Post by Mister Stewart on Oct 29, 2010 0:41:47 GMT -8
Have a character you would like to apply? Awesome! We just have a few guidelines that we'd like for you to follow.
1 - QUIRKY, GREAT! MARY SUES/GARY STUS? NOT SO MUCH. We love to see characters that are quirky and fun. The cast of characters in Greenvale is plenty colorful, so don't be afraid to make your character colorful too...but please, no one is perfect, and making a character perfect but with a tragic past doesn't count. Let's not have any Sues or Stus, please?
2 - HUMANS ONLY. NO MAGIC POWERS. YOU ARE NOT SAILOR TREE. Due to the nature of the game and this RP, we don't want to see any magical powers. No firestarters, summoners, elves...none of that. Keep it to humans, even if they are very quirky humans, okay?
3 - NO CHARACTERS FROM OTHER GAMES/ANIME/ETC. Almost every RP I've been in, someone has tried to app Sonic the Hedgehog. Nothing against Sonic, but that sort of breaks the mood. However, you MAY REWORK YOUR OWN OCS FROM OTHER FANDOMS TO FIT THE SCOPE OF THIS RP. Their past and abilities must be made appropriate, but it can be fun to play an AU version of a character you've come up with, right?
4 - NO, YOU CANNOT BE RELATED TO A CANON. Your character can't be George's long-lost brother or Keith's cousin. You are allowed, however, to play a character who KNOWS one of the characters - if it's a player character, get the player's permission, and if it's a character who hasn't been taken get, check with a mod.
5 - BE CREATIVE WITH YOUR OCCUPATION. PLEASE, NO MORE FBI AGENTS! Guys, seriously. Greenvale is a small town. With York in action, that's already two FBI agents assigned to the same town. We ARE NOT going to accept any more agents! Want to be a policeman who has transferred into Greenvale Sheriff's Department? Great! We'll even allow a Private Investigator. But seriously, there are other jobs. Doctor! Chef! Housekeeping! Tailor! Street Musician! Mechanic! Writer! Is there no shop for the profession you want? Ask us mods if you can open your own store! Just BE CREATIVE.
6 - THE RED SEEDS ARE NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGE. THE RED SEED MURDERS ARE NOT COMMON OCCURRENCES. Not everyone in town is going to be involved with the Red Seeds in their pasts. If your character's backstory all absolutely hinges on being involved with the Red Seeds, you need to do one of two things...either contact a mod to see if what you have in mind is all right, or rethink the backstory.
7 - ONCE IN A WHILE, IT'S OKAY IF YOUR CHARACTER'S PARENTS ARE ALIVE. Just sayin'. (No offense meant at all to any standing characters, but I'm seeing a pattern and thought maybe I should point it out. XD')
1 - QUIRKY, GREAT! MARY SUES/GARY STUS? NOT SO MUCH. We love to see characters that are quirky and fun. The cast of characters in Greenvale is plenty colorful, so don't be afraid to make your character colorful too...but please, no one is perfect, and making a character perfect but with a tragic past doesn't count. Let's not have any Sues or Stus, please?
2 - HUMANS ONLY. NO MAGIC POWERS. YOU ARE NOT SAILOR TREE. Due to the nature of the game and this RP, we don't want to see any magical powers. No firestarters, summoners, elves...none of that. Keep it to humans, even if they are very quirky humans, okay?
3 - NO CHARACTERS FROM OTHER GAMES/ANIME/ETC. Almost every RP I've been in, someone has tried to app Sonic the Hedgehog. Nothing against Sonic, but that sort of breaks the mood. However, you MAY REWORK YOUR OWN OCS FROM OTHER FANDOMS TO FIT THE SCOPE OF THIS RP. Their past and abilities must be made appropriate, but it can be fun to play an AU version of a character you've come up with, right?
4 - NO, YOU CANNOT BE RELATED TO A CANON. Your character can't be George's long-lost brother or Keith's cousin. You are allowed, however, to play a character who KNOWS one of the characters - if it's a player character, get the player's permission, and if it's a character who hasn't been taken get, check with a mod.
5 - BE CREATIVE WITH YOUR OCCUPATION. PLEASE, NO MORE FBI AGENTS! Guys, seriously. Greenvale is a small town. With York in action, that's already two FBI agents assigned to the same town. We ARE NOT going to accept any more agents! Want to be a policeman who has transferred into Greenvale Sheriff's Department? Great! We'll even allow a Private Investigator. But seriously, there are other jobs. Doctor! Chef! Housekeeping! Tailor! Street Musician! Mechanic! Writer! Is there no shop for the profession you want? Ask us mods if you can open your own store! Just BE CREATIVE.
6 - THE RED SEEDS ARE NOT COMMON KNOWLEDGE. THE RED SEED MURDERS ARE NOT COMMON OCCURRENCES. Not everyone in town is going to be involved with the Red Seeds in their pasts. If your character's backstory all absolutely hinges on being involved with the Red Seeds, you need to do one of two things...either contact a mod to see if what you have in mind is all right, or rethink the backstory.
7 - ONCE IN A WHILE, IT'S OKAY IF YOUR CHARACTER'S PARENTS ARE ALIVE. Just sayin'. (No offense meant at all to any standing characters, but I'm seeing a pattern and thought maybe I should point it out. XD')
[u][b]Original Character Application[/b][/u]
[b]Name:[/b] (Self-explanatory.)
[b]Age:[/b] (Also self-explanatory.)
[b]Gender:[/b] (Ditto.)
[b]Place of Residence:[/b] (You can reference the difference places under homes if you want - does your character live in a private home? Apartment? The hotel?)
[b]Type of Car:[/b] (There's a lot of driving in Greenvale. What kind of car does your character have, if they have one? Just a picture is okay if you want, no need to write a book unless you want to.)
[b]Occupation/Skills:[/b] (What does your character do for a living? How about hobbies?)
[b]Appearance:[/b] (You may provide a played-by if you like, but we need a physical description written by you as well.)
[b]Personality:[/b] (What is your character like? Likes, dislikes, fears?)
[b]History:[/b] (As complete as you want to be. Where did you character come from? Did anything happen in their past we should know about?)
[b]RP Sample:[/b] (Post a sample of your writing as your character. At least two paragraphs, or about 8-10 sentences.)
[b]Additional Notes:[/b] (Anything else you'd like to add that doesn't go anywhere else?)