THE 2012 HOMESTUCK SHIPPING OLYMPICS

Hello shippers! Here is the shortlist for the Round Three entries that you voted for:

Sector 1 alpha!dave♥alpha!rose aradia♥rose autoresponder♥roxy bro♥john dave♥dave dave♥jade davesprite♥jade dirk♦roxy gamzee♥roxy john♦vriska john♥karkat mindfang♠redglare nepeta♥terezi terezi♥vriska

Sector 2 aradia♥equius bro♥grandpa dad♥roxy dave♥eridan dave♥rose♥terezi davesprite♥karkat dirk♥jake♥jane♥roxy eridan♥roxy jade♥rose kanaya♥vriska tavros♥vriska

Sector 3 aradia♦tavros bro♥dave dave♥john dave♥kanaya♥rose dave♥karkat dirk♥equius dirk♥jake dolorosa♥mindfang eridan♦rose jake♥terezi rose♥roxy sollux♥terezi

Sector 4 aradia♦sollux dave♠gamzee dave♥jake dave♥rose dave♥terezi eridan♥karkat eridan♥sollux eridan♠sollux grandhighblood♠summoner jade♥kanaya♥rose jade♥john♥karkat jade♥karkat john♥rose john♥vriska

If this table seems imbalanced that's because, it is! Due to a lack of voter turnout we had several ties, and in the case of sector 2 the votes were so concentrated we couldn't get an entry for slot 12. Voting for this phase will be up soon!

Meanwhile, the entries for the collab round are also up! But due to numbers we will not be doing bracketed votes for the collab round, so please read and play all of the entries! We'll be making a post closer to the voting period, collecting the entries for your convenience. For now you can find them here, here, here and here!

Happy shipping!

Hey shippers! We're still getting the voting form set up, but in the meantime, here are the top 12 from each sector in alphabetical order:

Sector 1 alpha!dave♥alpha!rose aradia♥feferi aradia♥rose bro♥dad bro♥john dave♥dave dave♥jade dirk♦roxy equius♥gamzee gamzee♥roxy nepeta♥terezi terezi♥vriska

Sector 2 ALCHEM:parcelpyxis bro♥grandpa dad♥roxy dave♥eridan dave♥rose♥terezi dirk♥jake♥jane♥roxy eridan♥feferi♥sollux♠eridan jade♥rose kanaya♥vriska karkat♥sollux rose♥sollux sollux♦terezi

Sector 3 aradia♥jade bro♥dave dave♥john dave♥karkat dirk♥equius dirk♥jake eridan♦rose equius♥eridan equius♦nepeta gamzee♥tavros kanaya♦karkat karkat♦sollux rose♥roxy

Sector 4 aradia♦sollux dave♥rose dave♥sollux dave♥terezi dirk♥roxy eridan♥karkat feferi♥jade gamzee♥jane jade♥john♥karkat jade♥kanaya♥rose jade♥karkat john♥rose

Round 3 entries are also up and available! We forgot to announce those, sorry.

Sector One will be reading from Sector Four this round;
Sector Two from Sector One;
Sector Three from Sector Two;
and Sector Four from Sector Three.

Round Three Phase One voting will be up some time this weekend. Happy shipping~

Hey, shippers!

We're sorry for the delay, but the Round Two Phase One voting is up now! We've had a lot of problems with gforms, which we've been using for the voting up until now--some of you know this very well!--so we're trying things a little differently this time, and we hope that it will work better. This round, you'll post your votes in screened comments on DW, and we will enter the votes into our handy dandy spreadsheet by hand, which should minimize screwups! Unfortunately, this means we will no longer be able to weight votes to account for which entries were read more frequently. We ask that you instead please read as much of your assigned sector as you reasonably can before voting, and that you not vote if you have not read a majority of the entries.

You must vote for five different teams, all of which must have submitted entries in this round of the HSO. Incorrect voting will be disregarded, and may be penalized.

Members of Sector One should vote here.
Members of Sector Two should vote here.
Members of Sector Three should vote here.
Members of Sector Four should vote here.

Voting will close this Saturday, July 21, at 11:59 PM EST.

You can find the voting form here. ETA: link should be fixed!

All HSO participants are eligible to vote in Phase Two, including Team English.

Remember that you must vote for five different teams, none of which is your own. If you fail to do this, you will be penalized 10 points! If you are worried you have voted incorrectly, or submitted multiple votes, please email us. Do not re-submit, and do not assume that we'll miss it and your vote will be counted anyway. We won't and it won't.

Voting will close Sunday, July 15 at 11:59 PM EDT.

Please note that this voting form is for Round One only! NOT Round Two.

