Break the Mold Mod

Application

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:06:44 GMT

To apply for the game, please make sure you have -

+ read the plot
+ read the format
+ read the rules
+ made sure your character/pb isn't taken

Now, the application is as follows -

Real Name:
Code Name:
Age:
Grade:
Alliance:
Powers:
Pb:

Your Email:
Any Instant Messengers?

Perhaps you should make a journal before you apply - makes sense, heh. Anyway, comment here with the above and you should receive a response within twenty four hours. If you are not accepted, you will receive a reply stating that and your comment will be deleted.

OH, and if you played here pre-purge, just reply with that journal and you will be added again.

All comments are screened.

Taken Characters

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:58:51 GMT

(name - code name - journal - AIM screen name - YIM screen name is the format here)</font>

Un-allied Mutants
Worthington, Warren Kenneth - ~~Avenging Angel~~ N/A - thirdoftheline - n/a - adr_rine

Xavier Institute Staff
Grey, Jean - Marvel Girl - jeanniegrey - Bookluvah - kinselaj
Le Beau, Remy - Gambit - kingohearts - n/a -
Summers, Scott - Cyclops - cyke31 - n/a - gills_c

Xavier Institute Students
D'Ancanto, Anna Marie - Rogue - untouchable_gal - untouched belle - untouchablebelle
Espinosa, Angelo - Skin - guapisimo - Bookluvah - kinselaj
Guthrie, Paige - Husk - kentuckyhayseed - Bookluvah - kinselaj
Pryde, Katherine - Shadowcat - shadocat_ - n/a -
Rock, Chelsea - Boom Boom - chelsea_rock - blame bear -
Yoshida, Shiro - Sunfire - sunnyfire - Subh Milis - ferusfaxfacis

Brotherhood Of Mutants
Allerdyce, St. John - Pyro - _pyromaniac - Subh Milis - ferusfaxfacis
Lensherr, Erik - Magneto - magnetmaster - n/a -
Maximoff, Pietro - Quicksilver - pietro_max - n/a - gills_c
Maximoff, Wanda - Scarlet Witch - wanda_max - n/a - gills_c

Male (8)
Aaron Stanford - Pyro
Colin Farrell - Gambit
Diego Luna - Skin
Heath Ledger - ~~Avenging Angel~~ N/A
Ian Mc Kellen - Magneto
James Marsden - Cyclops
Miyavi - Sunfire
Tom Felton - Quicksilver

Female (5)
Alicia Silverstone - Husk
Anna Paquin - Rogue
Famake Janssen - Jean Grey
Fiona Apple - Scarlet Witch
Shiri Appleby - Shadowcat

Only reply to this post if we left out your pb or character or if you want to hold a character/pb. All holds will be kept for twenty four hours unless you request otherwise.

Rules

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:50:25 GMT

One. This game has no rating, which means that I dont mind foul language, gore, or violence at all. But it also means there may be younger kids here, so keep that in mind when posting!

Two. The odd mistake with grammar is alright, but tAlK lYk DiS n We KiCk u OuT.

Three. Dont kill another character. Period. Or I'll be forced to kill yours.

Four. Following that trend, dont play a character who is not yours.

Five. Stay cannon. This means, you dont go making Sabretooth and Wolverine best friends. This actually was true once upon a time in the wonderful land made entirely of comics, but its no longer the case (not even in comic-land) so dont do it. Stay true to whomever you are playing.

Six. AIM is everyones friend. It'd be nice if you used it. If its impossible, don't worry. We can work around it.

Seven. If you are playing with someone who hasnt responded for two weeks and hasn't given an excuse for leaving your character dangling, feel free to drop that particular part without an explanation or post saying where your character is going.

Eight. AIM might be an acquaintance, but Livejournal is your best buddy. It isnt required that you have AIM, but come on now! You certainly need livejournal. Update at least once a fortnight, please. We run on a three strike system - fail to update once, you get a warning. Miss another fortnight, and you can be replaced. Miss a third fortnight and you're out. Logs, threads, and anything else are not counted for the simple reason that only the character journals are checked.

Nine. A PB (play-by) is a must. No, not a playboy! A playby. It is a celebrity that the player uses for any pictures needed of the character. It is excellent if you can use one already seen in the movies, but not required. And by no means may you use cartoons of your character.

