Polysemic

Changed Status to Accepted

Hi there, as you can see, you have been accepted onto the server! Well done on your application, you’re doing great! So now, I welcome you to the wonderful community of LotC! To get started, I suggest doing; /creq Can I have a CT Monk to help me get started? Here are some links you may find useful while starting out!: Settlement Guides Major Charters Need help? Feel free to contact me through the forums or through discord [ N¡ck#4884 ]. If you see me around ingame, you can also /message Polysemic to ask me things there. If I’m not around, you can also use the LotC Discord. I would also recommend that you have a look around the Wiki! If you need help ingame, you can do /creq to request help from a community team member! You can find the new player guide here. Have a great time roleplaying, and I look forward to seeing you around in future!

Changed Status to Denied

Hi there, as you can see your application has unfortunately been denied, check below for the detailed reasons why. - You are not old enough to play on the server. You need to be 13 years or older. Don’t worry though! You can submit a new application and try again right after, just make sure you correct the things listed! Need help? Feel free to contact me through the forums or through discord [ N¡ck#4884 ]. If you see me around ingame, you can also /message Polysemic to ask me things there. If I’m not around, you can also use the LotC Discord. I would also recommend that you have a look around the Wiki!

Changed Status to Denied

Hi there, as you can see your application has unfortunately been denied, check below for the detailed reasons why. - Your character biography is lacking a lore reference. You can find our wiki here, as well as pages for Nations and charters, and our current map, Almaris. - Your character biography should be at least 6 sentences long. - Your roleplay definition should include whether you have roleplayed before. - Your roleplay scenario should be at least 4 sentences long and include both dialogue between quotes (“) as well as actions. It should be written in third person and only control your own character. Don’t worry though! You can submit a new application and try again right after, just make sure you correct the things listed! Need help? Feel free to contact me through the forums or through discord [ N¡ck#4884 ]. If you see me around ingame, you can also /message Polysemic to ask me things there. If I’m not around, you can also use the LotC Discord. I would also recommend that you have a look around the Wiki!

Changed Status to Under Review

Changed Status to Under Review

Changed Status to Accepted

Changed Status to Under Review Hi there, as you can see, you have been accepted onto the server! Well done on your application, you’re doing great! So now, I welcome you to the wonderful community of LotC! To get started, I suggest doing; /creq Can I have a CT Monk to help me get started? Here are some links you may find useful while starting out!: Settlement Guides Major Charters Need help? Feel free to contact me through the forums or through discord [ N¡ck#4884 ]. If you see me around ingame, you can also /message Polysemic to ask me things there. If I’m not around, you can also use the LotC Discord. I would also recommend that you have a look around the Wiki! If you need help ingame, you can do /creq to request help from a community team member! You can find the new player guide here. Have a great time roleplaying, and I look forward to seeing you around in future!

Changed Status to Denied

Changed Status to Under Review Hi there, as you can see your application has unfortunately been denied, check below for the detailed reasons why. - Your metagaming and powergaming definitions aren’t quite right. You can check this page for reference. - Your character biography is lacking a lore reference. You can find our wiki here, as well as pages for Nations and charters, and our current map, Almaris. - Your character’s physical description should be in third person. - Your character’s personality traits / quirks should be in third person. - Your character fear should be at least two sentences long. - Your roleplay scenario should be at least 4 sentences long and include both dialogue between quotes (“) as well as actions. It should be written in third person and only control your own character. Don’t worry though! You can submit a new application and try again right after, just make sure you correct the things listed! Need help? Feel free to contact me through the forums or through discord [ N¡ck#4884 ]. If you see me around ingame, you can also /message Polysemic to ask me things there. If I’m not around, you can also use the LotC Discord. I would also recommend that you have a look around the Wiki!

Changed Status to Pending

Hi there! As you can see, your app is almost ready! Just a few changes you need to make, but don’t worry - you are doing great! - Your metagaming and powergaming definitions are not quite right. For more information, reference this wiki page. - Your physical description doesn't match up with your skin. Please update this. - Your character fear should be at least 2 sentences long. - Your roleplay scenario should be at least 4 sentences long. - Your character biography / drives include mention of magic. You cannot have magic in your application. You’ll be given 24 hours to correct the changes above. When you are done correcting, please contact me! Need help? Feel free to contact me through the forums or through discord [ N¡ck#4884 ]. If you see me around ingame, you can also /message Polysemic to ask me things there. If I’m not around, you can also use the LotC Discord. I would also recommend that you have a look around the Wiki!

