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wildermods) wrote2018-01-14 11:20 pm
wildermods) wrote2018-01-14 11:20 pm
APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS
Current Player Reserves: CLOSED/b>
Current Player Apps: CLOSED
New Player Apps: CLOSED
Overall Player Cap: 30 players
Characters Allowed Per Player: 3
Because the game is so plot-heavy and involves all the characters working together as a team, Wilderlands has a player cap to keep things manageable.
Cast Cap: 8
Completely original OCs will count as a cast. OCs based on tabletop or MMO canons will count towards the MMO or tabletop canons.
Versions of each character allowed: 2
We allow two versions of the same character in game, such as an AU and the canon version, or two versions from two different incarnations of a canon (ex: comics Barry Allen and TV show Barry Allen).
If your app is for your first character in the game, you cannot put in a reserve. You must app.
New player apps are handled differently when the player cap has been filled vs. not yet filled. If the game has new player slots open, the app will be considered immediately and you'll receive a response within 7 days. If no new player slots are open, you'll be put into a wait queue. Reserves are for current players only, to dibs a character they plan to app so they have time to write the app.
New player reserves: While new players do not have the option of reserving a character, a new player app in the wait queue counts as a reservation. As long as a character is listed in the wait queue, current players and any other new players that come along cannot reserve or app that character.
Regarding cast caps: If a cast is close to being capped, a new player app in the wait queue also reserves a cast slot.
The wait queue is only for new players, and will only be used if the game's player cap has been met. That means that current players may app for a new character at any time, and will receive a response back within 7 days.
If a character has not yet been reserved, and is not in the new player queue, you can RESERVE them. This is available only to current players.
Both new player and current player apps may close on occasion due to RL holidays, mods going on vacation, and other mitigating circumstances. They may also be closed sometimes during particularly complicated gamewide plots that would create difficulties for people introing characters. These closures will usually be temporary.
❧ Before Apping, please visit both the PLAYABLE CHARACTERS and POWER SELECTION pages to make sure your character is appable and to figure out their powers.
❧ You may only app 1 character at a time.
❧ You must wait 2 weeks between apps.
❧ If you only have one character and you're swapping them out for another, please note on your app and your drop post that you're swapping out so we don't think you're giving up your player slot.
❧ If you app for multiple characters from the same canon they must not have a lot of direct involvement (ie they can't be close siblings or SOs or anything like that).
❧ All apps will remain screened until accepted. Accepted apps will be unscreened. Rejected apps will remain screened. If you have personal reasons for wanting an accepted app to stay screened (such as concerns about your contact info getting in the hands of someone dangerous) you may request for the app to stay screened.
❧ For current players, if a character is not reserved or in the new player wait queue, apps are judged for that character as first come, first served.
❧ Do not link to your application. Please post it as comments, it's fine if there are multiple ones.
❧ We don't care if you reuse old apps you've written yourself but if we catch you plagiarizing an app from someone else, you'll be permanently pre-banned from the game. We'll also ban you if we miss it while approving and find out later, because come on.
❧ In the subject of your app comment, please put "NEW PLAYER APP" or "CURRENT PLAYER APP" before the character's name and canon.
Ex:
NEW PLAYER APP | Bugs Bunny | Space Jam
APPLICATION
Player Name:
Plurk Handle: (If you have one. Note: If you have privacy concerns, you may opt out of this or request that the app remain screened)
Player Status: New Player or Current Player
Other characters: If you're a current player: any other characters you play here?
Character Name:
Fandom:
Character Journal:
OU, AU, or OC? Original universe, alternate universe, or original character?
If canon, canon point:
PB: (Played - By. PBs are optional, not required, for instance if you play an OC, your character doesn't have visual media, what visual media they have has ugly art, etc.).
Setting Background: If apping an AU or OC from a made up world or a canon world deeply changed by AU events, please give us some background on the setting here. Leave blank for OU characters.
(Please keep this under 1000 words.)
History: Links are preferred, however if you're apping an OC or AU we do want a thorough history. In the case of an AU please note specific points the AU diverges from canon.
(Please keep this under 1000 words.)
Personality: What is the character's personality like? Please take care to talk about both their thoughts and motivations and their outward actions. For AUs, please note how their development diverges from canon.
