Post by algazor on Feb 20, 2014 14:36:09 GMT -5
Baseline.
My character name (spell accents correctly, if any.):
Algazor
My character full IC name:
Algazor Granitemaul
How old are you? (player, not character.)
25
Have you read the whole of the Bayerleyn webpage sections: Homepage; Info & Rules; Joining- Recruitment; The Bayerleyn RP Concept? If not, go read them before to proceed. Ignorance is not an excuse when it comes to guild rules.
-- Yes
Are you usually free in the "server time" evenings, when there is the RP peak time?
-- Yes
What level, class, race and gender is your character?
-- 90 Warrior Dwarf Male.
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About your interest to the Bayerleyn Retinue.
How did you know about the guild? (Seen us around, friend told you, etc.)
Previous toon in it.
Did a recruiter / greencoat character directly approach you? If so name him, and please state the kind of interaction (IC recruitment, OOC whisper approach, etc). --
Yardleigh, we conversed and it resulted in her handing me recruitment papers, and I figured it was a good guild for me dwarf.
What brings your interest to the Bayerleyn Retinue? Why this guild and not another Household / Military (since Households are by de-facto Military in the end of the day - just Household approach the the army as middle age concept and Military the modern concept of standing army.)
-- The Bayerleyn retinue has a established renown as a good guild, from previous toon being it in, its leaders are capable and inventive, and more often then not, events are quite planned out, not just thrown together within a hour or so before the event as most other house guilds, and less politics to bother with.
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Your activity level for the Bayerleyn Retinue.
Is this character your main? (Yes / No)
-- Yes.
Is it possible to know your main if the answer above is No? Or your mains? You can inform the officers via whisper for privacy. (Yes / No)
How many Characters do you Roleplay actively? (A number)
-- currently, 1. This one.
How much time, in the evenings, would you dedicate to the Bayerleyn Retinue - on a weekly basis?
-- 25 hours more or less, spread out over the week or so.
Do you perform other activities ingame, which would be of your interest, with the Bayerleyn Retinue members? (5 men Heroics, Scenarios, Looking for Raid, Arena, RBG, Old Raids Achievement Hunting, etc etc -- By that I am not saying we do them all, but maybe in a day if enough are interested why not!) -- I would be interested in the following;
Heroic 5 men, scenarios, heroic scenarios, old raids achievement hunting.
Do you desire to gear up your character? --
No.
Resume with your own words which kind of activity we can expect from you as player within the guild. --
A friendly manner, hopefully a good joke or two, and some great conversations.
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Your Roleplaying Past & Present Interests.
In which Roleplaying Guilds of Argent Dawn you (player) have been? - List them one by one, and explain the reason for the departure / removal from them.
(This to determine to which RP standards you were used to - and why you opted to move on.)
Hand of Agony, probably the best one I was in, I'm still in it, but my alts are inactive.
What kind of RP experiences are you presently seeking? What type of RP are you after? (Military, Exploration, Political, Battles & Campaigns, Holy, Romance, etc?)
-- Militery, battles & Campaign.
What kind of RP experiences do you deem the Bayerleyn Retinue will offer you? --
Hopefully, the two mentioned above, but mainly, social contact, its nice to RP, but its even better to get to know the person behind the character, if at possible, if not, I respect their privacy.
Which parts of the Lore do you find the most intriguing and interesting? --
That's like asking what part of a super delicious pizza is best, the first bite is always enjoyable, but the entire lore is something to savour and enjoy.
Have you ever played pen and paper Roleplay, such as Dungeons and Dragons and similar? --
No, I'm afraid not, but I'm very interested in trying it.
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Of delicate subjects.
What is your stance toward Erotical Roleplay? (Explain with more than a Yes / No answer.) --
I don't mind it, as long as its kept hidden away and not flaunted in public, and only if both sides are willing.
What is your stance toward Emote Fights, Torture, or other gore / violence depicting scenes? (Explain with more than a Yes / No answer.) --
Emote fights can be drawn out and boring if both sides are unwilling to lose, and no pre-set outcome is determined beforehand. Torture is fine and all for myself, but it should be agreed on by both sides before being done. As for Gore and violence, bring it on.
