We are at the HALF-WAY POINT in the Snarry Games! This means the fantastic number of 35 have been posted. Now's your chance to go back and catch up! We have many more extraordinary and wonderful stories to share with you, beginning again tomorrow morning. Thank you for supporting the Snarry Games. Enjoy!


( 35 ENTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, with links and summaries )

There is still so much more to come! Don't forget to vote and review! You can pimp your favourite team, or both teams, using our graphics found HERE.

Stay tuned,

The Mod Squad

2008 Snarry Winter Games are about to begin!

FAQs, Rules and Voting


The 2008 Snarry Winter Games will officially begin posting today, on April 19, 2008.


We will post TWICE a DAY, one per team - DRAGON & PHOENIX, until all the entries are in: 70 total. SEVENTY! Special posting arrangements are given to fics of exceptional length.

At the end of it all, we will allow approximately one week for the judges to have time to catch up on their voting for the Games entries. After that, we take the polls down, and the mods will begin the count. During the voting Hiatus, there will be more entertainment, stay tuned.

There will be NO POSTS at our Livejournal community.

We have a Livejournal RSS FEED that you can watch. We thank you all for your support during our move to safer waters.


( Our 2008 Snarry Games Champions and their chosen Prompts and Genres )

( Poll Rules and Regulations )

( FAQs )

Any questions, comments or concerns? Please comment to this post. Thank you!




We wish both Teams the best of luck in their battle to win GOLD.


Remember: Alone, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.



On that note....

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Thank you, and enjoy!

Snarry Games Mod Squad.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT


As most of you are aware, InsaneJournal is experiencing some serious technical difficulties at this time.

We are certain that this will be rectified in time for our Games start date of April 19, however, if it is not, we will have no choice but to delay the opening of the snarry_games, as we no longer post *content* on Livejournal, nor will we.

We will keep you updated.

Thank you!
DJ

Friends of Snarry,

The Games Mod Squad would like you all to know that one of our premiere Champions, swtalmnd, three-time Gold and Silver medalist, has put up her extraordinary original Snarry painting, Unbound by Gravity, done for dementordelta's story The World as it Is, on the sale block.

Here is a teaser - click on the picture to take you to her Art Sale post. Get an original Snarry Games piece for yourself!

The snarry_games mods would all like to congratulate and wish the hd_worldcup players and its mods good luck in their upcoming Games!

The Maintainer of those Games, wook77, contacted us in regards to animal rescue situation. We wanted to take a moment from all the Snarry Goodness to share with you information about it.

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In the past month, an animal organisation in Tucson, Arizona has helped to break up a fighting dog breeding ring. This resulted in 150 pitbulls being housed at Pima Animal Care Center with the Humane Society of Southern Arizona taking in approximately 70-80 dogs from PACC and adopting them out.

Now - Pima County has a huge hoarding case. At last count (the animals are still rolling in so it's rather hard to give you a completely up to date number) there are 755 dogs and 40 exotic birds. There are puppies being born as I type this. The conditions at the house were horrible - the carpet squished from the urine. In addition - the dogs were stacked in crates one on top of another. These crates were open wire cages. This started as a puppy mill and quickly became a hoarding case.

Some links so you can see what is going on - CNN Video. Official HSSA Information: http://www.hssaz.org/news_chihuahua_rescue.html

To put it bluntly - there is no way that the Humane Society has the financial resources to take care of 800 animals unexpectedly. They normally house 200 dogs. They have converted the large conference room to house the exotic birds. They have converted their training center into an emergency triage/shelter for the dogs.

Considering that the HSSA is housing these animals, I'm going to link to the HSSA website donation information - Donate. Please.

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We would also like to remind viewers here in Livejournal that we no longer post any entries here, though we are posting DAILY right now over at InsaneJournal. Champion Interviews and Opening Games Crack!Art galore!

You can watch on IJ here: Snarry Games on IJ or add the RSS Feed to your flist here by clicking THIS.

The snarry_games begins posting the 2008 Winter Games stories April 19-20!

Just dropping a note to let you know that our teams have decided to use their Champion Interview as a forum to do comment pr0n based on certain answers they give. You should check it out!

We would like to extend our thanks to the wonderful xingou for our fantastic new 2008 Snarry Games Layout, using the most excellent art by tripperfunster!! Tripp drew some *new* art exclusively for the Games, based on the Genres this round (AR Superman!Harry omg!!), and allowed the use of her previous works for a collage, then xingou ran with it.

You can find it at both LJ and the main comm at IJ!

We have also begun posting the Opening Games Crack!Art, which is already trickling in! Do you want to try your hand at it? See the invite post HERE.

OPENING GAMES CRACK!ART!

In 2007, the Summer Art Games Champions from the year prior graced us with a hilarious collection of Opening Games Crack!Art to keep us occupied during our wait for the Winter Author Games posting to begin.

This year, we invite both the previous Champions as well as any artist who wishes to try their hand at Snarry Crack!Art.

Here's what you need to do:

We have begun posting the CHAMPION INTERVIEWS!

We remind those of you on livejournal that we no longer post here, and if you wish to keep track of the ever-active Snarry Games Community before the actual Games begins posting, please add the GAMES RSS FEED to your flist, so you can see all that is happening on IJ!

Thanks!

We were approached by some Remus/Sirius fans a while ago, and look! They have finished their most excellent community, and sign-ups start soon! We congratulate them and wish them much success with their first ever Games! We welcome as an affiliate:





Art created by nk_aoede and banner created by basisers_gais. Thank you!

