#Check-in

[tolkienrsb]

TRSB25: Check-in #1

Today is June 1st, and that means it's time for all the collabs to check in!

You should have received an email with all the details. Remember to send us an email with the needed information. If you have any questions, please let us know.

Happy creating!

[gywo]

May Check-In: Now Open

The May Check-In is open from May 30 through Jun 5. 

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[young-royals-confessions]

Re: the check in

I'm sad and I feel like many fans on here fell off the wagon so quickly once it ended. I was just getting my bearings in the fandom.

I was also very disappointed in last season though so it's hard to want to discuss it when I don't feel like it was nearly as good writing as the first two seasons. I wanted a positive ending, but the one we got (as many others have said) wasn't earned. It was cute and cheesy, but that isn't what the show is. The third season was like reading a book in a series but the first author died and the franchise still wanted to make money so they had someone else write the 3rd book. It just didn't fit well and it was messy.

End rant. Sorry, I'm still frustrated about it and I'm sad that many friends seemingly have moved on.

BUT, I absolutely love the people who are still here. I look forward to seeing their content and sharing their art. I LOVE the fanfiction people here write. I'm not a storyteller myself, so I'm endlessly thankful for those who continue to write about our very special little world.

And ending on a happy note from me, I am beyond grateful for the people I found in this fandom. I got lucky in that the people I follow are incredibly kind, logical, and thoughtful. They're intelligent and silly and low-key, they are kinda thirsty. And it has all made for a beautiful adventure here. 💜

💜

[techniktagebuch]

Juli 2014 / November 2024

Zukunftsprognose im Realitätscheck

Im Juli 2014 stoße ich auf einen Beitrag des Online-Reisemagazins Travelbook mit dem Titel "Die Zukunft des Reisens: So reisen wir im Jahr 2024". Nicht näher genannte "Experten aus der Reise- und IT-Branche wagten gemeinsam mit Futurologen einen Blick in die Zukunft des Reisens", wird darin versprochen. Ich denke sofort: "Diesen Artikel speichere ich auf meiner Festplatte! Dann kann ich die Vorhersagen in zehn Jahren mit einer echten Reiseerfahrung vergleichen und darüber im Techniktagebuch schreiben."

Im November 2024 steht eine Fernreise an. Davor und danach lese ich den Travelbook-Artikel noch einmal und muss – so viel kann ich vorwegnehmen – die Bilanz ziehen, dass so gut wie nichts von dem Prophezeiten wahr geworden ist. Mit der Veröffentlichung meiner Erkenntnisse im Techniktagebuch möchte ich der Fairness halber aber noch bis Ende des Jahres warten, denn wer weiß, womöglich tritt am 31. Dezember noch die ein oder andere bahnbrechende Neuerung ein.

Der "eher unangenehme Teil eines Urlaubs", nämlich die Anfahrt zum Flughafen sowie das übliche Prozedere darin, werde im Jahr 2024 "weitaus bequemer, stressfreier und einfacher sein – das jedenfalls prognostiziert eine breit angelegte Studie der Reisesuchmaschine Skyscanner". Wir nehmen die S-Bahn zum Flughafen und kein "Hightech-Taxi, ausgestattet mit gesten- und sprachgesteuertem Internetzugang und 3D-Bildschirm", welches es meines Wissens zumindest in Deutschland ohnehin noch nicht gibt. Bemerkenswert diese Passage: "Unterwegs noch schnell per Skype von Freunden und Familie verabschieden, das spart Zeit." Ob das über eine taxi-interne Schnittstelle oder über das eigene Endgerät erfolgen sollte, steht im Artikel ebensowenig wie eine Begründung dafür, dass sich von allen im Jahr 2014 existierenden Chat- und Videocall-Programmen ausgerechnet Skype durchsetzen sollte. (Es existiert 2024 tatsächlich noch, ich habe aber seit mindestens zehn Jahren nicht geskypet.)

