Hello all! We're sorry for the delay! I'm hoping you can bear with us for another week or so due to circumstances I'm about to explain. I'm posting as myself as opposed to answer_key to show that this isn't necessarily the opinion of ALL the mods.

We currently have three of the six required prizes, and when I am paid tomorrow, I will order three more. That said, I did want to touch on prizes with you guys, and I'm hoping this won't cause fandom drama (we've had more than enough of that), but I'm a bit at the end of a rope here, so here goes:

I can't speak for trixie_chick, but I can say with certainty that doumeki and I are in pretty dire financial straits. I won't go into details, which will likely bore you, but let's just say we had to go into a significant amount of debt in order to replace our car, which is something our meager salaries are only barely able to cover as we had not planned to replace it until next year. To give you an idea of how serious this is, we have indefinitely postponed our wedding, which as you know was supposed to happen next year around this time. That said, at this particular point in our lives, we really can't in good conscience justify spending money on prizes/shipping/etc. Obviously, we wouldn't dream of asking trixie_chick to cover everything, which leaves us a little lost on options.

I've been thinking about making this post for several weeks, but due to recent instances of everything getting blown way, way out of proportion, I've been afraid this would reflect badly on the comm and the mods as a group as well as upset people. I've finally decided that we're all friends here, and I'm really hoping we can at least discuss in a friendly manner to see if we can come up with a solution. The few ideas we currently have:

-Set up a PayPal for anyone who is able to contribute to a prize fund
-Consider doing fanart/graphics/fic-on-demand as prizes
-If worse comes to worst, doumeki and I step down as mods in favor of someone (or several someones) more able to fulfill the financial obligations

We both love blind_go and despite whatever hiccups we may have had, we've really enjoyed working on this for all of you. However, this is not working at this point in our lives as far as the prizes go, so we're hoping you, the BG-ers, may have some thoughts as to addressing the problem. If the prizes are a sticking point, we'll definitely help find and train our replacements, no hard feelings.

That said, this past round's prizes will be available for choosing sometime in the next two weeks. Any changes made will be made in future rounds only and with the comm's knowledge.

Please don't hate me, guys. T_T

it's almost reveal time! ... which means SOMEONE needs to GUESS THE ID CHALLENGE!!!

=/ is it hard, did people miss the post, was it posted too late??? go ahead and guess!! *makes kitten eyes???*

Hey guys, guessing deadline is tomorrow. We have one guess, total. That is a little sad, don't you think?

At this point, any correct guess will win you a prize... how hard can it be? Besides, it's a little sad for us to spend our money on prizes for you guys if you won't participate in the guessing challenge. XD

So go guess here. There are even hints this round, so it really couldn't be easier.

Come on... guessing's been such a drag the last few rounds. If no one wants to do it anymore, should we remove the guessing aspect altogether? If we can't even get a first, second and third place guesser, I think we may seriously consider forgetting about the guessing prizes in the future.

Come on, please prove me wrong!!!

Yup. You know the deal. Guess my ID and I'll write you a fic if you're right. Or if I just like your prompt!

round 8 fics; my fics

Comment here with your ID guess and prompt (so I can get started on them while we wait for the reveal).

All comments are screened.

Hello, people who finished their blind_go fics! (ie. people who are not me!)

Soooo, I was thinking that since it's so hard to guess who wrote what fics, and hardly anyone submits guesses, we should try to make it easier to guess!

I propose that any authors who want to can post a hint. The hints could be anything--a particular line from your blind_go fic that reveals your style, a cryptic remark, a riddle, your hair colour (?!), etc.  

I think it would make sense for authors to post their hints anonymously using their author IDs, and they could just post them as comments to this post (or a separate post, if need be). Of course, this would all be voluntary--any authors who didn't want to post a hint wouldn't have to! 

What do you all think?

(p.s. Yes, I did ask the mods if I could post this here!)

Come join us in chat, I'm finally alive again, and the internet is working at last!
Ping me at pyeseok or join blindgo for more flailing and to count off the deadline.

Edit 3:39am EST: well, if anyone wants to stop by, lindralyndra will be around. ^_^ I am crashing for the night!

Posting for blue_cage, who is panicking. She's not the only one!

Dear people who realized it's the deadline today - I am in a state of panic. Ping me at pyeseok or join the blindgo chat in Aim to keep me company as I finish stuff. Asking osmalic to post as l-stat is killing my internet!

This is blue_cage btw!

Chatroom's now open - 'blindgo' on AIM. Invite yourselves or ping me at 'phoenixboyuk' for an invite. gone to bed, ping 'Stargirl623' for an invite

With the deadline approaching, any interest for a chat on Friday, starting maybe midnight UK time (I think 7pm east coast time)?

So, I guess we're chatting tonight, starting at 7 p.m. EST! It'll be in the usual place - blindgo on AIM.

Verloren918 will be the initial host, so ping her for an invite if you need one!

Anyone up for a chat? Say, tomorrow night (Sunday), starting at 7 p.m. EST?

Round 008 is underway (cliché list is here), which means it's time for flailing, procrastination, mashing of teeth, fun games, crypticness, fun... you know the drill.

Feel free to post anonymously if you want to avoid leaving any clues for guessing. (We'll also screen all the comments on this thread during the two week guessing period, just to be safe.)

Writers: Complaints about lack of progress, random spam while writing, requests for fanfic writing ideas are all welcome.

Readers: Please feel free to comment as well! Leave your reassurances, fanfic ideas, and more random spam here.

Let the mayhem and fun begin!! Enjoy. ♥

As we await the reveal, I've got the chat room open. Join for last minute flailing and theories. ♥

IM me at hopless sadist for an invite, or invite yourself, or however you do it. ^_^

The comments on the support thread are screened, but if you want to share your thoughts and speculations on the fics without fear of losing anonymity, you may do so here.

You should probably refrain from actually guessing the authors of the fics. But otherwise feel free to squee, whine, exclaim, etc. Which were your favorite fics? What do you wanna say about your own fic? Let it out here, anonymously!!

Chat is open for those of us staring at the screen, willing our fics to finish themselves.

I'm not the only one, right?

Right?

ok, opened a chat in aim... blind go, invite yourself or ping me, trixienwschick. can we keep this chat going past deadline??? that's up to you!!

flailing countdown, mark...

^_~

Happy Friday, everyone! I've opened the blindgo chatroom on AIM! Go ahead and invite yourselves, or ping me at Kiara Elaya for an invite.

Let's discuss your epic win (or epic fail if you, like me, have yet to write a word).

...And I have yet to begin writing. Anyone else in the same boat?

I should really be ashamed, but I don't think the reality of the rush-to-finish-something-I-don't-hate has set in yet.

Hey folks!

Except for a couple hours when I have to sit an exam in the morning, I'll be online from now until... well, way past when I should be getting some sleep, haha, if anyone wants to chat.

Pop on in or ping tsukiyuuki for an invite if you need one.  <3

Hey everyone! The chat room is open! Ping me [ hopless sadist ] for an invite. ♥