August Chocobo Races: Round-Up

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Congratulations, racers! The first month of Chocobo Racing is complete, and wow, we have started off strong. We have 17 works earning points this month.

In first place:

Team Ifrit: 90 points

In second place:

Team Ramuh: 60 points

In third place:

Team Shiva: 20 points

Team Ifrit has started off strong! But Team Ramuh is not too far behind; Team Shiva may be struggling a bit, but with a good showing next month, they can easily catch up. It's still anyone's game!

Just some reminders for everyone:

• Please make sure you include the prompt that you are writing for somewhere when you post your work! (On AO3, there's a Notes section; on LJ or DW, please include it with your headers.) You should be filling a legitimate Chocobo Down or Chocobo Racing prompt for your work to count for points! We may not have been clear on this, so we were generous with our points delivery this month, but for future reference: please include the actual prompt you are filling somewhere the mods can easily find it, for our records.


• We had a couple works squeeze in at the end of the deadline – awesome work, guys! Don't worry about it – if you're close to the deadline and we haven't posted anything in the LJ/DW communities yet, we'll probably let you have the points. :D

Take a look under the cut – there's some amazing love for rare characters, pairings, and relationships showing up this round. Or browse all of the work here (since it all ended up on AO3 this round!).

( August Chocobo Racing – Summary )

Stay tuned for the September round – we'll be posting the theme soon!

September Chocobo Races!

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DOINK! Chocobo Races 2012
September Theme: Makeout Month

Administrative Bits

• If you haven't yet chosen your team, make sure you sign up here if you want your work to count for points!
• Confused? Need a refresher on the rules? Wondering how to post? Get more information about Chocobo Racing here.
• You can browse the Chocobo Down list at any time!

September's Bonus Theme
This month is Makeout Month -- meaning any work that gets a little bit frisky gets bonus points during September! Anything from a kiss to a kink counts for the bonus, whether it's demure or down-and-dirty, so feel free to interpret those prompts any way you want.

How will the scoring go?

• Any work that fits the theme of Makeout Month will receive 10 points.
• Any work that doesn't fit the September theme, but is submitted in September, will still receive 5 points.
• Remember that you have to be signed up for a team before you post your work in order to get points!

What prompts are eligible for this month?

• Official Chocobo Down Database
• August's Rare Character / Rare Relationship Prompt Post
• September's prompt post (see below)

What if there isn't anything in the Chocobo Down Database that I want to create for? What if I want to ask for something else?
Just like last month, we'll open an entry for prompts in about one week. This way everybody can look through our unfilled prompt list first and get started there, before we generate new prompts.

What if I don't like creating work with makeouts?

• You can fill any of the prompts in any way, and still get points for your team! Even without the bonus, your points are important!
• Next month will be right up your alley. ;)

Some reminders for this round:

• Please include the prompt you are filling somewhere when you post your work!
• Since the mods can't guarantee we have the time to look at every work ourselves, please make sure it's obvious that your piece contains makeouts in the headers (label with a pairing, a kink, etc) - this makes our lives easier.
• This has the potential to be a kink-heavy month, which is awesome! Because not all kinks are everyone's cup of tea, please be extra conscious about your labeling, especially if you are gifting your work to the prompter.
• All kinks are welcomed and encouraged this month. Let's all be awesome to each other about this.

Ready, Set, Go... Let's see some makeouts!