If it helps, I don't think anyone here is really saying 'OCs are terrible, I will refuse to engage these players' or anything. Just outlining the reasons OCs aren't often embraced. And on my end... I've tagged OCs, I'm definitely willing to give them a chance. It's just that my past experience with them has not been stellar. Obviously, not all writers are the same, so there's no predicting what type of characters would app in. And I do have faith in the mods to judge apps well, but after awhile you just get into tricky territory.