MyOldFandom sign-ups extended

[brightknightie]

The mod for myoldfandom has extended sign-ups until noon on Monday, March 28 (because Easter Triduum observances might interfere with sign-ups for some).

At this time, I see few requests that I could fill, myself: a D&DC request for a no name, no lines, spear-bearer character (sadly, no other options); an HL request that seems to have listed Duncan/Tessa by mistake (the details specify that the requester wants only slash or gen); HL's Richie or Cierdwyn for ArgentumLS (I don't dare offer Duncan or Darius; the requests show that people want what I can't give); and maybe, if I stretch hard, the Tron (1982) request.

I'm still considering playing. But I'm a bit concerned.

I'm starting to think that I should instead see whether people might be up for some sort of mini events. For example, "If Malinaldarose will write me BSG78, I'll write her... something she wants." ;-) Okay, so that's where it always breaks down, at every scale, finding people who can write what the others want to read. I should probably follow PJ's lead...

Comments

[senmut]

Tron was in the list? WOW.

Sequel and sequel cartoon well within the last ten years on that one.

I wish you well in finding a project of interest, or a good match if you do sign up!

[argentum_ls]

The sequel and cartoon are being considered as independent canons. Cases where there was a sequel or reboot that were significantly different from the original were independently judged--Fortunately for me, since I'm interested in the 21 Jump Street series and not the recent movies in which three of the original tv actors cameoed.

[chelseagirl]

I didn't know about this one; I found some requests I liked and would have happily written for, but I guess nominations were awhile back so when I listed some similar canons, I didn't realize they were disallowed.

Oh well. Don't think I have the time to be bothered.

[brightknightie]

Nominations ran March 9 to March 15. I posted about it a few times; I'm sorry that I didn't succeed in reaching more people who would have wanted to know about it.

[argentum_ls]

There's still plenty of time. However, I'd suggest signing up, because there're undoubtedly other people who are also waiting to see if they're matchable. You can always delete the sign up later.

Incidentally, I'm not matchable yet, either as writer or recipient.

[brightknightie]

>"You can always delete the sign up later."

I hadn't thought of that! So it's possible to just delete a sign-up, without involving the mod? Is that considered an okay thing to do?

(If you know you're not yet matchable as a recipient, you must be seeing the offers somewhere. Are you thinking of the sign-up summary, or can you see them in more detail somewhere?)

[argentum_ls]

Until sign-ups close, you can delete your sign up without any mod intervention. It's an accepted practice. I did it for shipswap when I saw I wasn't matchable.

I can't see any offer info beyond the numbers. However, I know what I requested and offered, so I know that right now the only fandom I could match on is HL. Since I do a lot of exchanges, I'm familiar with a lot of the other players' preferences. None of the other players are likely to be offering Richie or Ceirdwyn, and I figure both my Methos pairings are obscure enough that no one is offering them. So, I guess I'm not *certain* about matchability, so much as reasonably confident in the odds.

Re: the person requesting Duncan/Tessa: it occurred to me that there might be a definitional conflict. You think the request is an accident because their other requests are for gen or slash stories. I wonder if they're treating "gen" as a category that includes non-explicit stories about pairings. That's how I learned the term, and it's a definition I still catch myself using.

[brightknightie]

>"You think the request is an accident because their other requests are for gen or slash stories."

After specifying "Joe/Methos slash" and other things in the details, the requester wrapped up, without otherwise mentioning Tessa: "or any combination of the individuals in Gen." There's no letter linked for context. ~shrug~

You're right that it may be a definitional conflict! In the '90s, I first learned "gen" as meaning "everything except erotica" (regardless of het or slash; and we didn't yet use the term "het"!). That may have been an FK-specific experience: the FKFic-L email list and FTP archive for what was then called "gen," on the one hand, and the JADFE group for erotica, on the other.

:-) It's been a looooong time since I've bumped into that definition, though. :-)

[greerwatson]

I'm still planning to sign up; so that should mean one match for you. And, if you don't play, I have a distinct feeling my only match will be my sister. Again.

