[17:04] <&ibo|away> kg, why cant symph have an assistant?
[17:05] <&Kevin_Garrett> i think he will do fine, i have a lot of trust in him
[17:06] <&ibo|away> he says he wants an assistant
[17:06] <&ibo|away> to help him keep up
[17:06] <&Kevin_Garrett> he told me that too
[17:06] <&ibo|away> so why cant he have oine?
[17:07] <&Kevin_Garrett> the things he wants help with are taken care of by the tds and whatnot
[17:07] <&Kevin_Garrett> we're going to help him with odds and ends things
[17:08] <&aldaron> so uh
[17:08] <&aldaron> where is the answer to
[17:08] <&aldaron> [17:06:37] <&ibo|away> so why cant he have oine?
[17:08] <&aldaron> i must have missed it
[17:09] <&Kevin_Garrett> he said he wanted ditto to do it
[17:09] <&Kevin_Garrett> and i told him thats fine, but based on what he is looking for help in, it's what we'll be doing anyway
[17:11] <&blue> i mean he can have one if he feels he needs one but he's saying it out of nerves based off how he's acting
[17:11] <&blue> he's eased down after we told him what he needs to do
[17:11] <&blue> and he has 5 of us to help him
[17:12] * zebrafk is now known as zeb
[17:12] <&blue> if he still wants one after getting a feel for the job then by all means
[17:12] <&Kevin_Garrett> tbh, bloo and i doing a lot of backseat hosting in a lot of tournaments as is it. i think he is beginning to see we're there to help him
[17:12] <&Kevin_Garrett> it is*
[17:14] <%JabbaTheGriffin> but you guys are all involved with teams
[17:14] <%JabbaTheGriffin> he wants a neutral helper
[17:14] <%JabbaTheGriffin> why can't he have one
[17:15] <&Kevin_Garrett> i didn't know my affiliation with a team makes me biased bolding out completed matches
[17:15] <&chaos> lol
[17:15] <&ibo|away> making calls?
[17:15] <&chaos> does that happen enough for him to need help
[17:16] <&aldaron> spl might be the single biggest drama magnet
[17:16] <&aldaron> on smogon
[17:16] <&aldaron> its by far the best tourny on smogon
[17:16] <&aldaron> but has a ton of baggage
[17:16] <&Kevin_Garrett> Making calls is our realm regardless of affiliation. You can't ask tournament directors to be uninvolved in an entire tournament. We check our biases out at the door when it comes to making a decision.
[17:17] <&Kevin_Garrett> its a collective process