Hey folks, I guess some of you by now would've noticed that twenty-plus people now have a purple name. Whoa?
These guys, henceforth, are your Mapping Assistance Team members, and with that, there are some key procedural changes in requesting for beatmap moderation.
Previously, the example scenario would be that a BAT is approached by a mapper requesting for a mod, and if the minimum pre-requisites are met the moderation will occur. Player-moderation, professional or otherwise, is entirely optional.
However, with the new MAT-to-BAT system, a mapper will now be encouraged to first approach a MAT member. The MAT will assess the beatmap and then deliver recommendations to the BAT, who will then look at the maps and decide if the maps are indeed of rankable standards, just as before. A BAT can, however, skip this step if he/she finds a map of high quality that hasn't been picked up by a MAT yet.
To put it in a simpler way, the MAT is a standards-assurance buffer, as well as our way of getting the community more involved in beatmap moderation. The MAT is our way of recognising the efforts of our player-moderators, and each member invited into the team have proven, sturdy track records of good beatmap moderation.
To know who's in the team, click this.
Once again, a very warm welcome to the newly-appointed MATs. Y'all deserved to be a MAT for all that you've contributed to the community. o.<b
Want to be a MAT too? Check this space soon!
These guys, henceforth, are your Mapping Assistance Team members, and with that, there are some key procedural changes in requesting for beatmap moderation.
Previously, the example scenario would be that a BAT is approached by a mapper requesting for a mod, and if the minimum pre-requisites are met the moderation will occur. Player-moderation, professional or otherwise, is entirely optional.
However, with the new MAT-to-BAT system, a mapper will now be encouraged to first approach a MAT member. The MAT will assess the beatmap and then deliver recommendations to the BAT, who will then look at the maps and decide if the maps are indeed of rankable standards, just as before. A BAT can, however, skip this step if he/she finds a map of high quality that hasn't been picked up by a MAT yet.
To put it in a simpler way, the MAT is a standards-assurance buffer, as well as our way of getting the community more involved in beatmap moderation. The MAT is our way of recognising the efforts of our player-moderators, and each member invited into the team have proven, sturdy track records of good beatmap moderation.
To know who's in the team, click this.
Once again, a very warm welcome to the newly-appointed MATs. Y'all deserved to be a MAT for all that you've contributed to the community. o.<b
Want to be a MAT too? Check this space soon!
In all seriousness, this is a step up from our earlier system in that the people who mod well but are not ready to become BAT yet are both recognized and given a small taste of the power a BAT has, effectively serving both as a trial run for our future BATs, a beacon of hope for those aspiring to a red name, and a more effective quality control than the typical "I like this song and I'm a noob who can't tell quality so Imma star your map so it gets ranked for the prettiful song" that we had going before.