(Please keep this under 1000 words.)
Canon Powers: If they have superpowers in canon please list a full list of them here just so we have them somewhere.
Freebie Powers: If your character has any powers listed as "freebie powers" list them and their limits here so the mods can decide if they count as freebies.
Power Selection: Please list whether you're choosing "Native Superpowers," a "Magic Weapon," "Magic," or "Roughing It" here. If choosing a magic weapon, list what type of weapon it will be. If choosing magic, list the mage archetype you're choosing.
Game Powers: This will be different depending on what power selection you're choosing.
If choosing native superpowers: List the powers and how they fit the power nerfing rules.
If choosing a magic weapon: List the weapon's special abilities. If it is a cursed weapon, also list its curse effect. (You don't need to list the standard abilities that come with these weapons, like granting the knowledge of how to wield them to the wielder).
If choosing magic: If the character is one of the mage types that start with 3 basic spells, list their 3 starting spells. Make sure to spell out the full extent of damage they cause and try to give a sense of scale. For instance, if requesting a fire ball spell, note that the fireball can cause damage to a single human-sized target, or if requesting a healing spell, note the severity of injuries you want it to heal. (If the character is an Archivist or Alchemist mage type, leave this blank, as they come with set abilities.)
Non-Powered Abilities: Please list any abilities independent of any meta-powers or magic here. Martial arts, wilderness survival, diplomacy skills, etc. If opting out of powers and choosing "Roughing It," please explain how these abilities would allow the character to keep up with powered individuals in the setting.
Setting/Suitability: How do you expect your character to respond to the setting? What do you hope to do with your character long-term? Does your character currently have skills that would allow them to adapt, survive, and do heroic things? If your character doesn't, do you think they'd have the capacity to learn? If they're not used to cooperating with others, what makes you think they'll be able to adapt to cooperating with the group?
SAMPLES
Prose Sample: 200 word minimum. You may use a test drive thread, use the following prompt, or make up your own. Links to RP samples at other games are not accepted, you must either use a Test Drive thread or write up a new prompt, but you may use samples at other games to supplement your samples. If you use a Test Drive thread, at least one post made by your character in the thread must meet the 200 word minimum.
For whatever reason, whether it's a strange nonhuman appearance, special powers or magic, having actual dental hygiene, or wearing a digital watch, the locals have declared your character a witch and want to burn them at the stake. Write your character reacting to the situation in whatever idiom is natural to them, whether it's with appealing to compassion, using logic, fighting their way out, terrifying them by playing death metal on their dying ipod, etc.
Network Sample: 200 word minimum. You may use the following prompt, or make up your own. Links to RP samples at other games are not accepted, you must write up a new prompt, but you may use samples at other games to supplement your samples. Since the test drives rarely use network format, you cannot use a test drive thread for the network sample, only the prose sample.
Your character's inner child has been separated from your character into its own individual entity by a powerful spirit, and your character can speak to them through the game's magic mirror network. The child has been commanded to listen in silence, and in an ultimate test of self-awareness, your character has been told they must talk to them and pass them wisdom and emotional honesty they've gained through life experience. Every time you character lies or is otherwise insincere about something from their adult life, they get zapped with a painful magical shock from the spirit.
Additional info: Any additional info you think it's important to include. You can use this space to ask the mods if certain weapons, gear, belongings, or animal companions can be brought into the game with the character.
CASTS CLOSE TO CAP NONE CANON | # out of # | OPEN/CLOSED NEW PLAYER WAIT QUEUE Character | Canon | AU, OU, or OC | Player Name |
❧ For current player apps, or new player apps that are submitted before the player cap is filled, app review may take up to 1 week. Please do not contact the mods about your app unless 1 week has passed.
❧ For new player apps that are submitted after the player cap is filled, we cannot give estimates on how long it will take to get into the game, as this depends on any natural drops that happen. However, when a player slot opens, we will attempt to process the next new player app in the queue within 1 week of the drop that opened the player slot.
❧ For new players, we consider a new player slot reserved by an app until the entire review process is over, so if we ask for revisions, your slot is still reserved until the mods make their final judgement of the app. However, if we ask for revisions, you will have 2 days to respond. After that, you'll forfeit the player slot reserved by your app and we'll move on to the next app.
