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Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2017-01-29 11:29:00

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TEAM GOOSEBERRY TRYOUTS

This is the day many of Gooseberry's Quidditch players have been waiting for. The mood is tense, as a lot of the participants have pinned a great deal on making this team. Thorn repeatedly tries to assure the athletes that this won't be a make or break deal for their Quidditch career, but a lot of his words fall on deaf ears. It's a brisk January morning, and although the bleachers have been magically warmed for supporters, the players are still going to have a chilly day.

Tryouts will take all day. Starting at 10:00 AM, players will do individual trials. Then the players and audience will break for lunch. At 1:00 PM tryouts will resume with three small skirmishes. Players don't know which team they'll be on until minutes before the games begin.

Thorn says that he intends to post the final roster tomorrow, but he'll let everyone know if there's a delay. (What this means is that if this IC/OOC is busy and we get a lot of information from it, we can probably make a decision tomorrow. But if it's slow, we'll wait until after the lottery event to make the announcement.)

THE RULES

There are two stages to the tryouts:
- Individual Tryouts: Mr. Thorn has drills set up to observe individuals on technical skill. He's looking for accuracy, speed, and skill on a broom.
  - Chasers focus on passing and scoring.
  - Beaters on accuracy and strength.
  - Keepers on defense and alertness.
  - Seekers on agility and perception.
- Skirmishes: Thorn randomly assigns teams and has them play one another on the spot. The games last about 30-45 minutes, and there's no time to strategize. He has an eye out for teamwork and flexibility.
Only characters that signed up are eligible for a spot on the team.

There are not any scouts present. They won't arrive until the first game against Ilvermorny, and after that they will attend games regularly.

The results of the skirmishes are random and do not have any impact on if your character is chosen or not.

However, things said and done in this IC/OOC might.

Players will be chosen based on three major criteria:
- ACTIVITY: Is your character social and contributing to the game and subplots? Being a presence in the game will contribute to being selected. This doesn't necessarily mean that you need to be involved in the metaplot (we realize that's random-ish) or that sheer comment count will win you a spot, but characters that are accessible and engaged will get preference.
- CHARACTER ARC: Does being selected serve the arc of the character in an interesting way? Does it sound like being on the team will create some interesting challenges? These questions will be taken into consideration as we build the team.
- RNG: In cases where we can't choose between two characters, we'll leave it up to random chance.
One character will be chosen to be the Captain of the team, who will be responsible for arranging practice times and building strategy. If you have any strong opinions about your character not being captain, we will take their name off the list of potential captains.

CHASER : 3 first string players, 2 reserve players.

Jaime Castillo	Clementine Decourt	Jefferson Key
Levi Kramer	Ulysses Quayle	Sylvester Stoker
Zoey Valentine

BEATER : 2 first string players, 1 reserve player.

Roxanne Barringer	Quinn Cunningham	Sofia Delgado
Leonardo Fiori	Regan Hobbs	Christopher Park

KEEPER : 1 first string player, 1 reserve player.

Avery Davenport

Susana Velasquez

Jonathan Wilde

SEEKER : 1 first string player, 1 reserve player.

Henrietta Gray

Penelope Vargas

Reid Wainwright

CHASER

BEATER

KEEPER

SEEKER

TEAM #1

Jaime Castillo

Clementine Decourt

Sylvester Stoker

Sofia Delgado

Roxie Barringer

Jonathan Wilde

Henrietta Gray

TEAM #2

Levi Kramer

Faye Turner (NPC)

Ulysses Quayle

Quinn Cunningham

Christopher Park

Avery Davenport

Reid Wainwright

TEAM #3

Jefferson Key

Zoey Valentine

Micah St. Clair

Leonardo Fiori

Regan Hobbs

Susana Velasquez

Penelope Vargas

» Individual Tryouts: Reply here with a description of your character's individual tryout.

» Skirmishes: Reply here with reactions to the short skirmishes, or things that happened during them.

» Audience: The audience watches and cheers for their favorite players! If you want to have scenes where players and friends greet and socialize, it can go right here.

» OOC: Questions, Comments & Concerns!

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	TEAM #2 vs TEAM #3 goosemods 2017-01-29 01:39 pm UTC (link)
	TEAM #2: 20 TEAM #3: 50 The snitch is caught by Reid Wainwright of Team #2. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

TEAM #2 vs TEAM #3

challenge
2017-01-29 04:19 pm UTC (link)

If losing does anything good for Leo, it's the fact that it takes away his last veneer of civility and makes him more merciless, which might explain the fact that they were apparently pretty good at chasing away Chasers this time. If only Wainwright, that little shit, had not snuck through. He regrets not targetting him personally any more than he already did (which was some! Just not enough.)

At the end of everything, he's not sure whether to be proud or disappointed, and goes back to the stands quietly, replaying everything in his head with moments highlighted of where he went wrong and what he regrets already. Leo's weird.

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	TEAM #2 vs TEAM #3 kingulysses 2017-01-29 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	As fantastic as winning feels, watching his captain lose is less great. Once they've all dismounted, Ulysses tries to catch Leo's eye. If he manages it, he smiles and gives him two thumbs up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	TEAM #2 vs TEAM #3 challenge 2017-01-29 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	Leo shoots off a quick salute at this, and he'll tell Ulysses how well he did (in ridiculous detail, inevitably,) next time they see each other. Leo's REALLY proud of him and all of Ebonhide today. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: TEAM #2 vs TEAM #3 doyouevenlift 2017-01-29 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	Chris gives Leo a weirdly enthusiastic 'you played good' pat on the back instead of bragging. Because he's in a great mood so everybody played amazing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: TEAM #2 vs TEAM #3 challenge 2017-01-29 06:44 pm UTC (link)
	Leo does not trust this entirely. But he's so much about being sportsmanlike in public, and Chris really did play well. So he smiles and says Chris did awesome, thanks for the game. And then hurries off before it can turn into gloating, which he's way too nervous for right now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	TEAM #2 vs TEAM #3 tightwire 2017-01-29 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	Roxie actually jolts in her seat when Reid catches the Snitch, letting out an enthusiastic (and loud) ~~curse~~ exclamation in German. She has the good grace to look a little bit sheepish about it afterward - but only a little. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: TEAM #2 vs TEAM #3 doyouevenlift 2017-01-29 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	I imagine they got a one two punch down. Where Chris deflects the bludger from a chaser toward Quinn and Quinn whacks it full force at some poor opponent. Since asking Quinn to go full defensive with him is like asking hell to freeze over. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	TEAM #2 vs TEAM #3 idfk 2017-01-30 12:00 pm UTC (link)
	After the game, Levi bops over to him to praise him. "It's that racing stripe on your head that makes you so fast, right?" he teases, playfully tapping a finger to his hairline. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)