JHS Esports Constitution
JHS Esports Constitution
JHS Esports Constitution
& Bylaws
Most content sourced from Oklahoma University Esports Team’s (OU Esports) Constitution.
Jasper High School Esports Club
Governing and Policy Documents
Article I: Name
The official name of this student organization shall be “Jasper High School
Esports Club.”
This student organization may be referred to by the name “JHS Esports Club”
or “JHS Esports,” while still referring to the same entity. It shall be referred to
as such for the remainder of this document.
The JHS Esports Club shall achieve its purpose through the following
efforts:
- Cultivating a safe, welcoming, diverse community around gaming culture
on campus
- Providing competitive esports opportunities at the High School level -
Providing developmental opportunities in esports and gaming through
connections with industry resources
- Respecting the traditions and policies of the Jasper High School
Membership in the JHS Esports Club shall be open to any and all current
students at the Jasper High School.
Section IV.1:
Leadership
Leadership is the students that lead this organization. There shall always be
at least three (3) student Leadership officers.
IV.1.1: Leadership Preclusions No Leadership officer may hold more than one
Leadership position at a time. No Leadership officer may hold any supporting
Leadership positions.
Section IV.2:
Advisors
Advisors are JHS staff and faculty members that assist Leadership in operating
this organization. There shall always be at least one (1) Advisor, designated
the Lead Advisor, who shall be appointed by the sponsoring department of this
organization. Additional Advisors may be appointed by any combination of
Leadership, current Advisors, or the sponsoring department of this
organization.
Article V:
Meetings
The documents that govern the JHS Esports Club shall consist of this
document (Constitution) and the following document (Bylaws).
The most current version of the Constitution and Bylaws shall be available for
access to all current members of this organization. It is the responsibility of each
member of the JHS Esports Club to read and understand these documents.
Failure to do so is not an excuse for misconduct.
In cases where they may be in conflict, the rules, regulations, and policies of the
Jasper High School shall take precedence over any and all others which govern
this organization, including those of national organizations with which the JHS
Esports Club is associated.
Article IX: Dissolution
The JHS Esports Club shall be dissolved if it fails to complete the Jasper High
School’s required recognition process for two (2) consecutive semesters.
In the event of the dissolution of the JHS Esports Club, all financial assets shall
become the property of the Robotics Team and shall be used as they seem fit.
Jasper High School Esports Club
BYLAWS
Law I: Members
The Leadership of this organization retains the right to revoke membership and
privileges thereof of any member found violating in the purposes of this
organization.
I.5.1 Other Penalties If misconduct does not warrant revocation of membership,
then Leadership may offer a warning or alternative punishment, such as
revocation of certain membership privileges, to the offending member.
Privileges and membership may be reinstated through discussion and agreement
of Leadership.
The President is the head of Leadership and this organization. The duties of
the President include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Establish and maintain this organization’s operational procedures
- Create a meeting schedule for the semester
- Call and preside over meetings
- Book the rooms for meetings
- Sit in on meetings with external parties regarding this organization
The Treasurer is the manager of this organization’s finances. The duties of the
Treasurer include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Process all membership applications and dues
- Keep up-to-date, detailed financial records of all revenues and expenses
- Monitor all financial accounts and transactions and alert Advisors of any
suspicious activity
- Approve appropriate budget requests and help change those which are not
- Allocate organization funds to approved meeting and event budget
requests
- Report on the status of this organization’s accounts during event planning
and meetings
- Reimburse purchases approved previously in budget requests
- Ensure the correct disbursement and receipt of scholarship money, prizes,
and giveaway items
- Plan the semester event schedule at the start of the semester with some
respect to other events surrounding this organization, incorporating
community-specific events
- Plan and prepare for these events in conjunction with the appropriate
Ambassador and the Treasurer
- Set up event pages on OrgSync and submit a request for inclusion on the
Student Life events list for special events
- Ensure the safety of the people participating in and the spaces used for
special events
- Oversee event setup, execution, and clean up; These duties may be
delegated to Ambassadors
The Outreach Director manages community events and initiatives that pertain to
helping people outside of this organization. The duties of the Outreach Director
include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Establish connections with K-12 and youth esports programs and
initiatives within the state of Indiana
- Plan other events to involve members with our community at large
with respect to other events occurring in this organization
- Exhibit opportunities within esports and with this organization by
bolstering the community in which this organization resides
The Marketing Director controls all social media communications and marketing.
