Applications Update | October 2025

[Smol 2229]

 

COMMUNITY TEAM UPDATE

[Posted October 2025]

 

 

APPLICATIONS - September 2025

 

During September of 2025, we saw a total of 280 applications submitted and reviewed. Out of these, 157 new players were accepted! Our accepted/denied percentage ratio last year was around 103/118.

 

Please note that the Racial & Timezone Data shown will only be shown for accepted players.

 

 

 - Accepted/Denied Ratios - 

 

 

- Race-Specific Data - 

 

 

- TimeZone Data - 

 

 

- Referral Data -

 

 

- Raw Application Data -
 

- Racial Data -

- Humans -

Total: 92

Adunian: 16 

Heartlander: 3 

Highlander: 14

Farfolk: 8

No Subrace: 51 

 

- Elves -

Total: 41

Wood: 11

Dark: 9

High: 16

No Subrace: 5 

 

- Dwarves -

Total: 12

Cave: 2

Mountain: 4 

Forest: 3

No Subrace: 3 

 

- Orcs -

Total: 8

Orc: 4

Goblin: 4 

 

- Halflings -

Total: 4

 

- Timezone Data -

Oceania: 5

America: 76

Europe: 76

- Referral Data -

Through a Friend: 63

minecraft-server.net: 17

minecraftservers.org: 31

topg.org: 0

minecraftservers.biz: 0

minecraft-server-list.com : 8

minecraft-mp.com: 4

planetminecraft.com: 12

minecraftforum.net: 0

TikTok : 1

Youtube: 10

Twitter : 0

Google: 31

Reddit: 25

PC Gamer: 0

Bluesky: 0

Other: 0

 

- Accepted/Denied Ratio -

Total: 280

Accepted:  84

Pending-Accepted: 73

Denied then Accepted: 10

Pending-Denied: 73

Denied: 50

 

 

APPLICATION MONARCH

 

The title of Application Monarch for September 2025 goes to @Cheese.

 

 

With the most applications reviewed in September, @Cheeseis our reigning Application Monarch, followed by @Zhikartaand @Evonpire.

 

 

TEAM UPDATES

 - Media -

As you’ve probably seen over the last couple of weeks, we have posted a whole bunch of things to our social media, too many to include in this update. If you haven't had the chance to view our trailer for Azuras or the variety of nation build showcases that we’ve done, please head on over to our YouTube at:

 

https://www.youtube.com/@lordofthecraft

 

And as always, check our other social media:

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lordofthecraft?lang=en 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lordofthecraft 

 

More new projects and awesome videos are soon to come, so stay tuned.

 

 

FEEDBACK FORM

 

Since its inception, the Community Team has been dedicated to assisting wandering souls, whitelisting players, aiding new & old players alike, and much more. With the survey below, our goal is to gather valuable anonymous insights into what the Community Team excels at and where it could improve.

 

Please provide honest feedback so we may improve our team's performance.

 

You can find the survey below:

 

 https://forms.gle/JrUyvtrc1DkkgwR76  

 

 

Need help? Feel free to contact a community team member via the forums, Discord, or you can use the command /creq in-game and a member can help you out there!

 

Shout outs

The Community Team - For their hard work over the past month and all the hard work they continue to do.

 

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me via Discord (Smol_bean) or the forums, and I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Cheers!

 

[Morigung-oog 5697]

 

Oh to be English in 2025...

 

Still, congrats on raising the acceptance rate. Huge progress.

[Navigator 4260]

this is actually really cool and interesting!

[Cheese 8882]

So… many….. applications……. but it was worth it to be application monarch again 

[Evonpire 2014]

APPLCAITONMS

[DrFong 226]

Am I reading it correctly that 123 people out of 280 who wanted to play on LOTC were denied? We turned away 44% of new potential players?

 

Does anyone else see this as a failure of the whitelist application system?

 

Nothing against our hardworking Community Staff who get to wade through the applications each day, but maybe something is wrong with the whitelisting process? Maybe the test isn't clear? Maybe people aren't understanding the value of being whitelisted beforehand and not wanting to put in the effort ahead of time?

 

Do we have a list of why applications are being denied? 

 

I'm not sure what the problem is, but throwing away 44% of potential "customers" seems unsustainable.

[Evonpire 2014]

On 10/5/2025 at 9:32 AM, DrFong said:

Am I reading it correctly that 123 people out of 280 who wanted to play on LOTC were denied? We turned away 44% of new potential players?

 

Does anyone else see this as a failure of the whitelist application system?

 

Nothing against our hardworking Community Staff who get to wade through the applications each day, but maybe something is wrong with the whitelisting process? Maybe the test isn't clear? Maybe people aren't understanding the value of being whitelisted beforehand and not wanting to put in the effort ahead of time?

 

Do we have a list of why applications are being denied? 

 

I'm not sure what the problem is, but throwing away 44% of potential "customers" seems unsustainable.

It's definitely a jarring number, however, a good lot of those are players who either: A) Stopped looking at LOTC after applying (even if get to their app within a day and reach out via forums and discord) or B) use AI in their application. The former comprising probably like 90% of denied applications. The latter of which are people who use AI to write a 6 sentence backstory/response, what happens when they have much more on the server.  Which I think we both can agree the use of AI in active RP is kind of undesirable. However, I would strongly argue against the idea that it's unsustainable given that the server's been on this model for over a decade, and has constantly rotating players, and a relatively stable playerbase. I firmly believe those who want the experience will stay and those who don't won't,  and there are some basics that need to be understood prior to letting someone play, some of which can't be automated by a tutorial island. Having been on CT off-and-on for several years, during different eras of the server, the application has gotten considerably easier (It's actually a very interesting topic, I would recommend looking at some old apps from when they were proper posts vs the dedicated section we have now which doesn't really preserve old formats).

I say this knowing that I've seven years of roleplay experience, but doing the application can truly be a 20-30 minute process as of now. No LOTC lore knowledge is required, and we only need a simply grasp of metagaming and powergaming and a non-meme skin (which can be borrowed from the Archive). I can definitely see the concern with it, but the model works for LOTC. We've seen new-heads rise, and a lot of old-heads get cycled out and quit. While the goal is to include as many as possible on LOTC, we don't necessarily need to be the biggest server to have a quality experience. Please note these are just my personal opinions built on my experiences with all of this.

@DrFong