Give clearer messages when stories are withdrawn/deleted during character creation
This is probably only an issue because people are getting over-excited after joining via Kickstarter, but I started creating a Character only for the Narrator to delete the story before I had finished (since it takes time to source a photo and write descriptions). The error messages when I clicked "Create" were vague, along the lines of "There was a problem, why not try again".
I suggest that you detect that specific issue (parent story has been deleted/closed) to give more accurate feedback to users. You could even monitor the state of the story with a background Ajax request, and alert users if the story they are trying to join has been closed/deleted in the meantime.
Matthew Pennell
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Narrator can no longer delete games outright. Instead, they can “suspend” them, in which case the game is halted but nothing is deleted or removed. This means that if you are trying to apply to a game, your character won’t be deleted out from under you anymore. Moving forward, we’re working on changes to the open invitation system to make things smoother for everyone!