Sonomavc_012's Application

[sonomavc_012 1]

Out of character

Minecraft character name:sonomavc_012

Did you attend minecon and sign up at the LOTC booth?: No.

How old are you?: I am 13 years old.

Time zone/Country of residents: USA pacific time.

Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?: Yes, I do very well in my English class. Of coarse, I am only thirteen so that is as far as my English studies have taken me.

Two to three sentence description of yourself: I am a boy that goes to a very good school and who likes to play sports at a high level. Other than that, there are few other things that I do other than play minecraft. For better or for worse this is the truth.

How much time could you be on the server weekly?: The time I am able to play minecraft weekly depends on how busy my week is and how much homework I have. This is the reality of being thirteen. However, I am typically able to play three to four hours on week days, and four to five on weekends. I try to make sure I consistently play no less than at least two hours each day for this server especially.

What do you know about role playing? Give a definition of what it means to you. Role playing is where you get to forget everything you did that day, maybe even every thing that you did that week, and enter a new world inside a different you. When you look out of your new eyes, you see your creations, your new pride and joy, created by your imaginary hard work of your imaginary labor, and others doing the same.

In your own words, describe what Metagaming, and Powergaming are.

>Metagaming, is where you use outside knowledge to you advantage in the game. It also allows you to look at minecraft in a different way which others may not be able too, and gives you an unfair advantages over other players. A good example of this is, say someone sends you a text or a message on Skye, that there is an abandoned underground base at a certain coordinate.

>Powergaming, is where you ignore the spirit of role playing and kill someone very quickly, without any engagement, planing or role play of any type what so ever. In other words, its not that much fun for you or others. A good example of this would be if someone saw a dwarf swim across a lake. This dwarf appeared to have no armor and no weapons of any threatening sort. Then this person decided to shoot him with their enchanted bow and it kills the dwarf instantly. The dwarf never knew what was coming, nor did this person interact or engage in any role play what so ever. This is something that would be accepted in a typical pvp server, not a role playing server. And the two are quite different.

What do you expect this server to be like?: I have played on a few servers since I start playing minecraft. A few of them were faction servers, and most recently a town server. Each of these servers was in some way a role playing server. However, I did not experience any role play what so ever. I imagined faction servers as a server where you join a group of people and you work together to take over another faction, and thus acquiring more items and being able to take on bigger and better things. I was very disappointed in what I found. In this server, I hope to see more "playing for a purpose" or playing towards a goal. For example, instead of just going mining for the sake of mining, I would like to go mineing to be able to build armor for the towns people, or maybe to create a nether portal. Another thing that I expect from this server, is a community that wants to work together towards a common goal.

What other server (s) have you played on and why did you leave them?: like I said before, I have played on a few faction servers and a town server. I left all of them because nobody was “playing for a purpose”. No one was trying to work together towards a goal. I was looking for a server that had people wanted to work together and engage. Basically I was looking for a true RP server and I believe I have found just that.

Have you read understood and agreed to the rules?: Yes I have, if I had not, I would not be typing this.

How did you here about us?: I had just uploaded a skin to minecraft skins pro ( I am an avid skin maker, so I will put my current skin and one of my favorites at the bottom if that is ok.) Then I saw a category called "lord of the craft" I figured I should take a look at it. Then I realized that the skins were meant for a server. I had been looking for a large server before and figured I might as well check it out. And here I am now typing this application that could allow me to play on your server.

Have you voted for us on mine status, what vote number were you? : No I have not, sorry. As soon as I can get a feel for what the server is like, I will.

What is your forum account name? sonomavc_012

In character.

Character name: I prefer to be called Sono, but anything close to my real name is fine.

What is your race?: Dwarf.

