mayfield_ooc | Applications

• Please read over all the rules and information before applying in order to minimize any confusion before joining.

• If applying for a character that has already been dropped, it would be a good idea, though not required, to know something of their previous interactions. You are also free to pick up a dropped character with no memories of their previous time in Mayfield.

• All content for the personality and sample entry in your app must be written or roleplayed by you; for the personality section in particular, we do not accept copied text from wikis or other sources. Obviously, you may not copy your app from other players, whether in Mayfield or other games. Application plagiarism will result in a ban from the game.

• If you wish for your character to be placed in a specific house, please mention this in the relevant section of the application and specify that permission was obtained by the PCs already residing in that house. We will be operating by the Honor System for this, and there is no need for others to comment their permission in this post!

• Other special requests would also best go in the beginning of the application. Remember, grammar and spelling are important -- if your app contains errors, you will be asked to revise.

• Please post all applications or canon updates in this post; posting them elsewhere and linking to them from here may cause them to get changed later. Posting them here keeps us from having to save them.

When Applying, Fill Out the Following:

Name: Not the character's name, but yours or however you'd like us to refer to you.
Personal Journal: If you have one; a journal on another website is fine.
Contact Info: Any other way of contacting you. IM screen names, e-mail address, etc. AIM appears to be the common link between most players, so having a handle on AIM is preferable.
Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Mayfield, if applicable.
Preferred Housing: We encourage random matches, but if there is a particular house you want, you will need to contact every person in the house for permission. Please post your app AFTER doing this. If you cannot get in contact with any one person, please wait a week after contact and we'll accept it as a good faith effort. It is not necessary for those you received permission from to comment; we believe you! If you have no housing preference, simply put "N/A".

Character Name: Names, nicknames, whatever is applicable. In western order, please. If the character has no last name (adult males especially), you are free to either make one up or let us do it.
Character Series: 
Character Age: 
Background: We will accept copy/pastes or links to Wikipedia or another source, provided that the source reasonably explains the canon. This section is necessary, so if you can't find an explanatory source, you'll have to write something up yourself.
Personality: The more detailed here, the better. This lets us get a good feel for the character. Please try to back up your details with canon examples when you're getting past their basic character and more in-depth. Generally, we want to see at least four good-sized paragraphs.
Abilities: This section may end up being optional for you. If your character has any abilities or powers, such as magic, they'll be taken away upon arrival in Mayfield. These will come back over time, though.
Sample Entry: Please write as if you've already been accepted and writing an ordinary post from your character during their stay in Mayfield. Using an "introduction" post is fine, but we tend to discourage it, as the typical "who am I where am I what is this crazy place" format doesn't really give us a good grasp of how your character will behave on a daily basis. If you have trouble writing sample posts, we allow links to museboxes or other RPs to demonstrate as a sample. However, you'll want to post with the account you'll be linking to in that situation. Please make sure that your app is written in first person (!!!), as that's the format that will be used in the roleplay. Generally, we want to see at least five sentences, if not more. Prose log style samples will not be accepted. If you're confused about the distinction, we will be happy to explain. Remember, we're looking for FIRST-PERSON format; prose narration is fine, but it cannot make up the bulk of the entry.

When Applying for an Original Character, Fill Out the Following

Name: Not the character's name, but yours or however you'd like us to refer to you.
Personal Journal:
Contact Info: Any other way of contacting you. IM screen names, e-mail address, etc. AIM appears to be the common link between most players, so having a handle on AIM is preferable.
Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Mayfield, if applicable.
Preferred Housing: We encourage random matches, but if there is a particular house you want, you will need to contact every person in the house for permission. Please post your app AFTER doing this. If you cannot get in contact with any one person, please wait a week after contact and we'll accept it as a good faith effort. It is not necessary for those you received permission from to comment; we believe you! If you have no housing preference, simply put "N/A".

