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Hi, so, I'm here to make some clarification.
It's become public opinion that being a member of frog bog (my private discord server) increases your chances of being accepted into the JrHelper position. This information has been spread since the promotion of my friend, Maximization.
I'd like to start by explaining what frog bog is. It's my private discord server for me and my close friends, which consists of a lot of DF staff members. It's no different than a private discord server that you might own or be a part of. It's disconnected with DiamondFire (we usually just hang out on ender's server or on Hypixel when we're on frog bog.) There are multiple members on the discord that have never even heard of DiamondFire.
Next, about JrHelper applications. You can apply for JrHelper, a position on this server where you voluntarily help players with their code. Two admins, MrAwesome0024 and ryanroo2, manage these promotions. I'd like to break down (to my best knowledge) what goes down during deciding new JrHelpers,
First, ryanroo2 and MrAwesome0024 look through each application and do their initial checks of the users. This could be noting any severe controversies they've had, large punishment histories, checking their coding knowledge, and making sure the plot the applicant applied with was made by the applicant. If these all get thumbs-ups, they move on to the second stage, where the expert team evaluates. The expert team is a group of support members who have shown dedication, maturity, and coding knowledge along with other factors. The experts look at the plots of the applicants and make coding judgments from there. They also determine if the applicant has been problematic and gives their own personal thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Eventually, it boils down to just a few people that will probably be promoted.
[Note that this is public knowledge, I'm not leaking anything new by saying this. See this post by ryanroo2 for his less in-depth explanation on JrHelper apps.]
That's not everything, of course, because I'm simplifying it and I don't know everything that the admins do. Here's the part where people think there's nepotism. People believe that members of frog bog, my personal, private discord server, have a higher chance of becoming staff simply because they're friends with me. Let's take the case of Maximization, one of my friends and now a Helper on DiamondFire. Max didn't have the greatest coding knowledge upon promotion, and when we discussed him in #expertchat, we agreed on that. He had enough, though, to allow him to be a good JrHelper. He had (and has) the dedication to learn and help learn along the way, and we noticed that. He was one of the best of the picks from that bunch (and there was a promotional video coming out soon after, so we needed more supports), and he was promoted because of that.
I've always made sure I was clear that I was biased when talking about my friends. I always clarify "I'm friends with x so I'm biased, but..." or "I'm a bit biased, but..." whenever speaking on my friends. I don't like that people are undermining the time spent by all of the experts and staff managers to promote good supports just by saying "frog bog member = support".
I've already privately discussed with MrA and ryanroo to clear everything up and make sure they know what's going on. I hope I cleared everything up for the community as well.
Anyway, that's all I have to say on the matter. If you have any questions, I'll try to respond in a timely manner.
It's become public opinion that being a member of frog bog (my private discord server) increases your chances of being accepted into the JrHelper position. This information has been spread since the promotion of my friend, Maximization.
I'd like to start by explaining what frog bog is. It's my private discord server for me and my close friends, which consists of a lot of DF staff members. It's no different than a private discord server that you might own or be a part of. It's disconnected with DiamondFire (we usually just hang out on ender's server or on Hypixel when we're on frog bog.) There are multiple members on the discord that have never even heard of DiamondFire.
Next, about JrHelper applications. You can apply for JrHelper, a position on this server where you voluntarily help players with their code. Two admins, MrAwesome0024 and ryanroo2, manage these promotions. I'd like to break down (to my best knowledge) what goes down during deciding new JrHelpers,
First, ryanroo2 and MrAwesome0024 look through each application and do their initial checks of the users. This could be noting any severe controversies they've had, large punishment histories, checking their coding knowledge, and making sure the plot the applicant applied with was made by the applicant. If these all get thumbs-ups, they move on to the second stage, where the expert team evaluates. The expert team is a group of support members who have shown dedication, maturity, and coding knowledge along with other factors. The experts look at the plots of the applicants and make coding judgments from there. They also determine if the applicant has been problematic and gives their own personal thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Eventually, it boils down to just a few people that will probably be promoted.
[Note that this is public knowledge, I'm not leaking anything new by saying this. See this post by ryanroo2 for his less in-depth explanation on JrHelper apps.]
That's not everything, of course, because I'm simplifying it and I don't know everything that the admins do. Here's the part where people think there's nepotism. People believe that members of frog bog, my personal, private discord server, have a higher chance of becoming staff simply because they're friends with me. Let's take the case of Maximization, one of my friends and now a Helper on DiamondFire. Max didn't have the greatest coding knowledge upon promotion, and when we discussed him in #expertchat, we agreed on that. He had enough, though, to allow him to be a good JrHelper. He had (and has) the dedication to learn and help learn along the way, and we noticed that. He was one of the best of the picks from that bunch (and there was a promotional video coming out soon after, so we needed more supports), and he was promoted because of that.
I've always made sure I was clear that I was biased when talking about my friends. I always clarify "I'm friends with x so I'm biased, but..." or "I'm a bit biased, but..." whenever speaking on my friends. I don't like that people are undermining the time spent by all of the experts and staff managers to promote good supports just by saying "frog bog member = support".
I've already privately discussed with MrA and ryanroo to clear everything up and make sure they know what's going on. I hope I cleared everything up for the community as well.
Anyway, that's all I have to say on the matter. If you have any questions, I'll try to respond in a timely manner.
