Taylor22211's Application (Dobbs)

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out of character:

Minecraft Account Name: My Minecraft Account name is taylor22211.

How old are you?: I am 16 years old.

Time-Zone/Country of Residence: I live in Beaverton, Oregon (USA) (-8 GMT)

Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?: Yes i have a good grip on the english language because i have been speaking it all my life.

Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself: I'm a sophmore in highschool, I get good grades, and I'm planning on getting a job very soon. I play a lot of online games with friends from school and people I meet online.

How much time could you be on the server weekly?: On weekdays i could be on for 2-4 hours and on weekends i could be on for 2-8 hours.

What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you: To me, roleplaying is when you create a make believe character up in your head. This character will have a fully in depth description of their background and will act in a way based on their background and personality.

What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?: I've played a few roleplaying type games including the mass effect series. Other than that i have no roleplaying experience.

In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is: Meta-gaming is using information you gathered while out of character and using it to alter your in character decisions.

In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Gaming is: Here's an example: You and another player in an RP server are having a sword fight. You say something like *___ stabs his sword straight into ___'s heart killing him instantly.* Doing something like this in RP ruins the game. The person who you killed has nothing they can do to fight back and it ruins the experience of a sword fight. To sum up my answer, power-gaming is when somebody, in an RP server, makes their character do things that instatlly ends the situation and makes them win.

What do you expect this server will be like?: From what i've seen and heard, this server will be extremely fun. I imagine that there will be no tolerance for speaking out of character and everything that people do will have a reason based on who their character is. This is great for an RP server to have because it ruins the experience if people are talking about real life or just stealing things from people even though their character is supposed to be a nice person who would never steal.

What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?: I've played on a few LAN servers with some real life friends. I've also played on 1 or 2 npc/mmo servers and i left because they weren't active anymore.

Have you read, understood, and agreed to the rules?: Yes i read the rules and i understand them.

Do you promise to abide by said rules, and laws? Yes.

How did you hear about us?: I heard about this server from a real life friend.

Have you voted for the Lord of the Craft on Minestatus? Not yet but i expect that i will eventually after experiencing this server.

In-Character:

Character Name: Dobbs

What Race are you?: Human

What Sub-Race are you?: 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.):

I was born into a wee little family. Ma and Pa raised my brother Gulliver and I in a small cabin near a lake in Alras. It wasn't much ... but it was home. As a young lad, I was always very intrigued by me fathers work. He was only an ameture hunter but to me, he was the best around. Me mother was a thoughtful woman. Every night when pa came back from a hunt, she'd be chatting with me and Gulliver by the fire. Ma was a great cook as well and what ever pa brought back, mother would cook into a plate o' gold.

As the winters passed, I grew older. Soon enough I'd be going on me first hunt along side me pa. Gulliver was four years older than me so he'd been on many hunts already. Pa had been tellin' stories about his trips into the wild but not even a thousand of'em could prepare anyone for their first kill. When i was 13 i killed me first rabbit. All o' me muscles were shakin' as the arrow pierced it's skin and me father was by me side guidin' me every step'a the way. At that moment, I knew that I wanted to be like Pa. From then on I got increasingly better at hunting rabbits and eventually snagged myself some better game. The next six years were the best years o' me life. As i went on more and more hunts with Gulliver and Pa. me bow skills had become remarkable and I had become a nearly silent hunter. After learnin' everything I could from me brother and me father, I decided I had to journey alone, into the next chapter o' me life.

No more than a year later, I found meself wanderin' all throughout Asulon, meetin' many new folk and learning a bundle o' tricks to take with me on me hunts. I had still only aged 19 years since me birth but I was nearly a master with me bow and silent as a hare. I was planning to hunt for a great portion o' me life, just like Pa had decided to do. When I'm finally done with me huntin' I hope I'll have a nice wife and kid by then. Me wife n' I would own a small, peaceful shop, near a brook maybe, and we'd settle down there with our children.

What is your Character's ambitions?: As I told ya before, I plan on huntin' like me Pa for most o' me life and later settle down with a nice wife and kid. We'd run a small shop and raise our youngen to be a good man or woman someday.

What is your character’s favorite tool? (sword, pickaxe, shovel, etc): I'm a hunter o' course and I've always got me trusty bow by me side.

What is one of your Character's most skilled talents?: As a skilled hunter, I'm a great shot with me bow and not even the keenest animal could hear me sneakin' up on 'em.

open responce 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?:

As a halfling, I don't enjoy violent encounters with others so instead i scurry to the nearest town and alert a group of guards to come quick. The guards n' I rush back to the warriors and try to stop them without violence. If violence must be used then we would attack and kill the warriors, saving the halfling.

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?:

Noticing that he is well dressed, I realize that I won't be needin' his wares. Instead I ask for direction towards the nearest inn because I'm in need of a good nights rest and a place to settle down and get comfortable for a while. I head out in the direction he pointed and once I reach the inn I buy a room for a few nights and sit down in a chair to read my book for a while.

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?:

Being a knowlegable hunter, I know that a sword is not a silent weapon so I decide to leave the golden sword. Although the bars are temptin' I respect who ever the laddy is that owns this house and leave the bars. However, I'm in the mood for something other than meat that I've been hunting so I search his cubords and find a loaf o' bread. After gobbling up the soft bread, I put some rabbit in it's place, take a quick nap, and head out.

Hungry and lost in the wilderness, you stumble across a small trading camp nestled among the forest, they greet you in the common tongue, how do you respond?:

Starvin' and lacking comfort I would enter their camp but I would be causious if they were another race than I am, for many other races tend to be violent. I would take any food offered to me in exchange for a promise that I would hunt and give some food back to these kind folk. I would hope that I could find a comfortable place to settle down and regain my strength in order to set out once more.

You hear word that bandits occupy the road outside the town in which you have been staying. The town guards 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?:

Because I prefer to be passive against others, I would offer any spare weapons, armor, or other valuables that might be useful in this time of war. If the situation arose and the guards needed more help I would sadly have to decline. I do not feel that I would be much help either. I'd walk off eventually, hoping that their battle was victorious but I'd also feel a bit sad that I wasn't more helpful to 'em.

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Well... There goes my 50:1 Denial Spree.. Thank you very much. T_T, To tell you the truth, I enjoyed reading your Application. Not only was it a fun read, it was a splendid one as well. I'd been in the channel when you and Ursolon were working together to think about your Application and when you actually took heed to my suggestion of looking over it before posting you actually did. With no doubt in my mind you'll make it far within LotC and with you good friend Ursolon I can see that village for Halflings near the sanctuary coming to be true.

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