firstact Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 (edited) Important note: I currently have very limited internet access/no access at all, so that would be the reason not many people have seen me on playing D'Jar or in general lately. I should have internet back up within 2 weeks or so. BYOND key: Firstact Character names: D'Jar Sa'Kuate, Jo'Zah Saani, Da'Hadir Naz'im, Faraji Raashad, Na'Khar Sa'kuate How long have you been playing on Aurora?: About 3 to 3 and a half years. Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: Originally, I already held a head of staff whitelist, however it was removed due to staff assuming I was ignoring messages, while I was actually in an extended stay at the hospital, first in the ER for a few days and then transferring over to the ICU for a large amount of time. However, recently I have noticed that the amount of heads of staff have dwindled pretty significantly to where there is an average of 1-2 heads of staff at best during my playtime hours, and the relative departments really seem to be lackluster in communication without dedicated leadership to take point. Why did you come to Aurora?: I transferred over to Aurora from Apocalyptic station after bouncing around years ago, due to the roleplaying standards on Apoc going from phenomenal to absolute chaos most of the time. I've stuck around ever since because, while I may take extended leaves at points, the community has always brought me back. Have you read the wiki on the head roles you plan on playing?: Yes, I primarily plan on renewing D'Jar as HoS, and likely bringing in a CE at some point in time and a CMO. 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: Roleplay is about working within the limitations of a character to provide diversity and enjoyment from a multitude of situations and and other people. It's about creating an eviroment and community base that is fun to play within for the players and characters alike. Roleplay is about creating an environment in which each character is both unique but believable with each person having their own motives, strengths, weaknesses, and overall furthers the enjoyability of the game in their own way through the character. Roleplay should mainly be focused on having fun, because that should be the main purpose for anyone attempting to play a non-competitive game. There are obviously some restrictions to roleplay, but it's the players choice on how they will have fun, and act out their character for the benefit of themselves and possibly others. What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: Heads of staff serve multiple purposes ooc, however there are two that stand out in specific to me. Firstly, heads of staff tend to steer the direction of a round, the kind of roleplay that takes place, and has the ability to create situations in which roleplay is available much easier than your average character, via in game authority and experience. Secondly, these experienced players are an easy resource for newer players to access and talk to, for a variety of needs. They may set an example of great roleplay, help them familiarize with the server, or assist someone completely new in a way such as teaching them the basics of their department and their duties in game. What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: I believe the primary responsibility for us is to set a standard of roleplay, especially when it comes to antagonists and events. Heads of staff are typically the first ones to hear alerts, talk amongst themselves, and then react accordingly with their departments. They are the ones in charge, and a calm head of security who is cautiously wishing to negotiate with an antag can make all the difference between security waiting in the wings to step in, or a lone officer rushing in and getting a hostage killed. Of course, the latter has to do more with admins due to potentially breaking rules, but it's about the standards that are set for others to acknowledge. Heads of staff are supposed to know more about lore, gameplay mechanics, roleplay, and the server as a whole, which props them up into a position that others can easily go to and ask question, IC and OOC both. Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions. Character name: D'Jar Sa'Kuate Character age: 35 Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): D'Jar Sa'Kuate was born shortly after his older brother Na'Khar, just before the first revolution, his father was killed in action during the later uprisings, and his mother was killed during a large bombing against Shastar city, carried out by the nobles later into the revolution. He and Na'Khar were taken in by a young shopkeeper in the aftermath, and proceeded to stay in Shastar after the island was secured in the uprisings. For many years they worked for the shopkeeper in exchange for food and a place to stay. By 2443, D'Jar and his brother were enlisted in the People's Army of Adhomai. His brother fulfilled his mandatory two year service as a navy sailor, while D'Jar stayed enlisted until 2453. After seeing roughly two years of action on the Shastar front, and being injured during the siege of Shastar, D'Jar smuggled himself on board a human trade vessel in order to seek transport to tau ceti, where his brother was attending medical school on a students work visa. After arriving and attempting to bribe one of the human crew members with all of his Adhomai currency, he managed to find his brother with some assistance and stayed with him. D'Jar requested citizenship (im not sure if the immigration from 2456 is still in the lore) while his brother paid for tau ceti basic classes. Months later after a basic citizenship examination, he was granted basic citizenship, which he used to attend basic tau ceti law school, in hopes to find a career that suited his former military skills. In 2454 D'Jar was accepted into the Mendel city police cadet system, in order to fulfill a diversity quota, as well as interest due to his former military service. By 2455 D'Jar was employed as a full time police officer, stationed in the industrial district, where many of the immigrants from Moghes and Adhomai stayed. By 2457 D'Jar left the police force in search for better work due to completing his criminal justice degree, in an attempt to pay off his brothers schooling debt. He was shortly hired on by Nanotrasen later in 2457 as a security officer level 1, and briefly was granted head of security clearance aboard the late Aurora, and the Exodus class stations before transferring to the Aurora II under basic security restrictions once more. What do you like about this character?: He's Changed a lot throughout the years, but he's matured enough to stop and try to talk things out with people, he attempts to calmly resolve situations instead of being hotheaded and demanding of everyone, because he knows that won't get him anything in life at this stage. What do you dislike about this character?: I've been a little unhappy with his attitude lately, while it's great most of the time he can lose his cool upon being insulted, and can rarely hold a grudge against others who have wronged him. What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: He's been a head of staff before (and would be for reasons I stated before) and from what I remember, he was generally well liked. He managed security well and prefers to actually let his officers perform the work first, while still willing to put himself in those tough situations that officers may face. But he acknowledges that security will always need a leader in tough situations, and attempts to act on that accordingly. Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions. How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I don't really wish to rate my own roleplaying, and I prefer others to voice their opinions for me to take it and adapt to. I believe I'm fairly average at roleplaying, for someone who's very into it and likes to craft stories. I try to limit myself and my characters to create believable situations without being over the top power-fantasy archetypes. For ss13 specifically I really enjoy playing someone who doesn't know everything, as I don't see the fun in having an over the top character who can do multiple things that are just frankly unrealistic. Extra notes: D'Jars early lore is being worked on currently due to the taj lore overhaul that happened a while back. I've changed most of it to be believable (to me) however there are some parts that still do not fit. Edited August 26, 2017 by Guest Link to comment
moltenkore Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 I've played with a lot of Firstact's characters and can certainly say he is a competent RPer and definitely knows what he's doing. I've seen D'jar in action and I believe he would be a great head of staff. +1 from me. Link to comment
Faris Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Application Denied. The issue here was the application your inactivity while this application is up and lack of feedback. While I find your application to be relatively good and being a long time player here, I was not able to observe you during this application period. I believe you should apply again once you're able to be somewhat active and to request feedback from players. Do note you can advertise this once a round on OOC chat or discord as long as it's not excessive. Link to comment
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