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

[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.

[ponymechanic]

Oh that's good. Yeah Tails really needed to bounce off of some castmates it seems like. Especially since Sonic wasn't around that much.

[ponymechanic]

Although now that I think about it, I did get to show off one of Tails' biggest berserk buttons during Winter Wrap-up and the make-up thread with Minato dressing up as the Reaper and Yukiko & May!Twi pretending to be kidnapped. So I don' think I've been that bland with him until Cream & Knuckles came around.

Also, do you have any thoughts about Coco? Anything I can improve with her?

[noxequus]

Well, it was the same week-or-two time frame; correlation may not imply causality. Still, that was about the point that things turned around.

Regarding Coco: be more active with her. I can't really HAVE any thoughts because aside from a few threads with Rarity and the Hearts and Hooves thing, we've hardly SEEN her. She's also harder to get a read on because she's a very timid character, so it's a lot harder to get a good bead on what is and isn't consistent with her voice.

I simply haven't seen enough to have an opinion.

[ponymechanic]

I see.

Yeah, sorry about that. I've been having a bit of a tricky time with her since her voice is not nearly as strong as Tails', plus there's not much she can really do. The only reason I haven't dropped her yet is because of the Kreutzer romance. I'm hoping this month will give her more things to do or at least give me five more comments to be able to pass AC.

[noxequus]

Things should pick up during Fourth Wall or immediately after, I'm sure.

I've learned, though, that sometimes forcing a character may do short-term damage to the voice, but will generally help you with learning what the voice actually is LIKE; I can't really recommend it, but I'd say if nothing else, it's worth giving a try before just giving up completely?

[ponymechanic]

Yeah hopefully having Coco meet more people will get more of a reaction out of her.

I'll try that. I do want to give it one more try before deciding if keeping her around for the sake of the Kreutzer romance is worth it or not. I feel bad for being so slow/inactive with her.

[bluesuit_hoofy]

It might help to just throw her in the deep end. I may be basing this suggestion pretty heavily on her appearance on the show, but try finding a situation where she either has to go along with something she thinks is wrong or take a risk by making a stand, and play out the consequences of whatever decision she makes. Give yourself something meaty to work with and it will be easier to flesh her out and make some friends and/or enemies for her.

[ponymechanic]

Throw her to the deep end, eh? Well I have been too nice with her lately so I might try to figure out how to set that up.

I know there's awkwardness with her and Kreutzer because of Hearts & Hooves day, so if Coco got jealous or was forced to come out sooner than she was ready for, that could make some interesting possibilities.