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

[flagrate]

whoops i'm a bit late

Kat
Character Name: portgas d. ace
Canon: one piece
User Name: flagrate
Focus: iiiii have been a bit slower than i usually like to be because i'm settling in to ace's voice again after not playing him for a while and right after i app'd a got a new (but awesome!) work project sprung on me so... hopefully this will change soon!

as for things i'm concerned about... i'm usually kind of meh at finding a good mix between dialogue and introspection in tags. i either do too much or too little and i'm never quite sure where the line is. how'm i doing so far?

[jirk]

I really love what you've done with Ace so far! I'm completely canon-blind on OP but I feel like you convey a really amazing sense of 'character' to the way you write him. And I've loved the balance of introspection and dialogue I've seen from you so far? Your writing's pretty polished, and it feels really natural, so I don't think you're padding it too far one way or another.

As for crit: I don't really have any yet! I know you intro'd in the middle of a huge event where a lot of characters were tied up ICly and players OOCly so that makes it a little hard to judge. I'm excited to see where you go with the character from here, though. <3