interest check

[calloperators]

This is the official interest check page for HOTLINE, a short-run murdergame based loosely around Hotline Miami. If you would like to know more about this setting, please direct yourself to the FAQ/rules page!

You don't have to be on either of the mods' plurklist to fill out this interest form--if there is significant interest in this game, we will consider opening it to the public.

Currently, we're looking to start sometime during April/May, though this may change based on interest. A start date will be announced later after taking into account the schedules of the moderators and potential players. If you have any further questions, please direct them to either Jeff jeffurson or Everett wolfnoir. Thank you very much!

Interest Form:
Player Name:
Character Considerations:
What is your preferred start date?: (Mid/late April, May, June)
Likelihood of joining:
Questions?:

<b>Player Name:</b> <b>Character Considerations:</b> <b>What is your preferred start date?</b>: (Mid/late April, May, June) <b>Likelihood of joining:</b> <b>Questions?:</b>

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[macrophages]

Player Name: Ginshi
Character Considerations: Chisaki Kai/Overhaul from MHA
What is your preferred start date?: probably late May-ish!
Likelihood of joining: Pretty high bc perfect for villains
Questions?: Depending on if I get a spot with Chisaki, I’ll probably have questions on how to nerf his power.

[lovedanime]

Player Name: Lenga
Character Considerations: Olivia Octavius, Krauss Ushiromiya, maybe a Baccano or DRRR if there's interest
What is your preferred start date?: 15S R4 starts April 21st, so June would actually be the best time for me.
Likelihood of joining: Medium.
Questions?: Your rule on spoilers focuses on murdergame spoilers. What is your rule for spoilery canons? Is there a minimum time after release of new canon?

[calloperators]

Spoilery canons are ok! We ask for around a 3 month period from release and for it to be available in English in some form, though.

[crownless]

Player Name: Danni
Character Considerations: Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)
What is your preferred start date?: May/June, the later the better
Likelihood of joining: 60%, but only if opened to the public! :|a I’m not 100% as my schedule sucks so I’d rather step back for those on the mods’ plurklists if it stays invite only.
Questions?: Do you like hurting other people?

[prospitian]

Player Name: Courtney
Character Considerations: very very possibly axe end clover to go with sean's safe end snake from 999!!! backup plans include tttttiki from fe:a? maybe? linde from fe12??? very uncertain tho
What is your preferred start date?: probably may or june!
Likelihood of joining: very dependent on some rl stuff currently up in the air, so let's call it like 50/50?!?!
Questions?: I'M GOOD

[prospitian]

SORRY ACTUALLY I CAME UP WITH A QUESTION, i just wanted to verify the viability of apping characters from post-death canonpoints?

[calloperators]

Sorry for the delay! We won't be allowing post-death canonpoints, unfortunately. However, you can take a character from right before their death, if you'd like.

[dolleyed]

Player Name: Luna
Character Considerations: FLORENT L'BELLE FROM ACE ATTORNEY. I want to play him in this game so badly, what the FUCK.
What is your preferred start date?: April is probably best for me, but all works.
Likelihood of joining: 70%? I am pretty jazzed about L'Belle in this setting, so I'll be giving my best to free my schedule for whenever the game happens.
Questions?: Can mock-round characters return for the main game?

[calloperators]

Mock-round characters can return for the main game! Further details on how that'll go down will be revealed after the mock trial. :o)

[dolleyed]

Nice! Because this is certainly a guy I'd need to voice-test, so this'd be ideal. Thanks!

[eightsandaces]

Player Name: Sean
Character Considerations: Safe end Snake, hi I'm Sean (999), Dio (Virtue's Last Reward), Henry (Fire Emblem), Kristoph Gavin (Ace Attorney), COULD BE OTHERS, WHO KNOWS
What is your preferred start date?: I have no preference atm
Likelihood of joining: High, I'm pretty hype
Questions?: None that I can think of!

[playspranks]

Player Name: Lum
Character Considerations: Loki (Valkyrie Profile), Fang (FFXIII series), Lightning (FFXIII series)
What is your preferred start date?: end of May/beginning of june
Likelihood of joining: Good if it doesn't occur in April since prior obligations
Questions?: nah

[darkincrement]

Player Name: Pan
Character Considerations: Asato Tsuzuki from Yami no Matsuei, Faris Scherwiz from Final Fantasy V.
What is your preferred start date?: Late Mayish/June.
Likelihood of joining: At this point? Medium-ish.
Questions?:

[cluelesscavewoman]

Player Name: Kitty
Character Considerations: Amanda Amamiya from RGD and Natsuhi Ushiromiya from Umineko.
What is your preferred start date?: June would be best for me and I need to review and both my characters are from long series.
Likelihood of joining: I'm too easy to enable but RL things. So I'm in the middle.
Questions?: I don't think so?

