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Numb3rs Write-Off
Angst vs Schmoop Challenge

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Numb3rs Angst vs Schmoop Challenge

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Welcome to Numb3rs Write-Off, the home of the Numb3rs Angst vs Schmoop Challenge.

The Angst vs Schmoop Challenge is a team competition. Each round we will need people to sign up to write, either on team Angst or team Schmoop. A theme (for example, “betrayal”), will be chosen by one person from each team, who will then write and post their fic on the same scheduled day.

We will also need people who are willing to read and rate the fic, so if you’re not a writer in any particular round you can still participate. Additionally, we will need some people who are willing to pinch-hit.

Because there are several popular pairings in this fandom, each round will feature a different pairing, and there will also be a rare pairing round, a free-for-all round, and a gen round, should there be enough interest (ie, enough people sign up to make the round viable). We will hold two rounds each quarter on the following schedule: July/Aug, Oct/Nov, Jan/Feb and Apr/May. Partly so y’all don’t get wiped out writing fic each month for the challenge, and also to give myself a break once in a while. *g*

Round Eight: Gen Fic - May, 2008.

Previous Rounds:

Round One: Colby/Charlie, Colby/David
Round Two: Rare Het Pairings
Round Three: Ian Edgerton (Het or Slash)
Round Four: Billy Cooper (Het or Slash)
Round Five: Rare Slash Pairings
Round Six: Charlie/Amita or Larry/Megan
Round Seven: Don/Charlie

Rules

Signing up:

1. Signing up for one round does not obligate you to participate in any other round.

2. The pairing (or character) for the round will be announced.

3. I will make a post asking you all to sign up for a team. We will need at least 6 people, 3 for each team, as well as at least two pinch-hitters. I’m arbitrarily setting a temporary maximum number of 30 (15 per team) so we can make sure that no one round lasts longer than one month. (If things move smoothly enough so that more writing days are available, or we find that there isn’t enough time for 15-person teams to all post their fic, then that number will be adjusted.)

At this time I will also announce the week the fic will be due. If you will not be available to post at all during that week, please do not sign up for a team.

4. Once the teams have been assembled it’ll be time to choose your theme. I’ll make a post with the available themes, and each person who has signed up to write can choose the theme they want on a first-come, first-served basis. If anyone doesn’t choose a theme within the allotted time period, the remaining themes will be arbitrarily assigned by me.

Also, as soon as all but one of the prompts have been chosen by each team, the final prompt will be assigned by me ‘by default’ so that I can close the claiming period sooner and thus extend the writing period.

While it is not required that the person who will ultimately receive the final prompt by default reply to the theme post, and even though it may seem silly to reply merely to ‘claim’ the final prompt, the date and time stamp on your comment is the only thing I have to go by should there be any confusion over who claimed which prompt first, so I highly recommend that you do so if you have the opportunity.

Also, at this time I will ask the authors if there is any day during the posting week that you will be unavailable (ie, away from home/away from the internet). Other types of posting conflicts may be taken into account if I am able. You must let me know about your posting conflict prior to the creation of the posting schedule or it will not be taken into consideration.

5. After themes have been assigned, I’ll post the posting schedule. The first fic will be due approximately one week from the day I post the schedule, and we will have two fic per day (one from team Angst and one from team Schmoop) from that day until the last fic has been posted.

Please note that once the posting schedule has been posted it will not be changed, so if you have scheduling issues, make sure I’m aware of them when you choose a theme (see 4 above).

Posting:

6. Your fic must be at least 500 words long. There is no maximum length.

7. Fic may be posted in your own journal or here at

numb3rswriteoff. If you post the fic in your own journal, you must post a link to the fic here at

numb3rswriteoff as well as include the following blurb in the fic post at your own journal:

8. You must post your fic by midnight the day it is due. (To make things easier for the writers, I’ll say midnight wherever you’re located. If that turns out too difficult to police, it will be changed to midnight my time, EST.) Pinch-hitters will have an extra 48 hours to post.

If you do not post your fic on the day it is due and you have not requested an extension due to a personal emergency, then you will be penalized. For the first infraction you will be banned from participating in the next two rounds. If you violate this rule three times you will be banned from participating in the challenge altogether.

9. Please include the following in your subject line: Theme (Team Angst) or (Team Schmoop), as the case may be.

10. Please include a header with at least the following information:

11. You must include a link to the rating poll post for your theme in your fic post. I will post the polls the day before the fic are due to be posted, so check the comm for it.

12. Please make sure that your fic fits Pairing/Character requirements for that round. For example, do not submit a Don/Charlie fic for the rare slash pairing round. If your fic does not fit the Pairing/Character requirement it will automatically be disqualified. This will hurt your team score, so please make sure your fic fits the Pairing/Character requirement before posting it.

Rating:

13. Your vote is anonymous.

14. You do not have to rate one fic over the other. You are rating each fic on its own merits.

15. Rate each fic on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the best). The criteria are:

a. how well the writer used the theme
b. how angsty/schmoopy the fic was
c. how much you liked it

16. Please only vote once in each poll. If you vote more than once, all of your votes will be disqualified.

17. Authors, please do not rate your own fic. If you do rate your own fic, all of your fic ratings for that round will be disqualified.

18. Rating for all stories will remain open for two days following the posting of the last story, including pinch-hit fic.

Pinch-Hitters:

19. If you need to back out of the challenge, you must give me at least 24 hours notice prior to the day your fic is due. If you do not contact me, and you do not post your fic the day it is due, it will negatively affect the score your team receives, so please don’t leave the rest of your team hanging.

In addition, if you back out later than 24 hours prior to the date your fic is due, then you will be penalized. For the first infraction you will be banned from participating in the next two rounds. If you violate this rule three times you will be banned from participating in the challenge altogether.

20. Pinch-hitters have 48 hours to write and post their fic.

General:

21. Only challenge responses should be posted here. This is not a comm for questions or announcements or pimping your own communities. Any OT posts will be deleted.

22. You must be a member of the community to post, though not to comment and vote.

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