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CHARACTER APPLICATION
If you want to apply for a character at Digital Dive, simply take one of the forms below and reply to this post.
Applications will now be judged on a rotation cycle. Applications can be submitted throughout the entire month, but they will only be judged, rejected, or sent back for revision in the last two weeks of any calendar month.
New to Digital Dive, you can now use the Dive Tests Network to act in place of the RP Sample or D-Comm Network Post. You can only use it for one, however! Further details for how this works can be found here.
Before you apply, there are a few points we'd like to make known:
If you wish to app a character from a movie, video game, or other work released in individual (read, not regular), we'd like to ask that you wait for 30 days out of consideration for spoilers.
Most applications are judged on a two strikes your out policy, with applicants being given one chance to correct aspects of an app that the moderators feel are lacking or in error. However, if the majority of the application has numerous faults, the moderators reserve the right to reject an app wholesale. In the case of a rejected application, you must wait a full month before applying or reserving for them again, and in that time, the character you have applied for is still considered up for grabs.
Because all situations and canons are different, the moderators reserve the rights to question an application's merit and communicate with the applicant about the matter. This can range from how long the canon has been running, the point in which the character is being applied for, concerns of potential canon-mates, and whatever other necessary situations may arise.
We've provided explanations for each section, so please read over them before you apply!
Name and personal journal: List the name you'd like to be called along with your personal journal, if you have one.
Contact: List the methods by which you can be contacted here, including email, instant messagers, or anything else. We must have some means of getting hold of you outside Dreamwidth itself.
Player's Age: Please list your personal age. We ask presently that players be over the age of 16.
Character/Canon: List the character's name and the canon they originate from. If your character is an original creation, regardless of origin, please indicate this.
Character Type: Is your character a main character, a secondary character, a background character, or an OC?
Tamer Class: Please specify whether you are applying for a Soul Tamer, Matrix Tamer, Spirit Tamer, Xros Tamer, or a Digimon on its own. If you are uncertain of which to select, refer to the respective write-ups on Tamer classes.
Furthermore, if you are applying for a Spirit OR Xros Tamer, we would like you to explain why you believe it would fit your character.
Understand that we can and will, if necessary, deny or ask you change your Tamer Class if it is deemed ill-fitting of the character. This does not count as a strike towards rejection, however, except under circumstances when we determine the Class to be ill-fitting and the applicant doesn't comply.
If you don't understand the Class System well and are uncertain of what to pick, you can either ask a moderator, or simply choose "Soul Tamer" as the default option as it is the easiest to manage. You can always change you Class later!
Character appearance: Post an image of your character's appearance, or post a description if you don't have one.
Character age: List your character's age.
Digimon partner(s)/Spirit/Xros Army: If you are applying for a Soul or Matrix Tamer, please list the digimon you have selected for your partner. This digimon must be at the Child level or lower. You need not determine the rest of its evolution line at this time, and even if you do, you may change it at any time provided you haven't already depicted it as evolving into something else. If your Digimon is a fan creation, please indicate this.
If you are applying for a Spirit Tamer, simply state whether you have chosen the Spirit of Fire, Light, Wind, Ice, Thunder, Steel, Water, Wood, Earth, Darkness, or Corrupted Darkness.
If you are applying for a Xros Tamer, due to the fact that these require more information, we require you to list your army's main partner, their super evolution, and the remaining members of their army.
If you are applying for a character who is a Digimon, feel free to leave this blank. However, if said Digimon is an original creation, please indicate this. We are also not accepting applications for Digimon characters who are the Ultimate/Mega level that do not originate from an existing canon - simply put, you would be allowed to apply for BlackWarGreymon from the Digimon Adventure 02 anime, but not an original character who is a BlackWarGreymon.
In general, if you have trouble coming up with a Digimon Partner, you can feel free to ask the community over AIM, the moderators, or refer to sites such as the Digital Monster Almanac or Wikimon.
Xros Ups: If you are applying for a Xros Tamer, we need to know the Xros Ups your Tamer will be able to form from your Primary Partner, what they're called, and what they can do, including attacks and any other special abilities. Note, that this section is also important for determining you have a grasp of the Digi-Xros concept, so this is where you will show that knowledge. This section is not on the app for non-Xros Tamers.
