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...

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[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.