Goonhub
04-16-2020, 07:21 PM
I'm strongly for removing clownapps for the aforementioned hiding of regular apps. From the time the clownapps were first rolled out I was concerned about such, especially since somebody recently put up a mentorapp. I believe a fair amount of mentorapp traffic is people noticing the most recently commented app's attached username and the reader thinking, oh, I know them decently well, they'd be good, and checking it out. The high number of "yes +1" style comments on mentorapps brings me to particularly believe so.
As for requiring people to post a clown app to play clown, in my experience, it's easy to be intimidated by stepping out of the game onto the forums, especially as a new player. I also observe that most of the most memorable clownings I have seen have been one-off people I don't recognize the ckey of - and that requiring apps hurts the existence of fantastic one-off players who may not want to dive into areas outside of game to become eligible to play clown, of all things.
As for requiring people to post a clown app to play clown, in my experience, it's easy to be intimidated by stepping out of the game onto the forums, especially as a new player. I also observe that most of the most memorable clownings I have seen have been one-off people I don't recognize the ckey of - and that requiring apps hurts the existence of fantastic one-off players who may not want to dive into areas outside of game to become eligible to play clown, of all things.