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cashto
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Post by cashto »

From my abortive experience trying to resurrect ACS some time back -- I don't think the traditional faction-of-the-week syllabus is a good fit for the community anymore. In fact, I don't know if it ever was.

The original ACS syllabus was geared towards pilots who were new to the community, who had zero comm experience, who needed extra help getting over that initial hump. But we have very few truly "tabula rasa" pilots these days. Most people who express an interest in ACS, actually have a good deal of comm experience already, as well as a basic knowledge of faction perks, nerfs, and special tech. But they still want to get better.

So that's the first reality that needs to be confronted when trying to rebuild ACS.

It's also really hard to get real, quality games of decent size that are worth learning from during the week. That's the second reality that needs to be dealt with.

My takeaway from that whole experience was really questioning how much of a need there is for ACS anyways. As I see it, unmotivated students can't be taught, and motivated students need no teacher. They might need a coach or a mentor, but the one thing they don't need is someone to read the wiki to them at the rate of one faction page a week.

A mentorship program or a workshop thing might be an improvement. Anything to get away from the stale old model of "students as empty vessels waiting to be filled with knowledge by an all-knowing teacher", more towards a model of "students as journeyman comms trying to improve their craft by learning from each other".
Globemaster_III wrote:QUOTE (Globemaster_III @ Jan 11 2018, 11:27 PM) as you know i think very little of cashto, cashto alway a flying low pilot, he alway flying a trainer airplane and he rented
spideycw
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Post by spideycw »

cashto wrote:QUOTE (cashto @ Sep 25 2014, 12:47 AM) The original ACS syllabus was geared towards pilots who were new to the community, who had zero comm experience, who needed extra help getting over that initial hump.
This is incorrect - at least the part about being geared towards those who were new to the community. There was a minimum time you were supposed to be part of the community and we only took a limited number of applicants each session none of which were ever brand new (so as not to waste instructor time)
I'm sorry I don't remember any of it. For you the day spideycw graced your squad with utter destruction was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Sunday
Idanmel wrote:QUOTE (Idanmel @ Mar 19 2012, 05:54 AM) I am ashamed for all the drama I caused, I have much to learn on how to behave when things don't go my way.

My apologies.
cashto
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Post by cashto »

Relatively new, of course. I didn't mean brand new.
Globemaster_III wrote:QUOTE (Globemaster_III @ Jan 11 2018, 11:27 PM) as you know i think very little of cashto, cashto alway a flying low pilot, he alway flying a trainer airplane and he rented
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