I scrutinize the applications as closely as possible, checking every single post made in the past, checking the multi-server banned database, and reading their applications with a fine-toothed comb. However, many applicants are new to the Minecraft forum and have made few posts or been a part of few or no other servers. This makes it hard to fully judge a person before getting to know them in the game. I try to weed out any potential troublemakers, but it is hard to catch them all.