Posted by Aniedra on December 25, 2000 at 23:37:06:
In Reply to: Does anyone else find FIVE recommendations to get an interview for battle ridiculous, it's as if Trewyn can't be bothered to judge RP himself. n/t posted by Toned down Bubba on December 24, 2000 at 10:57:47:
Well, offhand, sure, if I were trying to get into the village I'd hate it, so I can certainly sympathize with you. However, I can also heavily sympathize with Trewyn, having been in his position. I took it on myself to personally interview each applicant, taking maybe an hour or so for each. This got to be extremely time-consuming, as the number of applicants never seemed to diminish. I usually had 5 or so people waiting for an interview within 20 minutes of logging on.. and after a while interviews get to be extremely fatiguing, in case you've never had a leader character that had to do them constantly. After maybe a month or two of rebuilding the village, I was just beat. A number of the villagers suggested I let them help with interviews, and I turned them down, since I wasn't keen on the prospect of having to turn down someone that had already come to me with recommendations (I'm awful at telling people they just don't make the grade to begin with - maybe I'm just not enough of a Queen Bitch, but that's neither here nor there). Ani
Basicly what I wanted to say is yes, I hear you, having a hard time getting inducted sucks, as does waiting for empowerment and all that ska, but it's quite likely a necessary evil so the people responsible for that don't just go insane or burnout like I did. I'm sure Trewyn isn't out to ruin your day or leave battle bereft of young recruits, so hang in there.