Ajak-Tar: Carlarc's Yautja Hunter Application

[carlarc]

Byond ID: Carlarc

Marine Name (so we know who you are; if you play alien mostly, state that here):
Edwin 'Edwin' Thomas
Felicia 'Snowflake' Skylar

Name of the character you want whitelisted (The name your predator will use. This must match your in-game predator name): Ajak-Tar

Are you familiar with the Predator Code Of Honor ? Yes.

Character background (An ADEQUATE description and story of your predators background):

Ajak-tar entered the coordinates on his scout ship to an ooman colony-planet. Intercepted high-frequency data pulses from a softmeat warship had revealed its clan, called the "Falling Falcon", would be arriving there shortly, responding to a distress signal from the colony. Intrigued, he had successfully petitioned his clan elders for a hunt and recruited hunting partners.
Several days later, Ajak-Tar found himself inside a decrepit building, filled with ooman foilage-clearing equipment. It was covered both in normal and Serpent-birthed vegetation, as the planet had been overwhelmed by Serpents, who had covered the colony in sticky weeds and resin. This made movement difficult requiring something to easily cut the sticky weeds out.

While Yautja usually have gear to aid them in this, Ajak-Tar prefers to utilize tools and weapons from the environment, making this search twofold: Both to find a suitable weapon, and an ooman method of clearing weeds. While doing so, he discovered an unusual device; Some sort of bag-like container that absorbs fruit and vegetables, and expells seeds from a hole on the side. Curious on its inner workings, he laid it on a table and decided to carry it to the hunting lodge after this search, to examine more closely.

The war-oomans had arrived two days ago, but they were quickly forced to retreat to their colony-side base, as the Serpents had massacred an early patrol. During the night, he had noticed groups of blue-marked oomans sneaking out of the area at night. He learnt of their name, the "Del-Tah", during ritualistic victory chants. After Ajak-Tar observed them, he had been impressed by their combat capabilities, proving themselves superior in skill and tactics to other marked war-oomans. One of their members even wielded a massive boom-tube, possibly the deadliest tool the oomans had against the Yautja. In light of this, he decided to keep a close eye on them, as the reason they sneaked out was to hunt Serpents, but he suspected they would not differentiate between a Yautja and an R’ka.

As he reminisced on the events leading him to this position, he was ambushed by a pack of two deadly Hunter caste Serpents, forcing him to quickly grab a small axelike weapon from a nearby table, and inmediately parry a slash from a pouncing Serpent. Taking the opportunity, he drove the small-axe deep into its chest, heavily wounding the creature, yet melting off most of the weapon’s blade. As this prey retreated, he drew a long, unloaded ooman-gun from his back and assumed a firing stance against the other Hunter.

As the Hunter creature instinctively closed in on him, attempting to throw off his aim, he quickly wielded the weapon by the stock, and battered the Serpent in the head, taking the opportunity to finish it off.

Letting out a victorious roar, he examined his weapon. He had obtained it from a red-marked ooman during a patrol, and noticed it had been modified with a long stock and a sharp dagger attached to the tip. Curious on its combat effectiveness, he had decided to test its strength in combat. Looking at it now, it had performed admirably, but with some minor acid damage. Finished, he began preparing his tools for the butchering of the prey, but he heard rustling in the vegetation outside the building and quickly cloaked, sprinting away from the building.
Barely a few moments later, he heard a massive explosion, coming from the crumbling building. As he ponders what happened, he picks up ooman chatter from his vox caster and confirms his suspicions: The oomans had heard the roar, and attempted to utilize the boomtube to kill him!

He was enraged! The Del-Tahs had gone out of their way to ruin his hunt, and even destroyed the seed-bag he had taken interest in. He began formulating a plan...

Hours later, Ajak-Tar enters an ancient, abandoned temple, carrying a bag. he drops it on a makeshift table, the contents clinking together. he grabs a long metallic tube weapon from the bag, and opens a toolbox nearby. He thinks it will be very interesting to examine this object.

How do you intend to play your predator (as in, describe HOW you will act/play your predator)?

My intention is primarily, to play as a hoarder. Ajak-Tar is deeply interested in human technology, so my planned routine is to build a lodge, and then search for things that look interesting for him. (Including the frontlines, to grab non-essential marine equipment)
This isn’t the only thing that he’ll do, however, as that would probably quickly grow stale. Instead, I also plan on looking for human weapons, and then seeking good prey to test them on. (As long as it’s not ridiculous. I’m not going to use a hatchet against a Ravager.)
After the round has calmed down planetside (For example the marines evacuating, or a very long round) I plan on roleplaying that I’m examining the items that I grabbed, perhaps test-firing pulse rifles, or working out what a stick of C4 is in character.