No, not just "again". Again again. This would be about the fifth time, I think, that I've matched with her in one exchange or another. Not that we don't share a lot of fandoms. (Obviously.) But it gets a bit ridiculous after a while.

[brightknightie]

Yes, it's definitely more fun to have many different matches, and that's well without counting the weight of siblinghood! I hope that you get a fun new match, someone with whom you've never been matched in any way before. I know that I wouldn't want to regularly write for my sister, no matter how fond I am of her. :-)

I still haven't decided for sure about playing this game.

Among other things, PJ has a point! I owe a lot of Fandom Stocking "gift certificate" fulfillments.

[argentum_ls]

Since you gave me a gift certificate a couple years back for a Richie story, if you matched to me, I'd grant you a two-fer. :)

[brightknightie]

I did sign up. But I'm still wary and hesitant. I'm likely to adjust my requests and offers as things develop...

I'd like to see this succeed! But I'm increasingly skeptical of it. I think that the choice to allow matching by groups and ships isn't working for it. And I think that the mod didn't advertise it widely, and so it isn't attracting as many players as it might have.

[argentum_ls]

I like the matching by groups and ships. It makes it easier to write prompts.

The advertising, though, I think was the problem. I only saw the exchange advertised in two places, and one I had to go searching for. There was nothing on tumblr. My own posts about it pulled a few people in. I wonder how many more would have come in with some dedicated recruitment.

[brightknightie]

>"I like the matching by groups and ships. It makes it easier to write prompts."

More specific matches are indeed nicer, when they work! In the particular fandoms I was looking at when I posted that remark on Saturday, the groups seemed to be posing an obstacle to matching.

All but four people did get successfully matched, in the end, so I was probably needlessly concerned.

>"I only saw the exchange advertised in two places..."

I saw only one, myself. Before nominations opened, I gave the mod a list of DW & LJ communities that I thought would be good for promoting this event; she didn't choose to use it. ~shrug~

And even up above in this thread, one of the people on my f-list -- right here! -- says that she didn't hear about the event until I made this particular post. (I'd mentioned it before, but not enough for her to notice.)

[argentum_ls]

I think frequent exchange participants--as most of the people in this one definitely are--are pretty good about making sure they're matchable on something. I'm also aware of three people who deleted their sign-up because they weren't, or didn't believe they were, matchable.

I gave the mod a list of DW & LJ communities that I thought would be good for promoting this event

I saw your list and thought it looked really good! I can only imagine she either thought that what she was doing was enough, or she wanted to keep the first round small to see how the event went out of the gate.

says that she didn't hear about the event until I made this particular post.

Likewise. I posted a couple times on tumblr, and people who I know follow me and read my page didn't see the post until I spoke to them directly.

[greerwatson]

I am now properly signed up: three requests and four offers. (I dare say I shall troll the sign-ups for possible treats as well. I usually do.)

There seems to be at least one person other than my sister for whom I can write. :)

[brightknightie]

I did sign up, myself. :-) But I'm still very hesitant. I'm clinging to Argentum_LS's assertion that it wouldn't be too rude to edit or even delete (!) the sign-up on the last day.

I'd like this event to succeed. But I'm very skeptical of its choice to allow relationships and groups, instead of characters only, for matching. People don't seem to share understandings on this. And there's not only almost no one in any of my fandoms, the few there are have extremely picky, constrained, specific requests.

[malinaldarose]

I do intend to sign up this weekend. But, hey, if there's something particular you want to see....

[brightknightie]

>"if there's something particular you want to see"

BSG78, if you feel like it! (If not, no harm, no foul.) FK, always...

:-) I know you're not into D&DC or YB, or you would have mentioned them by now. :-)

[malinaldarose]

I actually have a BSG project started, but it's going to be a project that is going to involve watching the entire series again, so it's probably going to be a while before it's finished.

[brightknightie]

:-) Maybe you might like to write a BSG78 side-story for this ficathon, as a study for the bigger project? :-) I've made my request "All Characters," so anyone who has your attention would qualify!

(Although I do have my own favorites: Cassiopeia, Serina, Boomer, Starbuck/Cassiopeia... Apollo's relationships with his siblings... curiosity about Rigel, Tinia, other background characters...)