What is your stance to dubious moral or non educative RP such as thievery, performing crimes of sort? (Explain with more than a Yes / No answer.)
-- Fine by me, as long as they are willing to accept the consequences when caught.
Does it bother you the roleplaying concept of a Lord who sleeps with the women among the ranks? (Explain with more than a Yes / No answer.)
-- Nope, let him shag for all he cares, as long as its kept away from public, no one wants to see shonn boning someone on a table in the middle of stormwind.
The brutality of war can envision ominous deeds, razing villages, plundering and ransacking; a greedy soldier can pillage the deads from a battlefield, and so forth. Can you as player digest that smoothly? --
And the difference between killing and looting mobs for their quest items is what? But in all honesty, its fine by me.
Be aware that you will be asked, for discretion through whispers, if any of these situations are to be Faded to Black - for example you could end up prisoner of the enemy, but you would not like to undergo the emoted process of how pain is inflicted to extort informations from your character.
-- Yes, I accept this risk and accept all physical and mental scars my character could suffer from being captured and tortured.
Is there anything else not here mentioned, that you are sensitive to and you desire for us to know about?
-- Nope.
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Player Situation Handling.
Situation nr.1: You receive a whisper that someone is attacking you in a ranged way, a snipe, a throw of dagger or else; in a public place. Eventually patrolled by NPCs too. How do you react?
-- I would probably try to play along with it, roleplay is a flowing things, more often then not its not pre-set and has guides, its immersive and sudden. I would only object to it if they are god-emoting and trying to kill me off without a chance to fight back, if possible, I would try to negotiate being hit with a lethal shot, but not a instant kill one, if such a agreement cannot be made, I would ask why, and if no reason was given, probably ignore it.
Situation nr.1.1: What do you think it would be the guild reaction if we were to play along? --
Hopefully immerse themselves into the RP, rather then shut themselves out of it, and be elitists.
Situation nr. 2: Another playing character attempts to mind control or affect the decisions of your character, pushing it to do things that would hurt the guild or compromise it.
-- I would try to force my will through to resist or change the outcome.
Situation nr.2.1: What do you think it would be the guild reaction if we were to play along?
-- I would hope that they would realize that my character is acting strange, is not him/herself and try to stop him before he hurts someone.
Situation nr. 3: You and another player OOC agreed beforehand that the other player would rob you of something extremely important, or maybe even abuse your toon in an alley, or cut a finger off your hand. But the other player then agreed that as your toon would seek revenge his character would lose a full hand, or a foot. But in the end after the RP plot started and your character suffered its part of the deal, the other player does not wish to maintain his side of the deal. How do you react?
-- If the person who did the thing suddenly changes his mind, I would inquire oocly what happened, and why he changed his mind, and if no reason or explanation is give, depending on the severity of the roleplay, example a chopped off hand or foot, I would probably ignore it, but if its a lesser wound, such as a finger or a toe then by all means, more character development for me.
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You and the guild.
Would you attend an event that does not suit your tastes but it is a guild event? (Example: We have RP-PvP in full PvP terms, would you skip it if you do not like PvP. -- We have a recruitment drive envisioning that you stand still for the show for 1-2 hours, which in your mind is boring.) --
I would not mind a RP-PvP event, generally I accept all kinds of RP, and if its a recruitment event and we're too stand around looking posh and disciplined, I would perhaps keep low conversations in in character, or chat in guild chat or some ooc channel with the rest of the guild there, if all else fails, maybe watch something on youtube while keeping an eye on my character.
Which importance do you give to your personal plots, compared to the benefit of the guild through your presence and commitment sacrificing your own small scale, personal / private roleplay to an extent?
-- Guild development is the main drive of being in a guild, character development comes 2nd, and usually goes hand in hand with guild development.
Would you be able to forfeit your own RP and compromise to an extent with your char to be able to fit in the guild, and keep to be in the guild? Yes - this is a clear mixing of OOC and IC here for the sake to stay in the guild, assuming you like it, for how the IC would lead elsewhere.
