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

Chel

[angermanaging]

Chel
Character Name: Bruce Banner
Canon: MCU
User Name: angermanaging | Anon-enabled HMD
Focus: I did receive some very helpful input recently to the effect of not overanalyzing so much, and have been attempting to work on that. Otherwise, I'm really always interested in hearing how I'm doing with him! Sometimes playing a character for too long gets you overly comfortable with them and you sort of lose focus on the original characterization, and I don't want that to happen.

Character Name: Raimei Shimizu
Canon: Nabari no Ou
User Name: anomia | Anon-enabled HMD
Focus: Most of the game is canon blind so I'd ESPECIALLY love characterization or voice input from those that do know it. But canon blind people are very welcome to talk about how I'm doing with her more generally as well. She's super new and an unusual character type for me.

[lostundercover]

♥: I really love the many nuances and layers that you play Bruce with. He's a complete character and that's impressive. Your writing is fantastic in general and I really enjoy all of Bruce's introspection. Raimei is a great divergence from Bruce and is just really fun. She definitely has a distinct personality. Her voice is definitely different from Bruce's, though I don't feel that I've threaded with her enough to call it distinct yet.

°: STOP THINKING SO MUCH IN BED. We had this chat on plurk already.

[angermanaging]

THANK YOU BB. I put a lot of thought into choosing Raimei as my second character to intentionally serve as a balance to Bruce (she's his opposite in so many ways), but sometimes switching between them does give me, like, mood whiplash, haha. I'm glad they're differentiated for you! I don't think I'm comfortable enough with her yet for her to have a solid "voice" but we'll get there. o/

I FAIL AT NOT THINKING no I really do appreciate the input and as I said before, it's been super helpful already. Sometimes you just need someone to come along and drag you out of your head. XD