Characters - Revision history

Brock: /* Tiers */

2012-02-14T22:17:30Z

‎Tiers

Brock: /* Tiers */

2012-02-14T22:16:32Z

‎Tiers

Brock: /* Alts */

2012-02-14T16:55:14Z

‎Alts

Brock: /* Tiers */

2012-02-14T16:54:17Z

‎Tiers

Poison Dancer: /* Banned Characters */

2012-02-10T16:40:23Z

‎Banned Characters

Dr. Girlfriend: /* Banned Concepts */

2012-02-08T09:54:00Z

‎Banned Concepts

Dr. Girlfriend: /* Tiers */

2012-02-08T09:51:16Z

‎Tiers

Rusty: /* Restricted Concepts */

2012-02-08T04:37:41Z

‎Restricted Concepts

Brock at 22:10, 7 February 2012

2012-02-07T22:10:00Z

Brock: /* Original Characters */

2012-02-07T21:24:47Z

‎Original Characters

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 DC Animated MU* uses a simple system to divide highly popular heroes and villains from less well known and infrequently used characters. This system breaks down as follows:
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-'''[[:Category:Tier 1|Headliner]]''': A city's principle guardian and their archvillain, along with iconic DC staples.  Examples of Headline characters include Batman and the Joker, Superman and Lex Luthor, Wonder Woman, and the Flash.  Staff reserves the right to append these list, and note Headline chars will by definition have the most alt-crossover, often with entire rogues galleries or organizations of their own.
+'''[[:Category:Tier 1|Headliner]]''': A city's principle guardian and their archvillain, along with iconic DC staples.  Examples of Headline characters include Batman and the Joker, Superman and Lex Luthor, Wonder Woman, and the Flash.  Staff reserves the right to append this list. Please also note Headline chars will by definition have the most alt-crossover, often with entire rogues galleries or organizations of their own.
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-'''[[:Category:Tier 4|Support]]''': Support characters without a major career in either the hero or villain roles will fall into this category. They may also be exceptional in any number of ways, but their main purpose in life is something other than wearing tights and doing good and evil. Examples of Tier 4 characters include Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Linda Park, or Vicki Vale.  These characters do not count towards alt quotas.
+'''[[:Category:Tier 4|Support]]''': Support characters without a major career in either the hero or villain roles will fall into this category. They may also be exceptional in any number of ways, but their main purpose in life is something other than wearing tights and doing good and evil. Examples of Support tier characters include Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Linda Park, or Vicki Vale.  These characters do not count towards alt quotas.
 ==Alts==

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 ==Alts==
-Players may have up to four superhero or supervillain alts. Of these, no more than one may be Tier 1, and at least one of the first three must be a Tier 3 or 4 character. This will allow the application for a fourth 'bonus' slot.
+Players may have up to four superhero or supervillain alts. Of these, no more than one may be a Headline character.
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 Characters which should, thematically, interact a great deal cannot be alts for the same person.  In general staff will be lenient about this, but in no case will the same player have, for instance: Batman and Robin, Aquaman and Black Manta, Hal Jordan and Sinestro, etc.
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-There is no numeric limit to Tier 4 support characters, but players are encouraged to be sensible about both alt interaction and RP availability. Waitlist and idletime concerns (see below) will be amplified when directed towards players with more than three alts.
+There is no numeric limit to support characters, but players are encouraged to be sensible about both alt interaction and RP availability. Waitlist and idletime concerns (see below) will be amplified when directed towards players with more than three alts.
 ==Feature Characters==