Character history: Describe your character's history. If you're going to go into great, extensive detail, you won't be denied, but note that we do not need a novel written. Quality comes before quantity, and we simply want to know you understand and grasp the canon you are apping from, as well as give us context so we can better understand the following sections. So, please write it out in a concise, but informative manner.
Note however, that for original characters we will hold this section up to much higher standards. An original character can be rejected based on factors ranging from background quality or just seeming to be a poorly conceived character.
Character personality: Describe your character's personality in an informative, but concise, manner. This is one of the most important aspects of the application, to really show you understand the character and where they might be coming from. The raised standards for original characters also applies here.
Digimon partner personality: Describe your Digimon's personality in an informative, but concise manner. Your Digimon are characters too, and just as important as their Tamer. If you are applying for a Xros Tamer or a Tamer with multiple partners, you must list personality for ALL Digimon. Each one will be held up to the same standards as a single partner. If you are apping a Spirit Tamer, you can skip or remove this section.
Character abilities: Describe your character's abilities. Keep in mind that all offensive powers must be scaled down to the Adult level. Most powers that rely on external sources outside the Digital World generally won't function, though there can be the occasional exception depending on how it's described. Keep in mind this is also an important part of determining whether or not the Tamer Class you have selected for your character is right for them.
Please focus on the character's primary, distinct abilities. If the character has a multitude of attacks or spells, free to link to a wiki or other listing that covers said arsenal of powers, but this cannot substitute for the entire ability write-up.
If your character's abilities exceed that which is deemed fair towards the role play in general, you may be asked to tone them down.
On another note, Dive does consider allowing characters to arrive with piloted mecha. This is subject to certain scrutiny, of course, and is judged in comparison to the character's personal abilities outside of the suit and how much their character revolves around the use of said machine.
Sample RP: Please give us a third person role-play sample, depicting your character and their partner(s) interacting. Both sample sections are very important to show your character's voice, and your ability to write your character from a prose perspective, as this will make up a large potential chunk of your role playing in the Logs community.
Sample D-Comm Network Post: Please give us a role play sample from the perspective of posting from the D-Comm Network. It is, effectively, like posting in an online journal or social networking site. Again, we are trying to get a feel for your character's voice.
This is the app for Soul, Spirit, and Matrix Tamers, as well as standalone digimon characters.
This is the app for Xros Tamers:
Banned Digimon partners:
Keep in mind that some digimon are not allowed as digimon partners or components in an evolution line. These digimon are as follows:
Lucemon (all forms)
Arkadimon (all forms)
Apocalymon
Death-X-mon
Ogudamon
Omegamon
Susanoomon
Chaosmon
UltimateChaosmon
Millenniummon
Moon=Millenniumon
ZeedMillenniumon
Gizmon (all forms)
DarknessBagramon
Quartzmon
In addition, with a few notable exceptions, most "Mode Changes" are not acceptable at this time, and you must select the basic version of those Ultimates. The exceptions are Imperialdramon Dragon Mode and Fighter Mode, both of which can be selected as indvidual Digimon, and Duftmon Leopard Mode, which is a component of Duftmon's abilities.
You may reply to this post with your application.
Applications will now be judged on a rotation cycle. Applications can be submitted throughout the entire month, but they will only be judged, rejected, or sent back for revision in the last two weeks of any calendar month.
New to Digital Dive, you can now use the Dive Tests Network to act in place of the RP Sample or D-Comm Network Post. You can only use it for one, however! Further details for how this works can be found here.
Before you apply, there are a few points we'd like to make known:
We've provided explanations for each section, so please read over them before you apply!
Name and personal journal: List the name you'd like to be called along with your personal journal, if you have one.
Contact: List the methods by which you can be contacted here, including email, instant messagers, or anything else. We must have some means of getting hold of you outside Dreamwidth itself.
Player's Age: Please list your personal age. We ask presently that players be over the age of 16.
Character/Canon: List the character's name and the canon they originate from. If your character is an original creation, regardless of origin, please indicate this.
