#rs33

[RACE STAR 33.]

Join these 33 trainees from ICE, SKY, LAVA, and UNICORN CITY in their journey to becoming professional racers! 33 trainees will compete for 3 spots, and the last ones standing will debut as RIOT MOON’s new racer team next season. Come along with them as they gallop, dash, and fly their way to their dreams - whether they reach the stars or crash down to the rocks below will all be up to you! Please vote for your favorite trainees in the StarVerse App today!

STELLAR Magazine once described robot unicorn racing as ‘a pre-teen girl’s fever dream made flesh’ - and indeed, the glamorously cutthroat robot unicorn racing industry is, for some aspiring racers, more of a distant, hysteria-shot fever dream than reality.

So when Riot Moon announced its partnership with Starflix to create the ultimate racer team via a new survival show, the applications poured in.

Thirty-three out of over 10,000 will make it onto the show. And out of those 33, only 3 will remain to debut with the up-and-coming agency of the industry, poised to displace even the Big Three.

Do you have what it takes to survive until the end?

[MECHANICS.]

Audition clips will be shown during the first episode. After the first episode, the 11 highest-ranking racers (to be determined by the judges’ and mentors’ evaluations) will be able to assemble their own cells. 

A ‘cell’ is comprised of 3 racers from distinct groups (ICE group, LAVA group, SKY group, or UNICORN group). There may not be any repeated groups in a cell, and if a racer is chosen for a cell, they are not permitted to refuse.

Cells advance and are eliminated together. If one racer in a cell is eliminated, then the entire cell is eliminated.

Individual scores are determined by 1) racing competition performance, and 2) audience voting via the StarVerse app.

THE BEGINNING [Filming: Unicorn City]

Opening song: ‘Galaxy Supernova’ by record-shattering girl group Starry Sublimation. Supernova is featured in the official music video on StarTV!

OVERHEARD IN THE DRESSING ROOM:

“Remember to be mean during the evaluations.”

“Aren’t I always mean?”

Please tag your posts with #ep1 and #rs33! Also, with the way this is set up, feel free to use the bolded questions as inspo for a story, or just straight-up have your responses to the questions be your ‘story’. Or do a mix! Whatever floats your boat hahaha.

[RACER AUDITION FORM.]

STAGE NAME: what the public knows them by as a racer! 

PRONOUNS: although robot unicorn racing is a heavily female/female-presenting dominated sport, the show is accepting contestants of all genders as the RUR official committee continues to revise its rules surrounding gender in the sport

AGE: 15-30 ish as an approximate range

GROUP: Ice, Lava, Sky, or Unicorn - basically, under which planet do they race? where is their agency located/where are their racing activities based out of? Note that this does NOT have to be the same as their home world 

AGENCY: NOT big 3 (rise, twilight, lazer) unless otherwise specified

[LOOKS.]

FACE CLAIM: you can also just use art if you prefer, as long as you credit the artist

HAIR COLOR:

EYE COLOR:

WARDROBE: what kind of clothes do their stylists usually put them in?

OTHER: notable marks, scars, unique features, surgeries, etc

[PERSONA.]

IMAGE: how does their agency and/or the show producers market them as? what’s the persona they’re showing to the public, whether its the real them or not? 

OFFICIAL ORIGINS: ~1 paragraph. the “official” story of their background & how they became a robot unicorn racer. these are very commonly exaggerated, embellished, or just straight up.... “alternative facts” lmao. example: https://robot-unicorn-attack.tumblr.com/database-widowmaker

✧ RACING

replace the picture below with the appropriate gif from this post: https://robot-unicorn-attack.tumblr.com/private/630941954042150912/tumblr_qhm9rk6U431xt0amp 

SPECIALTY: what’s their specialty on the race track? what makes the judges love (or hate) them? briefly describe their racing style, and where they score strongly

[INTERVIEW.]

Please note that Starflix reserves the right to edit and air any clips submitted during the audition process.

WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED IN DEBUTING WITH RIOT MOON? (answer)

PLEASE UPLOAD A CONTINUOUS 90-SECOND CLIP FROM YOUR AUDITION RACE AT THIS TIME:

(all applicants had to complete a full race course at Starflix’s Sky World, Lava World, Ice World, or Unicorn City audition race locations. applicants are encouraged to upload the best contiguous 90-second clip from the audition race. briefly describe it here now)

WHAT KINDS OF RACERS WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN A CELL WITH? (tl;dr a ‘cell’ is made of 3 racers, all from different groups out of the Lava, Sky, Ice, Unicorn City groupings. cells advance & are eliminated together; if only one person in the cell is eliminated, then the entire cell is eliminated)

[STATISTICS.]

