HMD | November 2012

[these_balls]

EVALUATE MY BATTLING!

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Comments

MOD/GAME HMD

[these_balls]

Plus ideas! We'd love to get input from you guys on what you're enjoying or not enjoying and how you want the game to go in the upcoming months and years. Please let us know!

[(Anonymous)]

Just a minor thing, but I really wish the NPCs had more of a presence here. I know you guys have a lot to juggle between RL, your own characters, and mod duties, but perhaps you guys could hire some designated NPC mods or do NPC apps? It's just a thought!

Also, could it be possible to add a few more TMs? I noticed the other day that dragon, ghost, and fighting types don't have a lot of moves to choose from and something like Brick Break would be nice to avoid Reflect and Light Screen abuse.

[these_balls]

Well, anon, which NPCs would you be more interested in seeing? For a lot of our NPC passiveness, we just allowed the current players to have a bit of free reign with them, but we could probably throw them out there a bit more, but the opportunity to poke us and ask us to pull one out has always been an option! We'll see what we can do so we throw them around a bit more.

As for TMs, we can certainly do that! We'll poke through the list and see what's up.

[paladinlost]

Hi mods! I was looking around earlier, and everyone that's been accepted during either October or November has not been friended by between 50 and 90 characters. Would it be possible to add a reminder to the next weekly add/remove?

[these_balls]

Certainly! I'll jot one down before the 4th wall so everyone can have updated lists going in.

[paladinlost]

Thank you!

[dreamship]

❤ Miyako Inoue | digital_bingo ✖ digimon adventure 02
✿ Flora Reinhold | icansolvethemtoo ✖ professor layton → crit page
☢ Jade Curtiss | fonic_sight ✖ tales of the abyss → crit page
★ Ray Beams | onehotbabe ✖ eureka seven

[melodicnocturne]

Demyx | melodicnocturne : Kingdom Hearts Crit page

[doitrockapella]

Yagyuu Hiroshi | Prince of Tennis | usedlaserbeam
Carmen Sandiego | Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? | doitrockapella
Albert Rosenfield | Twin Peaks | worktodo

Questions, comments, feedback, and so on are all welcome and appreciated!

[newberktown]

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III | How to Train Your Dragon | newberktown

Just him! Been kind of iffy, activity-wise, for a while. His journal has a personal HMD if you'd prefer that.

[ghostytrainer]

John Egbert | Homestuck | ghostytrainer | Journal HMD

[darkenedgales]

Crow Hogan | Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's | darkenedgales | HMD

I've been ridiculously slow lately due to school being extremely hectic, but I'll try to work on that; thanks for understanding!

[fairycircle]

Vanitas | Kingdom Hearts | shadowdive | personal HMD
Cheria | Tales of Graces f | fairycircle | personal HMD

[(Anonymous)]

I'm kind of concerned about Vanitas lately. He's definitely had loads of time to develop, and I know his romance with Karkat had a lot of buildup, but I kinda feel like it might be getting a little outta hand? I saw earlier that Vanitas kissed Karkat in a 'not very chaste way' on one of Ven's post and found that really awkward as an outside viewer. It's just... why would any character want to watch someone make out (because, let's face it, that's what it came across as)? Talking about being in a relationship is one thing. Pushing it in another character's face is something else entirely. Especially when he only switched to video in order to show off the kiss.

I understand if you're invested in your ship, but maybe you could tone it down a notch? Plus, even if Vanitas is the trolling type, it seems odd for him to do that in front of Ventus or at least unnecessary.

Please don't take this the wrong way. It just feels awkward and a little uncomfortable, having seen it before the comments got deleted. :/

The Homestuck cast is obviously important CR because he is with Karkat, but I've also noticed that he seems to interact with them more than his actual castmates. It comes across as strange to me, even if the KH cast is a heck of a lot smaller these days. I think HS chars are the ones I see him interact with the most, period. I'm not sure if this is intentional, but it does seem a little selective from an outside viewpoint.

[shadowdive]

That was removed because Ven's player expressed that it was uncomfortable, and I had realized a bit too late that I over stepped the funtimes I was having. That's the reason the comments were retconned; he wasn't doing it to push it in anyones face. He never really did tell Ven he was in a relationship, and kissing Karkat was the first thing that came to mind, albeit it shouldn't have been "not chaste". I admit that it wasn't my finest for shenanigans, but it was dealt with by removing it as soon as she said she was uncomfortable with it. I apologize for making it uncomfortable for you too, viewer.

He interacts with the Homestuck cast more simply because he doesn't exactly fit in with the KH cast? Sure, he knows Riku somewhat, and they butt heads, so that is an interesting relationship I have dropped the ball on. With Terra, he doesn't post as often, but I have hit both of the posts he's made; he's working on rebuilding a normal sort of relationship with him. Minnie, he never saw much interest in speaking to, but he did speak to her a few times when she was telling stories. Roxas, they butted heads a bit often when they first started talking, and after the fight that eventually led to the fight with Xion. Vanitas didn't want to bother with him or her anymore, because while he didn't make the same effort to know Roxas, he tried to walk away from a fight with Xion. She didn't exactly let him, and that's why they fought. I've tagged every Aqua we've had, I've tagged most of Sora's posts when they come up and it's something Vanitas would pay attention to, and the same goes for Kairi's posts.

