// Will you be adding the names to which rank/position people have? And is this the official thread or is this the official thread: http://www.catalyst-gaming.net/index.php?topic=2837.0

OOC Section


OOC Name: RJ

IC Character Name: Randy Johsa

1) Please write a minimum of 3 paragraphs OOC'ly detailing why your character wishes to join the Combine Civil Authority and what lead your character to do so.

    Randy Johsa was in a miserable life wondering around the world and was then suddenly picked up by a patrolling CCA group. He was then later transferred to city45 where he could only think of things getting worse. After a few brutal days of tolerating and refusing the CCA's authority he got too weak to put up with it. He then decided to try and work things out the other way and things began to change.

    Randy Johsa began reporting mishaps that were going on around the city from abusive language to physical assaults. Once he became fairly recognized by some CCA's and maintained a clean record of 0 points he was going to get a "loyalist band" to wear proudly on his arm. He continued to try and serve the CCA's with all that he could because he figured out that if he can continue to stop -not all- most of the problems that things would run a lot smoother. He began coming up with a sort of "schedule" to do his own watching patrol. Although it was not an official patrol route he wanted to help other's see why we should follow the CCA's authority, so he became what other's referred to as a "rat" but was considered a "maintainer of peace" by the CCAs.

    Randy Johsa not only decided to help the CCA but he also tried to help the citizens that occupied city45. How he did this was by talking with them on how problems will be eased if we only started to trust them more and if we didn't fight them all the times. He talked others out of trying to challenge the CCA into a fight, or disobeying them by going into sector 6. He would do this day in and day out so that he could save others from destruction. He did these actions to save others from themselves.

2) Please detail your characters traits. (Eg, Pure, Lawful, Trustworthy)

Loyal - He stays true to the CCA by telling only the truth and reporting things that cause only problems.

Precise - He chooses his words very carefully and strategically so that he can persuade even the most stubborn.

Survivalist - He plans out when and how much food he should eat or preserve so that he can continue to survive another day.

Perfectionist - He can't stand a misaligned word or object that's on display -or anything for that matter-.




3) Please provide 2 paragraphs about what you are expecting the Combine Civil Authority to be like for you and your character?

    I expect the CCA to be a thrilling experience and a chance to show that I can show authority over players that don't play games properly. I want to be able to allow other players to enjoy themselves while they play on the Catalyst server and that the game is played fairly as well. I also expect that I'll be able to learn how things work as a CCA and so that I'll be more briefed on the sort of things about a CCA. Once I've gotten the skills and knowledge I need to know about being a CCA I plan on trying to move up the ranks and show others the sort of example they should follow. This is what I expect to get out of when and while being a CCA.

    Randy Johsa hopes that he can prevent others from stumbling into the thick of things and making wrong decisions. He hopes that he can accomplish this soon so that he can help maintain peace with the other CCAs. He hopes that he can gain trust and a dependence with other CCAs so that he can have support when he needs it and when other citizens need it. He also wants to move from just being a loyalist to someone that can get more things done and be able to show that anything can be achieved when cooperation is shown to those around you. This is why Jonny Harkwate hopes to achieve, so that things can join into a "coexistence" of some small or big sort.


4) Please provide a detailed back-story from an out-of-character perspective on your applying character. This section must be detailed and consist of a minimum of 300 words.

    Randy Johsa was devastated when he found out that the world was being taken over. He tried to hide from everything and was successful. While almost everyone he knew was either killed in the fight or detained... he was left with nothing left. He wondered around for 2 years until he found some survivors and decided to join him. He shared his knowledge with them and in return received invaluable information. These helped him to contribute to each others survival for many more months. But the time came to when the "combine's" (as they referred to them as) came and found them. Jonny managed to make another escape but to only find himself alone... again. He then spent the rest of the time surviving by a 3rd point perspective and not actually being in his own conscience. He then stumbled upon an abandoned warehouse full of materials that could keep him surviving for years. He spent a long time of his life there and still keeping his skills up with survivalism and studies. He also found some weapons that he could use to fend off any unwanted presences but he was grateful as he never had to use them. This is because after about 2 years (if it was actually 2 years) he set out again hoping to find others. He spotted some rebel groups, but they were in the midst of a firefight and clearly not holding out. He met up with a few that managed to stay hidden and was able to trade supplies for awhile until he had an urge to leave as he didn't like the idea of being in the presence of rebels when a greater power was at their doorsteps. He continued on for countless days scrounging around for food and clean water. That's when the day came when a few CCAs came and detained him and transferred him to city45 where he continued to survive for who knows how long.


