Post by Grand Moff Poobah I on Nov 4, 2014 3:40:52 GMT -5
You've probably filled out an application before. Financial aid, jobs, college apps. Those don't help. This is an RP app. About your character. Here's how it's going to work. First comes a description of all the categories to help you fill it out. Then below that comes the code you need to get it done.
If you're hoping that the code will be beautiful and intricate, a work of art to showcase the majestic splendor of your character, you're going to be disappointed. It's simple and ugly so anybody up to my Grandpa can avoid screwing it up. It's no good if in line 327 you put a semi colon instead of a colon and the entire thing gets buggered up.
Name: Could be Bob. Could be Grrichirr. Depends on species.
Species: Protip: Grrichiir isn't human. Bob isn't a Wookie.
Faction: Imperial Navy, Civilian, Hutt Cartel, Space Girl Scouts, etc
Rank: If they have ranks. Working at Space Jiffy Lube probably doesn't come with the rank of Field Marshal.
Age: In years. Shocking I know.
Height: In metric. Let's be honest for a second, Liberia, Myanmar, and the US are the only countries not using metric. If you're Liberian, congrats on finding the site. If you are from Myanmar I have surely not disparaged your noble military government. If you're American I'm doing you a favor so you have an idea of how things work in case of tourism or further future invasions.
Weight: What I just said.
Image: If you have an image, put it here. If you don't, delete the bit that says image. Put it back if you ever get an image. Protip: If your character is obscenely ugly a picture is inadvisable. If your character is a Greek statue come to life and carved by the hand of God, get a picture for the love of all things holy.
Appearance: If you have an image or not, toss some text here. It's a great way to describe things like clothes that don't come up in every image. Go into as much detail as you feel like, though the information they like a particular material and color of underpants may be too much information.
Personality: Unless your character has the image of Matthew Broderick, this section is mandatory. Use discretion on length but remember the more detailed your description of the character's personality is, the better people can evaluate your character as an RP prospect 'at a glance.' For example if your character is a racist who likes to murder and eat people in his spare time, most people won't want to write with you.
History: Every character has a history. Even if they don't know it, it still exists. For the sake of the sanity of the people reviewing don't try to make everything hazy and mysterious about the origins of your character. If you try to get too mysterious or epic I swear I'll just write a broken condom and a love affair with an instructor at the clowning academy into your app. Point is, write a good amount here. If you like to challenge Tolstoy for wordcount, fine. If you want to write your bio as a Haiku... That one's too short. Consider a limerick.
Miscellaneous Crap: Crap. That is miscellaneous. I mean look maybe you have like one specific ship or engraved set of nun-chucks that absolutely has to be linked to. Or maybe a villa. Or maybe you have like weirdly specific ideas about how their home pool is laid-out. If it doesn't fit elsewhere in the template and you want to mention it, just add it here. Good? Good.
If you're hoping that the code will be beautiful and intricate, a work of art to showcase the majestic splendor of your character, you're going to be disappointed. It's simple and ugly so anybody up to my Grandpa can avoid screwing it up. It's no good if in line 327 you put a semi colon instead of a colon and the entire thing gets buggered up.
Name: Could be Bob. Could be Grrichirr. Depends on species.
Species: Protip: Grrichiir isn't human. Bob isn't a Wookie.
Faction: Imperial Navy, Civilian, Hutt Cartel, Space Girl Scouts, etc
Rank: If they have ranks. Working at Space Jiffy Lube probably doesn't come with the rank of Field Marshal.
Age: In years. Shocking I know.
Height: In metric. Let's be honest for a second, Liberia, Myanmar, and the US are the only countries not using metric. If you're Liberian, congrats on finding the site. If you are from Myanmar I have surely not disparaged your noble military government. If you're American I'm doing you a favor so you have an idea of how things work in case of tourism or further future invasions.
Weight: What I just said.
Image: If you have an image, put it here. If you don't, delete the bit that says image. Put it back if you ever get an image. Protip: If your character is obscenely ugly a picture is inadvisable. If your character is a Greek statue come to life and carved by the hand of God, get a picture for the love of all things holy.
Appearance: If you have an image or not, toss some text here. It's a great way to describe things like clothes that don't come up in every image. Go into as much detail as you feel like, though the information they like a particular material and color of underpants may be too much information.
Personality: Unless your character has the image of Matthew Broderick, this section is mandatory. Use discretion on length but remember the more detailed your description of the character's personality is, the better people can evaluate your character as an RP prospect 'at a glance.' For example if your character is a racist who likes to murder and eat people in his spare time, most people won't want to write with you.
History: Every character has a history. Even if they don't know it, it still exists. For the sake of the sanity of the people reviewing don't try to make everything hazy and mysterious about the origins of your character. If you try to get too mysterious or epic I swear I'll just write a broken condom and a love affair with an instructor at the clowning academy into your app. Point is, write a good amount here. If you like to challenge Tolstoy for wordcount, fine. If you want to write your bio as a Haiku... That one's too short. Consider a limerick.
Miscellaneous Crap: Crap. That is miscellaneous. I mean look maybe you have like one specific ship or engraved set of nun-chucks that absolutely has to be linked to. Or maybe a villa. Or maybe you have like weirdly specific ideas about how their home pool is laid-out. If it doesn't fit elsewhere in the template and you want to mention it, just add it here. Good? Good.
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