One part of the application that particularly annoys me, however...
"Side Accounts: Your other accounts including inactive ones"Do you know how many side accounts some people have? It can be a serious addiction, haha. I know people who don't even know all their accounts. It just seems very impractical to ask this. I understand the purpose - to check warning/ban history for applicants across the table. But it would have been a better idea to ask for every email they have used on site. That, along with tracking by IP, should be enough. Perhaps an account might be missed, but more will likely be missed by someone trying to name them all. This might not be a problem for many people, but for some... well, if I was considering applying, I would have hesitated at that because it would take so long to figure out. I'd probably have to ask a staff member tell me all my accounts anyhow... which is a little counterproductive from a time management standpoint.
But I don't want to be too picky about that thread. The staff are doing a good job of being thorough. :3 What I will express is my opinion on the candidates. Maybe it's just me, but it seems like there was a lot less serious interest in the applications this time around than in the past. The news says, "We received a whopping 38!" But I'm not quite sure how whopping that is. A lot of the applicants just seem like newer members that don't really know what they're doing and want to be staff because they think it's cool. Once you discredit those, judging by just the members that posted on the thread, I can see maybe 15 real applicants. And even some of those... meh. In the past, maybe the number of applications itself wasn't higher, but the quality was there. I remember us rejecting some people that would have been perfectly fine, and I don't see those users reapplying this time.
Honestly, I'm gonna be overcritical of who is chosen because I still see Wolf Haven as mah little baby. Not trying to be harsh on people that don't deserve it. The site definitely could use the help, so anyone that wants to volunteer their time should be appreciated. But I have been very dissatisfied with a staff member that was selected in the past, and should that person's friend get chosen... well, I'll try to keep the blog tame. Some people are not fit to be staff based on their past actions, but they have no bad reputation marks on their accounts because of certain circumstances. Being vague right now because I'm giving the staff team the benefit of the doubt in their ability to remember things that happened in the past. *crosses fingers for no goldfish brains* But I have a bad feeling in my gut. ):
Onto a new subject...
Is anyone else sick of seeing MidnightHowl on the Top 10 Packs? It's been there forever, and only because Blaze-Moon, a BANNED member, has a ton of XP holding it up. Back when that initially happened, SunsetGuardian was removed from Blue-Moon and Coren_Venom from Swift-Night, if I remember correctly. Why was Blaze-Moon never removed? I've been trying to ignore it for a long time, but it's annoying as all hell because its pack banner has been broken for ages.
But that begs another question. Why are banners not automatically resized if they're too big? I know Karlos probably has more important things to work on, but I don't imagine that would take very long to implement. Here and there, improperly-sized banners have been cropping up. For example, Empire's banner is 435 x 75 pixels rather than 400 x 75, which is the proper size.
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Well, I'll bring this entry to a close for now. I have some other things I plan to talk about. I also have a whole list of things that would be great to discuss, but I'm not sure if I will... out of respect for certain people. But I do have a question for you all! Would you be interested in seeing reviews of packs? Or maybe pack showdown entries? Pack alphas could volunteer to have their pack face off against another, where I critique the pros and cons of each. Not sure if anybody would be interested in something like this. I could also start an unofficial "Top 10 Packs" list, where packs are ranked based on community, art, roleplays, etc. rather than just level. Win a pack showdown, move up on the list..? I could join the packs on a side account to check them out if I don't already have experience with them. Then I could put up a poll for everyone to vote after reading. Please comment and let me know what you think.
Shout outs!
Both Spirithowl1 and Zimrah messaged me about the blog... while I was in the middle of typing this. So snaps for these psychic freaks. <3
Also a shout out to Jekyll. One day you will proofread a news journal and get it right on the first try. I believe in you. *consolation hug*
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