R’ka us’tribi (Serpent Trapper) [Goliath's App]

[GoliathTheDespoiler]

Byond ID:

GoliathTheDespoiler

Marine Name:

Joseph 'Goliath' Clancy

Name of the character you want whitelisted:

R’ka us’tribi. Meaning "Serpent Trapper" (Clan name is made up, 'Trapper' doesn't exist on the wiki sadly.)

Are you familiar with the Predator Code Of Honor?

Both Colonial Marines' and the Wiki's versions of the COH, yes.

Character background (A very BRIEF description of your predators background):

R’ka is a descendent from the lesser-known Us-tribi clan, the Trapper clan. They specialize in using cunning positioning and confusion to demoralize their prey and weaken them for the Hunt. Of course, this more devious approach to the glorious Hunt has lead to ridicule and animosity from other clans of similar or higher stature, yet the Clan lives on. R’ka is a Trapper through and through; with his preferred weapon of choice being his mines and restraining traps.

R’ka has been known among his kin as Gahn’tha-cte Ui’stbi, or Ruthless Abomination. He takes great pleasure in the unnecessary suffering of prey, loving to prolong their inevitable demise for as long as possible, basking in their pain and fear. Many among his kin, and even his own clan, consider him disrespectful, egotistical and cruel. However, his knowledge of dealing with Serpents is both bountiful and invaluable.

R’ka’s hunting methods adapted to become an excellent Serpent hunter. He commonly refuses opportunities to hunt prey that aren't Serpents, considering them and only them to be ‘worthy’ of death by his traps. His hunting methods involve him setting up an area as a killing ground, and luring the overly-aggressive Serpents to his lair, trapping and snaring them, making for easy kills with his wristblades or spear.

Nowadays, R'ka seeks the perfect Serpent, the one to truly test his mettle, and his cunning. To let him prove to the other Yautja "a Hunter does not always have to fight, they can simply win."One day, he will prove his clan's worth to the others when he decorates his clan-ship with the skull of a Serpent Queen.

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)?

As stated in the description, I intend to play R'ka as a Xeno-killer, with one or two human kills in the middle of his quest for an Alien Queen. His main weapons being his traps and snares, used to catch wiley or baited xenos for easy slaying. His behaviour to other Yautja would be the equivalent of a school-yard bully, hiding his insecurity by berating other Hunters and trying to stir animosity.

Overall, it would be more of a cunning, deceitful playstyle, not just breaking the Code by running around cloaked waiting for xenos to run into traps thrown all over the place, rather setting up a 'killing floor', luring a T2 alien or higher into chasing him, and trap it, resulting in a counterable, yet unique, combat style.

Why should we whitelist you?

I have successfully proven myself worthy of being a Marine CO, and I believe I have done a respectable job at RPing and making rounds that little bit more interesting. I feel reminding aliens that canonically, Headhunters are absolute pricks to them, it might make rounds less of a xeno-stomp.

Have you been banned from CM in the last month for any reason?

Not even once. Law-abiding citizen through-and-through.

Are you currently banned from any other servers and if so, why?

No bans there, either.

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, I promise that so long as I'm the shittiest combat marine you've ever seen, I'll NEVER break the rules or the Code of Honor!

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Thank you for your consideration!

[SagaSword]

The story is very nice and balanced between your character's personality and your clan's history. But there's some flaws I'd like to mention:

First, You say you'll setup a killing floor for aliens then trap them for easy hunting so will you kill it when it's stunned because of the trap?
Second, "A hunter doesn't always have to fight, they can simply win" and that's rather stupid and bland in my opinion. That means you have super powers to obliterate alien ass without moving a muscle and means that your glory is close to zero because you didn't fight the alien but your trap just kills it overtime.

Your story is good and your playstyle is a semi-unique cunning style. I saw you CO once or twice but that's about it. Sticking to neutral for now.

[GoliathTheDespoiler]

First, You say you'll setup a killing floor for aliens then trap them for easy hunting so will you kill it when it's stunned because of the trap?