It's official!
Signups for rs_games will begin on February 25th and end on March 3rd at Midnight EST. For more information and rules please go HERE.

Do you have what it takes to win the proverbial puppy shipper gold?

Good luck, rs_games!

I give you the Master List of Prompts and Genres for the 2008 Winter Games:

*FIRES STARTING GUN*

We give you the Master List of Prompts and Genres for the 2008 Winter Games! (link to IJ)

You can support your favourite authors and teams by using our 2008 Graphics.

Feel free to peruse our 2006 and 2007 Snarry Games Entries, both author and artist, from Teams Romance and Angst, and Teams Wartime and Postwar. 2007 Summer Art Games can be found on insane journal here: Team Angst, and here: Team Romance.

♥Thank you to tripperfunster for the beautiful 2008 Art, and to swtalmnd for the graphics and banners, and to pervart and xingou for the icons! Very soon we will have the new layout up, courtesy of xingou and tripperfunster.

We will not be idle while the authors write furiously for the April posting dates, please stay tuned for our Champion Interviews, and details on our 2008 Opening Games Crack!Art festival!

We also have a new affiliate we will be announcing shortly!

On that note....

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

This theme of fire this year has me thinking. Two years ago, we were working madly at this time of year to create a lasting archive after the implosion of Detention, a much-loved Snarry site. With lots of hours, some stellar efforts, and the miracle of compromise, a new Walking the Plank was born from the ashes of Detention.

( where we came from )

As a matter of fact, djin7 created the Snarry Games initially as a celebration of the rebirth of Walking the Plank, and a wish to share the joy of Snarry. The structure has served it well, and WTP will be up nearly twice as long as Detention when it celebrates its 2 year anniversary on Valentine's Day, February 14th.

( looking toward the future )

If you are interested in volunteering, please visit us on the WTP forum. Everyone is welcome, and your unique skills will be appreciated!


The Snarry Games and Walking the Plank have always had a symbiotic relationship, and always will. We were born at the same time, and for the same reason: preserving the Snarry for those who love it. Whether you visit one or both, whether you read or volunteer, we appreciate you. The same fire burns within us all.

"I'm so excited about the Games this year! Look at the talent we have lined up!"

"I know, Alicia! These two teams are just phenomenal. The Games are going to be so wild this year. What do you think, Leila?"

"Um, what? Sorry, DJ, this phone connection is awful. Crappy service out here."

"I asked what your thoughts are about the Games - the two teams are really evenly matched and competition is going to be fierce."

"The game? I can't believe you even have to ask me that. GO PATRIOTS! W00t! NEW ENGLAND RULES!"

"Hey! Whaddaya mean Patriots? GIANTS, BABY! NEW YORK REPRESENTIN'!"

"Leila! Lisa! I meant the SNARRY GAMES! *facepalms* And on that note..."





See who's still standing when the flames roar in the 2008 Snarry Games"

2008 WINTER AUTHOR GAMES SIGN UP POST (On Insane Journal)

Ok, then.

We have calculated the results of our poll(s), and the results are interesting.

Team Alternate Universe and Team Alternate Reality came out on top, with 37% of the total vote. Next closest was Team Romance and Team Angst at 24% of the vote. If we decide to go with AU vs. AR, rest assured that we will be using a clear definition for everyone.

We are still considering another option, which we are keeping under our hats, for now.

66% of you want the Champions to be identified or don't care either way.

Here comes the tricky bits. An overwhelming amount of you - 65%, want the Author and Artist Games kept separate, the same as 2006 and 2007.

However, there was a lot of interest for Art/Author collaboration - 83% would consider or be interested in a change of games to have both Author/Artist, especially if the mods assigned partners (75%).

Due to the extreme increase in fandom fests, and the overall lack of interest for them, if we do amalgamate the Games (have both Authors and Artists together) then the Games could run at an optimum time, when few others do.

Such as: July, for 40% of the vote.

So, before we announce or make any changes, we have one more small poll for you, to help the mods decide if we announce the 'Winter Author Games' this weekend for posting in the usual April/May, or if we hold off and announce a collaborative and/or mixed 'One Big Games' for the summer only.

Please let us know what you think, both as potential Champions as well as Spectators. Thank you!

Poll #1119362 The Final Countdown
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Winter Games/Summer Games or One Big Games?

If there is One Big Games, I would want:

Comments, suggestions? Thank you all for your excellent comments and points on our poll posts, they were very helpful in our quest to find answers and see what the fans prefer. We appreciate it, and will respond to every one shortly.

Cheers!

Welcome, Snarry Games fans and participants! The Mod Squad has been in deep discussions about the logistics, ideas and possibilities for the 2008 Games.

We wish to always strive to make our fest better, and improve every year based on the feedback we receive from both the Champions and the Spectators. This year, we are considering even more changes. We are considering some major ones, my friends. But first, we wish your feedback.

Please take a few moments to fill out our poll, and feel free to comment with any and all concerns or ideas to help us improve and make our 2008 Games the best year ever!

( The Future of the Snarry Games Poll )

The Mod Squad at the Snarry Games are very excited about our newest affiliate. We've been waiting for some time for this to come to fruition, and what an exciting and fantastic way to honour the spirit of our Games than with this! We are pleased to present:






Go support our friends!

Cheers!

The most esteemed chaeche has finished the 2007 Art Games Tribute Video! Go see it here:

2007 Art Games Tribute Video!


Thank you, Rachel!