You've heard about them, maybe even talked about them, but here they are... ( ROUND 008 AUTHORS! )

Best Guessers
oo1. laceygrey with 8 correct guesses out of 20 (40.0%)
oo2. invitan with 5 correct guesses out of 19 (26.3%)
oo3. viridian_magpie with 4 correct guesses out of 19 (21.1%)

ID Challenge
Congratulations to myaru, who correctly guessed that this round's IDs were seiyuu from the anime!

Theme Challenge
Congratulations to moonclaimed, with 11 points!! That would be nine clichés plus two bonus points, all right! Honorable mentions go to hkfoot at 8 points and invitan at 7 points!

Feedback Challenge
Congratulations to stirring_still and elasticblue, who both won the feedback prize by commenting to all 22 fics!! Thank you also to issen4 for commenting to 14 fics! Thank you to everyone for being so dedicated and diligent in their feedback.

Available prizes and the end-of-round poll will be up soon.

Thank you to everyone [writers, readers, betas, cats, monkeys, pokemon, asian idols, etc] for participating!

REMINDER: Guesses are due today, Saturday, October 3rd, at 11:59pm ET, which is in approximately two hours!! Even if you hadn't made a list and checked it twice, it's worthwhile to try, at least if we can believe statistics. Can we??? The world may never know...

THIS IS THE ID CHALLENGE GUESSING POST! You know what that means! Please post your guess for the theme connecting the author IDs here. First correct guess wins a prize. One guess per person and no edits are allowed. Only guesses on this post count for the ID challenge.

Just to remind you, guesses are due Saturday, October 3rd, at 11:59pm ET. Post your guesses as comments to this screened post, and don't forget that there are hints this time, too!

There will be another reminder before they are due, but think about making some guesses, because any guesses are better than none!

Happy Birthday, Hikau! And Happy blind_go day, everyone!! This round, we have 22 fics by 20 authors! Can't wait to get to them? We don't blame you! So, here we go!

( OUR AUTHORS )
( OUR FICS )

The deadline for guessing is October 3rd, 11:59EST. Please be sure to check that you're guessing writers who have actually submitted fics for this round; we've had incidents in the past where people have guessed writers who didn't submit.

( Guessing guidelines )

Please comment to this screened post...

⇒ if your name appears or does not appear on the author's list in error.
⇒ if there are any mistakes in the links to the fics, or if there is a typo or other small correction in your fic that you would like changed.
⇒ with the names of people who are not allowed to guess for your fic (e.g. betas, friends whom you've discussed it with, people whom you've verified your ID for in facilitation of your own guessing post, etc.).
⇒ with any cliché used in your fic that you did not mention in your submission.
⇒ with your guesses!!

Enjoy, and thank you!!

The deadline for submissions has passed. Please contact us at any mod contact or at bg.submissions @ gmail.com if you had technical difficulties in submitting your entry. Fics will be up as soon as possible.

Congrats, all, on a great clicherific round!!!

Fics are due in a little less than two hours, fourty minutes, at 11:59pmEST. Please email your fic, in text format, to bg.submissions @ gmail.com (no spaces), with your author ID and title of your fic in the subject line. If you have any questions, concerns, or problems, please email either the submissions address, or one of the mods (addresses in the comm profile). Thank you!

We are about 3-5 minutes shy of T-minus 50 hours until the deadline. Just wanted to make sure you were aware.

Panic is a completely reasonable response. Best of luck to everyone!!

Hello! Hope everyone is doing well. Today is 09.09.09! Do you know what that means? Well, yes, it does mean peoples of all date coding standards can converse and understand each other without mix-ups and confusions. It's also a grand day for love of the Fab Four.

Most importantly, of course, it's TEN DAYS 'til the deadline. What?! Trust me, your mods feel your pain. And panic. But we want to celebrate Hikaru's Bday in fine, clichéarific style, right?? Don't forget that kifu_archive is available for all your fine flailing needs, and best of luck to you, because we're all looking forward to reading what you come up with!!

Sorry for the delay! As of this afternoon, all emails containing your author IDs have been sent out. If you failed to receive one or feel that there is an error, please e-mail chaineddove at gmail. Please remember to look over the submission guidelines before submitting.

Thank you, and good luck! ♥

Sign-ups are now closed. Once again, for this round, you will be expected to write one or more of the cliché themes, and the standard theme prize will instead go to the writer who manages to cram as many clichés as possible into one fic.

( THEME LIST and RULES )

Enjoy, good luck, and we're all looking forward to see what you do with it!!

Just a reminder, there are only two more days to sign up for Round 008: Cliché! This is post where you sign up, so please, if you haven't already, consider doing so! It clearly won't be as much fun without you. Also, if you have any other Hikago clichés to add to the list, that's the post for that as well!

You can sign up until August 16th, 11:59pm EST, and remember, if it's fun for you, it'll be as much fun for your friends, too! It's good to share the fun, right? So please suggest blind_go to all your Hikago-loving friends!

Thank you, and we look forward to another great round!

SIGN UPS ARE NOW CLOSED! IDs will be sent out soon. Thank you, and good luck writing!

It's time for Round 008: Fandom Cliches of blind_go!

( Rules and guidelines )

If there are any questions or concerns about submission guidelines and deadlines, please email either mod, chaineddove at gmail.com, sadistic_tensai at comcast.net, or trixiechick75 at gmail.com, or leave a question here.

