[update] as of May/June 2013 KatsBits is no longer BFCT. For more details pertaining to the situation and KatsBits being BFCT please read the following; "Cancelled Blender Network membership (& possibly loosing BFCT status)" and "KatsBits no longer BFCT (where do 'we' go from here?)".
Well... that didn't last long.
Had to cancel membership to Blender Network (
http://blendernetwork.org) because they don't have, and more to the point,
are not going to, cater to those 'promoting'/using Blender sat between "Corporations", i.e. legally registered 'Entities' - 'partnerships', 'limited companies' etc., and "Freelance" individuals, i.e. anyone providing services in their name (relative to how BN want 'names' to be displayed), but not necessarily as a 'self-employed' individual or person 'employed' in such activities, nor necessarily or specifically as a 'business concern', i.e. individuals perhaps 'moonlighting' and saying they freelance without declaring that income, as aught to be done when engaged properly as one.
KatsBits, and it should be noted at time of writing, it appears a few other (known) members, does not/do not 'operate' (for want of a better word) under the auspices of being a "Freelance" individual. Nor is it (as of yet?) a legally protected/registered Entity. So rather than 'lie' (again, for want of a better word), it was thought best to cancel membership with Blender Network with all that entails, including the possibility of loosing Blender Foundation Certified Trainer status (unsure of this at time of writing but it appears a given due to BN membership being a 'requirement' of the BFCT program).
Whilst this is somewhat disappointing, it has to be said the outcome wasn't wholly unexpected due to Blender Foundation's history of limited thinking with respect to courting and catering to Professionals (or more to the point, whatever the Foundation believes constitutes a 'professional'), some of which have been discussed here on KatsBits before. It just seems that over the years, to ask for feedback and suggestion with respect to adding support for this
very particular and exacting demographic, and then for all intents and purposes, appear to ignore everything which doesn't fit the preconceived notions about doing that, isn't particularly constructive. Nor does it imbue a sense of growth. All it does is encourage the same names to pop up whenever Blender is mentioned, the "cliques" which perpetuate and reinforce the fundamental problem highlighted in the above.
So, what does this mean for KatsBits? Minus the badges? Nothing. KatsBits will continue to do what KatsBits does, providing the material you need to get started making content for games. To perhaps misappropriate Henry V famous charging cry, "
once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more..."
