SNr Badges

sNr Badges

WORK IN PROGRESS (Beta)

The sNr Badge system is designed to allow everyone to easily show which kind of training they have or can offer and at what level of specific activity they are when it comes to ponyplay, both for grooms/trainers and animals. In addition staff members and sNr animals have to have some basic badges to show they are able to properly operate sim equipment and understand what said equipment entails. This is to ensure quality service and avoid panic when changes in RLV restrictions cause drastic effects.

There are 5 levels of badges available, but not all badges come in those 5 levels. For more info to each badge please see the following list.

How to get Badges?

All Badges are given out by certified sNr Trainers, which have at least the basic version of the badge themselves. If you are in doubt how to find those feel free to poke in groupchat at any time or visit the monday classes as teachers tend to be certified in their topics.

Basic Badges (level 0 and 1) can in general be gotten through participation in the respective sNr Monday Classes or via a private demonstration of the respective knowledge.

Advanced Badges (level 2-4) can be earned through performing badge-specific practical feats to show skill and dedication to the activity only. These badges are not required for any Roles, but give quite the bragging rights when one shows them off.

White Badges (level 0)

These are badges that represent the very basic knowledge to become an active member of sNr. They can be earned by visiting a class or just demonstrating the required knowledge.

Required for all staff and animals:

• Ponyplay etiquette, (SL etiquette)

  General knowledge of how to behave as a pony / handle a pony at sNr Stables, as well as being a functioning member of SL society.

• sNr rules, sim rules, wiki

  Rough knowledge of the Stable/Sim rules and that there is a wiki which you can use to look those up in detail in case you are unsure about something. The ability to show guests on the sim one of the links so they can inform themselves in the wiki.

• Mare Control, Mare Hearing

  General klnowledge of what MC/MH are and how to operate them to ensure you do not screw ponies over as staff and dont get a panic attack about suddenly getting harsh restrictions as pony.

• Whip signals

  Knowing how to give/follow the commonly used whip signals for carting and directing a pony.

Required for staff only:

• sNr Staff HUD and Staff Vendor

  Being able to operare the Staff Hud and Staff Vendor... at least on a basic level ;)

Required for Livestock only:

• sNr Livestock introduction

  Knowledge about the details of the Fate of a sNr Livestock or Mare. Including the longterm bondage requirements, heavy rlv restrictions, complete dependency on others and the possibility of being used in the lapyard as the grooms and trainers please. This includes doing 100 practical rounds in the lapyard.

Optional for staff and animals:

• Event Etiquette

  Proper Etiquette for ponyplay events, such as polo championship, caravan events, ect.

Black Badges (level 1)

These are the core proficiency badges. They can be earned by visiting a class or just demonstrating the required knowledge. Some of them may also require a practical display.

• Whip Circle, Lap Yard

  Be familiar with the basic commands and procedures when doing Whip Circle and lap yard as handler/pony

• Carting

  General knowledge how to steer a cart and use or react to whip commands

  • Mainland (GTFO, Caravan)

    Be aware of the little tweaks of mainland carting and what GTFO/Caravan events are

  • Racing (Events)

    Basic knowledge of racing events etiquette and how to use the racing sulkies

  • Offroad (Blindfolded)

    Know how finetuned steering works in case there is no road to align to or the road cannot be seen due to blindfold usage

  • Saddle Riding

    Know how to use saddles in SL and be aware of invisible vehicles

• Flower Dressage

  Have basic knowledge of at least one form of flower dressage

• Silent Dressage

  Have basic knowledge of at least one form of silent dressage

  • Traverse

    Know the additional Traverse rules in silent dressage

  • Leashed

    Show your skill in dressage while pony and trainer are leashed together

• Slalom

  Basic knowldge of how to run a slalom properly

• Barrels

  Basic knowledge of how to run barrels courses (no its not standing on the barrels, thats for sNr kitties only^^)

• Steeples

  Be able to do semi competetent steeple performances or instruct someone how to perform those

  • Blindfolded Steeples

    Like steeples, but now the pony is blind and has to be able to follow commands properly. Trainers have to be able to guide a blind pony

• Polo

  Know the basic rules and procedures of playing SL polo

• Roleplay

  Basic roleplay skill and knowledge

• Veterinary

  Veterinary style roleplay knowledge and ability to leave the hacksaw at home ;)

• Pony Tack

  Basic skill with correctly wearing or operating common ponytack items

(Beta) Potential badges

We arent quite sure if we should make badges for these topics. Feedback would be very welcome:

• Event Hosting, Organisation
• Classes
• Competitions
• other?
• Builder, Scripter
• Greeter?

Bronze / Silver / Gold Badges (level 2-4)

These are achievement badges that show advanced knowledge and skill, comming in bronze, silver and gold. They are quite difficult to get and require specific activities, based on the respective badges. These badges give bragging rights :)

Most of these badges are available as versions for animals and versions for handlers, simply as being good at steering a cart and directing a pony that steers a cart are quite different activities.

Animal Badges

• Whip Circle
• Lap Yard
• Carting

  For example the bronze carting badge could be automatically awarded if all the Carting specialty badges are completed.

  • Mainland (GTFO, Caravan)

    For example the bronze caravan badge could be awarded for simply completing one caravan from start to finish (Even though that might be to easy). Silver then for completing 3 caravans OR completing one caravan as pony and trainer each OR completing one caravan without anybody on the cart crashing or needing to reset or editing the cart (clean run). Gold could be for completing all of the different ways to get silver.

  • Racing (Events)
  • Offroad (Blindfolded)
  • Saddle Riding
• Flower Dressage
• Silent Dressage
  • Traverse
  • Leashed
• Slalom
• Barrels
• Steeples
  • Blindfolded Steeples
• Polo

Handler Badges

• Whip Circle
• Carting
  • Mainland (GTFO, Caravan)
  • Racing (Events)
  • Offroad (Blindfolded)
  • Saddle Riding
• Flower Dressage
• Silent Dressage
  • Traverse
  • Leashed
• Slalom
• Barrels
• Steeples
  • Blindfolded Steeples
• Polo

Badge Categories

(Beta, we are not sure yet how to implement these) We already got "Basic Knowledge", which is all the white badges which staff members and ponies should have? Next i would make one category for all the carting and saddle stuff, as well as whip circle and Lap yard. Because its all heavily based on whip commands and moving precisely as ordered. Then one Category for Slalom, Barrels, Steeples. Event stuff and Polo could go into a category, as polo is basically very team based? A category for all the dressage variations. A Roleplay category, which could also include stuff like puppyplay and such. Maybe Miscelanious or so for the rest?