The duties of the Marketing Director include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Update the JHS Esports Club’s Twitter, Instagram, Facebook accounts, and
Discord servers with relevant information regarding the organization, including
meetings, events, and other engaging content
- Communicate with the Stream Director and advertise the Stream Team schedule
- Use this organization’s social media accounts as a way to engage and
connect with other collegiate esports programs, brands, partners, alumni,
current students, and prospective students - Maintain a predominantly
professional tone and aesthetic on social media
The News Director organizes all news and esports broadcasting efforts of this
organization. The duties of the News Director include, but are not limited to, the
following:
- Build and manage the News & Media team
- Plan news coverage for the semester
- Arrange event coverage for most of the in-person events that this
organization holds
- Ensure all content released by the News & Media team does not
violate this organization’s purpose or the Jasper High School’s code
of conduct
- Create guidelines and procedures for content created by the News
& Media team
- Create expectations, guidelines, rules, and responsibilities for
behavior at events
- Submit requests for press passes to relevant events
- Delegate press passes in an impartial, logical manner to available
and willing members of the News & Media team
- Provide constructive feedback to team members regarding their
content when necessary
- Act as the point of contact for issues amongst members of the
News & Media team
The Stream Director manages all streaming efforts of this organization. The duties
of the Stream Director include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Build and manage the Stream Team - Create and update live
streaming expectations, guidelines, rules, and responsibilities
- Create a regular, weekly schedule of the times that Stream Team
members will stream
- Communicate this schedule and appropriate verbiage to the
Marketing Director for advertisement
- Plan on ways to incentivize viewership, follows, donations, and
subscriptions to this organization’s Twitch channel
- Shape and maintain the aesthetic of the stream
II.13.1: Vote of No Confidence One (1) day after the meeting at which the
Leadership member answers charges, a vote of no confidence will occur. A two-
thirds (2⁄3) supermajority of voting members is necessary to proceed. Following
this, a two-thirds (2⁄3) supermajority of Leadership members, excluding that one
in question, is necessary to remove him/her from the Leadership position. Failing
either of these, the occurrence will be documented, and the Leadership member
will retain his/her position.
II.13.2: Trial Limit A Leadership member may only be tried once per calendar
month.
Performance reviews shall take place before (the day before) christmas break or
as the Leadership sees fit.
Law III: Leadership
Appointment
Leadership elections shall be held one (1) semester prior to the expected vacating
of a Leadership position, or immediately following an unexpected vacancy.
Filing is the period of the elections during which members may apply to become
candidates in any Leadership election. The duration of filing will be determined
by current Leadership and may not be less than three (3) days. All deadlines will
be advertised multiple times prior.
Section III.7:
Voting
The voting population of Leadership elections shall consist of all current student
members of this organization. No faculty, staff, or non-JHS member of this
organization may vote in a Leadership election. The right of any eligible
member to vote by secret ballot and to arrive at a voting decision, free from
undue influence, shall not be infringed.
III.7.1: Method of Voting Voting will occur through an online form that will be
open after the conclusion of the campaigning period for no less than three (3)
days. Measures will be taken to ensure that each eligible member receives exactly
one (1) vote.
The term of office for all Leadership positions shall begin after their selection
following the interview/election process. The term of a Leadership member will
end if he/she graduates, resigns, fails to maintain good academic standing, or
fails to perform his/her duties during his/her term.
