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it's definitely gotten better in terms of accepting. that said, i wouldn't want every game accepting ocs - and that dwrp in general definitely needs more "restrictive" games (i.e. ones focused on certain canons - single canon games, oc only games) for the sake of variation - because we already have a tendency to appeal to as many people as possible and as a result a lot of games feel quite similar. i don't think we need every game to appeal to everyone or even accept every type of character but at least be open about it. more games should say "this is a horror game, we don't think child characters are appropriate".

but if you're going to allow something, allow it. you're completely right when you say there's enough hoops to jump through as it is to get into a game for a hobby (an interactive hobby which requires factoring in other people's opinions and feelings, but a hobby nonetheless).

as a moderator, (general) you have the power to say no to whoever you fucking want, for whatever reason you fucking want, but communicate it clearly when you do. it is always going to be a risk accepting any application to a game - the best written app doesn't mean the best player, they could be ooc or completely insane - but mods have the power to say "you know what? your character is overpowered/ooc/your behaviour is unacceptable. shape up or ship out."

i just can't stand wishy-washy hoop-jumping language like that.

(also, i could rant forever about the standards of oc vs the standards for canon characters. i get that you can hold the creator accountable for what they've done, but damn sometimes it just sucks all the fun out of creating shit. i want to make the ridiculous and impossible sometimes too.)

it has and i agree, i would love to see more single fandom games, more exclusive per character games (age restrictions/canon restrictions/personality restrictions, ie; no fluffy sugary sweet children's characters in a game where there's explicit horror/violence/gore) in addition to panfandom and all inclusive games. some games just aren't made for certain characters, ocs included. and that's fine. not arguing that point and every game starter and mod has the right to veto any application, canon or oc, for whatever reason they see fit.

it's not always going to be a good reason (i played with a shitty oc in the past and now all ocs are shitty/i don't like your canon/your pbs face makes me want to hurl), but it's still their right and i respect that.

but that rule in specific just makes me feel like it's a really shitty backhanded way to get people to not app ocs. "we're super oc friendly and we love all character, but first you have to prove you really want to play here by playing a canon character whether you want to or not before we'll allow your preshus babbu. then you have to sign these forms in triplicate and mail them to guam and have them be dipped in the tears of orphans before we can even contemplate processing your oc."

just yay or nay at the beginning. a lot of other games do. 'no ocs allowed'. fine. then i'll go find a game where i can play my oc. just pick a damn side.

(not ranting at you because i totally agree with your comment and i really wish more mods had the balls to just make a rule and stick to it. or to be progressive enough to change them to be more inclusive if they finally see that ocs aren't the devil.

(oh i totally get it. it's nice to vent this out to someone who understand instead of my bf sitting there with a "huh?" look on his face.)

this is totally the problem. i'm not going to hold anything against a mod who says no ocs, and i think sometimes there's a case of mods wanting to be liked and *not* seen as exclusionary/having to deal with the handful of overly vocal idiots. so they put a hoop there which means they don't have to explain why they don't accept ocs, and they get to look like they care about standards.

just... ugh. if they were really concerned about flakiness, they'd work on changing around app processes/activity checks to try and improve it, or actually take a stand on people scraping by with activity.

yeah, the activity one is the one that gets me annoyed. i mean, i get that shit happens and some months a char might have problems doing more than the minimum of ac either because of events or other people hiatusing or them not calling one themselves because they think they can power through it, but if it's a consistent thing where someone is meeting the bare minimum of ac and they don't tag around past maybe one to three closer cr mates? that's not game behavior. that's musebox/psl stuff. the whole point of being in a game is to expand past the few people you know and get involved in the setting. in a panfandom game, that means playing outside your cast.

this is a pro and con of playing an oc because by merit of being an oc, you're always tagging outside your cast and making some great cr. the con is that there are always those people that 'hate ocs' or that refuse to carry on cr outside of their cast.

in terms of game play, i would think mods should be more inclined to let in ocs just so there's more than a few little cliques squatting in a game. i hate this with both ocs and canon characters. take it to a musebox. don't char squat in a game that has fifty-four other casts that you refuse to touch. it's just rude.

i see less flakiness with ocs (not that there aren't flaky ocs) than i do with canon characters. and it sucks to have a char squatting, flaky canon char from your cast, especially if your character expects to interact with them. if an oc is dumping around being a dick, there's less hope to rise and fall when they get kicked for being squatters.

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