Butter's Pred App - Mad Shadow

[Butterrobber202]

Byond ID: Butterrobber202

Marine Name: Johnny 'Snowball' Redem (I play Alien a lot)

Name of the character you want whitelisted: L'ulij-bpe Halkrath (Mad Shadow)

Are you familiar with the Predator Code Of Honor?: Yep.

Character background:
Halkrath was born in a small, remote hunting community, centered on a Xeno infested planet. The history of this community, 4 Yauja and 10 Xenos, one of them being a Queen, were left on different sides of a Jungle-biome-type planet, the 4 Yauja bred and hunted the local wildlife on the planet, as the Queen did her share a breeding, the two communities' clash growing ever closer.

Halkrath was born in a time when Yauja would have the rare sighting of a Xeno on the routine hunts. Only 2 had been Killed, a Drone and a Warrior. Each one sending a single message back their Queen seconds before they died... ' Prey '. When Halkrath was an adult, groups of Xenos were not an uncommon sight... and glory hunts for their heads was almost always the result.

Now that I have the setup in place.

Many of the other Yauja considered Halkrath... strange and distant. Every since he was a child, his father dying in a hunt and his mother died during his Birth, only just muttering 'Shadow' before her eyes glazed over, raised by an elder in the community. Once he was a child he became largely independent, hiding himself away and muttering. Always muttering. When he was old enough he was trained, cycled out between the Hunters, mostly because he was always muttering things they said, and always going that extra mile to put his prey in fear before killing them... which resulted in 'Mad' ( or L'ulij-bpe ) being added to his name.

Two Human weeks before he was a full adult, he was taken on a Hunt by his current teacher, on said hunt they went extremely deep into the Jungle, where Halkrath spotted a lone Xeno before his Teacher and lunged after it without warning. The Warrior class Xeno, now noticing that a lone prey was chasing him stopped in a clearing, where it awaited Halkrath. For a lethal ambush.

And... it found Halkrath. The Hunter had noticed the Alien Warrior had stopped in anticipation of his arrival, he'd circled around the clearing right behind the target. He'd lept'd from the high trees and dug his heel into the Warrior's head, using his own weight and gravity to crush it inwards, green blood spewing forth from the crater. Pushing off the Xeno, Halkrath hit the ground running, rushing the dazed Warrior and plunged his Yauja wristblades deep into its chest, killing it. His teacher appeared a few minutes afterwards, to find Halkrath sitting on a Xeno Warrior's corpse, systematically removing his trophy from it. Little did he know that The Mad shadow had stung up its bones outside the clearing.

How do you intend to play your predator (as in, describe HOW you will act/play your predator. This will weigh HEAVILY and frequently breaking from this MAY result in removal)?: Using Fear stuff to prolong the hunt and inspire some RP; Assuming fear RP is still a thing. And... well he /is/ Mad, I plan to be Anti-Social with other Preds and take the time to place bloody marine objects in key areas.

Why should we whitelist you: Because I kinda feel like I could make some fun RP with Marines, and as a rule, I attempt to put Roleplaying above 'Hueh Hueh, lets kill them but in a way we get max kills and don't get banned'

Have you been banned from CM in the last month for any reason: No

Are you currently banned from any other servers and if so, why?: Erm Aurora... I may have Tanked a bomb and stabbed a Tator in the chest with a spear.

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?: Yep

Notes: I don't play super often since school started, but now the 'Oh shit school' thing is dying down, I'll have more time to play. Most of the Oldies will know me, some of the new peeps will call me a fucknugget.

[Karmac]

The grammar is killing me.

[Butterrobber202]

The grammar is killing me.

Is it bad?

[Shyguychizzy]

I am not quite impressed with some of your answers, though I admire only one aspect, be more of a self driven pred, and hunt more sololy rather interacting with other predators. Though what troubles me is your answers for one; Why should we whitelist you part, not really taking that part serious as well as seems like a joke, its not very convincing in my opinion. Also, I have no idea who you are though you may be a xeno player I still have no clue who you are. I stand at -1 though may lead nuetral depending on your input. As part of the predator community, I am quite curious how you would interact in a hunt. I have a question for yah, if you were in a scenario in which there was a worthy marine or perhaps a worthy xeno after observing or stalking your prey, and still cloak, and you decide their your prey. What do you do or how would you begin hunting your prey?
Also, wouldn't your clan name be considered taken due to there already be a shadow clan unless you have gotten permission from it?

[LordeKilly]

The story was meh, you just recently returned as far as I'm aware. I expected more from you to be honest.

Not really up to par, -1.

