Agiantpie's Second Application

[AGP 3169]

Out-Of-Character:

Minecraft Account Name: AGiantPie

Did you attend minecon and sign up at the LOTC booth?: No

How old are you?: 15

Time-Zone/Country of Residence: United States

Do you have a good grip on the English language/good grammar?: Yes, English is my first language and I know how to speak/write/type it well.

Small 2-3 Sentence Description of yourself: I am a 15 year old American male. I enjoy playing Minecraft, roleplaying games, and some sports such as Ultimate Frisbee and Football. My favorite subject in school is science.

How much time could you be on the server weekly?: It varies, usually about 1-3 hours a day. On weekends it could be as much as 4 hours, so a minimum of 7 hours, and a maximum of about 23 hours a week.

What do you know about Roleplaying? Give a definition of what it means to you.: I know a lot about roleplaying. I play some roleplaying games and have experience roleplaying on Minecraft before. Roleplaying to me means creating a world of your own imagination, and working with others to make it come to life.

In your own Words, describe what Metagaming and Powergaming are:

Metagaming is using ooc information to influence your character's decision. Ie: if someone accidentally says something in a global chat that was supposed to be local, I know it oocly but my character doesn't. Or, if a friend messages me the coordinates of his secret base, my character still doesn’t know how to get there.

Powergaming is roleplaying something your character couldn't do, such as a farmer making a mineshaft to bedrock. It is also forcing a hit onto a character, saying “John slashes Bob in the arm, severing it.” Instead of, “John swings his sword at Bob’s arm, hoping to cause serious damage.”

What do you expect this server will be like?: I expect it to be a fun, engaging experience with a fantastic community and world. I hope to make friends and have a great time with everyone.

What other server(s) have you played on and why did you leave them?: I have played on many Minecraft servers, the only ones worth to note are Pitforge and Kingdom of Aeonis. I left Pitforge because the admins took it down a bad direction. I left Aeonis because of a complicated fiasco of ooc and icness. It was really crazy and I still am unsure as to what exactly happened.

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

How did you hear about us?: Well... this server is rather famous. I've heard it mentioned all over the place. I am looking for a new roleplay server so I thought I would investigate into it.

Have you previously made an Application? If so could you link us to your last Application?: Yes, I made one application earlier, it stated that I needed to elaborate on my definitions of powergaming and my open response answers.

http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/53961-agiantpies-application/page__p__415159__hl__agiantpie__fromsearch__1#entry415159

Have you voted for the Lord of the Craft on Minestatus? Which vote number were you? Yes, I voted for the server on Minestatus. On the page I couldn’t find my vote number though. I even did it again the next day to make sure, but I still didn’t see any. I apologize for failing this question.

What is your The Lord Of Craft forum account name?: AGiantPie

In-Character:

Character Name: Eldeween Tinkhelii

What is your Race?: Elf

Biography(This should include the history of your character and his life as well as age, appearance and personality, etc.):

Eldeween's father, Gildarad, was a member of a secretive organization dedicated to protecting the innocent, and keeping the world as "good" as possible. Its name is only known to those in the highest of the order. Lower ranked members refer to it as, “The Order”. His father died when he was 3, and his mother took him and raised him in a small town by the name of TallWood, due to the strange tall trees that grew in a forest nearby. He was apprenticed to the local blacksmith, and spent years learning the trade. The blacksmith recognized Eldeween’s potential, and slowly integrated advanced techniques into his training. Eldeween never completely finished his training because a plague swept through TallWood, killing many people including his master. It swept over the town in a large wave, killing everyone who contracted it.

Within a matter of days the plague was only a block or two from Eldeween’s house. There was no way to get past it to the gates, so Eldeween climbed and jumped off the wall. He sprained his ankle, but he hobbled off and disappeared into the forest of tall trees near the town. He lived by a lake deep within, and his foot healed after a few days. He built a house in a tree, and built a makeshift forge outside to continue practicing his trade. He taught himself how to fish, and how to hunt and gather berries. One morning, as he was fixing himself breakfast, he heard a loud crash and splash from outside. He ran out to discover a large chunk of smoking, glittering rock laying near the side of the lake. The water was frothing about, and many trees on the opposite side of the lake were crushed and smoldering. It was clear that the rock had come in from the sky at an angle, and he was lucky it hit the water instead of the ground. He quickly grabbed a bucket and exterminated the embers to prevent a forest fire. Afterwards, he went to check out the rock, and discovered that it had veins of metal inlayed into it. He wasn't sure what it was made of, but he grabbed his pickaxe and carefully extracted it. Using his blacksmithing skill, and the forge he had built for himself to practice his only refined skill, he made himself a suit of armor and a sword out of the unknown material.

