Activity Check Results / HMD

[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 recently, for your convenience.

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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

[markofthewise]

While I don't do a lot of stalking, I did run into one thing that really stuck out to me. It was this thread with Ben where she remarks about Pepper. I'm not sure exactly what has made things sour between the two, but it seemed rather uncharacteristic of Susan (at least what I know of her) to describe her as 'secretary girlfriend or something'. Honestly the way it was delivered came off less like a mature and experiences superhero and more... like a jealous high school ex-girlfriend. Which isn't right at all. I realize this is sort of a non-issue at this point given what we've already talked about. But I don't know. So I'm mostly pointing it out as something to ponder.

That aside, I feel like I should echo what Zero said about powergaming. It's not just an IC thing, but I think it's something that gets exhibited just in casual conversations on plurk. It's an easy thing to get sucked into and I know I've done it in the past and maybe still do it now. But you should be careful about getting into the scenarios where it comes down to what character is more powerful than whose. After all, it's a pointless contest in a game where power is purely subjective based on what canon you're playing from. To pull out an example, I remembered seeing you on the "intimidation" meme on plurk not too long ago, where your main criteria for your characters not being intimidated was based purely on comparing how powerful one was to another. Which, to me, gave an impression that you were more concerned with where your character stood on a power scale rather than what their interpersonal relationships were like.

All that said, I don't want you to think that this is precisely what I think you're doing. But impressions are a big thing in RP, so I figured it was worth pointing out, because I might not be the only one getting that vibe.

[thefinaljedi]

Thanks Masa, I appreciate the feedback. That is actually something I've been thinking a lot about with Susan as well. Susan and Pepper had not gotten off on a good note. There are reasons for that, though. Sue does, sometimes, act like that when she's annoyed. Its something she does from time to time, particularly with characters like Pepper, Mary Jane, or even She-Hulk's husband in canon.

That said, the comment probably was a little uncharacteristic of Susan even still, and its actually an example of problems that I've been having with Susan. When she gets annoyed with people, she actually tends to just confront them or get catty like that when she can't just call them on it. You are right though, if she had a problem she probably WOULD just say something to Pepper, but I'm not sure that'd be a conversation that wouldn't start a lot of unnecessary headaches for both myself and Tad.

It is kind of a moot point, though, yes.

In regards to your second point I've been keeping that in mind, actually. I vaguely remember that meme and was kinda just joking around. I really don't think that way, and I'm sorry if I've given the impression that I do. I'm pretty much goofing around on Plurk memes, though I'll be more mindful of that in the future. After looking back on the meme, I probably could've worded some responses a bit better.

And as I told Zero, I've got plans to ICly shake up some things related to this. Luke in particular hasn't had the Force just flat out fail him yet in Luceti, and while it is a rare occurrence in canon it is something that does happen. I've not really had too many chances for it, but with the upcoming draft I'm going to be doing something with it.

Thanks for the comment, I appreciate the reminder. I'd rather not leave the wrong impression, though I know we've talked a bit about my past roleplay experiences before. I'm very used to having to deal with players who do constantly talk about things like that, and 1.5 years in a game like this is comparatively short to a decade in another. I could write volumes about the differences going on, and frankly I'm still pretty new to all this, so reminders like this do help.