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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(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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