It would mainly be this step-by-step procedure:

1. Find a suitable area for trapping.
2. Set up mines and snares at entrances to the area.
3. Find a xeno, aggro it and lure it to the Killing Floor.
4. Kite, fight or wait until the xeno lands in a trap and gets stunned + slowed.
5. Taunt the wounded alien and slowly kill them with wristblades (or just kill them outright if you don't have the time.)

Second, "A hunter doesn't always have to fight, they can simply win" and that's rather stupid and bland in my opinion. That means you have super powers to obliterate alien ass without moving a muscle and means that your glory is close to zero because you didn't fight the alien but your trap just kills it overtime.

That was part of the shtick in a way. R'ka isn't a glory-hound or anything of the sort. All he wants is to wound and kill xenos, then be really egotistical because he's making it so easy for himself. It doesn't mean he's incapable of being honourable (like dueling a Rav or Queen), he simply thinks it's unnecessary as long as he kills and tortures his prey.

Thanks for the criticism!

[SagaSword]

Based on your answers I don't think I have a problem other than that. But be careful that xeno players are very sensitive to stuns and will salt over you shit.
Good luck hunting.

+1

[Shyguychizzy]

Well, the application itself is not bad, well written and said, though you are quite haven't see you on much. However, I see a grand issue with your choice; to this might be surprising for others but it seems you are just Xeno Biased, just hunting xenomorphs. That itself I see it a problem, being I presume your more Marine biased , Predators are NOT A BALANCING FACTOR, nor we take any sides. We chose who deem worthy to hunt, I see it it might be more problematic with this afraid. Siding more of marines and the app itself merely supports that claim being you merely just hunt xenomorphs however that might be quite unfair for current xenomorphs playing in the round or whenever. Afraid, I will have to give you a -1

[GoliathTheDespoiler]

Well, the application itself is not bad, well written and said, though you are quite haven't see you on much.

Yeah, unfortunately school has reared it's ugly head and I've been playing as Xeno a lot recently.

As for the Xeno bias (which IS there), I understand that preds aren't a balancing factor, and I didn't plan on playing as a scale-tipper. The idea of R'ka was based on the pred wiki and how important xenos are to Pred culture. I left a mention that I would kill some marines, but I'd focus my efforts on hunting xenos and trying to get an Alien Queen kill.

As a sidenote, the playstyle was meant to bait only 'willing' prey to the Killing Floor. I might try to get their attention by shooting at them, or decloaking in their sightline, then running to the trapzone and fighting them there.

[Dolth]

Story is decent and I am highly curious to see you in action, I myself rely a lot on traps and baits as a marine.
Beside, you've been not bad at being a CO so that's a +1 here.

And btw, I see nothing wrong in hunting xeno mainly. Pretty sure that Goliath will confirm he'd kill marines aswell.

► Show Spoiler

Ever heard the story if a certain staff manager spawning as a predator directly onboard to save the loosing marines from a ancient hunter? Yeah. Well. Don't claim -1 the app cause preds aren't meant to balance is justified then. Especially when he did not explicitly said so.

[Nick123q23]

I don't see you around very often, but I like your story and your playstyle.

Traps, as "cheesy" as they are, are a common form of defense, but are uncommonly used as an actual hunting tool.
It's also nice to see that, while R'ka is obviously honor-bound, he couldn't care less about what his prey feels if they fit into the category.

You've got a +1 from me, I wouldn't mind seeing you ingame with us.

[Renomaki]

Hhhnn...

I'll admit, I do hunt xenos more often than humans, but even then, I try to limit myself very heavily to only a select few caste-types. The queen isn't one of them, and while it is tempting to take a queen (one of the most glorious trophies you could ever get), it is best to avoid them, if only so you don't tip the balance too much. A few dead hunters is one thing, but killing a queen? yeah, that is normally best avoided unless an elder permits.

I do suggest you try to interact with humans when you can, even if you are looking for a serpent to fight. Serpents may be the ultimate game, but humans make for some great stories. That IS the point of the role, after all, it isn't just a low-RP bug hunt. Predators are expected to bring some life into a round and act as a third faction, creating all kinds of situations and affecting the course of the round in small ways, sometimes without a single drop of blood shed.

