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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.

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.

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?:

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:

» 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

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Name: Concordia Knight
House: Coppertale
What position(s) are they trying out for?: Coppertale Cheer Squad!
How does their tryout go?: Fantastic! Concordia has been dancing, cheering, and doing gymnastics for most her life. She didn't try out last year because she was focused more on school and starting things out - but now as a big bad Sophomore and all that, she's on it. She wants it. She's peppy, has an endless amount of energy, a big smile and she's got flair. She dances with the kind of sass you'd expect. She's obviously not just regurgitating routines and moves she's memorized, she's dancing with the beat and improvising as she goes. She follows routine where it's necessary. She's not humble or confident enough to not try and out-do the other girls, but fortunately she has the skills to fill in where her confidence lacks.
Their strengths: Great dancer and tumbler. Technical skills needed for Cheer are there and on point. Great at smiling for long periods of time. Tons of school spirit. When she's cheering you can literally feel the freakin love she has for this school.
Their weaknesses: Bit of a know it all and constantly trying to out-do other people. Sometimes she gets too into the music and dances a little too much. Rusty on her tumbling but the skills is still there underneath the obvious I-haven't-practiced-in-too-long (then tried to cram it all in the last two days).

Who the crap are you, kid?? Hazel tried to ignore the freshmen last year so Concordia wasn't really on her radar, but she's going to support everyone trying out for Coppercheer! Great job girlie!

Much blushing and thanks!

Cabinmate solidarity!!! Nisha wolf whistles for Cordi while she's dancing.

HAY GIRL HAAAAAAY

Casey's real glad this girl didn't die trying to teach all the moves to Skynns in 48 hours or less because SHE'S SICK AF.

OMG thanks bro. She's glad she didn't die too.

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