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APPLICATIONS

✗ Applications are processed weekly, every weekend. The cut-off time for the submission of applications is 11:59PST on Saturday.
✗ Before applying, please read the FAQ and Rules pages.
✗ Please submit your application with the journal you plan to use if you have one made already. If not, another journal is fine, but we prefer your intended journal so it makes for an easier time in granting access to the mod journal and the contacts page.
✗ For very long applications, we would ask you to please separate them into various comments so that they will not take up too much of the page.
✗ Please title your application as { [CANON/CANON OC/OC]CHARACTER NAME || Series Title || reserve/no reserve || X of X } in the subect header
✗ IMPORTANT: Our application form was edited on September 07, 2015. Please use the revised form.
✗ If you are looking for an example of what an application should be like, please refer to the application here for an example of a canon character application, and here for an original character application.

✗ Canon Application

<BIG><BIG>PLAYER</BIG></BIG>
Name:
Age: If you would prefer not to be specific, just let us know that you're over 18!
Personal Journal:
E-mail:
AIM/etc:
 
<BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG>
Name: First, Last (Western order)
Canon: Name only.
Age: Real / Apparent, if applicable
Timeline: At which point of the canon were they taken from?
Items with character at canon point: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: This is only to be used if are already playing another character from the canon you are applying for. For example, if you are apping Mario and you already play Princess Peach in the game, how will you handle their interactions without playercesting? Depending on your answer, you may be refused the character you are apping for.
 
Personality: We are expecting at least THREE well-written paragraphs minimum, with references to canon examples of your character’s personality where available. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional.
 
Background: Here is where we would like to see information about your character's history and their place within their canon. This can be written if you wish, or you can link to any wikis and relevant resources.
 
Abilities: Is your character an accomplished carpenter? Can they shoot laser beams from their eyes or travel through time? If they possess any abilities, learned or otherwise, they need to go in this section.
 
Network/Actionspam Sample: This is the format that will be used in rubycity_rp and must be in action form (brackets). We are looking for a minimum of 6 to 10 lines that give us an idea of how your character speaks/acts. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.
 
Prose Log Sample: This is the format that will be used in rubycity_logs and must be a minimum length of 250 words. This sample must be in prose format (paragraphs, no brackets) and should show character reactions/introspection. It does not need to be in game's setting, but it must demonstrate your character as you are apping them. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.

✗ Canon OC Application

<BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG>
Character Name: First, Last (Western order)
Canon: Name only
Age: Real / Apparent, if applicable
Timeline: At which point in the canon were they taken from?
Items with character at canon point: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: This is only to be used if are already playing another character from the canon you are applying for. For example, if you are apping Mario and you already play Princess Peach in the game, how will you handle their interactions without playercesting? Depending on your answer, you may be refused the character you are apping for.

Personality: We are expecting at least THREE well-written paragraphs minimum, with references to canon examples of your character’s personality if available. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional.

History: Three well-written paragraphs minimum, detail our your characters’ history.

Abilities: Is your character an accomplished carpenter? Can they shoot laser beams from their eyes or travel through time? If they possess any abilities, learned or otherwise, they need to go in this section.

Relationships to Canon Characters: If any, if not applicable please put N/A.

Network/Actionspam Sample: This is the format that will be used in rubycity_rp and must be in action form (brackets). We are looking for a minimum of 6 to 10 lines that give us an idea of how your character speaks/acts. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.
 
Prose Log Sample: This is the format that will be used in rubycity_logs and must be a minimum length of 250 words. This sample must be in prose format (paragraphs, no brackets) and should show character reactions/introspection. It does not need to be in game's setting, but it must demonstrate your character as you are apping them. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.

✗ OC Application

<BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG>
Name: First, Last. (Western order)
Age: Real / Apparent, if applicable
Appearance: The sorts of things included in this section should be the character’s height, build, clothing style, hair, accessories. As well as their general posture and mannerisms as well, like quirks or vocal tics.
Chosen PB: First come, first serve. Please check the taken PB page. You are also welcome to use your own or commissioned art, or icons that do not depict your characters face but facets of their personality as well.
Items with character at canon point: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions.

Personality: This should be self explanatory. However, when discussing personality please include why they have particular personality traits, how this effects their lives and interactions. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional. The minimum will be three well-written paragraphs, but you should be able to write more.

World Information: Please go as in depth as you can about the world. There is no wiki or website for us to reference, and we need to know as much as we can about the place your character comes from so that we can understand the character when reviewing the application.

History: Your characters’ history in their world. Be sure to be detailed. This section should be a minimum of three paragraphs.

A note for CR AU applications
Ruby City does allow previous game history/CR to be brought over on a case by case basis. If you want to include this in your application please add additional sections for PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT and PREVIOUS GAME HISTORY beneath the Personality and Background/History sections.

In these additional sections we would like to see a brief outline of your character's previous game history and how it potentially impacted on and altered their canon personality.

✧ N A V I G A T I O N ✧

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

PLAYER
Name: Mouse
Personal Journal:

mouseguin
E-mail: mouseguin@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: mouseofguin

CHARACTER
Name: Sanderson "Sandy" Mansnoozie
Canon: Rise of the Guardians
Timeline: End of the film
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality: Sandy is the Guardian of Dreams. Dreams are his core. But before you get to the core, he is many other things first. Creative, peaceful, talkative and fierce. These are the traits that make up the Sandman and they all play a part in how he portrays himself to others.

