Bonus Round 2: Tic-Tac-Toe

[referees]

SASO 2017 is over, but this round is perpetually open to new fills (no new prompts).

Get three in a row! That's the goal of this bonus round. Inspired by a fanwork event type called kink bingo, this round encourages you to create and fill out themed prompt cards.

Please read this whole post before commenting to ensure that your team gets the most points possible. There's a lot of text here, but if you read carefully and follow the instructions step by step, you will be okay.

RULES

Please refer to the first comment thread of this post for an example of how this round works.

PROMPTING

1. Select a ship to create your prompt card about. Platonic relationships are indicated by an "&" between the names (e.g., Haruki & Kazuma). Non-platonic relationships use "/" (e.g., Haruki/Kazuma). Please don't say "Any pairing," either!


2. Visit this card generator.
   • Here is a visual guide to using it.
   • The large text box is where you can list prompts if you have your own ideas. Please list at least 9 prompts; you can list more if you want. (The generator says you need at least 24, but it's lying.) Single words or short phrases are better than sentences.
   • Otherwise, you can use the dropdown menu found right below it. Note: some of these prompts lists are NSFW. (NSFW prompts are a-ok as long as you tag for it.) If you don't like some of the options that appear in a prompt list, you can delete them.
   • Text prompts only, please. Also, each card square must be unique—don't list the same prompt 9 times.
   • In "Configuration Options," make sure you select 3x3 and (Normal prompt). This is the most important step!
   • Leave the tic-tac-toe card with its default colors, so everyone can read it clearly.
   • Click the "Create a bingo card" button.
   • Scroll down to see the card that was created for you. If you don't like the prompts it picked, you can reroll by clicking "Create a bingo card" again.
   • When you're satisfied, scroll further down the page until you see a textarea box full of HTML.
3. Copy and paste the HTML from the box and into the body of your prompt comment, then post!

FILLING

Fill prompts by selecting an individual square to create fanwork for, then leaving a responding comment to the prompt with your newly-created work. (Optional:) If you can fill three squares from a prompt in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line, you get a tic-tac-toe (and an additional point bonus)! You can also just fill prompts as you please and get standard points.

• Prompt squares are labeled as follows:

  A1	B1	C1
  A2	B2	C2
  A3	B3	C3

• If you're trying for tic-tac-toe, you cannot combine squares into one fill. If your fill can satisfy multiple squares, pick the most relevant square: e.g., one square is sailing and another is pirates and you make a fill about pirates sailing, it's mostly pirates so put down the pirates square.
• Each fill must stand alone as an individual piece, but all your fills can slot into a larger universe if you'd like.
• You cannot fill a prompt square more than once, but you can fill every square on a tic tac toe card if you want to.
• You cannot work with your teammates to get a tic-tac-toe. Only individually achieved tic-tac-toes get the bonus.
• Multiple people can fill the same prompt square. You cannot "block" others from getting tic-tac-toe.
• Remember to also follow the general bonus round rules, outlined here.
• Here is a prompt/fill index for your convenience.

FORMAT

Bonus round shenanigans all happen in the comments below. Brand-new works only, please.

Required Work Minimums:

• 400 words (prose)
• 400px by 400px (art/images)
• 14 lines (poetry)

There is no max work cap.

Format your comment in one of the following ways:

