Entries tagged with foreverknight:fkficfest

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Coming soon: '17 FKFicFest Pre-Game Poll

Soon, I'll post our annual

fkficfest pre-game poll, to ask when and how you'd like best to play.

Beyond the defaults, like dates, what kinds of questions should the poll ask? What gameplay topics should we ponder? How can we make the game more fun and more accessible? Please reply here to let me know. (For example, for some years, I've tried very hard to cross-match players, so people don't get the same matches year after year. Has that been a mistake? Would players be happier with rerun matches?)

The pre-game poll won't stay open too very long this year. Perhaps just a week? I feel that it's most important that the poll reach our current community members and past players. Then, after we've done our best to make things work for the existing community, we can broadcast far and wide, inviting everyone to come join in.

Thank you!

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Would algorithm-matching (Yuletide rules) be better?

Yes, I'm afraid that many of the

fkficfest matches are challenging this year. I'm truly very sorry. If any players would like a swap, I'll facilitate!

Perhaps we should switch to machine-matching, like Yuletide?

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/254796.html

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matches coming

fkficfest matches will start emailing as soon as I post this.

I'm sorry; it really did take this long. I went to mass and a movie this weekend, but did almost nothing else besides move "reader" and "writer" slips of paper around for hours on end.

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/254557.html

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slow matching

I'm going to sleep on the

fkficfest matches I've got, in case of further inspiration, and then send them on Sunday. I apologize for the delay!

Addendum, Sunday, 11:26 AM: Still matching. Sorry! Few are easy this year, but I hope they will turn out to be good.

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/254462.html

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FKFicFest '17 sign-up progress (last day)

We have 9 sign-ups so far! Sign-ups are open through tonight (11:59 PM Pacific, Friday, March 24) ... or, you know, when I start matching on Saturday morning.

How to sign up | Where to sign up

If you know someone who would have fun playing in an FK exchange, who may not yet have signed up, please remind that person!

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/253998.html

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FKFicFest '17 promo posts complete

I've posted

fkficfest promos to every eligible community I know (on DW, LJ, and ForKni-L). Your turn! If you know another eligible community or venue, please let them know. If you haven't yet mentioned the game to your circle on your own journal, please consider it!

Sign-ups are open until this coming Friday, March 24, at 11:59 PM (how to sign up) (where to sign up). We currently have 7 sign-ups. I expect at least 1 more. I hope to be happily surprised by more than that...?

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/253753.html

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FKFicFest 2017 sign-up progress (continued)

We are up to 6 sign-ups for this year's

fkficfest exchange game. I know of 2 other people intending to play, and also 2 considering whether to play. Hopefully, more will be happy surprises!

Sign-ups are open until this coming Friday, March 24, at 11:59 PM (how to sign up) (where to sign up).

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/253616.html

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FKFicFest 2017 sign-up progress and promo posts

So far, we have 4 sign-ups for this year's

fkficfest exchange game (how to sign up) (where to sign up). Sign-ups are open until this coming Friday, March 24, at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time).

You guys have posted some promos! Thank you! Check out:

3/12: honor_reid: "Forever Knight Ficfest 2k17 signups are now open!"
3/14: nicholas_lucien: "FKFicFest 2017"
3/15: pj1228: "FKFicFest sign-ups are open"
3/16: havocthecat: "Today we'll take a tour of 90s Canadian television with Forever Knight!"

More are definitely welcome! Invite your friends!

I've posted promos to all the eligible DW communities that I know of:

fandom_on_dw,

fandomcalendar,

last_writes,

yuletide,

femme_fic,

fksquee. Next: LJ communities (that I know of).

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/253214.html

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Ready to spread the word?

One player has already signed up for this year's

fkficfest. Yay, speedy person! I've got my own sign-up form in a TXT file. I'll tinker with it for a bit (we have until 11:59 PM Pacific on March 24).

I have this year's banner and promo post ready. I plan to start pinging one community per day either tonight or tomorrow. (I'm planning on

last_writes,

fandom_on_dw, and

fandomcalendar for sure. Maybe also

femme_fic,

fksquee,

yuletide,

yuletide, and

oldschoolfic?)

Please do consider inviting fans to the game from your own journals, communities, and other venues! (Where does fandom hang out these days?) Feel free to use the banner if it serves you:

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/253016.html

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FKFicFest '17 sign-ups are now open

The 2017 rules and sign-ups post is now up on

fkficfest. Sign-ups are open!

(That took longer than expected. Sorry!)

Please come play with us this year. :-) FK is turning 25, and everyone is welcome! As you may remember, back in our fifth game, we declared a jubilee and wiped the slate clean; no one is suspended or banned in any way.

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/252888.html

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FKFicFest '17 sign-ups will open no later than March 11

As mentioned, I'll open this year's

fkficfest sign-ups no later than this Saturday, March 11. If you're thinking of playing (please do!), this may be a good time to start pondering what new FK stories you'd love to read, and what new prompts may inspire them!

Because there're so few of us, and because our interests can be so factional, if you've played before, it's not unlikely that your match this year could have received one of your prompt slates in a previous year. A freshly hatched prompt may be most likely to spark a blooming new story...? Not that recycled, rerun, never-attempted prompts don't also have their places!

