How's My Driving?

[ponymeisters]

HOW'S MY DRIVING? Hello, Equestrians! Its time for a game-wide HMD! Here's how it works: Post your name, along with what character(s) you play. If you want, specify particular areas you would like feedback on! (It's okay to ask for just general feedback!) Indicate whether or not you're okay with anonymous feedback. (It's totally cool if you don't.) You can also post links to your character's personal HMD if you'd prefer comments there. Reply to other people telling them how you think they are doing. Be polite and objective! If someone says they're cool with anonymous crit, that is not an invitation to be unfriendly. No one likes a Diamond Tiara! If you have something negative to say about somebody else's playing, make your points politely and suggest ways to improve. To give an example: X - Unhelpful Diamond Tiara - "Jeez, Terri, can you learn to type? You've got about a billion typos in your posts!" O - Helpful Not Diamond Tiara - "Hi, Terri, I noticed you have a number of typos in your posts. Something you might want to do is give your posts that one last look-over before hitting submit. It would really help with readability!" ????? PROFIT You don't have to post your own characters to give other people feedback! You don't have to post your characters at all if you don't want to. It is 100% OPTIONAL. If you do post, we would encourage you to give feedback to at least one other person! Flattery is welcome just as much as concrit!

Comments

THE MODS

[ponymeisters]

We're human, we make mistakes. Anything particularly that needs fixing?

Saria | Iron Liz, 90s Kid, Farmer Jack

[ihasahoe]

As people who follow my plurk have noticed, I've been having. A reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallly hard time getting any sort of focus in this game. I'm not sure how much people outside of myself can help me with this, but maybe hearing some feedback could be a boot to the flank in getting moving again? IDK.

Nikil

[ponymechanic]

Miles "Tails" Prower (AU) - Sonic the Hedgehog - ponymechanic

Coco Pommel (OU) - That pony show - shyformerassistant


Am I playing either of them badly or too blandly? Be sure to let me know.

Anon comments are fine and both characters have their own personal HMDs (IP Logging off, anon enabled and comments screened) if you don't want to reply on here.

Cirape | Sollux Captor (OU)

[twotonehoofbeast]

This journal here, which also has a HMD post stickied.
Any and all feedback, especially crit, is welcome. Also anon is fine.

Kasu | Francis York Morgan

[callmeyork]

Yeah... I apologize for my recent RP drive drop, but I'm working on revitalizing it. Besides that, how the hell am I doing?

[forwantofapartycannon]

Shaun | Gentarou Kisaragi, Ako Shirabe, Pinkie Pie EG, Flash Sentry EG and Lyra Heartstrings SN

Ako is already far removed from her original canon via Mayfield, and Pinkie is undergoing a life-changing moment. As it stands I wouldn't mind feedback on how derpy I'm getting.

Goldude

[bustadecapinyoass]

Fluttershy/Fluttercruel | Pony POV | shy_kindness/cruel_kindness
Trixie Lulamoon | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | cape_and_wizard_hat

...You know what, I'll include this guy just in case
Hiro Nakamura | Heroes | ponythatcanstoptime

And even though she hasn't been accepted yet...
Mami Tomoe | Puella Magi Madoka Magica | bustadecapinyoass

[mercuryangel]

Mia / Golden Sun mercuryangel
Princess Twilight Sparkle marearcana

Scott

[magimachinist]

Minato Arisato | Persona 3 FES || foolish_seal
Patchouli Knowledge | Touhou Project || weekwizard
Spark Sprocket | MLP OC || magimachinist

Re: Scott

[ponymechanic]

Your Minato is still pretty good and I enjoy the interaction with him and Tails.

I can't really say anything about the other two.

[ponymechanic]

Glad to see Princess Twilight being around more since I was getting concerned about how inactive she seemed.

[trustme]

The (Eleventh) Doctor
Fluttershy SN
Wally West / Kid Flash / Wondrous Bolt

Note: I might be wrapping things up and taking a break from playing Fluttershy SN and/or Wally. Meanwhile, I'm bringing a new character to the group.

Sword

[noxequus]

Flare Star - OC - stormbroken
Vatan Haini - OC - pseudacteon_emigre
Princess Luna - MLP: FiM konran CRAU - noxequus

I've been struggling the past few weeks to focus; am I going too slow for anyone to tolerate? Feel free to tell me so. I'm fairly confident on voices, so if there's inconsistencies feel free to point those out, too.

Blank

[thepoweroflove]

Marty McFly | Back to the Future | 88milesperhour

IIII know I haven't been terribly active lately, hopefully I don't suck too much because of this.

Dent

[toosmarttodie]

Brainstorm | Transformers | toosmarttodie

[ponymechanic]

Your Wally and the doctor is still pretty good. Fluttershy's also pretty good, but I would like to see her around more if possible.

While that's a shame, sometimes we need breaks from our muses (like I had to with Coco).

Chin

[robotfightclub]

Arcee | Transformers Prime

[toosmarttodie]

Generally I'm glad that Marty has the kind of reactions you'd expect from an eighties kid that's seen way too much shit.

Keep it up!

Re: Sword

[ponymechanic]

No need to worry. I'm think you're doing just fine.

I do enjoy your Luna and the interactions between her and Tails. I haven't noticed any real inconsistencies myself.

[trustme]

Any ideas how to improve upon what I've already got?

Paul

[kind_to_all]

Fluttershy (OU) // My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic // kind_to_all

[noxequus]

I dunno what to say that I haven't said on Plurk to you about this, but I'll reiterate that the biggest problem with playing Fourth Wall aware characters in a panfandom jamjar is that sometimes you'll be expected or assumed to recognize a thing that you, as a player, have no interest in.

Really, there's no easy way around that fact except to either feign interest (ie "spend a few hours on Wikipedia and TV Tropes until you can adequately bullshit your way out of the paper bag") or to not worry about defying those assumptions. It it doesn't bother you as a player, then you'll be more likely to keep on rolling in spite of the few speed bumps.

Past that, Jack certainly has more potential than you give him credit for - by now he's been here at least half a year, so it's pretty safe to assume he's got a set routine he does every day that keeps him going, even in the absence of a MayJ. After all, he IS a Harvest Moon protag, so he should be used to weaving in and out of other people's lives based on their schedules. Maybe figuring out what exactly his daily routine is will help you figure out some things to do with him or places to tag him out?

[ponymechanic]

Hmm, I guess try to show Wally's other sides? I don't get to see his more teenage-ish side since he's still from Season 1.

[noxequus]

I just want to say that you guys are the most with-it, held together mod team I've played under. There's no sense of burnout, no under-the-surface drama, and you guys manage to keep the game active plot-wise while not being all that overwhelming. You're also approachable, and I feel like if I ever have a concern, I can actually come up and voice my mind on it, which is something I haven't been able to do in any of my other games, including the one I briefly modded in myself.

You guys are awesome, all of you. Thank you for helping to make this game as fantastic as it is.

[noxequus]

I will openly admit I was uncertain about Tails for a little bit there around the time of his breakdown - I worried that he didn't have enough of what made him unique as a character.

But then I've seen his interactions recently with Sonic and now Knuckles and Cream, and I realize that all you really needed were some canonmates to bounce off of to get the full feeling. As of such, there's nothing really to critique any more, just a general thumbs up. With a hoof.