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

[dustonmyfeet]

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Character Name: Toph Bei Fong
Canon: Avatar: The Last Airbender
User Name: dustonmyfeet
Focus: Nothing in particular I guess, but I always want to make sure her voice is coming across strongly. She's a new muse, and I'm loving exploring with her, but being very careful to have her actions and voice sound Toph-like.

Character Name: Amelia wil Tesla Saillune
Canon: Slayers
User Name: willofjustice
Focus: I'm really struggling with Amelia right now. She's a pretty old muse, and last time I had to let her go, it was due to burnout. In previous games, she evolved so much from canon baseline that it's surprisingly challenging to nail her voice back to that point. I'd be curious to know how she's sounding and would particularly appreciate ideas on how I could better get her involved . . . most things I've tried so far have petered out or failed utterly, and the combination of voice problems and difficult involvement worries me.