How is linking apps considered negative? Just asking out of general curiosity here because any time I've ever modded a game, I've opened tabs to each application I had to read and then went through them like a check list. Having an app all in one place doesn't seem any different than opening a tab to those app comments to me. But I am sorry I caused an inconvenience with mine when I did that. I just saw it as a chance, as an apper, to not have to worry about character limits in my comments. It's the single-most annoying thing I've ever found about doing an app in the first place.
On a more constructive note... If you're worried about the password so much, I would suggest putting it into the faq section and have it set as a screened comment post. This way, you can force new acceptances into commenting to let you know they've read through it. Though it seems easier to just have it apply to players who are new to the game, since older or current players would likely already know this information. This might require the mods to make a master list of players (new and old) that only they can see and crosscheck apps with players, but it would be worth it. And if people don't comment for whatever reason, the mods could always gently nudge them that way as a reminder that they're important information. I say the faq section, though, because as important as the rules really are in any game... they're all pretty much the same in every game anyway. Reading that section becomes redundant, and people generally skim through for any major discrepancies each comm might have to their particular set. Something that's hidden in a rules section can be easily missed if people aren't paying enough attention, but a faq section forces people to at least read through more carefully since it's important information on how the game really works.
I'm not sure my suggestion is helpful, but it would be an alternative to having past appers go through the pain of rereading reference material for any new password on another character they're applying for. Unless you completely disregard that section entirely if they're still a current player? Which might be more helpful entirely XD;
...edited because I read through it afterward and it made no sense at all in some areas. Hopefully this is better. @@ And I really shouldn't comment when I'm tired lol.
no subject
On a more constructive note... If you're worried about the password so much, I would suggest putting it into the faq section and have it set as a screened comment post. This way, you can force new acceptances into commenting to let you know they've read through it. Though it seems easier to just have it apply to players who are new to the game, since older or current players would likely already know this information. This might require the mods to make a master list of players (new and old) that only they can see and crosscheck apps with players, but it would be worth it. And if people don't comment for whatever reason, the mods could always gently nudge them that way as a reminder that they're important information. I say the faq section, though, because as important as the rules really are in any game... they're all pretty much the same in every game anyway. Reading that section becomes redundant, and people generally skim through for any major discrepancies each comm might have to their particular set. Something that's hidden in a rules section can be easily missed if people aren't paying enough attention, but a faq section forces people to at least read through more carefully since it's important information on how the game really works.
I'm not sure my suggestion is helpful, but it would be an alternative to having past appers go through the pain of rereading reference material for any new password on another character they're applying for. Unless you completely disregard that section entirely if they're still a current player? Which might be more helpful entirely XD;
...edited because I read through it afterward and it made no sense at all in some areas. Hopefully this is better. @@ And I really shouldn't comment when I'm tired lol.