[handsheld]

Player Name: Limon
Character Considerations: Tomura Shigaraki from MHA
What is your preferred start date?: Late May or June
Likelihood of joining: Pretty high bc I am here for horrible people
Questions?: !!! Nothing really, but I am so here for this concept esp with powers even if severely nerfed please just let me make fun of shigaraki-- cant disintegrate people anymore but still cant hold a napkin without it crumbling into pieces

[earnahappyending]

Player Name: Nick
Character Considerations: No idea yet, really
What is your preferred start date?: Anytime!
Likelihood of joining: 80%
Questions?: I guess I should ask for a bit more of detail about the 'viewing themselves as a bad person' possibility. Can you go a bit more in-depth about that? Maybe an example or two?

[calloperators]

As long as the character is strongly capable of considering themselves to be morally bad, or having done morally bad things, then they would be applicable. For example, Chidi Anagonye from The Good Place, or Juno Steel from The Penumbra Podcast. Both of these characters frequently struggle with moral quandaries and can easily view themselves as bad people.

Characters who view themselves in this way will be checked on a case-by-case basis, as this is more difficult to confirm as opposed to whether or not they have committed crimes.

[selfpity]

Player Name: Taku
Character Considerations: Tohru Adachi (Persona 4), maybe someone else if I dont finish canon reviewing in time?? We'll see.
What is your preferred start date?: no preferences atm
Likelihood of joining: pretty high provided that RL doesn't find a way to heck me up before then
Questions?: nah I'm good

[boosterrific]

Player Name: AF
Character Considerations: Booster Gold, fresh out of the time machine flavor for maximum 80's and maximum willingness to murder to cover up his crimes
What is your preferred start date?: I have an important canon update planned in my main game for around May, so June would probably work best for me.
Likelihood of joining: Unless something really good for the other character I want to play in a murdergame right now pops up in the interim, I'd say it's pretty high. I haven't been in a murdergame in like a year and I crave blood.
Questions?: What about Skeets? Skeets doesn't remotely deserve All This, but WHAT ABOUT SKEETS?

[calloperators]

Skeets doesn't deserve All This at all, but Skeets could be a regain! Though his AI might not function at all properly.

[boosterrific]

of course not, he might keep booster from making bad decisions then and we can't have that

[neverstudied]

Player Name: Nick [the other one]
Character Considerations: Venkman, Medic TF2, Mrs Bitterman from the Very Merry Muppets Christmas movie, fucking Wonka from the Tom and Jerry movie again, maaaybe Simon Blackquill since it looks like a couple ppl are considering ace attorney?
theres a couple other ideas i have in mind but those are the main ones
What is your preferred start date?: late May, maybe, but tbh i dont care, no matter when it is i'll make room for it
Likelihood of joining: 100%. you cant get rid of me if you tried
Questions?: do u know i'd die for you both?

[ghoststanning]

Player Name: Blank
Character Considerations: Ray Stantz, Phil Connors, Seymour Krelborn
What is your preferred start date?: Any time's good! I'm pretty busy late May though
Likelihood of joining: Pretty damn likely!
Questions?: I'm gonna ask again if I can regain Slimer but I'm begging you please don't allow me to regain Slimer I don't wanna deal with him.

[calloperators]

You can regain Slimer :)

[pr159]

Player Name: Eric
Character Considerations: Rideaux (Tales of Xillia 2), Ryuunosuke Uryuu (Fate/Zero), Mephisto Pheles (Ao no Exorcist) if I ever fucking catch up on the manga
What is your preferred start date?: Late May - June
Likelihood of joining: Probably 50/50, mostly depending on wtf is going on with my life in a few months
Questions?: nope

[castigador]

Player Name: Ca
Character Considerations: Frank Castle (616), Frank Castle (The Punisher movies), Luke Cage (MCU), Detective Miller (The Expanse)
What is your preferred start date?: June? Probably.
Likelihood of joining: I really love this premise but April is gonna be busy af for me so just depends on start date, and also if other Marvels wanna join since it's a popular franchise.
Questions?: If I were to app Luke I guess he'd just be a nonpowered human since he's like virtually impossible to kill otherwise idk. I think that's it really!

[calloperators]

We'd have to discuss further details with you if you apped, but essentially, Luke would be unable to access his powers and thus be a functionally normal human.

[castigador]

That's what I figured! He also has the weakest premise in terms of "done bad things/crimes." He definitely has committed crimes, he's a vigilante and he escaped from prison etc etc but pretty much everything he's done in his life has been for a noble cause (almost, he strayed from the path for a bit.) Is it better for characters to be bad people/full on criminals or does it not matter how well-intentioned or small their criminal acts might be?

[calloperators]

A vigilante might be applicable depending on how their methods of going about bettering the world--for example, killing other people despite otherwise good intentions. There is no minimum "criminality", but we strongly encourage people to think about who they're apping and how they might apply to the setting. For example, someone who just littered probably isn't going to be as applicable to the plot as someone who actively stole or murdered someone, unless the person is somehow overwhelmed with guilt for littering. (Think Chidi Anagonye from The Good Place.)