Ten. Keep OOC and IC drama separate, por favor ^__^ which also brings me to ask you not to join under false pretenses. Do not join to gather players for another game (has happened before in another game I was in - it was not pretty -_-) and please dont join as a character you dont wish to play as just so you can ask someone to give up their character (actually, this has happened in this community before. It wont happen again)

Eleven. If you show signs of having not read the rules/skimmed over them, you'll be told to read them. If you still haven't, you'll be removed and asked not to re apply.

Twelve. HAVE FUN!

Format

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:45:44 GMT

The concept of journals in the institute
One day, for no apparent reason, Xavier was struck by inspiration. He wanted the students to be united, but how so? He thought about it for awhile, finally resorting to the internet as a means to find how. There he found a large online community of journals, which could be commented on and were highly customizable, and, as much as he hated to use the word, they were 'cool'. He gave each of the students a laptop, a journal name and password and told them to be civil. He then asked them to atleast update once a fortnight, and there would be punishments unless there was a good enough reason why it wasnt done.

There are a number of different types of posts in this community.

Are just that - entries. In first person perspective, and in character.

Now, in respect of entries, Xavier did realize it was a bit too...well...public that everyone could read everything everyone posted in their journals. So, he decided to make a system so that parts of the entry could be visible to only a certain person/certain people or just invisible from everyone or, again, certain people or a certain person. This can be done in the following format-

[Private to ___]

Whatever is private

[/Private]

Indeed, things can be private for your character. Just write

[Private]

Whatever is private

[/Private]

When characters are thinking to themselves, whatever is thought aloud should be striked out if it is unsuitable/purposely by accident put there. (ie. Logan might say something like this "So I caught a student drinking beer in the kitchen late last night. I told him ~~to hurry up and finish it before he was caught~~ that I'd shove it where the sun didnt shine if he didnt hand it over.") ofcourse, anything we can read, the characters can, too.

All of the above apply to comments, aswell.

Emails can be sent via the breakthe_mail board. They are in the following format -

To: (insert name of the character/s this is to)
From: (insert name of the character/s this is from)
Subject: (insert subject, obviously)

(the body of the email.)

Obviously, the body can be placed under a cut, but that's the general gist of it.

The principal format seems to be story book, third person and past, though any format is acceptable, so long as the grammar isn't too bad. It is done in the breakthe_mold community.

Anything played over AIM should be posted in the breakthe_mold, marked as such and under a cut. Obviously, you should place the following above the cut.

Who: (who was involved)
Where: (where it took place)
When: (when it took place)
Rating: (this is a MUST)

And the rest should be under a cut. If you don't know how to make one, please ask somebody.

It has also become apparent that there is some confusion regarding the Brotherhood when it comes to these journals. Yes, Magneto did hook the journals of his own students up with the ones of Xaviers..

Plot

Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:30:09 GMT

This is a movie based X-Men Role Playing game. The game takes place in the school. A couple of tiny details have changed, but yes, it is still the school. Yes, it takes place after the second movie. Yes, Jean Grey did die and yes, she is back.

The X-Men have rapidly been growing in number, as the mutant population is increasing at an unnatural speed. This caused the school to open its doors as a public school, but Charles Xavier quickly realized that he couldn't manage as a headmaster alone with such a large school, not to mention the funds he had were not enough, so the school went back to being a private one. However, extensive building work means that the school is now almost twice its original size, certainly housing more than twice its original students and capable of holding many more. Standard classes are now held, and the school has quite an excellent reputation.

However, this new found glory has led to even bigger problems, causing the problems between Mutants and Homo Sapiens to escalate even more. The problem is that regular people wish to send their powerless children to the school, unable to see the problems and fights which would so obviously result in school because of this. After turning down so many students, Charles Xavier is now known world wide as a racist.

Magneto seems to have disappeared into oblivion, though the X-Men know only too well not to count on this, for it seems too peaceful, like the calm before a storm.

Everyone is aware of the problems faced outside the mansion, but for now, most are happy to be so unique. There is one think lacking, however, one thing that could really be used...someone with the power to tell the future, for it is too murky now for anyone to feel too safe.