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

[unobtainableredemption]

Kaitie
Character Name: Mark Grayson
Canon: Invincible
User Name: shorttempered | Private HMD
Focus: I think I'm doing okay with him, but sometimes I wonder about my personal ability to keep a thread going. I feel like sometimes I rely too heavily on the other person, though I am trying to fix this.

Character Name: John Colby
Canon: Chew
User Name: fdaterminator | Private HMD
Focus: His voice is really shaky, so anything you might have, please let me know!

Character Name: Kaine (Parker)
Canon: Marvel 616
User Name: unobtainableredemption | Private HMD
Focus: Same as with Mark. Also, sometimes I'm unsure if his internal monologue comes out the way the way I hear it in my head. It's something I have trouble with in general, and the problem with Kaine (as opposed to Mark or Colby) is that what he says and what he thinks are usually two different things. He is his own worst judge of character, and I'm attempting to portray that in the brackets. If anyone has any crit here, I'd very much appreciate it.

Additionally, please let me know of anything else you might see/would like to point out in general.