Character Type: Is your character a main character, a secondary character, a background character, or an OC?
Tamer Class: Please specify whether you are applying for a Soul Tamer, Matrix Tamer, Spirit Tamer, Xros Tamer, or a Digimon on its own. If you are uncertain of which to select, refer to the respective write-ups on Tamer classes.
Furthermore, if you are applying for a Spirit OR Xros Tamer, we would like you to explain why you believe it would fit your character.
Understand that we can and will, if necessary, deny or ask you change your Tamer Class if it is deemed ill-fitting of the character. This does not count as a strike towards rejection, however, except under circumstances when we determine the Class to be ill-fitting and the applicant doesn't comply.
If you don't understand the Class System well and are uncertain of what to pick, you can either ask a moderator, or simply choose "Soul Tamer" as the default option as it is the easiest to manage. You can always change you Class later!
Character appearance: Post an image of your character's appearance, or post a description if you don't have one.
Character age: List your character's age.
Digimon partner(s)/Spirit/Xros Army: If you are applying for a Soul or Matrix Tamer, please list the digimon you have selected for your partner. This digimon must be at the Child level or lower. You need not determine the rest of its evolution line at this time, and even if you do, you may change it at any time provided you haven't already depicted it as evolving into something else. If your Digimon is a fan creation, please indicate this.
If you are applying for a Spirit Tamer, simply state whether you have chosen the Spirit of Fire, Light, Wind, Ice, Thunder, Steel, Water, Wood, Earth, Darkness, or Corrupted Darkness.
If you are applying for a Xros Tamer, due to the fact that these require more information, we require you to list your army's main partner, their super evolution, and the remaining members of their army.
If you are applying for a character who is a Digimon, feel free to leave this blank. However, if said Digimon is an original creation, please indicate this. We are also not accepting applications for Digimon characters who are the Ultimate/Mega level that do not originate from an existing canon - simply put, you would be allowed to apply for BlackWarGreymon from the Digimon Adventure 02 anime, but not an original character who is a BlackWarGreymon.
In general, if you have trouble coming up with a Digimon Partner, you can feel free to ask the community over AIM, the moderators, or refer to sites such as the Digital Monster Almanac or Wikimon.
Xros Ups: If you are applying for a Xros Tamer, we need to know the Xros Ups your Tamer will be able to form from your Primary Partner, what they're called, and what they can do, including attacks and any other special abilities. Note, that this section is also important for determining you have a grasp of the Digi-Xros concept, so this is where you will show that knowledge. This section is not on the app for non-Xros Tamers.
Character history: Describe your character's history. If you're going to go into great, extensive detail, you won't be denied, but note that we do not need a novel written. Quality comes before quantity, and we simply want to know you understand and grasp the canon you are apping from, as well as give us context so we can better understand the following sections. So, please write it out in a concise, but informative manner.
Note however, that for original characters we will hold this section up to much higher standards. An original character can be rejected based on factors ranging from background quality or just seeming to be a poorly conceived character.
Character personality: Describe your character's personality in an informative, but concise, manner. This is one of the most important aspects of the application, to really show you understand the character and where they might be coming from. The raised standards for original characters also applies here.
Digimon partner personality: Describe your Digimon's personality in an informative, but concise manner. Your Digimon are characters too, and just as important as their Tamer. If you are applying for a Xros Tamer or a Tamer with multiple partners, you must list personality for ALL Digimon. Each one will be held up to the same standards as a single partner. If you are apping a Spirit Tamer, you can skip or remove this section.
Character abilities: Describe your character's abilities. Keep in mind that all offensive powers must be scaled down to the Adult level. Most powers that rely on external sources outside the Digital World generally won't function, though there can be the occasional exception depending on how it's described. Keep in mind this is also an important part of determining whether or not the Tamer Class you have selected for your character is right for them.
Please focus on the character's primary, distinct abilities. If the character has a multitude of attacks or spells, free to link to a wiki or other listing that covers said arsenal of powers, but this cannot substitute for the entire ability write-up.
If your character's abilities exceed that which is deemed fair towards the role play in general, you may be asked to tone them down.
