Difference between revisions of "Character Application"

From Super Robot Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with "__NOTOC__ == Introduction == ''"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx."'' -- xxxx 1a) Here, we need a name to call you. This doesn't have to be your real name; re...")
 
 
(28 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
__NOTOC__
 
__NOTOC__
 +
 +
'''Please send all applications as text in the body of the email itself.'''
 +
 
== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
''"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx."'' -- xxxx
 
  
1a) Here, we need a name to call you. This doesn't have to be your real name; really, this is mostly about continuity of knowing who you are if you happen to change email addresses or what-have-you.
+
1a) What is your preferred name or alias?
 +
 
 +
1b) If you do not yet have a wiki account, what would you like your account name to be? (Your password for the wiki will be sent via a separate email.)
  
1b) Likewise, if you play characters here at SRTMOO, list them. If you've played at any other MU*, we'd like to know that, too; we don't necessarily need a full play history, just a general sense of who you are.
+
1c) Please give us a non-exhaustive idea of your prior MU*ing history - notable characters and MU* you were at.
 +
 
 +
1d) Please affirm you are at least 18 years of age. While SRTMOO is not an "adult" game (see [[Tone]] and [[Theme]]), it is a game that deals with mature themes.
  
 
== Profile ==
 
== Profile ==
''"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"'' -- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
 
 
2. Please give us the finger profile of the character you'd like to play, if they haven't been made before. If you want changes to an existing finger, please note that you're making changes.
 
2. Please give us the finger profile of the character you'd like to play, if they haven't been made before. If you want changes to an existing finger, please note that you're making changes.
  
* Name: What is the character's name? Be as complete as possible.
+
* Name: What is the character's complete name (in English reading order)?
* Origin: If the character is an original character, simply type "OC" or "Original Character" here; else, list the series or metaseries they happen to be from.
+
* Origin: (FOR OCs:) Original (FOR FCs:) Please list the metaseries the character is from.
* Gender: Whatever gender is appropriate for your character. (MOO, as a codebase, accepts an essentially infinite number of pronoun structures.)
+
* Gender: As-appropriate for character (MOO supports an essentially infinite number of pronoun structures).
* Species: Is your character something besides a Natural human? If so, list that here.
+
* [[Species and Subspecies|Species]]: Please be specific - 'Human' is not a complete answer. ("Natural" is.)
* Job: What role does your character take in the world? (This doesn't necessarily have to be their literal job; "Angry Citizen" is just fine, if it suits the character's circumstances.)
+
* [[Species and Subspecies#Awakening|Awakening]]: The character's Awakening score.
 +
* Job: What role does your character take in the world? (This doesn't have to be their literal job, a function or narrative role is fine.)
 
* Homeland: Where does your character call home? (Takes any argument.)
 
* Homeland: Where does your character call home? (Takes any argument.)
* Signature Unit: While your character may pilot many mobile weapons, what is the one that would be most readily associated with them?
+
* Signature Unit: What is the mobile weapon that would be most readily associated with the character?
 
* Profile: Give us 4-8 sentences that would serve as a capsule summary of the character. Examples can be seen on the game by typing (+finger/@dossier) and a character name.
 
* Profile: Give us 4-8 sentences that would serve as a capsule summary of the character. Examples can be seen on the game by typing (+finger/@dossier) and a character name.
 
* Groups: List any groups the character is in. Characters can belong to multiple organizations; the ones created at launch are open to any player character. With the permission of a leader of any future groups, a new character can join those groups as well.
 
* Groups: List any groups the character is in. Characters can belong to multiple organizations; the ones created at launch are open to any player character. With the permission of a leader of any future groups, a new character can join those groups as well.
  
 
== Character Information ==
 
== Character Information ==
''"I think it's about time that you revealed what your true intentions are."'' -- Otto Midas
+
3a) Tell us the highlights of the character's background, about a paragraph or two for each question. We are looking for boilerplate highlights, not minutiae. Cover these in any format you like; do not feel obligated to break it out section by section, but make sure you answer all of the following:
  
3a) Tell us the highlights of the character's background. We don't really need a novel, but there's a few questions we'd definitely like to see answered. About a paragraph or two for each should suffice; anything else you want to say would be helpful, too, and there's no shame in spending some time getting acquainted with the world! But these are the questions you should have a good sense of the answers to before playing.
+
* 3a1) What specific events made them decide to fight for the world? If the decision to fight was made for them, how was it made for them? Or, if they're not someone who fights, what events most colored their perception of the world?
  
* 3a1) What made them decide to fight for the world? If the decision to fight was made for them, how was it made for them? Or, if they're not someone who fights, what events most colored their perception of the world?
+
* 3a2) How did they gain the power to fight, and access to the units that dominate combat of the era? Or, if they do not fight, what is it that draws them inexorably into the orbit -of- fighting?
 +
* 3a3) Are there any formative, lynchpin moments in the character's history that, without them the character simply does not function? Explain them briefly, and what they mean.
  
