How's My Driving | July 2013

[ironwood]

Three months have already passed since the last HMD? You betcha! This means that it's time to kick off the fourth quarterly gamewide HMD here in Tu Shanshu! Things are getting structured a little differently this time, so read on for details.

How's My Driving?
While each and every character must have an HMD page available, we offer a gamewide HMD once every calendar quarter. This is an opportunity to get together and discuss IC interpretations and portrayals in a respectful, beneficial fashion. In a nutshell, it's a chance to see how we're doing in the grand scheme of things.

There are a few ground rules to cover off before we can start:

• Participation in the quarterly HMD is 100% optional.
  
• Be respectful, anon or not. It's a lot easier to give and receive crit if all parties are making it a discussion of it rather than an argument.
  
• IP logging is off and anonymous commenting is on. You can offer crit signed-in if you like, but the option's there.
  
• New! We ask that each concrit provided consist of one positive and one constructive bit of feedback. Bring up something that you like about that player, and in the same comment provide something that you feel they could work on. This is to help round out the feedback and provide a better experience all around.
  

That's it, that's all!

And, to make things easier, here's a handy-dandy codeset:

<big><b><i>Player Name</i></b></big> <i>Character Name:</i> <i>Canon:</i> <i>User Name:</i> <I>Focus:</i> Optional. Do you have particular concerns about your portrayal that you'd like to be the focus of crit? You can link any threads you'd like a second opinion on here. If you're looking for structural feedback, or would prefer things like grammar not be mentioned, put it here.

Comments

[franchisepirate]

Lena
Character Name: Dread Pirate Westley
Canon: The Princess Bride
User Name: franchisepirate
Focus: Obviously tagging at a better speed! He's a new muse in terms of active play so I find myself agonizing a little more, checking and revising tags to make sure they're right and it takes way more time than it should. But I'd love thoughts on his voice so far!

[jirk]

I absolutely adore your grasp of Westley's voice. I can hear him super clearly when I read all your tags and that is so excellent? Seriously my crit would be 'WORRY LESS BECAUSE YOU'RE AWESOME'. You're engaging and fun and you go out of your way to make threads fun for other people, so loosen up and trust yourself! I've never seen you touch a character you didn't play well. <3


One thing I'd like to see a bit of is his charisma and his tendency to draw people to him. Turtle needs a pirate crew! and maybe a boat!