Character Application Sheet
Oct 28, 2011 23:24:41 GMT -5
Post by Admin on Oct 28, 2011 23:24:41 GMT -5
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Once you fill out the Profile Template below, E-Mail it to tfp.rpg@gmail.com (No attachments, only text within the body of the E-Mail), be forewarned it will take a bit of time before Administration can get a reply to you. At LEAST two need to give input, and more often than not all will put in their thoughts, especially on canon characters. Real Life being what it is, means this can be delayed.
Additional Notes
• Administration considers it bad form to ask about the approval process in the C-Box, or to act as if approval is a guarantee. Even veteran players can be (and have been) asked to edit their characters. However, it’s entirely alright to ask if your application was received.
• Because no application can tell us everything about the person behind the character, this RPG reserves a period of four weeks following approval during which a new player, if found to be disruptive or of a significantly different quality than initially presented, may be requested to leave the game.
• Disclaimer: Administration that are close friends with someone who is applying to the forum, will not give feedback upon the applications of said friend unless specifically required due to their particular knowledge on a given subject. This is to negate any perceived favoritism given to said applicant.
Without any further nonsense, here is a breakdown of our application!
PLAYER INFO
Name/Alias: An OOC nametag that often matches up with your C-Box and/or Discord handle.
IM/E-Mail: Optional means to contact you outside of the site. Remove from final profile if preferred.
Age: This is for Administration use only. Remove from final profile if preferred.
Where did you find us?: Optional, for Administration use only, we're just curious where you heard about us!
What is Bulkhead's favorite color?: Guessing, or a wrong answer will be an instant decline. The answer is hiding somewhere in the rules page.
Neutral or Human Keyword: For Neutral and Human applications only. There are some disclaimers regarding these characters on this forum, and we encourage you to check out the Factions Page located HERE to find your appropriate keyword to apply as one.
CHARACTER INFO
Name: Self Explanatory.
Age: Age is very important, for all that it is very relative. We ask for a human equivalent so that it can be used to reference the mental and emotional state of the character more so than an exact number of years.
Gender: Self Explanatory. What gender your character identifies as.
Species: Cybertronian or Human, other alien species are not permitted at this time, nor in the foreseeable future.
Faction: For a list of Factions, look HERE.
Occupation/Specialization: What your character currently does now. Bear in mind that the War has been going on for a very long time, and an individual that does not have a useful job would have been fed long ago to the metaphorical meat grinder that is the frontlines. But hey! Maybe being a frontliner is their occupation now!
Appearance: For appearance, even in the case of Prime characters, we expect the Player to provide a reasonably detailed description rather than just a link to an image. Please cover important features: do they have talons, fingers, clamps? Are they lithe or bulky, well armored or fairly exposed? What color are they? Readers only know what you tell them! A good tip is to imagine you are describing them to an artist who is going to draw them.
Also be sure to list their height relative to a canonical Prime character. See the current site Height Chart located HERE.
Altmode: We require characters to pick an actual tangible Altmode to be referenced. Cybertronian forms are generally not approved, and Predacons or Beast Formers are not applicable.
A last note on History: if you wish for your character to be connected in any way to one already in play, you must contact the appropriate player, either over the C-Box or over E-Mail if one is provided in their profile. Do not assume history with a character already in play on the Board; Administration considers that fairly rude. Also, you may not connect a character to any canon characters not in play. That would unfairly bind future players who might want that canon character to a history on which they have no say.
Personality: What makes them 'them'. Are they loyal? Aggressive? Or soft sparked? Tell us all about it. Generally your character’s personality, and likes and dislikes, are fairly open! However, we do ask that Prime personalities and preferences take priority over any other incarnation of characters that are canon to TF:P. Administration, of course, asks that you always keep the characters in-character (IC). It would make no sense to RP Megatron as a happy-go-lucky leader, or Ratchet as a gentle, timid wallflower.
Likes: Self Explanatory.
Dislikes: Self Explanatory.
Strengths/Weapons: In this field, we ask for players to make a checklist of their character's abilities and weapons as well as any mental/personality strengths (such as adaptability). Be sure to detail how they may know certain skills, or express the power of something. For example, guns and bladed weapons need to tell us what kind of armor it can pierce (light/medium/heavy) and for the heavier hitting projectiles we need to know how many shots before a recharge, or how many rockets it has total, or other things of such caliber to balance it properly against others. Mentioning your character's armor grade here is also beneficial as well.
