CHARACTER APPLICATION
Feb. 5th, 2012 12:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
digitaldivemodsIf 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.
OH GOD FINALLY
Date: 2012-03-02 03:05 am (UTC)Contact: ashudastampedo AT gmail DOT com (email), Seyli Hsa (AIM), ponrfetti (Plurk)
Player's Age: 27
Character/Series: Asakura Ryoko/Ryoko Asakura, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Character Type: Important-ish Secondary, I'd guess.
Tamer Class: Spirit Tamer, the reason is this is due to the nature of the humanoid interfaces (ie: they all have some kind of emotional stuntedness) a digimon partner would not work very well with Asakura. Of course she'll lose her powers that come from being an interface as the Spirit will take their place.
Character appearance: Yo.
Character age: Apparently 16-17
Digimon partner(s)/Spirit/Evolution Line: Spirit of Steel
Character history:
This is actually from my very first app for her to Dive, with some edits yo.
Three years ago a certain event caused one girl to be god/key to evolution/a time space rift and it lead to the integrated thought entity(or integrated data sentient entity, too many names) to send various humanoid interfaces to observe the data surrounding this one girl. Who just happens to be one Haruhi Suzumiya.
One of those interfaces is Nagato Yuki, and the other, a backup to Yuki, is Asakura Ryoko. Not much happened in those three years, as the interfaces kept a distance from Haruhi at the time. It wasn't until Haruhi had enrolled into High School, North High, that Yuki and Asakura would be in closer contact with her. Asakura having been in Haruhi's class, while Yuki is in the same grade but a different classroom.
While Asakura had made an attempt to be friends, or at least on friendly terms, with Haruhi her attempts tended to fall short. Instead she encouraged Kyon to be friends with Haruhi and for him to try and get her to 'open up' to her fellow classmates, which she had suggested to him after seeing how Haruhi seemed to only talk to him and the fact that Kyon seemed to have been dragged into starting the SOS Brigade. Which, of course, led to Haruhi being in contact with Yuki, Haruhi having usurped the clubroom for the club that Yuki was the sole member of.
Not to long after that, in fact shortly after Kozumi Itsuki was brought into the Nrigade, Asakura had finally become impatient with simply watching and nothing happening with Haruhi so she sent Kyon a note, asking him to meet her in the classroom after everyone had left. Of course Kyon was unaware of who had sent the note or the intentions behind it. As once Asakura was alone with Kyon she had asked him some... Interesting, and slightly confusing to him, questions. But it all ended up being about one person; Haruhi Suzumiya, and getting a reaction out of her.
How? Asakura's plan was simple, kill Kyon and watch the data created from Haruhi's reaction to his death. Since he was 'choosen' by Haruhi, Asakura believed killing him would make Haruhi react in a way that the Data Entity could observe the data it wished to find. Sadly it did not go as planned, even though Asakura had manipulated the data of the area of the classroom to make it so Kyon could not escape and no one could enter. Yuki had broken through Asakura's lock and the two humanoid interfaces fought.
While it appeared by the end of the fight that Asakura would win it was not so, as Yuki had severed Asakura's connection to the Data Entity essentially killing her. As Asakura started to cease to exist her last words to Kyon and Yuki were a warning, that perhaps Yuki may turn, or even another part of the Data Entity would decide to take the same actions and her last words were that she hoped Kyon would enjoy his time with Miss Suzumiya.
As a way to cover up Asakura's sudden disappearance, Yuki set things up so it appeared that Asakura and her family(which she did not have) had moved to Canada.
Yet that would be a lie, as conditions at a later date would prove to be just right and... Asakura is brought back, summoned in a way by Emiri Kimidori, only for "emergencies" as she tells Kyon right after having saved him from being killed... While also having stated that he is her prey and only the Intergrated Thought Entity would decide if Kyon lives or dies.
Character personality:
Asakura is, like her fellow human interfaces, seemingly incapable of empathizing with human beings. In Asakura's case she seems to be unable to understand negative emotions, like fear. But unlike like Yuki, Asakura is quite socialable. She is able to have discussions with her peers about various things, like TV shows, and is sweet kind and charming.
She is also the kind of person who ends up voted as class president, and she showed some worry about Haruhi not reaching out to the other classmates. She can also be encouraging too, trying to get Kyon to help Haruhi open up to the class. But that was not to be, as Asakura is also a bit impatient as seen with how quickly she decided to try and kill Kyon to get a reaction.
But oddly enough even as Asakura's physical form is destroyed she holds no grudge against Yuki or Kyon for what happened. In fact she cheerly says good bye before she "dies".
And when she is brought back she still holds no grudge against Kyon or Yuki, in fact it seems that Asakura is more jaded towards the Data Entity. Since she states that as long as Yuki exists so does she but... the Entity is allowing Yuki to become "ill" so... Yeah.
Digimon partner personality:
Character abilities:
Asakura has various ablities but not quite as many as Nagato. So here are her skills that she has but the majority of them she will not be keeping due to being a Spirit Tamer in the digital world.
- Super Human Strength and Reflexes: Asakura is capable of throwing a knife with a large amount of force, enough that the knife will vibrate in the air actually, and she is also capable of catching one when it is thrown at her. She is also able to jump great distances, she leapt five meters once when she had been surprised.
- Telekinesis/Knife Mastery: She is knowlegable in fighting with a knife, and she is also capable of using a kind of telekinesis to control the knife when she has thrown it. She can also throw some objects with the telekinesis, but that will be restricted to objects smaller than Asakura herself.
- Physical Transformation: She can turn her arms into large blades, and that's about it.
At most Asakura will keep her knife combat skills, as they aren't really connected to special powers and she will have slightly above average strength and reflexes. So at most in the digital world she'd be a strong and very athletic teenaged girl.
Sample RP:
Here on Dive_Tests.
Sample D-Comm Network Post:
[Hello communication network, have a young woman with long blue hair, blue eyes and wearing a school uniform of the sailor style on your video feed. She is also smiling in a very sweet way.]
Hello... ah, Digital World, yes? It's a pleasure to meet you all, as much as one can meet anyone over a phone-like network that is!
[smile smile]
I was hoping someone could help me figure out just why I was brought here, since I am just a high schooler and I can't be gone for long. I have a very important... class duty to handle, and I wouldn't want to disappoint my classmates or my teacher. If anyone could help me get home, then that would be even better!
[a pause then...]
Oh yes, I guess I should introduce myself as well. My name is Asakura Ryoko, or if you are an english speaker Ryoko Asakura. [she bows slightly] And I thank you all for any assistance you can give me.
Re: OH GOD FINALLY
Date: 2012-03-30 06:19 am (UTC)In addition, please tell us the journal name for your character and make a IC contact page in it as well.
Re: OH GOD FINALLY
Date: 2012-03-30 06:24 am (UTC)