DAMNIT YOU REPLIED BEFORE I COULD EDIT i feel oddly incomplete
THANK YOU FOR THE SWIFT RESPONSE and for taking that into consideration! i think it'll help take the pressure off new apps, for sure, if they can see how many apps they're up against.
but also TO ADD TO THIS and my per...sistent question asking god i am so sorry i exist: a few people have obviously raised questions about the statement regarding using the TDM as an intent to app/"stake your claim on a character", and i'm just going to reiterate that here for visibility (personally, for me — not speaking for anyone else who may share or disagree with that opinion). i think it opens a tricky can of worms, NOT JUST regarding everyone's favourite topic, popular canons.
but lmao more pertinently, i think the bigger issue is that someone may have TDMed last month, or two months ago, and decide to app this month; or someone else may TDM and then realise the timing isn't right or that the game/playerbase doesn't quite click for them. getting rid of reserves is a radical step, but i think saying "be proactive on the TDM" is a ... bizarre in-between step that, if you're getting rid of reserves, feels like a slightly strange comment.
it reads oddly similar to saying someone TDMing has therefore reserved the character (and "staking one's claim" reads ... oddly hostile, if i'm quite honest — but that may very much be me and the fact that i need sleep right now). i understand why you felt the need to add it in to the FAQ, but at the same time, i don't think it's a necessary remark. i personally think the explanation regarding the decision to remove reserves reads fine on it own without this added subsection.
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THANK YOU FOR THE SWIFT RESPONSE and for taking that into consideration! i think it'll help take the pressure off new apps, for sure, if they can see how many apps they're up against.
but also TO ADD TO THIS and my per...sistent question asking god i am so sorry i exist: a few people have obviously raised questions about the statement regarding using the TDM as an intent to app/"stake your claim on a character", and i'm just going to reiterate that here for visibility (personally, for me — not speaking for anyone else who may share or disagree with that opinion). i think it opens a tricky can of worms, NOT JUST regarding everyone's favourite topic, popular canons.
but lmao more pertinently, i think the bigger issue is that someone may have TDMed last month, or two months ago, and decide to app this month; or someone else may TDM and then realise the timing isn't right or that the game/playerbase doesn't quite click for them. getting rid of reserves is a radical step, but i think saying "be proactive on the TDM" is a ... bizarre in-between step that, if you're getting rid of reserves, feels like a slightly strange comment.
it reads oddly similar to saying someone TDMing has therefore reserved the character (and "staking one's claim" reads ... oddly hostile, if i'm quite honest — but that may very much be me and the fact that i need sleep right now). i understand why you felt the need to add it in to the FAQ, but at the same time, i don't think it's a necessary remark. i personally think the explanation regarding the decision to remove reserves reads fine on it own without this added subsection.