Activity Check Results

[lucetimods]

The results for the Activity Check are in. Please note that the following characters were either inactive, didn't post to the activity check, or failed to speak to a moderator about their activity. Also added were characters who have dropped, for your convenience.

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friend remove autocrossbowplz friend remove ballkicker friend remove bang_ihaveagun friend remove blue_velocity friend remove bravare friend remove brewinthunder friend remove cowledcrusader friend remove expediency friend remove failuremage friend remove idle_magic friend remove im_brilliant friend remove ivorygunslinger friend remove kazakami friend remove listenstorocks friend remove lunaticked friend remove lusus_scientiae friend remove magnanimity friend remove nightsofrain friend remove nofireallowed friend remove phasingly friend remove rebeloutcast friend remove restoremyhonour friend remove sapphire_sniper friend remove sofar_sogr8 friend remove thesearepants friend remove tsuntrader friend remove willbeawinner friend remove paishoplayer friend remove valorandwisdom friend remove moonlightoutlaw friend remove wanderingsnail friend remove god_is_a_dude friend remove lunarwit friend remove awaitingalbion friend remove ihasacutout friend remove mothercuts friend remove soulphile friend remove shieldsroyalty friend remove fireinherheart friend remove realivewire friend remove 4000gropes friend remove temperateheart friend remove 4000ages friend remove most_talented friend remove eeeek_a_rat friend remove wildconqueror friend remove pinkbedwetter friend remove nottanzanite friend remove healing_yellow friend remove verisprit friend remove bluffgenius friend remove a_honeysuckle friend remove dayofcentury friend remove salvationfound friend remove falenansun friend remove quitewright friend remove youmademebleed friend remove tornadomechanic friend remove tionysus friend remove cryology friend remove rupturedbabylon friend remove praygenius friend remove intobrightness friend remove spiralwitness friend remove ofzero friend remove consultmybooks friend remove invidia_keeper friend remove gustareion friend remove die_wiederkehr friend remove mybossisbetter friend remove esper_flight friend remove undertheanchor friend remove andheavenknows friend remove dressedinflame friend remove tobecomeaknight friend remove harveyinmyhead friend remove ratnavati friend remove greaterdays friend remove goddamn_butler friend remove sniperkingftw friend remove couldhavedanced friend remove forever_heroine friend remove shockingsoul friend remove a_bit_heartless friend remove roadstovictory friend remove twoyearblade friend remove im_the_cute_one friend remove leftover_storm friend remove saltwaterwounds friend remove 300yrswandering friend remove applehair friend remove touchedbystars friend remove flamesofkaraya friend remove notredheaded friend remove sing_thrush friend remove lilblackfeather friend remove ankoku_fox friend remove likeafirework friend remove ninthforgiven friend remove loyal_arrows friend remove dynamicfury friend remove reversededge friend remove merepuppet friend remove shesmyapplepie friend remove letsgetmoving friend remove talktomyguns friend remove enemyscanning friend remove prayingone friend remove lemonscarf friend remove caughtadoctor friend remove promisebreaking friend remove thirdhost friend remove herobydefault friend remove cowboykinneas friend remove hideandgocie friend remove psychebubble friend remove eclipsedtheplot friend remove rendingblade friend remove meshninja friend remove seaweedsoup friend remove shinigamiphile friend remove 7thheavensmile friend remove forkimlasca friend remove galddigger friend remove temperedtempest friend remove fates_ironic friend remove lunaticked friend remove whatsinthepipe

A number of you passed the activity check, but barely. (You know who you are.) Try to pick things up, as it's no fun to character-squat.

If there are any mistakes here, please let us know! Additionally, if your character was removed and you're still active, feel free to appeal to one of us about keeping your character. However, please remember next time to stay active and post to the Activity Check. Thank you!

And as always:

HMD

How's My Driving?

This is a crit post for both the community and game and for your characters. If you have something you'd like to see us improve upon with the game, PLEASE TELL US HERE! Anon commenting is on, but if anything gets really nasty there will be warnings and thread-freezing. This isn't required but everyone is encouraged to take advantage of the advice of your fellow players!

Just some pointers: no taking cheap shots, no dragging personal issues into things and for the love of all that is wise and great, please double check your replies and comments before posting them. Sometimes a change in phrasing can make all the difference between a helpful tone and a condescending one.

ALSO ALSO: We'd like to clarify that HMD means HMD- which means it's okay to have both good and bad crit. Some people have expressed concerns about posting good/bad crit when a character already has bad/good crit posted. We'd like to encourage you guys to do it anyway! You can drive well or badly, and even good drivers make mistakes. So give it a try \o

Comments

[seiriald]

Her acting like a 6-8 year old does have to do with how she grew up, since most of her traumatic experiences happened in that time frame and in some aspects she no longer has the ability to mentally age past them, a part of her mind is trying to keep the innocence of then and at the same time forget everything that happened since then, which sometimes includes shoving aside the mental progress she has made. Her hybrid status also interferes with this a lot, I think I've told you about before...? While she does try to act like what is expected of her age, if you get her to like you enough or emotional enough, these childish episodes are more likely to slip into her actions and way of thinking. When she succumbs to emotional breakdowns or has temper tantrums for real really show this. ^^;

I don't mean to make things more dramatic, like with her childish episodes she's more likely to have mood swings the more she likes someone, what she says reflects that, too. You could say it's her brutal honesty at work? Also, her occupation at home calls for her collecting information through interrogation, with her ability to feel emotions or suspect when someone is lying. It's a habit she's trying to get rid of in Luceti in an attempt to try to be friendly, but it still seeps through with conflicting feelings about trusting others. But thank you for pointing that out, I'll keep an eye out for that from now on! I'm happy you like tagging with her, since I'm always nervous about rping one of my OCs with others. :'3

[goldenglasses]

AH! I knew there was something I couldn't remember. I do remember you telling me something like that before. XD I swear I'll try to do better at remembering things. *promptly forgets*

As for the drama thing, I can remember the one example where I thought I could best explain it. (Now that I've caught up on some of my sleep so I'm only half a zombie instead of a whole one.) Was this thread here: http://goldenglasses.livejournal.com/21441.html?thread=4363457#t4363457

Where Kaori said that Vash shouldn't be hiding things - I know right after that you said it was because he had tried to hide things before, but the first tag just felt like you were trying to push the converstation in that direction. As Vash was being more open than he has ever been while in Luceti and was saying a whole lot more than he really wanted to. So it felt a bit awkward for her to suddenly bring it up. He had already said he didn't know what to do about Knives - what more could he have been hiding? Yes he did it before, but right at the moment he was fixing it - so why question his hidden motives when he's thrown everything out on the table?

As if you were thinking he WAS lying when he wasn't. I know Kaori is suppose to pick up on lying, but in some tags it feels like you may be looking for a lie that really isn't there. Yes, Vash may not always tell the full truth, but he's not lying all the time. There's a difference between teling a lie and not giving everything away. Half the time Vash may not even be thinking of ALL the details so he can't really lie if he's not thinking of things.

That was the most recent thread where I felt that happened, but there have been a couple other times where I had to stop and wonder why Kaori is calling him out on things when he's not giving anything away. When he's not even THINKING about lying.