SC3 Profile Template

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SC3 Profile Template

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NOTE: Please use this template exactly, including all bolding and paragraph breaks. It makes staff's job much easier, especially when profiles are ported to the wiki. If the formatting is wrong, you will be asked to change it prior to approval.

The characters of SC3 are seniors from Aurora Bay High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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[B]Name:[/B] 
[B]Gender:[/B] 
[B]Age:[/B] 
[B]Hobbies and Interests:[/B] 

[B]Appearance:[/B] 

[B]Biography:[/B] 

[B]Advantages:[/B] 
[B]Disadvantages:[/B]  

[B]Original Profile:[/B] 
[B]Permission:[/B] 
::..ADVICE ON FILLING IN THE TEMPLATE..::

Name: Pretty self-explanatory, everyone has a first and last name. Middle names and notable nicknames may be included here as well. For SC3, the character's name should be recognizably the same as their original iteration. That said, small adjustments to spelling, nicknames, and so forth are acceptable.
Gender: Male/Female by default. Other responses will be vetted for sensitivity and realism—it should go without saying, but no stereotypes of bigotry.
Age: All SC3 characters are seniors, and thus should be 17-18 years old, assuming that they have not skipped a grade or been held back. Since the abduction takes place on May 23, 2024, any character born from May 24, 2005 through May 23, 2006 will be 18. Any character born from May 24, 2006 through May 23, 2007 will be 17. Most characters should have a birthday very roughly between July 1, 2005 and August 31, 2006.
Hobbies and Interests: List any major activities or interests that your character is involved in, such as school activities, volunteer work, etc., here. This is only a list, not a narrative section. Anything you list here should be covered in the biography to a decent level of detail, including at a minimum when your character picked up the interest, what role it plays in their life, and what about it appeals to them. Make sure to have at least three distinct hobbies and interests (that is, interests that are not subcategories of one another--"reading" and "fantasy literature" are both perfectly fine to have, even together, but would only count as one as they're part and parcel of the same general idea).

Appearance: Describe, in detail, what your character looks like. Please be as descriptive as possible, such that anyone reading your profile can picture your character vividly. Make sure to include height, weight, hair and eye colors, a facial description, and the outfit your character was wearing on the day of the abduction. The characters were abducted on a warm day in May, with temperatures in the mid-70s.
Biography: Tell us a bit about your character—their past, their personality, their likes and dislikes, their general outlook on the world—anything that makes your character stand out or anything you deem important or influential to your character should be listed here.

Advantages: Are there any advantages that your character may have over the other players? Ensure these are covered beforehand in the biography and don't come out of nowhere! Make sure to have at least two of these.
Disadvantages: What are some disadvantages that your character has as opposed to the competition? Keep in mind that lacking fighting ability and gun training are not disadvantages, but rather the assumed norm for average high school students. Make sure to have at least two of these.

Original Profile: A link to the original profile. Please use a link to their page on the Mini wiki unless they don't have one—this makes our job much easier when creating new pages. If the character is a PV3P NPC, please link the hub page.
Permission: Please link the post in the permission archive where your permission to use the character is established! If the character is your own character, please instead write "Own character" or something equivalent.

For more detail/a profile checklist, please consult the next post!
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Cheat Sheet:


The following is a quick walk-through of the profile template asking for the minimum requirements in each section. We're hoping it'll be useful to handlers writing profiles (if you use this as a checklist, you're well on your way to a painless approval!). This list is extracted and edited from a version found in a much more extensive discussion of the critique/profile process—it's totally optional reading, but if you want to know more about a specific section, feel free to check it out!


Name: First/last name?
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Normal name?
OR
Abnormal name appropriately explained and justified in bio?

Gender: Gender discussed in bio if necessary?

Age: Character is within typical age range for class?
OR
Character is one year older or younger with brief explanation?
OR
Character falls outside typical age range for reasons well-justified in bio, checked with staff team as a whole?

Hobbies and Interests: Character has at least three Hobbies and Interests?
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Character's Hobbies and Interests fall into at least two umbrella categories?
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Each Hobby and Interest receives detail in the bio on where the character picked it up, what their relationship with it is like, and what they like about it?

Appearance: Height and Weight included?
AND
[Character is within typical height/weight parameters?
OR
Height under 4'11" or over 6'4" or extreme high or low weight discussed in bio?]
AND
Character's build briefly described?
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Character's ethnicity/skin color specified?
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Character's hair and eye colors specified (including natural if dyed/colored)?
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Character has at least three distinct facial features described?
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Tattoos, piercings, makeup, scars, birthmarks, etc. noted?
AND
Character's general fashion sense/style described?
AND
Character's specific outfit at game start (including, at minimum, top, bottom, and footwear) described?

Biography: Character's immediate family (parents and siblings, or functional equivalent) given names, professions (for adults) and age differences (for siblings)?
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Each family member has at least one distinct trait to their relationship with character?
AND
Character's socio-economic status established?
AND
Character's formative years (birth through elementary school) briefly addressed?
AND
Character's middle school years briefly addressed?
AND
Progression to high school (or current game state) briefly addressed?
AND
Character's current school situation (grades, favorite/least favorite classes, interactions with teachers, etc.) discussed? (Or equivalent for non-school games)
AND
Character's current social situation (friends, enemies, general demeanor, etc.) discussed?
AND
Character's current family situation (relationships, attitudes, etc.) discussed?
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Character's plans for the future (choice of college, major, etc.) discussed?
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All Hobbies, Interests, Advantages, and Disadvantages established and detailed appropriately?
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All major events given appropriate discussion, consideration, and detail?
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Biography flows in logical fashion?
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[Extraneous information is kept to a minimum?
OR
Relevance to character's story of information not directly about them is clearly established?]

Advantages: Character has at least two distinct Advantages?
AND
Advantages are supported by Biography and affect character's life?
AND
Advantages are positive (things true about a character) rather than negative (things not true of them)?
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Any weapon or combat experience is specifically noted?
Disadvantages: Character has at least two distinct Disadvantages?
AND
Disadvantages are supported by Biography and affect character's life?
AND
Disadvantages are neither highly conditional nor overly specific?

Original Profile: Link to profile on Mini Wiki?
OR
Link to PV3P NPC Page, if applicable?
OR
Link to profile elsewhere, if and only if neither of the above is applicable?
Permission: Link to post establishing permission for use of character in official permission thread?
OR
Note that character is originally yours, so no permission is required?
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