Here are some proposed rule changes for Game 3. First there's a detailed overview of all the changes and then a poll at the bottom.

( Description of rule changes )

( Poll )

Feel free to comment with questions, comments, reasonings, etc. Anonymous commenting is allowed.

All right, so as I mentioned before going on vacation, the more I thought about the de-anon bonuses and how to handle them, the more thorns I ran into. I'm actually putting in my notes to propose we do away with them between Games 2 and 3 BUT, because changing the rules now would be really disruptive, here is my proposal for de-anon bonuses for the time being (posting to FF Land Main this time because these clarifications involve moogle_workshop and airship_lounge as well):

I. Fan essays are allowed to be posted in moogle_workshop at any time and will be given points using the fanfiction scale. However, to count as an essay they must have a minimum word count of 250 words and have some central "point" or theme to them.

( Rationale )

II. To get a de-anon bonus for an entry, you must crosspost it to moogle_workshop. This is just to make it easier on the mods and give us one simple way of tallying de-anon points.

III. The de-anon bonus applies to all contests except shorter blurb-type contests. So as a corollary, all contest entries that are able to get de-anon bonuses can be crossposted to MWS. The team slogans challenge, for example, would not be given de-anon points and those should not be posted to moogle_workshop. Everything else, if you wish to de-anon, go ahead and post it to MWS.

( In more detail )

IV. This system will be evaluated at the end of Game 2 for sure. If you have any questions or feedback, feel free to leave them on this post, or over at the Suggestions Post. And if what I've written here is horribly confusing, I'll be glad to answer any questions you have. :)

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Finally, unrelated to this de-anon thing, I'm doing a member's cut soon, for real. LAST CHANCE: If your name is listed here you have 24 hours to tell me you want to stay or I'll be booting you from the comms!

Please take this poll to determine rule changes for Game 2.

( Description of rule change proposals )

( Six questions )

Thank you! :)

1: Thanks everyone for voting in the poll. As per the results:
• The monk team comm is raging_fists. :)
• All entries in ultima_arena will be members-locked.

2: I've updated the FAQ with information on earning points in this community.

3: Game 1's end date will be Saturday April 30th.

4: Be sure to get your votes in for the current unstamped apps. Some of the votes are really split!