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applications: open

Applications will be open from 10:00 PM EST on the 1st of every month until 10:00 PM on the 7th of every month. They will be processed as quickly as possible after they are submitted; if you have not received a response by the 10th of the month, feel free to contact the mod.

Applications will be open from October 1st until December 7th, and will be processed on a first-come first-served basis.

● Please post the entirety of your application in a comment to this entry.

Applications may receive a verdict of Approved, Declined, or Revisions.

● Declined applications can be reworked and resubmitted during the next application cycle. If an application is declined 3 times, it cannot be resubmitted.
● Revisions must be submitted within 48 hours of the revision request being sent out. If this is impossible due to extenuating circumstances, please contact the mod.

● There are currently 58 Character Slots still available in the game.

● While the game is close to character cap, reserved applications will be processed before unreserved applications, with unreserved applications being processed at the end of the cycle until cap is reached.

● Application Queue: All applications that would put the game over character cap will be placed in the queue below and processed on a first-come-first-serve basis. Applications in queue will be processed as drops happen, regardless of whether the application cycle is complete.

● Casts at or close to Cast Cap: Marvel Cinematic Universe: 15/15; Marvel Comics: 12/15

application guide

● Accepted character types: fandom, original, canon AU
● Non-accepted character types: fandom OC, AU
● The character limit is 2, with 2 apps allowed per month; players can buy up to a maximum of 4 character slots with AC bonus points. There is a cast cap of 15 characters per cast at this time.
● Linked samples should be no older than 1 year.
● Application challenges are not allowed at this time, but if you would like to apply for a character that is on reserve, please submit the application with "not reserved" noted in the subject line, and your application will be considered if the reserved application is declined or not turned in.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 04/02/2017: Applications must fit in ONE COMMENT on the application page. In special situations such as original characters or canon characters without an information link, please try to keep the summary concise and stick to major turning points. If you have been as concise as possible and it absolutely will not fit in one comment, please store the background section in an entry on your journal/musebox/website and link it to keep the application within one comment.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 02/03/2018: The Strengths and Weaknesses sections are a stand-in for the usual personality section and should relate to the character's personality strengths and weaknesses. These sections should not include anything related to abilities and the weaknesses should not be 'positives in disguise' (for example, stating that a character has a weakness to iron because they are a fairy would not be an acceptable response to the weaknesses section, nor would stating that a character is too generous). Every character has good and bad personality traits, please include both.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 03/10/2018: Linked samples must be from a publicly available source. Friends-locked samples are not acceptable for use (via screencaps or other methods), unless they have been unlocked and made public.

● A mod-created sample application can be found here. This is an example of a canon application. The strengths section has been filled out in bullet point form, and the weaknesses have been filled out in paragraph form - both options or a combination thereof are acceptable.

● Sample Applications: Ronan Lynch (Canon Character; Written Background), Yuuri Katsuki (Canon Character; CRAU), Derek Hale (Canon Character; CRAU), Tolemi Pagoda (Original Character), Benjamin Holt (Original Character)

player information
● name: your name or alias
● age: your age (generalizations are fine)
● contact: any way to contact you (PM, plurk, etc.)
● other characters: any other characters you play in Riverview

character information
● name: your character's full name, in Western order
● canon: your character's canon, please specify which if there are multiple versions
● canon point: please state as specifically as possible, with chapter/episode reference, if possible
● age: please clarify if your character is not mentally, physically, and chronologically the same age

● (canon) background: this is for canon characters only; link to a resource or give a quick run-down of your character's involvement in canon
● (original) world: this is for OCs only; please give a succinct rundown of your character's world and your character's place in that world, as well as a brief explanation of their history

● abilities: list your character's abilities including any specialist non-superhuman skills they might have; feel free to link to a wiki or other information source that clearly states them; clearly state if any abilities need to be nerfed

● strengths: list at least 3 personality strengths your character has and elaborate on them; this section should not be more than 300 words
● weaknesses: list at least 3 personality weaknesses your character has and elaborate on them; this section should not be more than 300 words

● job skills (optional): if you would like your character to be placed in a job to start out, list three work-related skills so they can be assigned something suitable; this is different than the abilities section, and should only be three words or very short phrases - the character will not be placed in a job if there are no traits listed here; This is something that is asked in orientation, and would be volunteered by your character. But please feel free to specify if they have a skill they might not mention but that you would like considered in their job placement and I'll take it into consideration as a "funny coincidence."
● housing (optional): tell the mod if you have any preference for where your character is placed in community housing

● network username: provide the username that your character will use when accessing the network; the default is in the form of first initial, last name (j.doe) but your character can pick anything else they like; usernames should have no spaces, but periods are fine

● network sample: write out or link to an example of how your character would communicate over the network; this sample does not have to be long, but it must clearly show your character's personality and a good understanding of their voice; links can be from the test drive meme, other games, PSLs (as long as they are not AU), or memes - but should not break the fourth wall (Dear Player etc.)