On another note, Dive does consider allowing characters to arrive with piloted mecha. This is subject to certain scrutiny, of course, and is judged in comparison to the character's personal abilities outside of the suit and how much their character revolves around the use of said machine.
Sample RP: Please give us a third person role-play sample, depicting your character and their partner(s) interacting. Both sample sections are very important to show your character's voice, and your ability to write your character from a prose perspective, as this will make up a large potential chunk of your role playing in the Logs community.
Sample D-Comm Network Post: Please give us a role play sample from the perspective of posting from the D-Comm Network. It is, effectively, like posting in an online journal or social networking site. Again, we are trying to get a feel for your character's voice.
This is the app for Soul, Spirit, and Matrix Tamers, as well as standalone digimon characters.
This is the app for Xros Tamers:
Banned Digimon partners:
Keep in mind that some digimon are not allowed as digimon partners or components in an evolution line. These digimon are as follows:
Lucemon (all forms)
Arkadimon (all forms)
Apocalymon
Death-X-mon
Ogudamon
Omegamon
Susanoomon
Chaosmon
UltimateChaosmon
Millenniummon
Moon=Millenniumon
ZeedMillenniumon
Gizmon (all forms)
DarknessBagramon
Quartzmon
In addition, with a few notable exceptions, most "Mode Changes" are not acceptable at this time, and you must select the basic version of those Ultimates. The exceptions are Imperialdramon Dragon Mode and Fighter Mode, both of which can be selected as indvidual Digimon, and Duftmon Leopard Mode, which is a component of Duftmon's abilities.
You may reply to this post with your application.
herped so hard I derped
So, I re-apped Vile after we decided to make the Dreamwidth. I got inspiration for him back, wanted him involved with the chaos, and so forth. Unfortunately, I also re-apped him after I'd made my Dreamwidth character journals, and added them to LJ Juggler. Between all the chaos of... err, Chaosmon, and the move, a new journal for him didn't get added to the Juggler, annnnnnnd...
I missed him in the crossfire, not out of forgetting the bastard, as I noticed a day too late, but simply because of god knows how many things were flying around left and right~
Given how recent my app was, I'm just re-transplanting it here. If you guys want new samples, I will oblige.
Name and personal journal: Ken,
Contact: AIM - Infinity Greymon, Skype - mugennoken
Player's Age: 27
Character/Series: Vile, Mega Man X
Character Type: Secondary Villain.
Tamer Class: Soul
Character appearance: Purple Boba Fett.
Character age: He's a reploid, he doesn't age. Given the lack of a sliding timescale in the X series, it's impossible to tell, but he has the mind of a grown adult. A crazy one, but a grown one.
Digimon partner(s)/Spirit/Evolution Line: Hagurumon > Mechanorimon > Valvemon > Raidenmon
Character history: Vile was once a Maverick Hunter, a group of Reploids who seek out and eliminate their own kind of have become dangerous, or turned "Maverick." Under the command of Sigma, he was damn good at his job. TOO good, in fact, as he enjoyed the violence and the act of slaughtering his fellow Reploids far too much. In reality, that's all he wanted to do - to kill, to destroy, to leave nothing but havoc in his wake.
Eventually, this nature would shine through, and his fellow Hunters captured him and locked him away. This would not last long, however - Sigma initiated a rebellion against his own Hunters, and freed Vile to have him act as one of his subordinates yet again. Only now, Vile would be able to initiate all the havoc he could imagine.
He did so, helping launch initial attacks for Sigma's rebellion. There, he was confronted by Mega Man X, and would have had the upperhand, were it not for the intervention of the ace Maverick Hunter, Zero. Vile would retreat, and X would move on to make his way through Sigma's forces. They would all be defeated, up until X arrived at Sigma's own base. Vile confronted him again there, but was again foiled thanks to Zero's intervention and, this time, sacrifice.
Considerably later, during the events of Mega Man X3, Vile was reconstructed by Dr. Doppler. In this time, thanks to his repeated defeats and his previous destruction, he develops an intense, all consuming hatred for X. Ultimately, however, he is destroyed... but vows to haunt X until the day he dies.
