I'm a week late on this, I'm very sorry, so I'll extend this until June 8, when BR1 opens.

Hello, shippers! The event proper will be beginning in a week, but we thought we’d start you off with a little exchange to get the ball rolling! For this round, we’d like you to foster the spirit of sharing by creating graphics for other teams!

Create a set of 2-6 icons or 1-3 banners (or both!) for a team that is not your own.

Icons/banners can feature canon art, fanart (ONLY fanart that you have permission to use!), quotes, lyrics, gifs, basically whatever you think is awesome! Remember that these are presents and intended to be good natured. We're trusting you to put some degree of heart and soul into them!

1. Upload them somewhere (imgur works well), and then post here with the images themselves or a link to them!
2. If/when your team receives a gift (and feel free to request icons/banners if you are in need!) it would be nice to thank the gifter, even if you don't end up using any of the graphics! You are of course not obligated to use them or thank people or anything. But it would be cool of you to acknowledge people's hard work!
3. This challenge will run until 12:00 AM EST on June 8. After that time, even if it's just by a minute according to the timestamp, no submissions will be accepted for points.

FORMAT
All activity for this bonus round will take place in the comments below. Format your comment's subject as follows:

FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] for [GIFT SHIP], [RATING]

• Replace YOUR SHIP with the name of the team you belong to
• Replace GIFT SHIP with the name of the you're giving the gift to
• Replace RATING with the rating of your fill, G - E, as explained in the
• Place major content tags in the first line of the comment when applicable

Posts not using this format will be understood to be unofficial discussion posts, regardless of what they contain. They, like all comments in this community, are subject to the Anti-Wank Policy.


SCORING

The first five entries from each team for this challenge will be worth 10 points each, and the next five will be worth 5 points each. While your team can absolutely submit more than ten entries, the eleventh entry onwards will not be for points; it will just be for fun!

This is not how most bonus round entries will be scored. This is more of a bonus bonus round!

All scored content must be created new for this round.


RESOURCES

GIMP - Despite its somewhat unfortunate name, GIMP is an excellent freeware image manipulation program. If you don’t have software like Photoshop, this is an excellent place to start.

Lost and Taken - An excellent collection of high resolution textures.

Font Squirrel, Lost Type Foundry, and League of Moveable Type - Free font resources! And the best part is that they're all hand-picked or created by professional graphic designers, so you won’t have to slog through a million lower-quality fonts.

Icon-Extras - A pretty good resource for icon tutorials and the like. Also features textures, brushes, bases etc. that are particularly good for icons (rather than the all-purpose textures at Lost and Taken).

Remember: Dreamwidth icons are 100x100, and can have a filesize of no more than 40 kb.

Banners are typically around 150-400px tall and 400-800px wide. This is pretty flexible, though.

Realtalk here: we don't know what teams are going to make the cut. Here is my advice--look at the team roster and make graphics for any of the teams listed there. I would also recommend making graphics for Team Druid, on account of it being likely that some people whose teams don't make the cut will have to transfer onto that team.

If you promote this community on Livejournal, Dreamwidth, Tumblr or really any other place on the internet where Teen Wolf fans might be hiding, you can comment here with the link and your preferred ship to gain points for your team! 5 points per link, one link per person per site. Just be sure to link back to this comm or our Tumblr and you're golden! These points are fluid and will transfer with you if you end up needing to switch teams.

YOU MUST READ AND AGREE TO THE TERMS SET OUT IN THIS POST TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TEEN WOLF SHIPPING CHAMPIONSHIP.

As with many of our basic regulations, much has been graciously lifted from hs_worldcup

INDEX

Voting
Tagging
Anti-Wank Policy
Commenting on Posts
Contacting the Mods



Before we begin: you MUST have a Dreamwidth account to participate in the TWSC. They're free. To create one, click here.


Voting

Voting is very simple. Voting will open roughly 24 hours after each round closes, and voting posts will be opened on the DW comm. On those posts, any registered member of any team will be allowed to vote. Each person may cast one vote for three teams.

The only rule for voting is: DO NOT vote for your own team. If you do, your vote will be invalidated and your team will lose five points.

