03-13-2024, 06:21 PM
Figured id toss my garbage opinions into this thread before it gets locked.
Since I have started playing this game, and having been on both sides of the application fence (I went and checked, my approval/denial rate is unironically 50% rn) 90% of why I feel apps get denied is a lot of information related to the app is inside of other apps that are old af and the app team is unaware of its existence after months of apps. if the few numbers of apps chance shared publicly are an indication the 3-5 appmins (its been a minute since i check discord tags) are on average getting 50 ish plus apps a week to sort through.
I have had denials that came with the classic catchphrases of world presence and at this time. But very rarely did I ever see denials based on weird things. (I only have two references of such, and i looked at them and went, well thats a weird reason to -1 something but aight.) The motivational hits, for some, are rough af. For others its taken as a challenge to app again with even more. I have noticed a few minor inconsistencies for apps, but that happens with any system.
I have heard the classic complaints of hire more staff, to hiring people who are not allowed to play the game, solely there to do apps, to just fuck it, sigs are optional. (They are, but holy shit does it make your IC so much more entertaining to write. Plus sigs have some of the DOPEST sprites which i feel is the majority of the reason people go for them outside of IC)
At the end of the day, the staff team is entirely volunteered to my knowledge, meaning yes they do they job, but are under no contractual obligations to dedicate their lives to it when they have bills to pay to. The ability form for example, while it sucks not being able to go back and edit it without linking a google doc inside of it, it has made ability apps faster, and less time consuming to both staff and imo players.
As for the forums, I have seen some apps sit for months, and seen some answered in 48 hours or less. The Forums imo do seem to take longer for ??? reasons.
the TLDR opinion:
App system will never be perfect in any format. Personally the system we have now is a nice mix given the nature of the game.
Since I have started playing this game, and having been on both sides of the application fence (I went and checked, my approval/denial rate is unironically 50% rn) 90% of why I feel apps get denied is a lot of information related to the app is inside of other apps that are old af and the app team is unaware of its existence after months of apps. if the few numbers of apps chance shared publicly are an indication the 3-5 appmins (its been a minute since i check discord tags) are on average getting 50 ish plus apps a week to sort through.
I have had denials that came with the classic catchphrases of world presence and at this time. But very rarely did I ever see denials based on weird things. (I only have two references of such, and i looked at them and went, well thats a weird reason to -1 something but aight.) The motivational hits, for some, are rough af. For others its taken as a challenge to app again with even more. I have noticed a few minor inconsistencies for apps, but that happens with any system.
I have heard the classic complaints of hire more staff, to hiring people who are not allowed to play the game, solely there to do apps, to just fuck it, sigs are optional. (They are, but holy shit does it make your IC so much more entertaining to write. Plus sigs have some of the DOPEST sprites which i feel is the majority of the reason people go for them outside of IC)
At the end of the day, the staff team is entirely volunteered to my knowledge, meaning yes they do they job, but are under no contractual obligations to dedicate their lives to it when they have bills to pay to. The ability form for example, while it sucks not being able to go back and edit it without linking a google doc inside of it, it has made ability apps faster, and less time consuming to both staff and imo players.
As for the forums, I have seen some apps sit for months, and seen some answered in 48 hours or less. The Forums imo do seem to take longer for ??? reasons.
the TLDR opinion:
App system will never be perfect in any format. Personally the system we have now is a nice mix given the nature of the game.
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