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specialhellbound (9:05:04 PM): SEAN I GOT A QUESTION
heirofamalfoy (9:05:16 PM): OKAY
specialhellbound (9:05:23 PM): I can't remember- are you one of the mods at Amat?
heirofamalfoy is available (9:07:58 PM)
specialhellbound (9:08:14 PM): UGH SORRY I GOT BOOTED SO IF YOU SAID ANYTHING I MISSED IT
heirofamalfoy (9:09:42 PM): LMAO All I got was you asking me if I was a mod and I said yes
specialhellbound (9:09:46 PM): OKAY COOL
specialhellbound (9:09:52 PM): um...do you guys happen to have any idea
specialhellbound (9:09:58 PM): what your turnover rate of characters are
specialhellbound (9:10:05 PM): like one percentage of characters last 6 months or less
heirofamalfoy (9:10:17 PM): oh
heirofamalfoy (9:10:19 PM): uh
specialhellbound (9:10:24 PM): since one of our mods is doing a study of Paradisa and we got like...40% of characters are 4 months or younger
specialhellbound (9:10:33 PM): and we're wondering if this is really bad or just the norm for Para
heirofamalfoy (9:10:56 PM): I think… ours is actually unusually low? Because most characters who get in last for a year on average.
heirofamalfoy (9:11:16 PM): I think it's only like maybe… 10% tops that last 6 months or less
specialhellbound (9:11:23 PM): /nods
specialhellbound (9:11:25 PM): okay thanks!
specialhellbound (9:13:31 PM): yeah it's all part of a thing to see what we can do to get...newbies to stay more sdfkldsfkljf
specialhellbound (9:13:35 PM): or if this is just a norm of RP
heirofamalfoy (9:14:08 PM): I think it's mostly the norm of RP - because all the other games I've been in have had a turnover rate that's usually 30 − 50%
specialhellbound (9:14:17 PM): /nods
heirofamalfoy (9:14:25 PM): I think Amat has a low one because there's an immediate, easy basis for a great deal of CR.
specialhellbound (9:15:02 PM): /nods
specialhellbound (9:15:28 PM): yeah the mods are wondering if the amat thing has something to do with the app...like is it more intensive than Para's?
specialhellbound (9:15:38 PM): since if you're gonna put a lot more effort into an app, you're gonna stick around longer
heirofamalfoy (9:15:50 PM): Uhh - I don't know if the app itself is, but the review process definitely is.
specialhellbound (9:15:55 PM): ok
heirofamalfoy (9:16:02 PM): Especially for characters who are being aged-up, which the majority are.
heirofamalfoy (9:16:14 PM): It's a bitch to pass the suitability section if you're 14 or younger.
specialhellbound (9:16:40 PM): yeah that makes sense
heirofamalfoy (9:16:42 PM): your… character that is
specialhellbound (9:16:43 PM): and is very interesting :O
heirofamalfoy (9:16:44 PM): since players can't be
heirofamalfoy (9:16:45 PM): jdlkfsd
specialhellbound (9:16:46 PM): asdfjkasdfjklsdfk
specialhellbound (9:16:47 PM): YEAH
specialhellbound (9:16:59 PM): HOW MANY PEOPLE CLICK THE I AM UNDER EIGHTEEN BUTTON!?
heirofamalfoy (9:17:23 PM): ROTF I'VE BEEN CLICKING THE I'M OVER EIGHTEEN BUTTON SINCE I WAS LIKE 12
specialhellbound (9:17:28 PM): HAHAH IKR?
specialhellbound (9:17:31 PM): I love that button so much
specialhellbound (9:17:32 PM): it's such a joke
heirofamalfoy (9:17:35 PM): it really is lmao
specialhellbound (9:17:40 PM): I press it just sometimes to see if it will go somewhere new
heirofamalfoy (9:17:49 PM): DOES IT?
specialhellbound (9:18:18 PM): MOST OF THE TIME
specialhellbound (9:18:19 PM): GOOGLE :C
heirofamalfoy (9:18:23 PM): LAME
specialhellbound (9:18:28 PM): it's like GDIT GOOGLE YOUR OWN PORN
specialhellbound (9:19:06 PM): you guys also have app periods right? Where apps are closed for awhile?
