Soulkings 3Rd App

Soulking · February 25, 2012

Out-Of-Character

Minecraft Account Name: Tman546

How old are you?: I am 16 year’s old.

Time-Zone/Country of Residence: I am from America and I am on Eastern time.

Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?: I do have a good grip on the English language. My grammar is at a 10th grade level.

Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself: I am a funny guy but I can get serious when things need to be straightened around. I am a core game, a lot of which is from playing wow (Area 52, Moonrunner, Misha, and Dark-Iron). I think minecraft is a great game and I bet the experience would get a lot better if serious role play was involved.

How much time could you be on the server weekly?: I could be on around an hour on weekdays and 4 to 5 hours on weekends.

What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you:. I know that role playing is being your character and only doing what your character would do. To me, roleplaying means experiencing the game through your characters eyes and do what he would do.

What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?: Well, I got a lot of experience from playing on the wow RP server, Moonrunner where my guild was very strict about taking RP seriously

In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is: I believe metagaming is using out of character information.

In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Gaming is: I believe powergaming means doing something your character, would not realistically would do.

What do you expect this server will be like?: I expect it to be a amazing server compared to others I have played on due to what my friend williwonka01 tells me about every day. I think it will really be a server that puts you into your characters shoes with other people who do the same.

What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?: I have played on Deadmau5, Gargame Reddit. I left them because I had really enjoyed role playing on Wow and I thought that minecraft role playing would be even better.

Have you read, understood, and agreed to the rules?: I have read the rules and I accept them.

Do you promise to abide by said rules, and laws? This includes the Server, Forum, and Teamspeak set Rules:I promise to abide by the rules and laws.

How did you hear about us?: Everyday my friend williewonka01 tells me stories about things that goes on in the server and he really made me want to give it a try.

Have you voted for the Lord of the Craft on Minestatus? Which vote number were you?: I have not voted yet but as soon as the application is finished or hopefully as soon I get accepted, I would be honored to vote.

In-Character:

Character Name: “Hail friend, my name is Soulking.”

What Race are you?: “I am but only a mighty dwarf!”

What Sub-Race are you? (note, you aren’t required to have a sub-race): “What does thou speak of, A dwarf is a dwarf.”

Biography (Please make this at least 2 paragraphs long. This must include the history of your character and his life as well as age, appearance and personality, etc.): “I was born and raised in the mighty halls of Kal’Urguan! From my childhood until now, I have always been daring from exploring the deepest darkest corners of the halls of Kal’Urguan, as well as strong from helping my father, the blacksmith, with forging swords and armor. As a child, I grew fond of swords. Through years of training, I mastered the arts of hand to hand battle.”

“At this time, I am 28 years past birth. From all of my years past 20, I lived off the land to experience a life of adventure. I was and still am making my shillings from completing tasks for fellow citizens. In my teen years, I did enjoy farming. I stopped when my mother passed from illness. Although her death burdened me, It has only encouraged me to be stronger and fight as a true dwarf warrior!”

What is your Character's ambitions?: “I intend on fighting for the dwarves nation when in need.!After some time of fighting, I wish to acquire a plot of land for a farm and live a quiet life.”

What is your character’s favorite tool? “My skills lie with the sword!”

What is one of your Character's most skilled talents? “I have always had a fierce voice that makes my enemies tremble in my path!”

A screenshot of your skin (must be in proper format): http://www.minecraftskins.info/img_dwarf.png

Other Information about your Character: “I am always ready for battle when called to defend my home!”

Open-Response-Questions

Whilst traveling from the Cloud Temple you see a small halfling, being harassed by two armed warriors. They appear to be trying to steal money from him, how does your character respond? “Ha, you pitiful creature, pick up arms and defend yourself!”

Your character wanders into Alras, and comes across a small stall, behind which a well dressed man is standing. He’s offering various wares, the merchant turns to you and says in a posh accent " 'ello there, what can I do you for today?" “Hail Merchant, I wish to acquire a sharpening stone for my sword.”

Whilst wandering in the wilds, your character comes across a small hut, which looks abandoned. Inside it you see a chest containing a few iron bars, and a golden sword. How would your character respond? “ Lords, look at these treasures, how shall I fit all of this into my satchel?”

Hungry and lost in the wilderness, you stumble across a small trading camp nestled among the forest, they greet you you in the common tongue, how do you respond? “Good sir, I have been lost for days without food and water, If you were to give me some meats and water, I will work for you.”

You hear word that bandits occupy the road outside the town in which you have been staying. The town guard have gathered, and are asking for assistance to help eliminate them. The leader of the party is offering a reward for any who offer their support. How does your character act on this information?: “A reward you say?, these bandits are as good as gone if there is good pay in it.”

James Undercroft · February 25, 2012

.Your application has been:

Denied

Do not worry though; this does not mean you cannot apply again, quite the contrary! After 24 hours 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 quite a bit.

Created

You have been denied because:

Your definition for metagaming is incorrect.

While technically correct, you have not fully described what metagaming is, rather words the definition of metagaming involve. You need to be a lot more descriptive, and include an example as that would show your understanding of the subject in a much greater way.

Luckily for you there are plenty of ways to learn the correct definition. First of all you can look on the lord of the craft wiki and then search for "Metagaming", 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 definition for powergaming is incorrect.

While what you have written can involve powergaming, this is not the case for the majority of situations. Like with the definition for metagaming, just follow the advice I gave you there to find the definition of powergaming.

You have not yet 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 name is not RP.

"Soulking" is not a realistic name, please change it to fit your race and era.

Your biography needs improvement.

Please reasearch on the lore of the server realting to your character. For example the currency is not "shillings" and has its own name. You would have been a child when Aegis was being destroyed, so perhaps you could do some research on this subject and include it.

For help you can send me or any other application team member a PM, or you can join our TS channel (name of the server on the front page). Otherwise just search the RP and history sections of the forums and you should be fine.

For the following questions, you need improvement:

What is your character’s favorite tool? and What is one of your Character's most skilled talents?

Instead of a single sentence, get descriptive in your answers. Explain to us WHY and HOW these things come into play, and how they relate to your character.

You have not embedded your skin.

The reason for this is because recently people have been linking some dangerous websites to where the image of their skin has been hosted. To avoid this we request that the image is directly linked to this website either as an upload or being embedded into the post itself. You can do this by following this 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.

All of your open response answers need improvement.

A single sentence just does not make the cut, you need to be DESCRIPTIVE. Captivate your target audience with your writing, do not just write: "And he would do this then that." Get into detail! Get Creative! I would like to see at least a paragraph for each question.

Please wait 24 hours or your application will be instantly denied.

This gives you a chance to have a cup of tea and read all of which I have provided, then give you a break and a fresh mind to re-write your application in the required areas. This is also to prevent the spamming of applications, as if there was no limit we would be absolutely swamped with applications.

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:

(Please do note, some of these may not be updated as of now, and rest assured I am working on getting newer links :) )

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