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Creators are now revealed at the collection. Please feel free to share your work under your own name; you may also want to re-date your fic or art so that it appears at the top of the fandom tag on ao3.
The collection remains open for late treats or make-up works, as does last year's collection.
I would like to run fffx r3 on a similar schedule. For round 2, we experimented with 5 weeks between deadline and reveal. That worked well for me - and, along with pinch hitters' efforts, I think that helped us open on time - but the large number of extensions meant the deadline was functionally as much of a second check-in as it was a deadline.
I'd prefer to keep the 5-week gap between deadline and reveals. But I'm open to adjustment, based on how well it worked for all of you. I also wonder if - while keeping the deadline gap - I should drop the check-in period altogether. I know check-in periods aren't popular.
It is worth noting that the check-in period is useful for producing alternative assignments that people can swap to. Also, this year, I got far less late contact from people who missed the check-in and wanted their assignment back - so the check-in period helped ensure pinch hitters had longer to work, and pinch hits were staggered, rather than most of the pinch hits coming at deadline.
Letters and prompts
FFFX has rules that a) letters must be completed by a certain date or their links will be removed from the sign-up, and b) sign-ups must contain likes, prompts, or some other indication of what you would like in a gift. Both rules have downsides. Checking letters is labor-intensive and requires me to send people negative communications; I wasn't able to do it in the time I'd allotted in this round, and I'm sorry about that. Rules with no enforcement are not particularly effective, but if I keep that practice, I may adjust it so that instead of removing the link, I may do something else - for example, contact creator & recipient at the letter-completion deadline with a record of what the letter says at that time.
Similarly, there's something a bit awkward about telling people who have full and expansive letters that some of that positive content must be in their sign-up. Would people prefer more freedom to put prompts in their sign-up or not, or do you find that on balance, having a guarantee of some direction, however small, in your assignment, is worth fussier-than-average requirements for the optional details box?
Art minimum
In round 1, in response to questions, I stressed that the 10 page/40 panel minimum worked the following way: if an artwork was 10 pages, it needed to also be 36 panels, and if it was 9 pages, it needed to also be at least 40 panels. I don't think I made that particularly clear for round 2; sorry about that. I would like to return to that requirement for round 3, or some other determination suggested by others. I would prefer to avoid going on page count alone, because I don't feel I can adequately rule on what's "enough" that way. I acknowledge that this is more about what's easiest for me to mod than what necessarily avoids artists and art-recipients' unhappiness - I have not received any complaints about art not being "enough" because it fulfils page requirements but not panel requirements. But, not being an artist, I need a criterion I can rely on. Thank you for understanding.
Misc
I know it was a very long time ago but... any improvements to suggest on nominations? Other things? Should I encourage betas who have completed a fffx beta job to also put prompts of their own on the (currently just) pinch hitters' prompts post?
The collection remains open for late treats or make-up works, as does last year's collection.
Next-round and procedural thoughts!
ScheduleI would like to run fffx r3 on a similar schedule. For round 2, we experimented with 5 weeks between deadline and reveal. That worked well for me - and, along with pinch hitters' efforts, I think that helped us open on time - but the large number of extensions meant the deadline was functionally as much of a second check-in as it was a deadline.
I'd prefer to keep the 5-week gap between deadline and reveals. But I'm open to adjustment, based on how well it worked for all of you. I also wonder if - while keeping the deadline gap - I should drop the check-in period altogether. I know check-in periods aren't popular.
It is worth noting that the check-in period is useful for producing alternative assignments that people can swap to. Also, this year, I got far less late contact from people who missed the check-in and wanted their assignment back - so the check-in period helped ensure pinch hitters had longer to work, and pinch hits were staggered, rather than most of the pinch hits coming at deadline.
Letters and prompts
FFFX has rules that a) letters must be completed by a certain date or their links will be removed from the sign-up, and b) sign-ups must contain likes, prompts, or some other indication of what you would like in a gift. Both rules have downsides. Checking letters is labor-intensive and requires me to send people negative communications; I wasn't able to do it in the time I'd allotted in this round, and I'm sorry about that. Rules with no enforcement are not particularly effective, but if I keep that practice, I may adjust it so that instead of removing the link, I may do something else - for example, contact creator & recipient at the letter-completion deadline with a record of what the letter says at that time.
Similarly, there's something a bit awkward about telling people who have full and expansive letters that some of that positive content must be in their sign-up. Would people prefer more freedom to put prompts in their sign-up or not, or do you find that on balance, having a guarantee of some direction, however small, in your assignment, is worth fussier-than-average requirements for the optional details box?
Art minimum
In round 1, in response to questions, I stressed that the 10 page/40 panel minimum worked the following way: if an artwork was 10 pages, it needed to also be 36 panels, and if it was 9 pages, it needed to also be at least 40 panels. I don't think I made that particularly clear for round 2; sorry about that. I would like to return to that requirement for round 3, or some other determination suggested by others. I would prefer to avoid going on page count alone, because I don't feel I can adequately rule on what's "enough" that way. I acknowledge that this is more about what's easiest for me to mod than what necessarily avoids artists and art-recipients' unhappiness - I have not received any complaints about art not being "enough" because it fulfils page requirements but not panel requirements. But, not being an artist, I need a criterion I can rely on. Thank you for understanding.
Misc
I know it was a very long time ago but... any improvements to suggest on nominations? Other things? Should I encourage betas who have completed a fffx beta job to also put prompts of their own on the (currently just) pinch hitters' prompts post?
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Date: 2022-03-13 04:36 am (UTC)Schedule
Happy for the same schedule. This didn't impact me since I came in and created really late in the game, but I've been quietly looking forward to round three and am glad to hear it's 1) on and 2) at a similar time to round two.
I greatly benefited from those 5 weeks between the deadline and work reveals and would love to see that kept in. I used it to tweak and make adjustments to my gifts and found this time so valuable. (I also got sick during this time period so I was thankful for that buffer!)
I didn't participate as a participant so I can't offer feedback on how the check-in period worked, but as someone who loves writing longfic but struggles with long deadlines like
Letters and prompts
I won't lie,
I love knowing what types of things my recipient likes to read and favours in the canon I'm writing for them, but I do gain this info from either their sign-up or their letter. I do think it's beneficial to have the letters completed by a certain time because this is a longfic exchange and I do think it's useful to provide prompts and likes/dislikes for creators. I think it doesn't matter where it is as long as it's there.
I +1
Pinch hitter treats post
I wanted to say thank you for putting this post up. Not only did I get to plop myself down there, but I really appreciated the timing of this post. I was able to use the 5 weeks between the deadline and reveals to write a pinch hitter treat, and it was all because that post was posted early and pinch hitters were given time to comment and I had enough time to browse.
I can only hope some of this feedback is useful for you. I'm looking forward to signing up in a few months' time! Enjoy your well-deserved time off,