Sign-up is now open, themes will be up soon! Leave a comment with your LJ username, email, and writing archive link here by August 16th!!

And now, the moment you've been waiting for - the prize post and the end of round poll!

First things first: ravelqueen, metisket and she_universe, the winners of the guessing challenge; lanerose, the winner of the ID challenge; hkfoot, the winner of the themes challenge; lundi, the winner of the feedback challenge, please pick one of the six prizes in the links below:

1 & 2
3 & 4
5 & 6

They're even more awesome than they look - there's GLITTER.

All of the people mentioned above should reply to this post with their choice of prize and their address (comments screened). Alternately, e-mail your info to trixiechick75@gmail.com.

caitlin_chan, go ahead and get in touch with us too! We're sorry your fic was excluded and would like to send you something as well! ^_^.

And now, on to the poll!

Poll #1401552 Round 007 poll
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 11

What did you like about this round?

What didn't you like about this round?

Do you have any ideas for next round?

By popular demand, we're thinking of doing a cliche round. Would you participate?

What should be the required wordcount next round?

Do you have any recommendations on how to increase participation next round?

Should we stake out some territory on Dreamwidth?

but we will draw the curtain and show you the picture /Shakespeare geek

The moment you've all been waiting for has come.

It is time.

For the REVEAL.

Without further ado!

( ROUND 007 AUTHORS )


Best Guessers
oo1. ravelqueen with 5 correct guesses/10 possible [50%]
oo2. metisket with 4 correct guesses/10 possible [40%]
oo3. she_universe with 3 correct guesses/10 possible [30%]

ID Challenge
Congratulations to lanerose, who quickly and correctly guessed that this round's IDs were minor characters from Weekly JUMP series other than Hikaru no Go.

Theme Challenge
Congratulations to hkfoot for winning the theme challenge!

Feedback Challenge
Congratulations to lundi, who won the feedback prize by commenting on all 11 fics, including caitlin_chan's! Thank you also to elasticblue, who commented on all 10 eligible entries, and issen4 and ravelqueen, who commented on 8 each. Thank you to everyone for being so dedicated and diligent in their feedback.

Available prizes and the end-of-round poll will be up soon.

Thank you to everyone [writers, readers, betas, cats] for participating!

Based on guesses/lack of guesses for the ID Challenge, it would seem that this round, it was a bit too hard. My apologies!!! Ahahah, d'oh! So here's a hint!!

They are names of people. But, not real people. They are people who have at some point have all 'lived' in the same place as the Hikago cast, with weekly rates. Some are ninjas, some have superpowers, some go to high school and play sports... ^_~

ID Challenge guesses go HERE. Good luck!!

Oh, and there's some time left to leave your author guesses here if you haven't already!!

Just a reminder that guessing deadline is TOMORROW. If you haven't guessed yet, please go here and leave them. Comments are screened. ♥

And, because we know you've been waiting for it, this is where you leave your guesses for IDs. If you think you know what they are, leave your guess here.

So. To recap.

Guesses for authors go here.

Guesses for IDs go here.

Get guessing!

Sorry for the spam, but a few small notes. A fic that was submitted on time but not posted with the rest due to the mod's premature posting has been added to answer_key. That fic has been added to the directory post. I just wanted to make sure that no one missed it.

Or any of the other fics!! There are 72,926 words in 12 fics up. Enjoy!

Once again, Happy Hikago Day, which we celebrate here at blind_go with the ceremonial sharing of fic! This round, we have 12 of fics by 12 authors to commemorate the occasion!

( Our Authors )

( Our Fics )

The deadline for guessing is May 14th, 11:59EST. Please be sure to check that you're guessing writers who have actually submitted fics for this round; we've had incidents in the past where people have guessed writers who didn't submit.

( Guessing guidelines )

Please comment to this screened post...

⇒ if your name appears or does not appear on the author's list in error.
⇒ if there are any mistakes in the links to the fics, or if there is a typo or other small correction in your fic that you would like changed.
⇒ with the names of people who are not allowed to guess for your fic (e.g. betas, friends whom you've discussed it with, people whom you’ve verified your ID for in facilitation of your own guessing post, etc.).
⇒ with any themes used in your fic that you did not mention in your submission. Remember, any theme from any previous round is also available!
⇒ with your guesses!!

Enjoy!!

I am testing out this more streamlined version of the two directory posts, hoping that having both directories and all comments in one post will be more convenient for you, the community. If you feel this post is too crowded and confusing, please leave a comment, and if there seems to be a few people who feel that way, I will break it into separate posts. I considered this to be advantageous due to the way I personally use the directory posts, and am not in any way intending any malice to the system. ^_~ Thank you.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I need to close and post the fics nine minutes early. I held off as long as I could!! If you were planning on sending in your submission in the next nine minutes, I am deeply, deeply sorry for the inconvenience. You can still send in your fic and I can add it to the list, but your fic will not be eligible for guessing.

I deeply and sincerely apologize, and I hope this isn't going to trouble anyone.

On the plus side, fics nine minutes early??

Fics are due in a little over 2 hours, at 11:59am CST. Please email your fic, in text format, to bg.submissions @ gmail.com (no spaces), with your author ID and title of your fic in the subject line. ETA: If you have any questions, concerns, or problems, please email either the submissions address, or trixiechick75 @ gmail.com. Thank you!

Happy Hikago Day!