Why should we whitelist you?

While I may not be known for having the best RP this side of the Almayer, I always do try to make the round fun for everyone if possible. I remember an event where a company called “Coo-Chairs” had bought out the Almayer’s chairs, and demanded the Delta chairs in briefing be given to them. I was an MT, and decided to pretty much strip bare the Delta section, while ‘replacing’ the missing chairs from the other squads (Giving charlie colored chairs, bravo beds, and alpha stools.)
Even as a xenomorph, I used to never slash the SD APC, which led to Chaznoodles later making his way there and managing to hold the SD alone with only a katana and a pistol, making deadchat go nuclear when he succeeded. I also recall, in a different round, devouring the CO (Pierce Jackson) and regurgitating them in front of an UPP ERT, which led to some RP that I sadly wasn’t able to actually hear. Simply enough, I want to be a Yautja, I want to make rounds more interesting for both me and any marines/xenos I come across and have (Hopefully) put in the effort I need to get accepted.

Have you been banned from CM in the last month for any reason (we will check, and lies may result in immediate denial)? No.

Are you currently banned from any other servers and if so, why? I am not banned from any other servers.

Do you understand that any player - donor or otherwise - can have their whitelist status revoked should they break our rules or disobey the Predator Code of Honor? Yes.

[Karmac]

I'm sticking with what I told Spartanbobby about this application;

As unique as this concept might appear, I'm genuinely against it due to how easy it would be to imbalance the round through the theft of objects, weaponry and supplies you may find 'interesting'. This alongside the fact that your predators entire gimmick is 'they steal things' makes me very unwilling to allow this type of predator into the community, it just doesn't fit the theme of predators right in my honest opinion.

For now it's a -1.

[ThesoldierLLJK]

You have too much of a terrible note history and got 4 notes in november so far. You may be known and your application may be good, but you also need to be trust worthy
You cannot be trusted with such a role at this moment

-1

[Ghostdex]

To put it bluntly you've been warned for doing dumb shit in the past few days and that makes me not trust you, I'll also echo what Karmac said about your gimmick as well. -1 from me.

[spartanbobby]

I still can't wrap my head around Karmacs issue and I can't really look at your notes so. I liked the story and the playstyle was fine, I trust you not to do anything "Round ruining" with it and you're active both in-game & in Discord.

So until I somehow manage to see your notes +1

[carlarc]

I'm sticking with what I told Spartanbobby about this application;

As unique as this concept might appear, I'm genuinely against it due to how easy it would be to imbalance the round through the theft of objects, weaponry and supplies you may find 'interesting'. This alongside the fact that your predators entire gimmick is 'they steal things' makes me very unwilling to allow this type of predator into the community, it just doesn't fit the theme of predators right in my honest opinion.

For now it's a -1.

To put it bluntly you've been warned for doing dumb shit in the past few days and that makes me not trust you, I'll also echo what Karmac said about your gimmick as well. -1 from me.

You have too much of a terrible note history and got 4 notes in november so far. You may be known and your application may be good, but you also need to be trust worthy
You cannot be trusted with such a role at this moment

-1

These are all valid concerns. I admit, my note history is awful, I haven't been doing a good job of trying to stop it from worsening, and I should have taken this into consideration. There isn't much I can do about it at the moment, however I hope that if I succeed in not gaining any notes and improving my behaviour during the following weeks/months I change your mind.

On the gimmick itself, I don't believe that if done badly it would be any more damaging than say, a predator seeking out a RPG Specialist to hunt, or ruthlessly killing xenomorphs. If I went overboard with it, I would be dewhitelisted, same as a predator doing what I said. I believe that any issues that arise from the gimmick could simply be stomped out in time, as simply "I steal interesting stuff" doesn't mean "I steal specialist guns, revivable corpses, and plasteel stacks".

[Mvp777]

Getting 4 notes within a single month isn't exactly a shining star of excellency when it comes to getting a whitelist, on the flip side the gimmick seems both interesting and extremely abuseable.

The story is acceptable, but Karmac makes a good point. I'm sticking with neutral for this. If this is denied, best bet is to just keep a clean record for a few months and try again.

[Imperator_Titan]

Good application however, an unacceptable note streak for one that is applying for a whitelisted role.