About a year later, he was fishing in the lake when a women burst into the clearing. She screamed when she first saw him, then she was knocked over from behind by a hooded figure. He hadn't seen Eldeween, and was intently focused on the girl. Eldeween carefully crept up behind the man, and kicked him off the girl. The man was surprised by Eldeween's sudden appearance, and before he could react, Eldeween jumped on him and stabbed him in the throat. He gurgled horribly and spat black blood into his face, but died within a matter of seconds. The girl thanked him and told him that he was a member of a group of bandits that had raided her village. She said that most of her village had escaped in the other direction, but to where, she did not know. When he asked her name, she responded shyly, "Toralai, I’m an elf.” He scouted out the village, but it was all burnt, and the rest of the raiding party was nowhere to be found. He invited the girl to stay with him if she wished, and she agreed as she had nowhere else to go. They lived peacefully for a while, about 15 years. With an extra person to help with gathering food and working on improving the house, Eldeween was able to find the time to train his swordfighting abilities.

However, their peaceful life was interrupted one day when a group of refugee bandits stumbled upon Toralai while she was out gathering berries. They interrogated her and mercilessly beat her to death, then used the information they had beaten out of the girl to ambush Eldeween, who was training. They emerged from the woods and surrounded him while he was training on the practice dummy he had set up, and jested at him how they killed Toralai. In a rage, he engaged them in battle, and emerged victorious despite sustaining several wounds. Knowing that he couldn't heal these wounds himself, he tried to find some other mention of civilization. He ran for hours, before succumbing to his wounds and blacking out in the middle of a field. He woke up with a man in white robes hanging over him, applying healing salves to his cuts. When he asked where he was, he responded, "In safety, son of Gildarad." He asked him how he knew his name, and the priest replied, “The Order knows all.” He remembered the stories his mother told him of the secretive organization, but he had never really believed it existed. Eldeween remembered that their motivation was to protect the innocent and perform good deeds, so he agreed to join them when asked to by the leader. He promised himself he would protect the good and innocent, so that as few people as possible would suffer himself and Toralai’s fate. He trained for several years as an initiate in their order, and is setting out on his first mission of purity to prove his worth.

Your characters ambitions: To protect innocents and good people throughout the land. He also is interested in observing how different people live their lives.

Out in the Wilds, your character comes across a small cottage. Outside, there appears to be an elf struggling combat with two bandits. What does your character do? Eldeween would sneak up behind the bandits, and smack them on the head with the pommel of his sword to knock them out. He would then ask the elf what happened, and bring them to the local authorities for trial. If the elf tried to pay him for his assistance, he would reply, “No friend, I cannot accept this gift for doing my duty. The only gift from you I can receive would be your friendship.”

Your character walks up to a shop in the middle of Al'Khazar. "Hello, my good sir!" says the shop owner. "What may I help you with today?" How does your character answer? Eldeween would reply, “Greetings to you as well, friend. I’m just here to browse your wares, if I see something I like I’ll buy it. Also, do you know of any banditry or other crimes being committed around the land?” He would then buy any items that he liked or needed, and would politely thank the shopkeeper for the wares. Then he would then proceed to investigate any information provided to him further.

A screenshot of your skin: I'm not sure how to upload screenshots, I'm afraid. I do have the .png file so I can e-mail it or something to someone. If someone can tell me how to upload the screenshot I can do it. I’m sorry for this, but I’m not the best with technology.

Edit: I think I figured it out. Its a url, but for me this is a technological marvel.

Front: http://tinypic.com/r/2wqhjcw/6

Back: http://tinypic.com/r/2wqhjcw/6

Other Information:

Edit: Fudgebutterpastemcgooglepants. I managed to mess up the blue text for the questions. See, I'm really not good with computers *facepalm*. I hope this won't affect the app's validity, but if it does then I won't mind reposting it later. I apologize again for my failure.

[Lirinya 4021]

There are guides in the guide and/or the application help section on how to upload screenshots of skins. I suggest you go and find them.

[Schwaan 176]

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   Please do some reformatting, and re-apply in 24 hours.

[Schwaan 176]

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