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Two possible solutions (instead of more hate) -
1.) Ditch the whole submission system. Scrap tf out of it. Make admins only allowed to upload shield/sword graphics from now on and make a quota of content they have to release in a month to keep up interest.
2.) Hire some friggin staff from the community of avid artists to go through the submissions and train them to hone their skills on what is 'acceptable' or not. Give reasons. Be very precise. Have a gold standard. Stop the monkey business of "oh its so hard" vs "you people are so dumb."
3.) (BONUS) Outline exactly what is allowed instead of relying on a single page written literally years ago regarding submissions guidelines. Show examples. Write a guide. Make it detailed. Give specific illustrations of what is not allowed AND WHY.
4.) (EVEN MORE BONUS) Stop with the pre-written single-button responses. This seems to be the biggest issue with the whole submission process - I know that it seems to streamline the function for administration by not having to write out explanations, but THREADS LIKE THIS show that the players are not able to upload in the fashion that is required in order to be acceptable and the explanations they are getting as to why their uploads are not acceptable just aren't detailed enough. Take out the stock responses - refer them to a page in the aforementioned guide (see point 3) to at least give a hint as to why their submissions are being denied. This will save time for players and the administration folks.
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Both GPs and GATs review uploads already, hiring avid artists to do them is pretty redundant especially when all that will happen is that they will go through the same process as us and increase the chances of someone approving an upload for a friend or themselves that should not be approved. Being able to specify the problem with the upload submitted is a great idea, however, this is going to take up a lot of time especially if it happens to be only one person online doing all of them. There are already many players complaining about their upload is taking too long to be reviewed despite only waiting an hour, not sure they would appreciate the process taking even longer. It's pretty easy to spot if an upload breaks any rules other than the occasional one that can be rather odd. There will be certain occasions where we all differ in opinion and we find certain things acceptable/unacceptable. This is something that can easily be cleared up.
I've heard about quite a few people who appealed their upload ban and it was removed although it may be the minority. Getting unbanned is probably one of the things that aren't very definite at the moment from what i've seen