Marks Polakovs

Marks Polakovs
Years Active	2019 – Present
Positions Held	Treasurer
Notable Works	YSTV Live Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes Game Night
FLOPPYs Won:	The F*ckin F*ck F*cksake F*ck Award: Levelest Head (2021-2022) Most Likely To Win A Fight Against A Bear (2020-21)
Hometown	depends who you ask
Current Location	York
Degrees	MEng Computer Science (with a Year in Industry)
Allegiance	Computing

Latvian.

Trivia

• Former Head of Computing at URY ("it was great, but I never want to do that again" - Marks Polakovs 2022)
• Technical Director at York Vision
• Renowned corporate shill
  • Owns frankly worrying amounts of their former employer's merchandise.
    • Including a pair of branded socks.
• Credited on more than one livestream as "Grumpy Tech Bodger"
  • Except for when that somehow becomes "Tech Director" in the credits
• Relieves stress by swearing at inanimate objects
  • Usually Blackmagic Design's products.
• Addicted to caffeine, Club-Mate, and breadsticks

2019-20

Marks was somehow poached by URY very early on and barely got involved with YSTV, with the exception of teaching Ben Allen the basics of React.js at 3am one night, which lead to the two of them developing a lasting bond of friendship, collaboration, and fuckary, and producing many mistakes genuine technical innovations over the years. They were Graphics Op (read: F5-pusher) at ERN 2020, and also the proud owner of the USB stick that gave Ben a heart attack as he tried to get the stream going on zero hours of sleep.

2020-21

lol

2021-22

Somehow, despite (or perhaps due to?) moving away from York to Manchester for a year in industry, 2021-22 became the year that Marks switched allegiances and gave worrying amounts of his free time to YSTV, including being elected as Treasurer.

Marks worked alongside Ben Allen to produce a graphics program for Roses 2022 using browsers inside OBS.

2022-23

Upon their triumphant return from Manchester, Marks dove head-first into YSTV, not only doing whatever a treasurer does (money stuff idk) but also becoming a very prolific techie, contributing in at least some way to most big broadcasts and OBs in first term.

Productions

YEAR 1

#	Show	Position	Description
	Spring Term
1	Election Results Night 2020	Graphics Op
	Summer Term
2	Quarantine Weekly (episode 2?Unverified or incomplete information)	Participant

YEAR 2

#	Show	Position	Description
	Summer Term
3	Roses 2021	General Techie

YEAR 3

#	Show	Position	Description
	Spring Term
4	Election Results Night 2022	Grumpy Tech Bodger
5	NaSTA 2022	Grumpy Tech Bodger
	Summer Term
6	Roses 2022	Graphics Lead
	Summer Vacation
7	The Race Across Campus	Editor

YEAR 4

#	Show	Position	Description
	Autumn Term
8	Freshers Fair	Setup Tech
9	Game Day - Women's Rugby v Northumbria	Tech
10	Game Day - Football (Women's v Leeds & Men's v Bradford)	Tech
11	Yorktoberfest	Sound Op
12	York Yesterday (various episodes)	Tech
13	York Yesterday episodes 3 & 4	Vision Mixer
14	Game Day - Battle of the Birds	Tech
15	55th Anniversary - 48 Hour Livestream (various segments)	Tech
16	55th Anniversary - 48 Hour Livestream - Bin Bag Reviews	Presenter
17	Boxing Fight Night 2022
18	Hunted Live	Graphics Lead, techie, roaming camera op
	Spring Term
19	YSTV Live (various episodes)	Tech, VT Op, Bean Bag Fort Builder
20	Hide And Seek	Editor, Participant
21	Elections 2023: 60 Second Manifestos	Spare pair of hands
22	Elections 2023: Debate Night	Tech
23	Elections 2023: Results Night	Sound Op, Tech
	Summer Term
24	Roses 2023	Logistics Coordinator,