HMD | June 2013

[these_balls]

EVALUATE MY BATTLING!

Trainer Tip: play nice and keep it civil.


things to keep in mind:
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→ Don't take this all too personally! Remember that roleplay is a game, and crit is supposed to help, not make you feel horribly. No one is perfect, we've all got room to improve. Please keep that in mind.

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Comments

[itsjustdust]

Obito Uchiha | Naruto |itsjustdust

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like you really need to slow down when it comes to your tagging speed, or perhaps not take on so many threads so you can give each one the focus it deserves, because a lot of your tags are riddled with typos or otherwise incoherent, and it makes them hard to respond to. The fact that you push them out so quickly makes it look like you're favoring speed over substance, and you're just going with your kneejerk reaction to the thread instead of really thinking about an IC response. You don't have to boomerang every response, and I don't think most people in game would mind waiting a little longer if it means getting tags that are actually well-constructed and thought-out.

[itsjustdust]

I'm really sorry about the typo situation. I know I don't catch them all recently, though I have been attempting to do so. Unfortunately I badly need new glasses and my options are either blinding headaches or putting my face on my computer while I'm tagging. It's led to me being a bit lax about a second over before I post my replies, and I apologize for that. I will try harder to make sure that I typed everything as I thought I did.

As for the speed and volume... Due to the above mentioned issues I've actually been tagging out far less than I used to, though this might not be so visible after the boom during fourth wall, and I've reached the point where if I feel I can't focus properly, I simply don't tag, so this might address your speed concern as well?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't have a problem with people who tag out a lot, if that's what your second paragraph is saying. I like seeing people being active and interested in the game. My problem isn't with that. My problem is with how I get tags within a matter of one or two minutes, they're often one or two lines and they've been pretty incoherent - and not just in a "my typos make other words" sense, even if that's part of it too. (I do that myself sometimes and it sucks, and I'll bet needing new glasses just makes it worse so you have my sympathy there.) It's also just that sometimes the tags literally make no sense and I have had to ask other people who tag with you often what's even being said, because they're used to reading tags from you and can figure out what's going on when I literally can't, and I know I'm not the only one who's had this problem.

[itsjustdust]

I didn't even realize that this had become a problem and would like to apologize to you, and everyone else who has had this happen with me. I will try to make my posts have more clarity, and honestly? If anyone can't understand what I posted to them? Tell me. I'll try to fix it.

I want to give you guys the quality you deserve, and it pains me to think I've slid off into 'wtf is this?' territory.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm reluctant to come to you with crit because quite frankly, you usually don't take it well. I've seen people try in the past and it usually dissolves into you being defensive and insisting that you can't change things, or making excuses for why things need to be the way they are. I don't find you approachable at all, which is why I'm doing this anon and on the gamewide HMD instead of privately.

I don't think I worded it very clearly earlier (ha, irony...) and for that I apologize, but part of the problem relating to speed is also the fact that many of your responses don't seem IC, they seem like a kneejerk response involving what you want the character to do instead of what the character should do. You have a history of flying by the seat of your pants and then looking for ways to justify Obito's reactions later. I think it would be good to keep in mind that no one's initial reaction is going to be IC 100% of the time.