That is a fair, good point. The reason I asked is that two months are more than most players are willing to wait and that somebody on anoncomm raised the same idea, so I felt confident that it's not only me who thought that it might be a good way to take the sting out of the rejection issue. It seemed like something that's worth the try to ask about, so I tried. You have good reason why it might not be that good a solution, point taken.
However, I'd like to draw your attention to a few things:
failure rates were already pretty low as is... - Disregarding the use of the past tense (“were already pretty low”, meaning with revisions of all parts allowed) this is something you as a member of the app team can know, but the rest of us can't. The apps are being emailed and judged in private; only those directly involved can know how many rejections, passes and revisions happen each round and what is evaluated by what criteria. You and the others of the app team and the mods can see behind the scenes, you know what is happening backstage each app round rolls in. What you need to consider is that me and most others can’t. We may get a few glimpses through plurks and others, but yeah, our way of seeing and appreciating things is going to be different for sure. And that won’t change unless you explain and deal with us, what is all most people commenting in the questions thread here are hoping and asking for. :(
You can speak of past rates and how applications are going to be judged less strictly now, but please understand – while you know exactly what that means all we get is vague terms that can mean pretty much anything. I don’t think we can be blamed for being unwilling to just nod and be fine with that, as much as we trust and love you guys on a personal level. What you want to do are some big changes so it’s logical for people to be concerned about it, especially if they like and care about the game enough to speak up about those points, most doing it way better than I could. Reading some comments I can’t help but feel that the main argument of the changes making things easier for everybody actually means that they will make things easier for those having to approve or reject the apps. I am really sorry for feeling this way since I still think you guys are awesome and I really love you, too, so I’m sincerely hoping that steps to clear this up will be taken soon.
…This comment ended up being more towards the mod and app team in general than to you, sorry.
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However, I'd like to draw your attention to a few things:
failure rates were already pretty low as is... - Disregarding the use of the past tense (“were already pretty low”, meaning with revisions of all parts allowed) this is something you as a member of the app team can know, but the rest of us can't. The apps are being emailed and judged in private; only those directly involved can know how many rejections, passes and revisions happen each round and what is evaluated by what criteria. You and the others of the app team and the mods can see behind the scenes, you know what is happening backstage each app round rolls in. What you need to consider is that me and most others can’t. We may get a few glimpses through plurks and others, but yeah, our way of seeing and appreciating things is going to be different for sure. And that won’t change unless you explain and deal with us, what is all most people commenting in the questions thread here are hoping and asking for. :(
You can speak of past rates and how applications are going to be judged less strictly now, but please understand – while you know exactly what that means all we get is vague terms that can mean pretty much anything. I don’t think we can be blamed for being unwilling to just nod and be fine with that, as much as we trust and love you guys on a personal level. What you want to do are some big changes so it’s logical for people to be concerned about it, especially if they like and care about the game enough to speak up about those points, most doing it way better than I could. Reading some comments I can’t help but feel that the main argument of the changes making things easier for everybody actually means that they will make things easier for those having to approve or reject the apps. I am really sorry for feeling this way since I still think you guys are awesome and I really love you, too, so I’m sincerely hoping that steps to clear this up will be taken soon.
…This comment ended up being more towards the mod and app team in general than to you, sorry.