speed dating ] [ ALL THE THINGS.
It’s time for SPEED DATING!!
It’s a simple concept with a lot of over-explaining from me. However, to keep it simple (in theory) here’s the gist of it. Then below the cut is going to be even MORE explaining.
1] People sign each other up or sign themselves up. Dater cards that are both amusing and informational are filled out by whoever does the signing up.
2] Speed-Dates happen! They are grouped into who is looking for who. F/F, M/M, F/M.
3] Pairings get picked! Pre-planned in this post or spur of the moment on the day of are both fine! You don’t even need to pair off if you don’t want to.
4] Real-Dates happen! Lots of CR will be found and blackmail stories are figured out.
Now here’s the main tl;dr of this post.
Speed Dating usually is segregated (for hetero ones) and all of one gender sits at a booth or small table and the opposite gender rotates around. Now Harmony and Cupid are very pro-equal opportunity when it comes to this, so there will be a simple selection of what you're interested in finding. Whether you are looking for a male or a female - you'll be able to sort it out easily. (I realize that I am not being as specific as I could be with the groups, but I am just trying to hit the big preferences so that I can assure everyone has someone to meet.)
How do we sort that out? With the Dater Card! Similar to the Bachelor(ette) cards of the past, the Dater Card will be filled out and turned into Harmony so that she and Cupid can properly sort out how many groups to make. Now, instead of ruining the surprise of what the cards say - instead I'm going to ask that you just OOCly let me know a few things once you know your character will get signed up. This way I know how many different groups to make for the event and if things will be evenly sorted or not.
Now the Speed Dating will be happening in game on December 17th. It's scheduled to be at Caritas. Because the Christmas plot starts on the 18th, I am well-aware that people might shift gears and start tagging to the OMG CHRISTMAS post. My plots are always and will always be very back-tag friendly.
Here's how it's going to work.
1] The post will be in the logs community. It will be posted up on December 14th, soley for setting up as many of the "seated" comments as possible. All sections and seated comments will be put up and the "speed dates" will start on December 16th. I understand that this is not a foolproof plan and that not everyone will be able to get their comment up in time. However, I’m very good at making sure everyone knows which threads still need to be answered to. You’ll all get CR from this.
2] Groups are going to be sorted with a number and a letter. The number is going to be what group they get sorted into based on their preference. The letter will be whether or not they are the one staying put or rotating around. There will be a section for mingling after all the rotating, so you can talk to your fellow daters without the sorted groups, but this was just the easiest way to assure everyone got to meet people with similar tastes.
3] All of the cards that had been turned in for the event have all been compiled into flip books. They look like laminated index cards all bound together with a large ring in the top corner. Easy for flipping and waterproof in case of spilled drinks. You can easily assume that everyone was given this book when they showed up, so they should know a bit about the person once they sit down, instead of taking up that time to read it.
4] The group that is to be seated will post up a comment with their dater card information. You will have the easy job! All you have to do is reply to everyone that comments to you! This event is intended to generate CR. Each "date" will last 7 minutes, but it's up to you how long those seven minutes really are. If it's 10 comments or 20 comments or 30 comments. Try reading your thread aloud to see how long it takes you to do that, if you're looking for accuracy.
5] The group that is to rotate around will reply to the other comments with their own dater card to start. Then the conversation will go from there. You have the harder part, because you'll have to make sure to reply to everyone that is in your group. This will be made a bit easier, by the prep work we'll do ahead of the post opening up. Now you can do it ICly and finish a date and go to the next one, but it might be easier to hit them all up at once and then continue pace with your replies.
6] Please do not just drop the thread when you think it's done. If you are ready for the thread to end, please let the other person know. Tag them with a DING or a Times up! Just something to signify that they shouldn't wait for you to reply again. This will also let me know that the thread is completed so I won't OOCly contact you to see if things are going okay with it.
7] Once your dating rounds have all been completed you’ll have a few options for how you want to proceed with your dates.
You can:
a] Go with the flow and see what happens during your CR getting dates. Perhaps two characters strike it up and get along really well. That's amazing and encouraged!
b] Have Harmony and Cupid “match” you up. This option is good if you want to force a date on your character, but know that they wouldn’t really get along well. What we do here is we imply that cards got swapped, answers were lied about, etc - and you have your dating scenario PLUS all the new CR from the other dates.
c] Find that true love and be matched up with exactly who your character WOULD pick. This is the easy option and of course no finagling is required.
d] remain forever alone and not be paired up at all and instead just make some new friends/enemies/crushes... etc.
Now, with these pairings, just because one character thinks it’s a great idea doesn’t mean that the other one has to agree to it ICly, so there is a lot of room for wiggling around and getting hurt feelings, negative CR, and all sorts of fun things. Basically, this opens it up to have your character meet a lot of people and possibly end up with a date. However, you don’t HAVE to get a date at the end of this.
That’s how the post and all the comments are going to happen. When the log goes up, I will definitely make sure that everything is crystal clear and that no one gets confused. If your character wouldn’t/won’t go? Don’t worry. Cupid will see they are missing and transport them free of charge!
Here’s the fun part: The IC Dater Card Form! Fill this out for your character or fill this out by your character to sign up another character! Remember these are IC cards and will be viewed ICly by others. If you are filling these out for someone else, please, please make sure that they get the card at least 2 days before the event happens. If you are waiting for a card and can’t contact that person, please PM me at this (Harmony) account.
[Date Seeker Name Here]
☐ M/M -- ☐ F/F -- ☐ F/M (here’s your checked box ☑ )
The first thing I do in the morning is: [answer here]
My biggest pet peeve is: [answer here]
If my life was a movie, my theme song would be: [answer here]
You couldn’t pay me enough to eat: [answer here]
My favorite comfort food is: [answer here]
OOC INFO:
[mun name]
[best method to contact me]
[time zone and prime tagging hours]
Okay! I am sorry that took me so long to post up and that it’s so long, but I didn’t want to break this down into several OOC posts.
Also, in one second I’m going to put up a comment for you to let me know if your character will be looking for F/F M/M or F/M. Now, if you want your character accidentally placed in the wrong group, let me know here too. This is going to be me getting an idea of how many will participate and how I should plan for that. If not a lot of people sign up - then I’ll just have to do one group for seated and one group for moving and hope for the best.
This is the FIRST time I’m doing it this way, so please, please if you have comments or concerns or questions - tell me. I’d like to make sure to iron out all the details before the post goes up.
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