I'm gonna be on the fence here for now..

[Boltersam]

Backstory
Short. Very short. I've written paragraphs in chat as long as this. Your predator is also named "Ruthless Abomination", Abominations being what they call predaliens, so I really don't think anybody would name their child after one of them. Honestly, this backstory is more of an extended playstyle explanation. The only thing not related to how you'll play that you put in there was your clan, and that people don't like his hunting style (Rather understandably.)

tl;dr, very fucking short, just like the criticism, and pretty much avoids the purpose of backstories. (Standing in society, hunts, important events in your predator's life, establishing a personality, relations with other predators, etc.)

Playstyle
Also short, but length isn't really the point here. Playing as a predator that mainly hunts Xenos isn't bad in the current state of the game, as Xenos tend to build up strength very quickly, and you did say you'll sometimes hunt humans. However, by hunting Xenos, you tend to limit yourself from the RP aspect of Predators. You can't really RP with a tangle of claws and teeth trying to rip off your mask and slap a hugger on your face as soon as possible. However, you intend to hunt a Queen, which doing so alone (In both lore and ingame) is A: Suicidal, and B: Severely weakens the Xeno hive if you do succeed. The playstyle isn't exactly new, as many Predators use traps, and do set up these killing floors in much the same manner as you described, but none focus on it.

tl;dr, Mainly hunts Xenos with traps, hunts Queen.

While you may have "Proven yourself" as a Marine CO, I don't believe I've seen you. Like, ever. Forum post count is rather low, too.

I'm going to -1 this app. It failed in the most important aspect; The backstory, and the playstyle doesn't seem very imaginative, though it would work. Player also appears to have low activity both ingame and on the forums.

[GoliathTheDespoiler]

Backstory
Short. Very short. I've written paragraphs in chat as long as this. Your predator is also named "Ruthless Abomination", Abominations being what they call predaliens, so I really don't think anybody would name their child after one of them. Honestly, this backstory is more of an extended playstyle explanation. The only thing not related to how you'll play that you put in there was your clan, and that people don't like his hunting style (Rather understandably.)

tl;dr, very fucking short, just like the criticism, and pretty much avoids the purpose of backstories. (Standing in society, hunts, important events in your predator's life, establishing a personality, relations with other predators, etc.)

Playstyle
Also short, but length isn't really the point here. Playing as a predator that mainly hunts Xenos isn't bad in the current state of the game, as Xenos tend to build up strength very quickly, and you did say you'll sometimes hunt humans. However, by hunting Xenos, you tend to limit yourself from the RP aspect of Predators. You can't really RP with a tangle of claws and teeth trying to rip off your mask and slap a hugger on your face as soon as possible. However, you intend to hunt a Queen, which doing so alone (In both lore and ingame) is A: Suicidal, and B: Severely weakens the Xeno hive if you do succeed. The playstyle isn't exactly new, as many Predators use traps, and do set up these killing floors in much the same manner as you described, but none focus on it.

tl;dr, Mainly hunts Xenos with traps, hunts Queen.

While you may have "Proven yourself" as a Marine CO, I don't believe I've seen you. Like, ever. Forum post count is rather low, too.

I'm going to -1 this app. It failed in the most important aspect; The backstory, and the playstyle doesn't seem very imaginative, though it would work. Player also appears to have low activity both ingame and on the forums.

Admittedly I could, should (and will) do more backstory with R'ka when I redo my app (provided if this one fails), and I probably could've talked a bit more about his personality and such rather than just summing it up with 'bulling, egotistical prick'. The name Ruthless Abomination (the actual name is R'ka us'tribi, Serpent Trapper) is more of a nickname received by other predators from both in and outside of his clan , mainly due to his sadistic and cruel nature.

As for me not being on that much, I've played mostly xeno for the last three months or so (some CO and combat marine too) and haven't been able to play as much as I'd like to thanks to school. Forum-wise I just tend to read instead of write. I use the chat a bit, but not much else.

