PAX Prime 2012 Leader Applications are OPEN until 5/30!

[Prof. Pine]

Greetings Prospective Leaders!

We have just now opened up the application process for becoming a Leader at PAX Prime 2012. If you are interested, here is what you do:

[b38t]0)[/b38t] Buy your PAX Tickets
[b38t]1)[/b38t] Take a deep breath, and set asside about 5-15 minutes for filling out the application.
[b38t]2)[/b38t] Copy the following application and start a new thread in the "Leader applications" forum found under the "PAX Prime 2012" section.
[b38t]3)[/b38t] Paste the application into the newly made thread, and fill out each line (remove any bits that are in parenthesis, they are just clarifications of the question)
[b38t]4)[/b38t] Look over the application to make sure everything is correct.
[b38t]5)[/b38t] Hit submit and sit back and wait for an e-mail or forum reply. To make that easier, make sure to check the "notify me when a reply is posted" box to the bottom of your thread. This will automagically e-mail you when we reply to your applications with questions of clarification, or any updates as to the application process and where you stand in it.

Just so everyone is aware of the timeline we're looking at for applications, we're hoping to bring in a total of about 25 or so leaders this year for PAX Prime, and we'll be accepting them in 2 waves. The first wave will be about 10 leaders and will be brought in within 2 weeks time. The second wave will be all the rest of the leaders that we need to fill out our team, and that will happen about 4-5 weeks from time of posting.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND: being a gym leader does have some finacial obligations. We expect you to be able to purchase your own travel accomodations for PAX, as well as your PAX Pass. We also expect you to be able to buy 100 custom printed buttons (about $20) and chip in for materials needed to make your Leader Identification Scarf (about $3-$5). There may be some other costs allong the way for super secret projects, but we will do our best to notify you of them, and not have them cost a lot. We like doing things cheaply, and well.

Well, without further ado, here is the application form:

[spoiler38t][b38t]PPL Prime Application:[/b38t]
Basic Info
Real Name:
Twitter account name (if you have one):
Age:
If you are under 18 (or not legally an adult in your country of residence) permission from a parent or guardian is required to participate in the league. If this is the case, Submit your application anyways, and Prof. Pine will contact you about the additional steps needed.
State/country where you live:
First Pokémon Game:

PAX Info
Have you made travel and lodging accommodations for your trip to PAX?
Have you purchased your PAX entry badge yet?
Have you been to PAX Before?
Any other obligations at PAX? (enforcing, running a panel/booth, PAX Prank, etc)

PPL Info
What is your past experience with the PAX Pokémon League? (none, challenged in <east/prime><year>, was leader in <east/prime><year>)
What made you interested in becoming a PPL Leader?
If you were to build a mono-typed team, which type would you choose?
If you were to build a themed team, what theme would you choose? (moustaches, eeveelutions, etc.)
Do you have any experience in the “competitive” Pokémon scene? If so, how much? (Official Pokémon tournaments, extensive playing of Pokémon-Online, etc)
Do you EV train and/or IV breed your Pokémon?

Misc Info
What is your favorite Pokémon game?
What has been your favorite moment playing Pokémon?
What is your favorite Pokémon team (team rocket, team magma, team galactic, etc)?
What other non- Pokémon activities do you enjoy participating in?
On a scale of 1-10 how creative do you rate yourself?
On a scale of 1-10 how artistic (drawing) do you rate yourself?
Do you have any other useful skills that might be useful to the League?[/spoiler38t]

Thanks for reading this all the way through, and I hope to see your applications soon!
And if you have any technical difficulties with the forums, let me know and I'll dispatch a team of highly trained Porygons to fix the problem.

~~Professor Pine

PS: if you can see other peoples' applications in the application forum, something is wrong, so please tell me.

[Prof. Pine]

apparently there are some issues right now with the visibility of the Prime 2012 forums, where applications should go. I'm working on it now.

If anyone is getting the error "not authorized to view this forum" or something like that, PLEASE let me know, as it will help me fix it sooner.

EDIT: problem has been located. Basically, the easy way to solve this is don't open this announcement FROM the Prime 2012 application forum, open it from somewhere else. If you're reading this now, it means you've done that.

[Prof. Pine]

REMINDER! Applications CLOSE on the 30th of May! That's one week from now!