Okay, I have a question for y'all. Some of you are familiar with my "do better" form letter... for those who aren't, it's a "here's what we expected from you on your application, please try again." (If you'd like to see it, let me know and I'll send it to you.) Every once in awhile, I get someone who replies back (often quoting the entire thing) and says, "I'm not sure what you're saying here... are you asking me to do something? Have I been accepted?" I believe the form letter is rather clear on this point... it specifically asks for more info. "...please take the time to give us a little more detail about your game..." It goes into detail about *what* I want to see. My question is, am I being unfair if I automatically reject applications when someone responds to the form letter in this way? Is it fair to assume that if a prospective GM can't understand the form letter, or maybe worse, doesn't bother to read it for details, that they aren't going to make a good GM? The form letter is long... 686 words, 66 lines of text. But if someone can't read and understand the form letter despite its length, how can I expect them to run a good game when that takes a lot of time and attention? (I have another prospective GM that shows promise in her ideas... but she takes a week to reply to every message. I'm on the verge of rejecting her based entirely on how slow she is to reply to simple requests for info... I'm afraid that her game would bog down and die from lack of GM responsiveness.) -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Listowner tools are found at http://www.phoenyx.net/listowners
