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Hence why most of those intense laundry-list apps are useless. All an app is for is to make sure the RPer can write up to the standards of the RP, and to make sure that they make sense within the world. An app that has more than five questions is a shitty app; all you really need is a name and a bio.
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Although I can see where you are coming from, I do have to disagree with that an App that has less than 5 questions is a better App than one with 5, especially when you say all it needs is a name and Bio. A character sheet is basically a source of data that other players can refer back to for information and help, and the process of placing this information under different headers is a way to simplify it for those that wish to find the relevant details.

But that's beside the point, I wasn't asking about parts of a Character Sheet that are pointless, but the contained information and what information doesn't get used.

[@AuntFlavia] I've had that happen before as well and due to that I've been a little more open recently about the character's history than what I have been in the past. It does help to paint a picture well when you keep things a secret and others start to wonder about your character and what lies under the outer shell, but often the process of playing that out never really works out and you're left with ideas for your own personal motives that never get used.

Personal Motives does bring me to [@Jig]'s comment. My last RP that I started I asked for players to list a 'quest' as such that their characters would go on. Something that I've seen a lot on is RPs that go on a linear story driven path and characters that have been developed with no motive. Often the Bio will include their younger life and how they became the way they are, but rarely asks where the character wants to advance themselves to in the future. So it ends up being a mix of a sandbox RP where the characters are free to so what they like with a story in the background that is happening while they have that freedom.

So when we talk about parts of a character that never get used, a motive/objective is a part that would probably need further attention.