Olympics update!

[reikah]

Hi again! Just a quick update to let you all know the next Olympics will be Teams Comedy vs Serious on the subject of Slash fanfiction stock cliches/tropes (ie, a pre-selected list of things from here)!

Since clampkink's valentine's/white day double event starts on Feb 14th and runs til March 14th, and I know many of you will be interested in that, the sign-ups for the Olympics will open Saturday March 15th. Looking forward to seeing you guys there!

Comments

[eijentu]

/WRIGGLES EXCITEDLY FOR HUMOUR VS SERIOUS!!!!!!

also eeeeeeeeee i'm so looking forward to the white day event too! :3

[cloverfield]

AWWWWWWWW YISSSSSSSS KUROFAI OLYMPICS \o/

BETTER THAN SOCHI, BABY ('CAUSE THESE ONES ARE FULL OF GAY)

[zelinxia]

BEST COMMENT IS BEST.

[zelinxia]

Yay! I hope my writing muse is back by the time sign up starts.

Also wondering if there will be a word limit this time. While I feel comedy vs. drama might not yield as much endless writing as fantasy vs. future because of the nature of the genres (when the latter just begs to come with world building and adventure porn), I think it was hard to get a lot of voters because of how long a lot of the entries were. BASICALLY something to ensure that writers don't end up building a NaNoWriMo fic (and stressing out) and readers/voters feel they can read every entry by the voting deadline.

[badluck_koi]

Last Olympics was like getting a ton of your favorite dessert for free..., but then realizing you have to eat it all before the expiration date. ;A;

I hope I either can sign up or participate. If I am unable to write because something happened (and something always happens), it will still be good. Then I can be a devoted judge.

[reikah]

I have a strong suspicion that a great deal of the problem with lack of voters lay in the fact that pretty much everybody who might have been a stable dependable voter ended up writing, instead. I had plans this year to artificially limit team sizes at around six people per team (twelve people total) with two dedicated pinch-hitters. Twenty people and twenty stories simply became unwieldy, and reducing the number of fics involved ought to compensate for any excessively wordy entries.

edit: might raise the cap to 7 people per team depending on how much interest is shown. sign-ups will still remain first-come-first-served, but i will try to post sign-ups at a time that suits everyone from europe to california to australia.

[sotongsotong]

FLAILS. HAS BEEN DISTRACTED BY A DIFFERENT FANDOM TILL I'VE FORGOTTEN TO CHECK HERE AND SUDDENLY SEES ALL THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. CAN'T BREATHE. THIS IS /MAGNIFICENT/.