Kuro/Fai Spring Olympics!

[mikkeneko]

Spring is coming up fast, with the spring equinox just days away. Since the fandom has been a little quiet recently, I thought it would be a good time to bring back the Kuro/Fai Olympics.

Some of you may remember last year's Fluff Vs. Angst Olympics, where teams of magificent authors squared off to see whether Fluff or Angst was the prevailing force within the Kuro/Fai fandom. Whether you participated last year and would like to again, or didn't get a chance to participate but would like to now, read on!

This year, things will be a little different. Instead of Fluff Vs. Angst, I thought we could look at another popular set of themes within the fandom... that's right, Canon vs. AU! Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles blessed us with a very open-ended story structure, which lets us create all sorts of fun new worlds or even cross it over with other series, all without breaking the canon. But that doesn't stop people from coming up with their own, often wonderful Alternate Universe fics! If pitted against each other, which will win... the Canon, or the Alternate Universe?

Before we begin, I'd like to see how many people are interested in participating. I hope to get teams of equal sizes, four or five people or so on a team (though we could run with as few as three on each team.) You don't have to have only done canon fics or AU fics to apply... just pick the side you want to represent, and sign up for the team!

Once we have picked our teams, the challenge chief will (me) come up with a number of prompts, one for however many members there are on a team. There will be only one set of bunnies for both teams. It will be the challenge of the people on the teams to take the prompts and write their own fics to them. Ideally, there will also be an understudy on each team in case an emergency comes up and one of the team players has to withdraw.

The teams will have two weeks [edit: three weeks] of writing time, then the posting days begin. Each team member will write her or his own fic, and one fic will be posted per day of the Olympics. The audience will read the fics posted by each team, and then give points to each fic out of a scale of 1 to 10. Everybody's audience scores will average. (Contestants should not score the contest fics, but are encouraged to cheer their teammates on!) At the end of the posting days, when all the team members have posted and been voted on, the team with the highest total of points will win!

Right now I haven't set any dates yet; if you're interested but will be busy for the next few weeks, that's fine. Just drop a comment saying you would like to participate and when you think you will be free, and I'll work out a good time.

Any questions, comments? RSVP below!

If you would like to see last year's contest, here are the links:

Looking for interest
Prompt claim and tentative schedule
Let the games begin
Final results

You can view all of the entries and winners for last year's contest by using the community's "fluff vs angst 2011" tag, or follow the links from the compilation page here: http://kuroxfai.livejournal.com/1492946.html

Comments

[jezzra]

Sounds like fun, and I'm so rusty. I really need to get on writing something instead of just raiding on Rift all the time. >.>

I'll sign up. No real pressing schedule, provided we have plenty of time to work on the entry itself.

[mikkeneko]

There should be lots of time! Do you have a preference between Canon or AU? Right now there's room on both teams.

[reikah]

I AM ALL OVER TEAM AU LIKE TWILIGHT FANGIRLS ON ROBERT PATTINSON

AWWWWWWW YEAH

[mikkeneko]

I'd call for security, but it's not MY team, so.

[bottan]

WHOOT, FINALLY THE OLYMPICS! :DDDDDDDDD

I'm looking so much forward to this! THE LAST OLYMPICS WERE AMAZING! I'm not participating, this time, but I'll be voting for you guys! DO YOUR BEST, EVERYONE!! :D ♥♥♥

*cheers from the sidelines*

[farenmaddox]

/is heartbroken ;__;

[mikkeneko]

YAY PLEASE VOTE FOR US! :D Because honestly I think at this point the entire membership of kurofai is signed up. XD

[farenmaddox]

So ON THIS LIKE A TOTAL BOSS. TEAM CANON, just because I did AU last year and I have to pretend I'm unpredictable, even though I'm the most predictable person alive. Maybe list prompts/start writing first week of April, and then start posting/voting third week?

[mikkeneko]

At the moment there's a 3 week writing period from Mar25-April 15th, then a week to post. :D

[nemothefairy]

I don´t know if I can write something worthy for a contest... but I´d really like to try and participate? >___< Don´t care if canon or AU, I like both, so if the teams are uneven you can put me on the team with lesser contestants.

Thank you so much for organizing this again (I saw it was a lot of work last time!) <3

[mikkeneko]

We'd love to have you! Do you have a preference for which team?

[eijentu]

SIGNING UP FOR TEAM AU \o/

Um, I'll have some time in the second and third weeks of April for writing? :D

[reikah]

MY FACE IS FULL OF :D

LIKE THIS:

[kittenkin]

Heck to the yeah! I'm in!

April...is going to blow hard, for me, because of quarter-end insanity at work that will resuit in my working early and late for most of the month. ;A; But, if that be the month that is best for everyone else, I will do my best to still participate! *guts pose*

[reikah]

YAY KITTEN YAY!

*dances circles, sends SUPPORTIVE CAT to vanquish work-based trials! D:*

[mikkeneko]

How would a three-week writing period, covering the last week of March and the first two of April, work out for you?

[cloverfield]

Oh baby, do I want in on this.

SIGN ME UP FOR THE CANON LEGIONS, CHIEF. (Though feel free to throw me into AU if we don't have enough team members. ♥)

[mikkeneko]

YAAAAAY YAY YAY

AND DID I MENTION

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

[tsubasafan]

I'm in!

[tsubasafan]

I'm good with either side, though around the first week of next month might not be the best for me. ;;;

[caffeine_buzz]

I'm in! Challenges seem to be the only way to get me to write things I'll actually finish and I'd really like to actually finish something again, eheh. I'm up for either team ^_^

[mikkeneko]

Yay! To be honest I didn't realize you were still around in this fandom. :D But I am SO happy to be wrong about that!

[zelinxia]

OMFG YES YES!

I am in this time, IN!

I can do either; although looking at other members' posts, I can sign up for Team AU. (AU ALL THE WAY).

The earlier in April, the better for me - however, no matter when it is next month, I will do my best to participate. I missed out last time; so I would really like to be a contestant this time. :D

[mikkeneko]

How would a three-week writing period, covering the last week of March and the first two of April, work out for you?

[uakari]

I want to play toooooo~

On team AU. YEAH BABY.

[reikah]

BABY YEAH

[zelinxia]

Although I highly doubt I would use it, would Horitsuba verse count as AU...or is that cheating?

[mikkeneko]

No, Holitsuba would not count as AU in this circumstance. Really the definition of AU here is that it's a world the author has to come up with themselves (not counting crossovers or fusions.) So, technically Holitsuba would be 'canon' in this sense; but overall I'd kind of just rather people didn't use it if avoidable.

*Tentatively raises hand, puts it down, raises it again* Sod it, I am womanning up!

[badluck_koi]

I want to try this challenge. Where is my determined Sakura face when I need it?

http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o323/TenshiNoTenchi/thteh_squee.jpg

Even though I have been in and out of fandom recently, I am so looking forward to this and the kinkathon. I want to give back, after enjoying previous challenges and other fics, so I will try for 'team canon'. Even thought I could go both ways.

Re: *Tentatively raises hand, puts it down, raises it again* Sod it, I am womanning up!

[mikkeneko]

Welcome aboard! :)

[jezzra]

Hrm. I generally fare better with canon over AU - generally prefer it... but if the numbers are too unbalanced I'll flop over. ^^

[mikkeneko]

I'll put you down for Canon for now. A couple other people currently listed under Canon said they'd be comfortable with either.

[tsubasafan]

Not sure if it's ben answered somewhere else...but is there a word count we have to use? Like a minimum/maximum?

[mikkeneko]

No, there are no length restrictions either minimum or maximum :)