-- Yes.
Will you fully and entirely accept to disregard or keep away from anyone who is in the guild official blacklist? (Yes we do have one; which also includes people which could desert and would logically be dead but for instance they refuse to die at OOC level, or other similar devoid of consequences RP sketches, or OOC pricks which we want to keep away from, etc.)
-- Of course, the Shonn and his officers probably have good reasons to have them blacklisted in the first place, be they traitors to the Retinue or simply unwanted individuals who have griefed the Bayerleyns before.
Are you fully aware that the guild will dictate how you do wear uniform, which weapons you use, and even could impose you to change your haircut if you look like a cartoon character?
-- Yes.
Can you cope well with getting told what to do, bossed around and commanded on your character - given in real life parents, teachers, your boss at work, etc do it already? Are you inclined to play a rebel?
-- Of course, what idea did you have in your mind if you join a militery guild only to ignore all orders given to you.
Be aware we do not expect you to join the guild and begin to argue on uniforms, or how we do things or handle situations.
-- Understandable.
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Of consequences.
Would you accept your character to face consequences over his/her actions that could even to lead to their death in some extreme situations - such a desertion, or a very poor decision in a DMed event?
-- Yes, I fully accept those consequences.
Which other consequences you would rather go through in terms of possible disciplinary punishments if your character would be due to them?
-- Prohibitions on alcohol consumption, perhaps cutting off his beard, (aka, shortening it) and shame him, ect, ect. Dwarf stuff.
Let us assume your character has done something wrong, and is set to dig latrines. Would you rather roleplay the situation or log off and pretend it is done?
-- I would try to roleplay it as much as possible, kneeling down, pretending to dig, getting up, walking over somewhere with a imaginary wheelbarrow, dumping it, going back to the dig spot, continue, and perhaps making small talk with nearby retinue members, or if its a specially dead night, sit down on my characters arse, watch something on youtube, while checking my character ever so often.
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Player Skills and Assets beyond the game.
Do you have any talents at avail? (Editing screenshots, or even drawing? Mounting up clips and movies or doing machinimas? Etc)
-- No sorry, been wanting to buy Photoshop, but I don't know jack about using it.
If you would settle in the guild would you perform work for the guild?
-- If I could, perhaps. Maybe in the future.
If you would work for the guild - like to help with graphics for the webpage - or for the guildies - like AA banners and images - would you like to make profit about it? Talking purely of ingame gold - how much would you expect in relation to what? (Example, AA banner = X gold, a drawing of a portrait Y gold.)
-- I would try to charge in ingame gold for my work, real money while useful, still feels like a lot more worth to people, unless its a specifically paid commission and I would have to invest more time then I could spare into it.
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Server & Custom Lore.
What's your perception on Custom Lore guilds?
-- Acceptable as long as they don't try to change the real lore.
Do you believe in Server Lore and its evolution? What do you define Server Lore and what would you accept as Server Lore?
-- Server lore is the Bones of the lore, it lays the foundation, but server lore is the flesh and organs, it grows in some places more then others, but it never interferes with the Bones of the lore, which are set in stone.
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Returning Members.
FILL THIS ONLY IF YOU ARE A FORMER MEMBER THAT IS APPLYING AGAIN.
Name of your Former Bayerleyn character:
Saemid "Devings" the Frost Death Knight
Reasons for which you have left / been removed: --
Saemid as a character did not feel that he belonged in the retinue after a while, even though he got paid and enjoyed the people around him, he did not feel himself growing stronger, feeling as if his full potential was being limited, mind you, Shonn did put a limiter on him, which he did agree on, such as not useing plagues, and only relying on sword fighting, occasionally letting him summon a ghoul, or a army of ghouls if they were out-numbered, but generally that's why he left, to further himself in power.
Reasons for which you wish to return in the Bayerleyn Retinue: --
While my time on Saemid was fun and all, it gets abit boring roleplaying a depressed DK, and while its their main strengths, this time I have a living breathing character with much more "character" to him, a scotish dwarf with a hilarious accent, and plenty of Omph to give to people who interact with him.
