Post by Director Troutman on Dec 23, 2006 5:10:20 GMT 1
Bio Setup, read EVERYTHING before you begin to write it out please.
Details
Name: First name, AND A LAST NAME! I didn't imagine this would be difficult for people to garner. Also, if you intend to go by a nickname, please note it separately from your birth name. It IS required on the site. No, your middle names aren't that important, post them only if you wish.
Nationality:Country you currently reside in/hold a legitimate citizenship for. Ethnicity is your race and country of origin. For example, whilst Taiku Akimoto is a Japanese-American (by way of immigration), his ethnicity is solely Asian/Japanese.
Ethnicity: Explained above
Age: Between 15 and 18 (14-17 for characters whose birthday fall BEFORE September 1st.) for students, following the appropriate titles to be noted along with your age:
18+ Graduate unless valid excuse (Please note, 'valid excuses' may only be accepted from members who have established themselves a little and are making secondary characters. I do not want to see people turning out bull just to have an older character in high school)
18 - Senior
17 - Junior
16 - Sophomore
15 - Freshman
Class: mentioned above, Freshman, Sophomore, etc...
Weight: please, make it proportionate to the height.... A rough example for average build with a toned muscular form is around 180lbs to 6ft, but bulkier fighters may be anything around and upwards of 250lbs.
Height: See above, but swap it round.....
Appearance: This is in two parts, your body and your cosmetic appearance:
Body: For your body, describe physical stature and muscular status. How powerful your body is for example, if you're a bulky powerhouse, or how trim you might be. Also note things like scars, piercings, tattoos and birthmarks you feel are relevant here.
Cosmetic: For your cosmetic appearance, describe your characters taste in clothing, the type of things they normally wear, colors, lengths, styles, things to that effect.
Eye color: Humans are the only race on this board, we are based on the big mudball called Earth, and as such we have the same restrictions placed in the normal world. Your eyes MUST be a natural colour, any arguments will be disputed unless proven otherwise. Photographs are preferable for us to debunk your lies ^^
Hair: Naturally, unless you happen to be bald, describe such things as; Length, style, colour, condition, is it dyed or natural, things like that. Hats can be described here if you like as opposed to in the cosmetic appearance.
Habits: Things that distinguish you from every other person on the board. Does your character smoke, for example? Perhaps they bite their nails, or chew the tip of a pencil...Discernable little tweaks like this would go in here, along with anything along the lines of notable traits that would make them obvious to others, speech mannerisms and the like.
Other Information
Personality: Whilst in the past we were extremely lenient with this section, it is becoming harder and harder to let the reins be lifted on this section. Thusforth, in order to meet requirements you must give, at the absolute minimum, a basic rundown of your characters psyche. What are they like on the inside, caring people, cruel, slightly ambivalent, I don't know exactly, it's your character...You must write something for this that matches your history, considering personalities are forged by life experience.
Hobbies: Things your character enjoys doing, activities they do. This could be anything from reading a book with a cup of coffee for relaxation purposes to skydiving over the bay, obviously, personality will affect these. A reserved person isn't likely to be involved in much that's going to require an outgoing personality. Keep it in mind, alright?
Extracurricular: Since newcomers to the board are already established at having being present at Hircine long before the Varron transfers arrived, this is the opportunity for you to note whether you're part of any of the schools activities. If you can't think what a school like Hircine or Paragon would offer, just think what your OWN school offers, use that. Swim team, football, lacrosse, chess club, glee club, you get the idea. The exception to the rule, strictly, would be Paragon where students would be transferring TO the school from their current one, be it Hircine or wherever, however you can still note what your character may have distinctions in, if they were a former athlete/scholar/whatever at their previous school.
Important Details
History: Detail is the key, make it a good length, at the barest minimum three full paragraphs. These must, at some point or another, detail your early childhood and home life (relevance to personality and other valuable information), your younger years and any such thing that encompasses the years approaching your current age. Describe important life events and such things. The last must be relevant to your life at Hircine High, a reference to the Varron transfers is preferred but not usually forced on if the history is acceptable enough.
Fighting Style: Firstly, please use real, viable fighting styles a teenager could learn. Ninjutsu and such things are quite unlikely to be in the grasp of a kid living in the San Francisco area. Other than that, feel free to pick pretty much anything you like as a style. It can be a formal, named style if it exists, but please, no 'made-up' styles. That isn't going to fly. Also, note the technique of your style. Is your character punch-oriented, kicks, grapples, relies on speed or strength, things like that.
