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hso_mods ([personal profile] hso_mods) wrote in [community profile] hs_olympics2012-08-12 03:12 pm
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Bonus Round 6

Bonus Round 6


Recs


Hey, shippers! This is the last bonus round, which we’re all very sad about. So let’s talk about some of the awesome stuff created throughout the HSO!

Rules
  1. Rec at least three fanworks from the main or bonus rounds! They do not have to be connected to each other in any way.

  2. You may not recommend material created by members of your own team.

  3. Each recommendation must include at least three full sentences about why it’s awesome. Please use the format specified below.

  4. You may recommend as many sets as you like, so long as each set has at least three recs in it.


Title & Rec Format
If you are doing a fill, use this format in your title.

Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team YOU belong to; please use the characters and quadrant, not whatever portmanteau or nickname you've come up with.
If your team name is not in this format and in the title we cannot guarantee that it will be counted.

The content of the post should be in this format (extend as necessary):


Posts not using this format in the title will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, no matter what they contain. They, like all comments on the comm, are subject to the Wank Policy.

Scoring
For fills (as stated here):
First 5 entries in each post: 30 (per entry)
Entries 6-10 in each post: 20 (per entry)
Entries 11-15 in each post: 10 (per entry)
Entries 16+ in each post: 5 (per entry)

If you have any questions, please ask them at the FAQ post here, or email them to us (homestuck.shipping at gmail). Otherwise, we cannot guarantee that we will see them in a timely fashion!
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Re: FILL: Team Karkat<3Karkat

[personal profile] gjarble 2012-08-23 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much for the Bro<3Grandpa rec! It means a lot to us, and I love seeing the reactions it's been getting. I figured I should say a bit about the thought process behind the card game since you seemed curious. You are correct that the starting point was Hearts. It's very simplified/stripped-down from what Windows Hearts players might be familiar with, because A. we didn't want to force the player to memorize a bunch of new rules just for that one segment of the flash, and B. I didn't have the time to program that stuff anyway. The only other modifications to the basic game were penalizing spades, especially the Jack of Spades, instead of hearts (so DD could make that crack at Jack's expense), and some modifications to the points system so the game would be shorter but still balanced (a genuine Hearts game takes, like, 30-60 minutes at least, which would be way too long compared to the rest of the flash). I'm glad you liked it!