The Application Team

[EegNoodles 5]

Minecraft name: Egg_Noodlez (RP name Eitas Lavit)

Forum name: EegNoodles

What do you think are the top five things, that are most important in an application and why?:

1. The biography. I think this because people have got to have had a past, and this has to infulence their role playing. They also must have a convincing story, as even in the land of Aegis, you can not have killed a dragon at 3 months old (unless you are an increadably tatlented child).

2. their skills. this is because you must play as you said you would, and not say you will be an archer and then decied to be a swordsman or a miner. This is especially important if you discribe your character wit ha spiecial skill in your bio.

3.your time on the server weekly. I would personally look for someone who plays enough to understand aegis but not someone who would play to much and do nothing but play(mainly for the health of the player).

4. the race. the player must know the speech and actions of the races, and must also know the politics between the races. the player must then choose which race to be.

5. the understanding of the lore. the playe MUST know the lore otherwise they will not understand the server.

[Nero 347]

Aye? You want to put a bet on that? :wink:

Yes, I only managed to get onto 2 applications yesterday Since everybody ninja'd me and replied faster than I could.

[Hu'Ganosh Shaklug 3]

Maybe I'll be one of those people that ninja's you xD

[Coaster 2086]

Just realized I got accepted

XD

[marimbamonk 1501]

Minecraft name: BoogerBuster

Forum name: Brunhyldir (originally Zachai)

What do you think are the top five things, that are most important in an application and why?

Let's use "Bob" as our star applicant, and Ooggog as our applicant who just doesn't have a grip on anything.

1. Understanding of the World and the Lore

First of all, I have personally seen dozens of applications with biographies like this:

"My parents were murdered by the Blood Guards at a young age, and I was forced to move to Slithering Isle."

Bob needs to understand that the lore of Aegis has already been established, and he can't add things, organizations, or places into the world until he gets into Aegis. If Bob really wants to involve his character and make him unique, he'll look at the lore and involve himself in an organization or place that already exists in the world, giving him a great biography and backround already.

A perfect example of an applicant implementing this is Phil Rodriguez, who I quote in his character bio:

His family comprised of his two sisters, Jalein and Mayu, as well as his mother and father. They were a part of a small organization known as the Dark Brotherhood; a small guild of Assassins located further to the North.

The Dark Brotherhood exists in Aegis, and now he has tied in his bio to it, adding a great role-play situation into his character before it's even created.

The Lore is very important as well; the more the applicant understands the Lore, the more he'll be amazed when he sees icons like Respiren, Krugmar, or Aeriels Keep, for example! The Lore is not only a great and interesting thing to read; it will also help Bob make his application better by understanding what exists and what doesn't.

2: Good Grip On The English Language

One thing that gets your point across on the server, and makes role-play (and forum life) more effective on LoTC, is their grip on the English language.

Talking to someone like this: is not goin to b very efective in geting ur point ------> (across).

Using near-perfect sentences will not only let people understand exactly what you mean more, but will increase how much people like role-playing with you.

And how Bob is going to role-play can be traced almost entirely in his application. Someone who applies with an application with shortcuts (ur, b,), bad grammar, or simply a bad grip on the english language will not role-play like most of our members: Always using periods, capitals, and other jazzy things that add stuffing into a juicy, delicious, appetizing sentence sandwich.

Once Bob gets that, his role-play on LoTC will be 400 million times better.

3. Understanding of The Rules

We don't want to accept someone into the server only to ban them a day later for powergaming or metagaming. Letting an applicant, like Bob, know that certain things just aren't allowed here will reassure him that he'll be with LoTC as long as it exists (which is forever).

Hey, we all make mistakes now and then. I admit, like all others who have been on the server long enough, there have been some situations where you've broken a rule once, especially when you start off: accidentally using OOC information IC, killing with what you think is enough role-play but it isn't, and a bunch of other mumbo-jumbo that people get themselves into all the time. Reminding Bob and triple-checking that he understands the rules will lead to better role-play, more members, less bans, and less people like Ooggog.

4. Biography

A very important thing in the application, the Biography gives an insight on what applicant wishes to do, has already done, and understands as far as Aegis.

There are many things to check for in a Biography. Grammar, understanding of the world, race accuracy, understanding of the rules... but the most important thing for applicants like Bob to understand is that they have come to this server to establish a character, not to come in as an established character.

