Pokémon TCG: Sword and Shield—Brilliant Stars

Professors, Test open to second beta testing

Craig, I also like your idea and have pushed for it since POP announced the Professor Program's Return. Isn't that our new set's name? But I think that for the beginning level, event experience is encouraged, but not nessicarily required. However if we see higher ranks within the Program like the Master Professors or above, extensive tournament experience and testing "on-site", like the DCI Certified Judges take, should be included. Any online testing program is bound to have some form of cheating involved, so an offline test should be the standard for higher ranks within the Professor Program.
-Phil
 
Yes, theres more to being a professor than just knowing the rulings. I like this new idea. Has anyone thought about a test to renew current professors each year? We want to make sure judges keep up with current rulings right?
 
The questions I got for my first one (24/25) didn't seem half as hard
as the first one (maybe not as many errors as before)

Amazingly, my one mistake came from M8, damage calculation.
I do not think, that your typical layman can succeed at this test,
but it easy enough if you play the game and know how PUI stands
on rules enforcement.
 
Tahna said:
The questions I got for my first one (24/25) didn't seem half as hard
as the first one (maybe not as many errors as before)

Amazingly, my one mistake came from M8, damage calculation.
I do not think, that your typical layman can succeed at this test,
but it easy enough if you play the game and know how PUI stands
on rules enforcement.
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Again I'll ask, for those saying this test is easy, to say whether it's easy for you because you know your stuff, or it's easy for someone who isn't really qualified to be a Prof.
 
Just say it this way, if you can't pass this test you are not even basicly skilled to be a judge or a Prof.

It must be possible to pass it.
 
GymLeaderPhil said:
I just wish that the designer turned on the "no right click" feature until after beta testing was finished. It's hard to report errors or give corrections when you can't copy the question.
-Phil
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Just use File | Save As... ;)
 
RainbowRichards said:
Actually, it seems they have defeated the save as function - so I used View Source, then saved that to a text file, then copied and renamed with an .htm extension. Then you get the question text to copy/paste as needed :)...
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Now you're just mocking me LOL!
-Phil
 
POP, i told you before, easy as in anyone with common sense can pass it, no real chalenge for any normal player, i have yet to hear from a professor who didnt ace it, in my opinion, it is a lot easier than the previpous one, and if you knoe your rules a little, its a walk in the park.
 
I'm inclined to agree with Ives on this one.
This test is far too easy(I routinely get a perfect score on it).

P.S. this is September 19th(talk like a pirate day), so I guess I'll go plunder the test again. aargh
 
I guess rather than a determiniation of whether the test is "too easy", I am interested in whether the test will measure a candidate's suitability to be a Professor. In other words, does it test the person's knowledge of rules, tournament structure and game mechanics. The fact that a bunch of existing Professors can pass it is not surprising, they should be able to score well.

What I am asking is, if someone passes the test, do they have the skills necessary to be a Professor? I have taken the test a few times, and I don't think someone who just plays at League once a week could pass it. What I am not sure of yet is, if someone passes the test, do they have the skills necessary to be a good judge, run tournaments and instruct new players. That I think is more important than saying it is an easy test for those who have already proven themselves.

BDS
 
Big Daddy Snorlax said:
I guess rather than a determiniation of whether the test is "too easy", I am interested in whether the test will measure a candidate's suitability to be a Professor. In other words, does it test the person's knowledge of rules, tournament structure and game mechanics. The fact that a bunch of existing Professors can pass it is not surprising, they should be able to score well.

What I am asking is, if someone passes the test, do they have the skills necessary to be a Professor? I have taken the test a few times, and I don't think someone who just plays at League once a week could pass it. What I am not sure of yet is, if someone passes the test, do they have the skills necessary to be a good judge, run tournaments and instruct new players. That I think is more important than saying it is an easy test for those who have already proven themselves.

BDS
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I don't honestly think that this test can be effectively used as a means of testing a persons ability to run/help run events.

As for the thing about how Professors should be able to pass it, my brother said the same thing to me after he saw my post.

I don't think that the casual player who plays once a week at league could really pass the test.
I do think that a couple of these questions are just repeats of other questions with different card titles(no matter how many different cards reference placing damage counters, it's still different from dealing damage).
 
Big Daddy Snorlax said:
What I am not sure of yet is, if someone passes the test, do they have the skills necessary to be a good judge, run tournaments and instruct new players. That I think is more important than saying it is an easy test for those who have already proven themselves.

BDS
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Well, I think the best we can hope for is that the test will weed out some people who clearly are not up to the Professor role. That's certainly a good start.

For a test to show who would be good at running tournaments, it would need to actually include a 'practical' component. That is, someone would have to actually observe the candidate in action. I don't think that's ever going to happen.

We all know those people who ace every test in school, but who are then completely inept when it comes to real life.
 
Big Daddy Snorlax said:
I guess rather than a determiniation of whether the test is "too easy", I am interested in whether the test will measure a candidate's suitability to be a Professor. In other words, does it test the person's knowledge of rules, tournament structure and game mechanics. The fact that a bunch of existing Professors can pass it is not surprising, they should be able to score well.

What I am asking is, if someone passes the test, do they have the skills necessary to be a Professor? I have taken the test a few times, and I don't think someone who just plays at League once a week could pass it. What I am not sure of yet is, if someone passes the test, do they have the skills necessary to be a good judge, run tournaments and instruct new players. That I think is more important than saying it is an easy test for those who have already proven themselves.

BDS
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There is more to being a professor than passing the test. If I remember correctly, the letter that came with my Professor Card and Pin said I had to judge tournaments, run a league or organize tournaments to keep my professor status. I can't remember the exact specifics, but you do have to do something to maintain Professor status

David Nelson
Auburn, WA
 
Yes, but the point that BDS is trying to nail down (better than I did), is: Is this test a good test of the initial qualifications of someone that is going to be a Prof?
Yes, you have to judge tourneys, TO tourneys, and / or run a league. But that is On The Job training and that can't be loaded onto a website. That happens out in the field.

Is this a test that will determine that someone is knowledgeable about the game rules, has the common sense to apply it, and basic knowledge of how a tournament is run?

This is not a test to be a Master Professor. Everyone who is already an active Professor should find the test to be easy because if they found it hard, that would be scary (what are they doing judging events if they don't know this stuff?).

Ives: I find your comment, that someone off the street with common sense could pass the test, hard to believe. Many of the card interactions require some knowledge of rulings that someone with just common sense would sometimes guess correctly, but other times choose something that would be wrong, even though common sense might say it was right.
 
This is the basic professor test. I think it should...

a) Require advanced knowledge of all basic fundamentals of the game

b) Knowledge of current rulings and card interactions

c) Be difficult enough that not just anyone who casually plays the game can pass it
 
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