applying
Do I have to know anything about Foolish Mortals to apply?
Not at all! While a number of our NPCs have a history and connection to Foolish Mortals, no ongoing plots from that game are being continued.
What about Disney Parks?
We generally encourage everyone to have a little bit of basic knowledge of the parks simply because they’re such a large part of our games setting. However, you don’t necessarily have to have extensive knowledge in order to play here.
How many characters can I apply for?
Two characters per application round, four characters total.
What characters can I apply for?
You can apply for nearly any character you want! As long as you feel confident in being able to write an application for a character, we will consider them.
What about FM characters?
Characters that are CRAU of Foolish Mortals are allowed to be apped by their respective players! However, you will still need to actually write a new application for them to be accepted into the game. This is mainly because of the new power mechanic and their jobs.
What about OCs?
Progress City allows original characters, but we are slightly more strict about their apps versus canon ones. For the most part, the application team looks for an internal consistency and realism in OC apps, as well as evidence of world building and balance. While we’re not going to say “no Mary Sues,” because some canon characters are basically Mary Sues, we would like to see that you’ve put some thought into creating your character and the world they come from.
What about fandom OCs?
Even if your Harry Potter teacher OC is amazing, Progress City doesn’t accept fandom OCs that don’t appear in canon. We do, however, accept silent protagonist characters that are essentially fandom OCs, such as the Prince from Fable 3 and Yu Narukami from Persona 4, as long as your application provides some canon justification for their personality and also clearly defines what major choices they’ve made in their history. For example, the Prince from Fable 3 can be played as good or evil and we’d need you to indicate which path he took in your application. At the moment we consider MMO Player characters to be fandom OCs, but are in the process of reviewing this, both in general and for exceptions.
What about AUs?
Progress City allows both canon AUs and CRAUs taken from other games. The later has a slightly longer app form, and the mods reserve the right to reject CRAU apps and reserves based on their fit to Progress City (i.e. characters from games that clash drastically, such as Amat).
Player-created AUs are not accepted.
What about characters that appear in multiple canons?
In the case of a character appearing in multiple series, as is the case with many characters, we consider versions that are significantly different to be discrete canon characters. For example, Applejack from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is vastly different than Applejack from the original My Little Pony cartoon and they would be considered different characters because they don’t share much besides a name.
There’s a limit of two of any given character with one exception: players from Foolish Mortal may app still their characters with Foolish Mortals CRAU if the limit has been reached. Afterward, the Foolish Mortal character will count toward the limit if one of the other two characters is dropped.
What about minor characters?
You can definitely apply for minor characters, as long as you feel like you’ll be able to write an app for them. From a mod perspective, we’d like minor characters to have enough canon for us to get a sense of their character and history.
Generally, this means that if a character appears in one episode/roughly five minutes of something, they’re acceptable. If you have any questions or concerns about applying for a minor character, however, we encourage you to get in touch the mod team.
What about new canons?
The general rule of thumb is a canon has to have six weeks of availability in most of the world. So if the show has just premiered or the game is currently only available in Japan, we’re probably going to ask you to wait for a while. Media (like anime) that is easily streamed and available runs by a slightly different timeline and requires at least a month from premiere. This rule doesn’t apply to ongoing shows like Doctor Who, but we do ask that you be considerate of other players in regards to spoilers. Just think of it like this: Has it been on for a while? Then most likely, yes you can app from it. Is it just coming out? No, you can’t app from it. Is it a sequel to something like a video game? Then no, you can’t app from it unless it’s been out six weeks.
Are there cast caps?
There is a cap of thirteen characters per canon. If you have questions about what is considered a "canon" for the purposes of this number, feel free to ask below.
What’s activity like?
16 comments per month from you, spread across a maximum of (3) threads with different characters. This can be 2 threads with 5 comments from your character and a thread with 6 from your char, 1 thread with 16 comments from your character, or however you want to divvy that up - just give us 16 comments overall. Alternatively, an entry to the community can count for ten comments. (i.e. two threads with ten comments from you on each, or one ten comment thread and an entry/toplevel on the community.)
Do I need a reserve?
Reserves are required for the first/opening app cycle, though this is subject to change in the future.
What about challenge reserves?
Not allowed, sorry.
When do apps open and close?
Apps will open on Friday, March 23rd, and the first round of acceptances will go out on either March 31st or April 1st. Afterward, apps will be continuously open but acceptances will only go out every week or two.
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However, it should be noted that characters cannot fly outside of Progress City to leave and will find themselves being pushed back if they fly out far enough.
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Add on question, since my character also needs a supply of mana to exist, would that be provided for upon arrival?
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That would be an acceptable canon point, you'll just need to specify that she's from Fate/Apocrypha.
For IC reasons, while she technically won't have mana, the MagicBand will keep her alive as long as it's on her!
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