OOC Details

1. How long have you played on role-playing servers in general?
Garry's Mod - 300 hours
HL2:DM - 800 hours
Total: 1200 hours
Generally 2-3 years

2. How long have you played on serious servers?
Garry's Mod - 150 hours.
HL2:DM 50 or so hours
Total: 200 hours
Generally started Serious RP in the past 365.242199 days

3. How long have you played on Catalyst Gaming?
The past 3 weeks. (A week was played on HL2:RP and then an account was auto-created on: June 09, 2011 for OCRP)

4. What Time zone are you in?
(UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

5. In what country do you live?
Canada

6. How old are you?
15

7. What’s your most memorable quality RP experience?
In general, when others actually play fair so that the game can be enjoyable to not only themselves but others as well.

8. Do you consider yourself a good listener?
Absolutely.

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IC Section


Full Name: Randy Johsa
CID: #87484
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Height: 6'2''
Hair Colour Brown
Eye Colour: Blue
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Weight: 195 pounds
Mental Distinctions: Fast reaction, calculation and comprehension time.
Mental Defects: Sometimes over thinks the situation.
Mental Advantages: Before he was captured and sent to city45 he had the prvilage of people he knew                   to teach him some very useful things (ie. grammar, mathematics, etc.)
Notable Qualities: Can usually always find a way to be right and not wrong.



1. Have you ever been detained or apprehended for a Sociostability Infringement before? If so, explain?
No.

2. Do you regularly eat Combine Civil Authority Issued Rations?
Yes.

3. Are you willing to give your life to the cause of the Universal Union?
Yes.

4. Do you as a Citizen and future Civil Protection Member accept ALL actions performed by you and those under your command as your OWN responsibility?
Yes.

5. Will you remain loyal and faithful to the Universal Union as long as you live?
Yes.

6. Why do you want to join the Combine Civil Authority?
I want to join because I've never had the opportunity to play as a CCA in a HL2RP server before. I want to be able to play as one so that I can get a fun experience in the server. I've played as a sort of "civil protection" unit in different games and as different positions and I really want to be able to play as one here.  I hope that I can do this so that I can help improve the game play for not only myself but also others.




Please sign the attached oath using only blue or black pen.


Denied. Resisting CCA with heavy malcompliance isn't a smart move. Also, your character was "wandering" and had not been transferred to a city. This would imply that he was in a non-Combine civilized zone. The UCA does not operate in non-city zones.

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I just read over my CCA application and I see where you are making your observations that I wasn't as clear on: When I say wandering around I mean like the place in HL2 on the coasts there (or somewhere more near cities like in episode 1/2) and so the combine took him and "dumped" him into a city (I'm a little bit short of knowledge on the HL2 world but if you can understand what I'm getting at when I mean somewhere around a combine position and/or a city of the sort). When I mean refusing the combine's authority what I was getting at was this:

–verb (used with object)
1.
to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.

When I was saying that he was refusing, I meant he was having trouble accepting the fact that the CCA made the rules not him (as he's been living by his own laws for quite some time), I didn't intend it to be him straight up refusing to "Apply" or something, it was more of the "challenge" for him to fit in. I'm sorry if I was vague by just a little bit but if you can please re-asses my application as it would mean a great deal if I can be a CCA. Thank you if you took your time to read this: -RJ

Well I'm having some troubles joining both of the HL2:RP server and OCRP. Whenever I join I get a misconfigured cache and I was wondering if it's because the server wasn't updated or if it's because of the update that I got. Or if it's maybe even that the content that I got isn't right. If someone can help me solve this problem I would be grateful, thanks!