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APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS
THE GAME IS NOW CLOSED.
Current Player Reserves: CLOSED
New Player Reserves: CLOSED
Current Player Apps: CLOSED
New Player Apps: CLOSED
This game is invite-only. See more about this in the guidelines below.
Players can also RESERVE.
Players may app at any time and this is first come, first serve. This is so there is no app rush when the apps are open. Players can app characters whenever they want to.
However, the mods will process apps at specific times of the month: the 1st and 3rd Friday.
This makes it easier for the mod team to have a specific time to get together to process them.
The cut off for apps to be processed on one of those Fridays will be the Thursday night before.
Overall Player Cap: 30 players
Characters Allowed Per Player: 4
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: 6
Completely original OCs will count as a cast. OCs based on tabletop or MMO canons will count towards the MMO or tabletop canons. Big sprawling franchises count as one cast as far as caps are concerned, so Star Wars would be the only Star Wars cast. Anything Marvel would be contained under a Marvel cap, and that includes MCU, the comics, the animated shows, everything.
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).
Invite-Only: For new players, the game is invite-only. There is a space on the app to put which current player invited you. New invites can be extended to anyone a current player wants to extend them to, including people from
enablemeplz or the "App This Please" thread on ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
rpanons. However, we do not accept apps without an invite from someone currently in game. The only exception to this rule is that former players of the first iteration of the game,
wilderlands, can note they were a former player in place of an invite. Please let the mods know the player name you used at that time. New Player App Process: If invited and your app is put in, it will be processed at the usual 1st or 3rd Friday. It will show in the wait queue until the next app processing day. There will be a note indicating if it was received in the right order to get an available player and cast slot. Any apps that come in after one of the caps is met will remain in the queue and will be processed when a slot is available.
Wait Queue Reserves: A new player app in the wait queue counts as first come, first served. 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. If a cast is close to being capped, a new player app in the wait queue also reserves a cast slot.
Reserves: A reserve also reserves cast or player slots. Reserves usually last 7 days but if a reserve is put in near one of the app processing Fridays, the reserve only lasts until the Thursday cut off time.
Current Player App Process: Current player apps for new characters will be processed at the usual 1st or 3rd Friday. It will show in the wait queue until the next app processing day. There will be a note indicating if it was received in the right order to get a cast slot. Any apps that come in after a cast cap is met will remain in the queue and will be processed when a slot is available.
Wait Queue Reserves: An app in the wait queue counts as first come, first serve. 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. If a cast is close to being capped, an app in the wait queue also reserves a cast slot.
Reserves: A reserve also reserves cast or player slots. Reserves usually last 7 days but if a reserve is put in near one of the app processing Fridays, the reserve only lasts until the Thursday cut off time.
Not sure what to put in the "Canon, AU, CRAU, Canon OC, or OC?" section on the app below? the Here is an explanation of character terms to choose from on the app.
Canon: This is a fandom/canon character pulled directly from the piece of media they're in. If someone were to play Spider-Man directly from the comics he would be a fandom/canon character from the original universe he exists in.
AU: Alternate universe. This is a fandom/canon character with an altered personal history, introducing changes that effect who the character is. If you were to play a version of Superman who never met Lois Lane and it wasn't a take from any of the comics, that would be an alternate universe version of Superman. This is not an alternate version of the character from existing media. So Superman from the comics and Superman from the live-action movies both count as OU, not AU.
Canon OC: An original character based on a pre-existing piece of media. This can be a tabletop character based on a tabletop game system. It can also be an OC from a pre-existing piece of media, like a completely original Pokemon trainer from Pokemon.
OC: An original character. This is a completely original character that comes from a completely original world, rather than using another canon as their point of origin.
CRAU: This term is one that attaches to the other character types rather than standing alone. A crau is a version of any type of character that was previously in another RP, and is carrying over their memories of the old game. They are able to remember their CR (Character relationships) from the old game but must follow the game's rules about the character mentioning it. They are altered from their original form (so they are alternate universe). Usually these characters started as their initial character type and then changed by gaining experience from the past RP.
CRAU overlaps with the other character types, because every type of character can potentially be brought over from another RP. In that case, the player should list the initial character type and that they are also CRAU. For instance, if I were to bring Scooby Doo from another RP with his memories of that game, I would list him as OU/CRAU. If I brought an OC from a past game, I would list OC/CRAU.
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 app as many characters at a time that you want to play, as long as they don't exceed your 4 character slots.
❧ 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, regardless of whether they're accepted or rejected. The only unscreened apps were volunteered to be unscreened by past and current players for app examples.
❧ 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.
❧ It's fine if you reuse old apps you've written yourself as long as you meet all our requirements.
❧ In the subject of your app comment, please put "NEW PLAYER APP" or "CURRENT PLAYER APP" before the character's name and canon.
