TheGreatJorge Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 BYOND key: TheGreatJorge Character names: Jan Fischer, pAI Leonardo How long have you been playing on Aurora?: I think it is three months now. Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I am honestly not sure. Maybe it is just the position of Head of Staff I want to play. Maybe it is just another option for me. And maybe, it is a way to have a bit more fun, because often, I am really bored while playing this game. No matter which one it is, I just do. Why did you come to Aurora?: The last server I was playing on simply disappeared, so I decided, that I will try it here. Have you read the BS12 wiki on the head roles you plan on playing?: I think I did, once long time ago. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each. Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about: I think, that roleplay is simply doing something differend than what you are doing, or pretending that you are somebody else. No matter what are you pretending to do, or be, I think it should have some pruporse. Education, Fun, Explanation and so on. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: I think OOC pruporse of Head of Staff in game is to fill out missing positions, to take some responsibility and to provide differend oppotrunities for themselves or other people. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: Whitelist is something you get for free and it gives you some kind of advantage over other players. I would say, that main thing is, to not abuse this advantage, and to repay by acting in a reasonable way. Contributing to fun, roleplay and good mood. That said, I would try my best to do what I just stated, but of course, I have no idea how can I manage that, without situations that call for it. Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions. Character name: Jan Fischer Character age: 35 Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Jan was born on Earth, January 22nd year 2424, to average family living in one of towns, ouside big cities. His father was a dentist and his mother was a secretary of town mayor. From his young age, he was amazed by technical advantages of modern world and on the other hand, amazed by stories and books of the old one. His father was the cause of his dislike for everyone in the medical field, when his own health was concerned, adding to his fear of needles. His hobbies made him study field of automatization, and in the end of his studies, to aquire Engineering Degree. After that, he started to work for Grayson Manufacturing company, as inexperienced repair technician. It was interesting introduction to the world of work for him, but after two years, when his contract expired, he decided to leave and apply for job elsewhere. Thanks to his mothers relation with mayor of his hometown, he was hired to Aether Atmospherics company as part of system designer team. His position there was not great, he was given small tasks of solving individual problems up to fetching lunch for his colleagues. Leading and senior members of the team, had acess to blueprints of individual stations, and he always wished to see them, but he was never lucky enough. During second half of his employment with Aether, he was sent to stations as part of the construction crew, to install designed systems, which was his most valuable experience there. Then, famous company NanoTrasen, hired him, as they were looking for people to fill out missing positions left by deceased employees. This led Jan, to rescue vessel Sierra Otago, where his job was to assist rescue team and perform ship mainetance, along with many other crewmembers. Two years passed once again, and two days before his contract was about to end, he witnessed a terrible accident, leading to destruction of ship engines. Deep investigation proved his co-worker Anthony Lawrence guilty, but on his way to Sol prison, he disappeared. After that, he was assigned to calmer place, the Interstellar Communications Satellite Orion, where under command and guidance of senior members of the team, he managed to survive another two years with NanoTrasen. All this time meant a lot to him as he was newly assigned to research station located deep deep in space, far away from his relatives. He said farewell to his family and friends, and boarded employee transport ship, starting yet another two years of his employment with NanoTrasen. What do you like about this character?: It is his physical obedience. He will not fight, or struggle, unless he really needs to. If he can use words, he will. If he cant, he will cover, or pray. That makes things easier, but there are certain situations where you just have to fight. With those, I may not be so careful, I admit. But that doesnt change the fact, that this is the thing I like most about Jan. What do you dislike about this character?: Honestly, there is nothing I dislike about him. He has lots of things I like about him. Then, lots of things I dont mind. But what do I dislike? Nothing. I am fine with his flaws, his attitude and if there is something, that could trouble me, it is the way I play him. Not Jan himself. What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: His experience, skills, and loyalty to NanoTrsen, or any other company he may work for. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions. How would you rate your own roleplaying?: Well, I dont use emotes as often as I should. I am prone to typos and grammar mistakes. And I would say, that I dont have much experience with roleplaying, even after all the time I spent with Space Station 13. That said, I give myself 4,5/10. Extra notes: Grammar may be trouble for me, so please. Be kind.