Section III.9: Unexpected
Vacancy
For each game that yields one or more competitive teams, there shall be one (1)
Captain per team. There may be multiple Coaches per game. The Competitive
Director and team Captain shall determine the number of coaches necessary and
choose them through a process detailed in their game’s team policy document.
The responsibilities, duties, and expectations shall be provided by the Competitive
Director.
Section IV.2:
Ambassadors
For each community that the Community Director determines to have enough
interest and support, there shall be at least one (1) Ambassador. There can be
multiple Ambassadors for a community, and there should be more than one if an
Ambassador is expected to no longer attend the Jasper High School onto the
next year. The responsibilities, duties, and expectations of Ambassadors shall be
provided by the Community Director.
Law V: Competitive
Teams
Games will have competitive teams when enough students are interested and
committed to yielding a team for long-term play.
V.1.1: Temporary Teams Games may have temporary teams if
short-term opportunities, such as short-term, but notable tournaments,
arise.
Each game which has a competitive team shall have a team policy
document outlining the responsibilities and expectations of its players,
Captains, and Coaches. All players, Captains, and Coaches are
expected to maintain a professional demeanor, while still being
competitive, and to represent this organization and the Jasper High
School in a positive manner
V.3.3: General Coach Responsibilities All Coaches must help the players
improve, schedule times for practice, help create or update the game’s team policy
document, resolve internal conflict within the team, and make decisions regarding
roster changes.
If a member of a team has an issue with another member, he/she may fill out a
complaint form found on the organization’s website or the JHS Esports Dev
Discord server and deliver it to his/her coach. If there is an issue between a
player(s) and the coach, a complaint form may be delivered to the Competitive
Director. If there is an issue with the Competitive Director, a complaint form may
be delivered to the President or Vice President. Anyone who receives a complaint
form should acknowledge the complaint as soon as possible. He/she should speak
with all parties involved, separately, and impartially, to gather information in a
timely manner, and document his/her findings.
This organization may make mandatory no more than fifteen (15) hours per week
of time commitment per player to this organization for competitive purposes.
Players may commit more time of their own volition, but will not be penalized for
not doing so. Wellness and team-building exercises, as well as miscellaneous
activities, may contribute to this time commitment. Time taken to travel for
events, as well as personal efforts, do not count towards this time commitment.
There shall always be at least one (1) Advisor, designated the Lead Advisor,
who shall be appointed by the sponsoring department of this organization. The
duties of the Lead Advisor include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Provide vision to Leadership regarding the future of this organization
- Provide mentorship to Leadership regarding operation of this organization
- Serve as mediator and contact between this organization and Jasper High
School resources
- Conduct Leadership performance reviews
- Act as a catalyst for policy review
- Serve as final tiebreaker on issues that cannot be resolved by Leadership
General meetings may be held over Discord, in-person on campus, or both. The
location, date, and time for meetings shall be well advertised at least one (1)
week in advance, but ideally shall be determined and scheduled prior to the start
of the semester.
VII.1.1: Purpose General meetings are the only ones which may be used for the
purposes of holding votes of the general membership as required by the
Constitution and Bylaws.
Coaches, Captains, and the Competitive Director shall hold meetings of the
Development Team or of their own teams at their own discretion.
The Leadership shall meet when called to do so by the President, Vice President,
or Advisors. Leadership meetings serve the purpose of planning things about the
organization and for Advisors to update the Leadership with relevant information.
Upon graduation from the Jasper High School, membership in this organization
shall cease, and that person may apply for alumni status in this organization.
Upon approval, the alumnus will be able to participate in the JHS Esports
Discord server as an alumnus, without receiving full benefits and privileges of
a current student member. Leaving the High School without completing a
diploma will disqualify a member from eligibility to receive alumni status.