Weiter: "Abfertigungsschalter wird es im Jahr 2024 am Flughafen nicht mehr geben, und damit auch keine Warteschlangen." Beides ist falsch. "Dank technologischer Fortschritte kann jeder Passagier seinen Koffer an einem automatisierten Schalter abgeben." Self-Check-ins an Automaten gibt es wirklich bei den meisten Fluggesellschaften. Wir scannen unsere Pässe, bestätigen ein paar Gefahrengut-Belehrungen und entnehmen dem Automaten die Gepäcketiketten – auf Papier; rein digitale Gepäcketiketten, die laut Travelbook "Papieranhänger und gedruckte Bordkarten überflüssig" machen, sind noch nicht Realität geworden. ("Der Fluggast kann somit seinen Koffer jederzeit verfolgen und findet ihn später mühelos auf dem Gepäckband wieder." – Wie? Über eine App?)

Die Warteschlange an der Sicherheitskontrolle ("wird es nicht mehr geben") ist lang, und weder Passagiere noch Gepäckstücke werden mit einem "molekulare(n) Laserscanner durchleuchte(t)". Wir finden dasselbe Instrumentarium vor wie im Jahr 2014: Röntgenscanner mit Fließband, Ganzkörperscanner, Handdetektoren, zusätzlich Abtastung und Schuhkontrolle durch menschliches Personal. Die Aussage "Gesichtserkennung ersetzt den Reisepass" stimmt so halb, denn mein Gesicht wird beim Verlassen und Betreten der EU biometrisch mit einer Kamera abgetastet, nachdem ich meinen – unerlässlichen – elektronischen Pass auf das Dokumentenlesegerät vor der Schleuse gelegt habe.

Wie seit jeher angeraten, haben wir uns mehr als zweieinhalb Stunden vor Abflug am Airport eingefunden. Travelbook 2014: "Wer trotzdem zu früh dran ist, den erwarten auf den Flughäfen der Zukunft diverse Möglichkeiten zum Zeitvertreib – etwa 3D-Kinos, Museen, Open-Air-Parks und Swimmingpools. Außerdem ersetzen digitale Shopping-Wände Duty Free Shops und persönliche Guide-Systeme navigieren die Passagiere durch den Airport." Sowohl im Start- als auch im Zielflughafen gibt es zahlreiche (physische) Duty-Free- und andere Shops, aber bis auf Videospielzonen keine darüber hinausgehenden Beschäftigungsräume.

Auch die Vorhersagen zum Flugzeug selbst erweisen sich als misslungen: "Unbequeme Plätze wird es im Flugzeug nicht mehr geben – jeder Sitz passt sich automatisch dem Körper des Passagiers an und verfügt über eine eigene Klimaanlage. Natürlich hat jeder Fluggast Zugang zu Internet und einem 3D-Multimedia-System mit personalisierten Filmen, Musik und Daten. Über Hologramm-Systeme am Bildschirm sind 3D-Gespräche mit Familie und Geschäftspartnern auch während des Flugs möglich. Der Clou: Mit haptischen Datenhandschuhen kann der Fluggast seine Kinder umarmen oder seinem Geschäftspartner die Hand schütteln – und dabei die Berührungen sogar fühlen. Dank eines im Sitz eingebauten Schallschutzes werden Mitreisende durch die Gespräche nicht gestört." Ob es derlei in der Business Class gibt, kann ich freilich nicht ausschließen. Immerhin: Die Film- und Musikauswahl ist, wenn auch nicht personalisiert, sehr groß, und Internet ist (gegen Aufpreis) verfügbar.

Über technische Innovationen, die am Urlaubsort genutzt werden, wusste Travelbook: "Selbst in Ländern, in denen der Reisende sonst kein einziges Wort verstehen würde, wird er sich in Zukunft mühelos zurechtfinden. Möglich machen soll das ein Gerät, das so klein ist, dass es auf eine Kontaktlinse passt. Der unsichtbare digitale Reisefreund wird unterwegs den Travelguide spielen und Wörter wie Sätze sofort übersetzen." Smarte Kontaktlinsen benutzen wir nicht, aber dank Google Lens und Translator wird die Verständigung in der Tat deutlich einfacher. Gerade Ersteres ist ein Segen bei nur in der Landessprache verfassten Speisekarten.