Strengths: These can NOT, by any means, have things like moral issues used in them. Your strengths and weaknesses must validate themself with a decent description of your characters physical benefits and disadvantages. Overly large fighters for example will be far stronger obviously, more than likely be punch oriented and incorporate grappling into their style, using their size to their advantage. However, in respect of that, they will almost without fail be slower than most fighters smaller than them in terms of build, have a poor ability with kicking attacks, agility and flexibility, maybe even be predictable, it all depends on three things:
Height.
Weight.
Fighting style.
You need to take all three of these into account when considering strengths and weaknesses, to not do so is, frankly, just a waste of your time and ours.
Weaknesses: As above.
NOTE: Whilst the rules on weapons on the board have relaxed somewhat, there are a few things that should be justified very clearly here for you all. Firearms of any sort, within the school area, will result in the higher-ups discussing ways to have your character drinking through a tube for the rest of his natural life. The same will go for anyone who really thinks they can outsmart the best minds here and use any kind of 'fantasy weapon'.
Knives follow the same principle, but I figure if you can justify sneaking it in (and in a context where only NPC's are involved) it is just permissable. Don't go taking the piss out of it. Again, you will find yourself wondering how to get up off the floor with smashed knees and elbows if you think yourself a smartass. ^^. In the school sections, if you must find yourself using a weapon, improvise. Chairs and tables can be broken, use your imagination.
Moving on, outside of the school, whilst firearms are NOT banned from this section, they are not going to grow on trees. You will have to consider a lot of things in this instance. The cost of a weapon, the difficulty in a high-school student finding the resources with which to acquire one, and the fact that we do have an enforcer on the site who is far, far crueller than anything I can come up...Also, if you are capable of meeting the requirements (god-damnit, I hate having to word it that way....) for your character coming into possession of the aforementioned weapon, keep it realistic. A sixteen year-old with an assault rifle? Nah. At the best, at the very best, you will manage to come across a sawn-off or a semi-automatic pistol, and that's going to cost you.
All in all, we prefer that guns are not used on the board, and under no circumstances do you use them against another character (with the sole exception being pre-arranged storylines, with full approval from them). Please, try to keep yourself as realistic as you can in this respect. Thank you.
Details
Name: First name, AND A LAST NAME! I didn't imagine this would be difficult for people to garner. Also, if you intend to go by a nickname, please note it separately from your birth name. It IS required on the site. No, your middle names aren't that important, post them only if you wish.
Nationality:Country you currently reside in/hold a legitimate citizenship for. Ethnicity is your race and country of origin. For example, whilst Taiku Akimoto is a Japanese-American (by way of immigration), his ethnicity is solely Asian/Japanese.
Ethnicity: Explained above
Age: Between 15 and 18 (14-17 for characters whose birthday fall BEFORE September 1st.) for students, following the appropriate titles to be noted along with your age:
18+ Graduate unless valid excuse (Please note, 'valid excuses' may only be accepted from members who have established themselves a little and are making secondary characters. I do not want to see people turning out bull just to have an older character in high school)
18 - Senior
17 - Junior
16 - Sophomore
15 - Freshman
Class: mentioned above, Freshman, Sophomore, etc...
Weight: please, make it proportionate to the height.... A rough example for average build with a toned muscular form is around 180lbs to 6ft, but bulkier fighters may be anything around and upwards of 250lbs.
Height: See above, but swap it round.....
Appearance: This is in two parts, your body and your cosmetic appearance:
Body: For your body, describe physical stature and muscular status. How powerful your body is for example, if you're a bulky powerhouse, or how trim you might be. Also note things like scars, piercings, tattoos and birthmarks you feel are relevant here.
Cosmetic: For your cosmetic appearance, describe your characters taste in clothing, the type of things they normally wear, colors, lengths, styles, things to that effect.
Eye color: Humans are the only race on this board, we are based on the big mudball called Earth, and as such we have the same restrictions placed in the normal world. Your eyes MUST be a natural colour, any arguments will be disputed unless proven otherwise. Photographs are preferable for us to debunk your lies ^^
Hair: Naturally, unless you happen to be bald, describe such things as; Length, style, colour, condition, is it dyed or natural, things like that. Hats can be described here if you like as opposed to in the cosmetic appearance.