There have been many applications saying that their character is a master miner, or has killed thousands of Undead, or has written many books about the history of peanuts. Unless you somehow are already in the server, and that peanut book already exists, you never really did that. But the applicant should feel very, very free to make his character a scholar, and write the bestestest peanut bookface in the worlds!!

They need to provide a backround that clumps in the stuff I said they needed to check for, but also a backround that will lead to endless (or a single) paths to go down once they enter Aegis.

Some bad things that can occur in the biography of an application:

•Applicant using a different race

•Applicant not following the rules (powergaming)

•Applicant has an overall sloppy biography

•Applicant adds in bases or organizations that are said to exist currently, but do not

•Applicant claims to be an established character

5. Role-Play Understanding

Possibly the most important thing to check in an application, role-play understanding is literally what holds the "fun" aspect of Aegis up. Without role-play, we'd just be a bunch of weird people, some who have green skin, others in weird robes, and then there'd be the people who'd try to start the role-play, but then look like a bunch of awkward hobos.

Role-play is why the person is applying to the server 90% of the time, but there are a bunch of applicants like Ooggog who don't have a sufficient biography length, don't have a firm understanding of role-play, or just don't seem to get the vibes.

Applicants need to understand that role-play is what makes this server, literally. When I first joined, I slacked off as far as my sentences and interaction with the server, and found the server to be extremely boring. But once I started getting involved with the world, role-playing with others and using complete sentences, I was hooked.

Bob should get the mind of his character so intertwined into his head, if he was an orc, he should start turning green and growing pointy ears. Like me!

Final Summation:

Recently, I have had a great desire to just jump headfirst into this server, and involve myself into it as much as I can. Giving others tips, making a crap-load of posts, and role-playing my brains out. I respect this wonderful community very, very much. It would be an honor of mine to be accepted on the application team! Thanks dudes!

Note:

Nothing better then a juicy, delicious, appetizing sentence sandwich.

[awesumninja123 54]

I will be submitting an app soon! (This will be the spot it will go in.)

[Goliath 384]

Minecraft name: JoshIsTooCool

Forum name: Goliath

Proof reading: I would like to see a crisp application, flawless, or, with as little flaws as possible. By proof reading, a messy, unorganized application can be transformed into something that will WOW the reader. This will tell me that the applicant has put time, thought and effort into their application, it shows me that they care about what their application looks like. This may go without saying, but the amount of applications I have read with spelling mistakes, errors, skin links broken, astounds me. Just by seeing a nicely presented application I will be intrigued.

EFFORT: As stated above, I enjoy reading applications with effort put into them. This can be reflected by the way they answer the question section, for example, 'Are you a capable builder' answered with 'yes' is just too brief. I want an explanation, WHY are they a good builder, is there anything written in the biography that backs this up? This isn't a compulsory thing for me, but I'll want to be wowed with something like: 'I was taught to build by my father, this kept us from staying in the cold, this protected us from harm. My building came handy as one day...' Of course, if the biography tells me that the applicants character hates building, or something along the lines of that, and then says that they can build in the question section, well, they'll have to rethink their character. Effort is one of the key things for me, if they put in a lot of effort, it means that they really want to join this server.

Realism: This, for me, is something I have encountered many times. I have seen many apps which just baffle me how little the applicant knows of the lore. Characters that 'Landed on Aegis from space' Is just TOO unrealistic, I want originality, however, I don't want plain unrealistic. I think I speak for the rest of The Lord Of The Craft community when I say I don't want to encounter, in roleplay, a character who can just pop out a gun or, suddenly vanish. Realism is a big thing for me, I don't want to lay down the rules saying 'You can't do this' 'You can't do that'. However, I just couldn't accept anything like this. I will look out for flaws in the character, as, hey, no-ones perfect. Who would want to roleplay with someone who is great at everything, wins every battle, is the best farmer, miner etc.

So, overall, I will be looking for a character who sticks to the lore, is realistic, and has a few flaws.

Definition of Roleplay: Okay, this is a roleplaying server, but I have seen a LOT of applicants who poorly describe the term 'RolePlay'. Okay- They might not have even heard of the term Roleplay, so, why are they applying? Many times I have played LordOfTheCraft I have seen poor roleplayers. Some talking OOC a lot; Some calling characters by their players names. Some of these players have probably been warned about talking OOC, but, why not stop them in their application, to prevent these sort of players from joining. I will be looking for a clear, well defined definition, then, backed up by an outstanding application. This is a biggie for me. It may not seem much to some applicants, but if you really want to be part of the LordOfTheCraft experience, a great definition is a great head start. I do understand that the definition wont reflect whether the applicant is a good roleplayer or not, but, hopefully it will cap off those who have a poor definition.