Mehr oder weniger zutreffend ist die Behauptung, dass "der Reisende sein Ziel schon vorab in der digitalen Welt erkunden und ausprobieren" kann. Über Google Maps "lassen sich bequem von Zuhause aus Sehenswürdigkeiten ansehen und sogar Geräusche anhören", wobei ich Letzteres nicht bestätigen kann. Möglich ist es wahrscheinlich auch, sich "mit Hilfe künstlicher Intelligenz Reiseziele" vorschlagen zu lassen, "die den Vorlieben und Wünschen des Nutzers entsprechen". Schön wäre dies: "Auch die Buchung der Reise übernimmt der digitale Helfer."

Ich möchte mich mit diesem kleinen Faktencheck nicht über false predictions lustig machen. Vielleicht werden wir den Voraussagen in noch mal zehn Jahren ja deutlich näher gekommen sein.

(Torsten Gaitzsch)

[milomylow]

hi moots! (and anyone else who may see this)

this is just a little check in! ^^ feel free to respond in my ask box or the reblogs or comments or just in your head—but how are you doing? how have things been?

and if you can, do something nice for yourself today!

i hope you all enjoy your day!!

[formulagender]

Hi all! It's time for our first check in.

This check in is not mandatory - it's intended to be a communication point between the participants and the mods. The form asks how your project is going, if the mods can assist at all, and if you have any further questions.

[gurugirl]

Update on The Arrangement

The Arrangement check-in will be posted tomorrow @ 3pm CST -featuring a video with a strip tease as requested! Y'all begged so nicely so I'll give you what you want :)

Should I make a masterlist for The Arrangement? Let me know your thoughts and if you'd like to keep seeing them occasionally.

NOTE: I removed a few of you from the tag list for the arrangement because you never interacted with any of the posts for it (even though you asked to be notified) and I can't have you on my tag list if you can't at least give it a like bc it's hard to maintain as it is. If you would like to be added back to future check-ins for the arrangement let me know!

xoxo

[quodoevents]

Quo-do the Thing! - Final check-in and promotion date claiming (Aug 1-7)

Here it is, the final check-in! This one is a bit different from the previous check-ins -- you only have to fill this out if you have a work ready to post (at least partially) during the August posting month, and you will need to fill it out once for each such work.

📅 Final check-in and posting date claiming form 📅

The check-in form is open from now until the end of August 7th (whenever that is for you). After that point, I will use the information I've gotten to create a promotion posting schedule. More information on how promotion posting works over here.

Sign-ups are technically still open, but less useful at this stage. If you've been on the fence about signing up and have something you intend to post for this event, it is OK to just request a posting date using the form above without needing to sign up. The AO3 collection is also open for posting, if you have already finished a work that fits this event. (You don't have to wait until your promotion date to post your work, although you can if you like.)

Helpful links: Sign-up form | AO3 collection | Event info | Posting info

Below the cut is a reminder of what you said you'd like to have done by August, for those who have signed up. If you marked that you are using Tumblr to follow this event, I have @'ed you -- I hope it's okay.

chacusha:

Quodo UC II: Goal: N/A

colorcoded:

Smutty Quodo art: Goal: The whole thing, if it hasn't already been finished

@mossmx:

QuodoCook: Goal: rendering/shading

neptuneflytrap:

Go the Eff to Sleep: (No August check-in goals written.)

@rulesofacquisition:

Doctor Odo and the No Good Very Bad Physical: Goal: Edits

Weaver:

Earring: Goal: 3 chapters?

@yvanka:

Anniversary date: (No August check-in goals written.)

Quark bi bi bi vid: Goal: Fixing audio, timing specific clips

Use the form above to request a promotion date, which will serve as your deadline. Here we go -- it's the final stretch!

[merthurglompfest]

Check-In and Posting Information 2025

Hello Glompers!

Check-in time is now upon us! An email will be going out shortly with a link to the check-in form, but until then, consider this a gentle reminder that you have just over THREE (3) WEEKS LEFT before it’s time to turn in your fill(s).

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I’m ready to submit my Glompfest gift. How do I go about doing that?

STEP 1:

Post your completed and beta’d fanwork to our Merthur Glompfest 2025 Collection on AO3 here. Once it has been posted, your fanwork will be visible to us but remain hidden (unrevealed) to others until such time as it is revealed by the mods after April 1.

You are still welcome to make minor edits to your work until it has been officially revealed, but please don’t share it elsewhere until after the posting date.

