How's My Driving | January 2014

[ironwood]

WELCOME WELCOME, THE QUARTER QUELL HAS ARRIV-- wait a minute, wrong script. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! It's that time of the (new) year again! Read on for the details of this, the newest of our quarterly HMDs.

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

[softlycall]

Elle
Character Name: Anne Bonny
Canon: Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
User Name: softlycall
Focus: She's a very new muse, and one with fewer canon resources or certainties than I'm usually comfortable with. Therefore! I expect to mess up or be inconsistent for a while, but pointing it out will help me iron her character out more quickly. Other than general concrit, which is intensely welcome, I'd like to know if I need to leave off or change her accent for comprehension's sake. Is it helping or hindering? Also, if there are any parts of her reactions or general behaviour that seem incongruous.

I also have a permanent HMD with anon and comment screening enabled if you'd prefer to use that.

[sonofsamcro]

I have been tagging you for all of five days, so disclaimer that my feedback is not based on long-time exposure and nor is it based on heavy Anne exposure, as she's only just appeared in my playthrough of the game.

I'm seeing good consistency with the diction and tone throughout the threads in her post, and you seem to be spreading the tagging out rather than focusing on one thread to the exclusion of all else. The reason I mention that is that I've seen players that do that in the past and it can make others feel left out, so it's something that I, as a player, tend to pay attention to.

Short and sweet of it is that I think you're doing fantastic and, if anything, I encourage you to have more faith in yourself and your portrayal of Anne, because it's beautiful.