Mason Huffmaster Portfolio
Who am I exactly though?
So what makes me, well me? I am a very driven and determined individual who likes to get stuff done and done right, that way complications are as easy to handle as possible. One of the most important things to me is active, open, and completely transparent communication to the utmost best of my ability. My strengths are a strong desire to learn new skills and refine whatever I have learned so that it can be implemented however it's needed efficiently, a natural inclination to take leadership of a situation where there is none and it is needed, a very determined work ethic, and as stated before well-developed communication skills.
Fencing
One of the things I do outside of a career focus is fencing, I have fenced for 11 years at this point and don't plan on stopping any time soon. I am a certified coach for two high school clubs and a private club, and very few things give me more joy than seeing the kids I coach improve, gain confidence, and show genuine love and understanding of the sport. One of the high school clubs was in the top 5 schools in the Georgia High School Fencing League, with multiple kids frequently finishing in the top 8 each tournament and at least one earning a medal at almost every tournament, for both men's and women's events!
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In my approach to this, nothing is more critical to me than showing that I will personally do absolutely everything I want them to learn. I actively engage with them on both group and individual levels to help identify both strengths and shortcomings so that they understand where they are and where they can improve to make the best progress possible. I do everything from warming up with them, to doing drills in a way where they fully understand everything down to why we do what we do, to fencing with them and helping them understand what breaks down in an actual combat situation and how to overcome those issues, with the intent of genuinely wanting them to beat me and achieve the satisfaction of doing something to the best of their ability!
Music
My biggest hobby is music, I've always had a passion for music, listening to and performing, and in the case of my audio production classes mixing, which just felt almost insatiable and now leaves me having such a deeper connection with every other aspect of music. I've played the guitar for 15 years (taking lessons for 9 of those years), violin for 13 years (starting in middle school and giving a few lessons throughout the years), and started teaching myself piano 7 years ago. The other major way I incorporate music in my life is leading worship at my church which I have done for the past few years, I've been doing vocals for pretty much my whole life though I've never taken lessons for it.
Streaming
I am affiliated on Twitch. I very much enjoy streaming games with my friends, talking about game design when I can, which has been mostly consistent over the past 2 years. Streams happen on weekends and once or twice during the week, whenever I have the time to spare. I very much prefer to create my own assets for it whenever I can, which just recently I made a couple of custom decals for the car I drive in Rocket League. My goal isn't to make it big or anything, but just to try to be a place where people want to hang out and have a good time and find support on bad days. The most regular game I stream is Rocket League, where I try to comment on strategy in matches and offer coaching opportunities when I can, other than that I stream whatever my friends and I are feeling at the time and, in some places, picking apart detail within the game and analyzing it.