Poll on Applications

[havenmods]

I apologize for this going up so early in the day; however, I will be celebrating a family birthday tonight and not around at the usual 7PM EST.

I've received a few concerns about the application process currently. When I started this game, I wrote "I hope there are a lot of these :)" under the Taken Characters heading. I'm ecstatic to see that my hopes have come true, and that the game is continually growing.

Unfortunately, accepting applications each day has a slightly adverse effect. Characters being introduced are perhaps lost a little in the flood, and existing characters spend each day explaining about being trapped. I would hopefully like to come up with a change that benefits all parties involved.

To this end, I'm having another poll. There are headers within this post to vote (as you need a paid journal for a real poll), so please make sure to comment under the right heading.

The choices are as follows:

-> Applications remain open constantly, but are only processed once a week on Fridays
-> Applications remain open constantly, but are only processed once every other Friday
-> Applications move into a set app cycle where they are open for one week per month
-> Applications remain as they are now

There will also be a discussion thread, so please feel free to bring up any concerns or questions there. This poll will close on the 7th December, and the results will be announced with the ejected list.

Thank-you.

Comments

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[storylike]

Definitely, this.

Having apps open once a month versus having them approved every other week means either having a flood of intros within a week period, or having those intros dispersed throughout the month. There's the issue of desperate apps too.

I also agree that limiting apps to once a month may be too hasty for a game that's relatively new. It's something to definitely consider down the road, but for now, spacing applications out - perhaps every other week - should be enough to slow things down.

And I guess, on a personal level-- it's really frustrating when you want to app into a game, only to realize that you've missed the deadline by a few days and have to wait a month to apply. As I said, that's more a personal whine, but I'm sure it's something a lot of RPers have encountered.

[tamer]

oooooh those are all good points! :O admittedly i hadn't considered that. i guess my sense of time is wrong — it feels like it's been more than a few months lol. i didn't realize the game was still considered that new!

but that's all true. and ia with the apping frustration/desperation. maybe the apps can be reviewed every other week, but there could still be a mini-mingle log every month? :D nothing too big to draw away from the week-long events, of course, but at least something to give the characters something to do rather than let them idle about in between events, y'know?

[tamerlane]

(This is hexappeal on my personal journal, herp.)

I don't think it's necessarily a "personal whine," either. A lot of people, even if they are not "fad appers," can quickly be turned off if they can't get instant or near-instant gratification. I also find I'm usually the most eager to play shortly after finishing off an app. The canon review is very fresh in my mind.

I think starting with maybe every 2-3 weeks and then maybe in six months or so going to every other week might be feasible? Then closing them as necessary for large mod plots or pre-approved player plots if apps would fall in the middle of them.