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Application

Want to apply? To do so, you must fill out the form below and email it to the mods at itsjustthemods@gmail.com, with the subject heading [APPLICATION - CHARACTER NAME]. Please email your apps only...we will not accept apps in the comments of this or any other post. Paste your response in the body of your email, not as an attachment.

You must read the FAQ and Rules completely before applying. To ensure you do this, there is a secret message at the end of the app that you must include. If you have read the FAQ and Rules completely, you will know what to do.

It can take up to a week to process apps, so if you do not hear back right away, please be patient. We will get to apps as quickly as possible, and we always process them in the order we receive them.

The total number of characters you can play at the game is currently four. That number may go up in the future, but for now, it is four.

One extra note: we will periodically change the example given for you to riff off of in the riff sample. This is so that you have some variety when apping multiple characters.

[OOC Information]
Name:
Age:
AIM and/or Plurk / E-mail / Dreamwidth journal:
What characters do you play here already, if any?
Where did you hear about Just A Game?
Have you seen MST3K before?

[IC Information]
Character Name:
Series:
Gender:
Age:

Species: (Is your character human, demon, animal, robot or inanimate object? If they are oversized, how will you size them down?)

Appearance: (Assume we know nothing about your character and tell us what he or she looks like. Does he/she have any discerning marks (scars, tattoos, etc)? What kind of clothes does he or she wear? Tell us. Please do not link a picture of your character.)

Personality: (What makes your character tick? What is his or her general outlook on life, his/her quirks? How does he or she act most of the time? What are their mental and emotional strengths, their nervous habits, their psychoses? What are their mental/emotional/spiritual weaknesses? What are their personality flaws? What are their fears? We are looking for a detailed look into the head of your character. Provide at least 150 words in this section; we would encourage more.)

History: (There is no formal length requirement for this section, but we recommend at least a long paragraph. This should be your character's history, not an entire canon history. Cover their background and recent events, including what point in canon you're taking them from. If your character doesn't have a very detailed history, be sure to note that.)

Extra notes: (This section is completely optional. If there’s any other important things you think we need to know about your character that don’t fit into any of the other sections, just mention them here.)

Cambot post sample: (An example of a network post from your character as if they were talking to Cambot. You can have them use dialogue only, or also insert actions and expressions, whichever you prefer.)

Third-person log sample: (What you would write for your character in a log or a narrative. It can be any situation you want; just show us your style of roleplaying. We are looking for your ability to convey your character's personality through your writing--actions, thoughts, dialogue, etc are all good tools with which to do this.)

Riff sample: (Below is a sample passage from bad fiction. Insert your character's comments into this passage as if they were viewing it in the theater and giving humorous commentary throughout. We would recommend at least four jokes. If your character cannot speak and therefore cannot riff, please be sure to note this on your app.)

“The probe and the pictures were on a metal that was rare everywhere and worth a clanking fortune. And Intergalactic paid the Psychlo governors sixty trillion Galactic credits for the directions and the concession. One gas barrage and we were in business.”

“Fairy tales, fairy tales,” said Char. “Every planet I ever helped gut has some butt and crap story like that. Every one.” He yawned his face into a huge cavern. “All that was hundreds, maybe thousands of years ago. You ever notice that the public relations department always puts their fairy tales so far back nobody can ever check them?”

“I’m going to go out and catch one of those things,” said Terl.

“Not with any of my crews and equipment you ain’t,” said Char.

Terl heaved his mammoth bulk off the seat and crossed the creaking floor to the berthing hatch.

“You’re as crazy as a nebula of crap,” said Char.

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