Interest Check: DS landcomm??

[ishilde.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone!

My friend theron09 and I are considering starting a landcomm for Due South, and we were wondering if there would be enough interest for us to do so? Another possibility would be a summer fic exchange or prompt fest, so please comment if you'd want to take part in any of these!

(I hope I'm allowed to do this here, mods, please let me know if not!)

Comments

[vickitub.livejournal.com]

What is involved, I won't be here until June, would that matter?

[ishilde.livejournal.com]

We won't be starting things until June or later, don't worry!

A land comm is a community where people join teams and are given challenges - fics, graphics or puzzles and such the like. They work to complete the challenges and gain points for themselves and their teams. One example of this for another fandom is leverageland.

[vickitub.livejournal.com]

Ah I see sounds fun, sounds challenging that is for sure, I only write fanfiction would that be a problem. Its a great idea I hope you get lots to join in x

[ishilde.livejournal.com]

You don't have to participate in every challenge so it shouldn't be a problem, though if you want to it's always fun t try something else and learn new skills - it's always your choice! Thanks for expressing interest, I'm hoping we get lots more!

[vickitub.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome and it dose sound fun, I hope you get enough to start this

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

Oh, like the dS challenge comm that had Team Angst and Team Romance? I'd be in for sure if you didn't start until autumn. Between the dSC6D BB comm and the dSC6D AU comm and kink bingo amnesty and h/c bingo amnesty I don't want to make a commitment to team-mates that I fail like a failygirl for having gotten overextended.

[spuffyduds.livejournal.com]

That sounds cool! I think having teammates counting on me would probably get me writing again.

[glass-moment.livejournal.com]

I have never seen this kind of thing, but I am intrigued! Would definitely depend on scheduling, though, as I would be wary of overcommitting and letting people down.

[garonne.livejournal.com]

Sounds fun! A landcomm or a summer fic exchange would be cool. Like others, I wouldn't be free until much later in the summer, but it sounds like that's what you have in mind anyway :)

[desireearmfeldt]

(Argh, I just wrote a long comment and the internet ate it. Reposting -- sorry if this now comes through in duplicate.)

I've only been around for a year and a half and I only participate in a tiny little corner of fandom (mostly here and on AO3), but with that context for my opinion:

My impression is that this corner of DS fandom is a smallish group of people who are enthusiastic but don't have infinite time. So any comm/challenge/project is pulling on more or less the same core group of people and there's only so many person-hours to spread around. So it can be hard to predict if there's critical mass for a cool new thing, particularly if its an ongoing thing rather than a oneshot. On the other hand, structure and deadlines seem to be good motivators 'round here. And we like cool things!

There are a couple of challenges going on right now that many of the usual suspects are involved in, for example, the DS/C6D Big Bang and the DS/C6D AU Challenge. There's also been some efforts lately to increase the action over at DS/C6D Snippets.

As far as gift exchanges, traditionally -- and I think there are plans to continue the tradition -- we've done a Midsummer C6D exchange and a December Due South Seekrit Santa. Lately those have both had moderate turnout, with the Midsummer being (unsurprisingly) smaller. I don't know whether people would want to do a DS summer exchange in addition to or instead of the Midsummer. (Personally I'd be sad if a DS exchange caused Midsummer to go extinct, but on the other hand I like gift exchanges. But that's just me.)

I've lately been trying to get a DS/C6D Prompt Meme running, so far with limited success. (But I think the problems are mostly due to a) people prompting for small fandoms that not many people can fill, and b) no structure/deadlines. A DS prompt fest wouldn't have either of those issues.) If you do decide to run a prompt fest, would you be interested in putting your head together with me to see if we can synergize, and maybe use the prompt fest to help drum up ongoing business for the Meme?

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's brilliant, des -- your idea of of employing synergy by some kind of connection between a prompt fest and the prompt meme you established on AO3!

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

Hoping for an autumn landcomm...and if one of the teams is Team Angst like when this was done before, that's the team I wanna be on.