Merge pull request #11014 from Hiviexd/bn-mentorship-cycle-2

Add `BN Mentorship: Cycle 2 Sign-ups Open` news post

news/2024/2024-02-23-bn-mentorship-cycle-2.md

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+title: "BN Mentorship: Cycle 2 Sign-ups Open"
+date: 2024-02-23 19:00:00 +0000
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+Guess who's back? Back again. BN Mentorship's back. Tell a friend.
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+![](/wiki/shared/news/banners/bn-mentorship/banner.jpg)
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+Cycle 2 of the BN Mentorship Program is starting its sign-up period as of the time of this article being posted! This is a mentorship course designed and operated by members of the [Nomination Assessment Team](/wiki/People/Nomination_Assessment_Team) for the formation of new [Beatmap Nominators](/wiki/People/Beatmap_Nominators), with an added bonus of going straight to a stint in [probation](/wiki/People/Beatmap_Nominators#probationary-beatmap-nominators) if you're deemed ready by the end of the cycle.
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+This cycle will have mentors for all the previously supported game modes (osu!, osu!taiko and osu!mania) with a welcome surprise: for all the fruit lovers out there, this cycle includes an osu!catch course as well — with classes by our own elderly statesman [Greaper](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/2369776) and Brazilian mainstay [zerokt](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/13776127)!
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+The full list of mentors is as follows:
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+| ![osu!](/wiki/shared/mode/osu.png "osu!") Mentor | ![osu!taiko](/wiki/shared/mode/taiko.png "osu!taiko") Mentor | ![osu!catch](/wiki/shared/mode/catch.png "osu!catch") Mentor | ![osu!mania](/wiki/shared/mode/mania.png "osu!mania") Mentor |
+| :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
+| ::{ flag=BR }:: [Dada](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/9119507) | ::{ flag=SG }:: [arcpotato](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/12842392) | ::{ flag=NL }:: [Greaper](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/2369776) | ::{ flag=ID }:: [Maxus](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/4335785) |
+| ::{ flag=US }:: [Nao Tomori](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/5364763) | ::{ flag=GB }:: [aceticke](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/8838763) | ::{ flag=BR }:: [zerokt](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/13776127) | ::{ flag=ES }:: [RandomeLoL](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/7080063) |
+| ::{ flag=BE }:: [enneya](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/10959501) / ::{ flag=DE }:: [FuJu](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/10773882) (joint class) | ::{ flag=AU }:: [Yasuho](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/8458835) |  |  |
+| ::{ flag=CN }:: [Ryuusei Aika](https://osu.ppy.sh/users/7777875) |  |  |  |
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+[![Application link](/wiki/shared/news/banners/bn-mentorship/apply.png)](https://forms.gle/Bfx1AK34naWPMs2U6)
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+You may apply by smashing that big ol' button above, but be quick, as sign-ups end on the **4th of March**. Good luck!
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+—Nomination Assessment Team