User blog comment:Jiskran/Archive of pre-fabricated characters for new arrivals/@comment-1613839-20120709133256

It's not a bad idea, but the problem we've found is that people would rather create their own characters. For a while, we tried an adoption process to take on the characters of those who werent' around anymore etc, and 95% of the new people just created their own characters instead of adopting characters which were already made. Also, new users don't have to start as a first year. They may create a character in any year they wish, they just need to ask an admin, and I don't believe this has even not been approved.