Creative - Using his dream sand, Sandy can create anything a child could wish more. A unicorn, a dinosaur or a manatee. These are some of the forms we've seen him make because he has such an imagination. His creative side is the most well known as without it he couldn't be the Sandman and protect the children of Earth. But it is still a very important trait to note.

Peaceful - Sandy doesn't enjoy conflict. He does, however, enjoy quiet and sleep. Not just because of his job as Guardian but we seen him sleeping while trying to be introduce to Jack at the North Pole. But being peaceful also means keeping the peace, stopping fights between the other Guardians and making sure everything goes as planned.

Talkative - This trait is quite a misnomer as Sandy never speaks one word. He has no voice so as not to disturb the children he gives dreams to and cares for with every grain of sand in his being. Instead, he talks using images above his head and when he starts, you'll find it hard to make him stop. When excited or extremely curious, those images will appear faster and faster until they cannot be understood. Thus, this trait is very important despite it's misconceptions.

Fierce - This is the trait closest to his core. Something he keep deep inside at all times. Sandy doesn't want to appear vicious in any way but when someone is threatening the children or the other guardians, he will strike back. This is evident in using his dream whips against Pitch in the battle with Jack. When he needs to be, Sandy can be very fierce and will not stand by when those he cares about are in danger.

All in all, Sandy is a very complicated Guardian and his outward appearance doesn't always reflect how he feels inside. But if you ask him, he will be glad to explain himself slower but always with his images. He'll never say a word.

First Person: [Sandy walks off the train and looks around. A question mark appears above his head in yellow dream sand and he reads the posters on the walls. Finding a watch close by, he fiddles with it until it turns on the voice setting. Not much use. So after some more encouragement, it turns onto video.

He smiles into the watch and waves The dream sand above his head moves into other shapes as he asks the questions he has, hoping one or more of the other guardians are here to explain things to him. He also hopes there are children here so he can he seen. A place of adults and he'd be as bad as Jack Frost! Chuckling to himself, he sat down on one of the benches to think about his next actions. But he did create a large dream sand arrow pointing over the train station. Maybe someone would investigate?]

Third Person: This was Pitch's fault. It was always Pitch's fault. Unless you asked Bunny, then it was Jack's fault. But even he couldn't turn his dreams into nightmares and why would he? Jack was a good kid after all. Pitch on the other hand, was black through and through and Sandy knew he'd have to be the one to set him straight. As usual.

He couldn't believe that after all this time, his worst enemy, the worst enemy of all the guardians, was finally back and doing his best to undermine their power. And with his own sand no less. This was not how things should be. Maybe Manny was right, they did need an extra Guardian. Despite objections, he seemed like he could be useful and Sandy was willing to give him the chance.

He climbed into his sand created plane and head off in the direction of the black sand. The nightmares. It was Pitch or him this time. And he was not going down without a fight!

Edited 2013-01-13 02:46 (UTC)

Thank you for your application.

At this time we are requesting a revision before we consider your application for acceptance. More specifically, we would like to see a revision of your First Person writing sample; As we have noticed in the past, you seem to have issues maintaining the present tense of "First Person" writing. Please correct this, and please also try to take more care when playing in future.

We look forward to seeing your revision, and then to seeing you in the game! Thanks in advance for your understanding.

Are you just asking for the First Person sample to be completely different but in the same tense, or just to make sure the tenses are the same throughout the original one?

Also, I am sorry I find it difficult to keep tenses the same in my writing. It's a bad habit which I am awake of and I will do my best to break it in the future.

Just make sure the tenses stay the same throughout the original, please. c: We understand that everybody slips up now and again, it's all right. Accidents happen, after all!

Understood. Thank you!

First Person: [Sandy walks off the train and looks around. A question mark appears above his head in yellow dream sand and he reads the posters on the walls. Finding a watch close by, he fiddles with it until it turns on the voice setting. Not much use. So after some more encouragement, it turns onto video.

He smiles into the watch and waves. The dream sand above his head moves into other shapes as he asks the questions he has, hoping one or more of the other guardians are here to explain things to him. He also hopes there are children here so he can he seen. A place of adults and he'd be as bad as Jack Frost! Chuckling to himself, he sits down on one of the benches to think about his next actions. He then creates a large dream sand arrow pointing over the train station. Maybe someone will investigate?]

First of all, we apologize for the tardiness of our response! An error of communications within the mod team led to the delay, and more care will be taken in future to prevent it from occurring again.

Thank you for your correction of your First Person sample. After some discussion, we would like to request a further revision of this sample to better illustrate the character's actions; As Sandy's primary form of communication is his dream sand, we feel that more descriptive effort should be given when he is using it to "speak." This will help to clarify for any who might like to interact with him, improving gameplay for all involved.

Feel free to respond whenever is convenient for you. We look forward to it! Thanks again for your understanding.

After careful thought, I have decided to withdraw my application of Sandy at this time. I may try again in the future and if I do, I will post a different sample which better illustrate his actions.

Thank you for your time and understanding.

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{ [CANON] Sandy || Rise of the Guardians || Reserved || 1 of 1 }

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