havenmods | Applications Two

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED!
The next application opening date is Friday 16th January, 7pm EST.
The next application processing date is Friday 23rd January, 7pm EST.

IMPORTANT: PLEASE POST YOUR APPLICATIONS HERE ON THE NEW APPLICATION PAGE

We're so glad you're thinking of joining us in Haven, where we are all safe.

In order to apply for a canon character, please fill out the information below and post it in a comment in this entry. For an OC, please apply using the OC information. Please do not link to applications, all applications must be posted here. Please do not delete your applications; if you do not want it to be seen, you can request for it to be screened after a decision is made.

You may apply for two characters every application round, to a total of six characters. Only two of these may be from the same canon, and they cannot be too familiar with one another. Please make sure to mark the header of your comment(s) with RESERVED or NOT RESERVED, as well as the character name and canon. App challenges are not allowed currently.

Try to remember spelling and grammar are important, and in app length quality and not quantity is what matters. All parts of the application must be your own work, plagiarism will not be tolerated, though you are welcome to reuse your own old applications.

If you are asked for revisions, please don't panic! It doesn't mean the mods don't like you, only that we probably need more information before making a decision. If you are asked for revisions, you will have one week to supply them.

Applications are open on a monthly cycle, where they will be opened on the second Friday of every month for a week, and then processed on the third Friday of the month, before being closed again.

We now have a test drive community at haventest which is continuously open. Posts there may be used in lieu of a sample in the application. You may also link posts, logs, or threads from other games and memes in lieu of samples, though we ask that they be no more than one year old. As of November 22nd 2014, samples cannot be "where am I" intro posts. The reason for this is that we often find it hard to gauge characterization from those, as most people when immediately in a new surrounding are confused or frightened.

While we encourage players who have dropped to re-join us, we do not encourage the continual rapid dropping and re-apping of the same character in a short time period. You are welcome to request specific housing, and all attempts will be made to accommodate that request, but it may not always be possible.

To see what we are looking for:
Canon Characters:
Sample Application (Faith Lehane)
Sample Application (Iroh)

Original Characters:
Sample Application (Mors)
Sample Application (Vera de Barr)
Sample Application (Malkus Iverwelling)

Previous Game History:
Sample Application (Abel Nightroad/Mayfield RPG)
Sample Application (Bolin/Discedo)

The old application post can be found here if you would like to look through past accepted applications.

Applications will be open on the following dates (from 7pm EST):
12th-19th December
16th-23rd January

Applications will be processed on the following dates (at 7pm EST):
19th December
23rd January

To apply for a canon character, please fill out this form:
Name: Your name or nickname Contact Info: Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Haven. Requested apartment: Please put N/A if you have no preference. Character Name: Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) Canon: Canon Point: Where in the series are you taking them from? Background/History: A link to a source about the canon is fine for this. Previous Game History: At least two paragraphs on important events for the character and how they have been shaped by the previous game. If this is not applicable, please delete this section. Personality: This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. Abilities/Powers: Please assume canon-blindness and explain in as much detail as possible. Items/Weapons: Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? Sample Entry: At least ten sentences in first person/action bracket format, please. A link to a previous post or thread with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome. Sample Entry Two: At least two paragraphs in third person/prose format, please. A link to a previous log or thread with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome.

To apply for an original character, please fill out this form:
Name: Your name or nickname Contact Info: Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Haven. Requested apartment: Please put N/A if you have no preference. Character Name: Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) Background/History: At least three paragraphs, please. Try to focus on events in the world history that have had an impact on the character. Previous Game History: At least two paragraphs on important events for the character and how they have been shaped by the previous game. If this is not applicable, please delete this section. Personality: This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. Abilities/Powers: Please explain in as much detail as possible. Items/Weapons: Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? Sample Entry: At least ten sentences in first person/action bracket format, please. A link to a previous post or thread under a year old with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome. Sample Entry Two: At least two paragraphs in third person/prose format, please. A link to a previous log or thread with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Abilities/Powers: The TL;DR version is thus: Steve is a genetically enhanced supersoldier that operates at about thirty to forty percent beyond the peak physical condition of an Olympic athlete. I'll break down his abilities below for easy perusing!

●Top-tier physical combatant. Steve is both strong and durable, with exceptional endurance and top-notch training. He's shown to capably fight multiple opponents at once. He knows numerous martial arts and incorporates a variety of styles into his fighting according to circumstance and need. His primary weapon is of course his signature shield, which is made of vibranium – a metal that's known to nullify vibration and absorb impact. He is capable of calculating ricochet vectors for it on the fly.

●Genius-level intellect. He's a seasoned tactician – given his habit of avid reading and the books he's shown to have both in The First Avenger and The Winter Soldier it's a safe bet to say he's read as many books about tactical theory as he could get his hands on. He also has a memory that verges on the eidetic, and can adapt very quickly to new ideas or technologies. He's a capable leader and is good at motivating others and earning their loyalty to his cause.

●Linguistics! Though he's only shown speaking French, it's likely that he's conversant in languages relevant to WWII – namely German, Italian and Russian.

●Art! He's capable of professional-level artistry, probably only in two-dimensional mediums as it's highly unlikely he'd have access to more than that in in his early life.

●Metabolic things! Steve's metabolism is roughly four times that of a normal human. What this means for him is a) he probably eats enough to feed a small army and b) he heals and recovers far faster from things that would lay a normal human out for weeks. He also has a higher body temperature than normal, meaning that viruses and other pesky bugs can't survive in his body and thus affect him. He is also either immune or has a high resistance to poisons. On the flip side, this likely means that your garden variety painkillers also don't work on him. If he gets a compound fracture, he's probably just going to have to set it on his own unless anyone nearby has horse tranquilizers to spare.

●General wartime knowledge. This ranges from standard first-aid (dressing and bandaging wounds, setting bones, how to deal with things like open pneumothorax – probably all things he's done or helped with) to things like codebreaking, navigation, knowledge of a variety of weapons from mortars to pistols and tanks, how to do things like purify water for drinking/build a fire/make a sturdy foxhole/etc. He also shows himself capable of driving a variety of vehicles and even hotwiring them.

Items/Weapons: If I may be able to consider his (stealth!) uniform/shield as one item, then I would also like his compass with Peggy's picture and a sketchbook/pens as my second/third respectively. If the uniform and shield count as separate items, then just the compass in addition to that, please.

Sample Entry: TDM top-level.
Sample Entry Two: A top level thread on a minor injuries meme.

Congratulations on being accepted, Steve Rogers, your apartment block and number is #18.1, and your tag is character: steve rogers. Please use this tag when you are the poster of the entry or log, and when you tag into an entry or log, thank you. Please note that tags will not show up on the tag list until they have been entered manually once, this does not mean we have forgotten to give your character a tag.

Please make sure to complete the following:

-> Join havenrpg, havenooc, havenlogs and havenplots.
-> Check out who your character is sharing an apartment with.
-> Optionally join havenmemes, the Haven Meme community, and haventest, the Haven Test Drive community.
-> Fill out this form - please note, all re-apped characters are also required to fill out this form fresh, thank you.
-> Fill out your details on the taken characters page.
-> Introduce yourself in the OOC community.
-> Make sure you have read this guide

IMPORTANT: An IC mingle log will go up on Saturday at 7PM EST, where new characters can intro with the rest of the game. Feel free to join the communities and introduce yourself OOCly before then.

NOTE: A mini event will take place later in the month, if you are interested in potentially signing up, please see this post.

Applications Two

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-> ACCEPTED