havenmods | Applications Three

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED!
RESERVATIONS ARE OPENED!

NOTE: APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR PROCESSED FOR APRIL, DUE TO A CURRENT DISCUSSION ON THE GAME'S FUTURE.
RESERVATIONS WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR A LONGER PERIOD.
MAY APPLICATION CYCLE WILL BE POSTED HERE AS SOON AS IT IS DETERMINED.

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 posts can be found here and here if you would like to look through past accepted applications.

Applications will be open on the following dates (from 7pm EST):
10th-17th April
8th-15th May

Applications will be processed on the following dates (at 7pm EST):
17th April
15th May

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: None in particular! Gino is a very skilled devicer (a pilot of Knightmare Frames, the obligatory mecha abominations of this particular universe) and talented in the arts and also at being a big huge dork, but that's all he really has going for him.
Items/Weapons: The key to the Tristan, which will be functionally useless here. It's essentially a fancy USB stick. It has programming data and whatnot on it which will show if plugged into a computer but is good for absolutely nothing without the actual frame!!
Sample Entry: ( VIDEO )

[ Gino looks a little embarrassed when he turns on the camera, but "guilty" might actually be a better word. it's hard to make out on camera, but there appear to be flecks of something... white and vaguely powdery, in his hair, and maybe all over his face, too. he raises up one hand in a quelling sort of way. ][ the first sign that he did something stupid and would rather fess up to it now than get caught red-handed (white-handed?) later. ]

I found something I had never seen before, but the bag was giving me trouble, so I pulled a little too hard, and, well... I'm sure it's not a big deal! We can always find more somewhere, right? It just exploded everywhere...

[ uneasily, he realizes he hasn't clarified what it is he found yet and slowly picks up a bag of what was once powdered potato spuds for mashed potatoes, now empty and ripped completely in half. he is covered in useless potato spuds. he is a useless potato spud. reiterating quickly: ]

Now, don't get mad! If there's one, then there has to be more! Even if it looks completely unappetizing, and I have no idea how it's supposed to be potatoes, once I find another bag I'll share it! [ glancing at the ripped bag in his hand. ] And... maybe find someone else to open the bag for me, next time. Guess I don't know my own strength.

Sample Entry Two:

He hasn't had much of an occasion to make use of the new weapon he'd found for protection, really. It's been awhile since he found it (discarded in an alley, it's good enough quality that he's almost certain it probably belonged to someone else at some point, but they hadn't been around to claim it; finders-keepers), and he never lets it get too far from him, just in case he should need it, but as far as making use of it, well. Gino supposes he views it the same way he viewed his military-issue rifle when he was a grunt in the army. It has the same weight, and that's not in pounds. It's just the meaning of it—that's the part that has a weight to it. One that's familiar, and not terribly pleasant to bear. Piloting the Tristan was much different, not that there isn't much of a shift between holding a weapon in your hands and being at the controls of one. Still. Being in the cockpit of the Tristan made him feel free. Carrying something meant to kill someone he'd have to look in the eye made him feel heavy.

Still, after everything today, he's glad he thought to bring the crude, short, thin blade along, letting it rest against his shoulder with a winded sigh. It's been a long day of exploring and it's still not over yet; somehow he thinks he ought not be so tired, when he hasn't been in any real danger all day. It's probably the anticipation that's wearing him out, something he's learned by now not to take for granted. Instincts can save a life better than some ratty old weapon can, sometimes. When he actually bothers to give it thought, it surprises him how much he's settled into being here. Maybe once you've been doing something for long enough (a couple of months is long enough?), you can get used to anything. Still. Most of the time he doesn't bother to question what's next, he just goes with it, because it's something to do. Because it's what he's supposed to be doing. Because ever since the war, and the events that followed, he has yet to really feel like he has a purpose, and this is as close to that as one can have, in this situation.

... Well, not really. None of this means anything to him. But he can play pretend, he's good at that. And when he does he can become immersed in this fantasy world for at least a little while, which is all that really counts in the end, isn't that right?

"Honestly, I don't really know," he says to himself for no real reason. Someone behind him, one of his exploration partners, maybe, says huh? and he wipes the serious look off his face in the blink of an eye. One minute a frown, the next a big, easygoing smile, shrugging the shoulder that isn't weighed down by his terrible weapon. "Nothing!"

Congratulations on being accepted, Gino Weinberg, your apartment block and number is #16.2, and your tag is character: gino weinberg. 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.

thank you! 8)

Applications Three

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Re: -> ACCEPTED