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Speed Dating is in the Air
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craftyladyparts.livejournal.comIt's February and if you're good at annual pattern recognition, you surely realize that it is once again time for THREE MINUTE DATES!
On Saturday, February 16th, the people who sign up in this post will be thrown at five people by the whim of fate, the RNG, and me as I sob while trying to make sure people don't date someone twice or themself once. And, if they're lucky, they'll find true love. I'm sure it's happened at least once in the past several years!
The traditional rules:
*3 Minutes = 10 pings, 5 from each character. You can of course take a ping or two to wrap things up, but please be efficient. Anyway, if you're going to need more time with the new love of your life (or of the night), there will be a regular Caritas post set after 3MD.
*3MD is open to both adults and teenagers. Teachers and students will never be paired together, but students and townies might be, provided they are close enough in age to not be weird and possibly illegal, or I can't avoid it for some reason.
*A strong attempt to pair characters up by sexual preference will be made. That said, gay/bi characters may end up with straight characters who have absolutely no interest. Or straight characters may end up together. That happens sometimes. Or regularly.
*You can sign up with as many on-island characters as you want, but please keep in mind that each one commits you to 5 threads with people in all sorts of time zones. Try not to sign up more than you can reasonably handle. That way everyone can have a chance to complete all of their dates.
*The post will go up Friday evening (February 15) and will be available for slowplay through the weekend. The bulk of the playing should take place on Saturday, but if you need to wrap things up on Sunday, that's fine. If you sign up and later find out that you won't be around at all on February 16, PLEASE let me know to take your characters off the list, especially if you've signed up with multiple characters. And if you know you won't be around at all that day, please don't sign up. It never feels good when somebody has a bunch of threads without any interaction.
If you're interested, please leave a comment to this post with your character's first and last names (like it would be on a sign-up sheet), type (student, teacher, townie) and gender preference (if any). Comments are screened by default, questions will be unscreened and answered. Also, if you're signing up a townie that can't drink at the Devil's Nest, let me know if you'd rather be matched with teenagers or adults (or no preference). Signups will be open through Wednesday, February 13 at 11:59 PM Central to give me time to smash random numbers together.
On Saturday, February 16th, the people who sign up in this post will be thrown at five people by the whim of fate, the RNG, and me as I sob while trying to make sure people don't date someone twice or themself once. And, if they're lucky, they'll find true love. I'm sure it's happened at least once in the past several years!
The traditional rules:
*3 Minutes = 10 pings, 5 from each character. You can of course take a ping or two to wrap things up, but please be efficient. Anyway, if you're going to need more time with the new love of your life (or of the night), there will be a regular Caritas post set after 3MD.
*3MD is open to both adults and teenagers. Teachers and students will never be paired together, but students and townies might be, provided they are close enough in age to not be weird and possibly illegal, or I can't avoid it for some reason.
*A strong attempt to pair characters up by sexual preference will be made. That said, gay/bi characters may end up with straight characters who have absolutely no interest. Or straight characters may end up together. That happens sometimes. Or regularly.
*You can sign up with as many on-island characters as you want, but please keep in mind that each one commits you to 5 threads with people in all sorts of time zones. Try not to sign up more than you can reasonably handle. That way everyone can have a chance to complete all of their dates.
*The post will go up Friday evening (February 15) and will be available for slowplay through the weekend. The bulk of the playing should take place on Saturday, but if you need to wrap things up on Sunday, that's fine. If you sign up and later find out that you won't be around at all on February 16, PLEASE let me know to take your characters off the list, especially if you've signed up with multiple characters. And if you know you won't be around at all that day, please don't sign up. It never feels good when somebody has a bunch of threads without any interaction.
If you're interested, please leave a comment to this post with your character's first and last names (like it would be on a sign-up sheet), type (student, teacher, townie) and gender preference (if any). Comments are screened by default, questions will be unscreened and answered. Also, if you're signing up a townie that can't drink at the Devil's Nest, let me know if you'd rather be matched with teenagers or adults (or no preference). Signups will be open through Wednesday, February 13 at 11:59 PM Central to give me time to smash random numbers together.