Changed Status to Under Review

Changed Status to Pending

Hi there! As you can see, your app is almost ready! Just a few changes you need to make, but don’t worry - you are doing great! - Your metagaming and powergaming definitions are not quite right. For more information, reference this wiki page. - Your biography is lacking a lore reference. Please look at our wiki, where you can find pages for nations and charters or for our current map, Almaris. - Your character biography / fear uses a common character trope (Village being burned down by orcs), please change this to something less commonly used. - Your character's physical description does not match up with your skin. Please fix this. You’ll be given 24 hours to correct the changes above. When you are done correcting, please contact me! Need help? Feel free to contact me through the forums or through discord [ N¡ck#4884 ]. If you see me around ingame, you can also /message Polysemic to ask me things there. If I’m not around, you can also use the LotC Discord. I would also recommend that you have a look around the Wiki!

Changed Status to Under Review

Changed Status to Denied

Hi there, as you can see your application has unfortunately been denied, check below for the detailed reasons why. - Your metagaming and powergaming definitions are not quite right. For more information, reference this wiki page. - Your biography is lacking a lore reference. Please look at our wiki, where you can find pages for nations and charters or for our current map, Almaris. - In your biography, you mention your character is 140/185 years old. This does not line up with your character age, nor can your character be over 100 years old if they're an elf. - Your character description doesn't match up with your race. Reference the lore for High Elves here. - Your character fear isn't long enough. It should be at least two sentences long. - Your roleplaying definition should include whether you've roleplayed before. - Your roleplaying scenario should be in third person and only control your own character. Don’t worry though! You can submit a new application and try again right after, just make sure you correct the things listed! Need help? Feel free to contact me through the forums or through discord [ N¡ck#4884 ]. If you see me around ingame, you can also /message Polysemic to ask me things there. If I’m not around, you can also use the LotC Discord. I would also recommend that you have a look around the Wiki!

Changed Status to Under Review

I want to give my five cents as a community team member as well. One thing we frequently see, as mentioned in the original post, is the divide between new players; Some will have an extremely hard time integrating into the community, while some others will be here for a month and no one could tell you when they joined just from their ability to roleplay. When we do Monk Guidance (which is only done if players request it with an /sreq) these days, we try to explain new players the above channels, as well as some simple things such as how Soulstones work - A thing new players often get wrong, so if you tell them to use their Soulstone, make sure they do it correctly. Another thing we do is try to explain them how the auctiohouse and the bank plugin works, as well as a quick rundown on how to interact with shops; Using the ones provided at CT as an example. After this, we generally ask the player whether they had a settlement they had in mind where they wanted to go - Usually, they'll have mentioned something in their biography in their application and they will want to go there. If not, we check for active places and explain some of those to them, then ask them where they want to go. Then comes the hardest part for us; Integrating people into RP. It's hard for multiple reasons, number one being that most of the time, people aren't exactly looking forward to roleplaying with a new player - Because they generally don't have much new stuff to offer, because they're still new. I think that this is one of the main problems we face - As much as I'd like to offer a new player and their character some sort of hook, a quest they can go for, albeit in information or slaying some creature or doing whatever else, that's simply not something we can realistically do. We can't really offer closure to such a thing, and we can't offer a new player some sort of information that they would normally get in character - Because Monk characters are only used for guidance. And then there's the question every community team member or person who frequents OOC or WS has seen at least once: "What do I do next?" For us, the answer tends to be obvious: You do what you want to do, you set a goal for yourself and work toward it. But for most new players, this isn't as obvious. They don't see LotC as the expansive sandbox that it can be yet, most will see it as an RPG, with a set out road which you could best follow to become... Powerful. Most people who've played for a little bit will realize LotC isn't like this, and it's more about collaborative storytelling than anything - But it also makes it hard for people to just... Hand these new players a goal, since it's something they'll have to decide for themselves.

Literally 1984 +1

An old elf mourns quietly, noting not the name but a poor drawing of toasted bread in his notebook.

Changed Status to Denied