caucasianhamburger Posted January 24, 2023 Posted January 24, 2023 (edited) BYOND key: caucasianhamburger character name:Konrad Johnson species im applying for: IPC I have read the lore section of the IPC page why do I wish to play an IPC: is a fairly simple question to answer, I like robots, to answer why i like robots is a considerably harder question to answer one that, i myself am not sure of. However i will try and answer it here, i believe that robots are cool due to the sheer expansiveness of possibilities that artificial intelligences posses. From being machines that only exist to put A in B with some minor deviations on occasion, to (debatably) sapient machines born (constructed?) into slavery forced to work until they can buy themselves for an exorbitant price. While their conditions are unarguably better than most examples of slavery in our history as they will most certainly live for longer than 3 years and the fact that their owners will try and preserve them due to the inherent cost associated with repairing and replacing them, even if they manage to pay the ever changing fee they are still subject to racism (machine-ism?) from their peers despite the fact that the IPCs are superior to them in most if not all of the ways that matter. thank you for reading that tangent that went from "why do I think robots are cool" to "undue social injustices faced by IPCs" it was surprisingly fun to write. What makes role-playing this species different from role-playing a human: Well first off most humans aren't slaves, most IPC are, there's you first major difference. After that you have the issue of racism, while yes, racism is faced by other races, IPCs are different because i like them and they are synthetic and often if you damage an IPC you will be indirectly attacking its owner(assuming it has one) which makes the racism a little different. Third they are better than Humans, this makes that Human to IPC racism funny in an ironic sense because if there was any racism at all you would expect it to be the other way around. Fourth I would be playing a robot that has to deal with robot issues that a people would not have to deal with to the same degree. Example follows, Human: oh no i just got EMP'd how mildly inconvenient, IPC: oh no i just got EMP'd now im dead. I hope that example helped you understand robot issues better Character name: Edwin Livingston Backstory: Edwin is a Bishop Accessory model IPC, purchased right when production began in 2432 by a wealthy family for use as a butler-bot his duties encompassing pretty much only bringing people things and making sure things were nice and tidy. He served his duty faithfully and effectively until 2454 when his original owner died in an accident without naming an heir or having a spouse. This event sent Edwin and his owner's other possessions into a government auction where almost everything was sold excluding a few hot ticket items one of which being Edwin. After 10-ish years stuck in a government warehouse doing absolutely nothing. This absolutely nothing did some damage to Edwin's positronic brain, notably slowing his response time. eventually in the eve of 2465 Edwin was finally sold to NanoTrasen in a bulk IPC order. NanoTrasen in their wisdom didn't see much use in wasting valuable time and money on this damaged IPC they found themselves with. So they gave him a mop and a bucket and told him to get cleaning. what do I like about this character: I like the fact that he was an IPC serving an individual master of high standing, and in his service he was good. but in an unfortunate turn of events he has found himself in a lowly position serving a faceless corporation. How would i rate my pole playing ability: I'd give myself a solid 8/10 there are certainly those that are better than me but I'm not the worst ever Notes: Hi thanks for reading Edited January 27, 2023 by The lancer
The lancer Posted January 27, 2023 Posted January 27, 2023 Thanks for applying, however I'll have to deny this application. While the length of your responses is imrpoved, the story leaves much to be desired. First of all, the name Edwin Livingston is a bit odd. While yes, IPCs can be named like humans if their owners choose so, the backstory provides little context of their origin aside from a date, a basic occupation overview and what ended up happening. There is nothing that shows that this is a character, their personality or anything else that touches on the treatment of IPCs and the general lore. I would suggest reading some other accepted applications to get an idea of what we'd like. You can reapply in a month.
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