NB: Don’t forget to add your Glompee’s name in the “Gift this work to” box! If you’re not sure of their AO3 username or can’t find them on the site, feel free to email us so we can sort that out for you.

STEP 2:

Copy and paste the form below into an email and fill out the relevant information. Please use the subject line: [YOUR USERNAME]: Gift for [GLOMPEE NAME].

Title: By: Gift for: Rating: Word Count/Medium: Warning(s): Creator Notes (Optional): Summary: AO3 Link:

STEP 3:

Send the completed form to us at: merthurglompfest@gmail.com

Once we have received your details, we will organise a date for your fanwork to be revealed. We will send out the posting schedule prior to April 1.

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Help! I’m not ready to post my gift yet. What do I do?

Don’t panic! All we need from you when you check in is confirmation that you’re still participating in the fest and are on track to complete your fill(s) before the deadline. Please make sure you fill out the check-in form before 1 MARCH to let us know how you’re doing with your gift(s)!

After that, you will have until 15 MARCH 2025 to complete your fanwork(s) and submit it to us. If you’re still not finished by that date, you will need to send us a copy of what you have so far and let us know when you expect it to be completed so that we can discuss the possibility of an extension.

We will do our best to be flexible if you need some extra time, but we do ask that you aim to have your work ready to go ASAP, as we can’t accommodate everyone and will be prioritising extensions for pinch-hitters and those dealing with extenuating circumstances. The sooner you get in touch, the easier it will be for us to accommodate you, so don’t leave it to the last minute!

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If you have any further questions please feel free to send us an ask or email merthurglompfest@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to help you out!

Cheers, — Glompfest Mods

[harryrarepairfest]

Hello authors!

Please check your emails – a link to the check-in form has been sent!

You can also message me on tumblr to let me know if your fic will be finished by February 9.

And if you are seeing this and haven't signed up yet, you have about 5 weeks to work on a fic if you'd like to join the fun! Details here.

[pam3pr]

how are people doing? thank you for being part of my wild internet journey

[manonamora-if]

March Check-In

Lol. We definitely were not back on track here. We tried and SUPER FAILED at going back to the schedule.

Will March be better? Let's find out together...

Onto the usual index:

Recap of last month’s progress

IF Events in the Next Month

Plan for the next month

Still long post under the break. If you want a mini version, head over to itch.io!

February Progress

Welp... there wasn't much of a list in the January Check-in, since it was the retrospective, which included the yearly plan. Still, I did make a mini one on itch. Put together we'd get:

Play more IF and maybe review. ✅

Finish the coding of Harcourt Ch5 ❌ and editing of Ch6 ❌

Fix one of the semi-completed games: ❌

Complete the Vamp/Smoochie jam entry✅

Heyyyy 50/50. Passable grade!

I've passed the very funny number of 420 reviews on the IFDB recently, mainly working my way through the French games (since there are very few reviews and French IF peeps are neat people). There are 300+ games left on that side, it will take me a while to get there but I'm making progress (almost done with 2023!). If my pace continues... I might be able to reach 2nd place in the ranking before my 1 year anniversary of reviewing games (mid-may). Also somewhat related, I've been trying to rate more games on itch too :)

I said I would finish the coding of Harcourt... and then didn't. But MelS was more productive than me, and he finished the first draft of Chapter 6 earlier than planned... which I haven't finished commenting on either... So :/

I also didn't fix any semi-completed games. So there.

But I managed to make it for the Queer Vampire Jam and the Smoochie Jam with Teatime with a Vampire ! A 20k-long trippy game with a hot vampire and a weird show...

AND AND I finally fixed my website and my itch.io profile. It has a cool feature on the front page. And we did a little AMA a few weeks ago!

Honestly, I thought I would have been done with Teatime two weeks before it actually was completed. So that threw a wrench in the rest. And probably having to moderate a few events at once...

And the extra day clearly didn't help.

EDIT: I TOTES FORGOT, but I updated DOL-OS for an extra QOL screen at the start.

What’s happening in March?

There's always something happening in the IF world. I don't think I ever find all that happens anyway... but. Here's the ones I know!

