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

[apologiesmyking]

Kathrine

Character Name: Kaldur'ahm / Aqualad
Canon: Young Justice (Earth-16/DCA)
User Name: apologiesmyking | Private HMD
Focus: I'm happy for how I managed to up my activity this month, but I still feel like I could do more to get Kaldur involved in the game. My goal for this month is more cross-canon CR. He's also a quieter character who can come across rather stiff, so if he is sounding too repetitive or boring, I'd love to know so I can adjust things. Any suggestions on how to get him more involved would be great.

Character Name: Prussia
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia
User Name: cantbewalled | Private HMD | Tagging Opt Out
Focus: He's a very rough, abrasive character when he wants to be (or when he just doesn't care not to be) and I know he's not making a lot of friends so I'm hoping to change that and tone down his...rudeness this coming month. Also if you would like me to not tag you with Prussia, just comment on his opt out post! I'm totally okay with that. I'm also concerned that I'm infodumping and shoving his..."nation-ness" on people. He's a very proud guy who has no problem telling people who he is (and has a habit of mocking other nations), but if he and/or I'm coming on too strong, please let me know and I'll scale it back. Anything else you want to suggest or note I'm open to.

Character Name: Toro Raymond
Canon: Marvel 616
User Name: flamingshortshorts | Private HMD
Focus: I got a lot of castmates this month so I know that Toro's cross-canon CR building suffered as a result of it and I intend to fix that this coming month. I definitely plan on working on that more and being more timely with my tagbacks with him. I would love any input on whether or not he's coming across as too immature. Toro's kind of oblivious and naively optimistic, but I worry at times that his personality comes across too much like that of a young teenager instead of the adult he is. Anything else you may have noticed that I could work on is definitely welcome as well.

[lostundercover]

♥: I really love that you've been extremely open to developing CR and tagging around. You're a fun player to play with!

°: In our very limited interactions with Toro and Johnny, I'll admit that I got the impression that Toro was more obnoxious teenager than adult? But that might just be Johnny. He has a tendency to bring that out in people.

[flamingshortshorts]

Thank you! I've definitely had fun with our CR, so I'm glad you are, too. ♥

Toro can definitely come across as an obnoxious teenager when he wants to, part of the problem with growing up in a team where they still treat you like are one even when you're 25. He doesn't age normally so people still see him as a teenager. But I noticed I may have been playing that up a little too much so I'll definitely try to cut that back and bring out his more mature and focused side.

Although Johnny does bring out his bratty side because he keeps hearing how how he's the real Torch and no one really knows who he and Jim are. I think he's gotten a bit beyond that in their most recent thread though, so it shouldn't be as much of an issue in the future.