Gaming Fandom Big Bang

We'll be keeping this informal since I doubt the majority of people are ready to commit right this second.

This is a completely optional post for writers to toss up their possible ideas for this round so potential media creators can hop in and help the process along. People can also cheer on ideas that they would love to read, even if they don't feel they'd be able to create anything for it at this time.

Writers, simply follow this format when posting so everything can look nice and neat:

Fandom(s):
Character(s)/Pairing(s):
Vague story idea:

Later on in the writing period there will be a post for media creator's to make 'early claims' if they commented to this post and the writer has officially signed up. That will be...much later on most likely and I'll try to include more details before then. We'll see how everything works out before we set any ideas in stone just yet.

Commence with the experiment mingling!

Round Two of hardmode will be starting next Friday, April 1st. The sign-ups will open then and writers will begin writing. The sign-ups will be open for the duration of the writing period (April 1st - June 3rd) so you won't need to commit until you're sure you'll be able to finish. The writing period should be far more relaxed for writers (and me!) this time.

If you haven't decided on what to write, you have a week to think it over! You may not be required to sign up until June 3rd at the latest, but it's still expected that you make use of the three month writing period.

Last round there were issues where some people waited until the last week to begin writing and that caused some issues later for betas and media creators. You will have a month of beta time, but your media creator will be working off your rough draft. However you schedule your writing time, make sure you leave yourself enough to time for pre-beta cleanup at the least so your media creator will have a something to work with. :3

If you have any questions, you may comment here or send me a PM.

Hey hey! Listen listen! Hey listen!

I've seen some people express interest in a possible Round Two of hardmode so I'm curious; how many of you would be interested in doing this again this year, and when would be the best time for you? I want an idea of when everyone would be willing to run it with minimal overlap with other Big Bangs so be sure to mention other BBs you're interested in so I can get an idea of where the most overlap would be and how to avoid it.


Another question: How do you feel about possibly raising the word count? A 10,000 word minimum is at the low end of a typical BB wordcount and some people consider this to be more like an easymode game. However, it's a good starting number for people new to BBs and we probably don't want to alienate too many noobs either. A 10,001 minimum may be a sufficient increase though. What are your thoughts?


AND ONE LAST QUESTION: I feel that the way hardmode was run last year was a bit chaotic, stressful and ended up being especially NOT fun for media creators. I noticed that polybigbang had writer sign-ups that were open up until the rough draft due date and then posting summaries for the artists to choose from. I'm very tempted to steal that idea from them as it would a) lower stress for writers as they only need to commit when they feel they have enough material to make a commitment, b) give artists this weird thing called 'choice', something that they likely aren't accustomed to in fandom challenges, and c) make life easier for me.

C is a really big one for me, though I think you guys may be especially interested in A and B.

How would you guys feel about doing Round Two a bit more like that? Or would you prefer something else entirely?


Also, I am a huge liar and have one more question: how many of you would be vehemently opposed to the idea of an AO3 collection? I know a lot of people don't like the site so it would be optional, but I think it might be a cool thing for those of you who enjoy AO3. Though I'm not sure it would really be worth the effort if only two people would use it. ^^;

I was slow to making a post today, but it was probably for the best since I had listed the new deadline as September 31st...despite the fact that such a day did not exist. But we'll pretend that if it did, it would be tomorrow, as today is the 30th.

If you haven't posted by now, you'll have until 11:59pm tomorrow to either post. If you still haven't heard from your media creator, you can apply for a pitch hit. If you have a media creator and they've been slow, you have the option to go ahead and post now without the media included. If there's any issues, either already stated or something else entirely, go ahead and send me an e-mail at seizeglory@gmail.com.

As a reminder, pitch hits have until October 14th to be posted. (And I went ahead and checked to make sure THAT date existed this time. >->)

On a more, I've been a very slow reader lately so I haven't had a chance to give many fics a proper read, but I've seen some excellent work so far. I can't wait until I get time to sit down and read them all. :>

You've all done fantastically. Thank you for putting up with my fail modding through-out this endeavor. ♥

A few people have contacted me with different issues affecting whether or not they think that they'll be able to post by the deadline, so I'm going to go ahead and give one last extension.

You have until September 31st to post. Pitch-hits will have until October 14th as well. If this is not enough, contact me privately either through PM or seizeglory@gmail.com and I will work with you personally.

Good luck to everyone!