This is Yukeh. Sorry if I don't change accounts, but LJ login seems to have taking a dive since I went and came back from vacation (two hours ago!). I'm speaking as part of the app team, hence the distinction.
Part of the purpose of this post is to inform the players that we are changing the way we are judging this single section in the application -- basically, the character information section. By eliminating the need for minor revisions since the app team will only have to look at content, we make the process easier on both the app team and the applicants -- the latter because it means they need to get less emails to fix this and that, less hassle, less pain, less waiting, and less being affronted by getting revision requests at all.
I'm very sorry you feel that way, too, but to be quite honest, if we only wanted things to be easier for us, we would have just implemented this system without telling anyone, ignored the idea of the beta-reader, and just passed it off as the app getting stricter. The application isn't any harder or even any stricter; it just allows us to wean out the apps that really don't pass game standards (often the incredibly last minute apps, too) while making the cycle of both passing or failing characters faster. If the apps doesn't meet the basic requirements of what shows their grasp of their character, the app will be rejected, plain and simple. We'll be releasing a guide/checklist on what makes the character information section acceptable for the app team and the mods, so we hope that helps in the future.
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Part of the purpose of this post is to inform the players that we are changing the way we are judging this single section in the application -- basically, the character information section. By eliminating the need for minor revisions since the app team will only have to look at content, we make the process easier on both the app team and the applicants -- the latter because it means they need to get less emails to fix this and that, less hassle, less pain, less waiting, and less being affronted by getting revision requests at all.
I'm very sorry you feel that way, too, but to be quite honest, if we only wanted things to be easier for us, we would have just implemented this system without telling anyone, ignored the idea of the beta-reader, and just passed it off as the app getting stricter. The application isn't any harder or even any stricter; it just allows us to wean out the apps that really don't pass game standards (often the incredibly last minute apps, too) while making the cycle of both passing or failing characters faster. If the apps doesn't meet the basic requirements of what shows their grasp of their character, the app will be rejected, plain and simple. We'll be releasing a guide/checklist on what makes the character information section acceptable for the app team and the mods, so we hope that helps in the future.