Originally Posted by
sir
You don't hire a Nobelist to teach a kid how to count to ten. Instead, you get a person who knows bits of everything to give primary education. Toribash isn't any different, a white belt player who downloaded the game 10 minutes ago needs to know how to move his Tori, not to learn aikido grabbing glitch tricks. You don't need a player who's got rank 1 and is the best esport guy around but someone who can explain how to use forum without getting infracted, join a clan and make a texture.
The latest HS recruitment drive mentions that their duty isn't only forum related but also includes spending time in beginner rooms, so people who want to focus on the game side are welcome. Haven't seen your application there though, do you argue for the sake of arguing now or just dislike HS because they're not called TA? Join the team, make it better.
Adding TA while also having HS means adding yet another staff group. We already have some weird separation within the clan team, I don't see any single reason to have to staff groups which share same purpose of helping beginners. There better be a bit of separation within one currently existing group with some people being focused on serversitting and others monitoring forums / steam discussions.
You also don't hire a geography teacher to teach art, it's just not what they do. You can tell them what to say etc. but they can never help past that.
If you want retention rates you want the players to make a bond, you don't give someone a blitz lesson and then just throw them into public servers, you carry through to a point where they can handle themselves.
I applied to join, then pulled my application as it seemed that some people were refusing to do anything to help the community unless they held a staff position. Something I thought was stupid, but apparently is a harsh reality. Which actually strengthens my points. Add 'yet another' staff group, and more people may be inclined to help. I don't understand where this point of the name comes from, they are completely different groups with completely different agendas.