EXAMPLE:
APPLICATION
Player Name/Handle:
Plurk Handle:
Preferred pronouns (optional):
Player Status: New Player or Current Player
Other characters: If you're a current player: any other characters you play here?
Invited by: If a new player, please give the player handle or journal name of the current player that invited you
Character Name:
Fandom: If canon, canon OC, tabletop OC, or crau, list canon
Character Journal:
usernameCanon, AU, CRAU, Canon OC, or OC? Canon character, alternate universe, CRAU, Canon OC, or original character? If a character is multiple things, like an OC that's a crau from another game, describe here.
Canon point: If canon, list canon point. If crau, list the original canon point they were drawn from before they entered their game.
Age: If your character would look significantly older or younger than their stated age, please indicate both their chronological age and how other characters would perceive them. If your character ages at a different rate than normal humans, please indicate both their actual age and roughly their maturity level.
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
For all characters types, please give us some background on the setting they're from here. If a crau, link and give a basic description of the other game. This should be extremely basic.
Example: Gravity Falls is about Dipper and his twin sister Mabel spending the summer with their great-uncle Stan in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon. The world they live in is mostly normal (or so they thought), but certain areas like Gravity Falls are magnets for weirdness. The town contains all kinds of mysteries, cryptids, monsters, and conspiracies. Their summer of mysteries and horrors culminates in nothing short of the apocalypse. The twins and their family and friends have to struggle against a dream demon, Bill Cipher, and reverse the apocalypse before it can extend beyond the boundaries of Gravity Falls.
(Please keep this under 200 words.)
OC/AU/CRAU REQUIREMENTS
AU DIVERGENCE
If apping an AU, when do they diverge from canon/how is their history different from the OU version.
(Please keep this under 200 words.)
OC HISTORY
If apping an OC, please write their history. Either bullet points or paragraphs are acceptable.
(Please keep this under 800 words.)
OU SILENT PROTAG HISTORY
If apping a silent protagonist, please write their history as they need to be fleshed out like an OC. Either bullet points or paragraphs are acceptable.
(Please keep this under 800 words.)
CRAU HISTORY
RP NAME:
gamename Explain some basic info about their growth in any other game they were in.
(Please keep this under 300 words per game.)
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 and CRAUs, please note how their personality diverges from canon.
If you need inspiration, just list 5-10 key character traits and elaborate on them slightly.
(Please keep this under 900 words.)
POWER SELECTION
POWER TYPE
"Canon Superpowers," "Magic Weapon," "Magic," or "Roughing It"?
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.
GAME POWERS
This will be different depending on what power selection you're choosing.
Canon superpowers: List the powers you want to bring from canon and how they fit the power nerfing rules.
Magic weapon: Cursed or Blessed Here
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 you want to work the character's canon magical weapon into the cursed or blessed weapon rules, explain how it will fit them.
Magic: Mage Archetype Here
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.)
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. These needn't all be combat based, so something like "is amazing with children" might be relevant for the mods in thinking up future plots.
SETTING/SUITABILITY
Note: Most characters will not need a suitability section, such as if they're from fantasy or adventure canons or have skills that will allow them to easily thrive in the game world. For this reason, most characters will not need to fill out a suitability section.
For some characters that might need work harder to fit into the game, the mods will send an additional suitability section to be filled out, but this will be done in a revision.
SAMPLES
You only have to do 1 sample and it's your choice whether it's log or network, prose or actionspam.
Both a network and log prompt are below so you have a choice but you only have to complete one (or use one of the other options in its place.)
Prose Sample
You may use a test drive thread, a link to a log post from another RP (may be the main entry or mid-thread), may use the following prompt, or make up your own prompt. If using a log post or thread from a tdm or other rp, at least one post made by your character (anywhere in the thread) must meet a 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.
(200 word minimum.)
Network Sample
You may use a link to a network thread from another RP, may use the following prompt, or make up your own. If using a sample from another RP your character must have made the main network post (minimum 200 words), or if it's a network thread they must have made at least (10) comments in it (no length min. per post.)
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.
(200 word minimum.)
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 DC UNIVERSE | 3 out of 6 | OPEN RED VS. BLUE | 3 out of 6 | OPEN WORLD OF DARKNESS | 4 out of 6 | OPEN WAIT QUEUE Character | Canon | Character Type: Canon, AU, etc | Player Name |
❧ If you get an app in before one of the app processing Fridays, you can expect for it to be processed (or to receive a revision request) within 7 days of that app processing day. Regardless of the number of apps in the queue we will process them all.
❧ For new player apps that are submitted after the cut off for the player cap to be 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 ask the player if they're still interested in the game and process the app on the next app processing Friday.
❧ 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.
❧ Example Apps: There are several unscreened apps to use as examples in the comments.