Generally we go by first come first serve. Although we understand how that can be rough with timezone, unfortunately it is still the fairest method around. Part of the reason for the week between reserves and apps is to help with that as much as possible.
However, with such a limited amount of spots this time around we may have some slight judgement calls, depending on the apps submitted. We try to close when we get the amount of good looking apps that fill the slots, and reopen if we have too few, but obviously that is not an exact science.
At the end of the day of course any kind of judgement call is going to be biased, even if it is a community agreed upon bias. What we most look for is a solid grasp of the character, the setting, and the flexibility to make the two go together. We also obviously want someone who can use the English language well enough (though given my skills in typos, we know they slip in.) Generally all of us agree that a good app doesn't make a good player and vice versa, and we understand a great player may not be a great app writer, so we try to look at the whole package as much as we can.
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However, with such a limited amount of spots this time around we may have some slight judgement calls, depending on the apps submitted. We try to close when we get the amount of good looking apps that fill the slots, and reopen if we have too few, but obviously that is not an exact science.
At the end of the day of course any kind of judgement call is going to be biased, even if it is a community agreed upon bias. What we most look for is a solid grasp of the character, the setting, and the flexibility to make the two go together. We also obviously want someone who can use the English language well enough (though given my skills in typos, we know they slip in.) Generally all of us agree that a good app doesn't make a good player and vice versa, and we understand a great player may not be a great app writer, so we try to look at the whole package as much as we can.