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 To get a '''character bit''' on DCA MU*, log in as a guest and talk to any one of our staffers.  If you're not sure which characters are free, '''[[:Category:Available|this]]''' may be a good place to start.
 ==Tiers==
-DC Animated MU* uses a Tier system to divide highly popular heroes and villains from less well known and infrequently used characters. This system breaks down as follows:
+DC Animated MU* uses a simple system to divide highly popular heroes and villains from less well known and infrequently used characters. This system breaks down as follows:
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-'''[[:Category:Tier 1|Tier 1]]''': A city's principle guardian, and their archvillain, along with iconic DC staples.  Examples of Tier 1 characters include Batman and the Joker, Superman and Lex Luthor, Wonder Woman, and the Flash.
+'''[[:Category:Tier 1|Headliner]]''': A city's principle guardian and their archvillain, along with iconic DC staples.  Examples of Headline characters include Batman and the Joker, Superman and Lex Luthor, Wonder Woman, and the Flash.  Staff reserves the right to append these list, and note Headline chars will by definition have the most alt-crossover, often with entire rogues galleries or organizations of their own.
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-'''[[:Category:Tier 2|Tier 2]]''': Prominent, popular villains and capes. Always skilled and/or powerful, these are iconic heroes in their own right, and little truly separates them from the most popular Tier 1 characters. Many prominent heroes and villains fall into this category. Examples of Tier 2 characters include Nightwing, Robin, Zatanna, Harley Quinn, Aquaman, Bane, Metallo, and Mr. Freeze.
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+'''[[:Category:Tier 4|Support]]''': Support characters without a major career in either the hero or villain roles will fall into this category. They may also be exceptional in any number of ways, but their main purpose in life is something other than wearing tights and doing good and evil. Examples of Tier 4 characters include Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Linda Park, or Vicki Vale.  These characters do not count towards alt quotas.
-'''[[:Category:Tier 3|Tier 3]]''': Less well known and less exposed heroes and villains, these characters may be exceptional in their own right, but will typically be more minor characters than the Tiers above them, at least outside their own circles.  Examples of Tier 3 characters include Hourman, Wildcat, Secret, Deadshot, Talia al Ghul. OCs will almost universally be considered Tier 3.
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-'''[[:Category:Tier 4|Tier 4]]''': Support characters without a major career in either the hero or villain roles will fall into the Tier 4 category. They may also be exceptional in any number of ways, but their main purpose in life is something other than wearing tights and doing good and evil. Examples of Tier 4 characters include Alfred, Jim Gordon, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Linda Park, or Vicki Vale.
 ==Alts==

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 |5th Dimension Characters    ||   Alternate Universe Characters     ||  Amazo
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-|Non-Sentient Animals            ||          Brainiac || Chronos
+|Non-Sentient Animals            ||          Brainiac || Chemo
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-|Despero    ||  Doomsday || The Endless
+|Chronos    ||  Despero || Doomsday
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-|Future Characters*     || Dial H For Hero  || Hippolyta
+|Dr. Psycho     || The Endless || Future Characters*
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-|Johnny Thunder  ||        The Monitor and Anti-Monitor      ||  Morgaine le Fey
+|Dial H For Hero  ||        Hippolyta      ||  Johnny Thunder
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-|Nekron          || Some New Gods**          || Olympians/Titans***
+|The Monitor and Anti-Monitor          || Morgaine le Fey          || Nekron
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-|Parallax    ||   The Phantom Stranger   || Ray Thompson
+|Some New Gods**   ||   Olympians/Titans***   || Parallax
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-|The Spectre      ||  Swamp Thing       || Starro
+|The Phantom Stranger      ||  Ray Thompson       || The Spectre
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-|Waverider     ||
+|Starro      ||  Swamp Thing       || Waverider      ||
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 (*)  - Future Characters not banned: Booster Gold, Impulse, Goldstar, Sungirl, Rip Hunter, others TBD.<br>

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 *Clones of FCs
 *Heretofore unknown relatives of FCs
-*Colored Lanterns (However, OCs are eligible to join - or be selected by - the various Corps in play.)
+*Lanterns (However, OCs are eligible to join - or be selected by - the various Corps in play.)
 ===Restricted Concepts===

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 If you want a character but he or she is already being played, please feel free to contact staff to have your name put on the '''Waitlist'''.  This is a +job only viewable by staff, where a record is kept of all waitlisted characters.  If that character becomes available, you will get first crack at them.  Characters with a waitlist will be more strictly enforced when passing out of the above outlined boundaries, so expect more prominent characters to require more consistent activity.
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 ==Original Characters==
-Original Characters are just what they sound like, original creations not found in any DC products.  OCs are slightly limited by comparison to FCs; generally, they will not be the very best at what they do.  They may not be as strong as Superman or a better detective than Batman, for example. Overtime however, they may grow to be just as good then what is established as 'the best', but this will require time and dedication.  Try to equalize powers and skill levels with experience levels, and avoid coming in as super famous - as no one on the game will have actually heard of you yet!  OCs are expected to consider carefully their goals, psychology, and flaws, and how these mesh with age, experience level, and desired RP.
+Original Characters are just what they sound like, original creations not found in any DC products.  OCs are slightly limited by comparison to FCs; generally, they will not be the very best at what they do.  They may not be the near-perfect physical god Superman is, the ultimate super scientist Lex Luthor is, or a better detective than Batman for example. OCs may, however, grow through RP by the same measure as any other character, and are encouraged to shine.  Try to equalize powers and skill levels with experience levels, and avoid coming in as super famous - as no one on the game will have actually heard of you yet!  OCs are expected to consider carefully their goals, psychology, and flaws, and how these mesh with age, experience level, and desired RP.
 ===Banned Concepts===