[castigador]

So the crime itself doesn't matter, but the person should feel guilty about what they've done? Because that would rule this guy out lol.

[calloperators]

Not necessarily! Guilt isn't a requirement. We leave it to the discretion of the players, but again, we do ask that they carefully consider their character choices before they app.

[teiaiexecutive]

Player Name: Gabby
Character Considerations: Yukio Tonegawa from Kaiji (wow who would'a guessed)
What is your preferred start date?: Anytime's fine with me.
Likelihood of joining: Very likely.
Questions?: Are the masks' powers going to function exactly like in Hotline Miami or are they going to be tweaked or changed completely for this game? Its totally fair if you want to wait till the actual game is up to answer this, though.

[calloperators]

The mask powers are overall going to be completely changed/tweaked for this game, as some of the in-game powers are not able to be conveyed through RP, some of them can be overpowered/under-powered when compared to each other (Hotline Miami Example: the Tony (tiger) mask which allows the player to punch people to death vs Nigel (bat) mask which inverts all keyboard controls to make the game more challenging vs Phil (fish) mask which makes everything bad French translation).

Without going into too many specifics, the mask abilities will be loosely tied to what abilities the animals have. We hope that all of the players are able to use these powers in a creative way.

[pecker]

Player Name: Des
Character Considerations: Mira (Zero Time Dilemma), Niwatori (Juuni Taisen), Luciel or Saeran Choi (Mystic Messenger), Beyond Birthday (Death Note), maybe someone else??
What is your preferred start date?: Strongly prefer June!
Likelihood of joining: As I will be modding 15 Strangers R4 throughout April and May, my availability is dependent on June time frame. From there, I'd say 50/50 tbh. I would very much like to join as this premise seems great, so I'll only hold off if I'm burned out.
Questions?: Does a secret agent (for example from a CIA analogy) count as a "Cop"? Also, what about former cops, such as someone who quit the force and became a private detective? And does it affect it if being a private detective is a fake cover.

[calloperators]

Any person actively serving in a law enforcement agency would count as a "cop", so thus a secret agent or government agent would fall under that rule. Fake cover doesn't count, either. However, ex-cops would be permitted, given that they are not actively affiliated with and working with a law enforcement agency. Play your rugged private detectives to your hearts desire.

[forgottwin]

Player Name: Phas
Character Considerations:¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Uuuuh frontrunners right now include Taako (Adventure Zone: Balance) and Missy (Doctor Who) but let's be real I'll come up with and consider at least ten other choices between now and reserves.
What is your preferred start date?: May sounds pretty good? But no strong preference.
Likelihood of joining: Call it 75-80%? It'll depend on what RL looks like in a couple months, honestly.
Questions?:
Is there any kind of official mod stance on characters who've doed a crime and consider themselves a bad person, but either don't care or don't believe Mysterious Phone Person can offer any kind of meaningful absolution?

[calloperators]

There's no stance against it, you're completely free and welcome to app that kind of character!

[forgottwin]

Thank you, that opens a couple more character options o>

[romancekiller]

Player Name: K
Character Considerations: Clarke Griffin (The 100) or idk this might change later.
What is your preferred start date?: Late May or June.
Likelihood of joining: I'm pretty likely to join unless something comes up but as of right now if the start date ends up being around that timeframe of the last week of May or later, I'll be around for it.
Questions?: Nope!

[gutterballs]

Player Name: Lepo
Character Considerations: The Dude (The Big Lebowski), Count Olaf (ASOUE), Betty Grof (Adventure Time), Captain Hook (Peter Pan), Raoul Duke (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
What is your preferred start date?: Mid April
Likelihood of joining: 75%
Questions?: nope

[rangerslayer]

Player Name: Ashley
Character Considerations: Kimberly Ann Hart/Ranger Slayer (MMPR comics)
What is your preferred start date?: May/June-ish
Likelihood of joining: It all depends on my schedule/how burned out I am from other games--50/50?
Questions?: are you ready for me to kill FIVE people this time

[ichimacchan]

Player Name: Kerz
Character Considerations: Ichimatsu Matsuno and uhhhh that's about it for now I guess.
What is your preferred start date?: Any time is fine.
Likelihood of joining: 50/50 at this point.
Questions?: Will Ichimatsu be able to adopt at least one of the bodega cats or not? Either way, I don't mind! Also, sorry for the dumb question!

[calloperators]

He can try, but most likely not. The cats obey no master, flitting in and out as they please.

[turbolion]

Player Name: Maru
Character Considerations: This guy maybe?? Potentially a different Voltron. Hi, I'm predictable.
What is your preferred start date?: June
Likelihood of joining: depends 100% on when game is set to start. April and May are hard nos for me.
Questions?: none at the moment!

[boxingbuff]

Player Name: Drizz
Character Considerations: Ladd Russo, REO Speedwagon, Handsome Jack
What is your preferred start date?: April/May/June ish. In that area.
Likelihood of joining: 75% but RL can Happen at any moment yknow?
Questions?: gif.gif