[quote=@gorgenmast]
Character sheets are the absolute worst, especially in Nation Roleplay. Too often, I see people spending days crafting perfect character sheets only to blow their creative wad - so to speak - and get burnt out before even starting their first post. I'm of the opinion that anything in a character sheet can be characterized and developed IC by a competent writer.
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I agree, in part.

You shouldn't not have one though, indeed have one just to sort of screen people who may not fit the quality you're looking for. But when people set out to fill in a character sheet then I find that what probably kills people's long-term prospects is to write and then resolve all conflict in the character sheet so when they get to start posting they get left there with their arms up saying to themselves, "Now what"?

By all means do generalized information in the application, or enough to tell people you're not going to be OP as fuck by laying down your boundaries in the app. Then explore all the details and then all do all the points of conflict in IC posts. Don't do it all in the app.

And in NRP don't fucking spend two months talking with another player to iron out EXACT relationships. At least establish a basic principle built in three posts and iron it out through IC processes.