Qaton Application 1

[Dagesh 0]

Out-Of-Character

Minecraft Account Name:

Dagesh

How old are you?:

31

Time-Zone/Country of Residence:

Pacific Standard Time/United Sates of America

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

As much as it changes, I believe I do.

Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself:

I admit that I am jovial; always ready to make a joke or laugh at someone else's. I prefer honesty over sweeping something under the rug, even if the view conflicts with my own. I love to learn.

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

It varies on the week but I think I would modestly spend about 10-20 hours a week.

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

My definition of roleplaying is stepping outside of your own wants, needs, and desires, and empathetically placing yourself into those same attributes of someone else.

A good roleplayer can take the most vanilla of characters, for example "Jerry the human from Nowheresville", and enjoy living out those experiences as much as "Sir Dragon Dwarf king of the deepest deep". That being said, variety can also be the spice of life. Not to contradict myself, but the reason I roleplay is because I don't want to play out washing the dishes or doing the laundry. I roleplay for those moments that would never happen in my own reality. To roleplay is to experience an exciting narrative not my own.

What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?:

I have roleplayed both tabletop and digitally although the bulk of my experience is on the digital side. I RP'd on Neverwinter Nights for a few years. I have DM'd although I prefer to simply play.

In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is:

Well, briefly, it is unfair access to information.

Metagaming involves information outside the realm of a character I experience. For example, Todd the miner may not know that Biff the smith needs more ore. Todd would not go out of his way to bring necessary ore to Biff if he had no reason outside his normal routine. If Biff's player called TOdd's player over the phone and said he wanted more ore and Todd's player brought Biff some ore, with information outside of Todd's realm of knowledge, Todd's player metagamed (with no help from Biff's player).

In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Gaming is:

Powergaming involves a different type of unfair access to information. In this case, the player knows what will allow a player to become more powerful apart from the character's knowledge. Most often it includes mechanics of the game itself, code, powered items, and even sometimes exploited bugs. In my opinion, this is often more difficult for moderators because some players could be quite strong by spending in character time working hard at something.

What do you expect this server will be like?:

If the staff has placed as much time preparing and moderating the server as they have preparing the world's background, I can expect to see nothing less than a very detailed and orderly setting with political intrigue and player involvement. From the application process, I can expect other players who are thoughtful and expressive. Overall I expect that people who play here want to be a part of a narrative that is expansive, entertaining, and involving.

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

I assume you mean other Minecraft servers. Currently I play on a friend-of-a-brother-in-law's-server but it has no back story or any other motivation besides mining and building. I am not exactly "leaving" them but I am looking for an immersive experience in Minecraft apart from the usual "mine...smelt...drop...mine..."

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

I have read the "Law & Guidelines" and I understand, accept, and whole-heartedly agree with them.

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

I so promise.

How did you hear about us?:

I heard about you by looking at other minecraft textures. I ran across the "Realism Mod" which mentioned your server. After checking it out, I was sold.

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

I have not as of yet. It will help me to actually play the server to do so, methinks. To vote for something I in turn would rather not vote for, I would lie to myself and the server. Though I have high expectations, I would like to maintain integrity.

In-Character:

Character Name:

Qaton

What Race are you?:

Human

What Sub-Race are you? (note, you aren’t required to have a sub-race):

Halfling

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.):

For most every other race, growing up much shorter than a corn's stalk can prove one as stunted. In Dunwood, it's the norm. Qaton was very young when Samuel Bealcrest and Reynard Lycian took power and, to be perfectly frank, he could care less about either one. Growing up in hills and farms, surrounded by ales and pies, cakes, baked dishes, fried foods, rich stews, and the like, Qaton has well trained taste buds. It can be said of Qaton that he is certainly a skilled masticator. In fact, his mother was a superb baker skilled in loaf-craft who taught him the art of chewing.

His life has been fairly uneventful compared to some. The greatest battle he saw was the tug of war between his gaffer and uncle when they were wrestling over the last slice of smoked chicken. Of course, no one could blame him, not his uncle or his old gaffer, for taking that last slice himself while the other two rolled around on the floor.