Weaknesses: This is where you take everything above in Strengths and Weapons, and counter it appropriately to bring balance to your character. Some additional ideas are to list structural flaws within their armor, exposed joints, or open vents that can all be exploited by a savvy foe. Also include personality flaws here. As a suggestion, skip out on the PTSD unless it takes on a very specific shape – they’ve all been at war for most of their lifetimes; they all suffer from it.
Special Skills: Talents and capabilities that are not weaponry related. This includes medical skills, hacking capabilities, or heightened knowledge on any subject matter. These tend to be learned traits, more so than physical abilities they were created with, though it can include Holoform quirks, or if your character has the ability to fly through space.
Extra Info: Anything that needs to be included but has no home anywhere else on this template. This is where additional mini-profiles would be listed, should they be applicable for your character. Examples include if your character has a functional ship, or if they have a Cassette. Should you wish for your character to have a Cassette, do know if it has sentience beyond that of a drone, then it would need to be a second mini-profile in addition to this one. If they have true sentience beyond that of a toddler, then they would need to be applied as a second character altogether.
Sample RP: This gives us an idea of how you will write your RP posts here. As an Intermediate to Advanced forum, it needn't be said that we expect complete sentences, correct punctuation and grammar and that you write in 3rd person. The sample RP must be of the character you are applying for, and not focus on heavy NPC use. While a conversation between your character and another may be an interesting read, it doesn't really give us an idea on how you would make a standalone RP post on the actual forum.
A good tip if you are having issues coming up with a roleplay sample is to pretend you are already a member on the forum, and are tasked to make an opening post for someone else. This lets us see exactly how you intend to roleplay, and hey... bonus! If you're accepted you have a post already ready to go!
Once you fill out the Profile Template below, E-Mail it to tfp.rpg@gmail.com (No attachments, only text within the body of the E-Mail), be forewarned it will take a bit of time before Administration can get a reply to you. At LEAST two need to give input, and more often than not all will put in their thoughts, especially on canon characters. Real Life being what it is, means this can be delayed.
Additional Notes
• Administration considers it bad form to ask about the approval process in the C-Box, or to act as if approval is a guarantee. Even veteran players can be (and have been) asked to edit their characters. However, it’s entirely alright to ask if your application was received.
• Because no application can tell us everything about the person behind the character, this RPG reserves a period of four weeks following approval during which a new player, if found to be disruptive or of a significantly different quality than initially presented, may be requested to leave the game.
• Disclaimer: Administration that are close friends with someone who is applying to the forum, will not give feedback upon the applications of said friend unless specifically required due to their particular knowledge on a given subject. This is to negate any perceived favoritism given to said applicant.
Without any further nonsense, here is a breakdown of our application!
PLAYER INFO
Name/Alias: An OOC nametag that often matches up with your C-Box and/or Discord handle.
IM/E-Mail: Optional means to contact you outside of the site. Remove from final profile if preferred.
Age: This is for Administration use only. Remove from final profile if preferred.
Where did you find us?: Optional, for Administration use only, we're just curious where you heard about us!
What is Bulkhead's favorite color?: Guessing, or a wrong answer will be an instant decline. The answer is hiding somewhere in the rules page.
Neutral or Human Keyword: For Neutral and Human applications only. There are some disclaimers regarding these characters on this forum, and we encourage you to check out the Factions Page located HERE to find your appropriate keyword to apply as one.
CHARACTER INFO
Name: Self Explanatory.
Age: Age is very important, for all that it is very relative. We ask for a human equivalent so that it can be used to reference the mental and emotional state of the character more so than an exact number of years.
Gender: Self Explanatory. What gender your character identifies as.
Species: Cybertronian or Human, other alien species are not permitted at this time, nor in the foreseeable future.
Faction: For a list of Factions, look HERE.
Original Occupation: What did your bot do before the war? What was their job?
As of this moment, Couriers and Delivery professions are soft banned. This means only canons or an unusual circumstance are accepted at this time.
Occupation/Specialization: What your character currently does now. Bear in mind that the War has been going on for a very long time, and an individual that does not have a useful job would have been fed long ago to the metaphorical meat grinder that is the frontlines. But hey! Maybe being a frontliner is their occupation now!
