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fhplotterywheel2025-02-03 08:03 am
throughaphase) wrote in fhplotterywheel2025-02-03 08:03 am
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Three Minute Dates!
It's that time of year again!
And you're probably going "sex pollen!"
And YES, but also, THREE MINUTE DATES! Which will happen Saturday, February 15, aka the last day of pollen. Mwahaha.
The rules:
*3 Minutes = 10 pings, up to 5 from each character. You can of course take a ping or two to wrap things up, but please be efficient. If you're going to need more time with the new friend/love of your life/ONS, there will be a regular Caritas post set after 3MD.
*3MD is open to everyone. Since adults can take classes and students were getting really difficult, it will all be one category now, however i will now be asking for ages (roundabout, don't worry if you don't have a set one). This is because we still probably don't want an 18-year-old dating their teacher or whatever because it went badly when it happened on Saved By the Bell: The College Years, mostly. You will not necessarily be limited to a certain age range (though I will try to stay as appropriate as possible this time), that will depend on signups and what I end up with as I'm sobbing over pairing everyone up in a way that works.
*An attempt to pair characters up by sexual preference will be made. That said, it also depends on signups and it's more likely that you'll end up with a mix of genders that you/your character may not have signed up for.
*You can sign up with as many characters as you want, but please keep in mind that each one commits you to up to 5 threads with people in all sorts of time zones with all kinds of schedules. 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, the 14th, 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 15, 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.
At this stage in the game the number of rounds will depend entirely on the number of people who sign up. The more players sign up, the more variety in your dates! If you want to make sure you're not fake dating the same player a lot, convince your friends to sign up to widen the pool. This is open to anyone who's on island that weekend. Do you conveniently have an alumni who might show up for the weekend and get roped in? GOOD. Would your character absolutely not do this and be nowhere near Caritas on purpose? I guess it's time to get kidnapped by some Fandom wildlife to hang out at a bar for up to fifteen or so minutes, or something! Does your character not want a date but just wants to talk to people? Perfect! Are you in a committed, loving relationship? DON'T CARE! In fact you probably should meet friends outside of it to keep it healthy!
IMPORTANT: if for whatever reason you don't think your character would sign up for 3MD during pollen, the event will be ICly announced this week with (handwavily if you need it) signups through the week. Just in case you need them to innocently jot their name down before knowing what's happening.
If you think your signed-up character would try not to show up because of pollen, or they'd be too busy banging someone, Kitty WILL send out messages reminding people of their commitment, but ONLY if you need her to. Also I'll give permission for anyone to mod Tino into getting them to the bar however you want, again, only if needed.
SO. If you'd like to participate (PLEASE DO!!), drop a screened comment below with your character's name (how you want them listed in the post), type (student/townie/teacher/alum) and sexual preference (if any) by Thursday the 13th at midnight CST so I can smush all your characters together.
And you're probably going "sex pollen!"
And YES, but also, THREE MINUTE DATES! Which will happen Saturday, February 15, aka the last day of pollen. Mwahaha.
The rules:
*3 Minutes = 10 pings, up to 5 from each character. You can of course take a ping or two to wrap things up, but please be efficient. If you're going to need more time with the new friend/love of your life/ONS, there will be a regular Caritas post set after 3MD.
*3MD is open to everyone. Since adults can take classes and students were getting really difficult, it will all be one category now, however i will now be asking for ages (roundabout, don't worry if you don't have a set one). This is because we still probably don't want an 18-year-old dating their teacher or whatever because it went badly when it happened on Saved By the Bell: The College Years, mostly. You will not necessarily be limited to a certain age range (though I will try to stay as appropriate as possible this time), that will depend on signups and what I end up with as I'm sobbing over pairing everyone up in a way that works.
*An attempt to pair characters up by sexual preference will be made. That said, it also depends on signups and it's more likely that you'll end up with a mix of genders that you/your character may not have signed up for.
*You can sign up with as many characters as you want, but please keep in mind that each one commits you to up to 5 threads with people in all sorts of time zones with all kinds of schedules. 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, the 14th, 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 15, 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.
At this stage in the game the number of rounds will depend entirely on the number of people who sign up. The more players sign up, the more variety in your dates! If you want to make sure you're not fake dating the same player a lot, convince your friends to sign up to widen the pool. This is open to anyone who's on island that weekend. Do you conveniently have an alumni who might show up for the weekend and get roped in? GOOD. Would your character absolutely not do this and be nowhere near Caritas on purpose? I guess it's time to get kidnapped by some Fandom wildlife to hang out at a bar for up to fifteen or so minutes, or something! Does your character not want a date but just wants to talk to people? Perfect! Are you in a committed, loving relationship? DON'T CARE! In fact you probably should meet friends outside of it to keep it healthy!
IMPORTANT: if for whatever reason you don't think your character would sign up for 3MD during pollen, the event will be ICly announced this week with (handwavily if you need it) signups through the week. Just in case you need them to innocently jot their name down before knowing what's happening.
If you think your signed-up character would try not to show up because of pollen, or they'd be too busy banging someone, Kitty WILL send out messages reminding people of their commitment, but ONLY if you need her to. Also I'll give permission for anyone to mod Tino into getting them to the bar however you want, again, only if needed.
SO. If you'd like to participate (PLEASE DO!!), drop a screened comment below with your character's name (how you want them listed in the post), type (student/townie/teacher/alum) and sexual preference (if any) by Thursday the 13th at midnight CST so I can smush all your characters together.