To T2T or not to T2T?
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I'm missing the point on the Trimix cert for qualification. It's a couple of pages in most manuals that teach you how to calculate END
Full cave is a no brainer, lot's of skills,practice and planning required
Full cave is a no brainer, lot's of skills,practice and planning required
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Maybe the point is that without Trimix it would just be another Cave forum
I don't know what the original entry 'rules' were, but last year it was "hard overhead" ie cave/advanced wreck, or Trimix. But nobody was using the forum much so the rules were relaxed to include tech certs like Deco/AN etc
Now we have lots of members & still hardly anyone posts
I don't know what the original entry 'rules' were, but last year it was "hard overhead" ie cave/advanced wreck, or Trimix. But nobody was using the forum much so the rules were relaxed to include tech certs like Deco/AN etc
Now we have lots of members & still hardly anyone posts
ucfdiver
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SuPrBuGmAn
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Trimix will be a manual all into itself. Yeah, its mostly full of formulas, tables, physiological effects blah blah blah(and if you get IANTD, 1/3rd of it will teach you how to be some sort of hippy Ralph Macchio). However, the prereq's for Trimix will atleast ensure some deco diving experience and some deeper diving experience. The course itself is more than a manual, its also more skills, more practice, and more required planning. While the skills you perform aren't Trimix specific, they are supposed to hold you to a higher bar than you were required in earlier courses. All of which atleast demand some skill and some experience.
So yeah, you're missing the point.
I simplified a bit much. I'm not knocking the cert although it seems that way. I just don't see a good comparison between full cave and Trimix. Since, we are talking Tech divers and some don't venture into caves it's probably a good marker.
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SuPrBuGmAn
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I personally think we should run a poll for entrance... ontop of the certifications. Make this truly a forum for discussion among true peers... not just the next guy who has a shiney new card. I agree, certification doesn't translate to much experience.
Qualified newcomers would have a hard time getting in, but its not like they couldn't attempt being voted in again after awhile of "getting to know them on other forums".
Qualified newcomers would have a hard time getting in, but its not like they couldn't attempt being voted in again after awhile of "getting to know them on other forums".
ScubaFeenD
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How exactly would that increase discussion?
ucfdiver
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I'm not sure that the goal is to increase the quantity, but quality. We've already got quantity going on in technical diving. I think the GUE forums are turning out to be the source for quality information, even if it's in limited doses.
SuPrBuGmAn
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It wouldn't.
If an increase of discussion is the most important goal, call it Tech Forum II and lift all qualifications and open it up to the general userbase. It would be basically what we have now, with even more low quality content.
If an increase of discussion is the most important goal, call it Tech Forum II and lift all qualifications and open it up to the general userbase. It would be basically what we have now, with even more low quality content.
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