Just transcribe these from your character’s tab in the spreadsheet. Ignore the modifiers (italicized numbers) right next to the main #s when filling out

SPEED:

STAMINA:

AGILITY:

CHARISMA & VISUALS:

MAX POWER:

EXPERIENCE:

POPULARITY: (this base popularity value is a composite of several values. On a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the best/highest, how well-known and well-received are they in the fields of:

Past activities - 5 for Supernova-level famous, 1 for basically forgotten. 0 if they’ve never been in the public eye for robot unicorn racing before

Current promotions - 5 if they’re actively promoting and garnering a lot of attn via the promotions, 0 if they’re not on the scene at all

Agency reputation - how well known their agency is. 5 if it’s one of the big three (lazer, twilight, rise), 1 for an extremely new and/or little-known agency. 0 if they’re not currently signed anywhere

Visuals - 5 for being the shining standard of physical beauty for either an entire planet or even throughout all of the estrellian federation, 1 for someone that’s considered simply plain or average. 0 for someone who would be considered “ugly”. at least 3 if they’ve gotten plastic surgery dedicated to achieving some kind of beauty standard in the past

Social media - 5 if they’re breaking records in follower #s, 1 if their various social media accounts barely garner any activity. 0 if they don’t have any public profiles specifically tailored to promoting them

[SOCIAL MEDIA.]

STARSTAGRAM HANDLE + FOLLOWERS: (rua!instagram username & follower count)

PINTEREST BOARD: optional!

PLAYLIST: optional!

[FAN COMMENTARY.]

OPTIONAL SECTOIN! After the first episode of RACE STAR 33 airs, RUR fans took to Starstagram, Sparkler, and StarredIt to express their opinions on the racers. StarredIt users u/widownyx882 and u/GojiLatte - as part of a fan-run RACE STAR 33 Starsub on StarredIt - began compiling objective, concise analyses of each racer’s technique and artistry styles in laymen’s terms (aka 1-2 sentences tops)

To receive a +1 popularity bonus for the second episode, please fill out:

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Write a u/widownyx882 post about your racer (widownyx handles execution/technique and some of the more technical aspects of racing)

Ranked in tiers based on metrics such as social media followers and annual revenue.

[A-TIER.]

The Big Three. Everyone knows them, and they're considered the gold standard of the industry. Securing a spot on a Big Three team is insanely hard, but if you can pull that off, then you're almost guaranteed to be wildly successful after debut.

TWILIGHT {Ice World} | TWILIGHT has a reputation for being the most unforgiving out of the Big Three. Ex-racers have admitted to completely fabricating backstories, hobbies and interests, and even family members and love interests under the agency’s direction, and TWILIGHT is also infamous for some of their racers’ staggeringly short careers (the most extreme of which being Ephemera)

LAZER {Lava World} | Notorious for how strict they are. Refuses to "coddle" their racers in any capacity. Ever since their first team, they’ve cultivated a badass, tough girl image for their racers, though they’re more likely to simply drop a racer than they are to pressure them into changing their personality for the camera.

RISE {Sky World} | Although hardcore RISE fans like to praise them for being the most ‘honorable’ of the Big Three, RISE’s training regimens – and beauty standards, for that matter – are just as ruthless as those of their counterparts.

[B-TIER.]

Established players in the robot unicorn racing world. Though their racers are less likely to completely sweep the podium, these agencies and their racer teams have a solid fanbase and following and break plenty of domestic records, despite multiple cases of mismanagement.

GL8CIER {Ice World} | Although GL8CIER racers are by no means untalented, most of the media attention they get is due to their racy image. Sex (and fashion shoots, and editorial campaigns, and lingerie ads…) sells, and GL8CIER knows it. In the last few years, GL8CIER has earned more money from their racers’ acting, modeling, and holo-ad activities than they have from monetary rewards associated with actual races.

VOLCANIX {Lava World} | Well-known for their business and racing collaborations with agencies from other planets, and their racers’ dangerous – but eye-catching – stunts.

CLOUD9 {Sky World} | Notorious for how badly they mismanage their racers. All their racers undergo grueling training and become some of the most talented faces in the industry, but CLOUD9 tends to put their racers on ‘indefinite hiatus’ at the drop of a hat, instead focusing on whoever is generating the most profit for them at the moment.

RIOT MOON {Unicorn City} | Riot Moon debuted their first racer team six seasons ago, and their popularity has been steadily rising ever since. Riot Moon has attracted plenty of attention for being the first major racing agency based out of Unicorn City, and RACE STAR 33 has done nothing but good for their ratings.

[C-TIER.]

Still relatively well-known, but without the same reach as other agencies. Many times, it is one racer or one racer team that catapults these agencies into the Federation-wide public consciousness for the first time.

VALKYRIE {Ice World} | Their record-breaking racer IRON MAIDEN brought Valkyrie widespread renown due to her fierce, warmongering persona – as well as her cutting-edge racetrack acrobatics. Iron Maiden has recently retired, and Valkyrie is on the lookout for a replacement.

EMB3R {Lava World} | Known for their multitude of racers that break out of some of the established Lava World racing stereotypes (but they have plenty of hotheaded powerhouse racers signed with them, too). Generally considered to be relatively experimental in their racers and racing techniques.

STARLIGHT {Sky World} | Out of all the agencies currently active in the industry, Starlight has proooobably debuted the most racers with a quirky but cute and sugary-sweet concept.

[D-TIER AND OTHER LESSER-KNOWN AGENCIES.]