ETA: Sorry, we accidentally listed the wrong sector assignments! The ones below should be correct.
ETA 2: Nope, mimicre messed up in fixing it and accidentally assigned S1 to their own entries; this version should be correct.

There are a few entries (all submitted or resubmitted tonight) still in queue, and we're also waiting on several other resubmissions, but the vast majority of entries we have received are now posted on their respective comms.

Round 2 Phase One voting will open some time this coming weekend. For now, please read your sector's assigned entries!

Sector One should go to hso2012_r2s3.
Sector Two should go to hso2012_r2s4.(Sector Two should note that a lot of palhonchos in Sector Four mistakenly locked their team's entries. Please join the comm to see them!)
Sector Three should go to hso2012_r2s1.
Sector Four should go to hso2012_r2s2.

Several palhonchos (especially in Sector Four, yes, but there were a few in every sector) mistakenly locked their team's entries this round, so I have opened membership to allow everyone to read them anyway! Just click "Join" on the top bar after going to your assigned sector's comm. Palhonchos who have locked their team's entries should unlock them as soon as possible.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please email us (homestuck.shipping at gmail).

Hello, shippers!

( round 2 submissions )
( tag information clarification )
( palhoncho issues )
( emails and DW messaging )

Hey shippers,
Sorry about this, but it turns out mimicre mis-aligned one of the columns on the scoring spreadsheet! Thanks to everyone who pointed out the incorrect tallies; the accurate listings should be up here now.

Hi, shippers!

It's come to our attention that we have a lot of Dreamwidth newbies this year who might be a little confused about posting their submissions. We want to streamline the process as much as possible, so this is a guide to submitting entries with cuts!

( see below for image-heavy tutorial )

We hope that helped! Good luck.

Hey, shippers! We've got a few announcements and reminders for you all as the first round progresses!

• Points for bonus round 1 prompts have been capped at 100 points. You may prompt as many times as you like, but you will only gain points for the first 20 prompts your team posts; this applies to all entries, from the beginning of the post. We're sorry we have to change the rules a little on you, but we hope this will help to recenter the bonus round on creative work and prevent abuse.


• We have updated the roster to reflect all current absences. If you would like to switch to an open slot, now or at any time during the competition, you are free to do so using the protocol here. If you are on the absences list, and this is in error, please contact both us and your palhoncho immediately.


• We are still accepting First Readers! Details are in this post.


• Members of Team Cruxtruder, Ectobiology, and Kernelsprite, please check your emails, as we'd like to discuss a few things with you before we move forward!


• And finally, we'd like to remind you again that your main round entries are due at 11:59 PM June 23. Palhonchos, you should be receiving an invite to the R1 comm in the next couple of days, and will post your entries member-locked to the comm when the time comes!


That's it for now! Happy shipping~

Hi shippers,
The mods have now been discussing the tagging policy for quite some time. We want to make the entries accessible to as many people as possible--but we also want to make tagging the entries possible for creators, especially as there was no clear and general understanding of what triggers were at the time of sign-ups.
As a result, we have come up with the following solution to try to maximize the protections we can offer to our community. While we are in no way trying to dismiss the severity of rare triggers, numerous people have expressed serious anxiety over the length of the original list and their ability to account for everything listed--especially as many of these tags do not have firm boundaries in their definitions. Our hope is that this system will make it possible for creators to actually use the tagging system, while still offering adequate warnings to a majority of participants.
Over 200 people wrote in with ~400 requests for ~100 different tags. The 15 tags requested by 5 or more people account for roughly 300 of those requests. We feel that this is a reasonable balance; if we extended the Category Two cut-off to 3 or more requests, it would double the number of tags while only accounting for 30 more requests.
In addition, we will be requiring that you either list all characters and ships in the fanwork, or opt out of listing.

The following list of tags were requested by more than 10 people. When tagging your main round entries, you must either 1) tag them, or 2) opt out of using each tag individually (a blanket 'no Cat.1 tags used' is acceptable).
( Category One tags )
( Category One sample tagging )

The following list of tags were requested by 5-10 people. You must either 1) use these tags or 2) opt out of using these tags. If you wish to opt out of using individual tags, you may do so.
( Category Two tags )
( Category Two sample tagging )

Feel free to elaborate on any tags, or add your own. If you would like to use Category Three tags (tags with fewer than 5 requests), please email us at homestuck.shipping@gmail.com and we will send you the fully updated list.
( Sample of full tagging section )

We welcome your feedback, but ask that you email us if you want to be sure we will hear what you have to say; we cannot guarantee that we will be able to read and/or respond to every comment.