The Sage's City Administrator application

What is your CA's name? (All CAs' names start with Dr.) (This is any name, Not citizens name)

Dr. Joseph Monroe

Age: Seventeen

Do you have past experience? If so then where?
Generalized RP: Two years of experience.
As a CA: A few months at a community called 'Roleplayers United' which has since faded out.

How long have you played Catalyst-Gaming: Half-life 2 roleplay?
Overall, about a year. I joined back in 2011.

How many hours do you spend a day on the server? (When it is up)
I'm very busy but when I get a chance to get on I like to spend Two to Four hours on it at the least.

Are you available on weekends and in American time and early/late European time?
Yes.

Do people consider you a good roleplayer?
They do, I'm a very detailed roleplayer and almost never slip up on my spelling or grammer.

Are you a good listener?
Yes I am.

Do you have good grammar?
Yes I do.
Have you ever been banned?
Never.
Do you know HL canon inside and out.
I know it like the back of my hand.

Write a 5 paragraph backstory of your character that reveals their qualifications for the position (One paragraph = 4 sentences)

Joseph Monroe was born in a gated high class community located in Western Scotland, his father was a modest but highly successful Politician in the area, and his mother was the owner of a franchised coffee shop. A side-effect of this was Joseph getting anything and everything he wanted, which surprisingly wasn't much. He had inherited his father's modest personality, but it blended with his mother's 'I want to rule the world' attitude The end result being a bread basket of traits that made Joseph who he was. When Joseph was starting school his parents' afforded him the best education they could buy, which ended in him knowing more then the student four grades ahead of him. His intelligence, however, was a social weakness. Whenever  he was at school, he'd remain quiet, and reserved. He'd observe his peers acting like fools, yelling at each other, or laughing at things that didn't quiet make sense. All the while he just sat in the back and watched, wondering how it was that he wasn't like them, how he acted..More refined. He chalked it up to his social status, and his intelligence, but his curiosity of the human mind and how it acted only grew from there.

When he finished High School at the young age of 18, he spared no time to rest and enjoy the fact that he was out of grade school. No, instead he had his parents' loan him some money so he could go to a University located in Germany. He had studied world history, and realized that a lot of the smartest people in the world went to school in Germany. As such, he wanted to gain the knowledge that they had. It was very expensive for him to get the same high class teachings he had always received, but he still got it, this lead to him becoming a master of the mind, and through teachings and experience, a master of the tongue and written word. He studied Politics, how they worked and how to operate as one, he also earned a degree in psychology,  the study of the mind, and ethics.

After all was said and done, he had been in school for twelve years before he earned a Doctorate in psychology, a PhD in Political Science, and Ethics. After this he decided to settle in Germany, where he used his degree in Psychology to start up a business, which earned him great amounts of money. He was able to live a privileged life, although he wasn't satisfied, he wanted people to see his point of view. Naturally the best way to do this was for him to write a book, labeled 'Underneath the Underneath.' The book was a fictional story about a man who had to uncover a conspiracy and reveal it to the local government, the book itself had heavy undertones, which ironically could only be picked up on if you read underneath the underneath.

Three years later, the Resonance Cascade began, the city he was in was barricaded, soldiers placed on the borders, they allowed no one to leave, when asked why they would often say something like, “You don't want to know what's on the other side of these gates.” Although everyone knew the stories, a science lab had a breakthrough which resulted in portals sucking up alien life-forms and throwing them onto Earth. The Governments of the world claimed it was under control, but then /they/ came.

It was an average day on city lock-down, Joseph was looking out the window, he was reflecting on the Resonance Cascade, and how one simple mistake lead to world-wide turmoil. Then, the skies seemed to tear as UFO's appeared, they looked almost organic, they used weapons never seen before to decimate the military presence in the city. Joseph had tried to block his door with a wardrobe next to it, however it didn't stop the gas-masked men as they kicked open the door, knocking over the wardrobe with it and running in, Joseph was still looking out the window, when he turned to the noise, the world went black.

He awoke on the train, putting his hand on his fore-head as he looked around, he noticed some food and water, but decided against eating and drinking when he heard a man tell someone other then himself that it “Made you forget.” He tried to stand but sat back down when his back was strained, it was clear that when he hit the ground, he hit it hard. He noticed a suit-case next to him, opening it he examined the contents. There was the copy of his book he had been given prior to it's public release, and a brown suit, he was confused, but accepted it, he shut the suitcase and picked it up, for the first time he felt fear, 'Fear of what?' he wondered, was it the unfamiliar situation? The fact that everyone wore similar clothes, and that the train bore signs of attack? Or was it..Wait, he remembered why he was afraid. Yes, his city had been attacked by an unknown military force, and he was knocked out by a soldier. He felt something in his pocket, pulling it out, he saw a picture of him, his name, and something called a 'CID' which was a random jumble of numbers.

He went to a check-point, where men that wore uniforms similar to the ones the soldiers that kicked down his door wore, stood. He approached them, they spoke, “Name and CID.” He spoke his name and CID, trying to remain calm in this situation. One of them looked it up on some kind of device, then spoke, “Joseph Monroe, your expected somewhere. Come with me.” All he could do was nod, and walk calmly with them, in reality his mind was going faster then it ever had before, he wondered if he had done something, if they were going to throw him in a prison, or worse. He entered a large building, and was greeted by a man in a suit similar to the one he had in his suitcase, he was informed that his Degree's had been found, and that people like him were needed in the 'Universal Union' as it was called. He was told he would be transferred to City Forty-Five, and that he should leave immediately. He did, and took the train, where he began to reflect on his life, he remembered something his mother told him, “If you are given an opportunity to take power, take it. Prove to the world that you are the great man I know you are.” He decided that what she said applied to this very situation. It was time he proved to everyone how great he was, how smart he was, and nothing was going to stop him.