A good grip on the English language: This, for me, is not the biggest thing I'll be looking for, but it does tell me if the applicant is ready enough for this server. I will allow the odd slip up, as we're only human; we all make mistakes. I'll be looking for the applicants who have every other word spelled wrong. This will tell me if the player has adapted to the English language well enough or not. It may sound strict, but players who spell so many words wrong and/or use slang, will ruin the experience for other players as they strain to read what the player has just said to them. Also, if the applicant speaks like 'yer' 'init' on purpose, I will ask them to re-read and change their application on the grammar part.

OVERALL: I will be looking for a fresh, not cleche application, which has had effort and care put into it. I want the applicant to be critical with what they write, I want the applicant to understand what they are writing. Realistic characters will get my approval, good grammar will get my approval, however, this will count as nothing if the bio itself isn't up to scratch.

[Nero 347]

These guys are harsh o.o

[Eledyr 85]

Didn't native asked not to post here untill there is a new thread?

(I can be wrong ofcourse :P)

[Nero 347]

Didn't native asked not to post here untill there is a new thread?

(I can be wrong ofcourse :P)

I was wondering the same thing, wonder if these people applying realize that.

[Mahiro 34]

Minecraft name: BoOmAk98

Forum name: Artah

What do you think are the top five things, that are most important in an application and why?

1. Biogrpahy First thing is, is there biography because it would help to express there character a bit more and it would tell people what kind of person you are and what you are involved in. And it would be useful to us, to see if it fits in the lore and to see if they have the read the lore carefully.

2. What do you know about Role Playing? Well this is obvious, because if they are applying for a Role Play server, they would have a brief understanding what Role Play actually is, unless your applying to grief?

3. Grammer This is important to me because this would prove how much time they have spent on the application and then I'l know if they are actually trying and if there really determined to get accepted.

4. Presentation This would prove to me that there trying hard to make it look neat and there are putting as much effort into it as possible which explains how much they want to be approved.

5. Realistic This tells me if they have read the lore because there could be talking about spaceships than knights and elves, believe me, you don't want people wondering around Ageis saying "Wheres the Aliens".

Note

I'm around the forums about 4-6 hours a day and I love helping people solve their problems with computer issues or questions they would like to ask however I would really appreciate to be on the application team.

Thanks

[Eledyr 85]

Would someone pleas be able to talk to native about perhaps locking this thread?

Because they keep posting :D

[Lawrence Berell 226]

A perfect example of an applicant implementing this is Phil Rodriguez, who I quote in his character bio:

The Dark Brotherhood exists in Aegis, and now he has tied in his bio to it, adding a great role-play situation into his character before it's even created.

The Lore is very important as well; the more the applicant understands the Lore, the more he'll be amazed when he sees icons like Respiren, Krugmar, or Aeriels Keep, for example! The Lore is not only a great and interesting thing to read; it will also help Bob make his application better by understanding what exists and what doesn't.

Was this a real application? Because, if so, I believe to use this guild is kinda powergaming as they don't have permission. I know, from involvment in this guild creation.

[Repiteo 173]

Was this a real application? Because, if so, I believe to use this guild is kinda powergaming as they don't have permission. I know, from involvment in this guild creation.

I think it would technically be metagaming, because one cant really confirm this at that point from the get-go. It has a premise, but it shouldnt be used in the case of a standard application. The guild application is where this should be put into context.

Now, if he said that he was INFLUENCED by the guild by a parental figure or perhaps a teacher, then it is excusable. But one does not simply waltz his way into the dark brotherhood.

[Lawrence Berell 226]

I think it would technically be metagaming, because one cant really confirm this at that point from the get-go. It has a premise, but it shouldnt be used in the case of a standard application. The guild application is where this should be put into context.

Now, if he said that he was INFLUENCED by the guild by a parental figure or perhaps a teacher, then it is excusable. But one does not simply waltz his way into the dark brotherhood.

Yoh dawg.

I made this guild, and am technically still am member even though it is kinda inactive now. So, by using a guild I made (No matter the copyright by Bethesda ^^) I consider it an insult.

My paranoia ^^