Hungrysloth's Application

[HungrySloth 3]

Out-Of-Character

Minecraft Account Name:

My Minecraft account's name is HungrySloth

How old are you?:

fifteen

Time-Zone/Country of Residence:

Australia. I'm pretty sure that is GMT +10

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

Yes. My main language is English so I shouldn't have any problems

Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself:

My name is Matt, I am fifteen years old and live in Australia. I have been playing Minecraft for a year or so now and have been on a couple of Roleplaying servers, most being in Minecraft.

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

When it isn't school holidays I could probably be on anywhere from 3-12 hours a day. When school is on though, weekdays would only be an hour or so and weekends would again be from 3-12 hours.

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

In my words Roleplaying is when someone pretends to be a made up/fictional character.

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

Yes. I do have Roleplaying experience, mostly from other Roleplay servers on Minecraft

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

To me Meta-Gaming is when someone does stuff IC that their character can't usually do. E.g. My character can't mine but I find this mine with heaps of gold and diamonds. There isn't any administrators on so they won't notice, and then I mine them

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

Honestly, I don't really know what Power-Gaming is but I can try and guess. I'm guessing Power-Gaming is something like when someone just tries to make their character really powerful and when it comes to something in roleplay they wouldn't give the person they are roleplaying with a chance to put in what they are going to do.

What do you expect this server will be like?:

I expect the server to be great, as I am hoping there to be a lot of friendly people on the server that I would enjoy Roleplaying with, and I am expecting that the administrators and the GMs to be the same as well.

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

The server I currently play is a Roleplaying server called Castem. i used to go to another server but it got boring and then it just died.

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

Yes. I have read the rules, I have understood them and I agree to them

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

I promise to follow the rules and laws on the Server, Forum, and Teamspeak

How did you hear about us?:

I first heard about the server when I watched Slyfox goes to Minecon (Cause there was a booth thing that you could see in the background)

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

No, I haaven't voted. Yet

Have you posted this application on our minecraft forum thread yet? If not, just finish it up on here and then copy + paste is over there. (http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/832121-%E2%96%91%E2%96%92%E2%96%93-the-lord-of-the-craft-%E2%96%93%E2%96%92%E2%96%91-enter-the-world-of-asulon-o-f-f-i-c-i-a-l-l-y-t-h-e-n-o-1-r-p-s-e-r-v-e-r/):

No

In-Character:

Character Name:

Gornak (Gore-Nak)

What Race are you?:

Gornak is a Human

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

Gornak is a Northerner (That is the sub-race right? if not oops)

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.):

Gornak was born in a Farm that was located in the kingdom of Renatus. His family consisted of his father, his mother, and his 8 year old brother, Grolag (Grow-lag). Gornak as most Northerners do proved to be very skillful with a blade in his hand and didn't really do that good when it came to Herbs, but Gornak had another profession that was uncommon for his kind. He liked archery.Another thing that was uncommon was that he was short for a Northerner. When Gornak was little the first word he ever spoke was, Bow. By the age of 5 Gornak was always asking his dad if he can buy a bow and some arrows so he can practice, but as he expected the answer was always no. What Gornak didn't know was that if everyone knew that he preferred to use a bow and arrow than a Sword, that would bring him and his family shame. Gornak's mother passed away when he was 8 as she had died from an attack of bandits while she was traveling home from the nearest town. Grolag now having opportunities to tease his brother because of him wanting to learn to shoot with a bow, was making it harder for Gornak to even ask his father as he knew he would say something like "Why would you even want to learn to shoot one of those? you should be more like your brother", Gornak was wishing that something would happen, either to him or his brother and father so he could practice. He got what he wished for at the age of 14.

Just another day at the farm and Gornak as usual was trying to learn his way around the bow and as usual his father said no, but today was different. There was a wild beast apparently in a forest not to far from the farm and there was a big reward for whoever could kill it and bring proof. Not long after Gornak's father and brother left to hunt the beast Gornak quickly grabbed some minas from his room and "borrowed" some from his brother then he ran as fast as he could to the nearest town. Once there Gornak bought a bow and as many arrows that he could buy with the left over minas from buying the bow. Excited he rushed home and feeling lucky decided to practice by sticking a wooden plank to a tree. Three hours later and Gornak was starting to worry, because his brother and father didn't return from their journey, so doing what he thought was right he headed out to the forest that they were going to and started looking for them. After a good hour or so of looking Gornak finally found something that could be where his brother and father were, a camp. He got little closer and he recognized the people almost instantly when he saw their faces. It was the bandits that had killed his mother 6 years ago. There was about 6 of them at the camp, 4 of them were Dark Elves, the one that looked like the leader was an Orc and the last one was a Halfling that was most likely just a slave that cooked the food. When he got closer he saw what he came looking for, his brother and father were at the camp, tied to a tree. Being as stealthy as he could be Gornak went around the camp to the spot where his brother and father were tied to, he tried waking his father up but nothing happened. He was getting worried as Growlag wasn't waking up either, not until he hit a rock against his head. Luckily he cut the ropes before he hit the rock against him because after he hit him he woke up yelling ouch which made everyone in the camp turn to their direction. He quickly told Growlag to run and said he will get father but Growlag told him to leave him because he was already dead. The ran as fast as the could knowing that the Bandits would be close behind them they tried to hide in a large bush that was just ahead. For a couple of minutes they waited for the bandits to run past but they never did until about 10 minutes of waiting. Growlag was getting nervous as the bandits were right in front of the bush, another minute later and Growlag couldn't take it anymore he just ran out of the bush and in the opposite direction of the bandits. Quickly the bandits saw the movement and started chasing him. Growlag probably would of gotten away if it had not been for the branch that he ran into just as he looked to see how far away the bandits were. Gornak knew that he should run now as his brother would be killed for sure fore escaping so he took off in the direction of the farm. Just before he got out of view of the bandits he caught a glimpse of what he knew would happen, he saw a blade swing down into the ground of the fallen figure, and from that moment on. Gornak knew he was alone.