Character Name: Names, nicknames, whatever is applicable. In western order, please. If the character has no last name (adult males especially), you are free to either make one up or let us do it. 
Character Age: 
Background: For OCs, we require a detailed background to be fully written out. Please make sure to describe both the character's specific, personal background, and the world the character is from. If it is exactly like the real world, you'll still need to describe the location and the specifics of the society the character lives in (also please note here that we no longer accept 'Canon OCs,' so if this world is not one invented by you, the character is not appable).

This section will need to be somewhat long; there's no specific length we want, but we want to have a very clear feel of the character's backstory, so that we can compare it to the personality section.
Personality: This section is probably the most important. We're looking for at least six or seven paragraphs, but what's more important is that this be comprehensive and detailed. We want to see what makes your character tick, and we want to see that you understand what makes them tick and have fleshed them out as a character. Some things we will need to see include their important relationships and the major events in their lives and how these have shaped them, how they tend to interact with others and the world around them, their strengths and weaknesses, and what motivates them, among others.

If we do not have a strong sense of personality or it doesn't seem to match up with the background or sample, we will not accept the character even if your writing is strong.
Abilities: This section may end up being optional for you. If your character has any abilities or powers, such as magic, they'll be taken away upon arrival in Mayfield. These will come back over time, though.
Sample Entry 1: We're looking for a first person sample here; prose or action log format is not acceptable. If you write a sample, please write as though your character has already been accepted and is in Mayfield. You may write an introduction or first post, but we tend to discourage this, as the typical "who am I where am I what is this crazy place" format doesn't really give us a good grasp of how your character will behave on a daily basis. You may also use a link to a post in a dressing room, another game, or a musebox. We're looking specifically for a clear sense of character voice; spelling and grammar are important, but showing strong voice and characterization is more important than anything else. Remember, we're looking for FIRST-PERSON format; prose narration is fine, but it cannot make up the bulk of the entry.
Sample Entry 2: In this sample, we'd like to see a different side of your character than we saw in your first sample. This sample also needs to be in first person, but you may do a sample heavily based on introspection and action as long as it shows us a different side of your character and your first sample was strongly focused on speaking voice. For this sample, we will ask you to write something out as though your character is already in Mayfield. Please do not link to a sample elsewhere or use their first post/waking up in Mayfield here. That can go in the first sample instead.

• Before applying, please look over any applications that were recently accepted to get an idea of what we're looking for.

• If you apply for a character that has already been reserved, we will inform you and ignore the application until the reserve runs out. You may not apply for more than two characters from the same canon. For the sample entry, you may write your own entry, or use a post from a musebox, dressing room, or other game. We recommend testrun_box if you prefer the latter!

• After you're accepted, please follow all of the instructions given. You will need to reply to the acceptance, post your journal to the friend add page and your canon post, join the communities, and use the friend add page to update your journal. Once you're accepted, please introduce yourself on the community when you're ready to play.

• If your app is "Pending", do not freak out! This means that we need you to make some revisions, and does not mean you're rejected. We generally give players a chance to revise before rejecting them, but we will reject apps that do not address the concerns stated when we asked for a revision. If you have been rejected, our reply will clearly state this to be the case. If we have not gotten back to you yet, under no circumstance does this mean you are rejected. If it has been over a week since our last reply, it would be a good idea to contact us with a reminder, otherwise, please be patient!

• If you have received a "Pending" notice, you will have one week to supply us with your revisions, or your reserve will be considered expired and that someone else is free to apply for the character.

• The typical wait for a reply on apps may be anywhere from a day to a little over a week. If any part of your application requires a pending, it may be another week after your reply to that before we can get to you. We process a high volume of apps every round, so please be patient.

• If you have not heard back on a pending for over a week after apps close, please send a PM directly to the mod account.

