I think having the test drive meme on a regular basis is a good idea. I just joined in August but I’ve noticed that quite a few characters got dropped within several weeks, something which kind of surprised me considering the work it takes to write an application and set up a character journal. That would probably help people figure out if this game is right for their characters before they actually send in an application. Having the summary of what happened since the game started is good, too, so new people can easily see what to expect in terms of plots. I had browsed through the timeline pages before I applied but this explains much more clearly.
Could we possibly also have a post where people can bounce around preliminary character ideas OOC? Since it can be quite a bit of work to canon review and set up a character journal with icons if you’re not completely sure about playing someone yet. (Before this game, I hadn’t really roleplayed in years and not on LJ before so I don’t have any character journals set up besides this one.) I’ve had a few ideas but the one I’m leaning towards at the moment is really obscure and it would be nice to see if there’s interest in a character like that before I reread novels, take a lot of notes, and make a journal.
I’m a new player who joined in August and I wasn’t asked for any revisions. (But then I was trying to be super thorough, reviewed a lot, and wrote a 10 page application, including doing my own history.) So, I didn’t have any idea about how acceptance rates were or how often revisions were asked for. But if the new policy is meant to reduce nitpicking and make it easier to pass the character info section, it should be better explained on the application page. Because new people who are considering applying wouldn’t know that and 2 months is a long time. The idea of having to wait 2 months to try again if you mess up on the character section would likely seem very discouraging for some. Part of why I spent so long fussing with my application for Shuurei (I worked on it over a few weeks and was rather tired of writing it by the time I was done) was that I’d heard applications would be closed until December and I’m not sure if I would have waited that long if I hadn’t gotten in. I actually stumbled on this game completely by chance when I did a LJ search for Saiunkoku and found that someone had just joined from that series. And decided to give it a try after finding that there were a few other characters here from obscure fandoms I liked.
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I think having the test drive meme on a regular basis is a good idea. I just joined in August but I’ve noticed that quite a few characters got dropped within several weeks, something which kind of surprised me considering the work it takes to write an application and set up a character journal. That would probably help people figure out if this game is right for their characters before they actually send in an application. Having the summary of what happened since the game started is good, too, so new people can easily see what to expect in terms of plots. I had browsed through the timeline pages before I applied but this explains much more clearly.
Could we possibly also have a post where people can bounce around preliminary character ideas OOC? Since it can be quite a bit of work to canon review and set up a character journal with icons if you’re not completely sure about playing someone yet. (Before this game, I hadn’t really roleplayed in years and not on LJ before so I don’t have any character journals set up besides this one.) I’ve had a few ideas but the one I’m leaning towards at the moment is really obscure and it would be nice to see if there’s interest in a character like that before I reread novels, take a lot of notes, and make a journal.
I’m a new player who joined in August and I wasn’t asked for any revisions. (But then I was trying to be super thorough, reviewed a lot, and wrote a 10 page application, including doing my own history.) So, I didn’t have any idea about how acceptance rates were or how often revisions were asked for. But if the new policy is meant to reduce nitpicking and make it easier to pass the character info section, it should be better explained on the application page. Because new people who are considering applying wouldn’t know that and 2 months is a long time. The idea of having to wait 2 months to try again if you mess up on the character section would likely seem very discouraging for some. Part of why I spent so long fussing with my application for Shuurei (I worked on it over a few weeks and was rather tired of writing it by the time I was done) was that I’d heard applications would be closed until December and I’m not sure if I would have waited that long if I hadn’t gotten in. I actually stumbled on this game completely by chance when I did a LJ search for Saiunkoku and found that someone had just joined from that series. And decided to give it a try after finding that there were a few other characters here from obscure fandoms I liked.