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Acceptance is not guaranteed. I am serious about this. Many games say they are very choosy, but ultimately let in almost every applicant. Aside from being picky about quality, I am also a strong believer in the requirement of shared vision. If your application is good but your vision clashes violently with ours (to the point where I feel revisions will not help) I will still turn your application down.
Read the appropriate documents! This includes all of the rules (not having read them is not an excuse for breaking them,) character profiles, Questions Answered as well as the story to date. If your application shows evidence that you're unfamiliar with our world, it will be nearly impossible to get accepted, regardless of how much effort you put into the application. And please do not think I can't tell, because I can.
Fill out the application and comment to this entry with it. As far as the sample entry goes, please write a new entry as the character you are applying for. Do not link to other journals, or give us a sample of yourself playing someone else. I want to know how you will write the character you are applying for.
Within a few days or so, you'll hear back. I may want to talk to you OOC, or I may have requests for clarification or revision. Please don't be surprised or alarmed. This just means that our game and your take are not entirely compatible, but you're good enough that I want to accept you.
This may seem obsessive, but after playing in several other games, I have come to the belief that the only way for a game to truly work, and work well, long-term is for the people involved to connect, both as characters and as people, as well as sharing a common vision.
For your convenience, a template of this application is featured below.
About You
Name:
Preferred Method of Contact: (Email? AIM? Y!M? PM?)
Email:
Age:
Any RP experience: (Please be specific; who were you, and where? Link if possible.)
Time you have available to devote to your character: Please be honest!
Time Zone: We've got people all over, so this is not an issue. Just curious.
About the Character
Character Desired:
Age/Birthdate: For supernatural creatures, please note how old they are and how old they look.
Species:
Family:
General Personality: A nice, healthy paragraph please.
Background: A brief, but not too brief, rundown of the character's history. We know a lot about the main characters but many of the side characters of the series were underdeveloped so you can expand on them a bit more. Talk about where the character came from, where they want to go, what they're doing, that kind of thing. If you have applied for one of the pre-set OCs, expand a bit more than what I gave you.
History: It has been three years since Sam and Dean defeated Lilith and the current time in our game (January 2012). If you have a canon character what on earth have they been doing? If you have a character from Season one, definitely tell me what they've been doing.
Appearance: Like the background section, we know a lot of some characters, but very little about what other characters look like. Write a quick blurb about what they look like here.
Anticipated PB: Just trying to make sure everyone's the right ethnicity, general description, etc.) Age is a bit more subjective criteria because sometimes the Hollywood teen set just doesn't have the right look. If you don't know, that's fine but realize that, if accepted, the PB is subject to approval for the same reasons. *Side note. You are married to your PB choice. Pick one you really like. Don't pick a PB based on whether or not they have pictures with JPad and Jensen...That's just not cool.
Name three plotlines for your character: (Not necessarily things you WILL do. Just ideas. And they don’t have to be huge sweeping epics either.)
Sample Entries
Sample A: At least 250 words, written in the style you would use to post. Must be a journal/message board entry for the character you're applying for, first person. If it helps I am more than happy to give you a prompt.
Sample B: At least 250 words, written as the character you are applying for, third person. The easiest way is to start a scene, just like you would if you had been accepted in the game.
Other
Tell us a bit of randomness. Why are you applying? Do you have any questions or comments? Any links to anything I should see? Anything? Also, if you have a username already ready for the account (which is not mandatory btw), then let me know the username here.
Once you've finished filling in the application, please comment to this entry. If a character is being held for you, please note that in your subject title. You do not have to comment with the journal of the character you're applying, just comment with any account you have.
Read the appropriate documents! This includes all of the rules (not having read them is not an excuse for breaking them,) character profiles, Questions Answered as well as the story to date. If your application shows evidence that you're unfamiliar with our world, it will be nearly impossible to get accepted, regardless of how much effort you put into the application. And please do not think I can't tell, because I can.
Fill out the application and comment to this entry with it. As far as the sample entry goes, please write a new entry as the character you are applying for. Do not link to other journals, or give us a sample of yourself playing someone else. I want to know how you will write the character you are applying for.
Within a few days or so, you'll hear back. I may want to talk to you OOC, or I may have requests for clarification or revision. Please don't be surprised or alarmed. This just means that our game and your take are not entirely compatible, but you're good enough that I want to accept you.
This may seem obsessive, but after playing in several other games, I have come to the belief that the only way for a game to truly work, and work well, long-term is for the people involved to connect, both as characters and as people, as well as sharing a common vision.
For your convenience, a template of this application is featured below.
About You
Name:
Preferred Method of Contact: (Email? AIM? Y!M? PM?)
Email:
Age:
Any RP experience: (Please be specific; who were you, and where? Link if possible.)
Time you have available to devote to your character: Please be honest!
Time Zone: We've got people all over, so this is not an issue. Just curious.
About the Character
Character Desired:
Age/Birthdate: For supernatural creatures, please note how old they are and how old they look.
Species:
Family:
General Personality: A nice, healthy paragraph please.
Background: A brief, but not too brief, rundown of the character's history. We know a lot about the main characters but many of the side characters of the series were underdeveloped so you can expand on them a bit more. Talk about where the character came from, where they want to go, what they're doing, that kind of thing. If you have applied for one of the pre-set OCs, expand a bit more than what I gave you.
History: It has been three years since Sam and Dean defeated Lilith and the current time in our game (January 2012). If you have a canon character what on earth have they been doing? If you have a character from Season one, definitely tell me what they've been doing.
Appearance: Like the background section, we know a lot of some characters, but very little about what other characters look like. Write a quick blurb about what they look like here.
Anticipated PB: Just trying to make sure everyone's the right ethnicity, general description, etc.) Age is a bit more subjective criteria because sometimes the Hollywood teen set just doesn't have the right look. If you don't know, that's fine but realize that, if accepted, the PB is subject to approval for the same reasons. *Side note. You are married to your PB choice. Pick one you really like. Don't pick a PB based on whether or not they have pictures with JPad and Jensen...That's just not cool.
Name three plotlines for your character: (Not necessarily things you WILL do. Just ideas. And they don’t have to be huge sweeping epics either.)
Sample Entries
Sample A: At least 250 words, written in the style you would use to post. Must be a journal/message board entry for the character you're applying for, first person. If it helps I am more than happy to give you a prompt.
Sample B: At least 250 words, written as the character you are applying for, third person. The easiest way is to start a scene, just like you would if you had been accepted in the game.
Other
Tell us a bit of randomness. Why are you applying? Do you have any questions or comments? Any links to anything I should see? Anything? Also, if you have a username already ready for the account (which is not mandatory btw), then let me know the username here.
Once you've finished filling in the application, please comment to this entry. If a character is being held for you, please note that in your subject title. You do not have to comment with the journal of the character you're applying, just comment with any account you have.