I don't know what happened. Most of applicants don't read OP.
Knowing that Bitsler has been in a long time, there are a lot of things that happened during those times, like the change of payment rates, rules, flexibility, etc. The important thing is that the owner is a big part of it like before payments are sent, it goes through the owner. And maybe the owner still judges the applicants. Possibly.
Personally, OP has not been updated with optional payment gate (BTC address - legacy/segwit), so it is the best to stick with application form above.
I think it doesn't have a big impact on whether or not you would follow the format now. Look at the recently accepted
application. There's no Bitsler name, it's just that yahoo62278 PMed and that was it. I think it's still the quality of the posts of the member and a huge part from Baryom.
I suggest sticking to not clogging the thread. (sorry for this, just my two cents)