ARCTIC BASE

APPLICATION

``WELCOME TO ARCTIC BASE. NOW... GET THE FUCK OUT.''


This is the Arctic Base application; not to be confused with the blurb.

We have not attempted to schedule any runs of Arctic Base, because we have no idea how many runs we'll need, nor when we, the GMs, will be available to run. Submitting an application will help us to determine the above, and we will contact you later about scheduling.

Many of these questions are the same as the pre-application. If you filled out a pre-application, Thank You, and please re-answer the questions. If you didn't fill out a pre-app, don't worry about it.

The questions in this application are all relevant. We could've asked a lot more vaguely amusing questions that would've been ignored, but we figured that most people didn't want to fill out a 10-page application. So don't let the levity fool you -- please consider each question with a modicum of care, because there are casting decisions that will be based on at least one, if not more, of the following questions. With that in mind, you can still fill out the short form. But don't bitch if you don't like how you're cast. No preference will be given to one form over another.


- Your info.

- Name:
- Email:

Note: If you're a mutant and can't be reliably reached via email, then include whatever means (physical address, phone number and times when we can call, carrier pigeon roost, blahblahblah) we can contact you.

- Year:

- Other.

- Who do you want to work with? ``A completely loyal T-1000'' is not a valid answer.

- Who do you want to work against? ``No one'' is not a valid answer. Neither is Bugs Bunny.

- Who do you want to avoid altogether?

- What of the following would you be willing to play?

- Yes No
- An officer?
- A conscientious officer?
- A stupid officer?
- A stupid private?
- A hugely strong private?
- A private citizen?
- A wolf?
- A sheep?
- A techie?
- A medical officer?
- An alien?
- A blood-sucking alien?
- An acid-spitting blood-sucking alien?
- A bad-tempered acid-spitting blood-sucking alien?
- A member of a hive mind?
- A stupid member of a hive mind?
- A high-ranking member of the hive mind?
- A mortally wounded jackrabbit with a nuke?
- GM for a cheesy assassin game?
- 2. Are you any good at crossword puzzles? Yes No

- 21. Does the concept of killing appall you? Yes No

- Multiple Choice.

- 17. You consider the Rubik's Cube to be:

- A. A nice way to spend 15 seconds solving it;
- B. Hammer-fodder;
- C. A nice paperweight.
- 26. You think spending 6 hours running around all of campus to be:
- A. A nice way to spend an evening;
- B. You've GOT to be kidding;
- C. Maybe for 4 hours, with breaks.
- 27. You consider kludges to be:
- A. A standard part of any good Assassin game;
- B. Pure CheezeWiz(TM);
- C. Well, a few ain't so bad.
- 28. Your reaction to WeirdShit is:
- A. Yeah! I wanna play it!
- B. Yeah! I wanna kill it!
- C. Oh, please, keep it away;
- D. Who cares?!?
- 18. Your first reaction to hearing the phrase ``So's your mom...'' is:
- A. ``Huh?''
- B. [boot to the head] *Thunk*
- C. ``Yo Mama's a snowblower!''
- D. ``God, you really suck at that...''
- E. ``Bite me.''
- 3. You consider a fully loaded disc gun to be:
- A. Useful for about 10 seconds;
- B. Useful for about 5 seconds;
- C. Good for 20 well-placed, carefully-aimed, jealously-measured shots;
- D. How did he load this again?
- 4. How do you feel about playing a NPC character? Some NPCs might see a lot of action; some might see very little. Some might see the same type of action repeated all the time; some might be used in a once-only, case-by-case situations. Be specific.

- 22. Scenario: You are alone with nothing but a knife, a sack cloth, your scrawny body, and a cold draft. What do you do about the alien creature coming your way? What about the one behind him?

- 25. How many times a day do you play with your disc gun? Your dart gun? No, this is not a use of figurative language.

- 24. Would you rather play a predator or wily prey?
Predator Prey Don't care

- 23. Your boss is an asshole. Your mother was cold and uncaring. Both are confronting you and asking you to cut your best friends out of a business deal. What do you tell them?

- 5. Did you play in Antartica? Which run? What part(s) did you enjoy? What part(s) did you hate?

- 28. How fast can you reload a disc gun? How accurate are you? Answer the same for dart guns. (This is a very important question, so be honest about your ability.)

- 6. Do you like or hate mechanics that take time (ability cards, incants)? Be specific.

- 7. Have you seen the following?

- Yes No
- Alien
- Aliens
- Aliens^3
- Predator
- Predator II
- Terminator
- Terminator II
- Grinning Evil Death
- Bambi Meets Godzilla
- Robotech
- Akira
- Bubblegum Crisis
- Buckaroo Banzai
- Real Genius
- Please write up the missing questions in this application and send them in if it's actually interesting and relevant (for instance, we don't care if you want to be Ahhhhnold Schwartenegger and have a plasma phase rifle for a right hand that does fourteen bazillion points of damage). This should be used for ideas (if any) that you have about character/shtick concepts you want to play.

Send completed applications to "arctic-gms@mit.edu"


Thanks,
The Arctic GMs