You have reached the laboratory of Dr. Gaius Baltar. Dr. Baltar is busy at the moment testing endless blood samples or doing something else incredibly tedious that you people have forced him to do. If you leave a message he will get back to you the next time he has a chance to squander some of his invaluable time.

Currently accepting rp solicitations?: Yes
Name/Alias: Putrocca (or "Thrud" or "Ada")
Age: 25
Theme(s) for you would be willing to play: I can do most standard fantasy/ sci-fi/ historical/ mythological settings (shows, book series) plus I run anime convention events so I'm extremely well-versed in pretty-much all anime and manga, so name a series and character and odds are 60% I could probably do it. I'm particularly well-versed in seinen titles, old and obscure stuff, and the history of shoujo. My role-play specialties are "manipulative" type characters, whether good or evil, as well as mad scientists and vampires/demons/angels, but I like variety. I have lots of experience being a GM or NPC so I can play a variety of things as the need requires. I would be happy to take on a temporary character for a plotline badly in need of a specific person. My favorite anime characters are Dr. Black Jack, Rock Holmes (Metropolis), Kaworu (Evangelion), Legato Bluesommers (Trigun), K-san (Gravitation), Shigure (Fruits Basket) and Orochimaru (Naruto); favorite anime/manga series include Black Jack, 20th Century Boys, Paranoia Agent, Speed Grapher, Death Note, Hikaru no Go, Utena, Gundam Wing, GTO, Astro Boy, Excel Saga, Monster, Weiss, Ayakashi, Nightwalker, Rose of Versailles, Buddha, Uzumaki, Saiyuki, Mythical Detective Loki, Petshop, Tramps Like Us, Lone Wolf & Cub, Tokyo Babylon, Princess Tutu, Yakkitate! Japan, Hale X Guu, Gankutsuou, Bleach, Ouran... in short, lots. In addition to anime I can do BSG, Dr. Who, Lexx, Farscape, Buffy, Gargoyles, historical (I'm an historian) and most other standard f/sf shows that have been on in the past couple decades.

Preferred setting(s): I'm new to LJ but am willing to adapt to any online forum.
Experience: Playing AD&D since I was 7, LARPing for 10 years, online/text roleplay for 8 years, writing and running games, staffing anime cons and designing special events, freelance journalism work for Tokyopop & ADV.

Preferred method of contact: putrocca@aol.com

For anyone who has come here from "PleasePickMe" this is an old LJ account that I created becuase I was invited to play Gaius Baltar in a BSG RP, but that RP then died, leaving the account as-is. If I start a new roleplay game I will reformat this journal appropriately to the character I am called-upon to play, but you can take the layout here as proof of the fact that I am very thorough when I take on a new RP.

For more information about my roleplay background and what series/characters I would be good to play, please contact me by e-mail: putrocca at aol dot com.

(It seems this would be a good icebreaker for the group, so I'm posting the answers to my initial application questionaire here. I thought it was a great questionaire)

Name: Dr. Gaius Baltar.

Occupation or Rank (if any):

Yes, I do have a rank, thank you for asking, my rank is Doctor. These days it seems the only titles that matter to anyone are the military ones, while a doctorate from a leading university, or three leading universities, which represent highest achievements of the civilization we’re all supposed to be trying to preserve, is little more than a ticket to countless tedious jobs, without a 'thank you', let alone respect. My current occupation is as Galactica’s resident Cylon expert, which is supposed to make me a valued and respected advisor at the highest levels of command, but in reality they view as an intruder in their military world, and then complain when I can’t produce miracles on demand. At least they’ve given me my own lab, so I get to spend plenty of time alone.

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As an icebreaker, here are the more interesting sectinos of the O.O.C. section of my original Action Stations application form:



Name: Ada
Time Zone: For now, EST. Starting in September, GMT + 1 (Italy)
Age: 25

Describe your previous experience as an RPer:

Lots. Dad taught me to play D&D when I was six. I’ve been gaming and DM-ing (GM-ing) steadily since age 15, mostly D&D, some GURPS, a little Whitewolf, both long continuing campaigns and short one-shots. I’m known for running funny and intellectual games, like Philosophers Cave, in which you have to fight all the great philosophers in history in chronological order, as they wield weapons which personify their philosophies, like Nietzsche’s hammer, or Socrates’ dialectic bazooka. I’ve run gaming at cons, and at several sci-fi clubs. I’ve also three games along the lines of this one (online roleplay conducted in text entries w/o dice etc.) one with vampires, one Shakespeare-based and one more broad fantasy based – I really like that style since it allows for maximum roleplay with minimum concern about game mechanics. I’m also moderator for a new roleplay along the same lines that’s just starting up, based on the Monkey Ninja Pirate Robot system, and set in Victorian London. Lately I’ve done a lot of LARPing, including anime convention LARPing, and a recent multi-year campaigns where everyone were gods (lots of good theology discussion there). In roleplay, my favorite thing is having intelligent characters deal complex intellectual or theological questions (hence I like playing gods, priests or philosophers), and my second favorite is complex political manipulation, and my third is mad scientists. I have a reputation among those I game with frequently of always playing manipulative bastards... it may be true.

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