Elephant in the room: The major problem is that there isn't a staff member with administrative access to and interest in taking the lead in developing this subforum. I only have access to administrate the Character Submission sub-sub-forum. I'm not as rigorous as I probably should be in that regard and sometimes I get busy and a few days go by before I review anything. My view is that if a character isn't too over the top and includes sufficient information to interact with and assess, that's good enough. That means some submissions end up violating the tier/influence system, but that system is intended to be a guide rather than a rule. Moreover, I've extended the offer repeatedly for people to offer some ideas on how to improve it. I don't think I've gotten any [i]positive[/i] feedback on that front -- only [i]negative[/i] feedback, which doesn't help me make it better and just tells me what people dislike.