Years pass, and nothing comes of this.
Eventually, however, he is reconstructed again, this time by Sigma. He is then let loose into the world, and garners quite a criminal reputation in the process. Eventually, Sigma calls upon him again to initiate his latest scheme. He is sent to capture Lumine, the head of the Jakob Project, an orbital elevator being constructed at the time. He runs across X, Zero, and their new teammate Axl, but quickly succeeds in nabbing Lumine.
He plagues the Hunters all throughout this incident, as they tackle a new string of Mavericks all over the world. Eventually, the Hunters confront and defeat him at the elevator, but he escapes. When they raid Sigma's palace, Vile confronts them one last time... and, once again, is seemingly destroyed.
Only this time, he went elsewhere.
The Digital World.
There, he found himself saddled with a Digimon partner, Hagurumon, who was so unhinged it made him look sane. He sought to cause minor points of destruction and chaos until he ran across a trio of things - a mystical weapon from another world called the "Sword of Light," a mysterious priest named Xellos, and the Demon King Daemon. He was allowed to keep the weapon, and quickly learned how well it responded to a strong will... and as many times as he'd come back to life, he had plenty of will to spare.
He fell in league with Akihiro Kurata, and led an assault on Tetha, commanding Kurata's legion of Gizmon. There, he confronted Zero and his own Digimon partner, Ryuudamon. In the battle, Vile defeated Zero, while MechaNorimon - Hagurumon's evolved form - killed Ryuudamon.
Kurata's attempt at conquest would fail thanks to the actions of Tamers the world over, so Vile joined with a number of Kurata's supposed allies - Kagura Tsukasa, Prometheus Black, and Xellos lurking in the background. Black was able to reactivate the Virus burried deep within Zero, bending the Hunter to his will. Zero wasted no time in relinquishing the Sword of Light from Vile, and using it for his own for a time.
Vile, angered, was then manipulated by Xellos into staging an attack in Tetha that would lead to his defeat and arrest. He rested in a cell for some time after that, until the Demon King Daemon made an offer to become sealed with his mark. This gave Vile power, and only served to further fuel his bloodlust.
He escaped, and went on to further fuel Daemon's intent of chaos and destruction. He would continue at this for some time, confronting foes old and new alike, until Yggdrasil saw fit to return him from where he came...
And all her went back to was darkness.
...until once again, his essence was called back to this world.
Then he got sealed by Daemon again, helped usher in Chaosmon's feast, and got smacked around a bit. Digital World was reset, and...
[NOTE: Again, the mun is a derp. I'd like to request that he have just been data frozen in this intervening time between Chaosmon and now. His evolution requirements will still remain reset from his re-approval here.]
Character personality: To many others, Vile seems absolutely insane. And by their standards, he might well be. He knows very well what he wants, however - destruction and chaos are what he seeks. He delights in them, and will do whatever one wants so long as he is granted this.
He hates the Maverick Hunters greatly, but none moreso than Mega Man X. While others have been involved, X has been at the forefront of each and every defeat, each and every death. After awhile, that begins to grate on someone.
Vile is sarcastic, and takes very few things besides wanting for X's death too seriously. His sense of humor is, however, very much with a sick and sadistic twist. He takes delight at your misery and despair, and won't think twice about reminding you of it.
He doesn't take LIFE very seriously, either. Life is disposable to him, given how many times he's lost his own. So he doesn't take much value in the lives of others, and will think nothing about snuffing one out.
Vile, basically, wants to HURT you. Possibly even kill you. He cares about little to nothing else beyond his own well being.
Digimon partner personality: If Vile is demented, Hagurumon is certifiably insane. He is, in a lot of ways, like a really destructive, uncontrollable child. Except this child has the power to crush you skull when evolved, and he will clap and laugh merrily after he has done this, like a little kid looking for a parent's praise after accomplishing a task.
Time without Vile has made him even crazier. With no one to guide him, he has wandered through the wilderness of the Digital World, picking on those fewer that he can find weaker than him, even leaving a few Digi-Eggs in his wake.