Law IX: Finances
Dues shall be charged for membership in this organization. The cost of dues
charged for each year/semester shall be determined at the first meeting of the Fall
semester. This amount may be 0 USD. Yearly membership shall expire on the last
day of the Spring semester, including summer session, after the semester in which
dues are paid. Membership dues may be paid during any semester and shall be
collected by the Treasurer or through official portals for governing leagues as
directed by the Treasurer.
This organization may undertake fundraisers for its own purposes. All fundraising
must be conducted in accordance with Jasper High School policies.
This organization may use its insignia and branding in exchange for sponsorship
deals. All sponsorship deals must be conducted in accordance with Jasper High
School policies.
Development Team Policy Document
Community Guidelines
I: Objectives and Guiding Principles
I.1: Objectives
This organizational document will be produced with the following key objectives
in mind:
- Clarify the roles of the Community Director, Community Assistant
Director, and Ambassadors in relation to one another
- Set expectations on event planning
- Outline the event planning process
I.2.1: Time is a limited and valuable resource Events, club socials, and in-
houses take time to plan and advertise. There should be very few last minute
decisions, especially regarding large in-person events. The earlier an event
is planned, the more successful it will be.
I.2.3: Seek out opportunities for growth Even when events are successful,
it does not mean that events cannot be improved. Continue to innovate with
different types of events, new incentives to increase participation, and discuss
with peers to innovate.
II.1: Definition
II.1.2: Expectations Expectations are traits and measures beyond the minimum
required that may result in removal or replacement if not met.
II.1.3: Powers Powers are the abilities of a member to impact the community and
Ambassadors that he/she supervises directly and immediately.
II.3: Ambassadors
For each community that the Community Director determines to have enough
interest and support, there shall be at least one (1) Ambassador. There can be
multiple Ambassadors for a community, and there should be more than one if an
Ambassador is expected to no longer attend the Jasper High School onto the next
year, or if the community is large enough to warrant more than one. The
responsibilities, duties, and expectations of Ambassadors shall be provided by the
Community Director.
II.5: Time
Obligation
The JHS Esports Club is restricted to mandating only fifteen (15) hours per
week of organization-related time by the will of the writers, and may not push
members beyond this limit as part of its expectations, nor can it punish members
for non-participation past this limit.
Events must be finalized two (2) weeks before the day of the event to facilitate
advertising and awareness. Event finalization includes the following:
- Full Itinerary and Schedule
- Confirmation of room reservation
- Budget and Equipment requests submitted to an Advisor
- Advertising plan underway or completed
An itinerary is the what, when, and where of the event. It helps set a place, a
start time, and the planned activities for the event. A schedule is when an
itinerary has built-in time goals and event specifics.
11:00 am
● Day begins
● Arrival of Leadership and Advisors
● Setup – gaming stations, outdoor activities, make sure
everything is in working order. 12:30 pm
● Event begins
● Cookout/food is handed out/ eaten at 1:00pm.
In the course of planning an event, a room must be reserved, and the reservation
confirmed. This may be accomplished by asking an Advisor if the space is
available, making the room’s reservation online, or other appropriate means.
This should be completed prior to the itinerary and schedule when possible such
that they may be built with specific spaces in mind.
When planning the budget for an event, the following must be considered:
- Food costs
- Cost of incentives (prizing and awards)
- Equipment/supplies
- Venue costs
When making equipment requisitions, the following needs must be considered:
- Tables/desks
- Chairs
- Consoles and controllers
- PCs
- Headsets, keyboards, mice
- Monitors/TVs
- Cables
These lists must be finalized and requests sent to an Advisor and the Treasurer
for confirmation by the finalization deadline.
III.5: Advertising
The Community Director should work closely with the Marketing Director to
ensure that advertising for the event is distributed in a timely fashion. The
Community Director should ensure that the schedule, venue, and appropriate
verbiage is understood by the Marketing Director so that advertising is
effective and organization members know what to expect.
III.6: Cleanup
Failure to properly clean up the space may result in repercussions from facility
management and may cause the organization to lose access to the space. The
venue should be restored to the state it was in prior to the event.