Biography: Sono is a short, fair skinned boy with brownish blond hair. He was born in a village of fighters and legends. An elite few that choose to live in a practical, secret manner rather than that of humans in large, above ground houses. Their history had been untainted and their prestigious recognition, unchallenged. Until one day, when Sono was just shy of five, there underground Utopia, was attacked. They had been unprepared and the few that stayed to fight were slaughtered with dishonor. Sono and his family had been allowed to leave and to not fight because of Sono’s young age. Unfortunately, his father was shot by a special bow that was only wielded by orgs as they were attempting to flee. He and the survivors regrouped and built a highly efficient underground base. As Sono grew older, so did his power in the social system. He was recognized by many superiors and his mining skills were that of few. He was a model citizen, and had been on a path to become a great leader in many battles. Yet he lacked an something important that is needed in leaders. Trust. He trusted few people, among the people he trusted were his family and siblings, and some of his superiors. Even though he had a talent for mining, he kept all of his resources for himself. Locked away in a secret room, he stored his wealth. Inside were enough sets of armor to protect the entire city. There were also swords of diamond, and tool with magic of the highest. Yet he kept them locked away. Surely if there was a war or a time of need he would graciously allow his fellow soldiers to use them. But he was worried that others would use the armor and swords and tools for individual reasons.

However, one day his life changed. He was out in the desert collecting cacti for the cities new cactus farm. This he would allow others to use. When, all of a sudden, a band of orgs appeared from the plains. He was unarmed, with only an axe that he was using to cut down the cacti. He knew it was hopeless, but he decided he would go down fighting. As he drew his axe, a volley of arrows appeared in the sky, they penetrated the orgs, and they died instantly. Sono had been so close to death that his life had flashed before his eyes. From that moment on he decided that he should trust more people, and when he returned he told the city about his treasure and said he would except what ever punishment they decided he deserved. Sono expected a loss of privileges maybe a beating as his punishment, but what the superiors had decided for him blew him away. He was to be exiled. He was sent off with a stack of bread, cobble and leather armor. He was told never to return to that city again. The tale of Sono spread far and wide, of the the boy who had a treasure large enough for an army. Every town he passed welcomed him and asked graciously that he join them. But so far he has declined all of them, and is in search of a suitable village to live and become a man in.

What are your characters ambitions?: Sono now likes to please, he would like to join a community where he is welcomed and his work is recognized. He likes building public facilities and working in groups to wage wars against enemies.

Out in the wilds, your character come across a small cottage. Outside there appears to be an elf, struggling in combat with two bandits. What does your character do?: As a dwarf, his first instinct is to fight. But Sono is smarter than that. He decides to lure the bandits into a trap. Since they are bandits, they will most likely decide to go for what ever is most valuable. So Sono gets into the bandits view while wearing no armor, and holding what appears to be a potion, when it is really just a water bottle. After this the bandits see this, they decide that it is better to come after him instead of the elf. They have fallen into Sono’s trap. Before they can reach him, he puts on his full set of armor and grips his sword tightly. Even though Sono is outnumbered, a good sword and armor is much better than two messily bandits. As this is happening, the elf readies his bow. Now the bandits are surrounded. The combination of Sono’s weapons and armor, and the elf's bow skills, leaves the bandits little chance to survive.

Your character walks up to a shop in a quite market. “Hello my good sir,” says the shop keeper. “What may I help you with today?” How does your character respond?: “I sure hope so! I am looking for some brewing supplies for my town, do you have anything that might be of good use?”

“Well brewing supplies are few and far between these days, let me see what I have in the back.” Says the shop keeper. He returns with a sorrowful look on his face. “I am sorry, all I have is a ghast tear and some redstone, but I do know of a town that has plenty of brewing supplies. I will warn you though, its a long trip and it goes right through org territory.”

“Ah, well I guess I should get my armor repaired before I go, is there a black smith in this town?” Responds Sono.

“As a matter of fact their is a diamond level smith right around the corner, but I am having a used gear sale and I have some great deals!” Says the shop keeper.

“Now that you mention it, those diamond boots look like they are in pretty good shape, I think I will buy those.” Says Sono as he hands the shop keeper some gold coins.

“There is also a hotel across the street if you would like to stay there, as it is getting dark.” Says the shop keeper.

“Great! It is a long walk home and I wouldn't make it before dark. Well, that's all I needed, thank you.” Replies Sono.

