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

Applications remain open constantly, but are only processed once a week on Fridays

[havenmods]

Applications remain open constantly, but are only processed once every other Friday

[havenmods]

Applications move into a set app cycle where they are open for one week per month

[havenmods]

Applications remain as they are now

[havenmods]

Discussion

[havenmods]

[knifedances]

[tamer]

i'll go ahead and stick my vote in here... while i love how open this game is, i think set schedule might make the intro flood more manageable on a managerial front and from the characters' perspectives as well. the mods won't have to be backlogged with apps coming in, and the characters won't have to become broken records with the explanations.

plus, we might also be able to set up little mingle posts that can accommodate the flood of new characters coming in every month, which makes it more organized and also allows for more chances for cr! :)

Re: Discussion

[knifedances]

I think having apps constantly open is a good way to start a game moving when it first opens, but now the game is growing bigger I think it'd be better for it to have a set app week, so new people come in roughly all at once (preferably not during an event to make it easier for them to find their feet) and maybe even have a mingle log/roommate log to help them get into the game and build up CR right from the get-go. At some point characters in game might begin to feel jaded with the same-ish initial intro posts (which I'm not ooc-ly complaining about, it's perfectly IC for characters to come in and start off with a post like that) and having people come in all at once with a intro log to tag into might mean new people are more likely to get more tags when they first app in? Something like that!

[storylike]

 

[tamer]

mingle logs mingle logs mingle logs

[knifedances]

Haha yeah, I always like mingle logs!! I've found they work well to get people included in other games.

[allwehad]

[tamer]

it'd be a nice change of pace too, interspersed between events! it'd give the characters something small to do that won't destroy their souls. :')

[knifedances]

Yeah this is very true. Not that Izaya has much of a soul to destroy, but it'll give everyone else a nice reprieve! (they should watch out for him trolling poor clueless new people, however :|)

[encored]

[hexappeal]

I'm in favor of something similar to CnC's set-up -- they have reserves open for a week, then they close them and open the applications for a week. I feel that this or every two weeks would keep the intros at a steady but not overwhelming pace.

I think once a month leads to people apping almost desperately and in games I've been in in the past have lead to a lot of annoyances when it comes to ATP, test drives, and generally seems to almost create as many problems as it solves. It usually means that there's a time of the month that predictably you'll have a lot of intros, but it also means that there will almost definitely be a lot of them, regardless of the pace of the game.

But I also +1 knifedances! I know that it can be a bit difficult to work around your own plots let alone player plots, so I think something like every 2-3 weeks with reserves being open when apps are closed (and the other way around) is the way to go. o7

[tamer]

it'd be a good opportunity to set up an izaya-patrol. :I

[knifedances]

The perfect excuse!!

[encored]

Even with the game growing at a steady pace, I'm a little concerned it might still be too soon to go to a once-a-month application cycle. My vote is to ease into it by processing every other Friday and then in another couple months move to a set cycle.

I also really like the idea of having an intro mingle log whenever an app cycle happens!

[snacklist]

ia with everything said here.

I worry it's too soon for an app cycle now. Every two weeks breaks it up nicely.

Re: Applications remain open constantly, but are only processed once every other Friday

[snacklist]

[aintnoconvict]

^this

[dickwithfangs]

+ 1

[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?