END OF SIGNUP PERIOD ANNOUNCEMENTS

[hso_mods]

And that's a wrap! All members of four-or-fewer member teams have been moved to Team English; a full list can be found at the bottom of this post. If anyone has been placed on this list in error, please email us immediately.

We are currently compiling a list of palhonchos who have not checked in and members who have been reported absent in check-in; once we have done so, we will reassign palhonchoship where necessary and open up team slots for you to switch, if you would like. That list should go up some time this weekend.

Team changes will be closed for 24 hours (until 11:59 PM June 2nd) while we sort out all these changes and absences.

At this time, we would like to request that members of Teams Cruxtruder and Incipisphere email us individually to check in, as there's been some general confusion about the Alchemiter teams and we'd just like to know who's still present, where you are, and so on! Additionally, members of the remaining Alchemiter teams (Ectobiology, Kernelsprite, Parcel Pyxis) should join their respective team comms (shipping_lab, kernelspritelounge, team_parcelpyxis) immediately and check in with their palhoncho, if they have not done so already.

Teams Condesce♥Handmaid and Dave♥Vriska, congratulations on becoming conifmed! Members of Dave♥Vriska should confer with one another and appoint a palhoncho and vice-palhoncho as soon as possible. Once you have done so, the palhoncho should email us with that information and the address of your team comm.

A revised tagging policy will go up some time this weekend or early next week; we apologize for the delay, but we've all been very swamped lately, and we don't want to put it up until there are enough of us on hand to respond to your concerns in a timely fashion! ♥

And on that note, we've got one last announcement to make. The past couple of weeks have been pretty difficult for all of us on the mod team, as we've all had very busy personal lives in addition to our HSO responsibilities, and I (influx) think that at times, it became too much for us. Unfortunately, this means we're a little behind! We are currently in discussion about how to best restructure the challenge with regards to scoring, rounds, and so forth so that we can run it more efficiently, and we are also in the process of looking for a sixth moderator. We're confident that, after the necessary changes are made, everything will run smoothly and without delay--however, this will take some time. Accordingly, we are pushing the HSO schedule back one week.

What this means:

• The round 1 and collab round prompts will go up as scheduled on June 2nd (tomorrow), but round 1 entries will be due one week later than originally announced, at 11:59 PM on June 23. The voting period will be adjusted accordingly.


• Bonus Round 1 will also be delayed one week. It will go up the evening of June 9.


• We will be publishing an amended schedule at the end of the week! Until then, please assume that all deadlines and events are one week later than stated on the schedule page.

Below is the list of participants still on four-or-less-member teams as of 11:59 PM June 1st.



All participants on this list have been moved to Team English. If you think this is in error, please contact us immediately.

0dalesque
1327
actoffate
aerococonut
airywind
benificantdoodler
blackpawws
blacksinger
brumbalicious
capnrolal
cerrybaum
cuddlyfish
craigosaurus
cuffywings
cuppacats
d_shoes
dapperstuck
darkdragonkyra
deityofmink
discordantguru
dj_col7
dracoricmistress
eanbie
eriqalraun
fangedfangirl
fencesatmidnight
flamingstumpy
gallowsalligator
gingertoadstool
grotesquery
horchata
ibiscolors
idiomatic
jabberwockii
jesscookie
katcoo13
legacyofterra
loviatar
ludicrouscupcake
meguido
napalmarts
natleimas
oliolioxenphree
paradoxcase
polliwogger
pr0ph3t
prospitheir
quipu
randomvriskafan
rockettodan
rogueoftime
rythos
saybirds
scampers
scorpionsatellite
semeterezi
senatorlemonsnout
shionhojou
sillystrings
silverkunama
smileypeace27
solfood
squiddygnostalgic
syluscanis
sour-idealist
theelectricspecter
tidalwave
turntechgaybutt
trevsbooty
troubleclef27
tyrianterror
unearthlyshoepolish
vodka_mutini
wolfskitten
zeekaice



Thank you for bearing with us this long--you've all been great! We're sorry you've had so much of a wait, and even sorrier to extend it, but we hope you're still excited about the challenge, because we definitely are. ♥