kurofai | 2018 KuroFai Olympics - Mod Team Sign Up / Theme Suggestion Post

Hey, KuroFai Fans - We want YOU to moderate the
2018 KuroFai Olympics!

Come one, come all, don't be shy - newcomers and veterans alike are welcome to sign up as members of the mod team for this year's KuroFai Olympics. I'm looking for a team of hopefully four, but three or two would work just fine. All you need is a willing spirit, some time to commit, and of course, an intense love for Kurogane and Fai!

Late August looks like it would be the best time of year in both hemispheres to hold the event itself, and if we can get organised before the end of June, that would give our Olympians all of July and the first half of August to write, with the posting week in the last half of August.

All we need is the mods, a theme, and our teams!

So. If you are interested in being a moderator for the 2018 KuroFai Olympics, please respond to the Mod Sign-Up Thread in the comments below. And if you have an idea for a two-fold, mirrored theme for two teams to battle it out in, please respond to the Theme Suggestion Thread with up to three (3) of your best ideas or personal favourite themes, which our mod team will compile into a list for voting later.

A note on theme suggestions: themes for the Olympics work best when they're simple concepts that have two opposing 'sides' that still relate to each other: Sci Fi vs. Fantasy, Angst vs. Fluff, Canon vs. AU, Dragon vs. Phoenix, Light vs. Dark, Sun vs. Moon, Fire vs. Ice, etc. Prompts can be more complex, and allow for more creativity, but it's important to keep the overall theme simple and easy to understand. (Not to mention, family friendly - nothing suggestive, sexual or gory please!)

I'm going to be making a post promoting the sign-ups on tumblr - please reblog it to spread the word!

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If you'd like to be a moderator in this year's Olympics, please sign up here!

I'd like to write, but I'd be willing to moderate instead if you find yourself short one.

I would be able to assist with moderating.

Ready to Mod whenever... Can't offer fancy formats but I can offer commitment

Edited 2018-06-15 15:27 (UTC)

Not that involved with the fandom but happy to help organise things.

I am happy to set up teams and dates and prompts, but as soon as writing begins I will be focusing on that. Consider this an application for a part-time mod? I like to think I'm good at set up.

If you have some ideas for the theme for this year's Olympics, please reply with up to three (3) suggestions here!

Whoo, replying to my own post like I'm the only one in the room! Yeah!

For themes this year I'd like to suggest:

1) Fire vs. Ice

2) Earth vs. Sky

3) Gods vs. Machines

Gods vs Machines sounds super interesting!

I don't know if it's been done, but what about history vs the future? For instance, there would be a list of cultures and team future would write a futuristic version of it and team history would write about some historical period of it?

Also, maybe Religion vs Science, or creation vs destruction.

Edited 2018-06-15 14:23 (UTC)

Ooooh, creation vs. destruction sounds AMAZING

Hmm themes...
1) Tragedy vs Comedy
2) Past vs Future
3) Young vs Old

Ohoho Tragedy vs. Comedy is awesome - we had a similar theme one year and it was fantastic :D

As interesting as Virtue vs Vice is in theory how about

Ice/Water vs Fire

Air vs Sea

And letsee....
Wizards vs Alchemists (Magic vs Science)

Life vs Death
Hot vs Cold
Hope vs Despair

This may be a bit too specific but what about Steampunk vs Vintage/victorian?

Didn't mean for that to be on anon...

I think the ones I suggested before were
1. Day vs Night
2. Sky vs Sea
3. Water vs Fire

To keep things organised, if you have a question about the Olympics, please ask it here!

1. fiction vs reality
2. magic vs might
3. faerie vs fairy

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