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Provide all answers beside the guillemet (»).
=== I. Rationale
Answer as completely as possible, in a paragraph or more for each:
---Who are you?
» My username is Koco. Apparently you all know me but I don't know you. About two years ago I took over -Zone after it's previous leader rjayquin left it to die. I'm sure you all know the story, of me eventually getting to busy to run the clan efficiently, so I handed my position over to Ninofshin who was my co-leader at the time. Maybe a a few months after that I check back for a day just to see how they were doing because I missed them. Now about a year and a half later after doing about a full afternoon of putting pieces together I found this clan. I decided it was for the best. After all (according to my eyes, even though it may not retain its original name,) my baby -Zone is now big strong an official. Regardless of what happens or what has happened I am very proud and grateful for everyone; active, or inactive, big or small who helped achieve this goal.
---Why do you want to join this particular clan, as opposed to another clan?
» Admittedly after seeing what had happened I wasn't planning to attempt to join Metagame. My original goal was to see If I could do what I had failed to do earlier in life. Chalk it up to pride or just plain old fashioned stubbornness. This led me to ask your permission to use the name -Zone for the clan I was planning to create. I also felt it would suffice for a hello. I'm not very good at having a big happy hello after not seeing someone or something for a while. I feel more comfortable acting like I had never left. Instead of getting a "yes" or "no" I was welcomed by old friends, along with a few asking if I would consider actually joining, to which I responded to each "I'll think about it". I thought about it. It really only took a few seconds to decide. If old friends ask me to think about joining their clan, especially old friends who once looked at me as a leader it would be extremely selfish to refuse.
--- How might you contribute to Metagame, and, in addition, how might the clan be beneficial to you?
» This one is tricky. I'm asking you all a fully official clan to allow someone who literally has posted nothing in almost a year. I just started playing again after a good year's break so I'm probably no where near as skilled and precise as I use to be. I am still sifting through the forums to see if there are any new rules that I need to know about along with what happened to many of my old friends if they're still here at all... However this was the exact situation I was in when I joined -Zone. I remember that time period very well because I remember exactly how much was put against me. I had never used the forums before, in fact my post count was under ten, to be honest most of the people on the forums intimidated me. I felt like a child surrounded by a bunch of upset grown ups, and somehow I was obligated to fit in. I didn't know how to quote or use spoilers. I didn't know who the mods were. All I knew was that I was now co-leader of this group called -Zone solely because i beat the leader....in judo. No more than a few days later the leader leaves unexpectedly and I am now the leader of this clan that was already headed towards an obvious crash and burn... Several months later we are consistently in the top three clans of the entire game. Turns out all you need is half a brain, good ole fashioned stubbornness, and some very caring, loyal, and resourceful friends. (God that sounded like something off of a Saturday morning Disney cartoon, with sock puppets.)
--- What experiences have you had with the game and/or the Toribash forum community?
» Ingame experiences: Countless. I've been playing Toribash off and on for many years now. I joined around 2006-2008. the exact year is unknown, (but Koco! why don't u just look at ur join da-) because it was 4 accounts ago. It was so long ago I don't even remember the names of the first two, but I'm fairly certain that the second had "koco" in it as well. I remember when many people actually joined the black belt rooms. I remember when the B.B. rooms "broke" and whoever joined them would be disconnected. I remember when they were finally fixed, but people were so use to going into tourneys and making their own rooms that people do not join the Black belt rooms. And now they are broken again, and I doubt they'll waste time fixing them again. I remember 3 "waves" of friends on this account alone. Waves being groups of people I consistently hung out with until they slowly vanished due to having a life.
Forum Experiences: Countable. I have literally almost no experience with the forums besides what you already know. -Zone was almost my entire experience on the forums. You want to see 98% of my forum experience? Just go search "Koco934 Zone" in Google. There you go
=== II. Temperament
Answer as you see fit:
--- Do you consider yourself an optimist or pessimist? Idealist, or cynic? Explain.
» Neither good will not always outweigh the bad, and bad will not always outweigh the good. They're both equal. They're both everything and nothing at the same time. You can make good out of any situation, and bad out of the same situations. "Oh I'm about to get shot? Well at least I don't have to suffer the hardships of this world anymore. And it's most likely going to be a quick, painless death! How lucky am I!?" all the way to "I'm going to be a father/mother? Great another mouth to feed..."
--- What is the meaning and/or purpose of life?
» Life has no meaning. The question doesn't even make sense. That's like asking me what's the meaning of this laptop I'm using. Meaning of this laptop? What? Now purpose makes sense. Life's purpose depends on who's life it is. Of course all life's common purpose is to grow and multiply. That's why it's called life and not inanimate objects. However, a teacher's purpose in life is to ready children for the world. A store managers purpose is to help run a successful company. A spider's purpose is to eat bugs. A plant's purpose is to photosynthesize. A bacterium's purpose is to multiply like there's no tomorrow. ECT.
--- What is your stance on morality? Is it objective or subjective?
»Extremely subjective. A man shooting another man is bad. Right? but what if he did it to stop the other man from beating up his daughter. But the daughter got hit because she slapped an object out of the hand of the second man's child. But the child actually stole that object. But the child was not taught it's wrong to steal yet so he was just doing what he thought was okay. But all you saw on the news was "TODAY'S TOP STORY. MAN SHOOTS ANOTHER MAN IN FRONT OF CHILD IN A FIT OF RAGE"
--- What is "love"?
» Love is a measurement that show's how much your willing to sacrifice for a particular person or thing.
=== III. Aptitude
Provide at least three (3) pieces of art, and/or replays.
--- Attach your best replay(s). Both single-player and multiplayer replays are acceptable.
--- Include art or any other works that you've made, be they Toribash-related or not.
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--- Optionally, write a paragraph explaining any other skills that you may have. (If, for any reason, you are unable to meet the above condition for this section, this is not optional.)
»I've only found 2 replays that I've ever posted and I'm not to proud of them. But I guess it's better than literally nothing. Hopefully I wont ever have to factory reset my laptop again....However If anyone ever wants a signature avatar or video made I'm your girl because I need practice. Don't get the wrong idea, I am not a professional. I'm only good enough to be able to say I can do it. In further news I'll get a third and hopefully better replay uploaded soon. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
=== IV. Perception
Answer to the best of your ability:
--- In which font does this post appear?
» Courier new. You have three ways to find this out; The internet, inspect element, and Toribash itself.
--- Provide the name of this character: »
»Guillemet, you literally gave me the answer
=== V. Reflection
Thoughts, concerns, possible scathing witticisms:
--- What are your thoughts on the application process, in particular, this form? Do you have a specific reason for why you favoured "Hard Mode" over "Easy Mode"?
» I personally would not consider this hard or the other form easy. But I felt that this form, though longer, was much more direct and precise in what it wanted me to write. Also I see nothing wrong with making applicants do both.
--- At least one of the questions on this form, in part or in whole, required you to think in an unusual manner (i.e., shift your mental gears, so to speak). What have you learned about yourself, after completing your application?
I discovered I don't know what the word "witticisms" means. And this took FOREVER. I was planning to sleep 3 hours ago but decided to go ahead and finish this up tonight. Oh well, I say worth it.