-1

[Symbiosis]

I really like the app. I can’t read notes and am completely uninvolved in that side of things. I always thought you were hilarious, especially with the labeler hah.

That being said, you’ve got a lot of potential to muck things up with this role. If Ed and Ghost are both concerned about your note history there’s a good reason. Applications can be up for a while, so how about you go a good four weeks without any notes, get your note history produced.... and I’ll give you a +1. That’ll put you back in contention, eh?

[NescauComToddy]

Different from what others might say, the way you would play would not affect the round as long as you used common sense about the objects you were collecting.

Your story was fine, but no Yautja would be interested in human technology. In case you wanted to play as a collector, I would have no problem with that as long as it were for the right reasons. Decent application, but due to what was said about your note history, it is not possible to trust this whitelisted role to you yet.

Follow the rules, don't get more notes applied to your account and finally, I advise that you practice more RP if this app is denied. Still, I wish you good luck.

-1

[Survivor]

I'm gonna go with a +1. I can see the notes being a problem, but I'm willing to give you a shot because you don't seem to be that bad of a player.

As with Karmacs issue, I don't really see it being much of a problem as long as you are taking things non essential like a single pulse rifle. Just don't take things like M56Ds or Sentries and you'll be good.



edit: I also forgot to mention I was directly mentioned in the application, so there is that

[Sleepy Retard]

not a female so you almost got my plus one

so ima keep it blunt wit u

what makes u think people should trust u to be a good pred when all u do is start shit as a marine, go weaponized autist all the time, and contribute nothing but grief to the round

[Bancrose]

Its funny I should even say this, But your constant roundstart autism doesn't really show me you can roleplay. I actually have no memorable roleplay experiences with you at all. I can't remember a single one off the top of my head.

The playstyle is unique but you're suppose to roleplay as an honorable pred. Not some Sly Cooper Wannabe chief.

The story was not bad so you got that going for you.

I'm going to have to go with a -1.

[Jakkkk]

You've always been good to Mortimer whenever I've had any experiences with you, not a lot of bullshit. I personally can't comment on your note history or fucking around at roundstart.

+1.

[carlarc]

not a female so you almost got my plus one

so ima keep it blunt wit u

what makes u think people should trust u to be a good pred when all u do is start shit as a marine, go weaponized autist all the time, and contribute nothing but grief to the round

I think that's a bit unfair. My hijinks in the round are always intended to both entretain me and whoever I'm "pranking". As a marine, I never try to intentionally lower the quality of someone else's round (Except for like, adminhelping griefers). While I do get a lot of notes (Which I'm trying to cut back on!), barely any of them are related towards being hostile towards someone else.

[Sleepy Retard]

I think that's a bit unfair. My hijinks in the round are always intended to both entretain me and whoever I'm "pranking". As a marine, I never try to intentionally lower the quality of someone else's round (Except for like, adminhelping griefers). While I do get a lot of notes (Which I'm trying to cut back on!), barely any of them are related towards being hostile towards someone else.

Like the time you kept throwing glass in front of people with no shoes on, and gave the mod manager internal bleeding after throwing glass into them?

I mean, I can point out what you've done, but I don't see how you can say you don't lower the quality. Stealing people's boots incessantly, or at least trying to...It's definitely not unfair, because if you ask anyone, they'll call you a 'shitter' etc etc, you don't have a good reputation for a reason - you're always up to something, and I can't say anything I've had interaction wise with you was positive.

Like earlier on Whisky Outpost, when I was playing a synthetic, you kept trying to steal things off me, when I was doing important things (repairing breaches) - was this a funny prank? No, you were wasting my time, and you weren't making anything entertaining.

[Kineem]

story's not badly written. i'll give you that. the setting fits well and the predator's personality and thoughts are conveyed pretty decently, and you don't have it drag out for too long.

the gimmick itself is bad for multiple reasons: it isn't fun or entertaining for the marines who experience it and would be rather frustrating as their decked out rifle gets looted by some jokester alien, it doesn't actually fit thematically with predators (they're high tech creatures, they should know what the items marines have can do- additionally they aren't the sort of creatures to just dick around with marines like that), and it has serious potential to grief the marine force as you take away a rather important item from them.

a predator should be trusted not to fuck too heavily with the round. a good player would know what is and isn't fair game and so this gimmick would be a little better for them to have, but you're not one of these good players. echoing the concerns of a few people, you don't do anything but run around shitposting the living hell out of anything and everything. you disarm people at random in prep and on the way to req line, you steal boots, you run to req line completely naked and hungry yelling "barrel charger" and have even assaulted CTs for it; not only is the pred gimmick a bad one, but given your history as a marine you're also not somebody who should be trusted to do it either.

