Ω slickfester · 4d
hi mods! i have a question regarding the off-season, since there's no claiming, two people could end up writing and posting the same prompt. is that a problem?
Ω slickfester · 5d
Hi Slickmods, I’ve run into a problem! (Sorry if there are any incoherences, English isn’t my first language.)
Basically, when I search for a specific prompt code in Notion, the results don’t match what they’re supposed to correspond to.
Let’s say the author writes a slice-of-life based on their claimed prompt, they give the code in their notes, but when you search the code in Notion, something totally different shows up instead, like a Royal AU or something. A whole other plot basically.
That if it shows up at all! Most times they don’t even appear in the search results even though I know the prompt exists, since the authors always include the prompt code in their notes.
Also another issue, when I open a claimed prompt in Notion, one that has an already published fic, the fanfic isn’t linked in the work section like it should be.
Please help! Thank you! 😞🫶
hi! first, about the prompt codes, unfortunately the mods weren’t able to figure out what the problem is because none of us were having the same issue from our end when viewing the masterlist logged out. please make sure you are viewing the right database (there is an “unclaimed” and “claimed” version), and also we’d recommend trying to search by just the number (e.g “000” instead of “A000”) instead of the full prompt code. if the search function is giving you trouble you can also use the filter option, so filter for prompt code, change it to “prompt code is” and type the prompt code in there. it should work! if you (or anyone else) are still running into issues with the ML please let us know!
second, fics are not linked in the prompt masterlists! if you want to find written prompts + the link to their corresponding fic, it’s formatted that way on our weekly reading lists. you might also have better luck searching the prompts there but we don’t post them until the end of the week.
i hope this helped a bit!! since we didn’t have the same problem i’m assuming it might just be notion acting a bit buggy unfortunately :c but please try again and let me know if the problem persists! thank you for your question!!
Ω slickfester · 5d
hi, i'd like to ask if we can already claim prompts for the off-season part? what i got from a tweet of yours was that everything regarding off-season would be decided once reveals are over, but i saw some claims popping up in the masterlist that weren't there before(?) so i was wondering if i misunderstood😭
hi! there’s no claiming process for off-season! you can write any of the prompts that are available (but so can anyone else) and then you just post it to the unmoderated off-season collection when it opens :)
the reason we suggest waiting until after reveals are over is because we have prompts on extensions that may get dropped (and therefore become available for off-season). and also because some prompters may reach out to let us know they dont want their prompt on the off-season list, and therefore you wouldn’t be able to write them. but yeah if you see a prompt you like in the claimed section now, you can definitely start thinking about what you’ll write if you want to and then just double check after reveals! :)
Ω slickfester · 6d
Hi, I was wondering where we could access slickfest reveals from round 1?
hi, you can access the round 1 collection here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/slickfests
Ω slickfester · 6d
hi slickmods! i know this was asked before but i can’t find it now, are authors able to request the stats from the guessing game once it’s all done? like if anyone guessed right, which other authors they guessed for the fic we wrote, any comments/feedback etc etc. i just think it woild be fun to know :)
Ω slickfester · 7d
i hope this does not come off as negative but a lot of the authors are friends with other authors/mods and know which fics are theirs, doesnt that make the author guessing game a little unfair to those who are not? or is it another situation based on integrity and trust to not cheat/participate in the game? no offense intended xx
hello! it would be unfair, but yes, we do just have to trust that people wouldn’t participate in guessing or they wouldn’t include the ones that they were told about and therefore didn’t actually ‘guess’ :( unfortunately there’s no way for us to know what’s happening in people’s private conversations and it would be pretty much impossible to moderate that. regardless, the guess form is just for fun and there’s no actual prize, so it isn’t the end of the world if that happens, but we still hope that people are being honest and fair 🙂↕️
Ω slickfester · 7d
RE Author reveals... maybe, since we already know which authors are in what week for the weeks that are already concluded, wouldn't it make a lot of sense to reveal the authors week by week? So reveal week one's authors, wait a week, then the authors for week 2 etc? That way, every fic is anonymous for the same length of time :D I don't know if that's possible on AO3 though
that totally makes sense and is doable but it makes the process a bit messier on our end which is why usually author reveals were all at once last time!! i was toying with the idea of maybe doing weeks 1&2 on dec 5th and weeks 3&4 on the 12th though, also that way we’re not dragging round 2 out for too much longer than we wanted to
Ω slickfester · 7d
Hi, thank you mods for being so kind and understanding. You've been great again this year! I read a few asks about this, but for what it's worth I think it would be really cool to either stagger reveals by week or push them back a little! If that wouldn't be too much extra work for the mods. I think it would mean a lot to the week four authors if their fics had a little more time to shine. And for readers! I know I'm personally wayyyyy behind. Thank you!!
Ω slickfester · 8d
that last question had a good point! Reveals all at once are fine, but maybe a week break would give last week’s fics a chance to shine before everyone will go crazy about finding out who wrote what :D
Ω slickfester · 8d
What do you think about more time before reveals? Or staggering author reveals? I think giving more time between the last week and author reveals would be nice, especially because there are some long fics that people might not get time to read before the reveals. Maybe revealing the first 2 week’s of authors could happen and then additional time given before the final 2 week’s authors? Not complaining, btw! Just an idea! 💖