Upcoming FKFicFest annual pre-game survey

[brightknightie]

I'd been planning to post the annual fkficfest pre-game poll very soon. Then I got some news and I no longer confidently know when will be the best time for me to run the event this year.

While I sort that out, let me ask, more informally, what are you all thinking about the event this year? I know we have at least 4 folks interested, including me, so I do plan to run it (and many thanks to you all for continuing to love and share our show!). I'm sticking with the 500-word minimum and the one-story-per-day release schedule. We're a notoriously hard-to-match bunch, so I'm still thinking that challenge-style is a better fit for us than exchange-style (FK is more interpretively fractured than any other fandom I personally know; it's less that we have different favorites than that many of us seem to watch wholly different productions; and there are so few of us left).

What would you like in the event this year? Different approach to challenge-style? Better system for electing common prompts? More or less time between identifying the prompts and the due date? Early spring, late spring, early summer? Etcetera?

Comments

[thefruitbat]

First of all: I hope everything will be alright for you, since you mentioned some news. :/

I know, I'm a complete rookie here, but I really liked the challenge-style. I felt very welcome in the fandom, and even though we're all very different in tastes and perception of the motif of the series, people are being very polite and encouraging.
I'm fine with the challenge-style, but exchange-style would also be cool.
Since I was late to the party last year, I don't know what the election process was like, but I found the time between prompts and due date adequate.

On another note: It's amazing, that after all this time, this fandom is still active, and people are still swapping ideas and stories. I hope it will remain this way for many years to come. :)

[brightknightie]

I apologize for mentioning my news and schedule changes and scaring people. I did not mean to make a big deal of it!

Thank you for sharing that your first FKFicFest went well from your perspective. I'm so glad to hear it!

To elect the prompts, we've been having 2 rounds: first nominations, and then a "ranked choice" election, where players identify which nominated prompt is their first choice, second choice, etc. I take those ranks and then apply math to identify the three prompts that work best for the most players. I am not an elections engineer ;-) and we have so few voters, so we have tried different math each year. My goal is for every player to have at least one of her three top choices in the final three prompts, if possible.

[thefruitbat]

No need to apologize. I'm sure people here want to see you happy and therefore express their concerns. Good to hear that the news were not as bad as it seemed. :)

Thanks for explaining the process. I'm looking forward to it.

[senmut]

No strong opinions, but reaching out to say I am sorry for whatever news is debunking your plans.

[brightknightie]

Thank you very much! I'll learn more soon; it should be okay.

[greerwatson]

I'm pretty well fine with the way you've run things in the past; so don't worry too much. Whatever's going on in RL, I hope things work out for you.

[brightknightie]

Thank you! Yes, things should sort out with some more time. I apologize -- I did not mean to make a big deal! I should not have mentioned it.

[malinaldarose]

I'm not very likely to participate; I just wanted to say that I hope the news wasn't awful.

[brightknightie]

Thank you! No, not awful for me at this time, and I apologize for giving that impression! I did not mean to make a big deal, just a small pivot.

Fic Fest

[waltd]

Hi, I'm planning to participate this year.
I'm fine with any format or time period. :-)

Walt

Re: Fic Fest

[brightknightie]

Yay! I'm happy to see you back, and it will be lovely to have you playing again this year!

[dlyt]

I’ll play, whatever the format. Count me in!