The 2017 Poll Results Post: "Forensics threw her a bash."

[brightknightie]

Thank you, everyone who answered the poll! From our 9 total responses:

• Let's play again this year! Stories will be due on May 27, and start releasing May 29. Matches should go out by March 27, so sign-ups will be due by March 24, and will open by March 11.
• Everyone (except me ~wry~) wants to play exchange-style. Let's do that, and not fuss with a minimum player count this year.
• We'll expect recipients to acknowledge their authors with at least a 1-sentence comment no more than 1 month from posting. If a penalty is ever needed, it will be a 1-game ban (and your mod's disappointment).

More players usually mean happier matches! (As well as more total stories.) Please do promote this year's FKFicFest game far and wide yourself. You know people, communities, and platforms that I don't!


1. Should we play FKFicFest in 2017?
9 Yes, play in 2017

2. Would you *write* in FKFicFest 2017?
6 Definitely yes
2 Probably yes
1 No

3. Would you *read* in FKFicFest 2017?
9 Definitely yes

4. Should we play an *exchange* or a *challenge*?
7 I'd prefer an exchange, but don't mind a challenge
1 I'd prefer a challenge, but don't mind an exchange

5. When should stories be due in 2017? Pick up to 2.
1 April 29
3 May 6
1 May 20
2 June 3
5 June 10

6. We're going to focus on DW, and minimize LJ. Is that okay?
9 I'm okay with it

7. Sadly, we need to discourage recipients from ignoring their authors. What should count as the minimum acceptable acknowledgment?
2 A "Kudos" button click
6 A comment of at least 1 sentence in length
1 Something else

8. How long should exchange authors have to wait to be acknowledged?
5 2 weeks
3 4 weeks
1 Longer

9. If a recipient ignores his/her author beyond the period without a really good reason, what penalty should apply?
4 Ban for 1 game
3 Ban until s/he comments on the ignored story + 1 more (any) by the ignored author for each month of the ignoring
1 Ban until s/he comments on every story in that year's FKFicFest
1 Something else

Thank you so much for still sharing Forever Knight with us all!

Comments

[greerwatson]

We're on! Yes!!! (And thank you for all your hard work in organizing the exchange each year.)

[havocthecat]

In my eyes, modly disappointment is honestly the bigger consequence than a one game ban!

I have a great deal of sympathy for your love of challenge style being stymied every year, but I'm terrible at following through on challenge style prompt commitments. I hate letting people down in exchange challenges, though, so I maintain my personal relief. (I think I say this every year, so thank you for listening to me say it every year.)

Hooray, Forever Knight!

[pj1228]

Yay! I'll start thinking about prompts.
The time schedule suits me well.
Thanks for taking this on again.