IV:
In-Houses
IV.1:
Purpose
IV.2: Scheduling
I.1: Objectives
This organizational document will be produced with the following key objectives
in mind:
- To focus on fostering and developing broadcasting talent in gaming- To
eliminate subjectivity and ambiguity in decision-making processes as much
as reasonably possible
- To ensure the Stream Team’s ability to broadcast personalities from the
JHS Esports Club in a tasteful manner
I.2.1: Streaming is a performance based art In performance based art, the
audience is the only ruling body. Streaming personalities should strive to
maintain a healthy relationship between viewers and the stream as a whole.
Streamers that fail to live up to the standards of the audience will be considered
less popular, regardless of technical prowess or actual content. While subjectivity
will be avoided in most cases, when determining audience appeal, subjectivity is
the only standard.
I.2.2: Keep it PG-13, unless otherwise directed Our general and variety
streams are not age-locked, meaning that they should be kept PG-13 rated. This
includes reducing swearing to a minimum, alongside all of Twitch’s own
community guidelines. Special exceptions to the PG-13 rule will be made for
specific age- locked streams, which will be approved by the Stream Director, if
and when they should occur.
II.1: Definition
II.1.3: Powers Powers are the abilities of a member to impact the Stream
Team that he/she is a part of directly and immediately.
II.2: Stream
Director
II.2.2: Expectations The expectations of the Stream Director include, but are not
limited to:
- Have the ability to recognize when a streamer is acting inappropriately on-
air and take necessary actions to alleviate the issue
- Have the ability to recognize streamers’ strengths or shortcomings, and be
able to provide feedback to said streaming personality in order to foster or
mitigate these traits
- Have the ability to recognize and resolve or dampen interpersonal issues
among team members that have a negative impact on streaming
performance and kinship
- Disallow personal bias from interfering with a streaming personality’s
allotted streaming time
- Allow a fair, impartial assortment of stream slot distribution from week
to week
- Be able to reasonably work out a solution with a streamer when an issue
with fulfilling a scheduled slot arises
II.4.3 Removal from the Team/Breach of Security In the event that a
streamer should leave the team, either by removal or personal choice, or a leak
of private info (password, stream key, etc) occurs, a few steps must be taken to
ensure the security of Stream Team assets:
- The stream key must be reset on Twitch
- The removed streamer must be removed from all relevant Discord
channels, the chat moderator/editor list, and, in the case of violation
of Stream Team or Twitch guidelines, have his/her VoDs and/or clips
deleted from the Twitch channel.
- The password of the Twitch account MUST be reset by the Stream
Director following guidelines provided by the current acting Vice
President, and then communicated to the Vice President and
remaining streamers of the Stream Team.
Mentioned throughout are the fact that streaming personalities should attempt to
adopt traits considered “ideal” for streaming. Those traits can be derived from the
list below, among others. All streamers should:
- Attempt to maintain conversation and interact with the audience
- Look for moments to shine as an individual, whether that be utilizing
game knowledge, personal skills, etc.
- Be flexible to problems that arise on streams, and try to make light of
them
The Stream Team’s initial roster shall be determined before the Fall
Semester begins, and shall be drawn from a pool of candidates who
submitted an application during the summer prior. The Stream Team may
also add streamers before the Spring semester begins through an optional
application distributed during Winter Break.
Each member of the Stream Team must submit an ideal time slot schedule
arrangement, and the Director will work with individuals to ensure everyone
has opportunities to stream on the channel.
3am Central Time is considered the “trough” time, or the time of lowest
viewership. Streams should never run this late nor start this late outside of
special events.
IV.1:
Mission
The JHS Esports Club is restricted to mandating only fifteen (15) hours per
week of organization-related time by the will of the writers, and may not push
players beyond this limit as part of its expectations, nor can it punish players
for non-participation past this limit. This time includes solo streams and group
streams.
