HMD #5

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damned_institute HMD Meme

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1. POSTING TO THIS MEME IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL. This means that if someone chooses not to participate, you must respect that decision and leave their characters out of any crit you post. Conversely, if you do choose to post your character(s) to the meme, you must accept all constructive input you receive. You do not have to agree with everyone's crit; however, any replies you post are expected to be courteous and respectful.

2. NO UNCONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS. Regardless of the kind of input you're giving, be it reinforcement of something positive or calling attention to something questionable, you must ALWAYS give concrete reasons for why you feel the way you do. "Because," "due to," and "since" are examples of the kind of vocabulary you should use in your feedback. You are also, of course, expected to be courteous and respectful toward your fellow players.

3. PROHIBITED CONTENT IN COMMENTS:

• Unconstructive input, be it negative or positive
• Breaking any rules set by the original input request
• Malicious or sarcastic wording/emoting
• Threats or demands
• Falsification of facts
• Spamming

The above apply both to input givers and input receivers. Any comments containing the above will be subject to being deleted, frozen, or screened, and their posters will be subject to penalties.

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4. IP LOGGING IS TURNED ON. However, Court, Psyche and I are the only people who will be able to see the IPs, and we will absolutely not share this information with anyone. The logging will only be used to identify rule-breakers, should the need arise.

5. PLEASE USE THE TEMPLATE BELOW FOR YOUR INPUT REQUEST. If you would like to specify certain guidelines, explain yourself, or ask for focus on a particular aspect of your playing, feel free to do so in the "other" section. Remember: if you're uncomfortable with receiving input in a public setting or if you'd like to give Anons the option of giving you input without their IP being logged, you are perfectly welcome to specify your preferences and link people to your character's personal HMD.

Name/Handle:
Character(s) Played: Character Name (char_username), Character Name (char_username)
Anon input allowed?: Y/N
Other: (optional)

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Thank you!

Comments

[corvus_veritas]

Name/Handle: Ginga
Character(s) Played: Byrne Faraday (corvus_veritas), Zero (dividedby)
Anon input allowed?: Yep - and there are HMDs on each of their journals if you'd prefer to post there!
Other:

yeaaah I got nothin'

[diamondstorm]

I haven't actually played Byrne's canon, though I've been meaning to. I have a couple of the games, but regardless, I can't really judge for ICness. For voice, however, on both Byrne and Zero, you amaze me constantly. It's obvious that Byrne is your main guy, but both of them bring so much to the table to work with. You're one of the handful whose posts have actually made me burst out laughing from the content. I don't see any weak points to point out from my threads with Byrne; he's a fully realized three-dimensional character and you show that beautifully. And Zero comes off well as an android trying to become used to the changes he's been given.

Oh, this isn't really helpful, but as an additive, I really want to say how impressed I am by how you've handled Byrne coming to terms with things in Landel's. He didn't just start believing and understanding things one hundred percent; he very realistically had a shift into it, and bounced between faith and disbelief. I have a fully human, no special attributes character that I'm considering apping, and I'm basically taking notes from you. XD It's a amazingly realistic approach to a human shoved into all of this, and I'm really glad to have been a part of all of those transitions.

[dividedby]

Thank you so much for the feedback! There aren't too many guidelines in canon for Byrne's character, so I worry about straying too far from those guidelines on occasion. Even so, you're right, he is totally my main guy as far as voice goes...I can post so much faster with him than with Zero, it makes me feel a little bad. XD;

His adjustment to all of the 'unrealistic' things in Landel's was another thing that worried me, if I've been adjusting him too quickly or not quickly enough, so I'm relieved to hear I've been doing it right! (And on another note, I'm kind of curious to know who this fully human character is that you're thinking about apping...~) I also loved the transition threads Byrne had with Renamon! It was fun seeing him go from 'wow you're crazy' to 'okay sorry I believe you now' to 'no wait you're still crazy'. XDD So thanks for that, and thank you again for your feedback!