about.
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