Appearance: For appearance, even in the case of Prime characters, we expect the Player to provide a reasonably detailed description rather than just a link to an image. Please cover important features: do they have talons, fingers, clamps? Are they lithe or bulky, well armored or fairly exposed? What color are they? Readers only know what you tell them! A good tip is to imagine you are describing them to an artist who is going to draw them.
Also be sure to list their height relative to a canonical Prime character. See the current site Height Chart located HERE.
Altmode: We require characters to pick an actual tangible Altmode to be referenced. Cybertronian forms are generally not approved, and Predacons or Beast Formers are not applicable.
Pertinent History: Straight to the point, we want histories to be informational and concise, like a modest Wiki article. It should cover the most basic of information, how they were created, how the caste system affected them, how the war changed their paths, etc. We don't need to know every harrowing detail of their troubles or every conflict they have had in life (leave something for players to find out in gameplay!), but we do need to know major milestones that taught them certain skills that are reflected in Strengths and Weapons below.
For example, if your character was a Janitor in the caste system, but currently knows how to perform surgeries and is a pro medic, we would definitely need to know where and how they learned such talents! Less can definitely be more in this field, just be sure to hit those important points like how they got to Earth. Ideas on how to get to Earth can be found HERE.
A last note on History: if you wish for your character to be connected in any way to one already in play, you must contact the appropriate player, either over the C-Box or over E-Mail if one is provided in their profile. Do not assume history with a character already in play on the Board; Administration considers that fairly rude. Also, you may not connect a character to any canon characters not in play. That would unfairly bind future players who might want that canon character to a history on which they have no say.
Personality: What makes them 'them'. Are they loyal? Aggressive? Or soft sparked? Tell us all about it. Generally your character’s personality, and likes and dislikes, are fairly open! However, we do ask that Prime personalities and preferences take priority over any other incarnation of characters that are canon to TF:P. Administration, of course, asks that you always keep the characters in-character (IC). It would make no sense to RP Megatron as a happy-go-lucky leader, or Ratchet as a gentle, timid wallflower.
Likes: Self Explanatory.
Dislikes: Self Explanatory.
Strengths/Weapons: In this field, we ask for players to make a checklist of their character's abilities and weapons as well as any mental/personality strengths (such as adaptability). Be sure to detail how they may know certain skills, or express the power of something. For example, guns and bladed weapons need to tell us what kind of armor it can pierce (light/medium/heavy) and for the heavier hitting projectiles we need to know how many shots before a recharge, or how many rockets it has total, or other things of such caliber to balance it properly against others. Mentioning your character's armor grade here is also beneficial as well.
Weaknesses: This is where you take everything above in Strengths and Weapons, and counter it appropriately to bring balance to your character. Some additional ideas are to list structural flaws within their armor, exposed joints, or open vents that can all be exploited by a savvy foe. Also include personality flaws here. As a suggestion, skip out on the PTSD unless it takes on a very specific shape – they’ve all been at war for most of their lifetimes; they all suffer from it.
Special Skills: Talents and capabilities that are not weaponry related. This includes medical skills, hacking capabilities, or heightened knowledge on any subject matter. These tend to be learned traits, more so than physical abilities they were created with, though it can include Holoform quirks, or if your character has the ability to fly through space.
Extra Info: Anything that needs to be included but has no home anywhere else on this template. This is where additional mini-profiles would be listed, should they be applicable for your character. Examples include if your character has a functional ship, or if they have a Cassette. Should you wish for your character to have a Cassette, do know if it has sentience beyond that of a drone, then it would need to be a second mini-profile in addition to this one. If they have true sentience beyond that of a toddler, then they would need to be applied as a second character altogether.
Sample RP: This gives us an idea of how you will write your RP posts here. As an Intermediate to Advanced forum, it needn't be said that we expect complete sentences, correct punctuation and grammar and that you write in 3rd person. The sample RP must be of the character you are applying for, and not focus on heavy NPC use. While a conversation between your character and another may be an interesting read, it doesn't really give us an idea on how you would make a standalone RP post on the actual forum.
A good tip if you are having issues coming up with a roleplay sample is to pretend you are already a member on the forum, and are tasked to make an opening post for someone else. This lets us see exactly how you intend to roleplay, and hey... bonus! If you're accepted you have a post already ready to go!