This application has been denied due to multiple grammatical and punctuation errors. For a starting point if you choose to re-apply, I would spell "grammer" correctly.

Hello, I'm back to this place after such a long time. I'm sure there's a lot of you who wont remember me(Considering I didn't do much while I was here and faded out over time.) Plus the fact it was back in January when I left, well that aside, Hello. Good day to you all.

((Alright this is a little look into the two groups of Resistance as well as a bit to do about them, no I'm not claiming I know everything about them, this is meant to help out some newer players that want to know who to stick with if their on Outlands or are trying to make a good Rebel))


The Resistance is any good Resistance roleplayer and they aren't very hard to miss. These guys usually write detailed /me's and aren't concerned with Weapons as much as they are escaping the Combine. They stick to Outlands most of the time, but can be found in the City usually in the Slums. They won't go out preaching to the nearest player about how they hate the Combine, then ask them to join, no they prefer to stick to the shadow's and most of the time you'll only see them when they want you to see them. They react different then webuls do when they are around anybody special and I'll list those reactions here as an easier way to tell them apart.



Very few of these creatures are seen in the City, the ones that are, are usually Conscripts, but sometimes you'll see a free city Vortigaunt. The Resistance tends to see them as an asset to defeating the Combine and might try to get them to help them, how differs on their experience as a Roleplayer. The Resistance will ask them if they need shelter and try to gain their trust and let the Vortigaunt join on their own most of the time, again this differs on the personality of the man or woman trying to get their help. As a Vortigaunt you'll be subject to both sides of the spectrum and will suffer from Webuls and have fun with The Resistance, most Vortigaunt players if not all are self trained in weeding out Webuls and can tell the difference on their own, but non-vortigaunt players might not be.



You rarely see a City Administrator outside the Nexus other then when he's on his balcony with guards all around him, as such you'll never see a Resistance member looking at them save for if their trying to get supplies from a store and just happen to be there, but this is very rare.



Resistance members are almost never seen walking around a CCA and only really see them if a gun barrel is pointed at there face. As such the Resistance will not harass the CCA like Webuls would and are always on the lookout for one so they can break camp and run. Overwatch is the bane of The Resistance and only the most experienced of them all will not fear them, if a Resistance member sees an Overwatch unit he'll try to escape, but the difference between escape and mingerunning is that escaping requires roleplaying and lots of attempts, and we all know what mingerunning is.


The bane of every good Resistance roleplayer and the bane of the CCA simply because of their mingy attitudes towards them. They are usually Minges, actually scratch that they are always Minges. New players might get sucked in but the difference is they'll learn eventually and break away. I'll be listing their reactions like above but I won't be putting any pictures because they are all above ^^.  It's also well to note these guys are almost always concerned with guns and are less concerned with escaping, the tell tale opposite of the resistance.


Webuls usually hoard around Vortigaunts and might find themselves annoying the hell out of the Vortigaunt player by asking for them to help them stop the Combine and asking them to help fight the combine. Vortigaunt players often use their Vorts to weed out the Webuls and help Admins ban them or educate them depending on if their a minge or new player. Also the Webuls never take anything seriously like Vortigaunts would and are known to result to punchwhoring a Vort that refuses to help them, so watch out.


Webuls are often seen shouting at City Administrators about how they suck and saying 'fuck the combine' when others are trying to enjoy a good bit of Roleplay. City Admins, disputably, are the best way to weed out a Webul. There isn't much I can add other then whats been said in one sentence as Webuls only reaction to City Administrators is to shout at them and throw stuff at them which leads them to getting beaten or killed.


Ah the most interesting part of dealing with Webuls. CCA members have to put up with them until they can detain them and get an Admin. Webuls tend to throw stuff at combine, quite literally as they can pick up something like a cash register and throw it at them to try and prop kill, with the reason "My caracter hatez the combine lulz." This leads to them getting banned most of the time. The Overwatch forces have an excuse to be able to waste a webul and usually summarily execute them, or they keep them locked up until an Admin gets them.
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Well thats all I have other then this, if you have a Webul in your room and they won't stop bothering you or minging around you, try to lock them up, but don't tell a CCA unit as you will get in trouble too, instead get an Admin.

The entire CCA application board is blank at the moment as said by people in the chatbox and I myself saw, it's every app not just new or old ones. Also some of the CA apps are disappearing, the posts are there but the apps are not.

Why is it always so inactive? Has it always been like this? The few times I was on it there were very few people and we still managed to find some more fun in it. While I already have an idea, the fact there is less to do in Outlands that is provided by the server, why not add some things? Maybe hold some events and get people to come on more often and make Outlands a primary focus too. Outlands is a very fun server yet I never see anyone on it, as a matter of fact, today no one was on it except for the occasional one or two people. I guess my major question is, can something be done about it?

Thanks Kronic, I had already asked some before hand but they said there was nothing available, so I guess I'll have to try again today. I got TT so I can get a rag and clean up the streets, makes for good passive to.

Hi there! I've been playing on the HL2RP servers(Both Canals and City) for a few days and I guess I should formally say Hi on the forums. You might notice I already have some posts, that's because I was here before but I lost interest in RP for a little while. I'm back though. So I hope to see you all around, also I wanted to know what are some things I can do to earn loyalist points and when I should do them.

Yeah you should still be able to get him back on city if you quickly notify an admin about this unfortunate even.