Application From Johnx911

JOHNx911 · February 8, 2012

Out-Of-Character:

Minecraft Account Name:

JOHNx911

Did you attend minecon and sign up at the LOTC booth?:

No

How old are you?:

15

Time-Zone/Country of Residence:

Pacific USA

Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?:

I have OK grammar.

Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself:

I love to play games. I am also a respectful person to others.

How much time could you be on the server weekly?:

2 hours or more per day.

What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you.:

It means to play as a different person like fantasy.

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

What do you expect this server will be like?:

Amazing and fun.

What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?:

I played on Barrier-craft, mc-empire, and nexus.

Have you read, understood, and agreed to the rules?:

Yes

How did you hear about us?:

My friend Milkom99

Have you voted for the Lord of the Craft on Minestatus? Which vote number were you?

NO, i have not voted.

What is your The Lord Of Craft forum account name?:

JOHNx911

In-Character:

Character Name:

Gregoth Linsmith

What is your Race?:

Elf

Biography(This should include the history of your character and his life as well as age, appearance and personality, etc.):

I was a peaceful Inn worker at the Highland Friend. One dreadful year, I found myself attending to this strange person. Suddenly, he puled out a sword and slashed my right shoulder and left a mark all the way down to my chest. I fell down the stairs of the Inn and passed out when i hit the bottom. I remember seeing a blur of my parents getting murdered right in front of me. Then i awoke in bed with bandages all around my right side and on my head. A strange human woman came to me and told me, "Your family is dead, the Inn your worked at, is now burnt to the ground, I am sorry..." I gasped and flung out of the bed, grabbed my bow, and ran outside to practice my archery for i could have revenge on that barbarian that murdered my family. The woman ran out and told me to get back in or i will pass out again, well.... i did before i turned around to go back. I awoke again and also again, went to practice my archery for many years, just about 12 years. I am now 34 and talking an epic adventure into the mainland.

Your characters ambitions:

Training in archery, trading, and getting revenge.

Out in the Wilds, your character comes across a small cottage. Outside, there appears to be an elf struggling combat with two bandits. What does your character do?

I would go in kill the bandits, and rescue the elf, not expecting a pay.

Your character walks up to a shop in a quiet market. "Hello, my good sir!" says the shop owner. "What may I help you with today?" How does your character answer?

Yes, i am looking for arrows, bows, and pork chops sir. I will pay well for it.

A screenshot of your skin:

James Undercroft · February 8, 2012

Your application has been:

Do not worry though; this does not mean you cannot apply again, quite the contrary! After a day or so you may apply again which gives you plenty of time to fix up your application, plan it out as well as use all of this advice which I have given you in this post to make your application one of the best. Please check the links at the bottom of this post, they will help you so much.

As a general thing I think you have not put much effort into this application at all, I think you entire application can be improved on multiple levels.

This is why you were denied:

Your definition of roleplay needs expansion.

Roleplay is not just "Playing as another person", that is more an RPG. You need to explain and research what roleplay is in depth, not just a small sentence.

Both the definitions for metagaming and powergaming are missing.

To be able to play on this server you need to understand what Powergaming and Metagaming are. Luckily for you there are plenty of options to be able to achieve this goal; first of all you can look on the lord of the craft wiki and then search for either "Powergaming" or "Metagaming" (and I say either, because both are on the same page), 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.

Please make sure you have voted for the server.

Please make sure you have voted as it is a requirement to join the server. The link to the website is here: http://www.minestatus.net/6317-the-lord-of-the-craft/vote

To find your vote number look at the total number of votes for this server, because you were the latest to vote, this number is your vote number. If you do not want to vote because you don’t know if the server is worth your vote or not, have a look at some videos, look around the forms and ask around on Team Speak, if you do not like what you see/hear don’t vote and don’t join.

Your biography is too short, cliche and needs expansion..

Your biography is too short and needs some expansion. Please include the entire question when writing your biography such as your characters history, personality, description and age. With the description don’t just write He is tall and old and carries around a bow. There are a lot of tall, old people who carry around bows. Get descriptive; what is your hair colour? How long? Eye colour? Big eyes? Small eyes? Do you have wrinkles? How tall are you? Are you muscled or slim but agile?

You also need to add your characters strengths and weaknesses as well as reasons for such. For example, if your character is good at swordsmanship, bows or even farming you need to explain in your biography why your character is so good in what it does and how it developed these skills.

We would like you to include some lore from the world of Aegis and/or Asulon such as names of towns and people, or even events which have happened before and your characters connection to the event. You can find all about the lore of Lord of the Craft here: http://www.lordofthecraft.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page,'>http://www.lordofthecraft.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page, or in the lore/history sections of the forum and website. The types of lore you can include can people places such as towns and kingdoms, or even people or events (such as the exodus from Aegis to Asulon which affected almost everyone).

More then half of the people that apply for this server have their parents killed by bandits; I am not saying don't have your parents killed by bandits, I am saying it would make for a much better and interesting story if you didn't.

The Rp situation answers need a lot of improvement.

You cannot just write that “I kill the bandits” or “I help the elf”. There must first be some role-play such as talking and some warning before the combat takes place. Be as descriptive as possible when writing about the situation. Include all of the bandits and your actions, as well as all of the speaking that takes place.

The same thing goes with the second one, everyone (and I mean everyone) just writes that they buy something, and leave. What is that? It shows a lack of effort in my opinion. All you have to do is use your imagination, create something innovative, exciting and fun for the reader. There are endless possibilities, for example you could write that the shop keeper is actually a bandit who is luring victims into his shop and then he gets his thug friends to come in from the rear to block your escape, or perhaps the shop keeper tries to cheat you of an item and you respond by calling the guards and something exciting happens. The possibilities are endless; all you have to do is be creative.

You have not included a picture of your skin.

For me to accept you I must be able to view your skin as I need to judge whether it is acceptable for this server, reason being if someone joins this server, but do not show their skin but they have a Tron skin on I would be in big trouble. This is one of many ways to upload a picture of your skin and embed it into your application:

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 a day 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: