This is a bit confusing so here is the procedure step by step :
1) Fill the following template and post it in this thread (Who the Bleep are the TAZ, ie TAZ recruitment thread) :
Quote:-Do you know what you want to roleplay as a Temporary Autonomous Zoner? (The type here : trader, templar, etc...)
-Do you have a character in mind in which you would like to roleplay? If so, tell us the history and general Roleplay. (Here you explain the character background/history, his mindset, everything related to his story. If you don't have any character in mind, no need to answer anything here)
-Do you have a recommendation from a TAZ? If so, name them. (Note: This is a requirement)
-Will you follow TAZ roleplay guidelines?
-What is your experience? When did you join Discovery?
-Have you roleplayed TAZ before?
-Are you in other factions? If so, name them.
-What will be your level of involvement in TAZ?
Zoner Lore :
-According to you, what is a Zoner? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)
-Describe the main asset of a Zoner as compared to others? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)
-What is the most important thing for a Zoner in the Sirian community? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)
For your convenience, here is the code :
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-[b]Do you know what you want to roleplay as a Temporary Autonomous Zoner? [color=#FFFFFF](The type here : trader, templar, etc...)[/color][/b]
-[b]Do you have a character in mind in which you would like to roleplay? If so, tell us the history and general Roleplay. [color=#FFFFFF](Here you explain the character background/history, his mindset, everything related to his story. If you don't have any character in mind, no need to answer anything here)[/color][/b]
-[b]Do you have a recommendation from a TAZ? If so, name them. (Note: [color=#FF0000]This is a requirement[/color])[/b]
-[b]Will you follow TAZ roleplay guidelines?[/b]
-[b]What is your experience? When did you join Discovery?[/b]
-[b]Have you roleplayed TAZ before?[/b]
-[b]Are you in other factions? If so, name them.[/b]
-[b]What will be your level of involvement in TAZ?[/b]
Zoner Lore :
-[b]According to you, what is a Zoner? [color=#FFFFFF](Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)[/color][/b]
-[b]Describe the main asset of a Zoner as compared to others? [color=#FFFFFF](Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)[/color][/b]
-[b]What is the most important thing for a Zoner in the Sirian community? [color=#FFFFFF](Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)[/color][/b]
2) Once you have posted here, an internal vote will be issued, during seven days.
Every pope will vote, according to your answers.
That's why your application answers must be well prepared.
Don't rush it!
3) If the results of the vote are positive, you will be asked five Discordian questions.
- We chose the questions for you.
- Answer the questions and PM them to me. Don't post your answer in this thread.
4) Final decision
In the end, we will take a final decision. If you are accepted, you will have a probation period of one month.
During that period, you will carry the TAZ tag, and the (A) tag, marking you as a new recruit.
The template for the char name is [TAZ]<charname OR callsign>(A).
You may say "But Yao... It's the hell of a mess to join TAZ!". I would answer "It's more complicated, yes. Because we want to ensure quality over quantity. We want to be sure TAZ members will behave."
Hoping this will make things easier for you. If you have questions, don't hesitate to PM me or contact me via Skype.
That is all.
-Do you know what you want to roleplay as a Temporary Autonomous Zoner? Trader, quite simply.
-Do you have a character in mind in which you would like to roleplay? If so, tell us the history and general Roleplay.
Currently this character doesn't exist in game, merely in my head. Of course he has existed there for quite some time until I could decide what to do with him and enter TAZ. The general idea behind this character is his view of economics. He likes money quite simply. What did you say? That's the same as every single trader out there? Well you'd be wrong.
You see he doesn't just merely like money. He is in love with economics and the reason for money. The reason for money, in his mind, to elevate humanity above simplistic bartering and instead bring order to trading by having a singular thing that can be "bartered" with. "Ooooh, order?" I hear you see. Yes my friends, order. "Well perhaps that doesn't make sense for a faction based around a religion that believes Order is a mere illusion?" Well. Yes. I see your point. Maybe I should take this somewhere else....
But wait!
You see the reason he loves all of this is because of the completely and utterly stupid idea of bringing order to something as inherently uncontrollable as trading. So after realising this in his youth that his attempts to make money were a forlorn hope, he travelled through the galaxy. This way, that way. Eveeery way possible. That is until one day, that one day that all heroes or heroines of our own personal stories eventually most have. On that one, particular, day, long lost to his memory (And everyone else's memory. Not that anyone else was around him at the time. I mean, come on, no one wishes to be near a unwashed, dishevelled man such as he was.) he had an epiphany.
That's it. That's the end. What did just say? That's not good enough. Well I'll have you know that I spent many a minutes writing this whilst using google to correct my spelling because I've yet to install any form of proper writing software on here. You know what it's like to know that you've spelt something wrong, so you continually try and correct it without any help? Have you felt the eventual demise of your spirit as you realised that a simple word as defeated your half asleep brain that has been running on coffee for the past 10 hours? Heck after reading that sentence again I realised that I had made three spelling mistakes. Three. In a single, rather simplistic, sentence. Fine. I'll tell you of his epiphany. (Yeah, I had to google that word. I spelt it several different ways before I decided that it was going to forever stay wrong. Only to discover that I'd actually spelt it correctly the first time.)
He was lost in the bowels of some unnumbered Freeport, listening to the murmurs of the engineers as they moaned about how little pay they got for fixing up an old station such as they had came to inhabit. He had now gone unshaven and unwashed for 147 days and 150 nights (Yeah, go on. Make sense of that.) when he heard a sermon from Eris herself. Absurd you say? No my friend, you misunderstand. You see what he was listening was the daily Stock Exchange news cast.
What? You've stopped reading? No! Don't. You must listen.
Where you or I'd hear and see arbitrary numbers, he heard and saw the essence of Chaos. The stock exchange to him is a purely chaotic instrument. He shifts constantly. Never staying in a single shape. This particular news cast had reported a small crash for a particular and unremembered company. He bought a share with his last 50 credits. Then sold it a year later when it had gone up to three times it's initial value. PROFIT. Well.... No that didn't happen. He actually bought quite a few shares. Selling and buying to make money. Of course that's not the end of his story.
He began to understand that Chaos was inevitable and really the only thing that mattered to him. So throughout the next few decades he would buy and sell stocks. Making millions a year, then for no reason other than to see the ensuring Chaos, he'd spread rumours of a collapse in a company that he had a large share in. Why? For the ensuing Chaos obviously. Normally, not always though, this would cause people to sell their stocks, devaluing the rest of the stocks which would cause others to panick and sell theirs. Then he'd wait until it seemed that the stocks would go no lower in value. Why did he wait? Because he'd then sell all of his invested stocks. This would "Normally, not always though," cause the company to hit rock bottom. Die. Go to the big place in the sky. Take a dirt nap. Say goodbye to the sunshine... You know, that sort of stuff.
This would, of course, lose him quite a lot of money. Which, of course, would be the end of him? Well no. You see, he'd just buy stocks in the company that was sure to profit from the other companies demise. "Normally, not always though" he'd break even. Sometimes he'd make a vast profit. Sometimes he'd lose it all. He has lived in a mansion that Queen Carina herself would be jealous off. He's lived in a cardboard box that he had to steal from a rather unlucky orphan.
In the end this made him quite a few enemies. Which is where, in his mind, the TAZ come in. He sees the TAZ as a big hollow bear. Sure on the outside it'd scare almost everybody, hopefully the enemies that keep trying to kill him, but once your on the inside you realise "Oooooooooh, maybe not so not scary."
-Do you have a recommendation from a TAZ? If so, name them.Here be Chet. Does it count if I bribed him with many golden torcs? If that means it doesn't count. What if I threatened to destroy him? That's illegal? Ooooh. Well, I'd said that he completely and utterly endorses me without any form of coercion. If he says otherwise then something might, perhaps, happen to him, his family, his dog, his cat, his hamster, that rabbit he petted once as a child while visiting a farm. But I would have nothing at all to do with that.
-Will you follow TAZ roleplay guidelines? Yep.
-What is your experience? When did you join Discovery? A lot. Over three years now.
-Have you roleplayed TAZ before? Nope.
-Are you in other factions? If so, name them. Virulian Enclave and the Mandolorians.
-What will be your level of involvement in TAZ? A medium level of involvement. At worst I'll be able to hop on and spread the word of Principia Discordia (Perhaps accidently and completely unintentionally make some money along the way) once a week.
Zoner Lore :
-According to you, what is a Zoner? A Zoner, at the basic level, is simply a person to wishes to avoid the rules of the Houses and live free. They typically do this by leaving as far away from House space as possible.
-Describe the main asset of a Zoner as compared to others? Decentralisation. They are not a single people. They are a varying selection of people whom society deemed Zoners. Some of them, of course, choose to band together.
-What is the most important thing for a Zoner in the Sirian community? Freedom.
If he Does make him bring back tacos and a bottle of hot sauce.
http://signavatar.com/15890_s.gif First: You've got a picture in there that's 800x286 pixels. The maximum signature size is 700x250.
Second: Your other picture in the rotation fills the full 700x250 boundaries by itself.
With an image that big, you can't fit any text below it. Please fix this.
-Zuke
A sane man must become insane to look sane
In an insane world.
There we go Cleric. The popes think you are shiny enough to put butter on your toasts.
But are you brave enough to answer those FIVE questions? - State the meaning of the "Hodge and Podge?"
- What is the question that has "mu" as it's answer?
- Tell us the 3rd rule of the Principle of Discordia?
- What does the Pentagonal form represent in the Sacred Chao?
- What are the 5 orders of Discordia?
Oh and don't answer here.
PM me your answers instead, if you please?
23's.
Rogue_91, we would really appreciate to see how you behave in game. I'm at your disposal, if you feel to.
You can also contact any TAZ when we're around, in order to get the recommandation you need.
-Do you know what you want to roleplay as a Temporary Autonomous Zoner? (The type here : trader, templar, etc...)
I'm gonna be honest, I know little atm and I like to keep it that way, my idea was to rp some sort of apprentice sister who'll learn everything overtime.
-Do you have a character in mind in which you would like to roleplay? If so, tell us the history and general Roleplay. (Here you explain the character background/history, his mindset, everything related to his story. If you don't have any character in mind, no need to answer anything here)
Not much is known about Sister Joanna from before she made first contact with TAZ, no record about her what so ever. So it is acceptable to think she used to be someone else who changed her name and way of life for still unknown reasons. Long story short, she's a mysterious person.
-Do you have a recommendation from a TAZ? If so, name them. (Note: This is a requirement)
YES, from Doc Holliday
-Will you follow TAZ roleplay guidelines?
YES!
-What is your experience? When did you join Discovery?
I joined on 27 October 2009, I am RP minded and never say no to some good RP;)
-Have you roleplayed TAZ before?
No but i've RP'ed, and am RP-ing with TAZ alot lately
-Are you in other factions? If so, name them.
DHC- Daumann Heavy Construct
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-What will be your level of involvement in TAZ?
I've made my zoner into my main so it's practicly all I play lately.
Zoner Lore :
-According to you, what is a Zoner? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)
A zoner is a person who decided to live outside of the safety of the house spaces, they enjoy their freedom.
-Describe the main asset of a Zoner as compared to others? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)
Their wide spread web of bases all across Sirius
-What is the most important thing for a Zoner in the Sirian community? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta)
Neutrality, freedom and to live
-Do you know what you want to roleplay as a Temporary Autonomous Zoner? Trader, I assume, though I don't see why a character can't do more than one thing.
-Do you have a character in mind in which you would like to roleplay? If so, tell us the history and general Roleplay. I don't have a specific character in mind yet, but I can definitely come up with something. Probably might've been a good idea to do that before now, but eh, I'm spontaneous sometimes.
-Do you have a recommendation from a TAZ? If so, name them. (Note: This is a requirement) Yes, Alexandria has told me to use her as a reference.
-Will you follow TAZ roleplay guidelines? Of course I will. (Though I don't yet know what those are, I'm quite sure they'll be reasonable.)
-What is your experience? When did you join Discovery? I first started playing Discovery a few years ago, sometime in late '06 or mid '07 as I recall. I was a frequent player of the Void PVP server at that time, and as the server was temporarily down, I checked out another large mod - Discovery mod. I tried the RP server (back when RP was optional in New York, to give you an idea how long ago this was) for a while and I thought "Meh, there's not as much pewpew/cash to go around here," and went back to the Void. Around late November of '09 I came back to Freelancer, as I had been playing other games exclusively for a long time, and I couldn't download the Void mod properly, so I checked out Disco again. I've been hooked ever since. My, how times change. /textwall
-Have you roleplayed TAZ before? No, that's why I'm attempting to join the faction now.:cool:
-Are you in other factions? If so, name them. I was in the RHA for the longest time, but no longer am due to some personal disagreements. I lead the ICMG (if dead factions count) and I kind-of-am, kind-of-am-not in the TF7 group. I'm also in Nature's Last Hope.
-What will be your level of involvement in TAZ? I already spend a lot of time playing Freelancer, and if other TAZ members are willing to show me the ropes, I'm willing to dedicate quite a lot of time to this faction. I'm not good with numbers, don't ask me for them.
Zoner Lore :
-According to you, what is a Zoner? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta) A Zoner is any individual that has chosen to identify themselves with the Zoner movement and lifestyle. Most of them live outside of the territory of the colonies/houses for purposes of seeking freedom from the often restrictive laws of more "civilized" territory. In essence, if you seek freedom for yourself and identify yourself as a follower of the Zoner way, you are a Zoner.
-Describe the main asset of a Zoner as compared to others? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta) The main practical asset of a Zoner is their ability to go almost anywhere, and deal with almost anyone. The true purpose of being a Zoner though, is much more than that - it's the ability to be free of any restrictions that others would unjustly place upon you and those that they have power over.
-What is the most important thing for a Zoner in the Sirian community? (Answer with your own words. No concise answer please. No copy pasta) To be free from any sort of oppression other men seek to unfairly place them under. Neutrality with all is generally the easiest way to accomplish this, but there are some that just cannot be reasoned with. A Zoner that is no longer free is not truly a follower of the Zoner way.
Your probation period starts today. High five!
Introduce yourself in fnordnet if you feel like it.
Dear Kaiwяen, your application is being reviewed.
As per usual, we will mess around with it during seven days and you will get an answer.
If you have questions anyhow, feel free to pm me.
Heraklion, would you please answer to those FIVE questions?
- State the name of 3 Discordian pioneers?
- What is a "Fnord?"
- What does the acronym "POEE" stand for and what does it mean?
- What is the "Sacred Chao?"
- What does the Pentagonal form represent in the Sacred Chao?
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