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Personality: Obi-Wan Kenobi is a man who has dedicated his life and service to the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic. He prefers peace over war, and meditation over sparring any day of the week. And yet, in the battlefield, he is virtually unmatched. His reputation for being able to talk himself and others out of even the deadliest of situations earned him the title of 'The Negotiator', a title which he'd rather not hold, for lack of teasing from certain peers. He is humble and forgiving, and wise beyond his years, at times being considered one of the greatest Jedi, even with his occasionally bold, defiant nature.

He's come to learn the hard way that attachments are dangerous and painful, first with the death of his Master, Qui-Gon Jinn, and then the descent of his former Padawan, Anakin Skywalker. Following Qui-Gon's death, Obi-Wan became much more stern and tight-lipped, even coming to despise one of his favorite pass-times- flying. It had been pointed out that Obi-Wan came to forget what it was ever like to be a child, to take peace from the simple things in life. However, after his years with Anakin, first training the boy, and then fighting alongside him as Jedi Knights, Obi-Wan started to relax. He brought forth gentle, and at times dry, humor to lighten situations, something you would never catch him doing as a young Jedi Knight. He came to love Anakin, not as a son, but as a brother, someone he could depend on with his life. So you can imagine Obi-Wan's shock and pain when he discovered Anakin had turned his back on the Jedi - something they had devoted their lives to - and became a Sith Lord. He took Anakin's fall upon himself, thinking if he had only trained the boy better... kept a closer eye on him... just been there when he saw he needed it. Anakin's fall, and the course of action Obi-Wan had to take against him, will be something the Jedi general will keep with him for years. No amount of Jedi discipline can ever truly shake away his shame and guilt.

As a Padawan, Obi-Wan was loyal and dedicated, traits that stuck with him as he went through the ranks. It's stated in the Phantom Menace novelization that he once possessed an immaturity not befitting someone of his age, though it's something he had long sense shed, only cropping up in the occasional corny joke. He did his best to be mindful of the future, something all Jedi are meant to be, even with his Master's urgings to keep himself in and benefit by the present Force. Only in recent years has Obi-Wan come to understand what Qui-Gon meant by this.

Obi-Wan is capable of adjusting fairly well to new places and situations. For example, though he was deemed ready for the trials, he was thrown quite abruptly into Knighthood along with becoming a Master toward young Anakin. They were roles he took without the slightest waver of confidence - on the outside, at least. There are times, even to this day, when he still feels like an inexperienced young Padawan. And following the birth of infant Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan was prepared to accompany the boy to Tatooine, to watch over him as an 'eccentric old uncle'; and truly, he couldn't have thought of a better way to spend his retirement.

Abilities: Obi-Wan Kenobi is a Force Sensitive Human male, meaning he possess all of the abilities that any Jedi would. While he depends largely on his lightsaber combat skills, he is incredibly powerful and very skilled within the Force. He is well trained in the skill of Force persuasion, as well as the use of the Jedi Mind Trick.

Though he prefers diplomacy, Obi-Wan is known for being one of the greatest swordsmen amongst the (now deceased) Jedi Order. He is a master of Form III (Soresu) lightsaber combat, preferring that above all else, though he also knows the elements of Form VIII: (Sokan), and Form IV: (Ataru), though he abandoned the latter following the death of Qui-Gon, due to it's lack of defense. These skills will decline, however, later on in his canon, during his exile on Tatooine.

He is also a superb pilot, who just so happens to hate to fly, and an excellent mediator. If he wasn't a Jedi, he could have been a politician.

Sample Entry: Obi-Wan at the Random Scenarios Meme

Welcome to 952 Beulah Street, Obi Kenobi! Please reply here with your character journal. Once you've done that, complete the following:

• Join

mayfield_rpg,

mayfield_ooc,

mayfield_logs, and optionally

junefield
• Add your info to your canon post
• Add your info to your household! Use the street list to find your house.
• Make sure to tag your first post with the !intro tag, as well as your character's personal tag: c: obi wan kenobi

Go ahead and introduce yourself in the main comm and tell people where your character will be living!

BAM!

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