● prose/action sample: write out or link to an example of how you write your character in interactions; this sample should be a bit longer and can be done in prose or action bracket style and can be set in the game or your character's canon, though please avoid over-use of NPCing other characters - this is about your character; links can be from the test drive meme, other games, PSLs (as long as they are not AU), or memes - but should not break the fourth wall (Dear Player etc.)

submit an application

Please fill out the information in the form below and submit it in its entirety in one comment to this entry. If your application doesn't fit in one comment, it needs to be trimmed - application standards are weighted to quality rather than quantity.

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player information
● name: randy ♥
● age: 20s gosh
● contact:

chiefbeef
● other characters: n/a for now!

character information
● name: jesse mccree
● canon: overwatch
● canon point: post-train hopper
● age: 37

● (canon) background:
overwatch timeline & synopsis
wiki link for mccree

● abilities:

gunslinger - if it shoots bullets and uses a trigger, jesse can probably use it to mess up somebody's day! he's one of the finest sharpshooters in the gun-happy world of overwatch, and he knows it.

black ops skillset - jesse spent a large part of his youth as part of the united nations' covert operations unit, blackwatch. as a result he has a pretty broad range of skills related to such shady business--breaking and entering, larceny, assassinations, infiltrations, proficiency in hand-to-hand combat, coercion, and so on and so forth. he's a highly competent field tactician and a halfway decent spy.

physical fitness - while he's probably gotten a lil squeezy around the middle in recent years, jesse still enjoys substantial physical strength and speed as well as reflexes good enough to tussle with damn near anyone. well--anyone human, anyway, and a couple of robots too, for good measure. his robotic left arm helps, as it harbors much more physical strength than a normal human's.

● strengths:

chill - jesse is highly adaptable to all circumstances and reacts calmly to adversity. he's used to things not going his way, but in spite of that he makes the best out of any given situation. when you have a sixty million dollar bounty on your head that keeps you on the move, you kind of have to learn to go with the flow. as a result he's shown to train hop in order to avoid scrutiny, and remains good-humored even as his circumstances keep him on the move.

sense of justice - part of the reason his bounty is so high is because he's willing to get into trouble to enact vigilante justice. while his sense of what constitutes right and wrong is necessarily flexible under certain circumstances, he still tries to do the most amount of good for the most amount of people whenever he runs into trouble. jesse has his own moral and ethical code and does his best to protect civilians wherever he goes.

compassion - finally, jesse is simply kind. he's quick to empathize with others and ready to lend a hand when he thinks someone could use his help. he's sweet and a gentleman, especially to women, and he doesn't like to see people hurt or uncomfortable.

● weaknesses:

nihilism - deep down jesse is extremely nihilistic. in his youth jesse was part of an age of heroes, during which he convinced himself that his covert operations work was both redemptive and for a greater good; however, the organization for which he worked succumbed to infighting, during which the public learned about and swiftly condemned the blackwatch playbook that jesse had learned inside and out.

he was a cynical teenager in the landscape of american gangland before blackwatch. in the aftermath, now an adult, he remains a good-hearted vigilante; however, his cynical streak only seems to have widened and deepened, and while he still fights for his redemption it's clear he doesn't know if it's actually attainable.

resentment - jesse doesn't act like the type, and probably won't own up to the fact immediately, but he knows how to hold a grudge. when things go to shit jesse isn't above assigning credit where he thinks it's due, and when he thinks someone's done wrong he's unlikely to ever forget it.

self-loathing - his constant search for redemption doesn't seem to be going that well. he wants to atone for the sins he committed as a kid in the notorious deadlock gang, and the possibly even darker ones he committed as a member of blackwatch, but his in-game lines seem to imply that his guilt and malcontent just might be winning the day for him, at least internally. for all that he's making his own destiny now more than ever, jesse struggles with purposelessness and a sense of being out of touch with the changing world, and not just because he worships at the altar of old westerns.

● skills (optional): sharpshooting, strategy and tactics, general peacekeeping and vigilante justice, possibly writing hilarious op-eds anonymously???
● housing (optional): he'd love to live with his friend genji shimada and genji's brother, hanzo! and by "he'd love it" i mean "i'd love it, for sitcom reasons"

● network username: mccree

● network sample: can't bullshit a bullshitter ★ your eyes ain't playin tricks

● prose/action sample: if i could start again, a million miles away

accepted

Thank you for your application and welcome to Riverview! Please see the arrival page for an explanation of what will happen to your character on arrival.

● Jesse will be housed in Communal Housing; Floor 8, Bed 7, right between Genji and Hanzo.
● Jesse would be an excellent fit for the Perimeter Guard, as a regular member, Search and Rescue, or Surveyor. If you would like to place him on the Perimeter Guard, fill out the information on the Perimeter Guard Page. If you are not interested in the Perimeter Guard, just let me know and I can brainstorm another position. Additionally, he is welcome to anonymously submit op-eds to the Riverview Review whenever he would like.
● Threads for Activity Bonus Points can be submitted here.

● Please respond to this comment with your character's journal.
● Join the communities riverview, riverviewlogs, and riverviewooc.
● Make sure to set up an ic inbox, permissions or info link, and hmd on your journal.
● Optionally, you may also set up a Friendr entry (code on the arrival page).
● Add your character to the Taken Characters list.
● (Optional) Introduce yourself on the OOC community.
● Post an entry or tag in to the current intro/event log.

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jesse mccree ★ overwatch ★ reserved

ACCEPTED

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