Seeing that it should not take long to decide whether a new user gets a territory or not, why should we not designate a different admin to take care of territory requests? The absence of Isleno is really discouraging for new players like me.
It is like standing in front of a locked room just to get something quickly and waiting for hours because the person with the key won't come.
Edit: why not make a "community approval" system where a panel of experienced users such as Zhenkang votes on applications?