1. NO GODMODING. This means no controlling another person's character or making your character all-powerful and all-knowing. Start heading this way, and you will be warned, but the second time you will not be given a second chance and will be removed from the community.
2. There is currently a limit of five characters per person. If you prove that you are capable of handling more than five, however, we may allow you to take on more. If it becomes obvious that your character load is too much we may ask you to drop some.
3. Original characters are allowed, but know that OC bio applications will be picked apart more thoroughly than canon bio applications.
4. OOC posts go into the OOC community (nextstep_ooc). RP posts go into the main community. Personal posts (posts made in first person) go into your character's personal journal.
5. Private entries should be marked as such. You can do this by putting it behind a cut, or by putting [private] in the subject.
6. The update minimum is under discussion and flexible.
7. Proper spelling and grammar is a must -- no netspeak. Mistakes are understandable, but constant errors are annoying and hard to follow.
8. Accents are to be typed out in dialogue only.
9. All storylines must be cleared by the mods. We're very open about what happens, we just want to make sure that it doesn't interfere with anything else. Also, if you're not sure, ASK.
10. Please don't post one-liners.
11. Slash is fine. Sex is fine. Profanity is fine. If there's sex, put it behind a cut with a clear label. If there's violence, put it behind a cut with a clear label. All threads rated NC-17 will need to be made friends-only.
12. You don't need AIM, but it is preferred. It's free, anyway.
13. Character/player separation, dammit. Your character may have a feud with another but does that really need to bleed OOC?
14. If you feel you must fight with another player, please, take it out of the group and into the world of IM/e-mail. We don't want to hear it in game. If someone is bothering you, then please, tell the mod. That's what we're here for.
15. People have lives outside of their RPGs. Remember this. It's fake.
16. Strikeouts -- can't be read. It's more like a conversation that could happen, maybe something someone wishes they could say to someone else, but they're held back. Muns can read them, pups can't.
17. NO WANK. We have angry feral mutants at our disposal and aren't afraid to let them off the leash.

Either respond to this comment with your application, or email the mods at next.step.mods at gmail dot com.

You may also request that a character be held this way. If you are placing a request you will have one week (seven (7) days) to then apply. If for some reason you need more time that can be arranged, otherwise the hold request will be removed. We will not keep holding the same character week after week, if it's really not that important to you then don't waste our time. Please, for the love of all that is holy, do not ask us to hold someone for you and then ignore your request and any attempts to contact you. It is childish and irritating.

Also, please allow the mods up to a week to make a decision. You may contact us if we haven't been in touch with you by then.

Once you are approved you may create a character journal and request that it be added to the comm.


[MUN INFO]
Your name:
Your AIM (or other IM) screenname:
Your e-mail:
[CHAR INFO]
Name:
Nickname:
Codename:
Affiliation: [X-men, Teacher, Student, Institute Resident, Brotherhood, Prospective Brotherhood, Unaffiliated]
Nationality:
Age:
Height:
Weight:
Hair:
Eyes:
Distinguishing Characteristics:
Powers/Abilities:
Extent/Limition of Powers/Abilities:
History: Detailed is best.
Personality: Detailed is best.
First-person writing sample:
Third-person writing sample:
Canon or OC:
If canon, and obscure, please note which last comic they were last seen in:
Played by:

Male
Gerard Butler
Jeremy Irons
Hugh Jackman
Eric Millegan
Liev Schreiber
Kiefer Sutherland


Female
Amy Acker
Katie Cassidy
Eliza Dushku
Rachel Hurd-Wood
Miracle Laurie
Rose McGowan
Kelly Monaco
Danielle Panabaker
Anna Paquin
Missy Peregrym
Leelee Sobieski
Laura Vandervoort
Alicia Witt

Reserved
Michaelle Branch

Current plotlines and other relevent info will be posted here.

Characters

Magneto will be mod-controlled, since he will be an important factor in this game. Same goes for Jean Grey and Xavier, when/if they are brought in.

Movieverse Deviations

This takes place after X1 and is AU thereafter.

Nothing from X-Men Origins: Wolverine will be canon.