Personal streams are not required outside of a streaming personality’s weekly
allotted time. However, they are statistically proven to help develop a streamer’s
skills further.
This organizational document will be produced with the following key objectives
in mind:
- To maintain and organize the News and Media Team
- To ensure a professional demeanor is maintained in production
- To facilitate communication between the News Director and News and
Media Team
I.2.2: All written content must follow a journalist style guide To ensure
consistency and professionalism across all written content, writers must follow a
style guide.
I.2.3: Maintain a professional persona All writers and content creators represent
the Jasper High School and should carry themselves in a manner befitting of a
representative of it. Be respectful, honest, and fair to others both internal and
external to this organization.
II.1.3: Powers Powers are the abilities of a member to impact the News
and Media Team that he/she is a part of directly and immediately.
II.2.3: Powers The powers of the News Director include the following:
- Ability to remove a content creator from the schedule with documented
and previously addressed interpersonal issues, toxic attitude, or other
disciplinary issues
- Ability to deny content from being uploaded on the basis of inappropriate
content, false coverage, or inaccurate facts
II.4.2 Removal from the Team/Breach of Security In the event that someone
should leave the team, either by removal or personal choice, or that a leak of
private info (WordPress Password) occurs, a few steps must be taken to ensure the
security of News and Media Team assets:
- The removed content creator’s WordPress account must be deleted
- The content creator’s access to the team’s Google Drive will be revoked
- The content creator’s access to the team’s Google Calendar will be
revoked
The News and Media Team’s initial roster shall be determined before the Fall
Semester begins, and shall be drawn from a pool of candidates who submitted
an application during the summer prior.
IV.1:
Mission
The JHS Esports Club is restricted to mandating only fifteen (15) hours per
week of organization-related time by the will of the writers, and may not push
members beyond this limit as part of its expectations, nor can it punish members
for non-participation past this limit. This time includes writing, editing,
attendance to various events including meetings, press events, competitions,
conventions, or other related events.
V: Style
Guide
V.1: General
- Note the date by which a piece needs to be published in the title when
submitting it (e.g. “Event Preview [THURSDAY]”)
- Set a featured image to serve as the article’s cover photo. For visual
media, the News Director should upload an appropriate featured image
during editing
- Change paragraphs every time the topic changes. Shorter paragraphs are
appropriate.
- Breaking news pieces should answer questions of Who, What, When,
Where, and Why.
- Non-breaking news pieces should be approximately 700 words in length.
- The name of the publishing group for the News and Media team is JHS
Esports.
- Exclamation points should be used very sparingly.
- If anything outside of the article is mentioned, a link to the appropriate
article or piece should be provided in the article.
- Pictures embedded in articles should be oriented on alternating sides,
starting with the first on the right.
V.2: Esports
Writers
- When a player is first referenced, his/her name should be written using the
following format: Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng. In subsequent mentions, the
player should be referred to by the name that is most recognizable (in this
case, Doublelift).
- When referring to something particular in-game in esports, capitalize it
(e.g. AOE, Infinity Edge, etc.)
- Esports should be stylized Esports or esports. eSports, e-Sports, and e-
sports should not be used.
- When an esport title is first mentioned, use its full name (e.g. League of
Legends, Overwatch, etc.). In subsequent mentions, abbreviations may be
used (e.g. LoL, OW, etc.), unless it is a part of another proper noun (e.g.
Overwatch League).
V.3: Numbers
- Spell out numbers one through nine. Any numbers above 10 may be
written in numerals.
- For larger figures, use figure and word combinations (e.g. 1-million
fans, $2 billion, $5 million contract).
V.4: Capitalization
V.5:
Punctuation
- The Oxford comma should be used at all times when appropriate (e.g.
Fuel, Liquid, and Cloud 9).
- Commas should separate the name of a city and the state that contains it
(e.g. Los Angeles, California).
