I have just received one of those (awful) semi-automatic in-game applications (with those equally awful "accept" and "reject" buttons), but was surprised to see the older and shorter application form again. On May 1, it still was the longer form, just compared the messages.
May 1, 2018:
Hi,
My name is xxx and I would like to join your alliance.
Please fill out the following information to increase your chances to be accepted:
Experience: Is this your first world? Since when do you play on this world? How long have you been playing Grepolis? What is the highest city score you have achieved?
Location: How many cities do you have in which ocean?
Alliance Activity: Have you ever been in an alliance? Do you actively participate in the alliance forum? Have you ever had an administrative position within an alliance and would you be interested to perform such a role?
Greetings,
xxx
May 29, 2018:
Hi, my name is xxx. I found your alliance using the alliance finder and I would like to join you. I look forward to receiving an invitation.
Kind regards, xxx
Since both forms tend to be lacking any additional word from the applicants´ side, I prefer the shorter version (without those inapt and annoying questions that always stay unanswered anyway) and thus don´t complain; and I would even prefer to have those semi-automatic application forms sent to Hades altogether...^^
But I cannot remember that any such change was announced in the last few changelogs, so I wonder whether this return to the old form is intended or not.