If PROMPTING:	If FILLING:	If FILLING as a TEAM GRANDSTAND participant:
PROMPT: TEAM [YOUR SHIP] Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject!) <strong>Ship:</strong> (the ship your prompt is focused on. "&" indicates a platonic relationship, "/" is non-platonic. Format the ship name any way you want, but clarity is more likely to get you fills.) <strong>Fandom:</strong> (what fandom the ship is from) <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; these apply to content *in the prompt itself* and is NOT an implication of what you're looking for in a fill. If your prompt doesn't require tags, write "None" here. More info: http://sportsanimeolympics.tumblr.com/post/161707236774/tagging-and-you) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Prompt:</strong> (copy and paste the HTML of your prompt square here!)	FILL: TEAM [YOUR SHIP], [SQUARE], [RATING] Replace [SQUARE] with the specific square you're filling (e.g., B2). Click here to see a comment thread example of which square is which. Replace [YOUR SHIP] with the name of the team you belong to. Any way you format it is fine. Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject, especially which square you're filling!) <strong>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None"; if omitting tags to avoid spoiling, say "tags omitted." More info: http://sportsanimeolympics.tumblr.com/post/161707236774/tagging-and-you) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Square:</strong> (the theme of the square that you are filling, just copy and paste it from the prompt comment) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or won't get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML after the asterisks. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.	FILL: TEAM GRANDSTAND, [SQUARE], [RATING] Replace [SQUARE] with the specific square you're filling (e.g., B2). Click here to see a comment thread example of which square is which. Replace RATING with the rating of your fill (G - E) Copy/paste/fill out the following form into your comment box. Delete the guidance text that's in parentheses. Make sure you use tags. Here is a BR Template Creator for your convenience if the textarea is confusing. (Please delete all text in parentheses as you go. LEAVE THE HEADER HTML ALONE or the bonus round scoring program can't parse your comment. Don't forget a comment subject, especially which square you're filling!) <strong>Ship:</strong> <strong>Fandom:</strong> <strong>Major Tags:</strong> (https://sportsanime.dreamwidth.org/1609.html, when applicable; otherwise write "None"; if omitting tags to avoid spoiling, say "tags omitted." More info: http://sportsanimeolympics.tumblr.com/post/161707236774/tagging-and-you) <strong>Other Tags:</strong> (anything else that you feel requires tagging; can include jokey tumblr-style tags here; may also pull from the "Additional Tags" list from the URL above, if applicable; otherwise, write "None" here.) <strong>Square:</strong> (the theme of the square that you are filling, just copy and paste it from the prompt comment) <strong>Word Count:</strong> (if applicable; otherwise write "None") (Place any author/artist's notes BEFORE the asterisks. Leave the asterisks alone or you may not get points!) *** (Place your fill here. You can use HTML. FOR NSFW FILLS, please cross-link these fills and use clear tags. Refer to the body of the post above for more information. To place an image in your comment, use this code: <img src="LINK TO YOUR IMAGE" alt="DESCRIPTION OF YOUR IMAGE"/>. Consider posting only a thumbnail if the image is large. For more info, visit http://referees.dreamwidth.org/5647.html#images ) NSFW FILLS: Please cross-link these fills and tag them clearly. saso_afterhours is open to all NSFW fills. Written/text fills can be hosted on AO3 or saso_afterhours ONLY. Art/visual fills can be hosted anywhere; you may include a small safe-for-work thumbnail of the fill in your comment.

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 code of conduct.

If you see anyone breaking the code of conduct (e.g., causing drama, being rude) anywhere (not just DW), please contact the mods immediately.

SCORING

These numbers apply to your team as a whole, not each individual teammate. Make as many prompts/fills as you want!

For prompts: 5 points for each tic-tac-toe card (maximum of 50 prompt points per team per round)

For fills:
First 4 fills by any member of your team: 20 points each
Fills 5-10: 15 points each
Fills 11-20: 5 points each
Fills 21-50: 2 points each
Fills 51+: 1 point each
Tic-tac-toe Bonus: 2 points each for the first 12 achieved by your team

All scored content must be created new for this round.

Etc.

If you're hunting through the prompts looking for what to fill, a good trick is to view top-level comments only (see the line of links below this post).

Have a question? Check The FAQ first. If you still need help, feel free to contact the mods. Happy fanworking!

Comments

PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[marks]

Ship: Tsukishima Kei/Yamaguchi Tadashi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: Sexual content (exactly that!)
Other Tags: the nine most used tags on AO3 edition

Prompt:

alternate universe	sexual content	family
humor	hurt/comfort	romance
angst	fluff	love

Re: PROMPT: Team Otabek Altin/Yuri Plisetsky

[beltenebra]

Nice concept!! ::thumbs up::

FILL: TEAM HIKARU NO GO, A1, T

[princesssid]

Ship: Tsukishima Kei/Yamaguchi Tadashi
Fandom: Haikyuu!!
Major Tags: mentions of death
Other Tags: one (1) swear, military/magic au
Square: alternate universe
Word Count: 768

it said au, so i figured if i ever had an excuse to write a one-shot for the elaborate au i'm always telling myself i'll work on, it was this

***

Tsukishima wakes up long before the others do. He watches the countryside pass by outside the bus window for a while before he gets bored and his eyes get tired from the blur of it.

The evening before they had left the base in a rush. Yachi's away on a mission with Shimizu, one much better suited to her actual abilities than managing newbie soldiers, so Yamaguchi had taken over her usual task of shepherding them all onto the bus and making sure they had their bags packed and their spells ready. Tsukishima had been no help, bothering Hinata and Kageyama on purpose with pointed comments about their efforts and their hygiene until Yamaguchi had given him a distracted frown. Yamaguchi was in his element.