What one expects of the half folk is typically what one can find in Qaton, although he would like to think that he is pretty good at knocking crows away from the fields, even when they are fairly far off. He listens to his elders when they speak and very often he has something less useful to add to any else who is listening.

Of the things he is taught, those that linger most are random lessons on history.

Qaton's eyes are the color of a rich red ale. His brown hair also has somewhat of the same crimson tinge. He is about eighteen seasons old although no one ever really kept track. His skin color is a summered peach and, if he keeps to his diet, should be near as plump.

What is your Character's ambitions?:

Qaton has experienced no place more amiable or comfortable than his life in Dunwood. His first thought of the day usually includes something with eggs, a loaf of jammed toast, bacon, an extra slice of ham, a slab of butter, a glass of breakfast wine alongside his mug of milk, and maybe what he is going to have for lunch. Along with food, Qaton would most like to maintain this way of life unless circumstances change his disposition.

What is your character’s favorite tool? (sword, pickaxe, shovel, etc):

His most favorite tool is the fork as it can be used to both hold meat with its many prong as well as be used to scoop sauce if properly crafted.

What is one of your Character's most skilled talents?

Qaton is skilled in ranged items and lore although his main talent is digestion.

A screenshot of your skin (must be in proper format):

Please see attachment. I could not find any information on a "proper format".

Other Information about your Character:

He has a penchant for history although it has not been developed, especially since it has not been well stressed in his life.

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?

Not being totally dull to his stature nor his lack of prowess with most weapons, Qaton considers his options. Men so large picking on another halfling may not have pity for size. It could be that they simply want his food. It could be that the halfling took theirs. The situation seems less black and white and more grey. And it would not help to have to injured halflings instead of one. Qaton decides to watch from a safe place and, if possible, to lightly interrogate the other halfling if time and other circumstances allow.

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?" What is your character response?

"Greetings!" Qaton replies as he turns his head in the direction of the merchant. "Since you asked, I only wonder if you have a few things. First, do you have a leg of lamb? What sort of spices would you include with that? Is it cooked? If so, how long and what sort of heat did you use? What sort of pastries do you have? Are any of them filled? Do they have frosting? What varieties of ale do you have? How many different kinds? While we're on the topic, do you have wheat beer? What about lagers or stouts? Also, do you have chicken? Quail? Beef? Any kind of jerky? What sort of wine do you have? Red or white? Is it dry or sweet?

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?:

Having wandered into a hut which appears abandoned and having already looked inside of a chest, Qaton would simply take the items from the chest and place them in his own inventory. After all was said and done, he would look around for a scrap of any meal and then be on his jolly way.

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?

Qaton's nose quickly sets off to work. Trying to find the nearest odor of a meal, he wanders to where he may eat. His stomach grumbles in protest. Looking through all he has, he tries to find anything of value. Of course, giving anything away might be worth a larger pile of food in the future so for the present, he tries to discern what items he has which are not too valuable but that might provide both respite and a meal.

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?:

"Hmm." Qaton thinks to himself. "I am fairly good at long range. I could help but it won't do me any good if I die in the process. The work must be worth the meal. Maybe I can finagle free meals from the inn for this duty. Is it worth risking my chubby neck? I'll have to ask what they plan on rewarding." Qaton pipes up, "What is it worth?" He waits for an answer...

[Walter 22]

Welcome to Lord of the Craft, Dagesh! Unfortunately, your application is not suitable for acceptance on Lord of the Craft, thus was denied. Do not fret! You have a total of 4 application attempts left to achieve implemented (whitelist) status on our heavily populated, high-standard server! You will also not be able to post another application 24 hours from: 19/03/12 (time of this post, located above). Below I shall outline outstanding aspects of your application which specifically affected the decision making system.

• Incorrect definition(s)!
  
• Minimal lore in biography! Elaborate, and put more lore into the biography.
  

Good luck at your next attempt at implemented status on Lord of the Craft. You have an abundant amount of user-created guides at your disposal located throughout our forum.

[Walter 22]

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