[quote=Dervish]So just reject them if they aren't willing to work with you or they aren't able to meet the standards. You can do everything you just said without rejecting them and then asking them back because you wanted to test their character. I stand by what I said.[/quote]

... Uh... The rejection -is- the test. If they're willing to [b]fix[/b] something that is "wrong" with their sheet, after I rejected them, so they can be accepted, and they do that, and they're willing to wait a couple days for a response, then they pass the test.

...This is really simple. Like... This is GM 101 stuff right here. Rejecting someone's CS because it doesn't meet standards and offering a critique that they can learn from, resubmit, and become accepted. This is... Very normal. I honestly don't understand why you think it's dickish. Do you just reject people and never, ever let them try again?... Is this somehow efficient to you? I mean, obviously, I've got to be doing something right, when my RP's consistently last for months or even years... It's not like I'm telling them that they're horrible human beings, I'm critiquing a fictional character. :hehe

[quote=Dervish]It's a rather shitty way to go about doing things, in my humble opinion, since there's plenty of other ways of judging someone's character without resorting to bullshitting a reason to reject them even though you have every other intention to accept them. It's not being "evil". It's just being a dick.[/quote]

It's a test. A very simple to pass test. That works in ironing out people who throw up five minute characters and have no real intention to stay, or people who get really defensive about their characters. 

This isn't being a dick. This is common sense. :lol

[quote=Dervish]Say what you have to up front and be done with it.[/quote]

...That... Would defeat the purpose of the test... You're assuming people will always be truthful. They're not. At all. If they were, then why the hell is the player drop rate in RP's so absolutely obscene?

[quote=Dervish]I have two games that have been around for around a year each and I have rejected several applicants for each game for a variety of reasons. The ones who remain are the ones who have proven to be good characters and capable of meeting my standards without complaint.[/quote]

...Same with mine. That's pretty normal. I'm not sure why this was brought up.

[quote=Dervish]I am more than a little familiar with what it takes to run a game and chose people who are well suited for it, so believe me when I say that there are plenty of other very effective methods a GM can use that doesn't revolve around what you're advocating.[/quote]

...Critiquing someone's fictional character to see if they will get pissed off about it and rage quit, or refuse to fix it, or if they'll just go and fix it?

Seriously? You'd take offense to someone throwing a critique out about your fictional character at random?... Really?... Um... I don't think you and I will see eye to eye on this if that's true.

[quote=Dervish]If you told me that I was rejected for a really silly, made up reason and then told me it was a test of my character three days later and you wanted me back, I'd refuse flat out. If you couldn't tell I'd be a dedicated and easy person to work with another way, then why would I want to participate? It's just rude.[/quote]

I can't though. Dervish I'm not a mind reader, I can't automatically know how "dedicated" you are. You may even sincerely believe that you're this fantastic role player or whatever, but for all I know, you create a billion Mary Sues and have them make incestuous love to each other. Especially since the posting history on this site at the moment is limited.

Now, to clarify, no, I'm not saying that's what you do. I'm sure you're a great role player, but I'd rather you not go about telling me that my methods are a cruel and unusual punishment and that I'm being a dick and all that... Because I offered a critique on a person's character sheet at random to see if they would flip out or not.

... Character sheet. Not even of the person in question, their fictional, not-real character, in as non-offensive a manner as possible.

Anyway, I'm sorry that all it would take for you to leave my RP is my telling you that I was testing your reaction to being rejected and offering you reasons why you were, even if I didn't really care about those reasons, because I wanted to see who you were as a person.