exsiliumooc | mod announcement: app cycle caps & challenge applications.

Hello everyone! It's Ophelia, and I'm here to let you know about a couple of changes that have been made to our application set-up and our challenge app set-up.

➨ Come next cycle, applications will be capped at 65 applications per the round.
➨ The first 24 hours of the app cycle will be reserved for players with reservations for their character.
➨ Due to this, players interested in applying for OCs will be permitted to reserve their OC, just as they always have.
➨ Also due to this, we're going to be changing the way that challenge applications are handled. If someone submits an application as a challenge application, the applications will be judged against each other in the interest of picking the best candidate. (Challenge apps rarely occur, but our current set-up doesn't allow for the same challenge app scenario--and now with the new reservations' purpose, it seems more practical).

Other details:
➨ At this time, there won't be a cap on reservations.
➨ There will not yet be changes to the following, unless this method does not work;
there won't be an overall character cap in game, and there won't be a stricter AC--however, these are options for the future once we see how everything ends up.

Regarding the cap on applications, I hate to do something like this, and I want you guys to know that it's not because I want Exsilium to be some sort of exclusive club. This shouldn't be permanent. In order to manage our metaplot and the sheer volume of apps and reservations coming in, we're going to need to slow the apps for a little while. If it doesn't work this way, we'll take a second look at it and see what other changes we can make.

I will try my best to update all of our rules and FAQs and pages to reflect this, but please let me know if I miss anything! Thank you very much.

As always, questions/comments/concerns are welcome on this post!

mod announcement: app cycle caps & challenge applications.

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