- Colons may be used to emphasize a word (e.g. The players have one
thing on their minds: revenge).
V.7:
Headlines/Titles
- Focus keywords should be precise such that a reader can find the article,
but broad enough such that a reader would search for those words.
- Slugs, which is to say, the URL for the story, should not contain the day of
the week.
- Focus keywords should be added to each picture in the alt text space in order
to boost SEO score.
Team Policy Document
I.1: Objectives
This organizational document will be produced with the following key objectives
in mind:
- To focus on creating and fostering as much competitive advantage as
possible within the players and staff
- To eliminate subjectivity and ambiguity in decision making processes
as much as possible
- To compete and achieve victory
I.2.1: JHS Esports Club is a competitive entity There is no room for nepotism
or favoritism among players. The best performers in each role, with individual
skill as well as team cohesion, will be fielded. Consideration of emotions will
have no bearing on roster decisions. Raw performance value will be the only
deciding factor.
I.2.2: Time is a limited and valuable resource There is no excuse for wasting
one’s own time or that of his/her peers. Each player should prepare and put forth
his/her best effort to all practice sessions, training, scrimmages, and competitive
events. Coaches and staff should provide valuable, useful, and relevant training
and advice. Failure on either of these ends should be considered wasted time,
and is unacceptable.
I.2.5: Maintain a professional demeanor All players and staff represent the
Jasper High School, and should carry themselves in a manner befitting of a
representative of it. Be respectful, honest, and fair to others both internal and
external to this organization.
II.1: Definition
II.1.3: Powers Powers are the abilities of a member to impact the Development
Team or competitive team that he/she is a part of directly and immediately.
II.2: Coaches
II.3: Captains
II.4: Players
III: Team
Roster
IV:
Scrimmages
IV.1:
Purpose
IV.2: Methodology
The level of the team to be scrimmaged shall determine what the scrimmage
should be used to practice:
IV.2.1: The enemy team vastly outmatches our own It is unlikely that neither
the enemy team nor our own can gain value from the scrimmage. A new
scrimmage partner should be sought out.
IV.2.2: The enemy team slightly outmatches or evenly matches our own
Primary meta compositions should be the focus. The scrimmage shall be used
to practice team cohesion and meta tactics.
IV.2.3: The enemy team is slightly outmatched by our own The scrimmage
may be used to experiment with potential counter-picks or new team
compositions. These should still be either meta-compliant or logically
theorycrafted with factual backing. These scrimmages are still not to be used to
learn basic mechanics or proficiencies on an unfamiliar champion.
V: Training and
Direction
V.1: Methodology
Achieving victory in competition is the end goal of development, with training
as the means by which that goal shall be achieved. Training is a discipline that
requires in-depth, scientific methodology.
The Coach and Captain shall create and update a team directive, which will define
the needs of the team as the game’s meta and team’s capabilities shift. Each of
these updates should take roughly five (5) to ten (10) minutes to perform, but, if
performed diligently and intentionally, should vastly increase the efficiency of
training and increase the ability of the players to take initiative in it.
V.2: Team
Directives
V.3: Goals
Individual players should be posting their goals and updating their progress on
the previous week’s posting at the beginning of each week. These goals may vary
in size, difficulty, and scope, but should have some observable measure of
progress and align with the team directive. Postings must include the goal’s
objective, the means by which that objective will be reached, and the measure by
which progress will be determined.
The JHS Esports Club is restricted to mandating only fifteen (15) hours per
week of organization-related time by the will of the writers, and may not push
players beyond this limit as part of its expectations, nor can it punish players for
non-participation past this limit. This time includes scrimmage matches, training
events, non-game related team events, and competitive gameplay time.
Personal efforts and time taken to travel to events do not count toward this time.
Personal efforts are largely where player progress will take place. While a player
may not be penalized for not putting in effort beyond what is mandatory, the
mandatory time commitment is not enough for players to see significant or
observable advancement in skill or expertise.