HMD | April 2014

[these_balls]

EVALUATE MY BATTLING!

Trainer Tip: play nice and keep it civil.


things to keep in mind:
→ This is encouraged, not mandatory. We will not penalize you for not using it.
→ Feel free to link your personal HMDs if you would like, just in case someone doesn't want to use the mass HMD post.
→ this is more for actual critique and discussion. Please don't just blindly praise a person or just call them horrible. If someone's doing a wonderful job, you can tell them, just tell them why, or even where they're showing off bonus perks. If someone's doing a not-so-wonderful job, tell them why, give them things to improve on if you can. Examples, links, things that can give them something to work on. Meaning, no bashing, flaming, or nasty behavior. Please keep it civil.
→ Anonymous is turned on! But note: anonymous is a privilege, not a right. If it's being abused to bash players, please be sure to let one of us know and we'll step in or freeze threads if necessary. If anonymous is abused too much, it will be turned off for the next HMD.
→ 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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[these_balls]

lucy's duo

[lullabytes]

Aradia Megido | Homestuck | timelymaid
Chiaki Nanami | Super Dangan Ronpa 2 | lullabytes

Both have anon-enabled, screened hmds on their journals if you prefer that route!

[impheired]

John Egbert | Homestuck | ghostytrainer
Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu | Super Dangan Ronpa 2 | impheired

Jade

[usedswift]

Tenten | Naruto | usedswift | private HMD
Peko Pekoyama | Super Dangan Ronpa 2 | perfectstrike | private HMD

Please don't hesitate to offer crit on either of my characters; I'm especially looking for ways to improve Pekoyama, since she is a new muse for me!

Alex!

[freshprints]

Carmen Sandiego | Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? | doitrockapella
Parker | Leverage | nostabbing
Kyouko Kirigiri | Dangan Ronpa | freshprints

Questions, comments, feedback, and so on are all welcome and appreciated! Also, if there's something I can do better as a mod, please let me know here or on the Mod/Game HMD Thread, and I'd be happy to get a dialogue going with you about it!

[anklegandr]

Rin Tohsaka | Fate/Zero | anklegandr
Sakura Haruno | Naruto | punches
{ My internet was cut out for two weeks there so apologies for being slow! }

Draggy

[believeit]

Uzumaki Naruto | Naruto | used_friendship/believeit

Notes: I went on hiatus mid-march until the first week of April, posted and then slacked off again for another week :| sorry! Hopefully things are more or less sorted now though, and my current slowness will be fixed. Other than that if there are any problems please let me know.

[friendyousohard]

Twilight Sparkle | MLP: FiM | friendyousohard
Ilyasviel "Ilya" von Einzbern | Fate/Stay Night | dressofheaven

INCREDIBLY SRS POLL

[these_balls]

At some point we should have another prom-like event and dub it the Poké Ball.

A) VERY YES
B) YES
C) NO
D) VERY NO
E) A JAR OF ALMONDS

[cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Cobra Commander | G.I. Joe | cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa | HMD

i'm allowed to vote

[lullabytes]

> A

this is a terrible pun

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

a though e was very tempting

[usedswift]

A yes. important.

[bioalchemic]

Russell Tringham | Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) | bioalchemic | HMD!

alas I cannot take the credit for it; I just heard it through the Plurk grapevine

[these_balls]

can we have a great pokeballs of fire reference too

[peoplediewhenikillthem]

[tearsofademon]

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

He also has a character-specific HMD linked in his journal if you prefer.

[snotfaced]

Snotlout Jorgenson | How to Train Your Dragon| snotfaced
Vanellope von Schweetz | Wreck-It Ralph | rarestcandy

And then personal HMDs on journals yatta yatta. Lemme know how I've been doing with these two and if there's anything I need to improve on!

SSH

[pianosongs]

I too am allowed to vote.

I want a party so spectacular it has people talking about what a Great Ball it is.

[voidedrogue]

Roxy Lalonde | Homestuck | voidedrogue

No fully dedicated hmd post in journal, but a ooc contact post with screened comments and stuff!

[lieutenantantichrist]

Carter Blake | Heavy Rain | lieutenantantichrist

Private anon-enabled one on the personal journal, too.

[ortion]

Dist the Rose | Tales of the Abyss | ortion
Yasuhiro Hagakure | Dangan Ronpa | crystalballer

They also have personal HMD posts!

[paladinlost]

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

[these_balls]

Fortunately, I'm getting pretty good at this party-throwing thing.

You might even say I'm a Master (of) Balls.

[enjoymyatelier]

Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi | Fate/Zero | enjoymyatelier
Cynthia | Fire Emblem Awakening | ajustcaws

[angerpoints]

Yusuke Urameshi | Yu Yu Hakusho | angerpoints

Personal HMD post can be found right over here, if you prefer to use that instead!

[exeggutorhead]

Envy | Fullmetal Alchemist | exeggutorhead

[ossifragant]

Greed | Fullmetal Alchemist | ossifragant

[crackpotcrocker]

Denzel Crocker| Fairly Oddparents| crackpotcrocker

[saxsongs]

Ren Jinguji | Uta no Prince-sama anime | saxsongs

[saxsongs]

A

[ardent]

Kiyotaka Ishimaru | Dangan Ronpa | ardent
Solf J Kimblee | Fullmetal Alchemist | explosivecombat
Alfred Ashford | Resident Evil | twinsanity

[envy_the_sinners]

Scar | Fullmetal Alchemist | envy_the_sinners
He's got a personal HMD over here as well. I know I just got here, but if you've got anything, I'd really appreciate it!

Mallory

[majorcrotchgrab]

Major Raikov || Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops || majorcrotchgrab || HMD

Anon is enabled/screened and IPs are turned off.

[awesmazings]

Jimmy Two-Shoes | Jimmy Two-Shoes | awesmazings
Chihiro Fujisaki | Dangan Ronpa | codeforhope

[imthe_shit]

B

Hebby

[imthe_shit]

Old Snake | Metal Gear Solid 4 imthe_shit

[(Anonymous)]

Would you please consider going back to the badge system where a player just had to check with one mod to get a near-immediate response about whether or not they had it or allowing people to decide whether they do or not themselves? Tomorrow will mark exactly a month since the earliest badge request on the post was put up and not responded to and this is something of a trend. While I realize the mods have lives, a month or two to three weeks to process requests can really put a strain on travel plans in the game and can mean that characters get stuck in places for long stretches of time where nothing much happens because they need to see if they get the badge or not.

I expect that it would have gone on past a month without the post being touched if I had said nothing which is disheartening.

sa

[(Anonymous)]

If it were detailed responses that were being waited on a longer wait would be understandable but since those are closed everyone seems to be waiting on simple yes or no responses which is why I am speaking up.

[these_balls]

Hey, anon!

Thank you for speaking up about this; what actually happened this past month is that I volunteered to pinch-hit on badges for the duration and then it completely slipped my mind because it's not one of my usual duties, so it wasn't in my routine cycle of "things I need to remember to keep up on". So that delay has been my fault and I sincerely apologize. It was less RL being too busy and more just a miscommunication that everybody thought somebody else was handling it, and it slipped through the cracks.

I'm off to go have a look at those right now, but again, I appreciate you bringing it to our attention and I'm sorry for the long delay we've had on those.