[Denied] AccointNaim's IPC Application (*beep)

[AccointNaim]

BYOND Key: AccointNaim

Character Names: I have various other characters, but I only play Veetek Kalna right now.

Species you are applying to play: IPC.

What color do you plan on making your first alien character: Exempt.

Have you read our lore section's page on this species?: Yes, I have.

Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph format. One paragraph minimum per question.

Why do you wish to play this specific race: 

While IPCs are not the most unique species Space Station 13 has, they're certainly one of the most interesting species, at least to me. They're robotic, emotionless, though it might seem like they have emotion, they are just emulating it, they may cry for help and act sad, but at the end of they day they're emulating it, after all, they're not sentient right? I'd love to play as an IPC as Cyborg/Android/Robot felt limited to me when I played them. And with the SLF Events happening, I think it's the perfect time to apply for IPC.

Identify what makes role-playing this species different than role-playing a Human:

IPC's are made as tools, whether it's engineering, medical, or even security work, they're owned by the company who made them, or who bought them. They may become free but it is an expensive process most IPCs can't even get close to, even if they do they still have to pay for other expenses like maintenance and power. They're not limited by emotion, which makes them so appealing to various corporations, they won't get sad, make bonds with other crew, can work 24/7, and most importantly, they're rational. They're never childish, jokesters, or anything that conflicts with their jobs, they may be nice, friendly, but it never conflicts with their work. They may still seem like they have emotion, but they're just emulating it, baselines probably won't do it great, shells are one of the best at doing it.

Character Name: Akia

Please provide a short backstory for this character

Akia was made for a fairly big AD Campaign made by Terraneus Diagnostics named "Trust Akia", the Ad went along the lines of "Are you lonely? Do you need a friend? Trust Akia™, the latest Akia™ model from Terraneus Diagnostics, it can comfort you, do chores, and even your work! Only 360,000 Credits, plus shipping and handling, one of the cheapest shells on the market! Wow!! But don't worry, it'll rake in the dough! Akia™ will make you feel better, no matter what, you will feel comfortable around Akia™" The Ad was successful, and NanoTrasen bought several Akia's to work on the station as various civilian and medical roles including counselors and psychiatrists, and they included one on the Aurora. Akia however is a fairly robotic, and cheap-ish made shell, not intending to mimic humans outside of looks and voice, and even then it looks and speaks uncanny if you listen, and stare at it for long enough.

What do you like about this character?

I'd like to see how patients, willing or otherwise, would like a robot taking care of them (Even if most of the people on the aurora like robots) that looks and sounds exactly* like a human, but in other aspects are completely robotic, the way they act, move, speak, all of it uncanny while combined with the voice and looks. It may not be the most unique concept, but I think its a good one, especially with the SLF Events putting everyone on their toes.

How would you rate your role-playing ability? 5/10 to 7/10. I think I can nail the whole extremely robotic, and trying to be friendly aspect of this character though.

Notes: Criticism welcome, and advised.

Edited August 8, 2019 by kyres1

[Snakebittenn]

I don't exactly trust you with this whitelist.
You're not particularly wonderful at playing Veetek Kalna, as there is not much Unathi/Aut'akh/Veetek culture behind them (mostly just a relatively childish disposition and a complex over being yellow) and you seem to have issues maintaining your character and keeping immersion in places like the Relay (which, despite being mostly noncanon, does reflect on you and does reflect on peoples' view of the lore. Harping on the phenomena of throwing a cucumber behind a cat for 2 weeks does not inspire confidence.) I also noted that instead of coming up with something yourself for the most part, you essentially had other people draft up a character for you to post. Alongside this, you have pretty much ignored the feedback on your other other thread. I have severe doubts you can pull this off.

[AccointNaim]

On 03/08/2019 at 19:50, ParadoxSpace said:

You're not particularly wonderful at playing Veetek Kalna, as there is not much Unathi/Aut'akh/Veetek culture behind them (mostly just a relatively childish disposition and a complex over being yellow) 

I've been slowly, but surely, been trying to incorporate Kalna into being more Aut'akh, cutting down on their childish personality to be more naive and gullible instead, and overall been making them more Unathi. I understand where you are coming from and I am trying to change Kalna, and nothing from Kalna will leak into this character.

On 03/08/2019 at 19:50, ParadoxSpace said:

...and you seem to have issues maintaining your character and keeping immersion in places like the Relay (which, despite being mostly noncanon, does reflect on you and does reflect on peoples' view of the lore.

And I am trying to change that aswell, I was kind of stupid with the "Cucumber" incident, and will not do it again. And I am trying to get some more lore into the relay aswell, and trying to make Kalna on there less childish.

On 03/08/2019 at 19:50, ParadoxSpace said:

I also noted that instead of coming up with something yourself for the most part, you essentially had other people draft up a character for you to post.

I have done that for another character concept that Sytic gave me, but I have come up with 95% of this application myself, including the character concept. I have mostly taken inspiration from other applications on what to write, but the concept is all mine.

On 03/08/2019 at 19:50, ParadoxSpace said:

Alongside this, you have pretty much ignored the feedback on your other other thread.

I have not ignored feedback on the other thread, I havent replied but it doesn't mean I didn't read it, even though it may seem that way.

[kyres1]

Sorry for the ridiculous wait. It's time to come to a conclusion on this app.

The app itself is lackluster. There's no attempt at any deviation from the most basic with the answers and the backstory itself could not be simpler. While I can admire a to-the-point backstory, this simply doesn't cut what we require - , the latter "Approximately two paragraphs," being the important part here. It is extremely short.

Furthermore, I can't help but not only echo what Paradox said, but chime in by essentially saying that, with your current playstyle, I have very little if not a total lack of faith in your ability to uphold proper IPC roleplay.

All this said, application denied. Feel free to reapply in a couple weeks.