[Feweh]

I like you butters and even you in-game.
Youve been around for awhile and never cause problems.

[Butterrobber202]

...As part of the predator community, I am quite curious how you would interact in a hunt. I have a question for yah, if you were in a scenario in which there was a worthy marine or perhaps a worthy xeno after observing or stalking your prey, and still cloak, and you decide their your prey. What do you do or how would you begin hunting your prey? Also, wouldn't your clan name be considered taken due to there already be a shadow clan unless you have gotten permission from it?

1.) I'm not /super sure/ because I don't know the Pred Loadout beyond Cloaking and wrist blades. But, I'd wait for them to find themselves alone and appear in front of them, instantly emote" stares at the Human/Alien. And see what they emote and respond accordingly, after that I'd hunt them, assuming I end them I'd then grab their (Hopefully bloody ID) and drop it in front of some marines (while cloaked).

2.) As for the clan, I wasn't paying attention and I will look into it, even so, my Pred is more of a lone wanderer and again, would attempt to avoid other Preds in a hunting area unless it was a very tough foe.

[Topwaza]

Lets get the harsh stuff out of the way because I feel bad nitpicking people who just want to have fun.

-Antisocial with preds. Predators really have 3 things to do. Hunt, roleplay with other preds, and try to roleplay with humans which always ends in either special snowflakes trying to be your friend or you just getting shot. Not interacting with preds really limits what can happen. But it is different and I like different so I won't really count not wanting to have tea parties with other preds against you. I'd just like you to see if you can't think of some ways to reflect being antisocial or "mad" that allows for interaction. Perhaps do some things predators would consider edgy like throwing trophies away or dissing other preds. Maybe always be looking to stir shit like fucking with others' hunts or leading marines into xenos or vice-versa.

Now:

+Wants to terrify prey. This is cool. The majority of your roleplay would be done through game mechanics using your tools and skills to fuck with people instead of doing what might be most effective. This would cause some horror-movie tension. This right here is how predator should be played.

People write up all this backstory, design all this personality, write all this flavor text, and it doesn't matter for shit because at the end of the day they're just going to jump on an SL and cut their head off, or if they try buddy-buddy-ing with marines some snowflake will try to be their friend and then disaster will ensue. Actual gameplay doesn't reflect character. But your idea of roleplay affects gameplay and you have a playstyle planned, so +1.

You didn't make walls of overly verbose fanfiction tier prose, or prostrate before the community enough in your app -1.

Don't listen to the haters.

[LordeKilly]

Now:

+Wants to terrify prey. This is cool. The majority of your roleplay would be done through game mechanics using your tools and skills to fuck with people instead of doing what might be most effective. This would cause some horror-movie tension. This right here is how predator should be played.

Read almost every other application. It's a reoccurring element.

[Butterrobber202]

At Killy, what do you WANT from me?

No, I really mean it.

What do you want from me, what do you dislike about my Pred, what do you like about it. I want to hear your points and improve on them because that is what being whitelisted is about. You are given the power to heavily influence someone's RP by grant of extra power and abilities, so with that responsibility, tell me what you want from me, and I'll do my best to incorporate it into my playstyle and roleplay. SoonTM

[LordeKilly]

At Killy, what do you WANT from me?

No, I really mean it.

What do you want from me, what do you dislike about my Pred, what do you like about it. I want to hear your points and improve on them because that is what being whitelisted is about. You are given the power to heavily influence someone's RP by grant of extra power and abilities, so with that responsibility, tell me what you want from me, and I'll do my best to incorporate it into my playstyle and roleplay. SoonTM

First issue I saw was the lacking amount of aliens listed on the entire planet. It seemed you based that number off of game value, not actual lore value. A genuine hive would have dozens of xenomorphs. Not only that, but the lack of size for their clan. I'm confused how 4 Yautja ended up here without some severe inbreeding or genocide of their clan. The numbers are really what i'm concerned about with this point.

Secondly, trying to distinguish yourself as one of the few people who've incorporated "fear tactics" into their story. I personally don't use it, because it's generic. But look at almost any other application. They'll tell you the same thing, like it was a brand new invention they just had thought up. It's a common trend I'm seeing, and it shows laziness on your part. A major part of the whitelist is doing you homework, not only on the lore but on other applicants. There is a Halkreth clan and you didn't get permission to use it as far as I'm aware. That's part of the whitelist.

Third, the story was very bland. It really didn't have any great parts, mediocre writing.

Lastly, the lack of description on how you plan to play. This is literally one of the most important parts of the applications and you blew it off.

That's why I gave you a -1.

[Feweh]

Denied as player was also just MP banned for beating multiple prisoners.