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

Name: Mel
Personal LJ: fxtxaot3.livejournal.com
Contact Info: plurk: tronja307020 AIM: tronzler307020 email: fxtxaot3@gmail.com
Other Characters Played: n/a
Preferred Housing: N/A. If Prowl (who's being apped by Prowl's mun in connection with this character) is accepted into the game with him, they'll be abusing the housing rules more often then not, anyway. Oh. Hi, droning. D8

Character Name: Jazz. No last name.
Character Series: Transformers G1
Character Age: Many millions of years. When he's human, he appears mid-late 20's.
Background: I'm taking him from before the 1986 cartoon movie in the G1 canon. A nice breakdown of the episodes he's in can be found http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz_%28G1%29/Generation_1_cartoon_continuity Chronologically, he's more likely in the late 1980s or early 1990s, though there's a 20-year gap between the end of season 2 and the 1986 movie, with the 3rd season being set after the movie. His canon point would be somewhere between the two, though, as he is already familiar with Autobot City, something that doesn't come into play until between season 2 and the movie.

Personality: Jazz is one of the friendliest members of the Autobots, and one of the most popular amongst their ranks because of his playfulness and fun, upbeat nature. He enjoys the company of others and goes out of his way to be around his friends when he's in his off-time. He dislikes seeing others unhappy and always does his best to keep the morale of the team up. He's not above playing a few jokes, though, mostly against the resident Autobot prankster, Sideswipe. The two have been known to engage in prank battles before, though many times while it's almost always obvious when Sideswipe has pulled a stunt, Jazz is more subtle and is often able to get away without being caught.

Jazz is also acutely interested in the cultures he encounters across the Universe, adapting to fit into them with remarkable ease. After coming to Earth, he quickly assimilated into the culture, taking to their music most particularly. He enjoys studying cultures and societies and is fascinated with all aspects of human life, and is often the Autobot the others go to if they have questions about the way the organics live.

In battle, Jazz can be fierce and protective of his comrades. He's a skilled combatant, and despite his smaller stature, isn't a Bot to be underestimated. His friendly nature belies his training as a ruthless special agent, and he has no problem assassinating a Decepticon that's in the way of his mission. Even fellow Autobots know that when he sets his mind to something, it's best not to get in his way. Whether it's in a competition with his friends or fulfilling an order to commit sabotage against the enemy's forces, he'll do whatever it takes – underhanded or not – to complete whatever he's set his mind to.

Of particular note regarding his relationships with his fellow Autobots are his friendhips with the Autobot Twins, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe and the Autobot Tactician and Second-in-Command, Prowl. Sunstreaker, Prowl, Jazz, Wheeljack, Inferno, and Stampede were, in the early days of the war, gathered together to form a covert team sent out to protect a small neutral Cybertronian city from destruction by a ruthless Decepticon named Megadeath. They had not known each other long, but the events that occurred there - their capture and subsequent torture by the enemy and eventual murder of Stampede while they were forced to watch - all had a deep impact on the small group. (Canon reference.) A strong friendship was formed between Jazz and the surviving members, particularly Sunstreaker and Prowl, and in the end, Prowl and Jazz formed a romantic relationship with one another. (Based on existing CR with Prowl's Mun.) As Cybertronians do not have a concept of gender the way some forms of organic life do, the concept of two male-like bots forming a bonded pair was not an unusual thing. They kept it hidden for a number of years, however, due to the danger it could pose should the information be discovered by Decepticons who would use it against them. Jazz is intensely loyal to the SiC and also helps bridge the gap between Prowl's strict, seemingly emotionless demeanor and the Autobots who have a hard time understanding Prowl's personality.

Jazz has a strong judge of character and can often tell when someone is lying or has less then good intentions. It's allowed him to understand those that other Autobots have a hard time getting along with, such as the volatile Sunstreaker, Huffer, Cliffjumper, and of course Prowl.

Abilities: In his robot mode, Jazz has the abilities to create a disorienting light and sound display that subdues other bots and allows him to gain the upper hand. As the head of Special Operations of the Autobots, he's an expert in being stealthy and can get in and out of even some of the most dangerous situations before anyone knows he's been there. He is a capable fighter when he needs to, and is well known amongst the Decepticon forces as one of the more dangerous foes to find yourself facing on the battlefield.

Sample Entry: [Phone]

So uh, hey, cats. Anyone know where I can find someone who can braid my hair?

Not like...one big braid. Cornrows, y'dig? The barbers here all wanna cut my hair like Prowl's. Short'n side-part-y. That don't work very well with my hair.

I like it long, it's just...kinda...[The sound of rustling comes over the phone like he's ruffling his own hair, and he gives a soft murmur of irritation.] It's a mess! I dunno how you cats do it!

[He gives a long-suffering sigh, and one can almost hear him rubbing his hand down his own face.] Primus, do I miss home.

Whatever. Prowler, y'feel like comin' over an' helping me tame this mess? Or just, y'know...anything? The drones're drivin' me nuts. If that woman calls me honey one more time, I don' know what I'm gonna do...!

Welcome to 460 Stone Street, Jazz! (We'll need a last name; you're free to make one up or let us do so.) 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: jazz

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

There appears to be a father at 460 Ston Street already.

N/M, Found it. :D

I found a last name for Jazz. (Should've thought of it sooner, but that's beside the point. :/)

Jazz Meister.

Applications

Jazz | Transformers G1 | Not Reserved

ACCEPTED

Re: ACCEPTED

Re: ACCEPTED

Name Found! /o/