The Application
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m_legacies_oocIn the early going, I'm going to be pretty easy on applications. The people who jumped on this have talked through characters some, so I'm going to try and place a reasonable amount of trust in people. Eventually, once there is more established, we'll be moving to using DC-Legacy's app process.
Meanwhile, however, notes from the current moderator:
1. Before rping, all characters should have their character profile in their personal journal, at a minimum, so other people can easily reference what your character can do and info about them.
2. Be reasonable.
3. Characters can be powerful. Gods and cosmic powers have a history with the Avengers, and even many more "mundane" characters on the roster can be extremely potent. We're trying to capture that "Avengers" feel here, so there's a reasonable amount of wiggle room, BUT...
3A) In trying to capture that "Avengers" feel, a big focus of many plots is going to be making sure that the end-all and be-all of effective characters is not the high end. Many plots will only be able to be resolved by teamwork, and/or by the badass normals - despite being utterly outclassed by many teammates, how many times have we seen Captain America or Hawkeye be the one to save the day?
3B) On the same note, the big, big guns tend to get their moments. Only they can fight the Hulk, or Atlas, or others. Only they can withstand the new giant robot of DOOOOM... so, pretty much per their usual role in team comics, the bigger a gun you are, the less things will be specifically plotted for you. The more "badass normal" you lean towards, the more times plots will probably lean towards making sure you have cool stuff to do towards resolution... everyone has a role to fulfill.
4. Read the ooc note on Support Staff. The amount of time and energy you put into playing support characters for others and giving them RP and individual stuff, and not making it feel like we're rping inside an 8 character vacuum, will be taken into account for apps or stuff you might want to do in the future.
5. If you're going to sort of cover someone else's schtick, check with them. Thor and Hercules, or Herc and She Hulk can co-exist on the same team fine, and even be complementary. Within an rpg, we want to make sure everyone feels they have something they can contribute, or at least feel comfortable with the character roles. This is not a warning that doubling up on a power or schtick is forbidden - just talk with people about characters ahead of time.
6. Power-ups: These happen sometimes in comics. They may happen in the story. But before they happen, you MUST clear it with the mods. Do not surprise people with suddenly having powers not in your profile, or having them at a stronger than indicated level, or introducing something from totally outside game/Marvel canon. The application process isn't going to be too restrictive - but once you have an approved character, you're approved only for them as apped for. This shouldn't be necessary to say... but I've seen too many examples of someone apping a char, playing for a couple weeks, and doing something where they gain 10 new powers or radically powerup/change.
That said, here's the general profile/application form and process in the future:
This community acts as our "backstage area". If you're interested in applying for membership in this RPG, please apply by making a comment on this post using the information below.
When applying for a character, please cut and past the following form into your post below and fill out all of the questions:
Character:
A) Player (nickname, handle):
B) Player's main LegacyTales.net Username:
C) Email:
D) Character name:
E)Reltionship to Canon Character(s)
F) Do you see the character as a primary character, who would be used regularly? A secondary character, who would be more background? Or a plot character, who shows up from time to time and drives stories?
G) New character Dreamwidth journal (if already created):
H) Base of operations:
I) Physical description (face, build, weight):
J) Abilities:
K) Weaknesses and flaws:
L) Base of operations:
M) Alignment (villain, hero etc):
N)Relatives (living or dead):
Backstory:
O) Sample Post:
(Please either post your sample roleplay below or post the link where it may be easily found. Please include dialogue where possible. If you prefer, you may also request an interactive "test scene" with one of our players - if so, please list characters that you would be interested in interacting with for the scene).
Please note that we will not accept applications which utilise characters from other fandoms (If you're a DC Comics fan, we have a sister communities covering both the present DC period and DC Legacies era. Please ask for details.)
Please give the admins at least 24-48 hours to respond to your app request. (If it's near the end of a school quarter, please give us a little more leeway.) Once you hear from us, we will have a team of players review your application and hopefully get back to you with an answer as soon as possible. If you haven't heard a final answer within a week, please check with us. One of our priorities is to not leave people hanging wherever possible.
WHEN we respond, we will respond with either a YES, a NO (with reasons why), or a TEST SCENE. The third option, which is common, is when we want to see more from you to see how both you and your character would interact with someone already in the game - often someone your character would have a close relationship with. Once your test scene is completed, we will then respond shortly thereafter with a YES or a NO.
