03-13-2024, 05:32 AM
I'll be frank because I truthfully don't really have much to comment about this.
Threads like this pop up every month or two, and it's a good reason why I got exceptionally burnt out while I still was working on apps sometime last year (though this was before the switch the to Google Form entirely for ability apps). It's extremely stressful knowing that someone is going to get upset even when you're trying your hardest, and it's merely an inevitability. Not to say all complaints were invalid or unwarranted but it's merely a matter of time until someone gets upset and goes to the forums.
Denials, at least back during my time, were the biggest hold-up when it came to apps. No one, and I mean absolutely no one, actually wanted to be the one to give out a denial because of this exact reasonings. If you don't give a reason, then they will get upset. If you give a vague reason, they'll be upset. If their writing simply isn't up to par, they take it as a personal attack, so you then need to come up with a reason so they don't get upset. If they don't put enough effort into it, they also take it as a personal attack, so you then need to come up with a reason so they don't get upset. If their OOC behavior is bad, congratulations, same issue. If you give advice, and they take this advice as "you will get it if you do this" then get denied again, congratulations, they now feel cheated. If you give advice that's too vague, they are- you guessed it- now upset.
Oh, and God forbid you disagreed with the decision and now you're the one getting yelled at, complained to, and asked 'why?'.
It came to the point where I personally felt like denial responses were better written with not getting the player pissed off in mind rather than actual helpfulness factor, and knowing that that was a futile effort despite that. Even when players took it well and were hopeful, you still knew they were disappointed and just didn't say anything.
I enjoyed helping the system along so that people wouldn't feel like they were waiting ten years for responses, but damn was it such an unnecessarily stressful and draining experience to have to deal with everything.
Threads like this pop up every month or two, and it's a good reason why I got exceptionally burnt out while I still was working on apps sometime last year (though this was before the switch the to Google Form entirely for ability apps). It's extremely stressful knowing that someone is going to get upset even when you're trying your hardest, and it's merely an inevitability. Not to say all complaints were invalid or unwarranted but it's merely a matter of time until someone gets upset and goes to the forums.
Denials, at least back during my time, were the biggest hold-up when it came to apps. No one, and I mean absolutely no one, actually wanted to be the one to give out a denial because of this exact reasonings. If you don't give a reason, then they will get upset. If you give a vague reason, they'll be upset. If their writing simply isn't up to par, they take it as a personal attack, so you then need to come up with a reason so they don't get upset. If they don't put enough effort into it, they also take it as a personal attack, so you then need to come up with a reason so they don't get upset. If their OOC behavior is bad, congratulations, same issue. If you give advice, and they take this advice as "you will get it if you do this" then get denied again, congratulations, they now feel cheated. If you give advice that's too vague, they are- you guessed it- now upset.
Oh, and God forbid you disagreed with the decision and now you're the one getting yelled at, complained to, and asked 'why?'.
It came to the point where I personally felt like denial responses were better written with not getting the player pissed off in mind rather than actual helpfulness factor, and knowing that that was a futile effort despite that. Even when players took it well and were hopeful, you still knew they were disappointed and just didn't say anything.
I enjoyed helping the system along so that people wouldn't feel like they were waiting ten years for responses, but damn was it such an unnecessarily stressful and draining experience to have to deal with everything.
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