I appreciate the criticism, Bolter, thank you!

[Boltersam]

Admittedly I could, should (and will) do more backstory with R'ka when I redo my app (provided if this one fails), and I probably could've talked a bit more about his personality and such rather than just summing it up with 'bulling, egotistical prick'. The name Ruthless Abomination (the actual name is R'ka us'tribi, Serpent Trapper) is more of a nickname received by other predators from both in and outside of his clan , mainly due to his sadistic and cruel nature.

As for me not being on that much, I've played mostly xeno for the last three months or so (some CO and combat marine too) and haven't been able to play as much as I'd like to thanks to school. Forum-wise I just tend to read instead of write. I use the chat a bit, but not much else.

I appreciate the criticism, Bolter, thank you!

You're welcome, but you should really play more Marine roles in order for people to notice you and how well you do at RPing.

[Nubs]

As bolter said, play marine roles a bit (it does not always have to be combat roles!) to let other players see your rp potential etc. It's good that you've played a decent bit of xeno, and in my opinion, all potential preds should have to prove they've played xeno a bit and understand how they work, to prevent bias. The whole 'uses traps and sneakiness' has been done to death already though. There are no hard and fast rules about running to the hive and whacking the queen, but not only would it be pretty suicidal, it would be pretty bad form. -1

[GoliathTheDespoiler]

As bolter said, play marine roles a bit (it does not always have to be combat roles!) to let other players see your rp potential etc. It's good that you've played a decent bit of xeno, and in my opinion, all potential preds should have to prove they've played xeno a bit and understand how they work, to prevent bias. The whole 'uses traps and sneakiness' has been done to death already though. There are no hard and fast rules about running to the hive and whacking the queen, but not only would it be pretty suicidal, it would be pretty bad form. -1

My intention with Queen hunt is sort of 'unlocking' the opportunity to hunt her after getting x number of xeno trophies and x number of marine trophies. Just ramming the queen the moment the game starts is just mean and silly.

Cheers for the criticism, though I thought my trapping playstyle was unique ;_;.

[Rustarus]

+1 I know you can roleplay, I remember getting you arrested when you were CO and I was XO, good times. I see you commonly, I know you can roleplay, and the story is good, it's hard to think of something new and amazing in these apps, but I know you can easily handle to role, or... I can only hope.

[doodeeda]

I would guess your fighting style would be well off if you avoided use of cloak as much as possible while luring and fighting your target and any backup that comes. I also think that your intention to taunt or "berate" other predators is unique and interesting. You should focus more on RPing than killing, though, however you can using texts and actions especially before and during fights. It's no fun for anyone else otherwise. I also don't like the idea of brutalizing just the Xeno side giving the marines an easier win. A safe way to go about it is killing xenos and marines in equal amounts. Personally, I can go rounds with only 1 kill and still have fun and make the round enjoyable for others because I don't necessarily finish people off or aim to kill them in the easiest, fastest way possible, but I do interesting things and RP with them instead. For example, yesterday I put a hunter into critical, but then I dragged it to the engineering corner and trapped it in there by wrenching the file cabinet in the 1 tile opening (it had weeds). When it woke up and some marines wandered by, I gloated and acted triumphant that I took it as a prisoner and that it was mine. The serpent acted pitiful and weak..but that was just to keep me off guard while the queen and others came from behind to rescue it and try to kill me. When I killed the same hunter later in the round and joined deadchat after ghosting, we had a good time even though I killed him. You can do a lot even though it is just a 2D game.