Habits: Things that distinguish you from every other person on the board. Does your character smoke, for example? Perhaps they bite their nails, or chew the tip of a pencil...Discernable little tweaks like this would go in here, along with anything along the lines of notable traits that would make them obvious to others, speech mannerisms and the like.
Other Information
Personality: Whilst in the past we were extremely lenient with this section, it is becoming harder and harder to let the reins be lifted on this section. Thusforth, in order to meet requirements you must give, at the absolute minimum, a basic rundown of your characters psyche. What are they like on the inside, caring people, cruel, slightly ambivalent, I don't know exactly, it's your character...You must write something for this that matches your history, considering personalities are forged by life experience.
Hobbies: Things your character enjoys doing, activities they do. This could be anything from reading a book with a cup of coffee for relaxation purposes to skydiving over the bay, obviously, personality will affect these. A reserved person isn't likely to be involved in much that's going to require an outgoing personality. Keep it in mind, alright?
Extracurricular: Since newcomers to the board are already established at having being present at Hircine long before the Varron transfers arrived, this is the opportunity for you to note whether you're part of any of the schools activities. If you can't think what a school like Hircine or Paragon would offer, just think what your OWN school offers, use that. Swim team, football, lacrosse, chess club, glee club, you get the idea. The exception to the rule, strictly, would be Paragon where students would be transferring TO the school from their current one, be it Hircine or wherever, however you can still note what your character may have distinctions in, if they were a former athlete/scholar/whatever at their previous school.
Important Details
History: Detail is the key, make it a good length, at the barest minimum three full paragraphs. These must, at some point or another, detail your early childhood and home life (relevance to personality and other valuable information), your younger years and any such thing that encompasses the years approaching your current age. Describe important life events and such things. The last must be relevant to your life at Hircine High, a reference to the Varron transfers is preferred but not usually forced on if the history is acceptable enough.
Fighting Style: Firstly, please use real, viable fighting styles a teenager could learn. Ninjutsu and such things are quite unlikely to be in the grasp of a kid living in the San Francisco area. Other than that, feel free to pick pretty much anything you like as a style. It can be a formal, named style if it exists, but please, no 'made-up' styles. That isn't going to fly. Also, note the technique of your style. Is your character punch-oriented, kicks, grapples, relies on speed or strength, things like that.
Strengths: These can NOT, by any means, have things like moral issues used in them. Your strengths and weaknesses must validate themself with a decent description of your characters physical benefits and disadvantages. Overly large fighters for example will be far stronger obviously, more than likely be punch oriented and incorporate grappling into their style, using their size to their advantage. However, in respect of that, they will almost without fail be slower than most fighters smaller than them in terms of build, have a poor ability with kicking attacks, agility and flexibility, maybe even be predictable, it all depends on three things:
Height.
Weight.
Fighting style.
You need to take all three of these into account when considering strengths and weaknesses, to not do so is, frankly, just a waste of your time and ours.
Weaknesses: As above.
NOTE: Whilst the rules on weapons on the board have relaxed somewhat, there are a few things that should be justified very clearly here for you all. Firearms of any sort, within the school area, will result in the higher-ups discussing ways to have your character drinking through a tube for the rest of his natural life. The same will go for anyone who really thinks they can outsmart the best minds here and use any kind of 'fantasy weapon'.
Knives follow the same principle, but I figure if you can justify sneaking it in (and in a context where only NPC's are involved) it is just permissable. Don't go taking the piss out of it. Again, you will find yourself wondering how to get up off the floor with smashed knees and elbows if you think yourself a smartass. ^^. In the school sections, if you must find yourself using a weapon, improvise. Chairs and tables can be broken, use your imagination.
Moving on, outside of the school, whilst firearms are NOT banned from this section, they are not going to grow on trees. You will have to consider a lot of things in this instance. The cost of a weapon, the difficulty in a high-school student finding the resources with which to acquire one, and the fact that we do have an enforcer on the site who is far, far crueller than anything I can come up...Also, if you are capable of meeting the requirements (god-damnit, I hate having to word it that way....) for your character coming into possession of the aforementioned weapon, keep it realistic. A sixteen year-old with an assault rifle? Nah. At the best, at the very best, you will manage to come across a sawn-off or a semi-automatic pistol, and that's going to cost you.
All in all, we prefer that guns are not used on the board, and under no circumstances do you use them against another character (with the sole exception being pre-arranged storylines, with full approval from them). Please, try to keep yourself as realistic as you can in this respect. Thank you.