A year after his brother and fathers death Gornak had proved to be an excellent Archer as he practiced his skills with his bow. He still trained with a sword like most Northerners but he told himself that if he had to pick a sword or bow, he would pick the bow. Gornak had to sell the farm when he was 20 because he didn't need it anymore.

Gornak is currently 23 and he travels from town to town, kingdom to kingdom practicing his skills with the bow. He has started to learn how to cut wood properly and build a small house as he wants to live in a small wooden house in the forest. He also wants to learn to cut wood so he can start using them to make his own bows and arrows. Gornak's current personality is pretty simple. He is one of those quite types that doesn't talk much, (unless he is drunk) once he gets to know someone and feels comfortable with them he will start talking to them, trying to get people to laugh at his corny puns or jokes. He has a hatred for Dark Elves and if he was in an inn with a Dark Elf and he was drunk. Be ready for him to start a fight. He also doesn't like Orcs that much either (he doesn't hate them as much as Dark Elves but still hates them).

What is your Character's ambitions?:

Gornak's ambitions are to become a master of the bow, and repay the band of bandits that killed his family (if they haven't been captured or killed already), and to live in a small wooden house in a forest.

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

His favourite tool is a Bow

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

One of Gornak's skilled talents are using a Bow

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

Medieval

Other Information about your Character:

Gornak's skills are:

Above average with a Bow

Average with a Sword (by Northerner standards)

Can read and write

Skills Gornak is starting to learn or wants to learn:

Has started to learn how to properly cut wood and make them into planks

Has started to learn how to make a small wooden house using wooden planks

And he is wanting to learn how to cut wood into arrow shafts and bows

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?

Seeing the bandits he unslings his bow form his back and puts an arrow in and fires a warning shot that just misses the bandits head. Shocked at that arrow that just missed his head the bandit looks at the direction it came from and laughs as he sees the Northerner that was almost a foot shorter than him and his friend. The Halfling seeing a chance to escape quickly tried to run away but the other bandit quickly struck a blow to the Halfing which sent him back and landed on his back. "Leave him and you will not die" Gornak yells to the bandits, the laugh and one of them starts walking towards Gornak."One more step and I'll shoot you in the head" of course the bandit ignores the threat and keeps walking, the next second, the bandit falls to the ground with an arrow deep inside his head. The other bandit knew what would happen to him if he attacked the mysterious Northerner so he started backing away, Gornak didn't want this bandit to do anymore trouble to anyone so he shot him in the knee. Quickly turning away and hobbling away Gornak could hear the bandit say something about him having to become a town guard because of this arrow to the knee (Sorry for the reference couldn't resist :grin: ). Knowing the danger was gone the Halfing walked up to the Northerner that had saved his money and probably his life and thanked him. Gornak just simply nodded and kept walking on his journey.

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?

"Just looking" Gornak says to the Merchant, as he was about to walk off he remembered he needed something so he asked the merchant "Do you have any bows by any chance?". The merchant replied with a cheerful grin "Just got some in 'ere 'tis morning. What kind ya lookin' for?" "Just a normal bow will do thank you. How much?" "That would be 25 minas for a normal bow for ya (idk how much they would cost so I'm just guessing)". Gornak grabs a handful of minas and pays the merchant the 25 minas and then nods and walks away with his new bow.

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?:

Gornak looks for signs that it is definitely abandoned. If it is abandoned he would take what he thought he would need. If it wasn't abandoned he would assume that someone lived here and would ignore it.

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?

Gornak relieved to finally find a camp, nods to the camp after they greet him and asks "Do you have any food, and shelter that you have spare?". Luckily for Gornak the people of the camp had decided not throw away the left over food from their last camping spot "Luckily for you we do have some spare food that we don't need, just take what you need" said one of the people that looked like he was Half Elf and Half Human. "What about shelter for the night?" Gornak asked the man. "We keep a spare tent just in case, you can use that for the night. I'll show you where it is and I'll help you set it up". Gornak thanks the man and follows him to the spot where the tent is to be set up.

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?:

Gornak would ask the town guard how many are there, and if the number wasn't going to make them outnumbered 3:1 he would help. When the time comes for him and the guards to attack Gornak would be shooting as many as them before the guards got to them and then he would sling his bow on his back and run in and join them in combat.

[Danny 2232]

Denied.

To me Meta-Gaming is when someone does stuff IC that their character can't usually do. E.g. My character can't mine but I find this mine with heaps of gold and diamonds. There isn't any administrators on so they won't notice, and then I mine them

Sorry, this isn't actually the correct definition of metagaming. If you google it, it will tell you what it is. :)

the next second, the bandit falls to the ground with an arrow deep inside his head. The other bandit knew what would happen to him if he attacked the mysterious Northerner so he started backing away, Gornak didn't want this bandit to do anymore trouble to anyone so he shot him in the knee.

This is quite powergame-ey. Please try and actually show your character having weakness in it.

I'm reducing your repost time to four hours. You'd normally have to wait 24, but your application shows promise, so four hours until you may re-apply.

I'll also leave you a picture of a hungry sloth:

And a few hungry sloths:

Just to make you aware, I am the Lord of the Craft Slothking.

[Auvreaeath 263]

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