Hello everybody! Every September, Starlight Academy celebrates character creation month, encouraging players to finally get out those character ideas they've been sitting on. Every March, we celebrate it's counterpart: Application Improvement Month, which emphasizes improving and updating your existing characters!
What Kind of Contest is This?
This is a non-traditional contest! For the month of March, players are encouraged to go back and improve the applications for already existing characters. The application template has changed many times over the years, and many applications have fallen out of date as a result. Players are encouraged to go back, update old applications to the new format, and polish up their writing so that their application matches the character as they are. All participants are eligible for the bullseye medal!
How Do I Enter?
First, go fix up your applications! You can find the most recent template here. In particular, make sure that all the fields at the top are there and filled out! You can use your own template if you'd like, but it needs to have all the same information.
For powers: Please do not improve or edit your powers while adjusting the app. If you'd like to change wordings, fix things up, or otherwise make edits, please check the power upgrade process. Even if your change is very minor, please use the power upgrade process so we have a record.
Once all of your applications have been updated, post here with links to all of them to get your reward! If a character requires no changes (IE: was recently accepted), simply mention that when you post.
What should I be looking out for?
- Make sure your application title is just your characters name, and matches the name they most commonly use. If your character has gotten adopted, married, etc, make sure it reflects their current name! Remove any extra stuff like 'Application' or 'complete' from the title.
- If your character has a middle name in the application title that they don't go by, consider dropping it from the title.
- If your character goes mostly by their nickname, please update the application title to include it, and consider dropping their first name (which they might not use).
- If your character is a student, double check they have a clear grade listed on their application. Be sure to post here to get the claims updated.
- If your character is a college student, consider adding a major if they don't have one listed on the application. Be sure to post here to get the claims updated.
- If your character has a job, whether student or citizen, make sure it's reflected in the basic information fields! Students should feel free to add a new section. Be sure to post here to get the claims updated.
- Make sure all the mandatory basic information fields are listed. For all characters, you need name, age, birthday, gender, species, and category. Students also need class, grade, and college major (if applicable). Staff need class and subject. Citizen's just need career.
- Double check to make sure your species field is filled out! Older applications likely will not have this part.
- Similarly, make sure you have a category field! Not all applications will have this. It should clearly state if your character is a student, civilian, supporting character, or member of the staff.
- If your character is non-human, make sure you have a species powers section. For power changes, remember to go through the power upgrade process, no matter how small! Humans don't require a species ability section. If your character only has species powers and no powers, they don't need a powers section.
- If your character has species powers that aren't listed - such as being able to respawn, be sure to go through the power upgrade process to get them listed!
- Make sure everything is located in the right place! Personality traits shouldn't be hidden down in additional information, and powers shouldn't be placed in the appearance for example.
- If your character has gotten major development since arriving, consider updating their biography to include what's happened to them since they arrived on the island!
Is there anything else cool going on?
If you'd like to spruce up your profiles, we have free to use application templates, which you can use for your characters.
What's this about a reward?
Vouchers are the name of the game! Players who update their characters (or have them already up to date) will get a number of character vouchers, based on the number of applications they have to update.
- 1-5 Characters: +4 Vouchers
- 6-10 Characters: +7 Vouchers
- 11-15 Characters: +9 Vouchers
- 16+ Characters: +10 Vouchers
March Contest: Application Improvement Month
Entries Close 23:59 PST on March 31st
Entries Close 23:59 PST on March 31st
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