Thesir Posted February 25, 2016 Posted February 25, 2016 I've floated around Jan as a ghost and bumped into him during my own IC duties often enough to know that Jorge is a pretty good engineer and atmos tech, but I haven't felt like I've seen any strong interactions between our characters or anyone else's. That said, if you want to be a head of staff, I would like to see you take a more active approach to playing Jan. I can't disagree with the negative aspects of your roleplaying ability that you've already noted. However, Jan feels like a planned and deliberate character, which is good, and I feel like his personality could be made more apparent somehow. The biography that you've provided here makes me feel like Jan is more detailed than I'd perhaps previously assumed. As for the actual head of staff position, I'm not sure how I feel about it. I've played off and on with Jorge for quite a while now, and he seems competent enough to be in a command position, but Jan may not be a strong enough presence for the job. I would like to see him have a chance though. That's all I can say for now.
Owen Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I have seen Jan in Engineering for quite some time now. They are fairly competent at their jobs and I haven't really seen an issue coming from there. None of my characters really interacted with any of Jorge's though. Most of my experience with them was just me being in the Command staff and you happening to be in Engineering that day. From what I have seen though, you seem to be a very competent player mechanics wise and there really haven't been any roleplaying issues that I have seen. Your backstory looks well thought out so I think I will give you a +1 on this. Good luck!
Blingx3 Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I have seen Jan in Engineering for quite some time now. They are fairly competent at their jobs and I haven't really seen an issue coming from there. None of my characters really interacted with any of Jorge's though. Most of my experience with them was just me being in the Command staff and you happening to be in Engineering that day. From what I have seen though, you seem to be a very competent player mechanics wise and there really haven't been any roleplaying issues that I have seen. Your backstory looks well thought out so I think I will give you a +1 on this. Good luck! This is a summry of what is in my head, Jan is a great character, and I have many sweet memories including this charactter. I would not hesitate to support this.
Gollee Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 Inis and Amy like Jan; he's reasonable, likable, and effective.
Guest Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 ...his mother was a secretary of town mayor... ...Thanks to his mothers relation with mayor of his hometown, he was hired to Aether Atmospherics company as part of system designer team... I like where this is going xD Jokes aside, I remember Jan Fischer as a trustworthy, competant engineer and Jorge as a good RPer.
TheGreatJorge Posted February 26, 2016 Author Posted February 26, 2016 Alright! First, I am really really grateful for all those responses and evaluations. So, thanks to you all. Now well, I was aware of the problem with interactions with other characters before I made my application, and it made me quite worried. So I decided to delay posting it, by about two weeks, trying to fix this aspect. Truly, it is not that easy as it seemed to me at first. I do not know what it is, if it is me forgetting to interact with others, or lack of oppurtunities, or me missing said opportunities, but I really hope it will get better with time spent here. Regarding Jan. Truth is, I am realy not sure about full personality of Jan myself. There were certainly situations where I had to ask myself "Would Jan do this?" And I could not answer. He was learning a lot during his life, and this would be his first bigger experience in commanding, but I would say, that if it is needed, he can make decisions and if that is not enough... well. Then it is just not enough.
Thesir Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 I sometimes have difficulty finding opportunities to actually talk to people as well, especially when my department is understaffed. You seem to be doing pretty good lately, after I spent some time hovering around a bit more. As for the personality stuff, that's always a tricky part of roleplaying. The best thing that I've found to do is keep an open mind and keep considering how the character would interact with situations as they become available to interact with in practice. I'm no expert, though, so just keep up the good work. You and the community have convinced me thoroughly, and I'm happy to give my approval, for what it's worth.
Blingx3 Posted February 28, 2016 Posted February 28, 2016 Hello, I've played with Jan for some time, here is a little advice on my part. Jan is a great character. it's only flaw is communication. try to explain to others the whys and isss, because after all communication is the most important aspect of of a head of staff job. Nevertheless, I like him, I like the character. gods speed.
TheGreatJorge Posted February 28, 2016 Author Posted February 28, 2016 Thank you a lot for those tips and approval. I guess I just needs to take some time, to get into those things. At least I hope that time is all I need. That said, I will certainly try to adjust or change some things, in the way I play Jan, but again, I guess I will see with time, what is better and what is not. So again! Thank you all a lot.
Garnascus Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 Database issues are preventing me from adding you, Soon as its fixed you'll get your whitelist.
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