Today is the last day to submit a Spring Thing intent! (ranked)

he Queer Vampire Game Jam ends in about three weeks. Got a vampire/human story with a LGBT+ cast? Then this is the event for you! (unranked) Also they are doing a fundraising/matching donation with submissions!

The SeedComp! (Sprouting) extended the deadline for a few more days! See @seedcomp-if for more info ;) (ranked)

Concours de Fiction Interactive Francophone 2024 se termine Lundi! Viendez faire des histoires en français!! <3 (ranked, duh)

The next @neointeractives mini-jam will all be about bringing back old jams... Check out the Revival Jam !

The Text Adventure Literacy Jam 2024 just started! It will be looking for "parser for beginners" entries until May!

Note: @neointeractives will have jams all year long. One a month/or so. And the next Planting Round of @seedcomp-if will start as soon as the results are dropped.

The PLANtm for March

Busy plan once again. Here are the thing I'm hoping to do or finish this month:

Complete my French Comp entry. The deadline is in 3 days. Will I make it? Probably. Will it be good? Probably be not because I've been writing it only in the past two weeks. You can expect some "love" letters though...

Complete my SpringThing entry. It will be all about fixing typos and potential bug. The code will be ready next week anyway. Maybe slap some cool-er animations.

Play more games! Consider this done. There's the Smoochie Jam, the SeedComp! and the FrenchComp right there...

Finish the Code Ch5 of Harcourt and edit Ch6. At least one round of edits would be good. So I can put MelS to work again.

Finish fixing The Roads Not Taken. I'm so sorry babe. I'm not avoiding you I swear. I actually haven't bee on the computer with your files this month...

LET'S DO THIS! WE CAN DO IT!

~

The 2024 To-Do List:

I have done nothing here. So here's the list again for nothing.

The hopefully maybe easy to handle To-Do:

fix the bugs in EDOC + overall the French version to match

fix the bugs of TRNT + find a way to add the missing pieces (giving up on the translation)

fixing the interface of LPM and the popups + check animal interactions

figure out the One-Button JavaScrip/jQuery issue...

edit the loading screens of the completed tiny games to include the program/format logo at least.

The 'Need a Bunch of Content to update but it's planned!' To-Do:

Update my website (bunch new title - also I don't think the logo clicky thing work...) + redo my itch page

Finish TTATEH (MelS dependent - this year should be it - for real)

Finish Exquisite Cadaver (half-way mark by this summer - manif)

Finish P-Rix - Space Trucker (main path at least)

Update CRWL (it's been almost two years... I'm getting ashamed)

The Unlikely But it Would be Dope To-Do

Finish The Dinner as it was planned (and translate)

Finish In the Blink of an Eye as it was planned (and retranslate)

Finish The Rye in the Dark City

Fixing TTTT (at least fixing, maybe try adding some storylets)

And finally The 'It's impossible, but one can wish' TO-DO:

Remaster SPS IH (if I managed to start this after completing the rest... I'm going to eat a whole sheet cake).

Start the IFComp project (2025? Might end up being a ST?)

[gywo]

April Check-In: Now Open

The April Check-In is open from April 29 through May 5. 

Report your Year-to-Date (YTD) progress by following the directions on Dreamwidth.

Important Reminders!

Make sure you check in! Missing too many check-ins will result in your removal from the community. 

Not meeting your monthly goal will not affect your membership status whatsoever.

If you have a question or concern, please consider leaving a comment on the post linked above or contacting a moderator.

[young-royals-confessions]

i only watched young royals a two months or so ago but i love it so so much. i'm a little sad that i only saw it after it ended but i will forever treasure this show. i wish i was there when there was more hype for it but i'm still so so happy i watched this show because it literally transformed my life. thank you so so much to everyone who continues to create yr content for fueling my obsession ❤️

💜

[honzuki-exchange]

✅ Check-in 1 is today!

By now, you might have an idea of what you’re going to do and have a first draft of it (and your refs).

(Optional) HOW TO CHECK IN: You can DM the mod to submit your progress for the check-ins, request additional information from your Fellow Bookworm, withdraw from the exchange, or request an extension!

►► Check-in 2 will be January 10.

By that time you, should have about 50% of your gift is done (e.g. for a drawing, this may be flat colors are done).