Overdone

Overdone Characters

Several redundant aspects of concepts have really been worn-out or just are undesirable on principle. (If you're really curious why, login and ask a charstaffer or TPStaffer. :) Applications with these concepts will be examined very closely and will most likely be rejected unless there is truly excellent justification.

Overdone character concepts entail those that have either been represented too heavily on the game or have been found not to work well within the theme of the game once on. If you search through the OC ranks, you may find some of these concepts on the MUSH. The overdone list is regularly refined and updated, and things overdone now might not have been overdone then. Sorry.

These are separated into two categories: parts of concepts that can be approved with an above-average total concept and application, and then things that just won't get on the MUSH no way, no how.

Above Average Justifications Required
Rare Characters - These require above-average apps.


 * Non-Insecticon animal altmodes (especially dinosaurs and felines).
 * Autobots with flight in either mode.
 * Non-Vehicle Junkion altmodes (Cycles are great. Cars/Trucks fine).
 * Overly warmongering / kill-em-all-let-Primus-sort-em-out OC Autobots. Freedom fighters usually aren't kill freaks.
 * Overly wild, youthful, "cute", and careless OC Autobots. Yes, the Autobots are the good guys, but they are still at war.
 * "Being evil is wrong!" OC Decepticons. You don't have to be evil to be a Decepticon. But you can't be against being evil if you want to last very long in the faction.
 * Some mild mental disorders are fine as long as they're specific and don't make your character completely insane. Things like manias, phobias, and mild paranoia at most. No multiple/split personalities.
 * Characters that were sold into slavery on alien worlds way back when and are now coming back.
 * Hand-held/tiny altmodes. These need to actually have an actual purpose, rather than being a way of getting extra points to spend on stats, attacks, etc.
 * Handweapon altmodes (Guns and the like, basically).
 * Computer hacking Characters.
 * Quintesson creation/modification/involvement in background.
 * Characters with multiple functions; For example, no Medic/Spy/Warriors all in one. If you are apping for multiple functions, make the coupled functions make sense together.

Automatic Rejection Concepts
These will NOT be approved. Please don't put these in your OC apps. You won't get them.


 * Mythological creature altmodes (dragons, unicorns, griffins, etc.).
 * Characters with close relationships to dead FCs in the past, such as Wheeljack's best friend or Starscream's girlfriend.
 * Characters with backgrounds that heavily use multiple (E)FCs. Some mild use is fine, but don't overdo it.
 * Childlike/"cute" Transformer personalities.
 * Insane, psychotic, unreasonable character personalities. No multiple personality disorders, mood swings, delusions, or 'channeling'.
 * Excessively-depressed or angst-ridden characters. While it may be fun to play, most likely it isn't fun for everyone else to be around.
 * Anti-authority Autobots. These just give CoC a real headache.
 * A defection in the background.
 * Excessively melee-oriented warriors.
 * Chars with 'experimental armor' intended to get them higher armor stats than normal.
 * Unaffiliated Transformer characters.
 * EDC members that are under 18 years old.