[quote=@Ambra]
[@Ammokkx] We could, but I'd honestly like a mostly even pool to pick from as well. It makes it somewhat easier on me to decide. For instance, if there's 5 extremely well written girls and 2 extremely well written boys, I'm more likely to pick the 2 guys and 3 girls. 
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One person's well written girl =/= theirs would be a well written boy. Don't get me wrong; I get the idea of wanting to balance the cast and notifying people would have more of a chance to get in if the pool to pick from was balanced. As I see it, however, if you already have 4 guaranteed characters, and only 3 slots open past that, then you should compare those 3 slots to the 4 guarantees, not the *entire* sample size.

For example, if the ratio currently is 2-5, but in terms of actual accepted players it's 1-3, then it'd be more poignant to say "We need males to fill the slots since the base ratio is skewed to females."

Similarly, if it's an equal 2-2 on base players, then it's better to just say "We're looking for an equal amount of male and female signups, but we've gotten 0-3 skewed to female right now, so it's better to sign up with a male."

Saying just 2-4/5 is a bit confusing, considering we can't tell how many of those are part of the core 4 and how many of those are the competing parties.