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I'm only going to say this the one time, and I hope not to annoy any of you, but: registration has been reopened at [livejournal.com profile] st_respect's Ship Wars. If you or anyone you know would like to join Team Crackship, we'd love to have you.


How Ship Wars works:

Ship Wars is a fic, art, and vid challenge series for the Star Trek: TOS and Star Trek: AOS (XI, Reboot) fandoms. Here's how it goes:

1. Each participant in the wars selects a single team, representing a pairing (or, in our case, a...pairing theme).
2. At regular intervals, the Ship Wars admiralty assigns a prompt and a length.
3. Members of each team produce art, vids, or fic in response to the prompt and submit them to the team comm.
4. Team members choose the entry that will represent them at [livejournal.com profile] st_respect.
5. Each team's entry is posted on [livejournal.com profile] st_respect. Ship Wars participants read and comment on the entries.
6. A battle post is opened wherein people create explosions of sparkletext, macros, commentfic, and other eye-scorching beasts.
7. All Ship Wars participants vote on the entries.
8. Prizes are awarded for the votes, and for particularly impressive battle post shenanigans.
9. New prompt assigned. Repeat.

More detail is given in the sign-up post.

Three short prompts have been completed already. Remaining are three longer prompts, plus at least one lightning round. Calendars are here for February, March, and April.


A little about Ship Wars:

First: the Wars are not Wars. They're lighthearted and goofy and while it's nice to win, it's nicer to make people happy.

Despite the name, this thing is a unifying force. It'll get you to consider ships you'd not have, otherwise. It'll let you interact with exciting new subsets of strangers. And the entries tend to be extraordinary things, beautifully executed and really just a complete pleasure.

What am I doing here? Well, I wouldn't call myself a writer, not really. I wouldn't call myself an artist, either. But I'm an inveterate dabbler and I like a challenge. I like set prompts and hard deadlines and the freedom to be ridiculous, and I love being part of a team.

Also? Guaranteed feedback. There's nothing so addictive.


A little about Crackship:

I joined my team on a whim. I joined because I didn't think I could actually produce anything for the pairings I usually read, but figured I had a fighting chance at crack. And by crack I mean just that: any pairing that gives you pause. Scotty/Sandwiches. Kirk/Kirk. Chekov/Enterprise. Zombie!Pike/Braaains.

Crackship's about the weirdness of love, and trying to explore just how it can blossom between the unlikeliest of beings. Because, you know, IDIC and all. It's about surprising people and shaking things up and finding the beauty in the strange and unexpected.

Sometimes we'll get it just right and people will say, hey, this is messed up but I believe in Scotty/Keenser now. Or, hey, what you just did was something I've never seen before - and I liked it. And there's really nothing like that feeling.

And sometimes it is about making them scream. And laugh, and scream.

Finally, and most importantly: my teammates, they are incredible. Absolutely incredible. They are also few, and we would like them to be less few.

If you're curious, you're welcome to browse [livejournal.com profile] team_crackship (and to join in any discussions, if you so wish).


How to join mine or any team:

1. Read this post.

2. In the comments to that post, find the thread started by the Captain of your desired team. Reply in that thread. Team Crackship's is here.

3. Sign the Crew-Wide Announcement.

4. Sign the Anti-Wank Post.

5. Join the relevant team's community. Crackship's is [livejournal.com profile] team_crackship.


Registration is open until Thursday, February 11. Zank you for your time.

Date: 2010-02-06 09:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] imasupermuteant.livejournal.com
Hot damn, you're recruitment info is way better than mine!

Date: 2010-02-06 09:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lymanalpha.livejournal.com
but you have MACROS.

I just really want us to have more people. :(

Date: 2010-02-07 04:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrasaki.livejournal.com
I wanna joiiiiiiiiiiiiiin..... *whine*

Date: 2010-02-07 06:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lymanalpha.livejournal.com
It was totally my intent to ...seduce...other ships'...captains...

(but I really do hope Crackship gets more people. Being small is apparently HARD dammit.)

Date: 2010-02-07 07:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrasaki.livejournal.com
Yeah, it must be hard! if only b/c you have to basically carry your team in every challenge. :x At least I think you guys are doing an excellent job of selling your ship to other people!

Have you gotten any new people?

Date: 2010-02-08 12:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lymanalpha.livejournal.com
Aww, thanks. :) We have one whole recruit so far - exciting!

On that note. You wouldn't happen to know of any crack or rare-pairing etc. comms around, would you? It's a little weird trying to recruit when we don't quite know where to look.

Date: 2010-02-09 11:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] taraljc.livejournal.com
have you asked at [livejournal.com profile] ontd_startrek if there is a weekly pimping post? If anyone is likely to embrace the crack, it would be them?

Also, YES. being small IS hard. I am still amazed Team PikeOne ahs doubled in size! However, when your size was 5, erm, 10 is less impressive? Also, the fact that the already 50+ teams are now, like, 70+ teams is pretty damned scary...

Date: 2010-02-09 11:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lymanalpha.livejournal.com
Holy crap they have a lot of people. Hm. Thank you! I will get right on that!

I will always find PikeOne impressive. And 10 is ACTUAL FACTS impressive when you have...I think we have 7 now. The rampaging hordes are utterly terrifying, though, regardless.

Date: 2010-02-25 03:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demonbloodadict.livejournal.com
I just wanna say that if I had understood that Team Tribble does not post, only watches, I would have joined Team Crackship instead. You are a fantastic writer and your team is amazing. I love reading Crackship.

Date: 2010-02-25 05:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lymanalpha.livejournal.com
Awww. :( We would've loved to have you.

But thanks for the support! We at [livejournal.com profile] team_crackship will do everything in our power to keep you entertained. :D (You're welcome to hang with us at the team comm, too. We're still a small team and crack's the kind of thing that shares well with others.)

Date: 2010-02-25 08:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demonbloodadict.livejournal.com
I'll be like your pet crack addictted tribble that cheers for you guys. ;)

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