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APPLICATIONS!

Currently: Closed!
Route 29 has closed as of May 30th. For the continuation of the game, please visit victory_road!

Applications will be normally checked during the weekend following the first and third Sunday of each month unless otherwise stated, and we will allow one application per person during one application cycle. Remember, the most characters one player can have at a time is currently set at five.

Applications received after 11:59 PM EST on Saturday of the first and third weekend of each month will be checked the following app weekend unless otherwise stated.

We now ask that potential applicants post their application in comments rather than linking. If their application contains explicit references to 'hard' spoilers (character death, unforeseen plot twists, big reveals, he was evil all along etc), players should put the application in their own journal or their character's journal and link it, making sure to mention the presence of spoilers within. For further clarification on our spoilers policy and whether or not your application needs to be linked, please check this page. Thank you for your cooperation!

The comment character limit on dreamwidth is 16,000 characters so apps no longer need to be split into multiple comments; however this is at players' discretion.

Please use the form below and post your application in comments rather than linking if you can. If you have any questions, feel free to ask either of the mods. You can reach us through emails, IMs, or PMs.

A reminder for those waiting to hear back, please don't be worried if we skip yours while going through them. It only means we needed a little more time to research!

Helpful links!
Taken: 1|2|3 / Reserves
Please do not app a character from either of these unless you reserved them!
Starter Pokémon!
A compiled list of the starter pokémon to choose from offered in Route 29!
Word Count Tool!
Word count! It has other pointless stats too.
Navigation

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Canon Resource Links: Here we would have the links to wikis and other information sites. If none of those seem to provide enough information, feel free to add more about the character here. However, please do not use this section as a full history section unless your canon is ridiculously obscure. General rule of thumb: if there are a good amount of descriptive resources, please just link them and use this section to add in what may have been left out, as opposed to writing an entire history section.

Personality: Give us at minimum 2-3 full paragraphs of how you understand your character's personality. Talk about basic characteristics, any major developments over the course of their canon, their motives, their social behavior, and anything else you can think of that shows off your knowledge of this character.
Strengths/Weaknesses: Try to cover the good points of what they can do, their life skills (not necessarily powers, but things they're just good at). Go into their biggest fears and what they just can’t do.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: What career path will your character be taking? Breeder, Trainer? Or maybe even down the dark path of becoming a member of Team Rocket? Note: All Rocket members start as grunts. (For right now, only those three positions are available, whether your character chooses to follow their assigned path or not.)
Starter: What starter pokémon do you want your character to have? Please use the list linked above to choose from. Certain pokémon have an orange star next to their names; if you choose one of these starters (Deino, Zorua, Litwick, Pikachu, Scyther, Dratini, Bagon, Gible, Axew, Ralts, Riolu, Beldum, Larvitar, Eevee, or Beldum) you must provide reasoning. You do not need to explain your reasoning for pokémon other than those listed above.
Password: This is where you'll put the passwords from the Rules and the F.A.Q. There are two words, to assure you've read both.

Samples
First Person Sample: The sample must take place in Route_29's setting. Eight sentences is the minimum. This is a PokéConnect post--one that will be on the character's journal, broadcast to the network. Although it is short, it needs to show how your character would communicate with others, as well as be descriptive enough to express the character's voice without sounding too generic.

Third Person Sample: The sample must take place in Route_29's setting. The minimum is 300 words. Please note that what we are looking for is an inner working into the character’s thoughts and actions, and how the character responds to the setting, not something that could be taken as an excerpt fanfic. You may use other characters to bounce your characters actions off of, but everything should still be mostly from their point of view.

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Strengths:
America is quite physically strong (supernaturally strong, in canon he can lift bison and pull cars, although in Route he will simply be a faily strong human). As a nation, he has several centuries of experience in combat and politics. He is shown both fighting on the field with his soldiers and working closely with his higher-ups and officials, which suggests that he is not only capable in a physical fight, but that he can understand and work out tactics as well. America can be cleverer than he lets on, particularly when dealing with other nations-- he acts like a doofus, but he's actually quite good at knowing just what buttons to push to get a desired reaction from a given person like poking fun at England's cooking to get a rise out of him. But even though he can be obnoxious, America is genuinely a kind and good-hearted person. He will always be there for someone who is in trouble or in danger, and he doesn't like to see anyone sad. His attempts to help or to cheer someone up may be clumsy, but his intentions are pure. He especially has a soft spot for kids. America also has quite an affinity for science, especially dealing with aeronautics and space. He has a long history with the mechanics of flight, from watching the Wright brothers test their designs at Kitty Hawk, to flying as an Air Force pilot in the World Wars, to the birth of the Space Race and the Apollo missions. He gets really into it, too-- although hemay be flighty and distractable a lot of the time, when he's focused on a project, he is truly focused, and he will keep working at it until the job is done.

Weaknesses:
However, while America can be tactical and clever, he often isn't, especially if he doesn't see an immediate benefit to it. He's very much into instant gratification, so he often doesn't consider the long-term ramifications of his actions. Spending money on some kind of gadget from an infomercial seems like a great idea; it will make his life so much easier!! But they always make those things seem so much more life-changing than they are, and how many potatoes do you really need to peel at once, and sooner or later it's gathering dust in a closet and he's out 4 easy payments of $19.95. (He rarely, if ever, learns his lesson though.) He's not really too great with money in general, again owing to his need for instant gratification, he'd rather spend money now than save it up for something better later. When dealing with others, America often has trouble interpreting the atmosphere. He tends to think that everyone thinks like him, which can end up getting him in trouble when he insists on sticking his nose into other peoples' business and making suggestions based on his own situation. Many of the other nations find him quite annoying because of this. He also has a tendency to jump to conclusions without thinking things through, or forming judgements against things because of prior experiences. For example, as a result of the COld War and the McCarthy era, anything remotely socialist registers as "communism = bad," even if it's fairly minor or benign. He also has an irrational fear of ghosts and other spookies, but he will intentionally seek out scary movies to watch before bedtime. Each time he ends up needing to find someone else to sleep with, or else ends up having nightmares. (Yet, he always does it again...)

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon!
Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.

Now that you've been accepted...
[○] Respond to this with your character's journal. This is a must!
[○] Comment in the Taken Characters post, alphabetized by series: # thru G, H thru O, or P thru Z.
[○] Comment to the Friend Add/Remove, and update your friends list.
[○] Join the following communities:

route_29,

route_006,

route_1065,

pokedaycare. Only Team Rocket personnel should join

rocket_hq, but we ask that all Route members subscribe to it.
Note! You will not be accepted to the main or logs community until you've commented in the aforementioned places.
[○] If you're still on the reserved list, please let us know that they've been accepted.
[○] Please make sure to check out the Calendar for the weather and upcoming plots and swarms!
[○] Route 29 has an optional spam/meme community; it's

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We'd also like to take this moment to inform you of the Eastern Kanto Ferry! For only P2000, you can take a three day, all-inclusive ferry ride from New Bark Town to Pallet Town and begin a new pokémon journey in the Kanto region! Otherwise, feel free to start in Johto!

Thank you! See you in the Pokémon world!

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