| 11:22a |
LOL RPG modding.
Dear RPG co-mod,
Look. This is a single fandom game. That application that I begged you all night to let me reject? That was for the main character of the series. It doesn't matter that you thought the player was nice. It doesn't matter that you're paranoid about not getting enough applicants in our middling-sized fandom. If you accept mediocre players, especially for the main character, you are going to get a mediocre game. If you accept players who are given several hours of 1-on-1 mod assistance in revising their writing but still don't understand, say, how to use apostrophes or commas or how to capitalize properly, you will end up with a game full of players who can't write.
I don't have the patience to hold people's hands every time they post, and you might think you do, but as the more experienced mod, please take my advice that you'll get sick of it faster than you think. This is what the application process is for -- to make sure that we and our playerbase, who don't want to have to deal with mediocre characters either, are all getting someone we can live with. If I'd known that with every single application we were going to have a night of drama in which you befriended the applicant and decided their app was the Only Possible App For That Character, I never would have suggested we start this game together. Yes, our fandom is not that big, but this is the main character. Have patience. Every single character slot doesn't have to be filled in a night -- it might take a week or two weeks or even two months, but someone else will come along, and I promise you, they will be better. |