Wbrianw8's Application

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Out-Of-Character

Minecraft Account Name:wbrianw8

How old are you?:I'm 13 years old, but I am very mature for my age.

Time-Zone/Country of Residence:: I live in the United States of America, and my time zone is EST (Eastern Time, UTC - 5:00)

Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?:I know the English language well and have a decent understanding of grammar. I am not the best at spelling and I tend to write run on sentences (in essays).

Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself:: I'm a normal kid who really enjoys Minecraft. I'm mature and do activity outside of Minecraft. I am a decently bright kid (straight A's for my entire life) and I really want to learn different programming languages. Also I like the Android OS better then iOS(iPhone,iPad, and iPod touch).

How much time could you be on the server weekly?:My time on the server may vary. During the week homework limits me I might be able to get on for 1 hour (a day) from Monday thru Thursday and more time on the weekends. Depending on how much I like the server I may be on for more or less time.

What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you:RP is when you act as a character, your role. RP usually includes multiple people whom all are playing different roles. RP is close to acting, but you have to create the lines you say and they have to be what your character would do or say. If you are a mass murder you can’t stop and help some little bunny cross the street since it doesn’t fit your character’s role. In LOTC you play the role of the character you chose and act in game as the character that you create in this post.

What experience have you had in Roleplaying, if any?:?: I've played on two other RP servers. They were relatively small especially compared to this one. I was able to RP for a little bit, but then I would find myself alone with no one to RP with.

In your own Words, define what the act of Meta-Gaming is:Metagaming is when you use something from the real world to affect your decisions in-game. An example is if you get into a fight with a friend outside of Minecraft and then you blow his house up using TNT. Also metagaming can be if you are told something in game or in real life like the coordinates to a base or if a nation is at war, you can’t know that in-game in till you character finds out by being told (about the war) of wandering in a general direction and using landmarks to find it. The last type of metagaming I know of is when you use info you found from commands, forum posts, ect. and use that info as your character. This can be if you use a command to find out a person’s name or race and then you address them by that before you ever met or were introduced.

In your own Words, define what the act of Power-Gaming is:Powergaming is when you are RP you make it impossible for someone to do something, which would give you the upper hand. An example would be if you are in an argument with someone, and then you are going to PvP. If you were powergaming then you would make it impossible for the other person to attack, so you would pin them to the ground and break there spine immobilizing them. Another type of powergaming is when you do something (not RP) to level up stats.

What do you expect this server will be like?:?: I expect this server to be a fun place where I can role-play in Minecraft. I'm expecting many players, all the time, making it more interesting to play and provide many situations to RP. The only concern I have is the lag. Since there are many people on I’m afraid there might be lag.

What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?:I've played on several servers before two being RP servers, but they were smaller and no one was close enough to let me RP. The main server I play(ed) on is Chaotic Uniformity, I occasionally take breaks and they can range from a couple months to a year. It is a hardcore PvP server so in LOTC I'm looking for some PvP, but not too much.

Have you read, understood, and agreed to the rules?:Yes, I wouldn't spend time making three apps if I hadn't

Do you promise to abide by said rules, and laws? This includes the Server, Forum, and Teamspeak set Rules:Yes, please let me know if there are any modifications.

How did you hear about us?:I've heard about you from Minestatus and the Minecraft Forums (No player reference).

Have you previously made an Application? If so could you link us to your last Application?:Yes I have, Click Here to view.

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/):Yes, it's the exactly the same. Click Here to view

In-Character:

Character Name:Elvaldur (His last name was forgotten)

What Race are you?:Elf

What Sub-Race are you? (note, you aren’t required to have a sub-race):Elvaldur is a high elf, he possess high potential in magic and is very wise. Other traits can be found the deeper you look.

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.):

Elvaldur is young for an elf at 21 years old; he has dark blue eyes and a larger build for an elf. He wears green, white,

and brown robes. Like other elves he has pointed ears. His hair is darker brown, a rare trait among elves. When Elvaldur was born both of his parents had passed away. Due to this Elvaldur was raised by the elders in his small village. Now I’m going to have Elvaldur tell the story.

When I was young, both of my parents died within the first few weeks I was alive.My mother had died while giving

birth to me and no one is sure what happened to my father, he just disappeared. I was forced to live with the elders of my small village. They were good to me and taught me how to speak many tongues, including Elven, which I didn’t know was outlawed in till I met other elves whom were far away from where I lived.. Once I became 10 years of age I was sent to school. At school I was an outcast; all the other students knew each other and I had yet to meet one since the elders never let me talk to anyone who was not an elder. After my first week of school, I requested a private tutor. The elders found the person best fitted to become my tutor in a very noble village not far away. He was a very wise man. I had many tutoring sessions and had lots of spare time when I was not in class.

