How's My Driving | February 2016

[ironwood]

HELLO CHELONAUTS! It's been a while since we've had a game-wide HMD post, so here's the first one of 2016!

How's My Driving?
While each and every character must have an HMD page available, we offer a game-wide 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.
  
• 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.

To make things easier, here's a handy-dandy code box:

<big><big><b><i>Player Name</i></b></big></big> <i>Character Name:</i> <i>Canon:</i> <i>User Name:</i> <user name=""> <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

[highprofilerichkid]

Cinna

Character Name: Tony Stark
Canon: Armored Adventures
User Name: highprofilerichkid
Focus: I always worry if I'm striking the right balance and pace with his character development - he's matured a lot in game, and I try to reflect that in having him making better decisions, being more aware of how his actions affect others, and being less absorbed in his own problems. But at the same time, I want to keep his core personality intact, and approach his development with the awareness that going from spoiled teen to responsible adult is a long process that takes more than just a couple years of personal growth.

I don't want him to become boring and predictable as he matures, so I want to give him realistic chances to keep making mistakes, and leave room for negative CR.

On the other hand, I hope I'm not getting overeager with that and making him too obnoxious.

TL;DR: is his development realistic? Is he still fun to play off of, or does he veer into "too boring" or "too grating"?

(I realize that voice and ICness can only really be addressed by people familiar with the canon, but if you have any crit about that I'd love to hear it!)

You can also leave crit on my personal hmd here. Anon on/IP off, comments are screened by default but I'll make anything public if requested.