heirofamalfoy (9:19:13 PM): yeah, we only have apps open one week out of the month
specialhellbound (9:19:17 PM): right
specialhellbound (9:19:24 PM): SORRY FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS, THE MODS ARE ASKING ME ABOUT THEM
heirofamalfoy (9:19:28 PM): IT'S OKAY
heirofamalfoy (9:19:38 PM): I think having them closed helps discourage impulse apps
specialhellbound (9:19:58 PM): I'm thinking that too :O we used to do closed apps sometimes at Para when mods would be too bogged down
specialhellbound (9:20:04 PM): and it did cut down on random crack characters
specialhellbound (9:20:17 PM): or on Sasukes and Kairis
heirofamalfoy (9:20:36 PM): LMAO yeah - there are a number of times when I know people go "I WANT TO APP THIS CHARACTER"
heirofamalfoy (9:20:49 PM): but by the time apps open up, you've lost the shiny
specialhellbound (9:20:52 PM): YEAH
specialhellbound (9:20:56 PM): usually when I get an urge
specialhellbound (9:20:58 PM): I wait a month
specialhellbound (9:21:01 PM): and see if I still want them
heirofamalfoy (9:21:24 PM): yeah. i do that too. or i'll write up the app and then wait a month to hand it in - because sometimes just writing it out gets rid of the urge to play them
specialhellbound (9:21:37 PM): it's true
specialhellbound (9:21:49 PM): or just throwing up a post on DM or doing one of those memes
heirofamalfoy (9:21:58 PM): yeah
specialhellbound (9:22:06 PM): but yes this is very interesting :>>>
heirofamalfoy (9:22:12 PM): I know that there's one comm that cut down on turn over rates by uh
specialhellbound (9:22:16 PM): I"M A SOC MAJOR SO I"M SUCH A SUCKER FOR THESE STUDIES ;;
heirofamalfoy (9:22:22 PM): by making a community where people could test out characters before they played them
specialhellbound (9:22:27 PM): huh :O
heirofamalfoy (9:22:28 PM): to see if they fit in the setting and if they enjoyed playing them
heirofamalfoy (9:22:45 PM): or they made like a post in a specific journal for people to reply to with any character they were thinking of or something
specialhellbound (9:22:52 PM): that's kinda genius
heirofamalfoy (9:22:53 PM): it was an open rp for test driving, that's all i remember about it
specialhellbound (9:23:03 PM): what game was htis?
heirofamalfoy (9:23:05 PM): it cut the turnover rate in like… half
heirofamalfoy (9:23:09 PM): uhhhhhh il_prom, I believe?
specialhellbound (9:23:10 PM): damn
specialhellbound (9:23:19 PM): I think I know a couple prom muns actually!
specialhellbound (9:23:24 PM): I will poke them about it
heirofamalfoy (9:23:27 PM): I was thinking of apping there since my McGee is >>
heirofamalfoy (9:23:34 PM): so we did a thread in the test drive comm together
specialhellbound (9:24:15 PM): ohoho
specialhellbound (9:24:20 PM): yeah that's really interesting
heirofamalfoy (9:24:38 PM): tbh I think a lot of why people stay in Amat
heirofamalfoy (9:24:40 PM): is because it's locked
heirofamalfoy (9:24:41 PM): and if they drop
heirofamalfoy (9:24:44 PM): they can't continue stalking
specialhellbound (9:24:48 PM): AHAH
specialhellbound (9:24:50 PM): I would not be surprised
specialhellbound (9:24:59 PM): there have many times I have tried to go over there to see something that gets mentioned by someone
specialhellbound (9:25:00 PM): but alas locked
heirofamalfoy (9:25:09 PM): it's interesting and fun and active enough to keep people engaged and that's a huge motivation to keep going.
heirofamalfoy (9:25:37 PM): lmao the locked thing is easily maneuvered around if you know people in game though
heirofamalfoy (9:25:39 PM): because so many people just
heirofamalfoy (9:25:42 PM): give out their passwords
heirofamalfoy (9:25:44 PM): and let people look
heirofamalfoy (9:25:49 PM): we are not as secret in our porn as we think we are

After this we go on to talk about other subjects, thus I am ending the transcription there.