Questions Post

[infinimato]

Have questions about the rules? Or something else? Ask them here!

Comments

[alexseanchai]

I didn't have a question, I was just gonna say now I want to see John Winchester and Sam Carter, but now I do have a question: why's commenting restricted to members?

[cordialcount]

Could you give your rationale for the rating restriction? Some people rate dark themes and plot elements (or graphic violence, past mentions of sex, etc.) mature, and I think this fest's concept is fascinating but am curious where the exclusionary line will be drawn.

[jack_of_none]

Sorry to be a bother but I was wondering why you listed PG-maximum? I understand that explicit/nc-17 tends to mean sexual content, which you want to avoid, but there are a lot of ways a fic can go up in the the R/Mature zone without being about sex or relationships. I ask because I read/write a lot of horror-themed gen and don't want to step on any toes.

[taichara]

Will entries automatically be submitted to AO3, or is that an optional feature?

[wendelah1]

So the prompt can be a fandom (or two) and a character name (or two)? Providing anything else is optional?

Your spoiler policy is six months? So for any television fandom, anything specific to the entire fall season would need to go behind a spoiler cut? For any new series, the entire series?

What about books and movies? If it's from the last third of 2012, put it behind a cut, otherwise no need?

Can you request "any character, any fandom," with a specific prompt?

[ozqueen]

Do prompts always have to have two or more characters? Could you prompt a fandom and just one character?

[taichara]

Me again --

Just wanted to check, but how would you prefer one write a prompt for a fandom that has multiple iterations/versions?

The difference between the Marvel and Dreamwave and IDW series for Transformers (G1), for example, or even between versions in different media (animation/game/book/manga/etc) ...

[(Anonymous)]

Will you allow higher rated fic in future gen battles?

[fffffff01.livejournal.com]

Hey thanks for hosting this. Looking forward to participating.

Anyway, I was wondering if it was also possible to prompt/fill using a mail-to-mod proxy type thing like in porn-battle?

I was also a bit confused about the rules - this is supposed to be 'gen battle' using both the no-romance genre and the general-audience rating definitions, but then the rules also say that PG and PG-13 rated fics are allowed? MPAA ratings aren't my 'native' ratings, but I though PG-13 means 'restricted/parental guidance for under-13s' not the 'general' rating, right? Could you please clarify about that?

[justhuman]

I've got crossover prompts dancing in my head. Can we call out teams or ensembles verses specific characters?

[alexseanchai]

Can I prompt something like 'Supernatural, any female character who appeared in only one episode'?

[cantarina]

Aside from extremely vague phrasing, how should I handle spoilery prompts? Should I skip them altogether?

[xans]

Okay, I appear to have only just discovered this and totally missed the prompt gathering while away on my honeymoon. There are going to be more of these, though, right? And I can wait for the next one to list any prompts I have?

correction of fandom name

[eliyes]

I tried to fix this by replying to my prompt comment (as per the "don't edit prompt comments" rule) --

In the crossover prompts, "Batgirl (comics, 2009-2011)/Magnificent 7 (TV show)" should be "Batgirl (comics, 2009-2011)/The Magnificent Seven (TV show)".

I got the tv show's name wrong when I posted the prompts (because I'm so used to the fandom's shortcut of using the numeral instead of the word for the number).

[eliyes]

King of Fighters: King, license, [any]

Erm... [any] seems to be appended whenever there are no optional prompt words after the characters. Just to be clear, here, King is a character in King of Fighters (and also in Art of Fighting), and license was the optional extra bit.

[ozqueen]

So if we write a fill, instead of posting it as a comment to the prompts post, we post it as a whole new post to the community? I just want to be sure before I do anything.

Edit: Never mind, I somehow skimmed over the dot point that explicitly says this.

Haha, I think it's time to unsubscribe before everyone starts posting fills :P

[her_own_faiths]

I have a correction for a name, I replied to my comment in the prompts post but I guess it was too late for you to see. I mixed up character & actress names, so the single Raging Phoenix prompt should be:

Raging Phoenix: Deu & Pai, rebuilding shattered lives & hearts

Also, may I ask why you chose the filling method to be in new posts rather than in comments to the prompts post? I don't necessarily object, it's just rather surprising for someone who's used to the porn battle method of filling in the comments.

[bring_me_sugar]

Hello! I've posted my first fill and tried to tag my fic, but I'm not allowed to add tags. Just alerting you!

[kalloway]

There seems to be a Fullmetal Alchemist prompt mashed onto the DN Angel prompt.