HMD | January 2013

[these_balls]

EVALUATE MY BATTLING!

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[explosivecombat]

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

[(Anonymous)]

i think you're too isolated with your rp partners. it's fine to enjoy playing with certain people, and to develop strong cr with all of your characters and vice-versa but it's very hard to plot with you or to build strong cr. you often drop most of my threads and several other peoples so you can continue to backtag your best friends and their characters. also, i've noticed that you tend to neglect thinking about certain cr reactions (castmates, closer CR, etc.) when you plot things out with these characters, even if they directly affect these people. these things, as both a former and potential cast mate, made it difficult to maintain playing my character and look like i knew what i was doing. no one would stop you from enacting x or y plot but sometimes a little forewarning would be nice, you know?

you're great when it comes to remaining ic, and no one could probably say otherwise but oocly, i've found you to be unapproachable and rather cliquish and that, along with other factors, resulted in the decision to drop my character. i thought at first it was just me but i discussed this with other people who came to agree upon the same thing. i just wish to see your characters more involved beyond a few muns because you're a very skilled player and writer.

[explosivecombat]

I've noticed this as well, actually, and it's something that's concerned me for a while; I've been asking people for advice RP-wise on how to fix this, and I've received a few tips on it that I plan on implementing as soon as possible. I used to have far more varied CR in the past, and I'm working on building that back up again; I'm in a much better place in...many ways, now, so that will make it a bit easier, and I have been working on getting better about continuing to tag threads/resolving the thread-dropping issue - even before the hiatus, for example, I had several threads that I was continuing to tag for over a month after the original posts were made.

I will say that I do have many issues that are flat-out debilitating that have been flaring up for a few years now, and they finally came to a head in the worst way possible recently; while I don't publicize them or mention them very much outside of my plurk, these issues can and do affect my ability to talk to people and make rational decisions - and due to the nature of the issues in question, I don't always realize that I'm having problems until someone takes me aside and goes "...dude, you are symptoming really badly, sit down." This is part of the reason I stay close to my friends for extended periods of time, then have long periods of TAG ALL THE THINGS before retreating again; I know it's wicked inconsistent, and I apologize for it. For the sake of reference, I mention all of this by way of explanation, not excuse, but I do have some serious problems that can affect the way I interact with the game; usually my issues are manageable, but for a good amount of 2012, they were...well, not. Should you want a more thorough explanation, you or anyone else are more than welcome to PM me (doing so with a sock account would be perfectly fine, should that be more comfortable for you) and I can explain what I'm talking about in more detail.

At the same time, issues aside, I've also never had anyone tell me anything regarding being difficult to plot with or unapproachable; while I do apologize for difficulties I've caused for you ICly, as it wasn't intentional, this is the first time any of this has been brought to my attention. I can't know what people are thinking unless I'm told, I'm not a mind-reader, and it's somewhat frustrating to know that people would apparently rather drop than actually tell me that they're having issues with what I'm doing.

I can't fix things unless I know what to fix, and I've gotten very little crit in the past; with that in mind, I appreciate your taking the time to type this up for me! The compliments regarding my writing and playing are definitely nice to hear, and I'm immensely grateful for the crit - should you have anything else to offer me, I'd love to hear that as well. For the time being, I can assure you that this is being worked on; I've been talking to a bunch of neutral parties about this, not just my friends. I've gotten a lot of good advice regarding it, and I'm trying to branch out more as we speak. Between that and this, I really do hope your experience playing with me (either now or in the future - and if you still want to app a castmate I definitely hope you do so!) is decidedly more pleasant overall; if there are any further problems with my playing, you can always poke me on one of my characters' HMDs and let me know that there's something wrong. I know for a fact Kimblee's is anon-enabled, and I...think I've fixed all the settings on my others, but I might have missed some.

[these_balls]

Anon, it isn't up to others to judge which crit is valid or loses validity, as this does not assist in constructive criticism. I'll be screening so Dal can continue to discuss with the anon herself.

[explosivecombat]

Appreciated, mods.