I always liked bows and took advantage of this time by practicing different combat skills. I spent

about 75% of my free time at the archery range practicing my shot. Even though I was skilled with a bow I wanted to be able to kill the monsters that surrounded our village quicker and easier. One day when I was exploring the elders’ private library and I found a book about magic. From then on I knew that was how I was going to become more powerful. I read through the book on protective magic over and over. Sadly there was only one spell in the entire book, but it enabled me to protect an object. I began to watch the elders use the spell on various objects. After using their technique I was able to use the spell on my bow. The temptation to use magic for combat became too strong and I told the elders that I wanted to leave the village to see if I could find my father, even though it was a lie the elders fell for it and crafted me a special bow. The bow looked like any normal bow, but it was infused with a type of magic that allowed it to shoot farther and do more damage than my previous bow.

The next day I gathered my supplies and ventured away from the village to learn more. I went to the nearby village from

where my tutor came from and began to explore it. I found a library near the northern edge of the village. I knew I had to be sneaky and I made a plan to see what books they had there on magic. That night I set my plan into action, I entered the village after hiding in a small hole I carved out in a tree. I quietly dashed to the library. Once inside I snuck over to the restricted section and hopped the small gate they had as a blockade. Pulling out a redstone torch from my sack I used it to illuminate the bindings of the books. Quickly I looked through all the books, finally I found one on attack magic written by a high elf thousands of years ago. I then hastily ran back out into the wilderness. I ran all the way back into the tree and fell asleep for the night. The next morning I decided to build a hut so I could sleep more comfortably while reading the book. I gathered wood, some, wool, and managed to barter some of my supplies for some cobblestone and coal from a passing dwarf. I quickly through together the place I would learn to grow home. Exhausted from all the work I put into the house, I found myself asleep.

The next few mornings I woke up and began to read and read and read, I spent about two weeks to finish the entire book.

When I finished I noticed a strange talisman in the back pouch of the book, I took it out and examined it. It looked pretty ordinary so I put it back inside the pouch of the book. I was now able to try the fun part, casting the spells. The guide specifies that I needed to get a special type of wood to craft my wand from the oldest tree still alive, the Gilboa Palm. Lucky it specified the approximate directions from the village in which the author lived in, the only problem was not that the village had been destroyed centuries ago, but it was located in Aegis. I figured the task would be impossible, but I had to try. I headed back to the noble village and asked around about a way to get to Aegis, but no one knew or wanted to tell me where a portal was that I could use, well in till I meet Devram. Devram was a younger Orc with light green skin and long black hair. While exploring the sewers I came across her. She offered to tell me the location if she could come along. So in order to get my wand I agreed and she led the way. Our first stop was in the nether realm, we ventured all the way to the edge where there was nothing but lava and a portal. Inevitably the path to the portal had been worn away by lava, but Devram came prepared she tossed down a potion and began to swim toward the portal. I followed and eventually made it to the island with the portal on it. I stepped into the portal and a weird feeling came across my body, it felt as if my body was being taken apart little by little and reformed, like I was two places at once.

Upon arrival I was amazed how much Aegis had changed, it seemed even worse than the last time I had been there.

We scurried through the tunnels and out into what used to be a town. “Where do you suppose the tree is?” I pondered. “I could be wrong but I’m guessing it’s that tree over there, the really tall one,” replied Devram. “Yah that seems right” I said and we both sprinted to it. The closer I got the bigger and bigger the tree appeared. Once I got to about 15 yards of the tree I was thrown back and some sort of magical barrier surrounded the tree. Suddenly I realized why Devram wanted to visit the tree with me; there was a small Orc inside the barrier. “Brother, brother!” cried Devram. The young orc’s mouth appeared, but we couldn’t hear him. I recited some words and Elven and strangely the barrier began to fade. I ran to the tree while Davram was busy greeting her lost brother. I began to climb the tree and then reached out and ripped off a stick. Power coursed throughout my body. KAPOW went the barrier as it reappeared. “Come on!” screamed Davram. I tried reciting Elven but it didn’t disappear like it did earlier. Then I remembered the talisman, I pulled it out and tossed it at the barrier. Slowly it began to burn away in till it was gone. “Hurry,” I bellowed.We didn't take are chances and all four of us ran back to the portal.

