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

[jirk]

I love your characters, the thought and depth you put into writing them. You're a fun, dynamic player and you have no problem reaching out or creating your own plots - on a broader scale or a one-on-one scale.

I do think that maybe that stagnation might have something to do with having a lot of slice-of-life threads on the go at once? I find I start side-eyeing my inbox when I have too many things that boil down to 'these characters sit around and chat' I start feeling that same malaise.

Maybe pull back a bit, and go at your threads with more of a defined purpose to the threads?


-- AND THEN I READ THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE PLURK DISCUSSION welp


carry on then.


I definitely think that maybe taking a more pro-active approach - with Una particularly, since Henry can be a little more passive overall - might help. Do you have a player plot you could throw at our mod page, or could she do something with the diary pages she has? (aha)

[epigrammatical]

Thanks for the feedback! And I think you're right—more threads with a definite goal would definitely help. I'll work on that.

For Una, I was thinking that after the current events concludes, I might try to have her attempt to get her time machine working. Possibly with unusual/hilarious results. I'll chew on that some more and get back to y'all.