@ixokai said in Is there a basics of CG out there somewhere?:
I think the order you do things doesn't really matter, because IMHO chargen is mandatory and until its active a game shouldn't be open to players. Hand-statting sucks-- it requires the users to literally know everything possible and requires them to do no errors and staff to catch the inevitable errors and not make mistakes when setting up the stats. I hate hand statting.
Players like to have control over setting their stats.
What many players may not remember is that there were once games where there was no chargen. What you did was apply for a character, which meant sending @mail to staff about what stats you wanted. Staff would then review the application, and stat the PC for you.
Back in the day, I hand-statted everyone as a staffer. I knew the commands; I knew if the points worked; and it allowed me to interact with the player prior to having them on the game. It was not a bad thing; it was a good thing. It required me to spend more time on the game than I may have wanted, and where there was a dozen apps in one day some people would have to wait longer -- sort of.
Frankly, if staff had to hand-stat everyone, we'd probably avoid a lot of problems, and the frustration of players not knowing how to use the CGen commands. And because most games require a review process anyhow, I don't think it would slow things down substantially.