* 3a2) How did they gain the power to fight, and access to the units that dominate combat of the era? Or, if they do not fight, what is it that draws them inexorably into the orbit -of- fighting? (Sometimes, this answer is short and sweet.)
+
3b) What are the core traits of the character's personality? Again, we don't need a novel here unless you want to write one, but there's some questions we'd definitely like to see covered, in the same way as above.
 
 
3b) What are the core traits of the character's personality? Again, we don't need a novel here unless you want to write one, but there's some questions we'd definitely like to see covered.
 
  
 
* 3b1) What are your character's core motivations and goals?
 
* 3b1) What are your character's core motivations and goals?
Line 37: Line 41:
 
* 3b2) How does your character relate to others?
 
* 3b2) How does your character relate to others?
  
* 3b3) What is it they're fighting for in the world? If they don't fight, instead, what do they consider it laudable to fight for?
+
* 3b3) How do they feel about the world as it is? If they're satisfied with it, what is it they want to protect? If they're unsatisfied with it, what is it they wish to change?
  
* 3b4) How do they feel about the world as it is? If they're satisfied with it, what is it they want to protect? If they're unsatisfied with it, what is it they wish to change?
+
== Mechanical Information ==
 +
4. We ask that all applications use the character sheet located here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dapWFghj1MHi5EoUACtG2aakIfVuW63qYP2X-fpNKgE/edit?usp=sharing
  
== Non-Mechanical Resources ==
+
Please make a copy, then link us to the copy in the application.
''"With the resources we've already sent, Zeon can fight for another ten years, if necessary!"'' -- M'Quve
+
 
 +
* 4a) For Pilot: Please explain your placement reasoning for your pilot at their performance level at the point of application.
  
4. Does your character have some supernatural ability, great prowess in unarmed combat, some resources beyond those of a typical Neo-Colonial citizen, some heritable title? Great fame, or a major secret in their family history? Mention those sorts of things here. Some characters will have nothing to say here; this is fine.
+
Does your character have any personal units? If yes, continue. If not, skip this step.
  
== Mechanical Information ==
+
* 4b1) Please explain to us the goal or core idea behind the personalizations applied to your unit(s) that makes it uniquely yours, from Kamille building Zeta Gundam out of the Gundam MkII, to the designs or systems that turn 'a Gundam' into 'your Gundam'.
''"Gear up, boys! Time to teach those clowns a lesson!"'' -- Vargas
+
* 4b2) Please explain your placement reasoning for the unit(s) at its performance level (before Personalization Bonus).
  
5. Mechanical Information
+
== Non-Mechanical Resources ==
 +
5. Does your character have some supernatural ability, great prowess in unarmed combat, some resources beyond those of a typical Neo-Colonial citizen, some heritable title? Great fame, or a major secret in their family history? Mention those sorts of things here. It is important to consider the skillset your character has that is not fighting things that are five meters tall or taller; very few characters are strictly obsessed with fighting to the exclusion of all other things, and those that are, well. That's a specific character point equally worthy of mention!
  
5a) Please provide your character's statistical information as a pilot. If you don't feel comfortable generating stats yourself, you can tell us, generally, what your character attempts to do in combat and we'll work to fit something to that line.
+
== Excitement ==
 +
''"What is the most important thing to you? I will defend it with my life!"'' -- Masaaki Endoh
  
A starting character -- FC or OC -- can range in piloting ability from Capable to Expert to Ace to Great Ace. A handful of FCs, almost all antagonists, have access to a 5th rank, Extreme. Capable and Expert-tier characters will essentially never be scrutinized over power level; a character starting at Ace or Great Ace should make some narrative sense starting there. (Note, too, that you're not locked into this level of power; it's perfectly appropriate to ask for a bump to a higher tier after a narrative beat you find compelling. Remember to pace yourself, though; the cap is unlikely to rise past Extreme.)
+
6. What excites you about playing this character? What is it you absolutely want to do on the character? What do you see as potential concerns or problems, ''especially'' if you're playing an antagonist or a character who explores some themes that need to be treated with care? If there are things you'd like to downplay or avoid, please note that as well.
  
5b) Does your character have any personal units? If no, you don't need to fill out this step at all. Each faction has access to a variety of units in multiple sizes. Faction news files will note what types of units are generally available to each faction, so if you don't want a personal unit, you can make appropriate decisions regarding the character's preferred unit scale.
+
== Final Pre-Flight Checks ==
  
We ask that all applications use the character sheet located here:
+
All done? Please send your application to '''srtmoostaff@gmail.com'''. It should have the following subject line:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-yVWPi2xZKo7cJKdeaQCHSncBd0cMb-c5CfRbvUsuNM/edit#gid=0
 
  
Please make a copy, then link us to the copy in the application.
+
'''(FC or OC) - Primary Faction - Character Name'''
  
All done? Please send your application to '''staff@srtmoo.net'''. It should have the following subject line: "'''FC/OC - Faction - Character Name'''." Thank you so much!
+
Thank you so much!
  
