Rules Update and Chatter Post!

[white_aster]

Hiya all! As the first month of Origfic Bingo winds down and we get ready to head into our first Amnesty period, I wanted to first say congrats again to ALL of our bingoers! We have had 26 bingos, meaning that we have inspired over a HUNDRED pieces of original work in under a month!

Might I just say, "OMGYAY!"? \o/

Really, this is awesome, guys. Keep up the good work!

Some reminders as we head into November:

First Amnesty Week is Nov 1-7 - Remember, during Amnesty ANYONE can ask for a new card, whether you've created a five-piece bingo or not! There will be a specific post put up on Nov 1 for requesting new cards. If you'd like to ask for a new card, simply post any works you've completed on your old card to the comm with the *amnesty tag (and other appropriate tags), and then comment on the November card request. Simple!


Rule Change: New sign-ups will be taken only during Amnesty Weeks - Goes into effect starting Nov. 1. Up until now we've been giving cards to whoever wants them whenever, but starting Nov. 1 we'd like to confine new sign-ups to Amnesty Week, to try to contain the card-giving to a smaller timeframe. New sign-ups should be done on the latest Amnesty Week/Sign-Up post available (mods will be switching off on who gets the comments for each card-request post, so containing the requests to one post makes it easier not to get confused and give out a card twice.)


New cards/prompts: Your cards will look a bit different next month. We will be using a new html-based card-generating script generously coded by staranise. This is much easier than our old method, and also is friendlier for those with screenreaders or who otherwise have problems with images. We also will be adding some new prompts into the mix for subsequent rounds. Nothing too scandalous, just things that we realized got left off the lists (yes, "xenokink" and "aliens", we are looking at you) as well as some new prompts that we think might be fun.

Ok, enough rule stuff. On to the chatter! How has your bingo experience been so far? Are you looking forward to ditching your old card for a new one? Making slow but steady progress? Still wrestling the muses into submission?

Also, to facilitate the new-prompt-adding, what would be the one prompt you'd like added to the prompt lists? We will entertain any and all prompt suggestions, one per person, for inclusion on the new cards next month! We just ask that you make sure that your prompt (or one very much like it) is not already on the prompt lists. We reserve the right to not add on prompts that duplicate others or are more specific versions of blanket/umbrella prompts (ie, no need for "tango" when there's already "dancing"). Other than that, go crazy!

Comments

[white_aster]

Wait wait, you totally have more than a month to get a bingo! You can work on your card as long as you'd like. You CAN ask for a new card during Amnesty Week if you haven't completed a bingo, but you absolutely don't HAVE to. You can work on your original card for a whole year if you want. :)

[birgitriddle]

But what if I want a new card and my old one at the same time ? Is that allowed? I mostly want a new card so I have a non-kink card.

But yeah, the bingo I am working on at the moment is one that involves me writing eight stories. ^^;

[white_aster]

to be honest, we don't really check folks' bingoes against their cards. Folks could be totally making up their prompts and we'd never know. So, really, there's no reason for not giving you a new card if you want one, and if you want to work on two bingos on two cards at the same time, that's fine! :)

[amethystfirefly]

Oh! So you can have more than one card going?

Also, can you request a new card if you haven't done any work on the old one? -sheepish look- (I like the prompts! The ones I want to write are all linked to a world that's a bitch for me to access, though. grr, argh.)

[white_aster]

Why not? We just don't want people asking for a billion cards, looking for the One True Card. But if folks want to work on, say, a gen card and a GRK card, that's fine.

And yeah, you can totally ask for a new card during Amnesty Week even if you've written nothing for the old one. :D

[amethystfirefly]

-laughs- Yeah, I won't be asking for a billion cards. I'm not that much of a masochist. I'll have to make it work with whatever I get.

And kickass. Thanks!

[birgitriddle]

I also am going to assume that you don't mind if we turn kink prompts into non-kinky stories. XD I'm just going to have to decide if I want a gen only card or a gen + romance card.

[white_aster]

Nope, we don't mind! You can take the prompts in whatever way you want! :D