QuoteYou're also referring to a world/time where people had first 12 special apps a year (no more than one a month!) then around 2010, 3 special apps a year, now 2 special apps a year. So you're conflating this with when people had literally 600% of the special apps per year compared to now, so even with the same player numbers and people special app'ing 'literally as fast as humanly possible', you will see a 500% DECREASE of special apps sheerly by the numbers of what players are allowed annually. It is not fear to special app, it is availability of the option, which has curtailed those numbers.
QuoteThere's description here of the special application process, but at some point players became very averse to the idea of special applications outside of rolecalls. Please keep in mind that these are not bad things. If you'd like to play something else, don't assume that you just all out can't because of karma. Use special applications, they're exactly what you're describing here where you just ask a 'DM' to play something.
Quote from: Halaster on April 16, 2024, 09:37:27 AMKarma has been the 'necessary evil' for like 25-30 years. And I agree it's not ideal, but it's the best we've come up with to date. It's the least-bad option presented so far.
Quote from: mansa on April 16, 2024, 06:30:23 PMQuote from: dumbstruck on April 16, 2024, 12:49:05 PM...
You're also referring to a world/time where people had first 12 special apps a year (no more than one a month!) then around 2010, 3 special apps a year, now 2 special apps a year. So you're conflating this with when people had literally 600% of the special apps per year compared to now, so even with the same player numbers and people special app'ing 'literally as fast as humanly possible', you will see a 500% DECREASE of special apps sheerly by the numbers of what players are allowed annually. It is not fear to special app, it is availability of the option, which has curtailed those numbers.
I was curious about this, and I found this post:
https://gdb.armageddon.org/index.php/topic,33596.msg412036.html#msg412036
Which basically said 10% of the people who applied for special applications applied for 30% of all special applications. It was changed because a small section of the population was producing most of the work for staff. Most people applied for 3 or less special applications.
Quote from: dumbstruck on April 16, 2024, 12:49:05 PM...
You're also referring to a world/time where people had first 12 special apps a year (no more than one a month!) then around 2010, 3 special apps a year, now 2 special apps a year. So you're conflating this with when people had literally 600% of the special apps per year compared to now, so even with the same player numbers and people special app'ing 'literally as fast as humanly possible', you will see a 500% DECREASE of special apps sheerly by the numbers of what players are allowed annually. It is not fear to special app, it is availability of the option, which has curtailed those numbers.
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