It's not as though he doesn't want to befriend or interact with the same people from his universe, but the KH cast isn't extremely active. I'm not trying to be offensive with that, but they aren't. Vanitas has only really started to interact with the HS kids recently, since he only knew some of the trolls through Karkat. He hasn't met Equius, the current Nepeta (he met a past her, so her name is at least familiar), Aradia, Dave, or Jade, so he has a bit of a way to go with them? (I'm missing Bro too but Vanitas has no reason to talk to him either unless he sees a nicely done scuffle. It's not 'gotta collect all the homestucks for cr' over here.)

His posts are almost all open network, and some of the more recent ones have been very open questions; I can't help if some of those tags to his posts are HS people, because he will tag them back out of curiosity because they know someone important to him.

Uhhh I hope overall, that this made sense? Short version is that Vanitas has been interacting way more with other people than his own castmates because it's not like he really fit in with his castmates, on top of they're not super active.

[explosivecombat]

Solf J Kimblee | Fullmetal Alchemist | explosivecombat
Jean Descole | Professor Layton | scientificflair
Reaver | Fable | istheindustry
Tokiomi Tohsaka | Fate/Zero | pretentions
GLaDOS | Portal | neurotoxined

[enjoymyatelier]

Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi | Fate/Zero | enjoymyatelier | Journal HMD

[babel_hacker]

Atsuro Kihara | SMT: Devil Survivor | babel_hacker

[soggypastry]

Lightning Farron | Final Fantasy XIII | soggypastry

Her private HMD is stickied to the top of her journal, if you'd prefer that. Comments screened, anon on, ip-log off. Gimme all you got~

[islandshore]

Riku | islandshore | Kingdom Hearts

I've been trying to address some of the concerns raised last HMD, so hopefully that's helped at least a little bit. I also realize my tagging speed is still kinda wonky. Finals suck. x_x

He also has a personal HMD on his journal.

[tearsofademon]

Ryner Lute :: The Legend of the Legendary Heroes :: tearsofademon

He's got a personal HMD linked at the top of his journal if you prefer. Any and all feedback is welcome and appreciated.

also I've been a bit fail at getting him out recently because I've been busy with schoolwork but I'm going to work on that

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Cobra Commander | G.I. Joe | cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa | HMD
Gordon Cole | Twin Peaks | canthearyou | HMD

[glaciates]

Frank Archer | Fullmetal Alchemist | determinator
Isaac McDougal | Fullmetal Alchemist | glaciates
Ryuunosuke Uryuu | Fate/Zero | greatestcool
Logan | Fable | decrees
Wheatley | Portal | brilliantideas

I've recently been on hiatus, but I'm off that now so I'll be tagging around properly again!

[foolishwren]

Just Heather Mason here!

Her visibility in the game has been pretty spotty lately (holy crap I think the last time I put up a post for her was in the SUMMER...), but all the same, please let me know if anything's been off!

[3_butterflies]

Fluttershy | My Little Pony : Friendship Is Magic | HMD Page.

[exeggutorhead]

Envy | Fullmetal Alchemist | this journal!

[forcefateshand]

Twilight Sparkle | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | friendyousohard
Illidan Stormrage | Warcraft | forcefateshand

[beforethedarkness]

Sasuke Uchiha (beforethedarkness) || Naruto
Personal HMD

[failures]

Larry Butz | Ace Attorney | failures
Dist the Rose | Tales of the Abyss | ortion
Dimitri Allen | Professor Layton | faketime

[atrueheroine]

Emmy Altava | snapandscoot | Professor Layton
Alex Louis Armstrong | sculpted | Fullmetal Alchemist
Dr Kato | artfuldestruction | Astro Boy
Page | atrueheroine | Fable III

[captainash]

Cecil Harvey | Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Dissidia: Final Fantasy) | paladinlost
Captain Ash | Mobile Suit Gundam AGE | captainash

Opinions on Ash would be particularly appreciated, since he's so new.

[leftinbasketforfbi]

Spencer Reid | Criminal Minds | leftinbasketforfbi | Personal HMD

I've been a little slower than I would like because of schoolwork sapping my motivation, but hopefully that'll pick up again after finals are over and done with. Give me what you got!

[namelesshero]

Archer (Playable) | namelesshero | Fate/Extra

I've gotta create a personal HMD post in my journal, but until then I'm all open for any advice out here! I'll get the first big thing outta the way; I'm really sorry for how scarce I've been since I've been with this game. I like to think that I'm remedying this since I've balanced the holiday retail season with my spare RP time.

I gotta admit (and I LOVE Archer no doubt) that he's a different character from what I'm used to. My biggest struggle is the blurring of the boundaries between his main Fate/Stay Night self and the history (hinted as it is) of his Fate/Extra self.

For any other Fate buffs in this game, I'd love to hear what you guys have to think! Whether it's the characterization, his interactions with others, the works. This is such a fun challenge for me that I wanna get better.

Thanks in advance! ♥

[hoperaider]

Jake English | Homestuck | this journal lol | Here's the HMD in his journal if you want it

[uuing]

Maria Ushiromiya → Umineko no Naku Koro ni → uuing

[gemini_prince]

lacus clyne | gundam seed destiny | the_whitequeen

natsuki shinomiya | uta no prince-sama | gemini_prince

[clusteringhopes]

☄ Yuusei Fudou ⇒ Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's ⇒ clusteringhopes
♥ Kairi ⇒ Kingdom Hearts ⇒ oneskyonedestiny