Re: the AC/late acceptances thing, it's not a blanket rule that provides a free pass, exactly; that was worded badly. It just means that if you introduced a character after the start of the AC period, you're not required to get a full 30 comments this AC only. It's for the sake of fairness. If all the other players are given a full month to reach those 30 comments, it wouldn't be right if we penalized newcomers accepted after the fact to hit the same deadline in less time.

Additionally, not every new character is introduced as soon as they are accepted; sometimes delays happen due to hiatuses, plots, or events. All of this is taken into consideration. This is why we ask that new characters still be added to the AC: so we can see what their activity is and from what point it began.

tl;dr it's something we've thought about already, but thanks for the reminder so that it could be clarified.