Meanwhile, however, notes from the current moderator:
1. Before rping, all characters should have their character profile in their personal journal, at a minimum, so other people can easily reference what your character can do and info about them.
2. Be reasonable.
3. Characters can be powerful. Gods and cosmic powers have a history with the Avengers, and even many more "mundane" characters on the roster can be extremely potent. We're trying to capture that "Avengers" feel here, so there's a reasonable amount of wiggle room, BUT...
3A) In trying to capture that "Avengers" feel, a big focus of many plots is going to be making sure that the end-all and be-all of effective characters is not the high end. Many plots will only be able to be resolved by teamwork, and/or by the badass normals - despite being utterly outclassed by many teammates, how many times have we seen Captain America or Hawkeye be the one to save the day?
3B) On the same note, the big, big guns tend to get their moments. Only they can fight the Hulk, or Atlas, or others. Only they can withstand the new giant robot of DOOOOM... so, pretty much per their usual role in team comics, the bigger a gun you are, the less things will be specifically plotted for you. The more "badass normal" you lean towards, the more times plots will probably lean towards making sure you have cool stuff to do towards resolution... everyone has a role to fulfill.
4. Read the ooc note on Support Staff. The amount of time and energy you put into playing support characters for others and giving them RP and individual stuff, and not making it feel like we're rping inside an 8 character vacuum, will be taken into account for apps or stuff you might want to do in the future.
5. If you're going to sort of cover someone else's schtick, check with them. Thor and Hercules, or Herc and She Hulk can co-exist on the same team fine, and even be complementary. Within an rpg, we want to make sure everyone feels they have something they can contribute, or at least feel comfortable with the character roles. This is not a warning that doubling up on a power or schtick is forbidden - just talk with people about characters ahead of time.
6. Power-ups: These happen sometimes in comics. They may happen in the story. But before they happen, you MUST clear it with the mods. Do not surprise people with suddenly having powers not in your profile, or having them at a stronger than indicated level, or introducing something from totally outside game/Marvel canon. The application process isn't going to be too restrictive - but once you have an approved character, you're approved only for them as apped for. This shouldn't be necessary to say... but I've seen too many examples of someone apping a char, playing for a couple weeks, and doing something where they gain 10 new powers or radically powerup/change.
That said, here's the general profile/application form and process in the future:
This community acts as our "backstage area". If you're interested in applying for membership in this RPG, please apply by making a comment on this post using the information below.
When applying for a character, please cut and past the following form into your post below and fill out all of the questions:
Character:
A) Player (nickname, handle):
B) Player's main LegacyTales.net Username:
C) Email:
D) Character name:
E)Reltionship to Canon Character(s)
F) Do you see the character as a primary character, who would be used regularly? A secondary character, who would be more background? Or a plot character, who shows up from time to time and drives stories?
G) New character Dreamwidth journal (if already created):
H) Base of operations:
I) Physical description (face, build, weight):
J) Abilities:
K) Weaknesses and flaws:
L) Base of operations:
M) Alignment (villain, hero etc):
N)Relatives (living or dead):
Backstory:
O) Sample Post:
(Please either post your sample roleplay below or post the link where it may be easily found. Please include dialogue where possible. If you prefer, you may also request an interactive "test scene" with one of our players - if so, please list characters that you would be interested in interacting with for the scene).
Please note that we will not accept applications which utilise characters from other fandoms (If you're a DC Comics fan, we have a sister communities covering both the present DC period and DC Legacies era. Please ask for details.)
Please give the admins at least 24-48 hours to respond to your app request. (If it's near the end of a school quarter, please give us a little more leeway.) Once you hear from us, we will have a team of players review your application and hopefully get back to you with an answer as soon as possible. If you haven't heard a final answer within a week, please check with us. One of our priorities is to not leave people hanging wherever possible.
WHEN we respond, we will respond with either a YES, a NO (with reasons why), or a TEST SCENE. The third option, which is common, is when we want to see more from you to see how both you and your character would interact with someone already in the game - often someone your character would have a close relationship with. Once your test scene is completed, we will then respond shortly thereafter with a YES or a NO.
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Date: 2011-11-06 11:09 pm (UTC)