I re-materialized back near my old village. I looked at it and was shocked; the entire village had burnt down.

I looked through my book on magic and tried every healing spell there was. The village was lost. For awhile I continued to live in the village and practice with my bow and with my new found magical powers. I realized there was nothing left here for me. I packed up my stuff and harvested the farm and then made bread for my journey. After several homes in different lands I finally reached Asulon.

For his personality you it developed over his life and he became a skillful and polite elf.

(Sorry about the sloppy indents, I'm not the best at BBcode)

What is your Character's ambitions?:Elvaldur aspires to become a leader of a great nation.

What is your character’s favorite tool? (sword, pickaxe, shovel, etc):Elvaldur's favorite tool is his bow, hand crafted specially for him by the elders of his village and his wand (stick) he got from the Gilboa Palm.

What is one of your Character's most skilled talents?Archery, Magic, and Knowledge

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

Other Information about your Character: None that would benefit the application.

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?

Elvaldur was walking by the Cloud Temple when he caught a glimpse of a little halfling being roughed up by to armed warriors. Elvaldur quickly drew his bow from his back and pulled a poison arrow from his quiver. Drawing the bow string back and making sure he was the right angle and power to deliver a fatal shot to the attacker. Suddenly one stumbles giving Elvaldur the split second to release the arrow and kill one of the warriors. Realizing now that he got the other warriors attention he throws his bow over his back and draws his sword out to begin a melee fight with the last warrior. Elvaldur took the first move and was able to wound the warriors arm, reducing the strength of his attacks. After several minutes Elvaldur is able to defeat the warrior. He quickly runs to aid the halfling and return the money he picked off the dead warriors. Using healing magic he fixes all the poor halfling's cuts and bruises. Elvaldur then gives the halfling some weapons and left over armor so he can defend himself if more warriors come back.

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?

Elvaldur greets the man and chats a little while he checks his supplies. Elvaldur sees that he's down to 23 arrows and asks politely for more. The man goes into the back shop and comes back with some. Elvaldur ponders about the price. Using a combination of coins and goods he gives the man equivalent to what arrows are worth. After he asks where the nearest pub is and eats before continuing on his journey.

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?:

First, Elvaldur asses the area to make sure there are no monsters lurking nearby or that there is no one who is occupying the hut. After he opens the chest, he checks out what condition the sword is in to see if it's any use to him. Quickly he tosses the iron bars in his backpack and puts the sword in it's holster at his waist. He leaves the houses just like he found it and continues on.

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?

Elvaldur greets the people back with whatever energy he had left. He pleads the people to let him stay for the night so that he can eat and get a good night’s rest, luckily they agree. One of the residents of the town offers him to stay with him and Elvaldur takes up the offer and thanks the kind person. As soon as he gets settled in he asks for food and tells them it won't be long before he dies of hunger. Quickly the people bring him bread, melons, and apples to curb his appetite before they bring out the meat. Elvaldur is surprised when they bring out a feast. They have at least 10 of each pork, fish, and pork chop, and they don't bother to wait till he finishes to bring out cake. Elvaldur makes sure to tip the kind folks generously before heading to bed. The next morning the trading camp had made him a small pack with supplies for his journey. After receiving directions and again thanking the people he continues to travel to his destination.

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?:

Hearing that he can help in some way, Elvaldur makes haste to reach the coordinator and volunteers. Once reaching him he gets his outpost and heads out. Like when he saved the halfling he took out his bow and began to snipe down the bandits one by one. Soon he eliminated them all. Elvaldur checks all the posts to make sure all the bandits are gone, shooting any still alive. Once he has seen all the bandits are dealt with he heads back to the coordinator. He informs him that all the bandits are eliminated and reports any casualties that occurred. He doesn't accept the reward since he doesn't need it.

I can't wait to see you on the server. I hope this app is good enough.

[Alan 1815]

Please reapply in 24 hours.

Your application was denied for:

- Both your biography and Open Response Questions had several instances of powergaming

- You biography had a couple incidences which went against our lore

- I'm not picky about it, but just as a tip you should proofread your application a bit more before posting it in order to prevent spelling and grammar errors

I also looked at the denial for your previous application. You seemed to fix the majority of the errors, but there were a few that you didn't fix and I listed them above.

If you have any questions about your denial, PM me and post a link to this application, I'll help sort out any problems.

[Alan 1815]

Moved to Denied Forum