“No problem! If you need anything else just come to my shop, by the way, tell me how it goes with the town I told you about, I haven't been there in a while.”

I was only able to upload a pic of one of my skins because of the 500k limit, If you want to see my other skins go to my skins pro, and search the author name sonomavc_012. I assume you have better things to do however so I will not be disappointed if you do not look them.

[James Undercroft 129]

Your application has been:

But don't lose hope! After two days you can re-apply which gives you plenty of time to fix up your application and plan it out, as well as use all the advice I am about to give you to make it spot on. Also check out the links at the bottom of this page, trust me they really help.

You are obviously a very good writer, I can see that, but there are quite a few errors in your application which need to be adressed before I can accept you.

This is why you were denied:

Your definition of powergaming is incorrect.

To be able to play on this server you need to understand the correct definition of powergaming. Luckily for you there are plenty of ways to be able to find out the correct definition. First of all you can look on the lord of the craft wiki and then search for "Powergaming", you can join our Team Speak channel (You can get Team Speak from http://teamspeak.com/?page=downloads ), or you can do a google search.

Your biography needs a lot of improvement.

First of all there are so such things as "Orgs" on the server. I believe you are talking about "Orcs". I would like you to read up on the lore and history of the server (In the wiki which has a link at the bottom of this post, and the World History section of the forums. Just scroll down on the main forum page), then incorperate that into your application. Currently there is no such Eutopia, nor was there ever in the history of Asulon or Aegis, please only use things which are or were in the game. The reason for this is to show understanding of how the game works, and the sorts of nations and races you can expect while playing the game.

It would be extremley unrealistic for a "boy" as you called him, to have a stash of weapons capable of equipping an entire army. For starters the fatigue of mining enough raw materials would probably kill him. Also were is the rest of your family?

Your answer to the combat RP question needs improvement.

You need to explain how the combat went in the RP situation, you cannot just say that they would probably lose. Where did the elf get the bow from? If he was holding it the entire time, can't you assume he was at least shooting the bow? Write that in. You need to be descriptive, you need to write what your character does in the combat as well as how the bandits retaliate.

Your skin is not RP.

A Honeydew head and a rainbow body is not acceptable for the server. Try to select a skin which is a lot more RP and has clothes suitable for the server.

If you do not wish to attach another file to your post, instead you should embed the file using the [img ] [/img ] tags. You can do this by following this easy tutorial:

1. Go in-game and press the “F5” button TWICE. (Not once as this will show the back of your character)

2. Take a screen shot by pressing the "PrntScr" button on a windows computer or press F2 on the keyboard, then go to start => Run and type in this: %appdata%/.minecraft/screenshots

3. Find the screenshot and open it in an image manipulation program such as Paint or Gimp.4. Crop the image so that only the area close to your skin (including the skin) remains.

5. Save the file and go to tinypic.com

6. Upload the file

7. Click ONCE on the text box underneath: "IMG Code for Forums & Message Boards"

8. Right click and copy the entire text

9. Paste in your new application

*Note* If you want a tutorial for Macs, please send me a message on the forums.

Do not post another application within 2 days or that application will be skipped.

Please do send a PM my way if you are having any trouble understanding the application process or my feedback, I would be glad to help you. :)

Good luck for your next application!

Here is some further reading material that can help you get accepted:

To understand the questions being asked better look here: http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/34777-in-depth-analysis-of-the-application-form/

The guide of a Game Master to accepted server applications:

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/13144-petyrs-guide-to-accepted-server-applications/

Tips to definitely include on your application:

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/19145-tips-to-include-on-your-application/

A must-read guide to the world of aegis:

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/9868-an-extensive-guide-to-the-world-of-aegis

How to avoid role-playing as a terrible character:

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/27643-how-to-avoid-making-a-mary-suegary-stu/

All the lore of the world of Aegis:

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Information about the skills system:

http://lordofthecraft.net/wiki/index.php?title=Skill_Information

F.A.Q of Application submissions:

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/30081-application-submissions-faq-proper-etiquette/

[James Undercroft 129]

Moved to Denied Forum