Just something I've been dwelling on. :-)

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/251642.html

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FKFicFest 2017 poll closes in ~16 hours

We have 8 answers on DW (and 1 on LJ) to the 2017 FKFicFest pre-game survey. Should we play this year? When and how? The poll is open until 11:59 PM Pacific Time tonight, February 3 (or, you know, when I turn on my computer on Saturday).

Planned changes: we'll be playing in the spring, we'll be codifying that acknowledging your exchange writer is expected, and we'll be minimizing LJ posts in favor of DW.

Thanks!

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/250609.html

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A happy new year! ...and what's up with LJ/Russia

I wish you a very happy and healthy new year! And I wish all those in positions of leadership, inspiration, and power the wisdom, compassion and determination to help everyone to a better year and a better world. ♥

You've probably heard about LiveJournal moving to Russian servers (Morgandawn's post). If you're LJ-only, you may wish to look over the guide to DW for LJ users, especially how to import/back-up your LJ to DW.

( my Brightknightie LJ account )

( our FKFicFest LJ community )

So: I'm thinking! :-) What are you thinking?

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/249575.html

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Revisiting the 9 outstanding stories of FKFicFest 2016

By the end of FKFicFest 2016 in early October, my job had reached a frantic, manic, all-consuming pitch. It didn't let up for some time. I hardly know how I finished the fest. I hope that I did thank all of you who wrote and read! (Thank you!!!) I know that I never did post a wrap-up here of this year's 9 inventive, insightful, new FK stories.

I'd like to do that now. And, maybe, if you missed them before, help you find some last 2016 tales to enjoy before the Yuletide reveal? It was a creative year in FKFicFest!

Let's see whether I can sort to help you find those you'd enjoy most:

( By time period ) ( By genre ) ( By personal appeal )

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/245663.html

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like "after party" stories

I'm reminded that it's past time for a "recently in FK" bulletin post. Oops! Maybe soon.

In the meantime, I wanted you to know that

dlyt has posted 2 new FK stories inspired by FKFicFest!

"Quest for Lunch" (G, gen; 1,253 words; Schanke & Nick) was inspired by one of her recipient's (lastscorpion) other FKFicFest prompts.
"Resistance Is Futile" (G, m/f; 1,067 words; Natalie/Nick) is a generous, thoughtful — and unnecessary! don't get a mistaken idea! ;-) — thank-you to me for moderating FKFicFest.

Dlyt, and everyone, you're very welcome for my part in the fest. We could never do it without all of us together!

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/244796.html

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scheduling FKFicFest 2017

You may remember that we pushed this year's FKFicFest later in the year, trying to get it out of the path of an all-consuming product launch at my workplace. As Murphy's Law would have it, they ended up unfolding simultaneously anyway. I'm exhausted. I've barely slept in weeks. Today, when I could finally have slept in, I still woke up early. :-) My blood-caffeine level may take a while to normalize. ;-)

Next year, if people want to play again, maybe we can play in May, June, or early July? Those seem the wiser direction to move, to avoid what I'm guessing will be a parallel product launch next year.

Just thinking ahead...

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/244344.html

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FKFicFest 2016 Day 9

And so we arrive at the very last story in this year's

fkficfest/

fkficfest. It's not a sad farewell, but a funny one!

Today's story offers a humorous series of increasingly questionable choices, when it's Stonetree's precinct's turn to host the annual police raffle...

Tomorrow: the masterlist to close the game.

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/244000.html

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FKFicFest 2016 Days 7 & 8

Believe it or not, this year's

fkficfest/

fkficfest is almost over! Tuesday will bring the last new story. Wednesday will bring the closing ceremonies.

Catching up:

Sunday's story is by greerwatson for one of the prompts I submitted, myself: "The big, red-carpet premiere of the Alix Logan movie that's being filmed in the second-season episode "Amateur Night." (Could be set before, after, or instead of "Black Buddha, Part 1.")"
Monday's story is by melissatreglia for one of the prompts greerwatson submitted: "A cop's life, a cop's ... spouse."

I didn't mean to schedule the 2 Schanke stories one after the other! Oops. I was actually trying to space out our pairing stories, as we had only 3 this in this big gen year.

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/243504.html

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FKFicFest 2016 Days 5 & 6

I was so tired after work last night that I forgot to mention yesterday's

fkficfest/

fkficfest story here! But of course everyone should be following on the DW or LJ communities, or the AO3 itself, or on ForKni-L, all of which I did remember.

So Friday's story, #5 of 9, is short a Nick and Natalie novelty, and today's, #6 of 9, is a longer Nick/Lacroix tale that I haven't yet read.

Please come look for stories that you and people you know might enjoy! Please consider telling your friends and followers about the fest!

Crossposts: http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/243285.html

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FKFicFest 2016 Day 4

Thursday's

fkficfest/

fkficfest story release (4 of 9) is our first 'ship story of the year, and the longest story so far revealed. If a Nick/Lacroix story is your cup of Ribena, check it out! If you know a UFer who hasn't yet tuned in to the fest, turn her on to this!

As a reminder, authors can choose to change the posting date of their stories to the date that they release in the fest to boost them to the top of the AO3's FK list at that time. I don't know for sure that this helps gain pageviews, but I want every FKFicFest writer to get every hit available!