argonian

yeah it's a real app I just don't want to put the CT member who reviewed it on blast

there's definitely merit to being a whitelisted server but I'm a staunch supporter of a more liberal application process, because good lord I cannot wrap my head around why we're denying or even pending new players over things like pedantic details in their backstory or for their hair or eye color or their skin quality. who does this benefit

Usually the apps that are being denied are actual league of legends/whatever third party universe apps. In my case, I am denying people too that clearly haven't put in any effort or are trying to get in as super ninja tyoe characters.

All pending-denied apps though are people not making the requested changes. Ct apps are FAR MORE liberal in their requirements as opposed to a few years ago.

My point being, in most cases (read: most) the denials are justified as the players are just tossing in meme apps. That being said, player retention isn't only solved by "accepting more apps". I'd even argue the apps that I personally (each CT has slightly different standards) are the players you also know won't stay for more than a week, as the server is not what they assume it to be.

Ai checkers are dumb though they aren't reliable in most cases

idk what the apps that are getting directly denied are like, but putting apps on pending for pedantic reasons is just as bad as denying them

imagine coming back to ur app a day later to see the "pending" period for some trifle, which may or may not even be legitimate at all (green eyes???), was exceeded and you'd been denied. you wouldnt bother applying again