Depending on the number of people who sign up, we may split voting up to make it more manageable for members. If that occurs, teams will be split into different divisions, and members will be expected to view and vote upon a single division. Members will have roughly two weeks to vote. The highest scoring entries from those divisions will then be compiled, and members will be expected to vote on those entries to choose the winners of the round.



Tagging

Because this event is open to fans of a wide variety of ages and backgrounds, we want to make sure that TWSC is a safe and accessible place for all. As such, all entries to main and collab rounds are to be posted under a cut. Before that cut, however, participants will be asked to fill out the following info block:

• TITLE: --The title of the work--
• SHIP: --The name of your team's ship--
• RATING: --A rating for the work, from G, T, M, or E--
• CHARACTERS: --Characters that appear in the work--
• SIDE PAIRINGS: --Other ships that appear in the work--
• MAJOR TAGS: --Here you will list any of the Major Content Tags that apply to your work. If none apply, state NONE. If you do not wish to tag certain elements of the work to keep from spoiling your work, you must put the phrase TAGS OMITTED in this section.--
• ADDITIONAL TAGS: --If your work contains other elements you feel should be noted, feel free to list them here. You may also use additional tags to help summarize your work or entice readers. As with Major Tags above, you can choose to say TAGS OMITTED or NONE.--
• SUMMARY: --A brief summary of the work.--
• If you are using the HTML code layout to create your post, here is a code box for your copy-and-pasting convenience:

Ratings

• G: General Audiences - "This content is suitable for anyone: kids, teenagers, sensitive people."
• T: Teen And Up Audiences - "The content may be inappropriate for audiences under 13."
• M: Mature - "This is for content with adult themes (sex, violence, etc.) that isn't as graphic as explicit-rated content."
• E: Explicit - "This is for porn, graphic violence, etc."

Major Content Tags

• Abuse
• Beastiality
• Body horror
• Bodily fluids/functions
• Death
• Drugs
• Eating disorders
• Graphic depictions of violence
• Incest
• Non-con/Dub-con
• Rapidly flashing images
• Self harm
• Sexual assault
• Sexual content
• Suicide
• Underage

ANTI-WANK POLICY

If you've never experienced wank, consider yourself lucky. For those unfamiliar with the term, wank is a special type of fandom drama bred from intentionally inflammatory or nasty remarks.

Obviously, we want to avoid that, so we have implemented a strict Anti-Wank Policy.

Wank: How to Avoid it

It can happen to any of us: we're chillin' and suddenly boom! there's a comment that just rubs you the wrong way.

First off, take a breath and relax. We can all get overexcited and say things we don't mean or read things wrongly. Is your reaction to such-and-such comment a valid concern or are you in a mood where everything is just hitting you wrong? While we doubt that any of you will type out a rash response and get into a flame war, we also know that it can happen.

If you've taken a mental (or even physical) step back and the comment/whatever is still annoying you, this is your easy 3-step process.

• Do NOT under any circumstances reply to it or make a snide remark somewhere or anything of the sort. The mods do not appreciate or condone this and we don't need anyone to fight anyone else's (or even their own!) battles here. We understand that this can be a passionate subject and nobody likes to see their ship/whatever being bashed, which is good! Neither do we. But the best thing you can do is ignore the comment and move onto step 2.
• Inform your alpha and, if necessary, a mod. You can contact your alpha by whichever means they have given you, and they will contact the mods on your behalf. If after 24 hours you haven't gotten confirmation that a higher-up is looking into the situation, please contact the mod team directly through the mod contact post.
• Go back to chillin'. You have done your duty and the wanker will be taken care of. We don't want you involving yourself in wank that could get you banned! (And trust us, if you do not follow these steps and take it upon yourself to show someone who is boss or go past anything but friendly/fun discussion you will suddenly find yourself at Strike One.)

