I think that if we're going to be very restrictive with applications, we need a hard date for when the game is going to end. Like not OCTEMBER THE EIGHTH 2012 but a general idea of Fall 20XX.
I know people want to keep playing in this game for a long time, because it is a wonderful game, but I don't think it can be kept going for two or more years with very few new members coming in--not just characters, but people. Eventually people who have been here for a very long time won't be able to just rejuvenate interest with a new character because they've already done pretty much everything with the ones they've already played, and I would like to see the proper ending for this story. I don't think that'll be able to happen if the game goes on indefinitely with so little new blood.
Honestly, I kind of think that if we're going to have alternating current/outsider-allowed apps, we should have at least one app period in the year when anyone can join, but I don't know how open to change this is so I'll just throw it in as my two cents. We've lost a lot of people and over a dozen characters since the last big discussion about this, so I think getting more people in would be more beneficial than detrimental. (And for another penny I'd prefer three to two invites, but eh.)
Re: APPLICATIONS
I know people want to keep playing in this game for a long time, because it is a wonderful game, but I don't think it can be kept going for two or more years with very few new members coming in--not just characters, but people. Eventually people who have been here for a very long time won't be able to just rejuvenate interest with a new character because they've already done pretty much everything with the ones they've already played, and I would like to see the proper ending for this story. I don't think that'll be able to happen if the game goes on indefinitely with so little new blood.
Honestly, I kind of think that if we're going to have alternating current/outsider-allowed apps, we should have at least one app period in the year when anyone can join, but I don't know how open to change this is so I'll just throw it in as my two cents. We've lost a lot of people and over a dozen characters since the last big discussion about this, so I think getting more people in would be more beneficial than detrimental. (And for another penny I'd prefer three to two invites, but eh.)