Unbalanced as he is, carrying a coherent conversation with Hagurumon is very difficult for anyone but Vile. It will eventuall dereail into him trying to smash and/or tear your face off, in most cases. Luckily, Vile doesn't have a face to be torn off, anyway.
The child-like mentality means he is easily placated, though. A proper distraction can and will keep him happy and distracted for some time. Unfortunately, most "proper distractions" still involve him destroying something.
To Vile, though, he is loyal without question. He recognizes Vile as his superior, and will do anything and everything the Maverick asks of him. This is regardless of what it does to Hagurumon, and he'd even go to his death for Vile unflinchingly.
Character abilities: Vile, as a Reploid, is stronger and more sturdy than any normal human being. He's several times stronger than any ordinary human, and could probably break one in half if he ever got his hands on one. The armor he wears can protect him from a number of direct hits from many sorts of weapons.
Being robotic, even suffering extensive damage, it can be repaired... so long as there is someone skilled enough TO repair him.
Mounted on his shoulder is a cannon that can fire pulses of energy. Mounted on his wrists are guns that fire rapid blasts of energy. He is also armed with grenades.
He has boosters set into his feet and one on his back that allow for hovering and some limited flight capabilities.
Overall, Vile is a very good fighter. He was one of the Maverick Hunters' best, which thus made him one of the most dangerous when he revealed his Maverick nature. He is primarily skilled at range combat, though. While he can handle himself in a close confrontation, he's most capable from some distance.
He's also a capable pilot, though without any of his Ride Armors, that doesn't count for very much in the situations he'd normally find himself under here.
Sample RP: Darkness, rage, and anger were all Vile felt for longer than he could determine or measure.
He had been on a path he truly knew was his calling. He didn't much like being one's servant, but to usher in that which the Demon King Daemon was offering... He knew it was meant for him. He knew it was his destiny.
Yet, it had been ripped away from him. Stolen, as he was torn out of the Digital World, thrust back into a blackness. Into nothing.
And then, just as suddenly, he felt something. He felt ... his body, felt the world around him reassert itself. He could feel things again. Optics flaring to life beneath his helmet, he took a moment to adjust to the world around him...
He was in a forest. Laying aroudn his feet were a number of pastel colored eggs. He heard nothing, except a sharp, insane laughter, and someone crying for help. Standing up and walking around a tree, he saw it.
A Goblimon hunkered down, begging for his life, with a Hagurumon floating above him.
"P- please... don't...!" begged the Goblimon.
"OH, BUT I WILL! I MUST HAVE BREAKFAST READY FOR WHEN VILE COMES BACK!" Hagurumon giggled, a disturbing look in his eyes. "He will come back, and he'll have all the eggs he can eat! JUST YOU WATCH! DARKNESS GEAR!"
Gears flew out from the Hagurumon, cutting through the Goblimon, who broke apart and reformed into a Digi-Egg. Watching this, Vile just casually leaned against the tree and clapped.
"Well, at least some things don't change," Vile said, and the Hagurumon gave him a startled look.
"VILE!" Hagurumon exclaimed, and then looked around worriedly "Y- ... you're early! I hadn't made breakfast yet!"
A single flaring light washed out from the visor of his helmet. "No need to worry about that... I think it's time I caught up..."
Sample D-Comm Network Post: How are all of my favorite emotional punching bags?
Yeah, I know, you thought you could get lucky, and I'd just go away. No such luck, losers!
However, there's a distinct problem...
See. I have this Shamamon in a headlock. I'm going to kill him. You can't do anything to stop it.
But YOU get to decide how he dies!
Because YOU get to tell me where the hell X is, and why my D-Comm is saying he's not in this world anymore.
Did someone else kill him? I will find you and kill you. It'll be fun.
Did Yggdrasil send him home? That's really going to suck... for one of you. Because I'm going to HAVE to get my frustration out one way or another...
Either way, however you answer, it will either give Shamamon here a slow, painful death, or a quick, but still pretty painful death. I'll leave it up to YOU to decide which is which.
And really... you don't WANT to know what I do to him if NO ONE replies.
Re: herped so hard I derped
In addition, please tell us the journal name for your character and make a IC contact page in it as well.