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

[angermanaging]

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY BEEN STALKING YOUR THREADS from like the second you apped. And it's been awesome. 8D I love Korra as a character so it's been great seeing her.

I don't think you need to acknowledge it at all, to be totally honest! Let me see if I can explain... There's a certain rhythm to actual conversations that can be hard to duplicate in text. But when you're actually speaking to someone, you tend to hone in on the part that you care about most and almost immediately discard the rest of what they said. More methodical people might do this less, but there's usually still a certain element of that.

So yeah, just my personal preference, but I think it keeps the thread flowing nicely if it's geared more toward a natural conversational flow -- which, by necessity, involves ignoring what people say a lot. XD

[alphatar]

WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE SO I CAN FOCUS ON ONES LIKE IT? <3

Wow, I don't do that at all irl. I'm a listener when people are talking to me. All right, I'll try to break from word lingering and stick the main gist when she's doing conversations. Thanks!

This is the kind of input I need, because I'd just steamroll on otherwise.

[angermanaging]

UMMMM I love the stuff with her and the TMNT turtles a lot. Pretty much all of that has been fabulous, especially the confusion over them being spirits and bending and so forth. IC miscommunication is a lot of fun to read! And I liked her network post about learning English-- that was inventive and fun and you handled the huge tag load well.

LOL really? That's pretty rare in my estimation and makes you like... a conversational unicorn. Listening is a skill (just look at the extensive amount of self-help books on this) and most people have to learn it.

Steamrolling has its uses. 8D YOU ARE WELCOME. Go forth and conquer!

[alphatar]

I did have a lot of fun with that one! I feel like the TMNT cr she has is almost like a secret because they like their privacy, so she doesn’t get to mention them often. I have no idea how you managed to read all my crap, I can barely keep up with it myself. And I’m writing it! XD

I had the right teachers in school I guess? I shall conquer all the tags!

And I look forward to Raimei and Bruce cr!

soon.