Boggle08's Human Lore Deputy App

[Boggle08]

Ckey/BYOND Username:Boggle08 (discord tag: GrandMasterChef)
Position Being Applied For: (Deputy Lore developer): Humanity
Past Experiences/Knowledge:

I've been here and active since the start of fall 2019,  and my schedule for the foreseeable future permits time for me to contribute.

I've always have had an interest in fiction, I have folders and computer files filled to the brim with excesses of setting ideas and character concepts.
Examples of Past Work:

I have my IPC application 

https://forums.aurorastation.org/topic/12977-acceptedboggle08s-ipc-application/

and Burzsia(currently a lore cannonization app).

https://forums.aurorastation.org/topic/14011-the-system-of-burzsia/?tab=comments#comment-133754

As examples of my ability to write and utilize our setting.

Additional Comments:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l5AYZyTkklKfEPEvYzU7ya-Z96FJDkm5og9rfpz_hpg/edit?usp=sharing

Edited March 22, 2020 by Boggle08

[BoryaTheSlayer]

Hello, posting here just to let you know that I DID read your application. I was really hoping for others to leave their feedback and ask you questions here, but, well, looks like noone's got any. Huh, weird! In any case, I'm very sorry for keeping you in the dark for this long.

Anyway. I'd like to ask you some questions.

• Do you have ideas that you would like to work on, if you were to get on the team?
• How do you feel about working in a team? And I don't mean the human lore team-- I mean the lore team as a whole.
• I wholly agree with the point you make about Sol being similar to the Frontier in that there is no unified culture, identity. How would you work on this?

I will be making the decision on who to accept in a few days, so I would love to see your answers to these questions and wish you luck.

 

[Boggle08]

8 hours ago, BoryaTheSlayer said:

 

• Do you have ideas that you would like to work on, if you were to get on the team?

Besides my interest in fleshing out Sol-Alliance a little more, I do want to expand a little on corporations. To supply them with some overarching themes, and give an idea on what it's like to live on a planet or settlement that is 100% purchased and owned by them. With the introduction of the new star map, it placed a lot of empires, both human and alien, in relatively close proximity towards each other on the bottom half of the map. I would love to collaborate and write about these nations interacting with one another and playing the game of international politics and power.

The last few things I would be interested in expanding upon is adding more offworlder backgrounds for people to work with, and expanding upon lore for the various frontiers and unknown regions of space in our setting. For the latter, It would be done through the addition of some lore on exploration and expeditions into these regions, and maybe even including some named installations or planets. Not enough to take the mystery and emptiness of these regions away, but just enough to create intrigue and character backgrounds.

8 hours ago, BoryaTheSlayer said:

 

• How do you feel about working in a team? And I don't mean the human lore team-- I mean the lore team as a whole.

I like it. I'm all about internal consistency and balance when it comes to putting together lore for our setting. I am extremely receptive to criticism, and unironically enjoy the peer review process. As a lore deputy, I will telegraph my proposals, and assist in the creative process of others.

8 hours ago, BoryaTheSlayer said:

 

• I wholly agree with the point you make about Sol being similar to the Frontier in that there is no unified culture, identity. How would you work on this?

I would start with little things, such as holidays and civic traditions. From there, I would expand upon the founding principles of the Alliance, their cultural identity, and the political ideologies that hold their nation together. In appropriate contrast to this, I would introduce some regionalistic differences and identities within the empire; each with their own cultural practices, attitudes, and how they feel about the Alliance as a whole. Right now, we have Sol set up so that its demographic regions radiate out from Sol itself, and that simply is too broad, in my opinion. 

When Solarian characters discuss their country, it's usually in the context of the named planets we have and a few home-brews. When I am finished, people will have a greater capacity to discuss the Alliance in its totality.

As a final note, the expansions to Solarian lore I am proposing will give us more foundation and material to work with should the lore team decide to collapse and/or balkanize the Alliance. 

[NewOriginalSchwann]

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to apply! I just have one question for you, since Borya touched on a lot of my points.

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IPC's are very interconnected with humanity, and I wish to see the lore grow in tandem with them.

Could you expand upon this? It's a pretty fascinating part of your application for me, and I'd love to see further connections between the human and IPC lore teams.

[Boggle08]

2 hours ago, NewOriginalSchwann said:

Could you expand upon this? It's a pretty fascinating part of your application for me, and I'd love to see further connections between the human and IPC lore teams.

IPC's are manufactured almost exclusively by humans and human organizations. Because of this, IPC's inherit much of the same settings, organizations, and cultures humans also use for character background generation. These two factors alone make the dynamic between the two very present. In many respects, they share the same lore.

The relationship between the two races has always interested me, because it opens up a lot of philosophical questions about how the two should coexist. The controversy associated with IPC's is treated like an issue of civil rights in our setting, when we could go much deeper than that by making it a philosophical issue as well. Is it the right thing do by determining the best course of action for IPC's through the lens of human ethics? Is it a moral thing to make IPC's in our image, when we ourselves are extremely flawed creatures that haven't transcended our own struggles? What course of action would best prevent an AI singularity, whilst making all parties happy?

I want us to ask these using our setting, how different planets or cultures treat and utilize IPC's. It will give much more depth when discussing Synthetic rights, and it will give players both human and IPC much more to consider when designing their characters. It would be something I would love to collaborate with the IPC lore team on.

Edited April 17, 2020 by Boggle08

[BoryaTheSlayer]

Thank you applying, but unfortunately we chose another applicant. Don't let this discourage you from trying to apply next time a position opens up, though!