An Important Note on Trash-Talking

For our peace of mind, we would like to suggest that trash-talking, especially trash-talking directed at specific people and teams, be primarily confined to private spaces like chats. The internet is extremely public, and folks who don't know the people involved in banter can often interpret things wrongly. This will not be monitored or penalized except in the following cases:
Any threats of violence against specific people, ships, or teams, even jokingly (and we don't expect anyone to be even a little bit serious about this topic), will land the person who made the threat at Strike One no matter where these sentiments are expressed. If we see it, it's too public.
Absolutely no trash-talking directed at a specific person or team at all will be tolerated on any posts on the official TWSC comm. Acceptable threats include "We're the best team and we're gonna take you all down!" but not "Team XYZ is gonna eat our dust!" or "Team XYZ destroys the rainforest and eats babies in their spare time!" Even if your joking tone is visible from outer space and you have a signed affidavit from all parties that states nobody is serious. If you talk like this anywhere on the official TWSC comm, the thread will be deleted and you will find yourself at Strike One.

Wank: A Punishment

We all know that despite all the best intentions and warnings, etc., stuff does happen and so does wank. So our 3-strike system is detailed below. We will usually try to talk privately with the involved parties beforehand, but if a person is not listening/back-sassing/refusing to take it to a more private place to be dealt with by the mods, then this is what happens.

• STRIKE ONE: WARNING. The thread/comment will be deleted. The wanker will be given one warning by the mods to stop their behaviour. The incident will also be noted by the mod team.
• STRIKE TWO: PROBATION. If the wanker persists past the warning, all their points from the current bonus round will be struck from the record and they will not be allowed to participate further in that bonus round. In addition, they will not be allowed to submit content for the main round that is open at the time, nor will they be allowed to participate in any voting for one week.
• STRIKE THREE: PERMANENT BAN. If the wanker keeps persisting after the one week ban, they are full out banned. No more warnings, chances or anything of the sort.

All in all, avoiding wank is an easy and painless process—just follow Thumper's good example and remember that everyone participating in this event is a real person, not just a screen name and an icon. Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Be happy, have fun, be willing to listen to someone else's POV, and above all else remember that this is not a fight to the death.


Commenting On Posts

Some posts demand to be commented upon. They incite thoughts, ideas, emotions, FEELS, and all sorts of things that demand to be said. There is, however, a time and place for everything, so you should make sure to abide by the following rules and guidelines about commenting on posts.

Important Announcement

DO read all of these. They're a major way for the mods to keep you abreast of new developments.
The sort of comments allowed on these will probably vary, so just use your head and play nice.

Voting Posts

Comments will be screened and the ONLY comments you make should be those that state your votes.

Standings Announcements

DO feel free to announce your pleasure at how well you placed!
DO congratulate or console others if you feel so inclined.
DON'T attack other teams, whether it be for scoring well or for scoring poorly.

End of TWSC Party Post

DO congratulate the winning teams! They worked hard and so did you!
DO post your thoughts and good memories about TWSC as a whole!
FEEL FREE to offer vague, non-violent boasts such as "You may have won this time, but we'll be back!"

Main Round Prompts

DO post your questions about the prompts on these posts. Chances are, someone else may have the same question.
THINK before posting your comments and feedback on the prompt. These posts exist mainly to share what the prompt is.
DON'T post about what you plan to do for the prompt.
DON'T post things that are unrelated to the main round prompt in question.

Round Entry Posts

DO post comments! Everyone loves getting feedback on their hard work.
FEEL FREE to offer criticism, as long as it's framed constructively and isn't just "this sucks" or "would have been better with pairing XYZ."
You don't have to comment on every post you read/view, but as said before, everyone loves getting feedback.

Bonus Round Prompts

DO post prompts and fills on these posts.
DO comment on other fills!
DO NOT post questions or comments about the prompt itself.

While we're on the subject of commenting, this seems like a good place to mention a very specific comment we'll want you to make! When you submit your application to join, you will be asked to fill in a text block to make sure that you have read this post. In that space, please post:

I certify that I have read and will abide by the Rules and Regulations of the 2014 TWSC.

Please copy and paste this phrase directly.


How To Contact The Mods

Sending us an ask on tumblr is the most expedient way to get a response. Always try to work with your alpha first before coming to us directly, as this will help us help you more efficiently and quickly.



Thank you for reading all of these rules and regulations! Following them will allow you and everyone else to have a peaceful and enjoyable TWSC experience!