[quote=@Jaredthefox92] I see, well actually I just posted on my status as I'm not familiar with what would be a "journal" entry on this forum. I mostly wanted to advise this as I felt it becoming an issue. Sorry, I just wanted to really address why I did things a certain way in my starters. The reason I wanted to do it out of OOC is because I feel that it's cleaner that way, and I'm sort of versatile on how you create a character. Characters to me are not set in stone and they adapt and become better overtime. At least, in my past experience abroad and off this forum. Thus I didn't really want to force people into a final draft that could potentially just be edited and corrected instead. It's sort of my lenient roleplaying nature, but I believe a character can be better if they're just adjusted to the RP instead of just outright saying 'no'. Another thing is I feel OOC was supposed to be reserved for discussions and not just about characters, but plots and information as well. Thus I wanted to keep it as the lifeline of the roleplay and have characters just edited as we went along in the character section. I mean, I guess I could switch but I feel like for me to just go flat "no" and force others to a final draft of a character that may well just need some tweaking to be a bit of a disservice to my participants. I'd rather just have characters adjusted than just have to go "no" and shut off my players. [/quote] The whole point about requiring a character sheet is to act as a guide and resource for players, including the character's owner, so details can be kept consistent after months (e.g. knowing what their skills and powers are, recalling parts of their history that are now plot pertinent) and for GMs to have something to work off of for determining what applicants will work best for their game; RPs that just take anyone that walks in the door are the ones that are inviting a lot of problems and player dissatisfaction. If someone follows rules when making their character, then it's a good sign they are cooperative and good team players who have solid reading comprehension. Someone doesn't and puts things that are contradictory to the rules, lore, or GM's dictation, and it shows that the player is problematic and may be prone to arguments and is more interested in pushing their own ideas rather than subscribing to the ones the GM has established. Look, you're going to get people apply to your games that won't be a good fit to an RP, it's just a fact of life. I've seen things like people arguing that their character wouldn't go to the location an entire RP is centered around and fight everyone about it, others apply with ridiculous stuff like respawning characters or dragon-werewolf hybrids in a Skyrim setting, writing extremely tropey and edgy backstories that goes against the tone of the game itself, making their character far more powerful than the setting allows, trying to fight to have characters involved in factions that do not or no longer exist or are adversarial in nature, and a billion other permutations that aren't even touching writing quality. When you take half an hour and dump a sheet that's half-baked, it shows, and since I'm not the kind of guy who wants to manage more players than I'm comfortable with, I'm going to go with the sheet with more effort and the players with better attitudes over all. A good rule of thumb is if you want to try an idea that isn't standard, run it by the GM first and if they say no, don't press it. Their game, their rules. Joining a game means you agree to follow what the GM establishes. In regards to the character sheet submission thing, keep in mind that virtually everyone follows the same etiquette of posting the sheets in the OOC for review before transferring it to the CS tab. If you're finding you're running into problems with that, maybe it's worth changing your own approach to match the flow of the majority of players. Worst case scenario, you could always just request someone reposts their finished sheet because the OOC thread past the introductory post/posts is supposed to be informal.