[Dolth]

I would guess your fighting style would be well off if you avoided use of cloak as much as possible while luring and fighting your target and any backup that comes. I also think that your intention to taunt or "berate" other predators is unique and interesting. You should focus more on RPing than killing, though, however you can using texts and actions especially before and during fights. It's no fun for anyone else otherwise. I also don't like the idea of brutalizing just the Xeno side giving the marines an easier win. A safe way to go about it is killing xenos and marines in equal amounts. Personally, I can go rounds with only 1 kill and still have fun and make the round enjoyable for others because I don't necessarily finish people off or aim to kill them in the easiest, fastest way possible, but I do interesting things and RP with them instead. For example, yesterday I put a hunter into critical, but then I dragged it to the engineering corner and trapped it in there by wrenching the file cabinet in the 1 tile opening (it had weeds). When it woke up and some marines wandered by, I gloated and acted triumphant that I took it as a prisoner and that it was mine. The serpent acted pitiful and weak..but that was just to keep me off guard while the queen and others came from behind to rescue it and try to kill me. When I killed the same hunter later in the round and joined deadchat after ghosting, we had a good time even though I killed him. You can do a lot even though it is just a 2D game.

Somehow, provoking kills through baiting and traps is a way of RPing. A way better way of RPing than common predator snowflake we have going to humans and either siding them without a word neither actions, or the opposite, attacking humans straight. Imo, his way of hunting is a good way of RPing, not even pointing that apparently, he WILL RP ontop of that.

[doodeeda]

It could be a way to facilitate RP or it could not. Simply uncloaking in front of an alien, running away while it chases you until it gets knocked down by a trap, then slashing it with wristblades until dead (or wait until it gets up, THEN slash until it's dead) with it all taking 2-4 minutes is an easy way to rack up kills but is hardly RP intensive. This is not to say that this is a bad thing to do once or twice to get rid of an annoying serpent or get a worthy, tough trophy, but if this is all a player does for the whole round...it could just turn into an alternative form of murderboning.

[Dolth]

On another hand, I don't expect much RP done toward xeno as they DO NOT RP AT ALL. Like, AT ALL.

Since the few years I play that server I've seen barely no xeno roleplaying/attempting roleplaying. The way the predator hunts instead of murderboning is a way to RP itself, it doesn't require any interaction with xeno itself.

[doodeeda]

It is possible to roleplay with xenos.. I've done it many times. They aren't just mindless space carp that aggro on you. They are players.

[shyshadow]

Hmmm, roleplay wise this isn't the most creative application. Little to no roleplay scenarios are possible with this type of playstyle unless of course you get creative and make a "coliseum" out of this hunting ground. So you can have a proper duel with either marines or xenos. While I get xeno bias is a thing here, I feel that the longer you actually play as a predator more you lee-way from what your application says you're going to do.
Obviously you keep to the premise but you get more creative and less do-overy. I feel as if you should get accepted because it's difficult to actually know what the hell you CAN do, until you're actually allowed to do it. I say give him a chance, he seems like he knows what he's doing and the backstory is fine in my opinion it's a balance between development and character; though I'd like to know his story before being a blooded but regardless.
I expect you to hunt marines and xenos dependent on what feels right in that round, if you want to hunt a xeno because they've racked up 4 kills and you've seen it yourself. Go ahead, if you see a human that's clearly displayed expertise in survival and managing to kill like 3 xenos take them to your hunting grounds! As long as it's different and not the same EVERY round it's fine.
+1, also get some karma man. You're like not a new guy but I hardly know you.

[GoliathTheDespoiler]

+1, also get some karma man. You're like not a new guy but I hardly know you.

Ouch, thought you and me had a special little relationship, Odd.

Ah I'm kidding. I need to be more chatty on the forums. Appreciate the criticism!

[shyshadow]

Also, I know this is a little off topic, but what the fuck? Why does everyone know me as Odd and not Shyshadow? Is it because my "Shyshadow" is fucking cancer and I resent the day in which I chose as a email? Maybe possibly, but why does everyone know me as Christopher Odd and not as my Username. What has my life come to?
Anyway, yeah seriously Goliath, I think getting an actual profile picture would help in your "reformation" into the "CM Community", give you more "character" the stock images are okay and all, but how am I suppose to recognize you on the forums when you're just a stock image?! ALSO Don't forget about the criticism, being accepted is one thing but actually keeping it is another.

[Feweh]

More feedback required.

[Sneakyr]

Clancy's a top-notch RPer. I'm all for this guy getting a chance to see pred. A great SL for mixing RP and skill.