It's not the worst inconvenience, it's not something that will deter me from apping (I think my current overall character count does that on its own). For me it's a matter of organization as aesthetics, which with stuff like apps just pings me in all the wrong ways. I tend to break things up by section when it's reasonable in apps if I have to do comment count. But then there's people who... overuse that and suddenly an app that can be 2/3 comments is 7 or 8 -- which is not only annoying to read, it's ugly to look at and wastes comments.
And I really, really hate having to edit/repost thing numerous times because I am a failure at typing and HTML. Don't get me wrong, I get the flaws with linking comments. It's just my personal preference and having a need to point out the things that are cons to it, because... well, there's a reason a lot of people link apps to begin with.
I figured that's what you meant with the spoilers, though I appreciate the clarification. Though again, a lot of these canons have just that, and yeah -- I get it with the Vanitas thing, but sometimes (especially when dealing with causes for personality changes) the spoilers are much more subtle (I could think of a few from Catherine that would qualify for a long time to come, for example.) As long as you guys realize that's a very slippery slope to play with -- some people are much more sensitive about spoilers than others, and someone getting really upset because they found a spoiler when looking for say - a castmate's app - will just be a headache for you guys. (in the oh dear god is someone really wanking about this kind of way)
...I see your point about the password system, though I still disagree with it for the sheer fact that I don't think it'll change much? In terms of new players -- people who are going to skim will skim either way, or will selectively read things to find what they want. Of course, you want to encourage reading the rules/FAQ and I don't know why you'd join a game without reading that stuff first, but I don't really think you can impress that upon people and expect it to be an effective means.
As an extreme example, it'd be like putting a password at the end of an iTunes TOS box for some people to see if they actually read it. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S A GOOD THING OBVIOUSLY. But some people are just like that and I think they end up being weeded out quickly anyway when that's the case.
/shrug
I'm not trying to sound argumentative or anything, I just see things from the exact opposite side of the coin on the password system. It feels so... archaic to me. The apps thing is again, just an annoyance - something I don't care for but won't have an affect on me either way since I don't really have any app plans atm anyway.
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And I really, really hate having to edit/repost thing numerous times because I am a failure at typing and HTML. Don't get me wrong, I get the flaws with linking comments. It's just my personal preference and having a need to point out the things that are cons to it, because... well, there's a reason a lot of people link apps to begin with.
I figured that's what you meant with the spoilers, though I appreciate the clarification. Though again, a lot of these canons have just that, and yeah -- I get it with the Vanitas thing, but sometimes (especially when dealing with causes for personality changes) the spoilers are much more subtle (I could think of a few from Catherine that would qualify for a long time to come, for example.) As long as you guys realize that's a very slippery slope to play with -- some people are much more sensitive about spoilers than others, and someone getting really upset because they found a spoiler when looking for say - a castmate's app - will just be a headache for you guys. (in the oh dear god is someone really wanking about this kind of way)
...I see your point about the password system, though I still disagree with it for the sheer fact that I don't think it'll change much? In terms of new players -- people who are going to skim will skim either way, or will selectively read things to find what they want. Of course, you want to encourage reading the rules/FAQ and I don't know why you'd join a game without reading that stuff first, but I don't really think you can impress that upon people and expect it to be an effective means.
As an extreme example, it'd be like putting a password at the end of an iTunes TOS box for some people to see if they actually read it. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S A GOOD THING OBVIOUSLY. But some people are just like that and I think they end up being weeded out quickly anyway when that's the case.
/shrug
I'm not trying to sound argumentative or anything, I just see things from the exact opposite side of the coin on the password system. It feels so... archaic to me. The apps thing is again, just an annoyance - something I don't care for but won't have an affect on me either way since I don't really have any app plans atm anyway.