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gooseberryhigh2017-09-03 08:55 am
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QUIDDITCH & CHEER TRYOUTS
QUIDDITCH TRYOUTS
It a bright, sunny morning, and there are a lot of open spots on the Quidditch and cheer teams. If anything, this seems to have made competition even more fierce. Mr. Thorn sips a mug of coffee as he waves through the various teams, offering advice and keeping people in line with a sharp eye.
» captains: Team captains have a moment before tryouts begin to stand in front of the hopeful athletes and tell them what they're expecting, or give them words of encouragement.
» Tryouts: Tryouts begin, whether you're an old player confident that you'll keep your spot, or a new kid hoping to make the team for the first time.
» Audience: If you've come to support your friends, your team, or just to scope out some cute jocks, now's your chance! You may also play out miscellaneous scenes here.
» OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & CONCERNS
HOW THIS WORKS
- You do not have to post to this to keep your Quidditch or Cheer position. This goes for cheerleaders, first string players and reserves.
- However, we encourage you to do so anyway because it's fun and the more we know about your players and teams, the easier it is for us to write Quidditch games and add notes about what the cheerleaders and mascots are doing. There's a lot of pressure on captains to be active and involved in order to bring a team together, so get to know your players! Create a team dynamic! We want to create an interesting narrative for you and your team, even if there can only be one winner, and it's easier when we have a good feel for how your team relates to one another.
- If you want to participate, fill out the form below and post it to the Tryouts comment header.
- Captains don't try out, the team's already yours! But feel free to respond and react to your would-be players, or give an opening pep talk. Although Quidditch teams are set in stone, it's on you as a player to justify these decisions ICly. Assume that the players you got were the best ones available to you and the wisest choices! Mr. Thorn will advise, but captains get final say.
- Quidditch teams have already been established beforehand and are set in stone. You don't need to participate in this post to keep your spot, it's just for flavor and fun. If you applied in as a cheerleader or reserve player, the same goes for you. That said, we do encourage captains to post and interact with their team! An involved captain makes a tightly knit team!
- If you're playing a captain: Your character will have made these decisions on their own. Mr. Thorn will advise, but he does not have final say, only your captain does. It's your responsibility to justify their selections ICly. Assume that those who made the cut were the most skilled players/cheerleaders available.
- You may make your captain's choices known as early as Monday, Sep 4, or you can wait until Thorn posts the lists for everyone to see next week.
- Tryouts start at 8:00 AM and last until 11:00 AM. They all take place at roughly the same time, but other teams can try to scope out their rivals in free moments.
- Anyone's permitted to come and watch, as long as they're respectful. Mr. Thorn doesn't care if you want to yell ans scream for your friends, though! There's nothing that inspires an athlete like the roar of a crowd!
- Characters who aren't on a team may try out! We'll assume they don't make the cut unless you hit up the dropbox asking the mods if the character qualifies to be a Quidditch reserve or cheerleader. Remember, there are limits on how many of these characters you can play.
» captains: Team captains have a moment before tryouts begin to stand in front of the hopeful athletes and tell them what they're expecting, or give them words of encouragement.
Name:
House:
How are they feeling about their team?: Nervous about replacing graduated players/cheerleaders? Excited about their first time as captain? Confident in their skill level?
What do they expect from tryouts?: What do they tell those trying out that they're looking for?
What, in your opinion, is their team/squad best at?: If you say everything I'm hitting you on the nose with a newspaper.
» Tryouts: Tryouts begin, whether you're an old player confident that you'll keep your spot, or a new kid hoping to make the team for the first time.
Name:
House:
What position(s) are they trying out for?: Just list them, regardless of what they end up getting.
How does their tryout go?:
Their strengths:
Their weaknesses:
Anything else?:
» Audience: If you've come to support your friends, your team, or just to scope out some cute jocks, now's your chance! You may also play out miscellaneous scenes here.
» OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & CONCERNS
TRYOUTS
House: Coppertale
What position(s) are they trying out for?: Seeker and Seeker only.
How does their tryout go?: Reid acts very assured of his spot on the team, which is confidence he hasn't exactly earned. History shows that Sy totally will take his spot from him if he fucks up. Despite that, Reid walks out like he knows he's the best Seeker the school has to offer, and looks down his nose at his rivals
in order to hide his anxiety behind arrogance. As always, he's no frills, and his tryout isn't especially exciting to watch. He is, however, rightfully confident in his skills. Reid demonstrates what he can do with a combination of cockiness and impatience to get this over with. He remains impassive but his internal monologue is along the lines of "Don't fuck it up, Wainright, I fucking swear to God, get your shit together" over and over again.Their strengths: Reid is confident, fast and agile. His reaction time is startlingly quick, and he's got a talent for instantaneously measuring distances and speeds. This allows him to weave around obstacles such as other players and Bludgers with relative ease. Reid can turn on a dime and is remarkably in tune with his broom. He's perceptive and driven, so it's difficult for other players to distract him with feints. All in all, Reid's genuinely an amazing Seeker, but...
Their weaknesses: Reid plays like he's the only person in the game. It's him, the Snitch, and sometimes the other Seeker or a Bludger. He's poor at keeping track of what his teammates are doing or what the score is, so asking him to strategize at all is taking a huge risk. He's not dependable, and has a history of allowing himself to zone out in the middle of games. He makes close calls when diving for the Snitch, and when he wipes out, it's usually pretty bad and takes him out of the game entirely. He's also not especially durable, so Bludgers can mess him up pretty badly if he gets hit. And lastly, Reid's not flashy, showy, or especially fun to watch. His charisma on the pitch is a big ol' zero.
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