At the front of the bus there's a little CRT monitor that shows the route they took in the night. Saeko's driven their unit through country, then city, then country again.

The bus shakes as it hits a bump in the road. The CRT monitor wobbles in its suspended metal cage. Tsukishima hears Saeko swear, then laugh.

"Hm?" Next to him, Yamaguchi's rubbing his eyes and yawning as he wakes up, his arm bumping into Tsukishima's side. "Tsukki, how long have you been up?"

Tsukishima shrugs. The monitor says it's ten past seven now, but he hadn't checked when he'd woken up. He'd been too preoccupied.

Yamaguchi is puffy-eyed and the morning sunlight must be shining right into his eyes because he squints at Tsukishima. "Did you get enough sleep?"

"Yeah," Tsukishima says. "Worry about yourself."

Yamaguchi's face splits into a wide grin and he laughs, like Tsukishima has said something particularly brilliant. It pains Tsukishima, that he likes how easy it is.

"Okay, Tsukki," Yamaguchi says.

Behind him, Hinata kicks the back of his seat. Tsukishima scowls and twists in his seat. He sees Hinata's still sleeping, with Kageyama slumped in the seat next to him, their heads close together. Usually he'd want to make fun of them for it, but everything feels so strangely delicate right now that the sight of them makes him feel exposed somehow. He stares at them, frowning.

"Are they still sleeping?" Yamaguchi whispers.

Tsukishima startles. He turns back, his heart beating fast. That must be why he asks, "Are you scared?"

"Of the mission?" Yamaguchi asks back.

"It's more than a regular mission," Tsukishima points out. "You know that. They're all saying 'in case of emergency' but we all know something's going to happen, something bad--"

Yamaguchi grabs Tsukishima's hand, his fingers cold and shaking against Tsukishima's skin. "Of course I'm scared," he hisses. "No one's raised a dead body in centuries, it's not natural."

Around them, Tsukishima hears the sounds of the others waking up, mumbling and yawning and coughing and 'good mornings'. He crouches down in his seat so that he and Yamaguchi are closer to each other, shielded from everyone else by the high bus seats. They stare at each other.

"Did you hear," Tsukishima finally manages, "the rumour? That it was... that it might be a rogue soldier from the Sh--"

Yamaguchi shakes his head furiously. "I don't want to believe it. Tsukki, we can't believe rumours like that." He looks pale. "We have to take it one thing at a time."

"Yeah," Tsukishima says, though he doesn't agree completely. Rumours in their line of work always have an element of truth to them. In any case, he'll have to report to Daichi this afternoon about the dream he had, with the snow mobile and the frozen dead body.

"Honk honk!" Saeko yells, instead of using the horn.

Yamaguchi jolts up, pulling his hand away from Tsukishima and blushing. Tsukishima sighs.

Saeko leans around driver seat and says, in a lower volume, "We're here. Get ready for a shit ton of paperwork."

"Thanks," Daichi says, drily. "I'll be taking care of the paperwork, I only need everyone to have their IDs ready."

Behind him, Hinata shouts about how he's always ready and Kageyama grunts, and next to him, Yamaguchi nods to himself as he looks through his bag. Asahi's panicking about something and Tanaka's having a quiet conversation with his sister at the front, and Ennoshita's lecturing Nishinoya about something, but very mildly.

Tsukishima feels out of place. He wants to go back to their home base, or even to a few moments ago when he and Yamaguchi were only focused on each other, in their own world.

A local official steps onto the bus. Everyone goes quiet. The official winks, his grin cat-like. "Welcome to the border, Karasuno. IDs out, please."

Re: FILL: TEAM HIKARU NO GO, A1, T

[marks]

Oh maaaaan I really like this, loving all the hints of whatever this world is, like the necromancy and Tsukishima's dreams needing to be reported. But even with the edges of big world building, there's still all the comforting familiar interactions, especially Tsukki and Yamaguchi but also the stuff with Kags and Hinata, and 'Asahi panicking about something.' I'm so interested about whatever else you have in your head for this universe.

Re: FILL: TEAM HIKARU NO GO, A1, T

[princesssid]

thank you so much! i'm really happy you like the background stuff, i love team dynamics too much to ever let go an opportunity to squeeze them in somehow :')

i did stuff for this au during last saso and gathered it all here but the main pairing is tendou/ushijima so if you're not interested in that, don't feel pressured to check it out, it's cool B)