Alright, let's see.
First order of business! RP. We don't nearly do enough of it. That's my critique. I like Saneth (PROFILE THIS COOL CAT), and I like the little dynamic he's got going with Orthander when we break out the Illumination crew, but your other guys? I don't nearly see enough of them. Ranzel and Quintric have potential for a rivalry/partnership that might be interesting to develop, Torok would have been bros with Dhorgun if the Earthen Ring didn't hang, and Gorose and Jared are pretty interesting to play out, but again, not enough.
You already know that I'm greatly enjoying your Changeling game, or what little we see of it. :P My only gripe is that we can never seem to get a damn session running at the right time for everyone. (That and how you butcher British accents with your NPCs.
But it's fine. It's only the Manchester accent you're butchering. You could butcher Manchester's anything and I wouldn't bat an eye. A more wretched hive of scum and villainy you'll never find. [/territorial rivalry])
As for your OOC presence, I find you highly amicable and easy to get along with. Honestly, you're just fun to talk to and be around, and you're fitting well into the purple. When we tackle profiles together it feels like we've been colleagues in that regard for much longer than two weeks.
I also realise I'm being overwhelmingly positive, which works, but for balance's sake I'll take the spotlight here to voice a few of my niggles with your behaaviour.
One thing I've noticed with you is that you have a temper on you. It's subtle and it's hard to bring out, but when you swing, you
swing. The example that sticks in my head is when you caught wind of the Coven fiasco when Gregg was rescued from Parth's captivity by Annabelle, Cristovao and Castor, rather than released. It's not the only one I'm thinking about, but it kind of soured the (until then, pretty chill) mood in Illumination guild chat at that point and was a big reason I left the RP early. To paraphrase Jeff Bridges in
TRON: Legacy, you really messed with my zen thing, man.
While we're on the subject, during our mutual bitching session about various guild projects and whatnot last night, I noticed that you seem to have a kind of negative attitude towards some of the community - and probably people - at large, especially when you're trying to run something for them and it doesn't go as planned or sputters out. This in itself is excusable - we all invest a lot of ourselves in our projects and storylines and it's frustrating when they don't bear the fruit we wanted to see. But you shared with me an anecdote in which you were flat-out rude to somebody who you partially attributed a guild plot's failure to, and I think that's something you can definitely fix. Ironically, I might be being a bit too frank here, but being rude rarely helps any situation. I'd be better off to practice as I preach, but really, courtesy is almost always a boon.
I also get the impression that, while you tend towards being easy-going, you have a few long-standing grudges with certain members of the community. The first time Gorose left the Harvest is what I'm thinking of here, but there are probably others that aren't coming to my sleep-deprived mind. Yeah. I know how this thing kind of grows on its own based on circumstance, but I think you could handle these a bit better.
All in all, I think you're a great guy, a fantastic roleplayer, an enjoyable OOC presence and a good forum helper, but I think if you rein in your temper some, avoid snapping at people and try to have a little bit more patience with your plots and projects, you, me and the server at large will be better off for it. <3 ya bro.
Still down for rezzing AO over the summer? :B