» Modified 1st come, 1st serve for Prefects/Student

So I was thinking it's not fair for someone to have had a character on the board for a year and a half or something and then get sniped for prefect/head student because someone else was on first when it comes time to claim those spots in August. So I was thinking that preference goes by the date the character was accepted (and yes character, not member) so a character created August 1 trumps one created August 10. Also, I think prefects should trump non-prefects for student heads. at least bumping them up by one spot on the priority list.

So there'd be a week or so for people to sign up with a link to characters they want to be a prefect/student head, and then whoever has the highest priority gets the spot. That way whoever has been working their character towards that spot the longest gets the spot.

I kind of like the first-come-first-serve thing, if only because the date you created the character doesn't have much effect on how more or less active you are with them.

Who happens to be on at a specific time doesn't have any bearing on it, either -- and doing it by creation date seems more fair than that, or than something like post count.

We've been discussing this in staff! (:
And I'm not sure when Lola's planning to explain it in full, but we're trying for a fair method that bases selection on the most suitable characters for the position.

If anything, it won't be simply first-come-first-served.

It is a nice idea, we will discuss it :)
As of now, we were thinking of doing it icly instead of oocly. Would that be something you'd be cool with, guys?

EDIT:
OMG, MJ BEAT ME TO IT

Well, that would sort of mean I pick Ravenclaw prefects, Lexi and I choose the students heads, Lexi chooses Gryffindor prefects, Olive the Slytherins ... and no one picks the Hufflepuffs 'cause we can't keep a Hufflepuff HoH.

... or something like that.

I pick the Puffs xD

IC THINGS ARE THE BEST YAY

/useless always

I think perhaps a sign up with why you think your character deserves to be a prefect, or head boy/girl. Then Lola and the HOH players can discuss what they think. EG:

Character name: Cerideyn Bordeaux
Year: Fifth
House: Hufflepuff
Explanation: I think Ceri deserves to be the Hufflepuff prefect because she is not only an honest and true Hufflepuff, but a perfect example of what the ideal student should be. She is friendly to all, follows and understands the rules, and does well in school.

I have no real objections, although if that's the way it's decided I'd like some time to go over apps and check out some RP so I can pick the best possible candidates.

I'd also like to know WHEN we'd be doing this, since IC letters/badges for student staff positions go out at the same time as O.W.L./N.E.W.T. scores (end of July).

EDIT: About what Lexi said, I think that players should be barred from discussion about their own characters.

The application like thing would be nice, but there is a difference between me thinking that my character can get the position and what my character does IC. I think that the prefects should be choosed more based by what they show in their threads, rather than what the player thinks of the character.

I don't know how fair that is, going on that alone. Ceri doesn't get the chance to thread much, so no one would see much about her. However, you can read her app and know that she's just as I've described. Not to mention it would take an exorbitant amount of time to read over enough threads from all the potential candidates in order to pick the right one.

I'm not against the first come, first serve idea, as that's how it is for every other position and how it has been. Would this now be implemented for every position that's opened? Let's say seventh year Gryffindor prefect becomes available, should we force people to write applications for the position or read over their threads (what if a new character wants it? The character, while new on the site, wouldn't be new to the school and I feel it would be completely biased to say that a new character can't have the position strictly because they haven't had any threads to analyze yet).

The modified first come/first serve is the simplest solution, really ... because I'd definitely in picking characters ICly look more at their IC behavior in threads than their apps. Characters change from apps to behavior all the time, and even if they don't one person's perception of a trait might not match up with another's, and so threads are more accurate than apps.

It's basically like this. the players apply, give about 100 words of explanation (and not the basic thing - she is friendly etc, like the real deal breakers) the hoh's give say who they think fits most, but its lola who decides in the end.

It was done this way on 2 sites I have been on and worked WONDERFULLY

So like I'd PM Lola saying "I think Suzy Q should be the Ravenclaw Prefect because she behaves herself and is maternal enough that she seems like she'll be good at looking after the younger students."

Am I getting this idea right? It seems rather complicated.