Your story quite literally has you looting a fucking spec weapon, and not just a spec weapon, but arguably the most useful spec weapon that the marines have. What in the goddamn.

you're also just not predator material in my eyes. i don't think you'd run around plasma casting marines and fucking them up because you can, but you don't do any RP at all as a marine. you run around doing wacky shit because you find it funny, but a predator isn't a joker pulling pranks on people because he can, a predator is a 7 foot tall bloodthirsty creature that wants to hunt honorably and best worthy prey in mortal combat to improve his reputation within yautja society. you've literally gave yourself the nickname "Retard". i seriously doubt you'd meet the RP expectations of a predator.

the section you have regarding why you should be whitelisted doesn't assuage these concerns, either. everything you listed has nothing to do with RP. not slashing the SD that made a cool last stand happen isn't HRP, you replacing the chairs in briefing with wacky furniture isn't HRP, and you regurgitating a marine in front of the UPP because the minute timer ran out isn't HRP.

to conclude: the gimmick is bad, your note history is not good if i take the word of the moderators in this thread, you wouldn't roleplay well as a yautja since you don't even roleplay as a marine, you're known for being a colossal shithead, and you fail to properly convince me that you wouldn't continue being a shithead as a predator as all of your reasons fall flat in the face of scrutiny.

big -1. i recommend closing the app and shaping up, man.

[carlarc]

story's not badly written. i'll give you that. the setting fits well and the predator's personality and thoughts are conveyed pretty decently, and you don't have it drag out for too long.

the gimmick itself is bad for multiple reasons: it isn't fun or entertaining for the marines who experience it and would be rather frustrating as their decked out rifle gets looted by some jokester alien, it doesn't actually fit thematically with predators (they're high tech creatures, they should know what the items marines have can do- additionally they aren't the sort of creatures to just dick around with marines like that), and it has serious potential to grief the marine force as you take away a rather important item from them.

a predator should be trusted not to fuck too heavily with the round. a good player would know what is and isn't fair game and so this gimmick would be a little better for them to have, but you're not one of these good players. echoing the concerns of a few people, you don't do anything but run around shitposting the living hell out of anything and everything. you disarm people at random in prep and on the way to req line, you steal boots, you run to req line completely naked and hungry yelling "barrel charger" and have even assaulted CTs for it; not only is the pred gimmick a bad one, but given your history as a marine you're also not somebody who should be trusted to do it either.

Your story quite literally has you looting a fucking spec weapon, and not just a spec weapon, but arguably the most useful spec weapon that the marines have. What in the goddamn.

you're also just not predator material in my eyes. i don't think you'd run around plasma casting marines and fucking them up because you can, but you don't do any RP at all as a marine. you run around doing wacky shit because you find it funny, but a predator isn't a joker pulling pranks on people because he can, a predator is a 7 foot tall bloodthirsty creature that wants to hunt honorably and best worthy prey in mortal combat to improve his reputation within yautja society. you've literally gave yourself the nickname "Retard". i seriously doubt you'd meet the RP expectations of a predator.

the section you have regarding why you should be whitelisted doesn't assuage these concerns, either. everything you listed has nothing to do with RP. not slashing the SD that made a cool last stand happen isn't HRP, you replacing the chairs in briefing with wacky furniture isn't HRP, and you regurgitating a marine in front of the UPP because the minute timer ran out isn't HRP.

to conclude: the gimmick is bad, your note history is not good if i take the word of the moderators in this thread, you wouldn't roleplay well as a yautja since you don't even roleplay as a marine, you're known for being a colossal shithead, and you fail to properly convince me that you wouldn't continue being a shithead as a predator as all of your reasons fall flat in the face of scrutiny.

big -1. i recommend closing the app and shaping up, man.

Yeah... that's pretty much not wrong. Your criticisms are completely valid and I'll definitely take them into account so my next pred app goes better, since you and Sleepy have convinced me to withdraw this application and try again at a later date, after proving I'm not a complete shitposter. On the RPG thing though, I feel that i'd be within my rights to hunt a specialist that's trying to kill me, RPG or not. After all, if the specialist dies nobody can use it, so why not take it myself?

Thanks for the feedback, guys. I'll try to be better as I'm convinced this won't cut it.

[Emeraldblood]

Resolved - Withdrawn