 
== See also... ==
 
== See also... ==
  
 
[[Category: Systems]]
 
[[Category: Systems]]

Latest revision as of 23:46, 13 March 2024


Please send all applications as text in the body of the email itself.

Introduction

1a) What is your preferred name or alias?

1b) If you do not yet have a wiki account, what would you like your account name to be? (Your password for the wiki will be sent via a separate email.)

1c) Please give us a non-exhaustive idea of your prior MU*ing history - notable characters and MU* you were at.

1d) Please affirm you are at least 18 years of age. While SRTMOO is not an "adult" game (see Tone and Theme), it is a game that deals with mature themes.

Profile

2. Please give us the finger profile of the character you'd like to play, if they haven't been made before. If you want changes to an existing finger, please note that you're making changes.

  • Name: What is the character's complete name (in English reading order)?
  • Origin: (FOR OCs:) Original (FOR FCs:) Please list the metaseries the character is from.
  • Gender: As-appropriate for character (MOO supports an essentially infinite number of pronoun structures).
  • Species: Please be specific - 'Human' is not a complete answer. ("Natural" is.)
  • Awakening: The character's Awakening score.
  • Job: What role does your character take in the world? (This doesn't have to be their literal job, a function or narrative role is fine.)
  • Homeland: Where does your character call home? (Takes any argument.)
  • Signature Unit: What is the mobile weapon that would be most readily associated with the character?
  • Profile: Give us 4-8 sentences that would serve as a capsule summary of the character. Examples can be seen on the game by typing (+finger/@dossier) and a character name.
  • Groups: List any groups the character is in. Characters can belong to multiple organizations; the ones created at launch are open to any player character. With the permission of a leader of any future groups, a new character can join those groups as well.

Character Information

3a) Tell us the highlights of the character's background, about a paragraph or two for each question. We are looking for boilerplate highlights, not minutiae. Cover these in any format you like; do not feel obligated to break it out section by section, but make sure you answer all of the following:

  • 3a1) What specific events made them decide to fight for the world? If the decision to fight was made for them, how was it made for them? Or, if they're not someone who fights, what events most colored their perception of the world?
  • 3a2) How did they gain the power to fight, and access to the units that dominate combat of the era? Or, if they do not fight, what is it that draws them inexorably into the orbit -of- fighting?
  • 3a3) Are there any formative, lynchpin moments in the character's history that, without them the character simply does not function? Explain them briefly, and what they mean.

3b) What are the core traits of the character's personality? Again, we don't need a novel here unless you want to write one, but there's some questions we'd definitely like to see covered, in the same way as above.

  • 3b1) What are your character's core motivations and goals?
  • 3b2) How does your character relate to others?
  • 3b3) How do they feel about the world as it is? If they're satisfied with it, what is it they want to protect? If they're unsatisfied with it, what is it they wish to change?

Mechanical Information

4. We ask that all applications use the character sheet located here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dapWFghj1MHi5EoUACtG2aakIfVuW63qYP2X-fpNKgE/edit?usp=sharing

Please make a copy, then link us to the copy in the application.

  • 4a) For Pilot: Please explain your placement reasoning for your pilot at their performance level at the point of application.

Does your character have any personal units? If yes, continue. If not, skip this step.

  • 4b1) Please explain to us the goal or core idea behind the personalizations applied to your unit(s) that makes it uniquely yours, from Kamille building Zeta Gundam out of the Gundam MkII, to the designs or systems that turn 'a Gundam' into 'your Gundam'.
  • 4b2) Please explain your placement reasoning for the unit(s) at its performance level (before Personalization Bonus).

Non-Mechanical Resources

5. Does your character have some supernatural ability, great prowess in unarmed combat, some resources beyond those of a typical Neo-Colonial citizen, some heritable title? Great fame, or a major secret in their family history? Mention those sorts of things here. It is important to consider the skillset your character has that is not fighting things that are five meters tall or taller; very few characters are strictly obsessed with fighting to the exclusion of all other things, and those that are, well. That's a specific character point equally worthy of mention!

Excitement

"What is the most important thing to you? I will defend it with my life!" -- Masaaki Endoh

6. What excites you about playing this character? What is it you absolutely want to do on the character? What do you see as potential concerns or problems, especially if you're playing an antagonist or a character who explores some themes that need to be treated with care? If there are things you'd like to downplay or avoid, please note that as well.

Final Pre-Flight Checks

All done? Please send your application to srtmoostaff@gmail.com. It should have the following subject line:

(FC or OC) - Primary Faction - Character Name

Thank you so much!

See also...